Boxoffice - Feb. 17, 2014

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holdovers
: February
IHIOU^TOM
gATHARINE CORNELL, appearing here
in "No Time for Comedy" at the Music
iall, again refused an offer of screen
vork, this time by Rouben Mamoulian,
vho flew liere from Hollywood to contact
ler. She listened courteously, refused
;ently, like this, "I feel there is a definite
ilace for me on the stage: I cannot feel
ihat way about the screen."
Joe McDonald, manager of the Tower,
n Interstate suburban, says no short reel
^ithin vionths equals ''Drunk Driving" for
nteresting industries of this section. Many
usiness men have seen the film and send
>ieir employes to see it ... A special chil-
,ren's matinee February 24 at the Tower
lilt feature George Washiiigton's birthay,
both on the screen and on the stage.
Russell Rindy, manager of the Easttood,
another Interstate suburban, is back
t his post after eight days, but minus
. . is tonsils Ellis Ford, Alabama manger,
is battling the flu, and Weldon
Blondie" Parsons, publicity director for
iterstate suburbans, is back at his desk
fter a 10-day siege with flu . . . Bill Bell,
Cajestic publicity director, is back at
ork after a six-week illness.
The ticket sales record at the State
lys "Gone With the Wind" will hold a
fird stanza. City dignitaries still are remembering
opening night . . . Students
we their blessings to an eight-act vodvil
II for a tveekend stand at the Stude
. . Ray
heatre. operated by Bob Glass .
mes is holding "The Fighting 69th' for
second amusement-dollar battle.
Bids are due this week on Interstate's
';w suburban house isee last week's issue
•r details), making it eight in the suburbs
r the chain . . . "Mr. Smith" is doing
?ht well for himself here. A. C. Driver
!ld the film an extra day at the Delman
inusual for a neighborhood) and Ray
ay of the North Main made it a couple
for the Frank Capra opus.
The Kirby goes to a three-change-ioeeki
policy for the next few months . . .
dna W. Saunders, local theatrical promoter,
is peeling the bankroll deeply. Alrady
set is the Sail Carlo Opera Co. and
te road version of "On Borrowed Time"
.. . Other fleshy news concerns Interiite's
plans to put George White's "Scands"
in the Music Hall, to be followed
1th Edward Everett Horton in "Springtne
for Henry" and Katharine Hepburn
i "Philadelphia Story" . . . After they
rig up the trapdoors and dust out the
iparitions, left by Blackstone, a Major
hws unit takes over the Metropolitan
Eddie Bremer, manager of the Kirby
Ed an active Rotarian, recently covered
t; club tables with literature against the
lely bill. The Houston Post, morning
tivspaper, ran a strong editorial concnning
the bill.
To the Skies—
Manager Austin Moon of the Colony
at Miami Beach heralds his theatre's
current bill and star by means of a
captive blimp, let aloft above the
house.
GriHiths Buy Vincent's
Theatre at Hominey
HoMiNEY, Okla.—Griffith has purchased
the Pettit here from Fred Vincent.
Griffith already operates the Ritz here.
Coy McCullough, manager of the Ritz, will
also have charge of the Pettit.
Circuit Will Build Anew
At Bartlesville
Oklahoma City—A new de luxe theatre
will be constructed at Bartlesville, Okla.,
to replace the Odeon, recently destroyed
by fire, the Griffith chain aimounced.
Corgan and Moore are to be the architects.
Circuit officials also have announced
that Lew Chatham, who has been with
Griffith-Dickinson Theatres at Kansas
City, will take over direction of the Bartlesville
houses immediately. The houses
were purchased last month from the Berryman
brothers.
Griiiith Unit in Seminole
Seminole, Okla.—Griffith has opened
its new Seminole here, with Foster Lyman,
city manager, in charge.
Art Films and Foreign
Product to Get Trial
Birmingham, Ala.—A "Finer Films
Forum" will be inaugurated here by the
Strand February 22 with the showing of
"The Moonlight Sonata," starring Jan
Paderewski. A. B. Covey, manager, said
preliminary plans call for a five-week
showing of these pictures which, because
of their nature, have only a limited appeal.
Whether the plan is then continued
will depend on the response.
QARL PRESLEY, owner of the Dixie,
Huntsville. which was destroyed by fire
recently, announces that he has started
construction of a new house and plans
to spend about $6,000 in the new establishment.
The plans caU for completion
of the new theatre in the early spring.
Curby A. Smith, father of Curby A.
Smith jr.. manager of the Rialto. Morrilton,
died recently at the family home.
Little Rock. He is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Myrtle V. Smith and three daughters.
"Gone With the Wind" will be shown
at the Pulaski, Uttle Rock, Sunday,
February 25 . . . Little Rock's "Miss Seventeen,"
Carolyn Monrotus. winner in the
contest sponsored by the Robb & Rowley
theatres and Paramount Pictures, left Friday
morning for Kansas City, where she
joined 17 other girls from 17 cities, all
bound for Hollywood.
Miss Darace McMurry and Hoiuard L.
Dean were married Sunday, January 28,
at the home of the bride's sister at Camden.
Dean, formerly of Houston, Tex., is
ArkaTisas representative for Paramount
Pictures. He is a graduate of Southern
Methodist
University.
Ruth Jane Mixon is the new secretary to
W. R. Lee of Batesville, who owns the Gem
in Heber Springs and the Lee in Mountain
View.
A U ^ T III
M
CICK LIST: Bill Heliums, skipper of the
Capitol: Perd Sebastian, engineer at
the Paramount: Burton Denman, Capitol
usher. It must be the weather . . .
Charles
Mladenka, Varsity usher, spent the weekend
in Houston.
All local Interstate houses are promoting
the sale of Theatre Coupon Books