Boxoffice-March.06.1948

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Seek Building Permit
CARLSBAD. N. M.— R. I. Payne of Dallas,
vice-president of Theatre Enterprises, Inc..
was in Washington recently seeking government
approval for construction of a
1.200-seat theatre here, according to Bill
Bartlett. manager here for TEI. He said the
company planned to spend about $200,000 on
the project. The building would include two
stores be.sides the theatre.
Take Presidential Poll
DALLAS—A straw vote on the forthcoming
presidential election will
USED CHAIRS
be taken by the Interstate
circuit in 30 of its Texas theatres
showing the current March of Time release
dealing with presidential candidates. The
BEST BUY!
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PHOTOS and PRICES
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poll here will be held at the Palace.
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East Texas to Build
Six Drive-In Places
BEAUMONT, TEX.—The first of six
drive-in theatres to be built by East Texas
Theatres, Inc., will be opened here March
26, according to S. L. Oakley, vice-president
and general manager of the circuit.
Construction of a similar layout in Lufkin
is scheduled to start soon and others will
be built as rapidly as possible at Marshall,
Longview, Kilgore and Nacogdoches. The
site for the Lufkin Theatre has already been
selected, according to Sam Tanner, district
manager.
East Texas Theatres is headed by Julius
Gordon of Beaumont.
NE\N ORLEANS
pecord rainfall, which flooded the entire
territory and flowed from eight to 24
inches deep on downtown New Orleans
streets, resulted in as much as a 50 per cent
drop in boxoffice grosses throughout the area
last week. All exchanges were forewarned
of the flood conditions and shipments were
made early enough to avoid missouts. Pi-actically
wasted was an exceptionally good
lineup in the downtown theatres. Heading
list the was the Saenger with "Call Northside
777." "A Double Life" was at Loew's
State, the Joy featured "Pittsburgh," the
RKO Orpheum "The Bishop's Wife," The
Liberty "Badlands of Dakota," the Center
"Time Out of Mind," the Tudor "I Walk
Alone," the Globe "That Hagen Girl," the
Strand "Saps at Sea" and "Cheyenne Takes
Over," while the Poche presented Joe E.
Brown in "Harvey" on the stage.
The Gale, an 800-seat house at Raceland
belonging to F. G. Pratt jr., was destroyed by
fire at a loss estimated at $60,000. It was
the second time since 1943 that Pratt lost a
theatre by fire on this same spot.
T. Guinan, Eagle Lion auditor, was here
. . . Bob Kelly of Screen Guild was in southwest
Louisiana . . . The Fun Theatre, Des
Allemands, belonging to Felix Touchard jr.,
was unable to operate March 5-6 because of
high water . T. J. Kirkland sold her
Lou Theatre in Magee, Miss.
Mrs. Henry Lazarus of the Lazarus Theatres
returned from a trip in Texas Visit-
. . .
ing exhibitors: P. E. Mayhall, manager of
the Century, Mobile: Charlie Waterall, Pritchard,
Ala.; E. I. Hawkins, Flora, Miss.
Roland Hoffman, Paramount-Richards, left
for Mobile, Ala., on business . . J. A. Schaffer
of Schaffer & Kemp Popcorn Co., was a surprised
fellow Monday morning. Schaffer
was checking his trucks at about 9:30 a. m.
when he discovered an abandoned Negro infant,
about one-month old, lying in one of
them. The police took the child to a local
hospital ... Ed MacKenna, manager of the
Joy Theatre, was confined to his home by influenza.
Air Condition Roy
ROY, N.
M.—The Mesa Theatre here has
been air conditioned and other improvements
are planned in the spring months, according
to Manager Anstey.
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