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SAN FRANCISCO<br />
Tliealres in Modesto will continue to pay a<br />
tax of three cents on each ticket, after<br />
a judge sustaineci the city's demurrer to a<br />
suit brought by Modesto Theatres, Inc.,<br />
T»'tilch attacked the constitutionality of the<br />
orillnance. City Clerk Rex Gailfus said the<br />
tax returns $60,000 annually,<br />
i<br />
1 1 Rnssell E. Wheeler, manager of the Metru<br />
Tlieatre here, spoke at the Marina merchants<br />
meeting. Wheeler outlined plans for Christmis<br />
lighting and decorations . State<br />
jTlieatre in Oroville had its fourth seat fire<br />
recently. It seems that patrons snuff out<br />
cl'.;arets in the holes of seats.<br />
The prewar gimmick of free tickets for<br />
readers of local newspapers, has come to<br />
life again in Burlingame. Free tickets to<br />
Manor Theatre for readers of the Ad-<br />
'vance, south San Mateo, are offered each<br />
week. In cooperation with Joseph Daly.<br />
manager of tlie theatre, names of four winners<br />
appear each week among the advertisements.<br />
Bea Easton, Petersen Theatres, will go to<br />
Colorado for her vacation and to attend i<br />
family reunion . . . Bill Helm, Niles Theatre,<br />
is vacationing at Adams Springs<br />
P.icific Pottery Co. of 130 Hyde is<br />
. . . The<br />
moving to<br />
its new location in the Furniture Mart Bldg.<br />
on Market street.<br />
. .<br />
The Ink Spots and a complete vaudeville<br />
show are taking over the Paramount Theatre<br />
tiie week of July 1. It is a "one shot" event<br />
ii-.sofar as the theatre is concerned. If Sa.i<br />
Francisco likes it, maybe we'll have<br />
Harry<br />
two<br />
\.iudeville theatres instead of one .<br />
Ludwig, auditor for Robert L. Lippert, is off<br />
to Pixley.<br />
Jay Golden, western division manager for<br />
RKO Theatres, returned from Los Angeles<br />
. . L. E. Thompson, also of RKO Theatres,<br />
was in town for a few days . Canavan,<br />
RKO maintenance department, w-as<br />
here on remodeling the front of the Golden<br />
Gate Theatre. The entire inside of the house<br />
lias been redecorated.<br />
.<br />
Dave Cantor, RKO studio publicist,<br />
Twentiethwas<br />
here on his way to Portland . .<br />
Pox Exploiteers Frank Jenkins and Ed Yarborough<br />
are in Colorado Alderman,<br />
former theatre<br />
.<br />
owner in Los Angeles,<br />
and his son said hello to friends before their<br />
'.akeoff for their New York home. Alderman<br />
IS manufacturing Constance Bennett cosmetics.<br />
Scotty Dunlap and Roy Del Ruth took<br />
background scenes on Powell street for a new<br />
Monogram production . Walker Chapman<br />
and his wife and children flew in from<br />
Honolulu for a tour of the U.S. Chapman is<br />
•«th the Royal Amusement Co. His trip<br />
here is the first in more than five years.<br />
Cecil Curtis, head shipper at Republic<br />
Friends of<br />
studios, is in the hospital . . .<br />
Harry Kaiser, United Artists office manager,<br />
are wishing him a speedy recovery from his<br />
The Key system strike is<br />
'.ong illness . . .<br />
causing difficulties along the Row. It is a<br />
valid excuse for many workers to come in<br />
late ... or not at all.<br />
"BEDEIJA" IN DENVER—When "Bedelia" and "Its a Joke, Son" played Fox<br />
Interniountain's Rialto in Denver, Manager Jack M. Copeland erected this front to advertise<br />
his Eagle-Lion double bill. Interesting detail was a large photograph of Mar-<br />
.garet Lockwood ("Bedelia") in the boxoffice window while the theatre was closed.<br />
is opening of the New Pismo Beach Theatre,<br />
operated by Westland Theatres. Al Chamberlin<br />
will manage the first run hou.se . . .<br />
Rotus Harvey's home in Burlingame and<br />
Rodda Harvey's home in Stockton both have<br />
new swimming pools . . . Ray Summers,<br />
manager at the Stockton Theatre, is vacationing.<br />
His wife Wanda, who was employed<br />
at Westland Theatres, is with him.<br />
Bill Boland. chief booker at Westland<br />
Theatres, celebrated his 16th wedding anniversary<br />
. . . Noeline Etchegoyhen, manager of<br />
the American Theatre in Winnemucca, Nev.,<br />
was married June 19 ... G. Karski, Motion<br />
Picture Service Co., returned from an outof-town<br />
trip . . . Anita Rupel. UA stenographer,<br />
is on vacation in Alaska . . .<br />
Aletha<br />
Duke, contract clerk, is new around United<br />
Artists . . . Hans Kolmar and Milton Hall<br />
were in town for the opening of "Henry V"<br />
throughout northern California.<br />
W. E. Callaway, district manager for<br />
United Artists, was in town .<br />
Nathanson,<br />
UA manager, sent his family east for a<br />
six-week vacation . . . Marion Isaacs, formerly<br />
with UA, is vacationing in Canada .<br />
Emmett Cannon is closing his Golden Gate<br />
smoke shop and going fishing. Agnes, his wife,<br />
going with him.<br />
Monogram worker, is<br />
Fairmont to Be Revamped<br />
SAN DIEGO—The Fairmont Theatre here<br />
soon will undergo extensive alterations. FWC<br />
has awarded a contract for the work to the<br />
George W. Carter Co. of Los Angeles and<br />
the cost has been estimated at $68,983. The<br />
auditorium shell will be reconstructed, new<br />
gunite columns and filler walls built, existing<br />
walls encased and the front modernized.<br />
There will be new bracing, a new concrete<br />
floor, a new lobby and foyer, new rest rooms<br />
and new lounges and offices.<br />
Two 'Durango' Pictures<br />
Put on Columbia Slate<br />
HOLLYWOOD — Two new Durango Kid<br />
films have been added to the production<br />
slate of Colbert Clark at Columbia. The<br />
originals, "Blazing Across the Pecos" and<br />
"West of Sonora," are being converted for<br />
screening by Norman S. Hall and Barry<br />
Shipman, respectively. They will be vehicles<br />
for Charles Starrett and Smiley Burnette.<br />
Four More Houses Join<br />
Western Amusements<br />
LOS ANGELES—Western Amusement Co.<br />
has taken over the Broadway and Palms theatres<br />
in El Centro, the Azteca in Calexico<br />
and the Needles Theatre in Needles. The<br />
first three belonged to Frank UUman, the<br />
Needles to S. A. Simons.<br />
This One Hung On<br />
ALBUQUERQUE — Bob Ponte, El Rey<br />
manager, returned from a fisliing trip to<br />
Elephant Butte with a three-and-a-halfpound<br />
crappie. believed to be the largest<br />
caught in that area in many years.<br />
Cigaret Fire Bums Two Seats<br />
ORO'VILLE, CALIF.— A recent fire at the<br />
State Theatre here consumed two seats and<br />
a part of the floor near the seats. Fire department<br />
officials told Manager Walter<br />
Tooley they thought the blaze was caused by<br />
a lighted cigaret placed inside the seat<br />
through a hole cut In the leather. Watchman<br />
Roy Johnson, awakened by his alarm<br />
clock at 5 a. m. In the morning, discovered<br />
the fire and saved the building.<br />
Joe Cannon, Warner Bros, cashier, is vacationing<br />
in Yosemite . Paull also of<br />
WB, is taking a six-week jaunt over the<br />
country . . . Frank Noege, WB booker, and<br />
Al Grubstick, Screen Guild, are being called<br />
for jury duty.<br />
Those monogrammed suspenders Frank<br />
Noege wears are something to see . .<br />
July 1<br />
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