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Jim Nederlander Shuns Backstage Glamor
MINNEAPOLIS — Jim Nederlander, manager
of the Lyceum, legitimate roadshow
house, has joined theatremen Bennie Berger,
Bill Elson and Art Anderson as subjects of
the Town Toppers series of profiles of leading
citizens. The Town Toppers appears in
the Star-Tribune.
James Martin Nederlander—he never uses
the middle name and seldom the initial—is
the 30-year-old manager of the Lyceum Theatre,
where he is in his fifth season of seeing
all the shows and fighting to get more of
them into Minneapolis, Town Topper relates.
Born in Detroit, he inherited a fondness for
the theatre. His father is David Nederlander,
a veteran theatreman and general manager
of the Shubert Theatre there. Jim managed
the Shubert while still going to school, but
quit prelaw classes to enlist as a flying cadet.
He swiftly reverted to type, however, going
into special services and being assigned to
the management staff of Moss Hart's air force
Oakland, Iowa, Exhibitors
Have 25th Anniversary
OAKLAND, IOWA—Mr. and Mrs. Howard
Brookings celebrated their 25th anniversary
in the theatre business last week. They own
theatres here and at Avoca, Walnut and Carson.
During the week's anniversary celebration,
patrons were admitted to all four theatres
at only 10 cents each—adults and children.
The Brookings started in the theatre at
Weeping Water, Neb., on Nov. 7, 1927. They
later went to California where they were in
show business from 1938 to 1940 and then
they came to low^a and bought a theatre at
Avoca. Since then, they acquired the theatres
at Walnut in 1942, Oakland in 1944 and
Carson in 1950.
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$50,000; 500 seats, stadium type, reai estofe
included, Whitney, Texas, $32,000—this price includes
two buildings; 750 seats, modern brick
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Will Sell Separate, and Handle for Third Down
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show, "Winged Victory." He finally did act as
an extra in the motion picture verison. Nederlander
later was assigned to Guam as an
assistant producer of shows. Out of the air
force, Nederlander managed the Toledo, Ohio,
legitimate theatre before his family leased
the Lyceum.
Air force service had him working with such
celebrities as Edmond O'Brien, Mario Lanza,
Peter Lind Hayes and many others. Theatre
management before and since brought him
into contact with most of the greats, but he
feels his business is in the boxoffice rather
than backstage.
He plays golf, but most of his spare time is
taken up seeing shows in New "Vork and trying
to talk producers into including Minneapolis
on their routes, or indulging in a habit for
omnivorous reading. He also views practically
every movie in town.
Married two and a half months. Nederlander
and his bride live at the Leamington,
only a couple of blocks from the theatre.
Berger Won't Bid on Films
Involving Raised Prices
MINNEAPOLIS — Bennie Berger, North
Central Allied president, is a leader in the
fight against advanced admissions, says he
Will practice what he preaches and refuse to
bid for product for his local first run Gopher
Theatre when raised admissions are involved.
Berger contends that the admission boosting
practice is "one of the main things wrong
with exhibition" today.
Delay in Ozoner Construction
MADISON, WIS. — After permission had
been obtained for the construction of a drivein
at Speedway road and the Belt Line near
here, a court action was started by four residents
of the area to stop construction, claiming
an outdoor theatre at that location would
devaluate the property of the vicinity. It was
also claimed that the approval for the construction
of the ozoner was given without an
impartial hearing.
S&M to Build at Oshkosh
OSHKOSH. WIS.—Ben Marcus of S&M
Theatres has started construction on a second
drive-in near here for opening next
spring. The airer will be located on Highway
45 and county trunk J just north of the
county fairgrounds. The company now has
outdoor theatres in La Crosse, Appleton,
Beaver Dam and one near this city.
S&M to Build at Appleton
APPLETON, WIS.—A new outdoor theatre
will be built by S&M Theatres near here.
No name has been chosen for the theatre.
This, together with the drive-in near Clintonville,
will make a total of ten outdoor
theatres for S&M Theatres.
O. H. Stoeber to Newell, Iowa
NEWELL, lOWA-Thc Newell Theatre here
has been sold by Don T. McCrea to O. H.
Stoeber of Fenton. McCrea has operated the
Newell for 14 years; Stoeber has operated the
Pcnton theatre for four years.
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