Boxoffice-January.07.1950
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. . . James<br />
. . . Bob<br />
. . Frank<br />
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Toledo Booth Ass'n Plans<br />
New Petition to NLRB<br />
TOLEDO—The Toledo P>rojectionists Ass'n,<br />
independent union, plans to file a petition<br />
with the National Labor Relations Board,<br />
asking that the board rule that all Toledo<br />
theatres are engaged in interstate commerce.<br />
Frank J. Vanden Eynden, business agent, revealed<br />
this following dismissal in Washington,<br />
by the NLRB, of a petition by the independent<br />
union for a collective bargaining<br />
election for four projectionists at the local<br />
Pi-incess Theatre.<br />
The NLRB agreed with lATSE Local 228.<br />
that only a citywide collective bargaining unit<br />
is appropriate for booth employes. The Princess<br />
is operated by Balaban & Katz. Chicago,<br />
which firm the NLRB found to be in<br />
interstate commerce and so covered by the<br />
federal labor law.<br />
Two of the four projectionists at the Princess<br />
have been working in Toledo several<br />
years, but never have won membership in<br />
Local 228 through failure to obtain the necessary<br />
two-thirds vote of the local's membership.<br />
However, the local has issued them<br />
"permit" cards.<br />
Crosby to<br />
Attend Dinner<br />
At First Pirate Home Game<br />
PITTSBURGH—Bing Crosby, BOXOFFICE<br />
king of the screen, will be guest of honor at<br />
the annual diiuier of the local chapter of the<br />
Baseball Writers Ass'n of America at the<br />
William Penn hotel here April 23, the first<br />
Sunday of the new season that the Rrates<br />
will be at home.<br />
Crosby bought the Pirates in 1946 and comes<br />
here whenever possible during the baseball<br />
season, both to enjoy the games and to broadcast<br />
play-by-play accoimts.<br />
Kids Cartoon Show Held<br />
At Keith's in Dayton<br />
DAYTON—Dayton Junior Chamber of<br />
Commerce safety committee sponsored an<br />
all-cartoon children's show at Keith's Theatre<br />
recently as a means of raising funds to<br />
put on the second "Scotchlite-a-Bike" program<br />
in April.<br />
Over 400 children, including those from<br />
several welfare institutions and orphanages,<br />
saw the program through the generosity of<br />
the St. John Transportation Co., Krieger Motor<br />
Sales, Klyce Studebaker and Master Sales<br />
companies.<br />
Amusement Tax Reduced<br />
BEAVER PALLS, PA.—A 2 per cent reduction<br />
in the city's amusement tax ordinance<br />
from 10 to 8 per cent was approved by<br />
council without a dissenting vote.<br />
COLUMBUS<br />
Tyjore than 150 gruests attended the screening<br />
of "Battleground" and luncheon given<br />
by MGM last week. Central Ohio theatremen<br />
who attended include John Hardgrove,<br />
Roger Garrett, Prank Yassenoff, Ted<br />
Pekras, Ed Hiehle, William Pullin jr., Arthur<br />
M. Holah, Virgil Jackson, F. W. Rowlands,<br />
Carl Rogers, Fred Oestreicher, Charles<br />
Sugarman, Al Sugarman, Lee Hofheimer<br />
and Jack Needham . Yassenoff of<br />
the Yassenoff-Schwartz outdoor theatres is<br />
the father of a daughter named Sally, born<br />
December 17 and his first child . . . Third<br />
child of John Hai-dgrove, supervisor for the<br />
Academy Theatres, has been named Earl.<br />
Harry Simons, manager of the Grand, held<br />
a Cinderella contest for "The Red Shoes."<br />
Prizes were awarded to the girl whose foot<br />
fitted the red slippers placed in the lobby<br />
A. Maddox, first manager of the<br />
Majestic when it opened 36 years ago, was<br />
pictui-ed in local newspapers with its last<br />
manager, Clarence Littler, who closed the<br />
theatre last Saturday. The house is being<br />
torn down to make way for the new H. L.<br />
Grant store.<br />
Norman Nadel, theatre editor of the Columbus<br />
Citizen, is spending a busman's holiday<br />
by catching the new Broadway shows<br />
Hope was named honorary mayor<br />
of Zanesville, Ohio, by the city council because<br />
of the many references to North Zanesville<br />
in Hope's new pictui-e, "The Great<br />
Lover." Hope replied by nammg Bing Crosby<br />
his "chief dog-catcher."<br />
Leon E. Crowell, 57, Dies;<br />
Pioneer Projectionist<br />
DETROIT—Leon E. Crowell, 57, for many<br />
years a projectionist here, died December 28.<br />
He had been a patient at the Veterans hospital<br />
at Dearborn about four months. After<br />
having been a projectionist in Fond du Lac,<br />
Wis., Crowell came to Detroit about 1912. He<br />
had been in the booth at the Fox here since<br />
its opening 21 years ago.<br />
A veteran of World War I, Crowell was the<br />
first historian of Theatrical Post of the<br />
American Legion, a post to which he had been<br />
re-elected every year. He is survived by his<br />
wife, the former Leona Anderson who at one<br />
time was cashier at the Pox Washington<br />
Theatre, and a son.<br />
Folmar Blangsted has been assigned as<br />
film editor for Warners' "Pretty Baby."<br />
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and popcorn boxes out from under seats,<br />
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Spotlight enables the operator to see into<br />
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Fire at New Lexington Perry<br />
NEW LEXINGTON, OHIO—The interior of<br />
the Perry Theatre was swept by an early<br />
morning fire recently.<br />
Ond s"nda<br />
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BOXOFTICE :: January 7, 1950