Boxoffice-March.06.1948

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LOS ANGELES
the 1948 Ned Depinet drive reaching
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the halfway mark. RKO's western division,
under Walter Branson, retains a
stranglehold on first place, with his Salt Lake
City exchange leading the entire field .
Cliff Harris checked out for San Diego on
a selling junket for Republic. Also heading
down that way was Jim Powell, who sells film
for RKO.
Del Goodman, Eagle Lion's western district
chief, and Joe Rosenberg, salesman in the
local office, both resigned, and Sam Milner,
EL exchange manager in San Francisco,
planed in for local conferences pertaining to
the selection of replacements. Meantime Jack
Schlaifer, assistant to William Heineman,
new EL distribution chief, left for Salt Lake
City after a brief stopover at the local office.
Off to Portland, Seattle, Denver and San
Francisco on business went Sam Siegel. Columbia
exploiteer . . . Charles Rhodes, independent
exchange operator in San Francisco,
stopped here en route to New York after
producing three .shorts as part of a new theatre
giveaway package. He hopes to set a
distribution deal in the east.
RKO boosted Jerry Levin from the shipping
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department to a berth as a booker . .
Phil
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Isley of the Isley-Griffith circuit, operating
the Lankershim and Meralta in this area,
dropped in for huddles with Earl Collins of
Cooperative Theatres. Isley is the father of
actress Jennifer Jones to (head
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the upcoming Red Cross drive on the Row
was Al Taylor, branch manager at Paramount.
Formerly with RKO Theatres in an executive
post, Mickey Gross is now associated with
Social Guidance Enterprises, which has just
completed production of an educational subject,
"Bob and Sally" . . . Elmer Hollander of
the Eagle Lion home office was a visitor . .
Along the Row were Merle Mesher, district
chief in San Diego for Fox West Coast; Dick
Smith, FWC's Arizona manager; and Gerald
Fowler, newly appointed manager of the circuit's
Westlake Theatre.
Chris Maffry has taken over operation of
the Granada, subsequent run house . . .
Booking
and buying for their Franklin, Dale and
Los Feliz theatres were Kiut and Max Laemmle
booking visitors included Ben
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Peskay, Downtown Theatre; Don Swickard
of the Strand; Bill Knotts, in from Monrovia;
and Vince Murphy and Harry Nace jr. of the
Paramount-Nace circuit in Phoenix. Nace
flies his own plane on these expeditions.
Three members of Hygienic Pi'oductions'
western staff, Bob Hicks Paige, southern
California agent; Dick Currier, northern
California agent, and Jean Gaston, local of-
manager, flew to Wilmington, Ohio, for
fice
home office confabs. They were on hand for
Kioger Babb's second annual Charity Review.
Miss Gaston took time off from the
business huddles long enough to visit her
parents in Columbus, Ohio.
SEATTLE
rjick Gill has taken over as northwest exploitation
representative for Eagle Lion
Keefe, manager of the Orpheum,
Spokane, hooked up with the Chronicle on
a contest for "Out of the Past." Some 350
entries were received on the question, "Do You
Like the 'New Look' from 'Out of the Past?"
Harold Murplry, shifted from the state
capitol, Olympia, to Egyptian in Seattle's
University district, has had his nickname
changed from "Senator" to "Professor."
Murry Lafayette, 20th-Fox exploiteer, has
been busy with screenings on "Gentleman's
Agreement," set to open at the Fifth Avenue
the day before the Academy dinner ... A
Puget Sound ferry strike and a threatened
transit walkout is making exhibitors uneasy
Hughes, manager of the Kiggins,
Vancouver, Wash., is laying plans for a giant
welcome to Gretchen Pi-aser, Olympic skiing
champ, upon her return to lier home townT
Willard Coghlan, UA exploiteer, has purchased
a home and is about ready to move in
with his wife and two children Redden,
manager of the Paramount, blew up two
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congratulatory telegrams from Alan Ladd and
Veronica Lake for display purposes upon the
celebration of his theatre's 20th anniversary.
"Saigon" topped the program .
Ltmd,
Times drama editor, was the "brain" in a
radio-stage program broadcast from the Blue
Mouse. It was called "Beat the Brain." The
audience asks questions of a different "brain"
each week. Prizes are awarded by an electrical
appliance company.
PORTLAND
•lyrrs. J. J. Parker hosted Herb Kaufmann,
western district manager, and Max Hadfield,
northwest branch manager of the Selznick
Organization on their recent visit here
Pratt hosted over 150 Daughters
of the Nile organization at the Paramoimt
Theatre this week. Pratt was off duty a few
days witih virus X.
Eagle Lion celebrated open house at its new
offices this week. Over 150 persons attended
and enjoyed cocktails and canapes. Among
those present were Mr. Thedford of Evergreen
Theatres, Mr. Brown of Gamble Theatres,
Jack Matlack and Mr. Lake of the J. J.
Parker chain and Mr. Lovett of the Oregon
Theatre Corp.
Archie Zarewski, manager of the Music
Box Theatre, reported a boost to general
downtown business a result of Portland's
"Spring Opening" displays in downtown
The "opening" attracted hundreds of
stores.
downtown window shoppers after closii^
hours. Who followed the downtown tours with
a movie nightcap.
Jayne Moss, National Screen Service, weekended
in Seattle . . . Columbia has a new
employe, George Conrad, who is a biller . . .
Mrs. Evelyn Bailey recently left her Filmrow
job and moved to Depoe Bay, Ore., where She
entered business with her husband . . . Margie
Morgenthaler, Republic, also left town with
her husband to set tip a business in UmitaUa,
Ore. She was replaced by Allene Landrum.
SALT LAKE CITY
T\an Duryea and Pat Alpin brougiht hosts
of customers to downtown department
stores when they made personal appearances
during opening of the city's spring fashion
show this week. They also appeared at a
special showing of Dan's latest picture, "Black
Bart." at the Utah Theatre, after making
five appearances at fashion shows . . . Ella
Raines and her husband also visited the city,
and went skiing at nearby Alta.
Foster Blake, Universal-International district
manager, was in town for a conference
with C. R. "Buck" Wade, local manager .
Al Kolitz, RKO district manager, was here
from his Denver office. The local office is
still being picketed by a private picketeer
from Irving Gillman's United Intermountain
Theatres. The picket was ill one day and
was forced to cut down on the size of his
sign When the wind carried it away.
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