Boxoffice-August.28.1948

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