Boxoffice-Febuary.14.1948

PRINCIPALLY IN EXHIBITION, IN DES MOINES
UPPER PANEL: At the left is E. M. Gctrbett, who operates Iowa
United Theatres, a circuit which has four Des Moines theatres and
17 others throughout the state. The center trio consists of executives
of the Central States circuit, one of A. H. Blank's interests (left to
right) M. E. Lee, head booker and buyer; L. J. Wegener, general manager,
and Neil Adair, booker. At the right is the staff at National
Screen Service—Milt Feinberg (right), branch manager, with Bob
(left), olfice manager, and Carl Sokoloff, head shipper.
LOWER PANEL: (left to right) Jerry Bloedow, manager of the RKO
Orpheum Theatre; J. E. Schlank, operator of the Iowa Theatre Service
Co.; a trio of Paramount veterans, J. H. Foley, Charles Elder and
Alberta Collins, head inspector; and, at right, Nathan Sandler, cfuef
barker of the Variety tent, and head of his own circuit of theatres.
DOUBLE QUARTET OF TRI-STATE CIRCUIT EXECUTIVES
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help run the Tn-States circuit Left to right— (top) William Toney, maintenance manager, A G. Stolte, William Miskell ana
Groves, district managers, and Mane Frye, merchandise manager, (below) A. Don Allen, advertising manager; Dale H. McFarland,
film buyer and booker, and L. M. McKechneoy, treasurer.