DECEMBER

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her illness,
occasional Row visitors.
Mrs. Miles and her husband were
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n new venture for the RKO Albee TV
screen will be tried Tuesday night (11),
when the Metropolitan Opera production of
"Carmen" will be viewed. J. J. Shinbach,
RKO Midwest division manager, reported
a contract had been signed linking the Albee
with a national closed circuit theatre
telecast from the Met. Ticket prices will
range from $1.20 to $3.60. The TV opera will
be given with Met intermissions and a plan
to provide entertainment during intermissions
is being worked out.
The National Theatre here, operated by
Mrs. E. L. Shakespeare for over 40 years,
closed its doors November 30. It had been
operating weekends only for the past year.
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. . . Jay
Donny Ackerman, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles "Bud" Ackerman, local exhibitors,
who is in the marines, will spend the Christmas
holidays with his family. He is stationed
in Jamaica Happy Time"
opened at the Palace for a two-week run.
Collins, MGM inspector, celebrated
her 25th anniversary with the company,
and was presented a check
Goldberg, Realart, has been ill .
Jim Ambrose, Warner central district
manager, has taken permanent quarters in
the newly constructed office on the first
floor of the Warner building at 1600 Central
Parkway.
A number of prominent exhibitors in the
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Cincinnati area died in recent weeks. L.
Ray Smith of the Palace Theatre, Huntington,
W. Va., died of a heart attack in his
home last week . Myers of the
Majestic Theatre, Chillicothe, died of a heart
attack. Myers lived with a nephew, and
the two had visited Filmrow about three
weeks ago . Arey N. Miles, Eminence,
Ky., died, after a lingering illness. Prior to
. . . Ralph Kinsler,
Frank Weitzel is now handling bookinf
and buying for the following houses: Mone
Viata and Mount Lookout, Cincinnati
Emery, Reading: Happy Hour, Williamsburg
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Ohio: Princess, Boomer, W. Va.: Fountain
Smithers, W. Va.; Liberty, Whitesville, W
Va. and the Lane and Dixie theatres, WU-,
liamsburg, Ky.
Cincinnati theatreman, is
formal
now in Los Angeles
in a drive-in restaurant business.
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Rex Carr, manager of Theatre Owners'
Corp., still finds time to participate in Bo>
Scout activities in his home neighborhood
son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Hautz ol
the Family Theatre, Milford, will be ordalnec
a priest in May, after which he plans to en-l
gage in missionary work . Garland Jones,
who operates two theatres here, and an in-j
door ozoner in FYanklin, Ky., left for his';
annual hunting trip in western Kentucky. (
TV to Detroit Hollywood
DETROIT—Installation of RCA Model
PT-100 theatre type television equipment ij
being completed in the 3,500-seat Hollywood,
Theatre, operated by the Cohen family, making
the fourth house in the city to have!
video installation. Three other houses are'
in prospect for early installations, according
to Ernie Forbes of Forbes Theatre Supply,
who made the installation, including two in.
Detroit and the first upstate house to instai:
video.
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