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PORTLAND<br />
t> H. Lange, head man of the local RKO exchange,<br />
was host to Irving Lessor of the<br />
Hollywood offices. Discussion dealt mainly<br />
with booking arrangements of RKO anu<br />
Lessor pictures . . . Local Evergreen bosMs<br />
are making ready to leave for Seattle nrxi<br />
week for meetings with Charles Skouras.<br />
president of National Theatres<br />
. . . A. M.<br />
Dunlop, supervisor of the J. J. Parker outstate<br />
theatres, recently returned from a<br />
trip to Pendleton, where he reviewed the<br />
Parker interests.<br />
Screen star Larry Parks was a Portland<br />
visitor this week. Accompanied by his wife,<br />
actress Betty Garrett, he spent two weeks at<br />
Timberline lodge and followed with a stop<br />
over at Oswego, Ore., where his wife's aunt<br />
lives. Although it was his first northwestern<br />
visit. Park claims the local skiing as the best<br />
anyplace . "Dagwood" Lake paid<br />
the Rose City a call, bringing actor Rodney<br />
Bell to promote a show to benefit the Sandy<br />
hospital fund. They hope to raise $125,000<br />
. . . Garry Moore also stopped off in Portland<br />
last week.<br />
Jack Kloepper, Film Clossic's district<br />
manager,<br />
was to be married this weekend in<br />
Seattle . . . M. Ki-ause of the New York of-<br />
fice of FC was due in town this week for<br />
a business confab Buries, Monogram<br />
manager, was in eastern Oregon contacting<br />
exhibitors Lake, executive with<br />
the J. J. Parker theatres, and his partner<br />
knocked off the consolation prize in the<br />
recent Ocegon state badminton tourney.<br />
Lake, by the way, is considered one of the<br />
west's outstanding authorities on taxation<br />
and offers a course on the subject at Multnomah<br />
college.<br />
Russ Phalen, secretary of the Portland<br />
Theatrical Federation, was down with a cold,<br />
but latest reports have him back on his feet<br />
Alter reported from Bob Anderson's<br />
downtown Newsreel house that the<br />
short, "China Fights Hunger," caused unusual<br />
local comment. Reason was that the<br />
screen flashed a local milling concern's name<br />
on bags of flour .sent to China to alleviate<br />
hunger. Company executives were called in<br />
and an on-the-spot promotion deal was<br />
cooked up . Supper club opened<br />
this week over the Broadway Theatre.<br />
William Katsky, former assistant manager<br />
of Vancouver's Castle and Kiggens, took the<br />
Orpheum's assistant job left vacant when<br />
Sterling Orick left . . . Grover H. Handley,<br />
manager of the Broadway, announced that<br />
his ultramodern refreshment bar w'ill open<br />
soon.<br />
Sam Miller, Eagle Lion district manager,<br />
visited the local exchange this week. EL<br />
BOXOFFICE :<br />
6, 1948<br />
CONFER ON EL SALES POLICIES—Eagle Lion conducted its first west coast<br />
meeting for branch and district sales managers at the Eagle Lion studio. It was<br />
a three-day huddle in which company executives sat in. Shown at the gathering<br />
are, left to right, seated,: Herman Beiersdorf, western sales manager; Harold Dunn,<br />
circuit sales manager; Bryan Foy, vice-president in charge of production; Arthur B.<br />
ICrim, president; and Max E. Youngstein, vice-president in charge of advertising,<br />
p'lblicity and exploitation. Standing, Frank Soule, supervisor of exchanges; C. T.<br />
Charack, Los Angeles manager; Arthur M. Jolley, Salt Lake City manager; Martin<br />
R. Austin, Denver manager; Sam Milner, San Francisco district manager; Ralph<br />
Amacher, Portland manager; Wallace Rucker, Seattle manager, and Del Goodman,<br />
Los Angeles district manager.<br />
Screen Service stayed over at Depoe bay, enjoying<br />
the beach sunshine and water. Salesman<br />
Peter Thorn of RKO went skiing on<br />
Mount Hood.<br />
Estelle Pendelton was happily welcomed<br />
back to the Hamerick-Evergreen main office<br />
after a six-week illness. Estelle had an operation<br />
. exchange's assistant<br />
booker, Lowell Puis, and branch manager's<br />
secretary Frances Parcher announced their<br />
engagement over the weekend.<br />
Basil Bashor, owner of the Liberty and<br />
Kelso theatres in Kelso, Wash., recently returned<br />
from a prolonged motor trip through<br />
Wyoming. Greatly enjoying his trip, he reported<br />
that the heavy snows didn't bother<br />
him. He took a great many photos which he<br />
recently displayed with pride on Filmrow.<br />
Ray Henderson, operator of the Rialto Theatre<br />
in Albany, Ore., was here this week<br />
looking at book pictures . . . T. Schwartz of<br />
the Los Angeles Maharam Fabrics Corp. al.so<br />
visited . . . H. S. McLeod of Theatre Utilities<br />
Service Co. returned from a tour of Washington<br />
.<br />
Holtz, Screen Adette<br />
boss, returned from New York.<br />
Eagle Lion's new office is finally completed<br />
Oriental Theatre has a new assistant<br />
manager, Dicky Willis. He moved up from<br />
the Columbia exchange and replaced Robert<br />
Butts jr., who took a job in Vancouver, Wash.,<br />
as assistant manager of the Kiggins and Castle<br />
theatres.<br />
Dickson Group Leads<br />
LOS ANGELES—Dick Dickson's southern<br />
plans an "open house" at its new offices<br />
soon . . . Jack Flannery, branch manager of<br />
National Screen Service, was in from Seattle<br />
California district of Fox West Coast continued<br />
in first place in the tenth week of the<br />
for a few days . Danz of Sterling<br />
Theatres was another Filmrow visitor from<br />
circuit's Back-to-Work drive, with Dick<br />
up north.<br />
Spier's northern California forces in the<br />
cellar spot. The tenth stanza was named<br />
Washington's birthday gave Filmrow an<br />
George Bowser week in honor of FWC's general<br />
manager.<br />
extra long weekend and many took full<br />
advantage of the time off to have fun and<br />
frolic at some of the northwest's prime vacation<br />
spots . . . Helen Frydendall of the Republic<br />
exchange and Miss Mapes of United Merrill White has signed with Windsor Pi-o-<br />
Signs With Windsor<br />
Artists took a trip to Timberline lodge in the ductions to .serve as a production associate<br />
mountains . Ellis of National and as film editor in a supervising capacity.<br />
Kiddy Show, 23 Years Old,<br />
Moves to Its New Home<br />
From Souths<br />
Edil<br />
DALLAS—The oldest radio-theatre kiddy<br />
club in Texas, and perhaps in the nation,<br />
moved recently from the Melba Theatre to<br />
the Palace, where its scope will be enlarged.<br />
The show originated in the Old Mill Theatre<br />
on Elm Street 23 years ago. It was the first<br />
stepping stone for Dallas' Linda Darnell,<br />
who now is making history for her home<br />
city and the industry. The star, then a little<br />
under teen-age, came to the theatre with her<br />
mother and took the top prize for her song<br />
and dance act.<br />
The show has been an established thing<br />
at the Melba for 15 years. Frequent stage<br />
.shows there caused some confusion in the<br />
programming, however, and that is why it is<br />
being moved. Besides, the Palace stage and<br />
seating capacity are larger.<br />
Child performers, from about 5 to 15, put<br />
on song and dance numbers starting at 9:30<br />
each Saturday morning. Judges award cash<br />
prizes and wares of the radio sponsor. A<br />
feature picture follows, and the house is<br />
cleared about noon, in ample time for the<br />
day's regular performance.<br />
The kiddy club was conceived by James O.<br />
Cherry, now city manager for Interstate circuit,<br />
and John Thorwald, then manager of<br />
radio station WRR. In recent years the club<br />
has been managed by Roy Newman of the<br />
WRR .staff, who produces the .show and<br />
serves as emcee. Newman said the club is<br />
just a side line with him, as he spends most<br />
of his time with other WRR accounts, tout<br />
that he gets much pleasure from working<br />
with the youngsters.<br />
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THEATRE<br />
THEATRE EXCHANGE CO,<br />
Portland 5. Oregon
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