Boxoffice-August.28.1948

. . John
DALLAS
gen Knock of the new Tower Theatre in
Itasca, a well-known sports fan. went east
to see some major league baseball games, and
at Yankee stadium saw Babe Ruth lie in
state in the rotunda of the "house that Ruth
built." Knock expected to return home in
three weeks.
Ernest Rockett, Knock's partner in Itasca.
was here booking and taking in midday festivities
at the Variety Club's Carnival week
. . . Jack Gruben, retired filmman, has been
traveling leisurely about the country with
his wife, but in the current 100-degree
weather he has limited his activity to the
comforts of home and the air conditioning of
Variety Club. He enjoys moving up and
down the rubber matted aisle at the club
checking up to see that babies at Hope cottage
have plenty of milk. They say he has
bought thousands of pints of milk this way.
C. O. Donaldson, manager of Community
Theatres in Fort Worth, was here for regular
BUFFALO COOLING EQUIPMENT
lOth n.. 2nd Unit. Santa Fe Bldg. BUFFALO ENGINEERING CO., INC. Dallas. Tex.
QUALITY UP
PRICES DOWN
ON THE FINEST POPCORN AND POPCORN SUPPLIES THAT CAN BE
PURCHASED ... WE OFFER A MONEY-BACK GUARANTEE ON EVERY
ITEM YOU DON'T HAVE TO PAY MORE WHEN YOU CAN GET THE
BEST FROM BLEVINS.
COCOANUT OIL
5 Gallon Containers $13.98
50 Lb. Pails $17.25
PEANUT OIL
Butter Flavored and Colored
Case ol 8 One Gallon Cans $17.50
SoiAC 25% ON YOUR POPCORN
Bee Hive Popcorn is grown and processed lor extra volume. We urge you to
try using I/4 less Bee Hive Popcorn in your kettle per popping the with same
amount of oil as used with lesser volume brands.
JocA AT OUR LOW PRICES ON POPCORN AND
POPCORN SUPPLIES
BEE HIVE HYBRID POPCORN
(Positive guarantee ol $125.00 per bag.)
Standing Order and Five Bag Lots $12.90
Single Purchases or Less Than Five Bag Lots., 13.50
SALT (18 3-lb. Cartons per case) 180
POPCORN BOXES—Bleachedboard, Printed red and white, Premiere Design.
Standard Size No. 1 (41/2 x 2 x 7), Packed 500 to case $ 3.95 per case
"Size No. 2 (4 3/16 x 1 13/16 x 61/2). Packed 500 to case 3.45 per case
"Size No. 3 (4 x II/2 x 55/8), Packed 1,000 to case 5.90 per case
''Stocked in Dallas only at present.
POPCORN BAGS—Printed red and white, Premiere Design (6,000 to
case)
Size No. 1 (3 X 2 x 7); (5c) $ 1.55 per M.
Size No. 2 (31/2 x 2\/4 x 73/4) 10c 2.50 per M.
Size No. 3 (31/2 x 21/4 x 9) 10c 2.70 per M.
Send your orders to ihe warehouse rteorest you, or call
CHARLES "MAXIE" KOCH
our Texas representative. Phone Madison 7154 in Dallas.
HOUSTON, TEXAS
DALLAS, TEXAS
c/o Universal Terminal Warehouse c/o Interstate Trinity Whse.
1002 Washington Street 302 North Market Street
(Phone - Preston 2381) (Phone Central 6155)
BLEVINS POPCOBN COMPANY
General offices and processing plant. Popcorn 'Village, Nashville, Tennessee
We also carry complete stocks in New Orleans in the same warehouse with Transwoy.
Send New Orleans orders to 235 S. Geno/'s
booking and talked as if business were off no
more than seasonally expected. Fred Hansen
and his wife retiu-ned from a vacation in
Mexico City and adjacent points. They saw
such things as the Floating Gardens, the
pyramids, a volcano or two, old cathedrals
and cemeteries and lots of other scenery,
Hansen now is back in the groove as assistant
manager at National Theatre Supply . . . Al
Wolf, partner and booker-buyer for the San
Pedro Drive-In at San Antonio, said the new
airer was coming along but that the take
home profits were not yet what was expected
because the plant's cost was very high.
. . . Bill Mc-
Mack Graham and his wife, who recently
purchased the Pastime Theatre at Estelline
from William Whaley, were here on an initial
buying and booking trip. Whaley had operated
the house many years
Lemore, owner and operator of the Melrose in
Waco, was up on a routine visit and to visit
his father and mother, the W. A. McLemores,
he being connected with the 20th-Fox
exchange for many years until recently,
H. N. Mitchmore and R. E. Neves are about
ready to open their new Market street theatre
in Houston. They operate several driveins,
one of which is in Kerrville . . . R. Z.
Glass was up from Houston to buy and set in
a few pictures for the Plaza there which he
recently purchased from L. C. Baxley. Glass
now owns three neighborhood theatres in the
Bayou city, the Stude, State and Plaza. He
saw many friends at the 'Variety Club last
Thursday night, whom he knew when he operated
theatres here a number of years before
moving to Houston.
Henry Krumm, SRO division manager of
Atlanta, was here on business several days.
For a number of years he sold films in Texas
for MGM and Warners . Q. Adams of
Interstate circuit is chairman of a film committee
to solicit funds for the Dallas Community
Chest. Members include W. E. Mitchell,
Lynn Harris and C. C. Hoover, all of Interstate;
Herman Beiersdorf, Eagle Lion; Don
Douglas, Robb & Rowley, and Al Reynolds
of Underwood & Ezell.
Martin B. Campbell, general manager of
the Dallas News radio station WFAA, returned
from New York after a study of television
installations and programs.
Mrs. C. J. Otts of the Royse Theatre at
Royse City was here for a round of booking
and buying. She and her husband are becoming
widely known for their contributions
to the Exhibitor Has His Say department of
BOXOPFICE. They get most pleasure out
of telling about their mistakes in booking,
such as shoving back a so-called lemon finally
playing it to real business, and about
films the audience liked which the Otts didn't.
The Otts are known as first class small town
operators.
Film men spoke sadly of the death of Bob
Montgomery in Wichita Falls. R. D. Yowell,
manager of four neighborhood houses for the
J. D. Long circuit, .said he ran the machines
for Montgomery in Perry, Okla., in 1923 . . .
Lloyd Rust of the Monogram exchange, said
release plans for "The Babe Ruth Story"
would go ahead as scheduled, and that the
picture would now be shown as a memorial
to the homerun king. It had a September 2
starting date here.
Local theatres just missed having to close
down during the hottest week here when a big
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