Boxoffice-May.29.1948

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, Edgar . The , , E. . , W. . , In ATLANTA pack from a business trip to Athens was W. K. Jenkins, president, and E. E. Whitaker and Mack McCoy, city manager for Georgia Theatres in Augusta. Frank P. Byram jr.. former owner of the Cove in Green Cove Springs and now BOXOFFICE representative in Florida, was here . . . Mack Jackson of the Strand and Jackson, Alexander City, Ala., was here several days, . . , Ike Henry G. Moon of Benton Film Express is the father of a baby girl ... On the Row were O. C. Lam, president of the Lam Amusement Co., Rome: John Moffett, Carver, Montgomery; Mr. and Mrs. Harry Whitestone, Pair Mount. Fair Mount, and Jay Soloman, Independent Theatres. Chattanooga and Harry Katz of Fay Exchanges checked in after a trip to New York. Paramount notes: Leonard Allen, publicity chief, went to Nashville and Birmingham . . . Back from a sales meeting in New York were Allen, Clyde Goodson, Bill Holliday, E. Fitzgerald. W. R. Word, B. W. Smith and Prank Polger. Polger, former booking manager, is the new Georgia salesman . , . Bill Holliday has been appointed manager in Jacksonville, replacing Al Duren, who has gone to Charlotte, E. Fitzgerald has been appointed sales manager . S, Winburn and Harlow Lamb are to open a theatre seating 300 in Chiefland. Fla ... In booking and buying were Mr. and Mrs. Bill Aiken, Norcross, Norcross. AT FAKAMOUNT FAKLhV— Snapped al the recent sales meeting of Paramount in the Hotel Astor, New York, were the above contingents from the southeast. Top panel, left to right: Everett Olsen (southern exploiteer), E. C. Deberry, Paul Cockrill, Lawrence Terrell, Ed Chumley and Manager Harry Haas, Charlotte exchange. Center: Frank Folger, B. W. Smith jr., Clyde Goodson, W. K. Word jr., BUI HoUiday and Ed Fitzgerald. Atlanta. Bottom: Al Duren, Robert Stevens and Fred Mathis, Jacksonville, Fla. BIRMINGHAM •Phis city will be one of the first in the .south to see "The Iron Curtain." The film which recently provoked a picket -line riot in New York City, has been booked for the Alabama Theatre for the week of June 3 . . . Francis S. Falkenburg. Alabama manager, has been chosen as one of the judges for the Southeastern A.A.U. Olympic boxing tryouts here June 3-5. Fritz May, former North Birmingham Theatre manager for Waters, spent his vacation You can get your SPECIAL TRAILERS THE TIME BY GOING TO YOUR NEAREST FlimACK r I • BRANCH 94 New York 245 West 55lhSt. Chicagb 1327 S. Waboih Los Angeles 1574 W Washington moving into a new home on the property of the Shades Mountain Drive-In. May will manage the drive-in when it is opened in three or four weeks. Until the opening he will serve as Waters circuit relief manager Carl We.sler, Homewood Theatre manager for Waters, spent his vacation in Florida .. Knox, formerly manager at . the Avon Theatre for Waters, has been employed by the circiut as relief manager. Mrs. Sarah Claire Deitcnbeck, nôther of William Deitenbeck, manager of Wilby- Kincey's Druid and Diamond theatres in Tuscaloosa, died here recently. Funeral services were held here. A native of South Dakota, she had been a long-time resident of Birmingham . . . Margaret M. Balew is new relief cashier for Waters. She replaces Willie Bunch, who has been named cashier at Fair- replacing Lucy Barnes, resigned. field, Tri-State Theatre Service & Supply 318 South Second Street MEMPHIS 3. TENN. Complete Theatre Decorating Stage Drapes Appointed as manager of the Pine at Pineview was J. E, Mashburn Atlanta to , confer with John W. Mangham. president of Screen Guild of Georgia, was Budd Rogers, vice-president and general manager of Realart Pictures . . . Also in were Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Jerett, Ritz, Commerce, and Ebb Duncan, Dimcan & Richards circuit. CarroUton James McCormick. former assistant cameraman and script writer at the University of Georgia, has joined the Columbia sales force . . . Mrs, Lonete Holbrook, formerly with Astor, has joined RKO, Back in the city after attending the opening of the Turner in Ashburn. one of the Luckie Stein theatres, were Charlie Durmeyer. Carl Floyd. Harold Spears and Jack Duniestre , . . Visitors were P. L. Taylor, Dixie. Columbus: L. J. Dmican. West Point; M. C, Moore, Riverside, Jacksonville. Fla., and C, W. Wade. Wadesonia, Clanton. Ala. In the city booking and buying were C. L. Welch, Strand, Dallas, Ga,; H. Greene, booker for the Orr circuit, AlbertsvOle, Ala,, and Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Moody, Grand, Reynolds The Grand at Cornilia, one of the Coat-Co theatres, opened May 12. House seats 900 and is the second for this company there. K. B. Wilby and J. H. Harrison of Wilby- Kincey are back after a visit to Birmingham, Herman Silverman of Wometco at Miami has returned there after visiting here and in other points in the south . W. Pincher jr. is the new manager of the Fox in Red Bank, Tenn, H. B, Burden is the new owner of the Lake in Loudon. Tenn, E. M. Newport expects to get his new 500-seat Cozy Theatre in Hellenwood. Tenn,. open some time in July . . . Auditors in the city were Joe McCurmett at Universal and Joe Small, Warner Bros. new drive-in at Lake Mount, Tenn., lias opened. BOXOFFICE :: May 29, 19M l!
m DOMINION DROPS TICKET TAX; THREE PROVINCES TAKE OVER Ontario, British Columbia And Manitoba Start Similar Levies OTTAWA—Only 50 per cent of the people of Canada got any benefit from the federal government's decision last week to drop the 20 per cent admissions tax. For some, it actually meant an increase of a few cents in the price of admission. And if the province of Quebec takes up the tax slack, as expected, the benefits of the federal action will accrue to only 25 per cent of the population. Provincial taxes on admissions went into effect May 19 in Ontario, Manitoba ana British Columbia the day after D. C. Abbott, minister of finance, annoimced to the house of commons that the government was dropping, effective inimediately, its 20 per cent tax on theatre tickets, 25 per cent on night clubs and 5 per cent on parimutuel betting. THREE PROVINCES LEVY TAX By noon the next day, theatres in Ontario, Manitoba and British Columbia had been notified by telegram that the new provincial taxes were in effect. Because the federal tax was collected on weekly grosses and the Ontario tax is levied on each ticket, many theatres in that province were forced to increase their prices slightly. The 48-cent matinee charge at first run houses iii Toronto was raised to 50 cents, and other odd amoants were leveled off either by fractional increases oi decreases. One theatre in Ottawa quoted its puces in fractional amounts. Theatres across the river from Ottawa in Hull, Que., were enjoying a 20 per cent price advantage over those in this city. As the federal tax went into limbo, Manitoba put into effect a 25 per cent tax. The province had been charging 10 per cent on top of the federal government's 20 per ceni war excise tax. Theatregoers thus looked forward to a saving of 5 per cent under the new arrangement but exhibitors were quick to disillusion them. TINY CUT IMPRACTICAL Mesho Triller, president of the Manitoba Motion Picture Exhibitors Ass'n, issued a statement for the organization, pointing out that the reduction of 5 per cent would not mean anything as, in practically every case, it came to only a fraction of a cent, a saving impractical and impossible to pass on to the patron. The situation in British Columbia was a duplication of that in Ontario. Exhibitors throughout the Dominion had promised federal officials before the 20 per cent tax that the full saving would be passed on to the public if the provinces did not step into the breech. Exhibitors carried out their word in the provinces where no new taxes were passed. In announcing the federal government's withdrawal from the amusement, night club and parimutuel tax field, Abbott had said, "May I be permitted to express the hope Over 15 Millions Netted in Last Year Ottawa—The federal government collected S15,369,000 in amusement taxes in the fiscal year ending March 31, 1948, Finance Minister Abbott told the house of commons. The revenue the previous year was $14,552,000 and the year before that $13,387,000. The government is losing about §25,000,000 in revenue by forsaking the amusement, night club and parimutuel taxes, he said. There was little in the way of tax relief as a whole in Abbott's budget message. A slight modification was made in the personal income tax. The corporation income tax remains at 30 per cent and there is no change in the heavy tax on candy, soft drinks and cigarets. that in these cases where the taxpayer will receive the benefit that, so far as possible, provincial taxing authorities refrain from stepping in." Ontario authorities were immediately assailed by J. J. Fitzgibbons, president of famous Players Canadian, for its action in taxing theatres. "It looks as if we have a pickpocket at work in Ontario," he said. "Somebody seems determined to get his hand into the little man's pocket and get all the money he can. This is siniply a case of robbing the man who can least affoi-d it." The Ontario government is not applying new taxes to night clubs and this led Fitzgibbons to say, "When night clubs are not to be taxed, it appears that a man will be able to go into a bai- and get his fill of booze without being taxed, but he can't go to a movie, the poor man's entertainment, without being soaked." UKOP IN ATTENDANCE Fitzgibbons reported that attendance at theatres has taken a considerable drop in the past several weeks. It is normal for patronage to drop during spring months, he said, but this year it is more noticeable than it has been for several years past. There was criticism in Ontario that the government did not take over the 5 per cent tax on parimutuel betting. The concensus was that those who can afford to bet on horses can afford to pay an extra tax. Enforcement of the new tax in Ontario comes in the midst of the provincial election campaign, but the ticket tax matter has not become a main issue of the drive, probably because two opposition parties voted with the government for the levy when it came before the legislature in March. The Motion Picture Theatres Ass'n of Ontario is trying to make a political issue of the matter. A spokesman for the Cooperative Commonwealth party said the amusement tax would be abolished in Ontario if the party wins the election June 7, but this is unlikely. Meanwhile the province of Quebec intimated it would take up some of the federal tax slack by action at the next session of the legislatm-e. The province now charges Quebec Intends to Take Up Slack at Next Session Of Legislature 12'_- per cent on theatre tickets, which was in addition to the 20 per cent federal levy. It was the first province in the Dominion to have an admission tax. Of the 12'- per cent collected, 5 per cent goes to municipaUties where it is collected and the remainder to the province. The province's public charities fund has been running an annual deficit of $4,000,000 for some years and it is likely the theatres will be asked to take over this load. As it is, Quebec theatregoers are enjoying ticket price reductions of ten cents in the first run Montreal houses and lesser amounts in neighborhood houses and those in other cities. Ai'thur Hirsch. president of Consolidated Theatres, which operates all the first run houses in Montreal, said some theatres absorbed part of the federal tax when it was first imposed and that in these situations there will be a real reduction in theatre ticket prices. British Columbia Co. Will Build Centers VANCOUVER—The American Amusement Co. has been incorporated under British Columbia laws for $200,000 to build community center theatres and recreational projects in the small towns of the province. Percy L. English is president. Other partners are William Rodgers and Paul Harmon, two oldtimers in the Canadian amusement business. The first of the community enterprises will be at Newton where a 450-seat theatre, stores and a bowling alley will be constructed. O. M. Paulson. Visits British Industries Fair REGINA— O. M. Paulson, vice-president and general sales manager of General Films, Ltd., importer, producer and distributor of 16mm film, was a member of a ten-man delegation from Saskatchewan to the British Industries fair in London. Following the fair Paulson visited France. Holland and Switzerland to obtain photographic equipment for distribution in Canada. Paulson arrived at New York May 27 on his return trip to Regina. Get Slice of Record Tax OTTAWA—The organized musicians of Ottawa will receive $3,000 as their share of a fund of $1,736,721 which had been collected during the past year by the American Federation of Musicians through a tax on records and transcriptions made by union men. Smb'l allotments of the revenue have been granted other unions in Canadian cities. The mone»-' will be used to pay musicians performing at free summer concerts. BOXOFFICE : : May 29. 1948 K 95
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