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LOS ANGELES<br />
Qharles P. Skouras, president of Fox West<br />
Coast, was in San Francisco for a regional<br />
meeting . . . District Manager Bemy<br />
Wolfe of National Screen Service headed for<br />
Dallas . . . Pat Patterson of Astor was in<br />
town en route to San Francisco following a<br />
trip to Gotham . . . Also in from New York<br />
was Nat Sanders, head of English Films .<br />
Betsy Bogart, booker at the Warner exchange<br />
for 30 years, retired three years a30<br />
to take an extended tour of the U.S. Back<br />
home following her three-year junket, she<br />
now resides at 150 North Coronado and<br />
would like to hear from her many friends<br />
along the Row.<br />
Dave Cantor, RKO exploitation chief, returned<br />
from San Francisco following his activities<br />
in setting up the opening of "If You<br />
Knew Susie" at the Golden Gate . . . Booking<br />
and buying chores brought Carl and<br />
Ford Bratcher of the Del Rio in Riverside,<br />
and George Page, Fairoaks, Arroyo Grande,<br />
to the Row . Hoss, U-I salesman, is<br />
back on the job after a two-week illness . . .<br />
Al Taylor's secretary, Betty De Brown, left<br />
her desk at the Paramount exchange for a<br />
brief Palm Springs vacation . . . Selznick<br />
Releasing Organization is readying to move<br />
to new headquarters at Doheny and Wilshire<br />
in Beverly Hills.<br />
The Desert and L. A. Theatres in Lincoln<br />
Acres near San Diego have been added to the<br />
Cooperative Theatres lineup by Roy Dixon . . .<br />
Elmer Sedin, RKO home office accountant.<br />
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has been checking the local office's ledgers<br />
. . . Charles Feldman, U-I division manager,<br />
left on a sales trip with Foster Blake,<br />
district<br />
chief.<br />
Walter Branson, RKO western sales chief,<br />
accompanied by Sid Ki-amer, is conducting a<br />
midwest tour of exchanges on behalf of the<br />
current Ned Depinet drive. First stop will be<br />
Chicago, to be followed by Milwaukee and<br />
surrounding territory . . . B. G. Kranze,<br />
worldwide sales chief for Film Classics,<br />
checked out for San Francisco where he will<br />
confer with his local manager.<br />
To New York went Film Classics'<br />
director<br />
of advertising and publicity, Al Zimbalist.<br />
While in Hollywood he will set up national<br />
publicity campaigns for "Money Madness,"<br />
"Devil's Cargo," "The Argyle Secrets" and<br />
"Blonde Ice" . . . G. Ralph Branton, executive<br />
of Tri-States Theatres, Des Moines, and<br />
Mrs. Branton were recent visitors at Paramount<br />
studios . . . Ebba Blackwood, receptionist<br />
at RKO, and G. T. Alexander were<br />
married in Las Vegas on February 20 . . .<br />
Funeral services for William James Edwards<br />
sr., 82, long-time exhibitor, were held March 2.<br />
Edwards, father of James Edwards jr., independent<br />
circuit operator, died February 28<br />
Al Gorrel, formerly with Universal-International<br />
in Seattle, is taking over the Los<br />
Angeles and San Francisco territories for<br />
English Films.<br />
The La Tosca has been taken over from A.<br />
Roc'hlin by Frank Mednick. operator of the<br />
Trojan. Mednick came here in 1940 from<br />
Casper, Wyo. . . . Visitors included Earl Calvert,<br />
in from Lompoc, with his house manager,<br />
Jimmy Mason: Harry Denny, city manager<br />
for Fox West Coast in San Bernardino,<br />
and Lou Maren, UA exploiteer . . . Earl Collins,<br />
Republic's coast division chief, headed<br />
for<br />
Salt Lake City.<br />
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staff additions at the Manley popcorn<br />
machine office include Ray SurwiUno, office<br />
manager, Robert Reischling, concession<br />
supervisor, and Harold Tafford . Dunnigan<br />
of Blythe is preparing for the opening<br />
of his new Hub Theatre, and will have Monogram<br />
stars in attendance.<br />
In on the Row from Long Beach was Milt<br />
Arthur, head man at the Southside Theatre<br />
. . . Jack Clark, Ventura theatreman, was<br />
also on the Row for business confabs . . .<br />
Jerry Thomas, son of Producer Harry Thomas,<br />
is the father of a baby girl, born February<br />
19 . . . Also on the cigar-passing list was<br />
Screen Guild's salesman Stoney Goode,<br />
whose wife gave birth to a boy.<br />
Harvey Goldman closed his Princess Theatre<br />
here while it undergoes renovation .<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Emanuel and their<br />
daughter Bessie were recent visitors. Emanuel<br />
owns the Sutter Theatre in San Francisco<br />
Shapiro of the Essaness theatre<br />
circuit of Chicago stopped by to see friends<br />
on the Row.<br />
B. L. Kroehler, president of the Kroehler<br />
push-back seat organization, was a visitor<br />
from his home in Illinois . . . Steve Chorak<br />
opened his new 650-seat theatre in Puente<br />
pendent circuit operator, died February 28.<br />
February 19 . Heineman, Eagle<br />
Lion vice-president, and his assistant, Jack<br />
Schlaefer, were Row visitors.<br />
Natalie Wineburg is the new secretary to<br />
Screen Guild's office manager. Frank Schindler<br />
. . . From Chicago came Nathan Soland,<br />
vice-president of Mercury film laboratories,<br />
to give the local offices the once-over.<br />
New Culver City Ozoner<br />
CULVER CITY, CALIF.—A new drive-in<br />
wUl be built at 5250 SepiUveda Blvd. for the<br />
LaVere Co. of Los Angeles. Plans provide<br />
for an asbestos-sheet covered screen tower,<br />
with built-in neon decorations, office, projection<br />
building, snack bar, rest rooms, etc.,<br />
and a fence of steel and sheet-asbestos. Cost<br />
is estimated at $70,000.<br />
Theatre to Sunnymount<br />
LOS GATOS, CALIF.—Sunnymount Theatres.<br />
Inc., will operate the theatre which<br />
J. O. Myers will build here in connection<br />
with his 1,000 homes development on Union<br />
avenue, it was announced by Don Brown,<br />
manager of the Los Gatos Theatre.<br />
Charter Santa Rosa Airer<br />
SACRAMENTO. CALIF.— Articles of incorporation<br />
have been filed with the secretary<br />
of state by the Santa Rosa Drive-In<br />
Theatre. Directors are Leslie M. Kessler<br />
of Berkeley and Albert H. Kessler and H.<br />
Rosener of Oakland.<br />
Revamp Benicia Auditorium<br />
BENICIA, CALIF.—James Lemos is rearranging<br />
the seating in his Victory Theatre<br />
here, eliminating the two aisles in favor<br />
of one down the center and installing a<br />
stadium-type layout to increase capacity.<br />
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BOXOFFICE : : March 6, 1948
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