Boxoffice-March.06.1948

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C L E V E L AND
lyjyer Fine, head of the Associated circuit,
and wife have returned from a Florida
vacation . . . Ditto the Henry Greenbergers
of the Community circuit . . .
Charles Fogle
of the MGM home office maintenance department
was a local visitor.
Sam Galanty, Columbia district manager,
and Oscar Ruby, local manager, had a conference
date in Pittsburgh one day last week.
But to make it. Galanty whose plane couldn't
land in Pittsburgh on account of weather
conditions, flew to Cleveland and took a
train back to Pittsburgh to meet Ruby, whom
he could just as well have met right here in
Cleveland . . . Nat Wolf. Warner zone manager,
was another weather casualty. In a
rush to get back to his desk from Texas,
where he was on vacation, he left by plane on
Monday, and reached Cleveland two days
later. His plane was grounded four times
during the trip.
Mrs. Milton Mooney, president of the newly
organized group of Variety Club wives, and
Mrs. Nat Baraoh. vice-president, will be
"queens for a day" at the first luncheon
meeting in the Variety clubhouse Tuesday
(16). The plan is to hold these meeting semi-
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Rickie Labowitch, secretary
monthly . .
of the Cleveland Motion Picture Exhibitors
Ass'n. left Saturday to vacation in Tampa,
Fla., several weeks . . . Bill Shartin's television
equipment at the Variety Club is drawing
crowds every Tuesday night. That's wtien
the wrestling matches are projected.
Visitors on the Kow were J. A. Beidler jr.
Toledo; Walter Steuve of Findlay and
of
Doc" Haywood of Wellington . L. Tracy
of the Temple Theatre, Willard, last week
received his discharge from Lakeside hospital.
He's home now and reportedly feeling
fine.
J. Knox Strachan, Warner Theatres publicity
director here, was in New York for a
meeting with home office officials on campaigns
for forthcoming Warner product . . .
The MGM exchange looks scrumptious, all
dressed up with new paint and lighting fixtures
. comes from Seattle that
Frank Drew, 20th-Fox branch manager there,
is making a slow but steady recovery from a
recent stroke.
Starting March 10, Keith's East 105th Street
Theatre is presenting a stage show in addition
to the screen attraction each Wednesday
night. Sidney Andorn, KGAR commentator,
is emcee and will present two weekly
winners on his Auditions Ambition radio contest,
plus four acts of vaudeville.
Ray Schraertz, 20th-Pox city salesman, won
the Variety Club Heart Fund Chrysler sedan.
Door prizes of $50 each were won by Mrs.
Jack Sogg, wife of the MGM branch manager;
M. B. Horwitz, general manager of the
Washington circuit, and Nat Marcus of the
H&J Beverage Co.
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37ih Chakeres House
Opens in Shelbyville
SHELBYVILLE, KY.—The newly constructed
Shelby Theatre, erected at a cost
of $250,000 by Chakeres Theatres of Springfield,
Ohio, opened here March 3 with special
dedication ceremonies. The theatre
stands on the site of the former Shelby Theatre,
which was destroyed by fire.
The Shelbyville Chamber of Commerce
handled the dedication program. Talks from
the stage were given by various CofC officials,
and state and city executives besides
theatre officials. On hand for the opening
ceremonies were Gene Lutes, district manager
for Chakeres in Kentucky, George
Bauer of Springfield, in charge of theatre
maintenance for Chakeres Theatres, and
who planned final stages of construction and
supervised all decorations for the Shelby: Joe
Collinson, president of Lobby Shops, Inc.,
and Frank Collins, general manager of
Chakeres Theatres.
Eric Hammel, former manager of the Winchester
Theatre for Chakeres in Winchester,
Ky., has been named manager of the Shelby.
He also will supervise operations of the
Burley, another Chakeres unit in Shelbyville.
The Shelby will operate under a continuous
policy, while the Burley will be open only on
weekends. Previously the Burley was open
daily.
Special tribute was paid Phil Chakeres,
president of the circuit, at the opening ceremonies.
He now is in Florida and was unable
to attend.
The Shelby is the 37th theatre in the
Chakeres chain. It is a two-story brick
building and seats 1,000 persons, with balcony
seating. The theatre is air conditioned,
has International spring up seats, RCA
sound and Motiograph mechanisms.
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