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. . . "The
. . . Art
. . John
. . Jack
. . Harry
. . Jack
. . Charley
. . Jack
, . There's
Opera House. Oshkosh, changed the tag to
the Civic and is remodeling .
a
new house planned at DeForest.
.
The ITO of Wisconsin and Upper Michigan,
will hold a June regional meeting at
Wausau. Sig Goldberg is chairman for the
event P. Adler is building a 500-
.
teater at Waupaca . Perrizo is
remodeling the Oconto. Oconto
Brillion, Brillion, is
. . . The
now under the ITO banner
Yeo, Plaza, Burlington, was
named an alternate delegate to the Republican
national convention . Curl, who
recently bought the Clinton, Clinton, from
H. H. Otto, just put the house under the
ITO flag.
George Levine, operator of the Grace and
Pearl, is installing new air conditioning units
in both houses . Lorentz, 20th-Fox
divisional manager, and W. C. Gehring. the
. . . Eddie
assistant general sales manager, were in for
a huddle with Joe Neger, local manager . . .
Outlaw" is set for release in all important
situtations. reports Bob Allen. UA
manager . Olshan, Columbia manager,
is vacationing in the east
Solomon, 20th-Fox exploiteer, was in from
Chicago pounding his tubs and watching results
on "The Iron Curtain."
Lew Herman, U-I manager, is reported due
for a transfer to Chicago as manager there
Stanisch resigned as Wisconsin manager
and headed for the west coast, where he
will look things over before announcing his
next assignment.
Inez Gore, secretary to Joe Neger, 20th-Fox
manager, did okay in that national women's
bowling tourney down south . . . Sid Margoles,
Regal operator, came up with canopy copy:
"Get Your Kicks with Helen Hicks" . . . Bob
Berger, son of Benny Berger, and Ted Bolnick
were in from Minneapolis . . . Max Wiesner of
the Alamo and Mozart, returned from fm'ther
hospitalization in Chicago, is having a rough
time in the health department. The Row
hopes for speedy recovery.
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. . Junius Eddy of
plans for a drive-in theatre here are reported
in the making .
the Wi-sconsin Idea Theatre has been elected
president of the Madison Theatre Guild . . .
A motion picture projector in good condition
was found in a dump near here. Question
puzzling police is where it came from.
Actor Fred MacMurray sent a sizeable
check to provide prizes for kiddies at the
annual citywide circus in Beaver Dam, his
home town . . . Television sets in the Milwaukee
area totaled 2,658 May 1, a survey of
distributors and dealers showed.
New Officers Are Installed
By St. Louis Film Council
ST. LOUIS—Dr. Irwin E. Deer of Chicago,
a representative of the community relations
department of the Motion Picture Ass'n of
America, was prinicpal speaker at the spring
luncheon and installation of offices of the
Better Films council May 21 in the Congress
hotel. Awards were made to winners of the
contest sponsored by the council for the most
outstanding poster interpretations of "What
motion pictures can do to promote peace
through better imderstanding between people."
New officers are: President, Mrs. V. Ray
Alexander; vice-presidents, Mrs. Lewis Has-
1am. Mrs. Joseph Lundergan, Mrs. Albert
Toma. Irene M. Peterson. Edward Schwalke
and State Senator Milton Napier; recording
secretary, Mrs. E. H. Schreffler; corresponding
secretary, Mrs. Robert E. Colyer; treasurer,
Mrs. William A. Berg, and auditor. Mrs.
Hildegarde Cunliffe. Mrs. Ernest R. Evans is
retiring president and Mrs. Arretus F. Burt,
who founded the council, is honorary president.
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Civic Theatre Opens
May 28 in Oshkosh
OSHKOSH, WIS.—The 600-seat Civic Theatre
will be opened here Friday, May 28, by
Sol Winokur. The theatre has been closed
since the early part of 1946 and has been remodeled
and re-equipped at a cost of about
$80,000.
Winokur reports the theatre has the second
largest stage in the state and the best
of acoustics, and will present stage shows
as well as picture programs. A five-piece
civic orchestra will play at the theatre.
Winokur built the Ritz Theatre in Watervliet,
Mich., in 1938 and sold it to Mike
Spadafore in 1945.
Palestine Picture Opens
In Chicago Next Month
CHICAGO—A former Daily News writer's
film picture of life in Palestine will be shown
at the World Playhouse starting the first
week in June. The full-length motion picture,
"My Father's House." was produced in
the Holy Land by Meyer Levin, novelist and
for many years a Chicago Daily News reporter.
The film is a feature drama, with love
story woven into the background of Jewish
colonization. The dialog is in English.
Contract to Student
Kathleen Strong a 17-year-old Santa
Monica high school student, has been signed
for a term contract by Paramount.
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