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'Silver River' Debuts
In Denver Theatres
HOLLYWOOD— star-studded premiere
spectacles enlivened two rugged outposts of
the far west when Warners staged a threetheatre
debut of "Silver River" in Denver East: Robert R. Young. Pathe Industries
May 18 and Enterprise and United Artists
topper, was slated to retm-n to New York the
combined to set the opening of "Four Faces latter part of the week after a ten-day Hollywood
stay. During his visit he huddled with
West" in Santa Fe May 14.
Errol Plynn, star of "Silver River," made Arthur Krim. president of Eagle Lion, concerning
that company's production plans and
personal appearances at the Denver, Esquire
and Webber theatres, climaxing a day of other matters, including the possible selection
of a successor to Bryan Foy as produc-
special events including a visit to Denver's
mayor and Colorado's governor, radio inter- .
tion chief. Foy is vacating the spot in order
views and ceremonies involving other city
to set up his own unit for the fUming of
and state dignitaries.
three or four pictures annually for EL release.
The Enterprise-UA affair found the stars
of "Four Faces West," Joel McCrea and
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Frances Dee, trekking to Santa Fe along with
East; Daniel T. O'Shea, president of
Pi-oducer Harry Sherman
David
to participate in
O. Selznick's Vanguard Films, headed for
a two-day fiesta. The film made its debut
Manhattan for production
at the Lensic and
and distribution
Burro Alley theatres.
conferences with Selznick.
Produced in England for Paramount release,
the Hal Wallis "So Evil, My Love" will
be given its world premiere at the Plaza
Theatre in London May 27. Ann Todd, who
stars with Ray Milland, will be among those
attending.
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Jesse L. Lasky will head a Hollywood delegation
of stars and celebrities to a midwest
premiere of the Lasky-Walter MacEwen production
for RKO, "The Miracle of the Bells,"
to be held May 25 at the Palace in Chicago.
Proceeds from the opening will go to the
national cancer drive.
SEATTLE
Tohn Danz has taken over the Elwha in
Port Angeles for his Sterling circuit. The
house originally was one of the group operated
by Ed Halberg and Henry Davidson.
When their partnership was dissolved it was
run by Davidson and associates . . . Jack
Anderson has resigned as branch manager
for Favorite Films and has left for San
Dan Redden, manager of the
Diego . . .
Paramount, used the first stage coach seen
here in several years to ballyhoo 20th-Fox's
"Fury at Furnace Creek.
H. E. Ebenstein, Northwest Automatic
Candy Co. head, was here to confer with his
representative, Ted Grubb . Flannery.
National Screen Service manager, is
back again from the hospital . . . Jim O'Connell.
State manager in Spokane, got a lot
of extra space from the newspapers on Susan
Peters when he played "Sign of the Ram,"
that being her home town.
George Bowser, general manager for NT,
arrived here for conferences with Evergreen
circuit executives . . . Lottie Jamison is new
secretary to Jack Engerman, ad chief for
Exhibitors on Filmrow
Sterling circuit . . .
during the week included Frank Willard,
Parkland; Keith Beckwith, North Bend;
Walter Coy, White Center; Harry Wade, Tacoma;
Art Zabel, Olympia; Walter Graham,
Shelton; Gene Groesbeck, Eniunclaw, and
W. B. McDonald, Olympia.
Bob Monaghan and LeRoy Casper of Bellingham
and John Bretz of Aberdeen were
in for meetings with Carl Mahne, Washington
district manager for Evergreen.
East;
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For conferences with MaiU'ice Bergman,
eastern advertising-publicity director
for Universal-International, David Lipton,
advertising-production coordinator, planed
for New York. He planned to spend two
weeks in the east mapping advertising and
release plans on upcoming U-I product. Also
winging east was Frank P. Rosenberg, who in
association with Monty Shaft produced "Maneaters
of Kumaon" for U-I release. Rosenberg
will huddle with Bergman, William
Scully and other company officials regarding
the release campaign for the subject.
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East; Paul Hollister, national publicity director
for RKO, wound up a two-week studio
stay and returned to his New York offices.
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West; Due in from Manhattan was Barney
Balaban, Paramount president, who slated
production conferences with Henry Ginsberg,
studio chief, and other executives.
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West; Robert Goldstein, eastern storytalent
chief for U-I, arrived for two weeks
of studio conferences. Planning for London
was George Cukor, director of the Kanin
production for U-I, "A Double Life." He will
attend the picture's British premiere.
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West; David Flexer, vice-president of Impossible
Pictures, checked in from New York
for a week of huddles with Leonard L. Levinson,
company president, and Herbert J.
Yates, Republic topper, concerning delivery of
four cartoons which Republic will release
beginning July 1. Yates plans to head for
England late in the month to survey the
British film industry and weigh the effects
of the British tax on distribution of Republic
product there.
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West; Producer- Director Cecil B. DeMille
returned to his offices at Paramount after
an eastern junket which took him to New
York and Washington. In the latter city he
appeared before a house labor comimittee
to plead for passage of "right to work" legislation.
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West; A Republic visitor is Sidney Myers,
sales manager for British Lion, handling distribution
for RepubUc. He is huddling with
Herbert J. Yates and other company officials
concerning sales plans for new product in
England.
Weekly Tele Slated
In Angeleno Houses
LOS ANGELES—Television as an adjunct
to regular film programs will become a
reality for the first time in this area within
the next two or three weeks when James
Nicholson and Joseph Moritz begin screening
video shows on a once-a-week basis in their
five-theatre circuit, the Vermont, Cinema,
Arlington, Picfair and Jewel.
Legal clearances and special contracts with
local video stations and advertising agencies
are now being worked out, Nicholson said.
"There's been a lot of discussion but little
action concerning the relationship between
television and motion pictures," he added.
"We're moving slowly, but we are moving
ahead. This idea is still purely in the experimental
stages, but nothing can be determined
to anybody's satisfaction until it
has been tried."
Nicholson and Moritz will employ the device
worked out by them with their Television-Relay,
Inc., whereby video broadcasts
are photographed on 16mm and can be processed
for theatrical projection within a
half hour.
Initially the video attraction will be
screened when the houses open, before the
regular film program. Nicholson will check
audience reaction and boxoffice takes before
deciding whether the bookings will be
expanded to cover several days a week.
SAN FRANCISCO
'
Dill Parker resigned as U-I branch manager
here to take over national distribution
of "A Guy and a Gal" for Crusade Productions,
in which he has acquired a share. He
has opened local offices in the Golden Gate
Theatre Bldg. and will leave for various exchange
centers soon to appoint representatives.
Barney Rose, district manager, announced
that Abe Swerdlow would be promoted
from salesman to manager of the U-I
exchange.
Al Grubstick, Screen Guild branch manager,
was on a business trip to Portland . . .
Blumenfeld Theatres opened the Marin
County Motor Movies May 21. The previous
week the circuit opened its drive-in at Stockton
Tower Theatre in Sacramento
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reopened May 19 after repairs had been
made to the fire damage.
Lloyd Katz, Eagle Lion branch manager,
is out of the hospital. His intended marriage
has been postponed a few weeks . . . Torrey
Roberts, Columbia salesman in the Sacramento
area, is driving a new Buick . . . Mary
Norris, Columbia cashier, left for a vacation
;
in New York with instructions from Mel i
Klein, office manager, to drop in on the exchange
there and let them know how an
efficient office is run . . . Janice Tolley,
Columbia contract clerk, is a newlywed . . .
Rose Bruce, of the Columbia shipping department,
was absent because of illness.
The Variety Club enjoyed a Night in Reno
party Friday night. May 14 . . . Two fullpage
cooperative ads with the Western Holly
Stove Co. were promoted for the showing
of "All My Sons" at the Orpheum. The
store company also fixed up windows for
distributors, sent out 10,000 pieces of direct
mail, and provided a Western Holly stove
as a giveaway.
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: May
22, 1948