Boxoffice-March.06.1948

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March
KANSAS CITY
J^obert Scott, son of Ward E. Scott, recently
retired district chief for 20th-Fox, drove
his father to Denver recently after a short
visit here, his first in about two years. Young
Scott recently completed "Shed No Tears,"
his first leading role, for Eagle Lion. Bob
continued on to Hollywood and Ward was
to leave for New Orleans, whence he will
depart for Haiti to visit his other son.
W. G. Mihvain, sales engineer for National
Theatre Supply, returned last week from a
visit with his father, who operates the Milwain
Theatre in Bard well, Ky. . . . Homer
Strowig. flying president of KMTA and
owner of two houses in Abilene, Kas., was
marooned here last Friday due to the heavy
snow in his home town. Strowig said it was
the first time this winter that he has been
unable to fly home.
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Commonwealth's King of the Sun contest
will begin April 29 and. will continue for 15
weeks. The campaign will be based on the
same procedure and principles as last year
circuit and the Republic exchange
have opened a lunchroom in the basement of
their building. Gretchen Brown of Commonwealth
is in charge . Anderson, pay
roll auditor at Commonwealth, married Nellie
Schneider of Warner Bros.
Clyde Bradley, manager of the Baxter in
Mountain Home, Ark., had exploitation placards
spotted on the town's new fire truck
while the machine was on display in the
town Barrett, Commonwealth
partner in Columbia, fell and broke his left
shouUier recently while entering his car. He
has been in a hospital there . Lowell
Nibbelink, wife of the manger of the Petit
in LawTence, Kas., is back after an appendectomy
. Irwin, pilot of the Royal and
Barton in Hoisington, conducted a contest
on whether March would come in like a lamb
or a lion in that town. He who guessed what
the temperature was at 11:50 the night of
Febrauary 29 won a month's pass.
Otis Cowan, former manager in Manhattan
for TEI and now of Texas City, Tex., visited
Mrs. Cowan's parents there recently. Cowan
went on to Shawnee. Okla., to see his recently
widowed mother.
Proceeds from the advance ticket sale for
"The Unfinished Dance" at the Wareham in
Manhattan recently and sponsored by the
Wesleyan Service Guild of the Methodist
church there will go into a scholarship fund
for the education of a foreign student at Kansas
State college.
Sneak previews seem the order of the day
in first runs. The Midland screened "The
Bride Goes Wild," the Tower, Uptown and
Fairway combine featiu-ed "Sitting Pretty,"
and the Paramount held a preview of "Tlie
Voice of the Turtle" last week. The Roxy
sneaked "The Man From Texas" Mondav
night . Mansfield has done some
pretty fast work, or some fancy guessing, this
week. The Regent downtown this week
played Jack Benny as "The Walking Man"
in "The Meanest Man in the World."
Allied Theatres of Kansas and Missouri
held its first regional meeting at Webb City
this week. Larry Larsen, vice-president of
the organization, was host Liberty
in Marysville has a new and interior
roof
decoration. A new heating system and outside
painting are other features of the
project. Jack Hastings is manager for Pox
Midwest.
The front office union's party at Warners
Friday included the back office workers as
well. Attending were Richard Walsh, president
of the lATSE, and Felix Snow, vicepresident
has reopened
the Fulton Fulton following a week of
in
darkness for remodeling. Monroe Glenn is
manager . . . Judge John F. Cook of the
county circuit court dismissed the suit
brought against the Tower Theatre by Mrs.
Marion 'V. Gray of Springfield. Mrs. Gray
had asserted she suffered back and internal
injuries when she fell while descending
stairs in the theatre. She had sought $15,000
damages.
Dick Biechele of KMTA was in Los Angeles
for the Theatre Owners of America directors
meeting March 9, 10 . . . George Harttmann,
owner of the Armour in North Kansas City,
was in from his home in Los Angeles . . . Jim
Parks, formerly of RosweU, N. M., is assistant
manager at the State in Garden City,
Kas. Manager is Roy Holmes, who also
handles the Ritz there.
Lou Patz, district manager of National
Screen Service, was to return the end of the
week from Omaha and from Des Moines,
where he looked in on remodeling in the NSS
branch . Brenner jr. is the new
NSS salesman for Kansas. He comes from
Wichita and was at one time assistant manager
of the State Theatre here.
Jack Barnett, Movietone News cameraman
in this area before the war, was a visitor . . .
Al Brandon of Selected Pictures exchange in
Denver was in the local office. Norris Cresswell
is manager here . . . 'Visitors also included
Walter Kahler and G. E. Dyer of the
Butler in Butler: George Lehman, Plaza,
St. Joseph: Mr. and Mrs. Ray Dunnuck,
Madrid, Atchinson, Kas.: A. E. Jarboe, Ritz,
Cameron: Ray Miner, Miner, Moran: Forrest
White. Rex. Burlington Junction, and Joe
Ghosen. Clinton and Sedalia.
Other visitors were Mr. and Mrs. C. C.
Rhodes of the CC in Cole Camp: Elmer Bills,
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