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Illinois State Secretary<br />
From Central tditujn<br />
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Charles P. Carpentier. Ka.st MoUiie theatre<br />
owner, officially won the election battle for<br />
the secretary of .state of lUlnol.s after a ballot<br />
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lection.<br />
Carpentier held a slight lead of more than<br />
,000 votes when the final tally was made<br />
nmediately after election. After the recount.<br />
he theatremen led by 9,332 votes, picking up<br />
ome 5.741 when Cook county suburbs reorted<br />
their final figures to complete the<br />
atewide vote canvass.<br />
Carpentier. as a state senator, has always<br />
mpioned the cause of the theatre owners<br />
the legislature and it was his action<br />
|rlmarily which was instrumental in defeat-<br />
Ig a suggested 10 per cent state admissions<br />
tx in 1946. He also had worked clo.sely with<br />
le downstate committee in contacting conressmen<br />
on the 20 per cent federal tax<br />
speal campaign, even though he was quite<br />
y with his own campaign as Republican<br />
didate for secretary of state.<br />
Shortly after the completion of the vote<br />
vass and a victory luncheon at the Amador<br />
hotel in Chicago. Carpentier and<br />
wife flew to Palm Springs, Calif., for a<br />
day vacation.<br />
[ewsboys Christmas Fund<br />
Lids Needy Children<br />
JETROIT — The annual pre-Christmas<br />
of selling newspapers was .scheduled<br />
Monday il5) by Alex Schreiber. partner<br />
Associated Theatres, in front of the Film<br />
[tchange building. The occasion is the<br />
aual Old Newsboys Goodfellows Fund, to<br />
ovide that "no kiddy will be without a<br />
stmas."<br />
chreiber has had the Film Exchange newsnd<br />
for many years for this project, but<br />
not expected to be able to come in person,<br />
iuse of business commitments in Cali-<br />
Bia. Max Gealer, supervisor of the circuit,<br />
scheduled to take his post on the street<br />
old newsbov.<br />
1952 is the 26th ycor of operation of amuse-<br />
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industry's WILL ROGERS MEMORIAL HOS-<br />
REVIEW OF TELECAST OF CARMEN<br />
Audiences on the Disappointing Side<br />
But Reaction Generally Is<br />
CLEVELAND- .s. ..:. ,. the flr^t Metropolitan<br />
Opern toleeo-st. held Thursday HI)<br />
In the 3.500-.scal Hlpixxlrome wn* a great<br />
8ucce.s.s, but pIcturcwLsc It wa.s a dLiappolntnient<br />
Probably due to IlKhtlnu and technical<br />
difficulties of pre.scntinK the production<br />
simultaneously before a live theatre audience<br />
and on the screen, the picture, especially In<br />
group .scenes, wa-s gray and Indl-sUnct.<br />
The size of the audience was a major disappointment.<br />
Advance .scat .sale was very<br />
slow. Scaled at $3 60 for the orchestra and<br />
loges. $2.40 for the mezzanine and first balcony<br />
and $1.25 for the upper balcony. It<br />
became evident that the $2.40 price had the<br />
biggest appeal. As a result, the 1.000-seat<br />
balcony with .seats at this price was practically<br />
full while the orchestra at $3.60 was<br />
occupied by fewer than 500 people. There<br />
was no demand at all for the $1.25 upper<br />
balcony seats.<br />
What the audience lacked In numbers It<br />
made up for in enthusiasm. Applau.se followed<br />
the big arias and also the orchestration<br />
numbers.<br />
John Miskell, general manager for the<br />
Northern Ohio Metropolitan Opera A-ss'n,<br />
which has sponsored the Cleveland Metropolitan<br />
engagements annually In the Auditorium<br />
ever since 1927, found the telecast<br />
•interesting" but no threat to the live presentation.<br />
Theatre Manager Jack Silverthorne reported<br />
that his talks with members of the<br />
audience indicate a desire for a repeat TV<br />
performance. Significant was that young<br />
people made up the majority of the audience.<br />
Half-Capacity House Sees<br />
.'Carmen' in Detroit<br />
DETROIT—The opening presentation of an<br />
entertainment event—as distinct from a<br />
sports event, such as prizefights and football<br />
—by a Detroit theatre on blg-.screen television<br />
was held Thursday (U) at the Hollywood<br />
Theatre, operated by Detroit Theatre<br />
Enterprises, playing to about one-half capacity.<br />
Management appeared to be well satisfied<br />
with the result, attributing the absence<br />
of a larger audience to the fact that the<br />
deal was made rather quickly and there<br />
had been what was considered insufficient<br />
advance time to complete the necessary promotional<br />
work. An earlier booking for a<br />
project of this kind will probably be .sought<br />
in the future.<br />
With the house scaled at $1.20 to S3.60. the<br />
outstanding characteristic was that the demand<br />
was heavily for the lower-priced seats.<br />
The balcony of the house, seating about 1,500.<br />
Was nearly filled, although the main floor<br />
drew relatively few. Total attendance was<br />
estimated at half the house capacity of 3,500.<br />
Many obviously came to see what It was<br />
like, and were willing to try the lower-priced<br />
seats which they were used to getting for<br />
the same price as downstairs at the ordinary<br />
show.<br />
Much of the trade was de.scribed by observing<br />
showmen as of the "mink coat class."<br />
Favorable<br />
despite the emphasis on low-priced seats.<br />
The theatre parking lot, with a 1,000-car<br />
capacity, was supplemented by a 500-car lot belonging<br />
to m church next door which wm<br />
borrowed for the evening The thMU*<br />
regularly allow.n church patron* the um of<br />
ItJt lot on Sunday momlngn and the courtcny<br />
wa. night, the Metropolitan<br />
Opera's "Carmen" was shown to some<br />
1.800 persons at the 3.000-seat Albee. Prices<br />
ranged from $1.19 to $3.59. The .sound was<br />
excellent, but the picture was not always<br />
clear, patrons commented, but reaction to<br />
the presentation was excellent<br />
The show started at 8:30. with three Intermissions.<br />
Press comment was divided. Two<br />
of the papers were cool toward the telecast<br />
and one, the Enquirer, gave the showing a<br />
good review.<br />
New Wage Pact in Akron<br />
AKRON—Though neither the projectionists<br />
Local 364, nor the management of the<br />
Palace. Strand. Colonel and Loew's theatres<br />
here would comment on the specific terms,<br />
they revealed that a new three-year contract<br />
covering 16 projectionists in the downtown<br />
houses has been signed, averting a threatened<br />
strike. The old .scale was $100 for a 42-hour<br />
work week. John A. Shuff, buslne.ss agent<br />
for the union, .said both sides agreed not to<br />
"pubhcize" the details of the new pact.<br />
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lOFFICE December 20, 1952 95
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