DECEMBER

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XXronietco has started to beat the drum for
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its Christmas day opening picture at
first run Carib, Miami and Miracle. The
feature is "Stars and Stripes Forever"
The downtown Paramount had a two-picture
midnight show on a recent Saturday. There
was a separate admission charge. The event
was a first showing of "The Jungle" and
"Captive Women."
The Hi-Way Drive-In, located between
Dania and Fort Lauderdale, put on a pastmidnight
show for a Saturday feature . . .
Bernstein's Le Jeune Drive-In is featuring
its 7 p. m. Children's hour Entertainment is
geared for the kids until the start of the
The Little River neighborhood
main picture . . .
house makes a special event of its
Super Kids show at Saturday matinees, offering
eight cartoons as a starter.
. . .
The Mayfair Art appears to be doing very
good business with the reissue of "The Lady
Vanishes" Among Hollywood producers
and writers who have been here recently on
business or vacation-pleasure are Larry Leibson,
author of "The Miami Story" script
and of "For This We Fight," which is to be
made in Cuba: Fred Myers, United Artists;
Jan "Bowery Boys" Grippo, and "Doc" Merman,
former Paramount executive, now interested
in Cuban film plans.
Bob Daugherty will be missed from his
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post as manager of the Olympia when he
leaves to become a district manager with
the Floyd Theatre chain, operating out of
Haines City. He has been with Florida State
Theatres and its predecessor Sparks Theatres
for nearly 25 years and has been the
Olympia's top man for the last two and a
half years. James Barnett, long-time manager
of the circuit's Florida Theatre in
downtown Miami, will take the helm of the
Olympia December 10, when vaudeville moves
in again. Barnett has made a reputation
for unusual promotions and especially for
the outstanding fronts that have regularly
appeared on the exterior of the Florida,
transforming it into jungle, circus or other
appropriate setting depending on the film
attraction.
George Bolden, publicity man for the
Claughton circuit here, has taken a belated
vacation. While he is away, Don Tilzer, manager
of the Roosevelt, will help out . . .
Wayne Rogers, Claughton manager for the
Normandy, .is very happy to have Mrs. Lynn
Bevan back as assistant manager. Mrs.
Bevan, who had to give up her position for
several months, hadn't returned to her post
three days before she was left in charge of
the Normandy while Rogers
. helped out at
the Roosevelt in order to release Manager
Tilzer for main office duties. Rogers was
able to play "The Quiet Man" after a long
run in the downtown Royal, and says that
it "knocked all boxoffice records cockeyed,"
jamming the Normandy during its stay. The
feature was followed by "Just for You,"
which continued to make the boxoffice happy,
Rogers said. Children's matinees are Saturday
special events here, with cartoons, serials
and appropriate features booked. However,
Rogers is inclined to think that the main
attraction playing the theatre at the time
has a great deal to do with children's attendance,
which is not stimulated entirely
by special pictures geared to small fry patronage.
Claughton's Embassy was host to the Florida
chapter of the Society of Mayflower
Descendants for the showing of "Plymouth
Adventure," which was the circuit's Thanksgiving
offering.
Noted in town lately was Dave Prince,
district manager for RKO out of Atlanta
. . . Bob Mochrie al.so was a visitor. He is
the former general sales manager of RKO
local Variety Club will hold its
annual election of officers December 10 . .
.
The Florida and Sheridan theatres played
up the local angle of the short, "Man Killers."
featuring Howard Hill, famous archer, and
filmed at Key Largo, a few miles south of
Miami . . . Unseasonably chilly weather did
not dim enthusiasm for the Ringling Bros,-
Barnum & Bailey circus, which pl.iyed a
Variety Children's hospital benefit here Tickets
were on sale all over town and club members
worked hard spreading the news.
The Roney Plaza and McAllister hotels are
installing television .sets in all rooms . . .
Robert Milasch, a veteran actor who was
before the cameras five years before "The
Great Train Robbery," is vacationing in
Miami Beach. He is now retired and owns
a gift shop in PlatUsmouth, Neb. Milasch
played in "Tlie Ten Commandments," "The
Spoilers," "The Buccaneer" and "The Little
Skipper," the latter being made in Jacksonville,
Fla., in 1915.
Herb Rau, back from an air jaunt to Honduras,
says that two of the several theatres
in Tegucigalpa show U.S.-made movies
about six months after they hit Miami. They
are in English with Spanish titles. In a littie
border village called Copan, Rau stumbled
into the backroom of a general store
and saw a "theatre" set up with wood benches
and displaying a coming-attraction sign for
"City of Gold," starring Wallace Beery.
"Movies here?" he asked. "Oh. we have a
theatre, all right," the guide replied, "but
the movies only come once in two weeks
sometimes."
The newly organized Miami Film society,
with a membership of 150 at present, because
of auditorium seating capacity, will see Greta
Garbo's "Camille" next month, to be followed'
by Gloria Swanson's "Male and Female" . . .
Robert Horton, starring in the current
"Apache War Smoke," is a former player with
the University of Miami troupe. He wired
regards and hellos to his Miami friends.
Desl Arnaz is said to have bought a new!
Florida home for his parents, and expects'
. . Former'
to vacation here with his wife Lucille Ball'
as soon as their new heir is born .
film star Bobby Breen is filling an engage-'
ment at a local night club.
;
That hard-working women's committee of
Variety Children's hospital tried a very ambitious
plan with their Breakfast at the Roney'
affair, when hats from all famous designers!
were flown here for a prize- winning showing.
Committee members modeled their hats
for the event. First prize was won by Mrs.i
E. J. Melniker, wife of the owner of the:
Coral Way Auto Theatre. She wore a Laddie-
Northridge creation, a large confetti-red hat
with maline drape. Paul Bruun. amusement
editor of the Miami Beach Florida Sun made;
the presentation. About 750 women attended'
the affair which was a decided success, enriching
the hospital fund. Mrs. Arthur Fried-,
man is chairman of the women's committee.,
Goyko Kuburovich, a 29-year-old Yugoslavian
and former movie salesman, now'
runs an ice cream parlor in Honduras. Kubu-'
rovich's first job in Honduras was renting,
and exhibiting 16mm movies in little villages!
throughout the country. He spent nine,
months fighting Tito, was wounded three
times, imprisoned and escaped to Sweden.
There he carried on anti-Tito campaigns via
newspapers, and to get away from charges
trumped up against him, stowed on a ship
for the U.S. Ellis Island put him on a ship
for Italy; Italy sent him back; the U.S. put
him on a plane for Honduras, and there he
went into the film exhibiting business with"^
$7.25. Married now, he runs the Salon Verde.
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