Boxoffice-March.06.1948

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: March
CHICAGO
SPRINGFIELD
Holy week services will be held at the Lake
daily March 22-27, sponsored by the Grace
Lutheran church of River Forest and a group
of four other churches of Oak Park. They
Ceveral eastern houses expected to emulate have used the stage of the Lake annually for Oeorge Kerasotes left March 4 for Los Angeles,
where he will attend the TOA con-
the State-Lake with disk jockey stage this Lenten service . . . Students and teachers
are being admitted at reduced prices to ference. Kerasotes recently made a speech be-
show. The State-Lake's show should be a
record grosser if business reflects the terrific
exploitation campaign behind it. Besides "Henry V" at the Valencia . Fal-
stressed the importance of drive-ins and
all weekday afternoon performances of fore the Lions club of Onarga in which he
radio plugging, picture stunts staged by Publicist
Ed Seguin kept the jockeys in the papers and Norshore respectively, are participating
vey and Julius Olive, staffers at the Uptown television in theatre operation.
Dave Jones, Kerasotes ad man, managed to
daily. All papers covered the troupe's visit to in the annual Sportsman show at Navy pier.
get the local newspaper to run a contest on
Vaughn hospital where Dave Garroway, Both are experts in canoeing.
"To the Ends of the Earth." The contest,
Ernie Simon, Linn Burton and Eddie Hubbard
adopted the GI patient doing the disk Arthur Willi, RKO talent scout, was in
which ran the entire length of the booking,
gave prizes for the best photographs taken
jockey show on the hospital's intercommunications
hookup.
"Serenade" . Oak Park headquarters
town on the forthcoming production,
at different parts of the globe . . . J. B. Giachetto,
general manager of Frisina Amusement
Co., and his wife left the latter part of
of the Girl Scouts have made arrangements
Charles Schlaifer, advertising and publicity
with Len Lltecht, manager of the Lake, to
chief of 20th-Fox, met the press respresentatives
at a cocktail party in the Pump room
They expect to be back about the end of this
February to soak up some Florida sunshine.
promote prizes for their annual cookie drive.
For every 50 packages of cookies sold by
Dave Arlean has acquired an
week.
a Scout, Len will issue two passes.
Irish dialect from working on 'Variety Club
Charles Murray, Fox Lincoln manager,
bulletins for the club's St. Patrick's day party.
screened "Call Northside 777" for the FBI,
city and state pohce and local newspaper
Claude Rubens, Great-States circuit maintenance
chief, has gone to Cuba
from fhe BOXOFFICE Tiles
publishers. He played up the local angle in
for a holiday
his ads as the picture reaches its chmax in
Bros, will send a camera crew
(T-wenty Years Ago)
Springfield at the state capitol and the Illinois
State Journal-Register office . . . Dar-
here to film special architectural backgrounds
for "The Fountainhead." . . . Mrs.
XirALTER LIGHT, for about 12 years with rell Presnell
Walter Immerman,
has joined the staff of the Fox
wife of the general manager
of B&K Fox sales organization in St. Louis, Lincoln as assistant manager to Charles Mur-
the
theatres, is seriously ill with
a heart ailment
has resigned to join Universal . . . William J. ray. Presnell formerly was manager of a
. Jensen, with
Horn, 76, was dangerously injured recently Fox theatre in Mount 'Vernon.
the Essaness circuit since 1928 and recently
manager
by
of the North
a street car. For 56 years he has owned
Center Theatre, has
theatre properties in St. Louis . . . N. C. Parsons
has purchased the Bethel Theatre,
retired temporarily. Louis DeWolfe of the
Buys Sound Bases
Broadway Strand succeeds him. Steve Mc-
Bethel, Mo., from Elton Com.stock.
ADVANCE, MO.—Bill Sherman has installed
new Simplex sound heads and bases
Call, assistant at the Michigan, replaces De-
Wolfe.
"Pitfalls of Passion," a sex film, was in his 200-seat Sherman Tlieatre here. Purchase
was made from National Theatre Sup-
Dean Jones, manager of the State, is back banned in St. Louis by the police after being
after three weeks leave due to illness . . .
shown at the Capitol Theatre . musicians
union of St. Louis temporarily deply
in St. Louis.
layed the premiere showing of "In Old San Key in Clarkton, Mo., Sold
Francisco," a 'Vitaphone feature. The first
CLARKTON, MO.—Harrison Keys has sold
KE[P YOUR HOUSE 15 DEGREES COOLER IN SUMMER stand taken in St. Louis by the musicians
the 200-seat Key Theatre. V. Warren will
against the Vitaphone was more than a year
Insulate with success, save up to
remain as the manager.
ago when the initial Vitaphone .show was
40% on fuel, 30% of the cost of
given at the Capitol. It is understood that
electricity tor Cooling system.
while the Grand Central operated without an Stage Children Are Older
Arthur Benjamin Brenton, manager orchestra, the number of musicians at other MADISON—Because of a state law, two of
of
BRENTON Skouras Bros, theatres was increased to take Charlotte Greenwood's stage children were
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been employed had the Grand Central used when "I Remember Mama" was presented
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its quota of musicians.
at the Parkway here March 5. In the play,
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a local newspaper and asked that it be published:
"To Citizens of Madison, Wis., from
the Youth of today. Men of tomorrow. We
youths of today are to be real men of tomorrow
by our parents' and our governments'
WE PREFER
three hours of sitting, eating and looking- is Too bad we have to make this suggestion.
sort of a high price for us teen-agers. Please
consider this important. Don't read it now
and forget later. If we can get enough support
of teen-agers we'll write to Washington,
Max & Joe Berenson
NATIONAL THEATRE ADVERTISING CO.
for help."
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That you investigate thoroughly the
help. To get down to business, we are writing
concerning the price of teen-agers for fering to solicit your neighborhood mer-
character of any Premium Concern of-
THEATRE OWNERS
the movies.
chants on giveavirays.
Want Teen-Age Price
consin law prohibits children under 12 from
MADISON—Two youths recently brought
appearing on the professional stage in the
state.
communication
Fifty-five cents and 70 cents for
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