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. . Dan<br />
. . John<br />
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SAN FRANCISCO ItTs'^t^Zt^^;':^'<br />
•The Areata has been redecorated inside and<br />
out and enlarged 30 feet to increase the<br />
seating capacity from 607 to 900. The Areata<br />
is the only theatre in this area using the new<br />
coated lenses especially adapted to color . . .<br />
Santa Rosa has been selected as the site<br />
of an experiment in a professional, nonprofit<br />
regional theatre. To be incorporated as Theatre<br />
Fare, the organization proposes to present<br />
a summer season of plays. Cy Roossin,<br />
producer, said that Theatre Fare hopes to<br />
be able to continue in production next fall,<br />
using Santa Rosa as a home base and toui--<br />
ing towns in California, Oregon and Washington.<br />
Screen personalities Wallace Ford, Wayne<br />
Morris and Charles Kemper were scheduled<br />
to lead a parade in celebration of San Rafael's<br />
Fiesta Hacienda days. Dedicated to St.<br />
Raphael, for whom the town and its historic<br />
mission were named, the Fiesta Hacienda is<br />
intended to raise funds for the parish house<br />
of St. Raphaels church.<br />
Jerry Colonna acted as honorary marshal<br />
of the Auburn Gold Rush Revival, and was<br />
named the Miner of 1948 by the Auburn '49<br />
Charles Hardy, fifth vice-president<br />
Ass'n . . .<br />
of AFL Building Service Employes;<br />
president of Local 87, secretary of the Theatre<br />
Janitors Local, and a member of the<br />
Theatrical Mutual Ass'n and the Variety Club,<br />
died following a heart attack.<br />
Manager Walter Chenoweth of the Alexandria<br />
knows when to give up. It all happened<br />
when two grade school boys confronted<br />
him in front of the candy counter. "Gimme<br />
the time." Chenoweth mildly rebuked the<br />
boys, asking if that was the proper way to<br />
ask. "Aw-right, then, what's the time, please?"<br />
When Chenoweth told them the time, one of<br />
the boys offered : "You ought to be a teacher.<br />
They tell us how to act all day in school.<br />
But what a gyp!!! We come here and pay<br />
20 cents to be entertained and now you're<br />
telling us how to act." "That stops me." said<br />
Chenoweth.<br />
He bought them both candy bars.<br />
Henry "Hank" Alston, manager of the<br />
State here, was in Los Angeles on a vacation<br />
. . . Sympathy to Ted Galanteer, MGM<br />
publicist, on the death of his mother . . . Mel<br />
Klein, Columbia office manager, and wife<br />
celebrated their 15th wedding anniversary at<br />
the Variety Club ... Jay Golden, Golden<br />
Gate Theatre, was in Los Angeles a few days<br />
on business.<br />
Loyd Katz, Eagle Lion manager, was married<br />
May 23 , . . Bernard Levy, well known<br />
on Filmrow. was married to Helene Zirker in<br />
Merced, Calif. Many local Filmrowers attended<br />
the ceremony and reception that followed<br />
. . . Jay Coyne, MGM office manager,<br />
was taken to the hospital for an emergency<br />
appendectomy.<br />
Sam Gardner, assistant west coast sales<br />
manager for MGM. was in Portland and<br />
Seattle a few days on business . . . The girls<br />
at the local MGM exchange are forming a<br />
bowling team.<br />
Theatre Crasher Fined<br />
VALLEJO, CALIF.—A 30-year-old man<br />
charged with trying to force his way into a<br />
theatre was fined $50 in police court here.<br />
Another man arrested for the same offense<br />
forfeited bail of $25.<br />
EUREKA, CALIF.—Thomas Benge, supervisor<br />
of maintenance here for Redwood Theatres,<br />
was presented with a $750 cash bonus<br />
recently for having completed 15 year.s of<br />
service with the organization. He also was<br />
given a watch for his birthday and another<br />
diamond for his Redwood Theatres service<br />
pin. The gift.s were handed to Benge by<br />
David Petersen, local manager for the circuit.<br />
SEATTLE<br />
pete Higgins, local exhibitor, has moved his<br />
office to 2302 Second Ave. . . . Bill Cooley,<br />
manager of the Everett in Everett, used a<br />
stage "baby" giveaway as a stunt to drum<br />
up interest for "Sitting Pretty." This time it<br />
was two chicks that whetted the curiosity<br />
Kislingbury, U-I exploiteer, was<br />
in for campaigns on "Another Part of the<br />
Forest," set for the Orpheum, and "All My<br />
Sons," at the Fifth Avenue.<br />
Henry Haustein, Paramount manager,<br />
whipped over to eastern Washington and<br />
back during the week . Redden, manager<br />
of the Paramount, warns that a pair<br />
of short change artists are working this territory<br />
Jerry Safron, Columbia western<br />
. . . district manager, was in from Los Angeles<br />
festivities at schools, night<br />
baseball and the first good weather are only<br />
a few of the things plaguing grosses here,<br />
which already are hard hit by the strike of<br />
14,000 Boeing Aircraft workers.<br />
. . .<br />
Ralph Abbett, Monogram manager, and<br />
Ed Cruea, salesman, were in Chicago for a<br />
sales meeting James Keefe placed two<br />
employes dressed in prison suits in Spokane's<br />
Lilac Festival parade to plug "Prison Without<br />
Bars" and "City Without Men" at the<br />
Orpheum . Gillin, WB s playdate head,<br />
was here from New York . Danz,<br />
Sterling circuit president, was on a Los Angeles<br />
visit.<br />
Lamb<br />
Ed Lamb, RKO manager, and Mrs.<br />
were vacationing in Canada . . . William H.<br />
Thedford, Oregon district manager for Evergreen,<br />
was to wed Edith Elizabeth Purnell<br />
of McKinney, Tex., June 5.<br />
. . . Out-of-town visitors<br />
Sue Bates of Paramount is recovering from<br />
an arm operation . "Doc" Singelow<br />
received a letter from Rasmus Bristein, Norwegian<br />
film producer who visited here several<br />
months ago, saying he had arrived home<br />
and asks to be remembered to the friends<br />
he made here<br />
Filmrow were Mickey and Mrs.<br />
on<br />
DeLeo, Port<br />
Townsend: Frank Harris, Spokane; Bill Conners<br />
and Fred Gamble, Tacoma; W. B. Mc-<br />
Donald, OljTnpia; Bud Hamilton, Darrington;<br />
Eddie Snow, Mount Vernon, and Walter<br />
Graham, Shelton.<br />
Due From Manila<br />
LOS ANGELES—Due in over the weekend<br />
from Manila, P.I., was Tomas Flores manager<br />
of the Warner exchange there. He<br />
planned a visit to the Burbank studio and<br />
the local Warner exchange before continuing<br />
on to New York for home office huddles. It<br />
is Flores' first trip to America. A longtime<br />
Warner employe, he was guardian of the<br />
company's property during the Japanese occupation<br />
of Manila in World War II.<br />
LOS ANGELES<br />
/^inema Distributors Corp., a new outfit<br />
headed by Edward Barison, opened offices<br />
on the Row and announced plans to<br />
distribute two revivals: "Goona Goona" and<br />
"Africa Speaks." Their product will be circulated<br />
in southern California, Arizona, Seattle,<br />
Portland and Las Vegas . English<br />
is the new manager of the Boulevard<br />
Theatre in east Los Angeles.<br />
. .<br />
Heading back home from the Monogram<br />
convention at the Drake hotel in Chicago<br />
were Howard Stubbins, local franchise owner:<br />
M. G. McCarthy, Bruce Miller and Roy<br />
Bassett . Mary Jo Brown, Republic stenographer,<br />
announced plans to wed James Record<br />
on June 18 . . . Earl Collins, Republic division<br />
manager, took off for a tour of the<br />
Seattle, Portland, Denver and Salt Lake City<br />
exchanges.<br />
. .<br />
Bill Martin of the Hemet Theatre in Hemet,<br />
Calif., is out of the hospital following an<br />
auto accident. Although still walking with<br />
a cane, he was a recent visitor at the Republic<br />
exchange . Francis Bateman, Screen<br />
Guild salesman, is back from a Dallas business<br />
junket.<br />
Astor Pictures' new salesman is Maurice<br />
Geiger . . Del Goodman, formerly with<br />
.<br />
Paramount, now is sales manager for Social<br />
Guidance Enterprises' first film, "Bob and<br />
Sally," playing locally at the Mayan Theatre<br />
. . . Charles P. Skouras jr., son of the National<br />
Theatres president, received his commission<br />
Edith Garfine,<br />
in the U.S. air force . . . Universal-International, was elected to<br />
the board of representatives of the film exchange<br />
local of the Office Employes International<br />
union.<br />
George Hickey, Pacific coast sales chief for<br />
Metro, trained for New York to spend a<br />
month at the home office , . . The<br />
National<br />
Theatres public relations director, Thornton<br />
Sargent, returned from a ten-week stay in<br />
New York, where he worked on the youth<br />
campaign being laimched by the Theatre<br />
Owners of America.<br />
Hygienic Names Mort Allen<br />
WILMINGTON, OHIO—Mort Allen of Los<br />
Angeles has been appointed west coast representative<br />
for Hygienics "Mom and Dad"<br />
to succeed Dick Currier, who is being transferred<br />
to the company's production unit in<br />
Hollywood for work on "One Too Many,"<br />
Hygienic's new pictm-e, slated to go before<br />
the cameras shortly. Allen was a salesman<br />
for 13 years with Warner Bros, in Los Angeles.<br />
There Will ALWAYS<br />
Be a MANLEY Man!<br />
W. H. TURPIE, Wsstera Division Manager<br />
1914 So. Vermont. RE 7528 Los Angeles 7. Calil.<br />
ATTENTION DRIVE - IN THEATRE OPERATORS<br />
Send for Our Special Trailer Ideas<br />
for Drive-In Theatres<br />
Motion Picture Service Co.<br />
125 Hyde St.. San Francisco 2, Calif.<br />
BOXOFFICE :<br />
: June 5. 1948<br />
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