Boxoffice-March.06.1948

who really should see it. Business was a
little below average. Played Sun., Men.
Weather: Bad.—Ralph Raspa, State Theatre,
Rivesville, W. Va. Rural patronage. * * *
Nocturne (RKO) — George Raft, Virginia
Huston, Lynn Bari. Here is another one ol
George Raft's pictures and it is the best one
to date but the other one ruined the boxoffice
for this one. This should get a few of the
music-lovers because of the title. There is
very little piano music in this one but too
much for my liking. Played Wed., Thurs.
Weather: Fair.—George MacKenzie, York
Theatre, Hantsport, N. S. Small town patronage.
*
Nocturne (RKO)—George Raft, Lynn Bari,
Virginia Huston. They didn't go for this one.
Adult entertainment is one strike against us
before we play it. Played Mon., Tues., Wed.
Weather: Cold.—Harland Rankin, Beau Theatre,
Belle River, Ont. Small town patronage.
* * *
Riff-HoH (RKO)—Pat O'Brien, Walter Slezak,
Anne Jeffreys. This is a good picture, bought
so we could double bill it and patrons liked
this picture very much. Pat O'Brien draws well
here and is an actor who can draw and
satisfy. It is worth a date, but not on your
best time. Played
—Mayme P.
Fri., Sat.
Musselman,
Weather:
Roach
Cold.
Theatre,
Lincoln, Kas. Small town patronage. • * *
They Won't Believe Mo (RKO)—Robert
Young, Susan Hayward, Rita Johnson. This
is a fairly good show that should do better
in cities rather than small towns. The small
towns want animal pictures, action, and things
down to earth, where you don't have such
morbid endings. Played Sun., Mon. 'Weather:
Rain.—Terry Axley, New Theatre, England,
Ark. Rural and small town patronage. * * *
They Won't Believe Me (RKO)—Robert
Young, Susan Hayward, Jane Greer. You
if .'ouldn't believe us we told you how poor
'jjusiness was. Not the picture for a small
Played Mon., Tues. at both thea'res.
Cold.—Harland Rankin, Plaza Theare,
•own.
'.'.'eather:
Tilbury, Ont. (Also Joy Theatre at Both-
v/ell). Small town patronage. * * *
REPUBLIC
Trail to San Antone (Rep)—Gent Autry,
Peggy Stewart, Sterling HoUoway. This did
mediocre business en a weekend double bill.
Played Fri., Sat. 'Weather: Cold.—Harland
Rankin, Joy Theatre, Bothwell, Ont. Small
town patronage. * * *
20th CENTURY-FOX
Moss Rose (20th-Fox) — Peggy Cummins,
Victor Mature, Ethel Barrymore. Nothing
extra but got by okay on Sunday which is
our silver dollar night. Played Sunday. 'Wea-
'her: Cold for here.—D. 'W. Trisko, Ritz The-
T re, Jerome, Ariz. Mining town pcrtron-
Moss Rose (20th-Fox)—Peggy Cummins,
'.'ictor Mature, Ethel Barrymore. 'We would
:;e much happier if we never had to play
hese English accent pictures—they bore us.
Ethel Barrymore's acting was superb, as
usual, and the story fair, you like murder
mysteries—we don't.
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Played Sun., Mon.
Weather: Very cold.—R. W. Burgess, Roxy
Theatre, McClusky, N. D. Rural and small
own patronage.
Three Little Girls in Blue (20th-Fox)—June
Jlaver, George Montgomery, Vivian Blaine.
To one can argue that this isn't as sweet a
licture as you could wish, but keenos and
lingos were too much for 'us. Played Mon.,
'ues., 'Wed. 'Weather: Cold.—Harland Rankin,
rie Theatre, 'Wheatley, Ont. Small town
jtronage.
Tobacco Road (20th-Fox)—Reissue. Gene
ierney, Charles Grapewin, Marjorie Rameau.
Doubled this with "Grapes of 'Wrath,"
double bill which really paid off. A little
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long but the filled-up seats compensated lor
It. Played Mon., Tues. Weather: Okay.—D.
W. Trisko, Ritz Theatre, Jerome. Ariz. Mining
patronage. * *
UNITED ARTISTS
Bachelor's Daughters, The (UA)—Gail Russell,
Claire Trevor, Ann Dvorak. 1 would call
this a sleeper. I didn't expect much and
neither did my patrons, but we were pleasantly
surprised with a light and thoroughly
entertaining comedy. Ann Dvorak and Claire
Trevor can still acl and deserve much more
than they are getting. Played Tues., 'Wed.
Weather: Cold and rain.—Carl E. Pehlman,
Rio Theatre, Edinburg, 111. Rural and small
town patronage. * * *
Breakfast in Hollywood (UA)—Tom Breneman,
Bonita Granville, Eddie Ryan. We broke
all house records with this one on a return
date. It now holds the record for our all-time
low. Cold weather and a blizzard should have
kept us home, but opened up and had a
screening. A very good picture that would
have done it, with a break in the weather.
Played Wed., Thurs,—Mayme P. Musselman,
Roach Theatre, Lincoln, Kas. Small town patronage.
* * *
Fun on a Weekend (UA)—Eddie Bracken,
Priscilla Lane, Tom Conway. Eddie Bracken
is no big draw with us but we had a tieup
v;ith merchants that helped. Weather: Cold.
Rankin Enterprises, Chatham, Ont. Small
town patronage. • •
Heaven Only Knows (UA)—Robert Cummings,
Brian Donlevy, Jorja Curtwright, Featured
by a suspenseful shooting duel, this
Ralph Raspa Praises
The Warner Newsreels
CAY, has anyone taken time out to congratulate
Warners on the progress
they've made with their newsrecl during
the past two months?
My walkouts on newsreels have been
cut in half, sometliing I didn't think possible.
Warners have a very fine trademark,
excellent background music, and they seem
to go out of their way to bring in laughs
and the unusual. The ending of "Great
Americans" is good also.
If I could get my newsreel a week
earlier, I'd really consider my newsreel
an asset.—Ralph Raspa, State Theatre,
Rivesville, W. Va.
novel blend of western adventure slacks up
as very good entertainment. Comments were
very favorable—best boxoffice of the week.
Played Tues., Wed., Thurs. Weather: Good.—
R. W. Hailey, Lott Theatre, Lott, Tex. Rural
patronage.
UNIVERSAL-INTERNATIONAL
Magnificent Doll (U-I)—Ginger Rogers,
David Niven, Burgess Meredith. This is a
story about Dolly Madison who was the wife
of one of the presidents of the United States,
James Madison. Ginger Rogers as Mrs. Madison
was very good and the acting of David
Niven and Burgess Meredith was the best.
Play this one, as it is very interesting. Played
Mon., Tues. Weather: Fair.—George Mac-
Kenzie, York Theatre, Hantsport, N. S. Small
town patronage.
Shadow of a Doubt (U-I)—Joseph Gotten,
Teresa Wright. Very good, but it didn't go
over. Competition strong and weather bad.
I really didn't want to play it, but the film
industry says an exhibitor can't tell whether
or not a picture will go over. I say that he
can. What do you think? Played Tues., Wed.
Weather: Fair.—Ralph Raspa, State Theatre^,
Rivesville, W. Va. Rural patronage.
Louder Roars From Leo
Rated on 'Rosy Ridge'
KO.M.WCE OF ROSY RIDGE, THE
IM(;M)—Van Johnson, Thomas Mitchell,
Janet Leigh. This excellent picture reveals
the fact that Van Johnson has a
personality we didn't know about. After
several years of Van in variou-s and sundry
officers' unifomu, tuxedos, etc., we find
him at his best in a down-to-earth picture
about plain people down in the
Ozark mountains of MLssouri. I think
Leo should have roared a little louder
about this than he did. Played Tuc-s.,
Wed. Weather: Snow.—Carl E. Pehlman,
Rio Theatre, Edinburg, III. Rural and
small town patronage. • » •
Something in the Wind (U-D—Deanna Durbin,
Donald O'Connor, John Doll. A good little
musical which failed to draw because our
town just doesn't care lor Durbin. No walkouts
and those who saw it liked it. Business.
not so good. Played Wed., Thurs. Weather:
Solid ice on all the streets and highways-
New Years eve and New Years day show.
jr., A. L. Burke Venita Theatre, Herculaneum
Mo. Small town patronage. * *
Swell Guy (U-I)- Sonny Tufts, Ann Blyth,
Ruth Warrick. A lair picture which did good
O'/erage business. One of the lew pictures
from Universal that I've made a dollar on. If
they like Sonny Tufts, play it. Played Thurs.,
Fri. Weather: Cold and light snow.—Arthur
E. Phifield, Park Theatre, South Berwick, Me.
Small town patronage. * * *
Vigilantes Return, The (U-D—Jon Hall, Margaret
Lindsay, Paula Drew. This is okay for
small towns. Played Thursday.—James C.
Balkcom jr.. Gray Theatre, Gray, Ga. Small
town patronage.
Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap, The (U-D—
Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Marjorie Main. We
didn't do average with this one and it is
in plenty funny spots. Lots of laughs and
Marjorie was part of the draw so everyone
was satisfied. 1 wish we had a lot more
as good. This old racket would really boom.
We ran "Fight of the Wild Stallions" with
this, and if you need a short western with a
long feature on the weekend, try this one.
ft is about as good as most features and will
satisfy more.—Mayme P. Musselman, Roach
Theatre, Lincoln, Kas. Small town patronage.
Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap, The (U-D—
Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Marjorie Main.
Abbott and Costello still hold much interest
in the minds of children. Playe.d to a holdout
business on Sunday, and catered to family
trade during the run. Comment on the picture
was good and everyone left with a smile.
The second feature was "Christmas Eve"
(UA). Played Sun. through Wed. Weather:
Rain and cold.—L. C. Utecht, Lake Theatre,
Oak Park, 111. West suburban Chicago patronage.
WARNER BROS.
Sea Hawk, The (WB)—Reissue. Errol Flynn,
Claude Rains, Brenda Marshall. A reissue
worthy ol reissuing. A bit too long, drags in
spots, but the action scenes make up for it.
Business was below average on a double with
"Blind Spot" (Col). Played Thurs., Fri.
Weather: Cold.—Carl E. Pehlman, Rio Theatre,
Edinburg, 111. Rural and small town patronage.
Unsuspected, The (WB)— Joan Caulfield,
Claude Rains, Audrey Totter. A very well
made and well cast mystery which drags up
until the last reel, where you really get the
business. New star Michael North appears to
have possibilities. Business, slow. Played
Tues., 'Wed. Weather: Moderately cold —Carl
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