Boxoffice-January.07.1950
. . reissues CHICAGO /^hicagoans gave a bangup welcome to the New Year, despite cold rain and drizzle which failed to put a damper on the thousands who came to the Loop to whoop it up. With horns blowing, downtown streets were a pandemonium. As in previous years, this was mainly the theatregoing crowd—the boys and girls who came to the Loop early to attend shows and then went out on the streets to celebrate and welcome the New Year. Admission prices were upped to $1.50 for midnight shows at nearly all downtown houses. Theatres in the outlying districts played stage shows as added attractions and raised prices to $1.50. They did capacity business. Variety Club held its annual shindig in the Congress hotel, and a near capacity crowd jammed the huge Gold ballroom from 10 p. m. imtil the wee hours. Jack Kirsch, chief barker: Edward Brunell, Eddie Levin and fellow barkers greeted members and guests, including many out-of-towners. Howard Le- Roy and band provided dance music. Everyone enjoyed the floor show consisting of stage and radio stars. A de luxe chicken dinner was sei-ved at midnight. Lee Lyles, Jim Merrick and Bill Biu-ke, MARQUEES ^ATTRACTION BOARDS kAD\^S£RVIC€ M-^Rion. inD\^nf\ "Sign and Lighting Spe cialists for Over Quarter Century.' REASONABLE PRICES THEATRE CONFECTIONS LARGEST SELECTION OF ALL POPULAR BRANDS CANDY • POPCORN BOXES GUM • SEASONINGS New Low Prices Write for New Price List. Full Freight Allowance Radius 300 Miles on Orders $100 or Over. KAYLINE CANDY CO. WE 94643 1220 S. Michigan Chicago 5, 111. The Marbro Theatre, most successful of the outlying B&K stage show experiments over the holidays, is continuing to burn the footlights for a third week with Jerry Colonna. Johnnie Johnson will hold forth there after playing the Uptown, then the Southtown . . . Bill Hollander, B&K director of advertising and publicity, returned from a visit with relatives in New York over the holidays . . . Eddie Solomon, local 20th-Fox exploiteer, now is in New York for new product huddle. David Bradley's new motion pictm-e, •Julius Caesar," was shown for the first time at an eggnog party at the Paragon Pictures studio, Evanston, for those who acted and took part in producing the film and for the cast of "Detective Story." Young Bradley, the producer, fUmed "MacBeth" two years ago. Members of operators Local 110 were saddened by the death of George La Roi sr. . . . Chicago's newest motion picture theatre, the Mei-cury, celebrated its opening New Year's eve with great fanfare. One of the lai-gest single-floor theatres in the midwest, the Mercury boasts of free parking space for 800 cars . . After extensive renovation and redecorating, . the Towne in Midlothian takes its place among the de luxe south side theatres. Improvements include new RCA sound and projection. Mono, to Film Hiawatha On Site in Wisconsin MILWAUKEE — Monogram plans a fulllength motion picture about the Hiawatha legend, documented with scenes from Indian reservations in Wisconsin. Walter Mirisch of Monogram was in Milwaukee recently to discuss technical details of the picture with Robert Ritzenthaler, curator of Indian lore at the Milwaukee public museum. The film company plans to use the Chippewa tribe as the basis for Indians in the picture and Ritzenthaler, who is one of the nation's leading authorities on the tribe, will serve as technical adviser when production begins in spring. The Milwaukee man has loaned Monogram five documentary films he shot diu-ing studies of the Chippewas. Story scenes will be made in Hollywood, but special shots of Indian customs and tribal dances will be taken at Chippewa reservations in Wisconsin. 'Lover' and Stage Bill Pace Trade in Loop CHICAGO—With the pre-Christmas shopping spree ended and yule festivities over, business perked up at all Loop houses. Youngsters out of school gave matinees a good play and visitors thronging into town sparked business in a big way. The Bob Hope opus. "The Great Lover," plus a stage show headed Santa Fe club, greeted members of the press, Filmrow exploiteers and theatre publicists at the 14th annual buffet supper in the Blackstone hotel . . . Van A. Nomikos, assisted by his Delia Galla, was on the Row extending New Year's greetings to friends with bottles of imported Metaxa Greek brandy . Basil Charuhas also was on the Row passing out cigars . . . Tom Flannery, Wliite Way by Sonny Tufts and the 3 Sons, gave the sign man, and his wife celebrated their 26th Chicago a banner week. "Fame Is the Spur" wedding anniversary the day after Christmas. opened briskly at the World Playhouse. "No Room at the Inn" had a nice first week at the Carnegie, and "The Pirates of Capri" and "There's a Girl in My Heart" drew well at SELL YOUR THEATRE PRIVATELY Largest coverage in U.S. No "Net" list. iiiQS. Highest reputation for know-how «nd fair dealing. 29 years experience including exhibition. Ask Belter Business Bureau, or our customers. ARTHUR LEAK Theatre Specialists 1109 Orchardlane, Dcs Moines, Iowa 4.9087 _^_^_- CONFIDENTIAL CORRESPONDENCE INVITED the Roosevelt. "The Nevadian" opened strong at the United Artists, and "Dangerous Pi'ofession" was okay at the RKO Grand. "Pinky," at the Woods, had a good final week. The Oriental did well with a second week of "Without Honor" and a stage revue. "The Red Shoes," in its 55th week at the Selwyn, had a sellout week. (Average Is 100) Carnegie—No Room at the Inn (British Nafl) 105 Chicago—The Great Lover (Pdra), plus stage s^ow —.-130 Gorrick—Port of New York (EL) jOO Grand-A Dangerous Prolession (RKO) .-- 103 Crienlai—Without Honor (UA), plus stage show, "° v"V 2nd wk - Rialto Stormy Weather (20th-Fox); The Little Colonel ( Girl in ZOth-Fox) Roosevelt—The My Heart , 100 Pirates of Capri (EL); There s a (Mono), 2nd wk HO Seiwyn—The Red Shoes (EL), roadshow, 55th wk - Very good Surl—The Fallen Idoi (SRO), 6th d- t. wk 105 (WB), State-Lake—The Lady Takes a Sailor 2nd wk '"^ Studio—Wild Men of Kalahari (Dezel); Naked Man Beast (Dezel) ^-- - .^^ United Artists—The Nevadian (Col) 1|U Woods—Pinky (20th-Fox), 6th wk ._.......... 115 V/orld Playhouse—Fame Is the Spur (Oxford); Birth of a Ballet (Brill) "S Rib' Tickles Indianapolis To Gross 110 Per Cent INDIANAPOLIS—"Adam's Rib" at Loew's drew best patronage here, grossing 110 per cent in its first week. Second place honors went to "The Great Lover" at the Indiana with 105. Circle—The Lady Takes a Sailor (WB); Wolf Hunters (Mono) -".:• »0 Indiana—The Great Lover (Para); There s a. Girl in My Heart (Mono) - v^;-^"^ i,:e,ths—Saludos Amigos (RKO); Dumbo (RKO), reissues - ;^"',"" Loew's—Adam's Rib (MOM); Chinatown at Midnight (Col) J- ^ "0 Lyric—Christopher Columbus (U-1); Omoo-Omoo ^" (LP) Merchants Give Free Shows BEAVER DAM, WIS.—A group of local merchants are cooperating in putting on a free show each Tuesday at the Fox Odeon Theatre. The shows begin at 2 p. m. CHICAGO 1327 S. Wobosh FROM on IT QUICKI FILMACK NEW YORK 619 W. 54th St. 48 BOXOFFICE January 7, 1950
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YOU get extro resuhs withl^eqoipment<br />
TROUBIE-FREE Mechanisms<br />
0.1-LESS BEARINGS & GEARS. The CENTURY mechanism<br />
.s so beautifully designed it needs almost no maintenance.<br />
Bindups just don't occur, and there are no<br />
O.I pumps or wells to mess up film and equipment.<br />
SUPERIOR SOUND<br />
mJTTER SUPPRESSOR. Used in all Century sound-heads<br />
\«. Wmner of the Academy Award and one reason for<br />
the superior quality of Century sound.<br />
The BiGGEST Thing in<br />
Modern ProjeJ<br />
• Reduces film distortion due to<br />
high current arc lamps.<br />
• Full brilliance and sharper pictures<br />
projected without loss of<br />
light or wasted power.<br />
lens<br />
Woter cooled plate absorbs<br />
all the heot<br />
• Now, full illumination on the no light toss<br />
largest screens.<br />
Briniant, shorp pictur<br />
• Equipment investment costs con-<br />
Aperture plate COOL<br />
siderably reduced.<br />
Wofer coo/Jng i.<br />
opl/ono/-ovoi(ob)e on<br />
No air<br />
blowers<br />
fWM.<br />
No LIGHT LOSS due to heot'<br />
»f*»^^°!l:<br />
absorbing glass filters<br />
u' irrr,:::'::::."::;-:':::- "''-—' '-—<<br />
y ur needs in theatre equipment, parts and service.<br />
Midwest Theatre Service<br />
& Equipment Company<br />
1950 West Beymont Ave.<br />
Joe Hornstein, Inc.<br />
3146 Olive St.<br />
Chicago 13, Illinois<br />
St. Louis 3, Missouri