Boxoffice-January.07.1950

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LOS
ANGELES
XTeteran Texas exhibitor Verne Trembley,
formerly with J. G. Long in the Lone Star
state and with Louis F. Long in Arizona, has
joined the Gene Autry organization as advance
man for the cowboy star's forthcoming
barnstorming tour . . . Terry McDaniel, operator
of the Colorado in Pasadena, got a nice
break recently when a newspaper in that city
carried a lengthy feature yarn on his experiences
with the long run booking of "The Red
Shoes."
for Om.aha, where he'll go to work for Paramount.
of the Variety, was a Pilmrow visitor . . . Mi-,
and Mi-s. Morris Smith of the Playhouse spent
a few days at the play spots in Las Vegas . . .
Sam Davis. MGM manager in Seattle and
formerly a salesman in this area, visited relatives
and friends here over the holidays.
Del Goodman of the Motion Picture Sales
Corp. took off for New York on a business
trip . . Jerry Persell, Columbia salesman, is
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back on the job after a week's vacation. Larry
an indefinite sick leave . on his way
toward becoming a roller-skating rink tycoon
is Bruce Miller, who used to peddle film for
Monogram. He's just opened his second rink,
out in the Westchester area.
The name and booking policy of Ray Lindsey's
Metro in San Diego have been changed.
Ray now calls the house the Corral and is
featuring Hollywood-made product, abandoning
the Spanish-language features which he
had been using . Sinift is remodeling
the front of his Del Mar, the plans calling
for a new marquee and signs.
A southland vacation didn't interfere with
sho-ttTnanship as far as Ludwig Sussman,
FILMACK
Chicago exhibitor, was concerned. He placed
CHICAGO NEW YORK
1327 S. Wabash
an ad in the Los Angeles Times' annual midwinter
edition which informed that "when
619 W. 54fh St.
visiting Chicago, attend the Adelphi, Chicago's
most beautiful theatre" . . . Booking
and buying visitors included Leo Hamacher
PROJECTION
of the Ramona, San Diego, and Joe Hamann,
operator of the
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Surf in Huntington Beach.
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SOUND James Myers, Monogram manager in San
Fi'ancisco, returned to his Bay city headquarters
after conferences at the studio in Holly-
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Paul Schreibman is reopening the Belasco
Theatre with Harry Rybnick as manager . . .
The Arlin has been taken over by Lew Predericci,
who already operates the Avalon and
Village . . . Joe Rosenberg, formerly on the
Warner Bros, sales staff here, is checking out
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In good health and spirits after a recent
siege in the hospital, Dave Robbins, owner
Kennedy of that exchange's sales staff is on
C. W. Morris, Pres. Wayne Mayhew, vice-Pres.
business trip is Marcus Roces, Philippine exhibitor
and distributor, whose family controls
a major portion of the theatres and radio
stations in the islands. He and his bride plan
a torn- of the western states . . . Lew Maren,
United Artists exploiteer, headed for San
Fi-ancisco to handle Bay city openings of "A
Kiss for Corliss."
Walter J. Dennis and Frank Bersson have
launched construction of the Magnolia Drivein
as a 450-car operation in Arlington. Architect
in charge of construction is J. Arthur
Di'ielsma. The new ozoner features an allsteel
screen tower . . . Planning to buy and
release French films in the American market,
Bellen Foulke International Productions has
been organized here by Jean Bellon and
Charles Levier.
After a six-month vacation tour of Europe
iSTed Calvi—operator of the Plaza, Cal and
Lomita theatres here—was expected to dock
in New York January 7, returning immediately
to the coast.
Here for a week's visit was Benjamin N.
Berger, head of the Berger Amusement Co.,
headquartering in Minneapohs. He is president
of North Central Allied and a member
of the Allied States board. Mrs. Berger accompanied
him . Paramount division
managers who visited here over the holidays
have departed for their respective headquarters.
Hugh Owen, eastern and southern division
topper, headed for New York, accompanied
by Mrs. Owen—the former Arleen
Whelan of the screen; M. R. "Duke" Clark,
south central division chief, planed back to
Dallas.
SEATTLE
T^wig-ht Long-, former Seattleite who has just
returned from a two-year South Sea trek
during which he shot 25,000 feet of color film,
lunched with Carl Mahne, Bob Haase, LoweU
Parmentier, Vic Gauntlett and Fi-ank Christie
of the Evergreen office . . . All downtown first
run houses advanced their prices for New
Year's eve shows . details have
not been revealed, a theatre will be included
in the Northgate project, a huge shopping
center now under construction just north of
here.
Bob Hope passed through here on his way
to Alaska to entertain troops over Christmas
Quinn. Paramount exploiteer, flew
in from Denver for meetings on "Thelma
Jordon" and "The Heiress" . . . Frank L. Newman
sr., Evergreen president, left for Palm
Springs . . . Del Larison, manager of the Fifth
Avenue, tied in with Kaiser-Paramount national
contest as part of his campaign on
"The Heiress."
Free Show for Children
FORSYTH, MONT. — The Roxy Theatre
sponsored a free afternoon show December
29 for grade school and preschool children.
The show, which is staged annually, was well
attended. The entertainment consisted of
the pictm-e "Rocky," a Technicolor short and
a cartoon.
Plan Clayton Drive-In
CLAYTON. N. M.—Construction of a
drive-in will be started here this spring by
Hubbard & Murphy Theatres, Inc., which
operates indoor houses here and in Raton
and Alamosa. N. M.. and Del Norte, Colo.
BOXOFTICE January 7, 1950