Boxoffice-December.25.1948
w Detroit Variety Committees for '49 DETROIT — Chief Barker H. Edward Stuckey of the Variety Club of Michigan has announced the following committee for 1949: House committee—Lew Mitchell, chairman; Jack Zide, vice-chairman; Joseph Busic, Irving Belinsky. Carl Buermele. Sidney Bowman. Fred C. Dickely and Leonard Brooks. Membership committee—Ben Rosen, chairman; Harold Brown, vice-chairman; Floyd Chrysler. Fred DeLodder. Ted Levy, Edward C. Murphy. George W. Sampson and Milton Zimmerman. Exhibition section—David Flayer, vicechairman; Art Koskie, Irving Katcher, Henry Zapp, Harold Sandelman and Arthur Leazenby. Allied industries section—Larry C. Becker, vice-chairman; Norman Birnkrant, Charles Costello, Mike Falk, Ross Mulholland, John Slagle and James G. Riddell. Finance committee—George Berger, chairman; Charles Perry, vice-chairman; Frank Wetsman, Barney Kilbride, Adolph Goldberg and Del Ritter. Publicity—Bill Hendricks, chairman; Arvid Kantor. Charles Dietz and Lee Johnson. Welfare—Charles Garner, chairman; Charles Snyder and Al Ackerman. Football game committee—Joe Busic, chairman; James F. Sharkey, Harry Gilbert and Joseph Lenahan. Cancer fund committee—H. E. Stuckey, chairman; E. J. Hudson. M. H. Gowthorpe, Lew Wisper, B. Kilbride, Charles Komer and David M. Idzal. Entertainment committee—Jack Zide, general chairman; Joe Busic, general vice-chairman. This committee is being set up in 12 monthly project subcommittees, outlining the year's activity program as follows, with the first named as chairman in each case; January—Installation on banquet—Charles W. Snyder. Charles Perry, Jack Goldhar. February — Valentine party — Ben Robins, Ralph Raskin and Art Koskie. March — Pioneer party — Frank Hensler, Lew Wisper and Fred Bonnem. April — Baseball party — Leonard Brooks, Joseph Lee and Joseph Lenahan. May — Outstanding merit awards — Henry Zapp, Arthur Robinson and James Olsen. June—Variety cruise—Floyd Chrysler, Irving Goldberg and Barry Cohen. July—Golf tournament—James G. Riddell, Lew Mitchell and Harold Sandelman. August—Football party—Oscar Gorelick, H. E. Stuckey and Mort Winston. September—Welfare fund games party Irving Belinsky. Del Ritter and Don Fill. October—Theatre party—Harry Lush, Jack Zide and Eddie Loy. November—Lew Halbert, Sam Seplowin and Bernard Brooks. December—New Year's Eve party—Harry Gilbert, Alex Schreiber and Ben Rosen. John L. Barcroft Elected Columbus Chief Barker COLUMBUS—John L. Barcroft, publicity manager of the RKO Palace and Grand, is the newly elected chief barker of Tent 2, Columbus Variety Club. Other officers for 1949 are Ralph I. Shiflet, first assistant chief barker; Ben Co well, second assistant chief barker; Arthur Robinson, secretary, and Milton Staub, treasurer. Members of the board chosen include Virgil Jackson, Leo Yassenoff, William Pullin jr., Leo Kessel and U. G. Hazelton. August DeFere Re-Elected lATSE Local 578 Chief FARIMONT. W. VA.—August DePere has been re-elected president of lATSE Local 578. Other officers: Richard D. Herstine, vicepresident; H. D. Kelley. secretary-treasurer, and C. P. DeFere. business agent. Hamilton Zehrbach, Ord Weaver and Alex Christy were named trustees. The Super Heavy Duty Cleaner especially designed for theatre cleaning CLEANS QUICKLY — EASILY — THOROUGHLY Hi up Tube permits cleaning 15 feet up—extra sections are available for greater heights—drapes, box fronts, lamp house, screen, upholstered furniture, carpets, bare floors and ornamentation—clean them all with the same Super. The Super Blowrer boosts debris and popcorn boxes out from under seats, down front to be disposed of easily. The Super Spotlight enables the operator to see readily into dark places, saves house lights. The Super Screen Brush gives longer life to your screen—keeps it clean and bright, sound holes clear. 24-Hour Projection and Sound Service RINGOLD THEATRE EQUIPMENT COMPANY 106 Michigan St., N. W., Grand Rapids 2, Mich. Telephone GLendale 4-8852 Njghts and Sundays 3-2413 Lane Theatre Opens In Columbus Center COLUMBUS—The newest neighborhood theatre here is the Lane, which was opened December 16 in the new West Lane shopping center as the tenth addition to the Academy circuit. The house is of Colonial design, built of natural local limestone and white painted brick, with Indiana limestone coping. The green tile roof has a cupola topped with a weather vane. Green shutters trim the attraction panels on the stone lower portion of the theatre front. Six bone-white entrance doors also carry out the early American architectural style. Soft delicate coloring distinguishes the main auditorium, with shimmering blue and silver spun glass fabric covering the back wall. Wainscoting is of drak gray, and sidespun glass. Sidewalls are further decorated by four large panels of a similar fabric in a rose leaf pattern. LOUISVILLE fxr E. Carrell, president of the Falls City Theatre Equipment Co., was in Chicago attending the NAPM convention at the Sherman hotel, and contacting various theatre equipment and supply companies in the Chicago area . . . J. M. Ingram. Kentucky theatre architect, moved his offices from the Citizens Bldg. to 419 West Main St. in downtown Louisville. A. Edward Campbell's new Lyric Theatre . . . in Lexington, Ky., was opened December 14. Campbell is a showman of long standing, having operated four theatres in Louisville during recent years. He also owns interests in drive-ins in Kentucky and Indiana Mrs. Gratia Locke, co-owner of the Savoy here, was back in town after a visit in New York. While there Mrs. Locke was the guest of Leon J. Bamberger of RKO at a Music Hall show, and she also made a sightseeing torn' of the big theatre. "Gone With the Wind" again was being shown in theatres throughout the state at nominal admission prices. According to reports of exhibitors, the masterpiece still retains Mr. and Mrs. its drawing power . . . George Jaeggers were visiting In Indianapolis. Jaeggers manages the Elks Theatre in New Albany . . . Remodeling of the first run National Theatre is being planned. Jimmie Robertson is manager of the house, which is said to be owned by I. Jerome Riker, Brooklyn, N. Y. James F. Willard, service engineer for the Strong Electric Corp., Toledo, spent several days at the Palls City Theatre Equipment Co., checking on recent installations in the territory . . Out-of-town exhibitors seen . on the row recently included: Mrs. Frances Wessell, Royal, Carrollton: George Lindsay, Lindsay, Brownsville: C. K. Arnold, Arco and Melody theatres, Bardstown: Jack Story, Mary Agnes, Jamestown: Ed Campbell, Lyric, Lexington, Ky.; A. N. Miles, Eminence, Eminence;; R. L. Gastrost, Victory, Vine Grove, and Edwin St. Clair, St. Clair, Lebanon Junction, Ky.; Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Ornstein, Rialto, Marengo; Homer Wirth, Crane, Crane, and G. M. May, Dream, Corydon, Ind. 70 BOXOFFICE December 25, 1948
„ roadshow . . Wade . . Ray Boxoffice Lag Felt In Christmas Whirl DETROIT—A slow downward trend was apparent in local boxotfices, but exhibitors generally were not discouraged, blaming the lag on the usual holiday celebrations. Individually, "Hamiet" led the town grossing 125 per cent in its third week. Others clung near the average mark. (Average Is 100) Adcrms—Kiss the Blood Oil My Hands (U-I), The Strange Mrs. Crane (EL) ^ 95 Cinema—Hamlet (U-I), 3rd wk 12b Downtown—San Francisco (MGM), A Night at the Opera (MGM), reissues, 2nd wk 80 Fox—Sofia (FC),- Belle Starr's Daughter (20th-Fox) 95 Madison Moonrise (Rep); Angel on the Amazon (Rep) 85 Michigan—Johnny Belinda (WB); Adventures of Gallant Bess (EL), 3rd wk - 90 Palms-Slate-Red Hiver (UA), 3rd wk 100 United Artists—For the Love of Mary (U-I): The Saxon Charm (U-I) 105 'Road House' Gets 130 To Lead Cleveland CLEVELAND—Theatre business took second place in public interest here while Santa Claus ruled the entertainment waves. However, "Road House" broke the jinx by hitting a high 130 per cent at the Allen where it was held a second week. Third week of "The Three Musketeers" on a moveover to the Stillman, topped the house average by 10 per cent, "Fighter Squadron" was just over average at the Hippodrome and other downtown houses got by with fair records. CLEVELAND . . . Mrs. Louis l^at Wolf, Warner zone manager, held his annual midwinter managers meeting, an all-day session which culminated in a banquet at the Statler hotel . . . Alex Schimel, U-I salesman, has been transferred to the New Haven office, only a short distance from New York, his hometown Seltzer, former president of the Cleveland Federation of Women's clubs and wife of the editor of the Press, on behalf of Crile General hospital, accepted a piano from the local Variety Club as a Christmas gift. Bob Blxler, Warner salesman, is spending his holiday vacation at home in Texas . . . Bill Lissner, Columbia salesman, is utilizing his time off collecting a Florida suntan . . . Jack Sogg, MGM manager, was in Pittsburgh for a division meeting called by J. J. Maloney . . . Morris Lefko, RKO district manager and division captain of the Ned Depinet drive, returned after three-day sessions in Cincinnati, Indianapolis and Detroit. First of the series of meetings was held here. There's going to be a big New Year's eve shindig at the Variety Club if the members have anything to do about it. At the last board of directors meeting the following committee was named by Chief Barker Milton Mooney to work out the details: Irwin Shenker, chairman; Nat Barach, Manny Stutz, Ray Schmertz and Milton Grant . . . Shep Allen—Road House ( 20th-Fox) 130 Bloom, 20th-Fox salesman, and Oscar Bloom, Esquir^High Fury ( UA) - - 105 Hippodrome—Fighter Squadron (WB) salesman for Warner Bros., are spending the ..._ 105 Lower Mall Jenny Lamour (Vog); Lucrezia holidays in New York . M. Carr, district Borgia (Vog), 2nd wk 90 Ohio—Hamlet (U-I), Vih wk. of roadshow manager for Manley, Inc., reports he engagement 100 has completed a twin Manley installation In Palace—The Return of October (Col) 80 State—Night Has a Thousand Eyes the Center-Mayfield Theatre which has jtist (Para) 75 Stillman—The Three Musketeers (MGM), 3rd d. remodeled the lobby to allow for a concession wk. ..110 room. Trade Slackens in Pittsburgh; Bill Gross, Columbia city salesman, drove 'Musketeers' Continues Lead to South Bend, Ind., to pick up his Notre PITTSBURGH -Grosses slacked off at Dame freshman son George who is spenddowntown theatres. "The Three Musketeers" ^"5 ^^ Christmas vacation at home Rube . . . was out in front in its second week at Loew's Jackter, Columbia sales manager, and Sam Galanty, district manager, were here to talk pgjjj^ _,.' . „ .MiiiTj with local Manager Oscar Ruby ... J. Stuart 1, I', Fulton—Rogues Regiment (U-I), 2nd wk 75 ° ^ r^ ,. ,„j..,« Harris—When My Baby Smiles at Me (20th-rox), Cangney. sales manager for Theatrecraft Mfg. 2nd wk, . „ , , Vv/V-ui 9„;i" 19S Corp., was in Charlotte and Greensboro, Penn—The Three Musketeers (MGM), znd wk IZD ^ , .... Ritz—Hamlet (U-I), 5th wk , 95 N. C, recently in response to inquiries on Senator—Commandos Strike at Davm (Col); The jjjg company's new combination Mobiltone , . , , the (RKO) 110 heater-speaker, now in demand Warner-Fighter Squadron (WB), 2nd d. t. wk 90 j-Qund drive-in operation. Invaders Stanley—Blood (Col), on reissues Moon 9U , for year- ager, was here on a routine visit with city Manager Max Mink . . . Ernest Schwartz, president of the Cleveland Motion Picture Exhibitors Ass'n, and his wife went to Chicago to spend the holidays with their son and daughter . Allison, manager of the Shaker Theatre, de luxe neighborhood house, held his annual special children's Christmas party. In addition to a specially selected program, Allison provided door prizes. Ted Minsky, Warner fUm buyer, and Nat Wolf, Ohio zone manager, were back from a home office seasonal meeting . . . Harry Weiss, 20th-Fox exploiteer, is holding a series of "The Snake Pit" screenings for groups of doctors, psychiatrists, social workers and civic leaders prior to its local release in January . . . "Hamlet" folded after a record eightweek engagement at Loew's Ohio, during which it grossed an estimated $110,000. Robert Wile, roadshow manager of the local run, is now in Cincinnati supervising the opening of the picture at the Guild Theatre. Saul Frifield, Paramount manager, is back from a four-week vacation in Florida . . . Associated circuit heads, following their annual custom, entertained all of their managers at a Christmas dinner party held at the Statler hotel . . . Visitors included Bill Twigg, head booker for the Peter Wellman circuit; Chuck Meyer of the Carolyn Theatre, New London; George Foley of Mount Pelier and Jesse Chinich, Northio booker from Cincinnati. ^ Holdovers Perform Well In Pre-Xmas Quiet CINCINNATI — Pre - Christmas activities still were paramount and boxoffice figures were good evidence of it, although holdover pictures gave a very good account of themselves. . Albee—Pitfall (UA) 90 Capitol—When My Baby Smiles at Mo (2Qth-Fox), 3rd wk _ 100 Grand—Northwest Stampede (EL) 90 Keiths—The Three Musketeers (MGM), 3rd wk 100 Lyric—In the Navy (U-I); Who Done It? (U-I), reissues -. 120 ooked MUe (Col)... _ 110 he Moon (RKO), 2nd d. t. wk._ 80 Crowd for 'Juan' Premiere PITTSBURGH—A crowd of 2,000 filled the Warner recently for the Press Old Newsboys' world premiere of Warners "Adventures of Don Juan." 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Detroit Variety Committees for '49<br />
DETROIT — Chief Barker H. Edward<br />
Stuckey of the Variety Club of Michigan has<br />
announced the following committee for 1949:<br />
House committee—Lew Mitchell, chairman;<br />
Jack Zide, vice-chairman; Joseph Busic, Irving<br />
Belinsky. Carl Buermele. Sidney Bowman.<br />
Fred C. Dickely and Leonard Brooks.<br />
Membership committee—Ben Rosen, chairman;<br />
Harold Brown, vice-chairman; Floyd<br />
Chrysler. Fred DeLodder. Ted Levy, Edward<br />
C. Murphy. George W. Sampson and Milton<br />
Zimmerman.<br />
Exhibition section—David Flayer, vicechairman;<br />
Art Koskie, Irving Katcher, Henry<br />
Zapp, Harold Sandelman and Arthur Leazenby.<br />
Allied industries section—Larry C. Becker,<br />
vice-chairman; Norman Birnkrant, Charles<br />
Costello, Mike Falk, Ross Mulholland, John<br />
Slagle and James G. Riddell.<br />
Finance committee—George Berger, chairman;<br />
Charles Perry, vice-chairman; Frank<br />
Wetsman, Barney Kilbride, Adolph Goldberg<br />
and Del Ritter.<br />
Publicity—Bill Hendricks, chairman; Arvid<br />
Kantor. Charles Dietz and Lee Johnson.<br />
Welfare—Charles Garner, chairman;<br />
Charles Snyder and Al Ackerman.<br />
Football game committee—Joe Busic, chairman;<br />
James F. Sharkey, Harry Gilbert and<br />
Joseph Lenahan.<br />
Cancer fund committee—H. E. Stuckey,<br />
chairman; E. J. Hudson. M. H. Gowthorpe,<br />
Lew Wisper, B. Kilbride, Charles Komer and<br />
David M. Idzal.<br />
Entertainment committee—Jack Zide, general<br />
chairman; Joe Busic, general vice-chairman.<br />
This committee is being set up in 12<br />
monthly project subcommittees, outlining the<br />
year's activity program as follows, with the<br />
first named as chairman in each case;<br />
January—Installation on banquet—Charles<br />
W. Snyder. Charles Perry, Jack Goldhar.<br />
February — Valentine<br />
party — Ben Robins,<br />
Ralph Raskin and Art Koskie.<br />
March — Pioneer party — Frank Hensler,<br />
Lew Wisper and Fred Bonnem.<br />
April — Baseball party — Leonard Brooks,<br />
Joseph Lee and Joseph Lenahan.<br />
May — Outstanding merit awards — Henry<br />
Zapp, Arthur Robinson and James Olsen.<br />
June—Variety cruise—Floyd Chrysler, Irving<br />
Goldberg and Barry Cohen.<br />
July—Golf tournament—James G. Riddell,<br />
Lew Mitchell and Harold Sandelman.<br />
August—Football party—Oscar Gorelick, H.<br />
E. Stuckey and Mort Winston.<br />
September—Welfare fund games party<br />
Irving Belinsky. Del Ritter and Don Fill.<br />
October—Theatre party—Harry Lush, Jack<br />
Zide and Eddie Loy.<br />
November—Lew Halbert, Sam Seplowin and<br />
Bernard Brooks.<br />
December—New Year's Eve party—Harry<br />
Gilbert, Alex Schreiber and Ben Rosen.<br />
John L. Barcroft Elected<br />
Columbus Chief Barker<br />
COLUMBUS—John L. Barcroft, publicity<br />
manager of the RKO Palace and Grand, is<br />
the newly elected chief barker of Tent 2,<br />
Columbus Variety Club. Other officers for<br />
1949 are Ralph I. Shiflet, first assistant<br />
chief barker; Ben Co well, second assistant<br />
chief barker; Arthur Robinson, secretary,<br />
and Milton Staub, treasurer. Members of the<br />
board chosen include Virgil Jackson, Leo<br />
Yassenoff, William Pullin jr., Leo Kessel and<br />
U. G. Hazelton.<br />
August DeFere Re-Elected<br />
lATSE Local 578 Chief<br />
FARIMONT. W. VA.—August DePere has<br />
been re-elected president of lATSE Local<br />
578. Other officers: Richard D. Herstine, vicepresident;<br />
H. D. Kelley. secretary-treasurer,<br />
and C. P. DeFere. business agent. Hamilton<br />
Zehrbach, Ord Weaver and Alex Christy were<br />
named trustees.<br />
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Lane Theatre Opens<br />
In Columbus Center<br />
COLUMBUS—The newest neighborhood<br />
theatre here is the Lane, which was opened<br />
December 16 in the new West Lane shopping<br />
center as the tenth addition to the Academy<br />
circuit. The house is of Colonial design,<br />
built of natural local limestone and white<br />
painted brick, with Indiana limestone coping.<br />
The green tile roof has a cupola topped<br />
with a weather vane. Green shutters trim<br />
the attraction panels on the stone lower portion<br />
of the theatre front. Six bone-white<br />
entrance doors also carry out the early American<br />
architectural style.<br />
Soft delicate coloring distinguishes the<br />
main auditorium, with shimmering blue and<br />
silver spun glass fabric covering the back<br />
wall. Wainscoting is of drak gray, and sidespun<br />
glass. Sidewalls are further decorated<br />
by four large panels of a similar fabric in<br />
a rose leaf pattern.<br />
LOUISVILLE<br />
fxr E. Carrell, president of the Falls City<br />
Theatre Equipment Co., was in Chicago<br />
attending the NAPM convention at the Sherman<br />
hotel, and contacting various theatre<br />
equipment and supply companies in the Chicago<br />
area . . . J. M. Ingram. Kentucky theatre<br />
architect, moved his offices from the<br />
Citizens Bldg. to 419 West Main St. in downtown<br />
Louisville.<br />
A. Edward Campbell's new Lyric Theatre<br />
. . .<br />
in Lexington, Ky., was opened December 14.<br />
Campbell is a showman of long standing,<br />
having operated four theatres in Louisville<br />
during recent years. He also owns interests<br />
in drive-ins in Kentucky and Indiana<br />
Mrs. Gratia Locke, co-owner of the Savoy<br />
here, was back in town after a visit in New<br />
York. While there Mrs. Locke was the guest<br />
of Leon J. Bamberger of RKO at a Music<br />
Hall show, and she also made a sightseeing<br />
torn' of the big theatre.<br />
"Gone With the Wind" again was being<br />
shown in theatres throughout the state at<br />
nominal admission prices. According to reports<br />
of exhibitors, the masterpiece still retains<br />
Mr. and Mrs.<br />
its drawing power . . . George Jaeggers were visiting In Indianapolis.<br />
Jaeggers manages the Elks Theatre in New<br />
Albany . . . Remodeling of the first run<br />
National Theatre is being planned. Jimmie<br />
Robertson is manager of the house, which<br />
is said to be owned by I. Jerome Riker,<br />
Brooklyn, N. Y.<br />
James F. Willard, service engineer for the<br />
Strong Electric Corp., Toledo, spent several<br />
days at the Palls City Theatre Equipment<br />
Co., checking on recent installations in the<br />
territory . . Out-of-town exhibitors seen<br />
.<br />
on the row recently included: Mrs. Frances<br />
Wessell, Royal, Carrollton: George Lindsay,<br />
Lindsay, Brownsville: C. K. Arnold, Arco and<br />
Melody theatres, Bardstown: Jack Story,<br />
Mary Agnes, Jamestown: Ed Campbell, Lyric,<br />
Lexington, Ky.; A. N. Miles, Eminence, Eminence;;<br />
R. L. Gastrost, Victory, Vine Grove,<br />
and Edwin St. Clair, St. Clair, Lebanon Junction,<br />
Ky.; Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Ornstein,<br />
Rialto, Marengo; Homer Wirth, Crane, Crane,<br />
and G. M. May, Dream, Corydon, Ind.<br />
70 BOXOFFICE December 25, 1948
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