DECEMBER

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etars and Stripes Forever," the motion picture
of John Philip Sousa's life, will open
at the Palace next Monday night as a benefit
for the Women's Faculty club of the Northwestern
Medical School. Debra Paget will
appear at the opening . The Van A. Nomikos
circuit has taiien over the Embassy, formerly
operated by Essaness, and will reopen
it Christmas day.
Are American theatregoers "immature and
irresponsible"? Daily News critic Sam Lesner
answered the question last Sunday over
WNMP. The station tape-recorded the interview
Saturday at the H&E Balaban Esquire.
Patrons were invited to participate in future
monthly forums to be held in the Esquire's
mezzanine.
Albert Dezel of Dezel Productions, who was
in town two weeks for conferences with Sam
Kaplan and Harris Dudelson, left for New
York to work on distribution of foreign pictures
in eastern territory . . . The downtown
Telenews started selling tickets for the telecast
of the Metropolitan Opera performance
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Simon Jacobson, short subject booker for
the Illinois-Indiana circuit, has resigned after
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12 years and to go into another business . . .
Sam Levinsohn, head of the Chicago Used
Chair Mart, was in New York
Bauer, manager at Clasa-Mohme, reports the
French "Bethsabee" was big at the Alex and
was held over for the second time . . . Sam
Levinsohn, president, said the Cinema lodge
will hold a humanitarian award dimier during
February honoring one of the outstanding men
in the amusement industry.
Ralph Stolkin, still listening to offers for his
controlling interest in RKO Pictures, was in
Hollywood conferring with Howard Hughes.
Both are involved in lawsuits filed by minority
stockholders . . . Russell Stevenson, former
manager of the Times Theatre, Rockford, is
now acting city manager there for Great-
States circuit, stationed at the Palace Theatre.
He succeeds Milton Brown, former city
manager who has resigned. Richard Williams,
assistant at the Fischer in Danville, has been
transferred to the Rockford Times as manager.
The H&E Balaban circuit, which is building
a television station in Rockford, 111., has
applied to the FCC for a license to construct
a Milwaukee station . . . Gene Atkinson,
business agent of projectionists Local 110, returned
to his winter home in Hollywood, Pla.,
following the monthly meeting at the local!
... A baby girl was born to Mrs. Paul Eitel, j
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wife of the son of Otto Eitel, managing direc-
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tor of the Palace . Ideal Pictures Corp.
will distribute Walt Disney 16mm shorts to
nontheatrical users throughout the country . .
Dave Gold has been named manager of the
Mode, here, and Al Binenfield has been named
manager of the Lamar in Oak Park.
W. E. "Doc" Banford, Loew's district manager,
is resting at home after a three-week
stay in the hospital for an operation . . .
Chicago showman Leo Salkin will be 36
years married December 8. On that day he
will stage a big "Lest We Forget" show at
the Hines VA hospital.
. . Charles
Balaban & Katz theatres are collecting
funds for the Will Rogers hospital via collection
boxes in the lobbies . . . The Capitol in
Canton has been reopened . Temborius
will build a drive-in there .
Saunders has retired from the Alliance cir-
. . . Frank Todd has leased the
cuit managerial staff to enter another line
of business
Lathrop in Lathrop, Mo.
The Essaness Theatre circuit has taken over
the management of two niteries. The circuit,
headed by Edwin Silverman, took over the
Brass Rail and Bandbox, both formerly
operated by Al Greenfield. Both places are
located in the Woods Theatre Bldg. in Chicago's
Loop, which is owned by Essaness.
Ralph Smitha, general manager for Essaness
circuit, who is president of the night club
corporation, has retained Harry Greenfield,
formerly manager of both cafes.
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