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'Twin Cily' Clearances<br />
Are Being Realigned<br />
MINNEAPOLIS—Branch iiinnageis here<br />
have advised W. R. Frank, circuit owner and<br />
Hollywood producer, that they are working<br />
out a new clearance schedule to meet his and<br />
other Twin city independent exhibitors' complaints.<br />
They expect to have the new schedule<br />
ready within a fortnight.<br />
Frank wants clearance substantially reduced<br />
for his Boulevard, Minneapolis neighborhood<br />
house, and West Twins, St. Paul<br />
suburban theatre. Ben Friedman also wishes<br />
a reduced clearance for his Edina, Minneapolis<br />
suburban de luxe house, and Sol Lebedoff<br />
has brought suit to compel the distributors<br />
to reduce clearance at his Homewood<br />
Theatre here and for damages allegedly<br />
sustained in consequence of the present 56-<br />
day clearance.<br />
Hostesses Selected<br />
For Colosseum Ball<br />
KANSAS CITY—At a general meeting of<br />
salesmen Monday (12) in the Paramount<br />
screening room, plans were completed for<br />
the Colosseum ball May 3 at the Muehlebach<br />
hotel. Hostesses for this occasion, where<br />
there will be 15 tables, each seating ten, as<br />
well as "stand-up" space, have been selected<br />
and are busily conferring with each other on<br />
that momentous question—what to wear.<br />
They are:<br />
Lois Cramer, Columbia; Gladyce Penrod,<br />
KMTA; Myrtle Cane, MGM; Betty Caruso,<br />
Monogram: Florence Marvin, Paramount:<br />
Joan Putthoff, Eagle Lion: Frances Zentner,<br />
RKO: Ruby Pasley, Republic: Grace Roberts,<br />
20th Century-Fox: Irene Hunsicker,<br />
United Artists: Dorothie Warneke, Universal:<br />
Mary Heueisen, Warner Bros.: June Medcalf.<br />
R. R. Biechele: Virginia Gaylord, SRO.<br />
Robert Huston Resigns<br />
CRESCO, IOWA—Robert Huston is resigning<br />
as manager of the Cresco Theatre<br />
here to go into a new field of business. He<br />
is building three drive-in stands in Albia,<br />
Chariton and Ottumwa and will open them<br />
early in May. He is also planning to go into<br />
the popcorn business and will package three<br />
kinds of popcorn to be sold in southern Iowa.<br />
William Puffer, assistant manager of the<br />
Cresco, will accompany Huston to Albia and<br />
will serve as salesman of the packaged popcorn.<br />
Succeeding Huston as manager of the<br />
Cresco is Robert Malmquist, present manager<br />
of the Gem in Charles City.<br />
Luncheon for Mayor Kemp<br />
KANSAS CITY—Motion picture representatives<br />
in this area have received invitations<br />
from Arthur Cole to attend a limcheon for<br />
recently re-elected Mayor Kemp on April 26.<br />
The luncheon will be held in the Phillips<br />
hotel at 12:15 p. m. and Mayor Kemp will be<br />
the guest of others in attendance. Cole assures<br />
everyone there "will be no lengthy<br />
speeches—just a nice get-together."<br />
Morgan, Minn., Businessmen to Build<br />
MORGAN, MINN.—A group of businessmen<br />
here has organized a company to build<br />
a theatre. The town is now without films.<br />
w'Li<br />
COLBY TOURS MIDWEST—Anita<br />
Colby, executive assistant to Henry Ginsberg,<br />
who is in ciiarge of Paramount studios,<br />
met exhibitors and newspaper people<br />
in Kansas City and Omaha on her<br />
nationwide exploitation tour in behalf<br />
of "The Emperor Waltz." In the top picture<br />
she is shown in Omaha with Frank<br />
Roberts, left, controller of the Cooper<br />
Theatres in Lincoln, Neb., and Ted Butterfield,<br />
city publicity and advertising<br />
manager of the Lincoln houses; in the<br />
center photo she's shown chatting with<br />
Ralph Blank of Tri-States and Sam Epstein,<br />
owner of several theatres in Omaha,<br />
and below she is showTi with Paramount<br />
branch employes in Kansas City.<br />
In the picture, left to right, are J. H.<br />
States, booking manager; R. C. LiBeau,<br />
branch manager; Arthur Cole, industrjrepresentative;<br />
Clay Wine, student booker;<br />
Al Morris, booker; Walter Clark,<br />
booker; Frank V. Thomas, salesman, and<br />
A. H. Chaffee, office manager.<br />
Film Salesman Buys Plane<br />
MINNEAPOLIS—Milt Lipsner, RKO salesman,<br />
has bought his own airplane and flies<br />
it himself. When practical he uses it, instead<br />
of the usual automobile, to cover his<br />
territory. He handles western Wisconsin and<br />
northeastern Minnesota.<br />
Sunday Show Ban Loses<br />
STROMSBURG, NEB.—Voters of this town<br />
of 1,500 have turned down by a 2-to-l vote<br />
a proposed ban on Sunday motion pictures.<br />
The Citizens party pushed the proposal in<br />
the city elections.<br />
Tri-States Signs for Reissues<br />
DES MOINES—Jules Weill and Albert<br />
Dezel of Masterpiece Productions, Chicago,<br />
have concluded an arrangement with Ti-i-<br />
States Theatre Corp. for the booking of two<br />
blocks of reissue pictures. The two men announced<br />
Tri-States had taken a block of<br />
24 United Artists films and 13 Hopalong<br />
Cassidy pictures for showing in the circuit.<br />
Iowa, Nebraska Allied<br />
Meet in Des Moines<br />
DES MOINES— Abram F.<br />
Myers, chairman<br />
of the board and general counsel of national<br />
Allied, will return to his native Iowa<br />
to be a speaker at the convention of the<br />
Allied Independent Theatre Owners of Iowa<br />
and Nebraska in Des Moines Monday and<br />
Tuesday, May 10 and 11.<br />
The convention will be held at Hotel Fort<br />
Des Moines.<br />
The meeting here will be the only convention<br />
of the organization, Leo F. Wolcott,<br />
chairman of the board, announced. It<br />
had previously been reported in BOXOF-<br />
FICE that separate meetings would be held<br />
tor Nebraska members in Omaha and Iowa<br />
members in Des Moines. The meeting here<br />
will be for Allied members of both states,<br />
Wolcott said.<br />
Business sessions will be held daily from<br />
1 to 5 p. m. The convention will wind up<br />
with an all-industry banquet and party at<br />
7 p. m. May 11.<br />
Speakers besides Abrams will<br />
include Gov.<br />
Robert D. Blue of Iowa and Sidney E. Samuelson.<br />
Philadelphia, chairman of national<br />
Allied's Caravan. Abrams is scheduled to talk<br />
on the government antitrust suit and the<br />
Ascap situation, and Samuelson will di.scuss<br />
sales policies.<br />
Wolcott urged that exhibitors planning to<br />
attend send reservations immediately to Tim<br />
Evans at the Lyons Theatre. Clinton, Iowa,<br />
pointing out that hotel space is always scarce<br />
in Des Moines.<br />
Walter Hagedone Elected<br />
Mayor of Cozad, Neb.<br />
COZAD. NEB.—Walter J. Hagedone, owner<br />
of the Rialto. is the new mayor of this town<br />
of 3,000 persons. His election was almost<br />
unanimous.<br />
He joins Mons Thompson, St. Paul exhibitor,<br />
as one of the film men in the territory<br />
who heads city governments. Roy Bott of<br />
Hooper, Neb., who sold his theatre several<br />
years ago, also was a mayor. Now he is running<br />
for re-election as a member of the<br />
Omaha public power district.<br />
C. V. Scholfield Dies<br />
LANSING, IOWA—C. V. Scholfield, 57,<br />
owmer and operator of the Blackhawk Theatre<br />
here, a member of the board of education<br />
and a former school teacher, died here last<br />
week. After teaching in various communities<br />
for 22 years, Mr. Schofield came to Lansing<br />
in 1933 and opened a theatre. In 1946<br />
he built a new theatre building. All stores<br />
and the public school in town were closed<br />
during the funeral services.<br />
Drive-In Firm Formed<br />
LINCOLN—The Starview Amusement Corp.<br />
has been incorporated here to operate a<br />
drive-in theatre. Capitalization was set at<br />
$25,000. Incorporators were Mannie Burdie<br />
and Sidney Schermer, both of St. Louis.<br />
Corn to Fred Grumbell<br />
EVERLY, IOWA—Fred Grumbell is the<br />
new ouTier of the Corn Theatre here. W. R.<br />
Arndt is the seller.<br />
BOXOFFICE :<br />
: April 17, 1948 MW<br />
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