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CHICAGO<br />
Tt was a feast in Chicago's first run houses<br />
"Easter Parade" at the Woods and "Give<br />
My Regards to Broadway" at the Chicago<br />
were the main dishes. "Raw Deal" at the<br />
Apollo, and "Summer Hohday" at the United<br />
Artists had tremendous openings. The town<br />
was packed with thousands here for the<br />
Railroad fair, the all-star football game,<br />
which had a record crowd of over 100,000, and<br />
a score of conventions. Most every Loop<br />
house had sidewalk holdouts day and night.<br />
"The Best Years of Our Lives." was showing<br />
at a dozen neighborliood houses at popular<br />
prices and doing great. Drive-ins also were<br />
doing capacity.<br />
Alfred Sacks of Dallas, Tex., was a visitor<br />
and announced the opening of New York<br />
headquarters for Sacks Television Enterprises,<br />
recently organized. The four branches,<br />
Dallas, New York, Atlanta, New Orleans and<br />
two franchise holders. Variety Pictures of<br />
Chicago and R. F. Ginson, will handle television<br />
distribution for Film Studios of Chicago.<br />
H. A. Spanuth is director . . . Morris<br />
Hellman, UA salesman, celebrated his 25th<br />
wedding anniversary . Weinberg,<br />
WB sales department, was ill at Mount Sinai<br />
hospital.<br />
Bob Eirinberg. Kling studio president.<br />
Back of those Inviting<br />
dtlVf•M Tlieatre Marquees<br />
CHICAGO 5, ILLINOIS<br />
Academy Theatre Supply Co.<br />
1312 S. Midiigan Avenue<br />
Telephone: Webster 7268<br />
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EVANSVILLE 11, INDIANA<br />
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1738 E. Delaware Street<br />
Telephone: 3-7534 or 3-7092<br />
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CHICAGO 14, ILLINOIS<br />
DeVry Corporation<br />
1111 Arnitage Avenue<br />
Telephone: Lincoln 5200<br />
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See the DeVry Exhibit in Booth 58—TESMA Trade Show—September 2S-29-30-^6fferson Hotel, St. Louis, Mo.<br />
plans to open a New York office and studio<br />
for expansion of the television department.<br />
Jack Lieb, director of the film department,<br />
has been making a series of film backgrounds<br />
,<br />
for some state publicity films . . . Marvin<br />
Lowenthal, owner of White Palace Theatre,<br />
was Florida bound for a two--week holiday<br />
Fox, operator of the Empress,<br />
Milwaukee, has booked Henri Elman's "Hoilywood<br />
Burlesque" and "Youth Aflame" for<br />
a first run in Milwaukee . Fairbanks<br />
jr. and his wife Mary Lee were through<br />
en route to New York where they will sailil<br />
or a European holiday. They plan to visitlj<br />
England, France and Italy.<br />
Sammy "Half Pint" Embers has left National<br />
Screen after H years in the credit de-J<br />
partment . York Central is distributing!<br />
five films to employes covering various operations<br />
of the railroad. Films are also beingj<br />
shown at their exhibit at Railroad fair.<br />
Major Barney Nagle of B&K's maintenance!<br />
department returned after refresher course]<br />
at Ft. Sheridan, where he spent his vacation]<br />
trying to figure out a way to get people to]<br />
salute majors in civilian clothes . . Louisl<br />
.<br />
Freeman of the Chicago Theatre staff, was]<br />
under treatment at Illinois Masonic hospital]<br />
L. Pullman, Walter H. Sutter and]<br />
Robert J. Immel have formed the Magic Glow]<br />
Co. with offices at 111 West Madison. They]<br />
will distribute electrical equipment for theatres<br />
and amusement centers.<br />
J. Arlia has resigned from the manageria<br />
staff of the United Artists Theatre and wU<br />
locate in Dallas, Tex., in show btjsiness . .<br />
Robert C. Ruben, son of Claude Ruben, main-;<br />
tenance chief of Great States circuit. was|<br />
married at Joliet, 111., to Rose PocoU of She-^<br />
boygan, Wis.<br />
National Theatre Supply will equip the newl<br />
Essanness circuit drive-in, to be erected ail<br />
95th and Ridgeland by Eddie Silverman anci<br />
associates and scheduled to open late in Sep-:'<br />
tember . Autry will head the stage!<br />
show at the Oriental the week of September 1 f<br />
Dick Powell and Burt Lancaster also are!<br />
scheduled for a stage appearance at the|<br />
Oriental.<br />
. . . "Th«|<br />
Bell & Howell Co. employes held their ami<br />
nual picnic at Ehrhardt grove, Parkside, Illf<br />
A couple of thousand attended<br />
Washington Story," based on Drew Pearson'il<br />
personal files, will be filmed by ColumbUl<br />
Pictures. Associate Producer James Gelleil<br />
and writer Malvin Ward came through oil<br />
their way to confer with the Herald-Ameri'-r<br />
can columnist in Washington about the story]<br />
"Mine Own Executioneer," with Burgesij<br />
Meredith, went into a third week at the Surf<br />
Film Industries of St. Paul hail<br />
opened a Chicago branch at 208 South LaSalliJ<br />
with Prank Balkin in charge . himdre(|<br />
young Walt Disney fans of the Sally Jo:[<br />
Brown department of Chicago Tribune chari I<br />
ties, were guests of RKO at the little RKC]<br />
Playhouse where they saw the Disney colol<br />
film, "Melody Time." Wallie Helm and Bol]<br />
Hickey, RKO publicists, w-ere on hand witl]<br />
cokes and ice cream bars.<br />
Maywood Yale Repaired<br />
MAYWOOD, ILL.—The Yale Theatre her I<br />
is undergoing extensive repairs which includj<br />
constructing of a new marquee, a new air coni]<br />
ditioning system, and remodeling of thll<br />
candy concession. Plans are under way tj<br />
remodel the front, the auditorium and th^<br />
lobby.<br />
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54 BOXOFFICE : : August 28, 194