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: March<br />
. . . The<br />
. . . "Oklahoma"<br />
running<br />
. . Edgar<br />
. . Ross<br />
Always<br />
Daylight Time Starts<br />
In California Mar. 14<br />
LOS ANGELES—Old man weather caught<br />
California exhibitors in a fast squeeze play<br />
when Gov. Earl Warren signed an emergency<br />
daylight savings bill, passed by the legislature,<br />
to become effective at 2:01 a. m. March<br />
14 and remaining in operation until Jan.<br />
16, 1949, unless conditions permit its cancellation<br />
before that time. Clocks will be<br />
advanced one hour.<br />
Although showmen in the state, as in most<br />
other areas, have been consistent foes of the<br />
daylight savings theory, a combination of<br />
circumstances compelled them to accept<br />
the emergency legislation without protest,<br />
since the state has experienced the driest<br />
winter in weather-bureau history and drouth<br />
conditions have brought a serious shortage<br />
of electrical<br />
output.<br />
Consequently, the consensus among exhibitors<br />
was that to register complaints<br />
either privately or publicly could result only<br />
in serious damage to their public relations<br />
and would incur general ill-will. At the same<br />
time they were frank to admit the extra<br />
hour of light at the end of the day probably<br />
will contribute to a general lowering of boxoffice<br />
receipts, particularly with the approach<br />
of summer, and undoubtedly will be most<br />
felt during the first few weeks of daylight<br />
savings, before potential theatre patrons<br />
have been able to adjust themselves to the<br />
new time schedule.<br />
Cooper Stops Owl Shows<br />
In Colorado Springs<br />
COLORADO SPRINGS—Public commendation<br />
was expressed recently by the cit_'<br />
manager and chief of police when the Cooper<br />
Foundation announced it would discontinue<br />
all midnight shows here. The problem of<br />
children being on the streets after late shows<br />
had come up some time ago and in order to<br />
eliminate this situation the Cooper theatres<br />
first decided not to permit juvenile attendance<br />
at midnight shows. The action eliminating<br />
the shows altogether followed a short<br />
time later. "The action was taken voluntarily<br />
by the Cooper Foundation," said Police<br />
Chief I. B. Bruce, "and this department<br />
wishes to express its appreciation of the<br />
excellent attitude shown by the local manager<br />
and other representatives of the foundation."<br />
Ivan L. Hoig is manager of the Cooper houses<br />
locally.<br />
DENVER<br />
Uelen Gilmour, daughter of Charles R. Gilmour,<br />
president of Gibraltar Enterprise<br />
Theatres, will be married April 3 to Jo.seph<br />
P. McConaty . Woolridge, Alamada,<br />
Denver, has improved his booth with new<br />
Super Simplex projectors and lamphouses.<br />
bought from National Theatre Supply.<br />
Sam Siegel, Columbia exploiteer, was here<br />
coordinating publicity for "To the Ends of the<br />
Earth ' at the Denver, Esquire.<br />
Webber . Allen. 50, owner of two<br />
theatres in Lordsburg, N. M., died there after<br />
a long illness. He is survived by his wife,<br />
Valeria, and two sons, James and Richard<br />
mother of Al Hoffman, Metro salesman,<br />
died at the age of 94 at her home in<br />
Chicago.<br />
At the halfway mark, the local RKO exchange<br />
is in fourth place in the current sales<br />
and booking drive . . . Bernie Kanze, Film<br />
Classics vice-president in charge of sales, was<br />
here for a sales meeting with Tom Bailey,<br />
special representative; Bob Herrell, office<br />
manager: Dave McElhinney, Salt Lake City<br />
branch manager, and salesman Joe Clark, Bill<br />
Williams and H. E. Brooker. Herrell goes to<br />
Salt Lake City the first weekend each month<br />
as a convenience to exhibitors there.<br />
Frank Childs, Selected Pictures president,<br />
was taken to the hospital because of accident<br />
in his home, released from there, then taken<br />
back with high temperature. He still is in<br />
the hospital . . . E. V. Maloney, Paramount<br />
branch manager, and Jack Felix, salesman,<br />
went to Nebraska on a sales trip . . . Dave<br />
Warnock has installed new booth equipment,<br />
including a pair of Motiograph AA, with installation<br />
and sale made by Ted Knox.<br />
Larry Starsmore of Westland Theatres<br />
and Kenneth MacKaig, United Artists manager,<br />
was in Lincoln and Omaha on film<br />
deals.<br />
VV. E. Galloway, United Artists district<br />
manager, was here for a sales meeting attended<br />
by Kenneth MacKaig, branch manager;<br />
George McCool, office manager, and<br />
salesmen William Sombar and Robert Riddle<br />
packed the 3,500-seat auditorium<br />
for ten shows to a record figure for<br />
any similar attraction.<br />
Out-of-towners on Filmrow: Hugh Haines,<br />
Rocky Ford; Mr. and Mrs. Leon Coulter,<br />
Loveland: Eldon Menagh, Fort Lupton; J. R.<br />
Smith, Steamboat Springs: Mr. and Mrs<br />
Fred Hall, Akron, and Larry Starsmore, Colorado<br />
Springs.<br />
Portland Week Fair;<br />
'Senator' Leading<br />
PORTLAND - Busine.s,s becan a general<br />
leveling off this week in Portland with most<br />
first T\m houses rtmning a close to average<br />
book. "The Senator Was Indiscreet" was<br />
high with 130 in its<br />
third downtown week.<br />
I<br />
Broadway Sleep, My Love (U-I); Hoppy's Holiday<br />
(UA). 2iid d wlc 85<br />
Guild—The Senator Was lodiecreel (U-I),<br />
3rd d 1 wk, IJO<br />
United Art. sis—High 80<br />
Wall (MGM), Znd d, I. wk...<br />
Mayfair The Gangster (Mono),<br />
Blonde Savage (KL) 75<br />
Orpheum and Oriental The Voice o( the Turtle<br />
(WB), Whispering City (EL). 2nd<br />
-Call Northside<br />
Riil Rafl (Col), 2nd d i wk<br />
'layhouse— Lost Weekend (Pnra), To Each<br />
Denver Showcases Do Okay<br />
Despite Snow and Slush<br />
DENVER—Considerable snow, along with<br />
a lot of slush, wa.s not conducive to the best<br />
business. Nevertheless, most of the first run<br />
theatres had a profitable week.<br />
Aladdin—Private Uie oi Henry VIII (FC). reissue 130<br />
Denhcfm Albuquerque (Para), 2nd wk.;<br />
Caged ;aged Fury (l^ara)<br />
iver and Webber— Black Bart (U-<br />
4lh d 1. wk . Together (WB) 90<br />
Orpheum—Killer McCoy (MGM); Caravan (EL) 120<br />
Paramount—My Girl Tisa (WB);<br />
Hal Roach to Reissue<br />
32 Films for Video<br />
HOLLYWOOD—Latest among the film colony's<br />
picture-makers to effect a liaison with<br />
the television industry is Hal Roach, veteran<br />
producer, who has set a deal with Regal Television<br />
Pictures Corp. of New York for the<br />
distribution in video of 32 Roach pictures,<br />
with Roach to participate in the profits. Included<br />
in the transaction are 14 features and<br />
18 "streamliners," turned out by the producer<br />
for United Artists from 1937 through 1941.<br />
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13, 1948
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