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DALLAS VARIETY ARRANGING
GALA ZUKOR CELEBRATION
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More Than 1.000 Expected
To Attend Dinner to
Be Held Jan. 28
DALLAS^ Directors of Texu-s Variety Club
and representatives of Texas COMPO have
enthusiastically approved plans to honor
Adolph Zukor in a golden Jubilee celebration
lor his outstanding contributions to the motion
picture industry these past 50 years. The
Texas Variety tent and Texas COMPO scheduled
the local celebration for January 28 In
the Baker hotel here.
A glitternig array of 150 personalities will
be seated on the dais and more than 1.000
exhibitors from the southwest are expected to
come to Dallas for the celebration, in addition
to all the prominent industrialists of the
south, southwest and midwest.
Mexico's Cantinflas Gives
Houston Tent 34 Benefit
MANY GOVERNORS ON LIST
Also among the list of dignitaries invited
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«re governors Allan Shivers. Texas; Roy J.
Turner, Oklahoma: Robert Kennon, Louisiana:
Francis Cherry, Arkansas: Frank
Clement, Tennes.see: Hugh White, Mississippi:
Howard Pyle. Arizona: Edward J. Mechem,
New Mexico: Dan Thornton, Colorado: Edward
F. Arn. Kansas; Phil M. Donnelly, Missouri,
and Robert Cro.sby of Nebraska.
Paul Short and John Rowley were appointed
temporary co-chairmen, but it is
expected that R. J. O'Donnell, Variety Interchairman
of the Zukor Golden Jubik
lee celebration, will appoint a general chairman
at the next board of directors and general
meeting of the Texas tent.
"We are going to make this the most elaborate
affair that we have ever undertaken to
honor a great man." said Rowley, second International
chief barker, at the meeting,
which was attended by Chief Barker C. A.
Dolsen, Al Reynolds, Phil Isley, Meyer
Rachofsky, Charles E. Darden, Kendall Way,
Harold Schwarz. Joe Caffo, W. L. Marshall.
Clyde W. Rembert, Walter Penn and Jack
Bryant.
KNTHUSIASTIC APPROVAL GIVEN
Enthusiastic and unanimous approval was
given by the Texas COMPO executive board
'consisting of Karl Hoblitzelle. R. J. O'Don-
Col. H. A. Cole. Edward H. Rowley. H. J.
Claude C. Ezell. Phil Isley. Julius
Gordon. Henry Reeve, Paul Short and Kyle
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Arrangements are being completed to televise
the banquet in addition to bringing it to
the vast radio audiences via network hookups.
Newsreel coverage will be extensive. John
Rowley is arranging a meeting with the chief
barkers from Houston. Oklahoma City and
Memphis as well as film leaders from Kansas
City. Denver and New Orleans who will work
together to bring leaders to Dallas for this
momentous event.
Under O'Donnell's leadership Variety International
will honor Adolph Zukor at the International
Variety convention in Mexico City
April 18-23.
HOUSTON—Houston Variety Tent 34. in
behalf of its pet charity, the Variety Boys
club, staged one of its biggest and most unusual-productions
here Wednesday (17i with
the first United States appearance of Mexican
film star Mario Moreno, who uses the
stage name of Cantinflas.
The Mexican star, that nation's number one
film attraction, had his entire all-Mexican
.show at the Sam Houston Coliseum here.
The troupe included some 35 persons, singers,
dancers and bull fighters. He also brought
along three Mexican fighting bulls with which
the comedian staged a comic, bloodless fight.
This was one of the greatest shows ever
staged in this city and the Mexican star
donated the entire show and all proceeds to
the Variety Boys club.
Meantime, while the big benefit show was
going on. the Boys club, with its membership
of 1.600 youths, was proudly taking credit (or
winning its first football "Bowl" game by
defeating Boys Town of Nebraska 28 to in
the annual national Milk bowl in Rosenberg.
Tex., before a crowd of more than 6.000
persons.
The "Bowl" game had all the splendor and
gaiety of a real contest and the captains of
both teams crowned Holl>-wood starlet GIgl
Perreau as queen of the national bowl in a
colorful halftime ceremony. The bands from
St. Thomas high school. Wharton Junior
college and the drill squads of Klrwln and
Wharton, along with a peewee drill unit,
named the Duquettes, added spice to the
contest.
After crowning Miss Perreau. team captains
George Deplease of Boys Town and Pete
Miller of Boys club shyly placed a kiss on her
cheeks. L. D. Irwin, president of the Rosenberg
Lions club, gave the starlet a white
The abovp photographs show rantiflas.
Mrxiran film comrdian: the Bots club
football tram, which drfeatrd Boys Town
of Nebraska 2K to 0. and briow. new
< hief Barker Mitchell M. I.ewLs.
western-style leather Jacket with a Lions
emblem on it. So dominant were the midgets
from Houston that they only had to punt once
during the game. Terry Dyal, probably the
fastest boy on the field, was the player who
carried the club to its win.
On the business side of Tent 34 acUvlttes
one of the largest membership turnouts on
record met to elect new officers and crew.
Selected were Mitchell M. Lewis. Lewis Thea-
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