Boxoffice-June.19.1948
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Ice Queen to Debut<br />
In Olympic Reels<br />
From Canadian Edition<br />
MONTREAL—Barbara Ann Scott of Ottawa,<br />
world and Olympic women's figure<br />
skating champion who is expected soon to<br />
enter motion pictures as a professional, will<br />
make her initial appearance in Technicolor<br />
this fall when J. Arthur Rank will release a<br />
ten-reel film of the Olympic games. This was<br />
amiounced by John Wolfe, world distribution<br />
head of the J. Arthur Rank Organization<br />
who has arrived in Montreal on a trip to<br />
confer with Canadian distributors.<br />
Wolfe had two items of information of particular<br />
interest to Canadians. One was about<br />
Barbara Ann and the Olympic championships<br />
and the other about French-dubbed films for<br />
the province of Quebec. Rank bought the<br />
sole rights to film the entire Olympic games<br />
and the film will be rushed to completion<br />
imjnediately after the summer games are<br />
over, and will be distributed all over the<br />
world as a ten-reeler in Technicolor.<br />
Wolfe said that because Barbara Ann was<br />
so photogenic, more attention was paid to her<br />
by the cameramen than to any other competitor,<br />
even though they could only guess at<br />
the ultimate winner. All this extra footage<br />
is retained in the editing of the ice-skating<br />
portion and Canadians will be able to see<br />
much of Barbara Ann winning the championship.<br />
The news of the French dubbing was also<br />
interesting. Wolfe said an excellent organization<br />
had been placed under contract in<br />
Paris and all the most successful films were<br />
being dubbed into French as soon as their<br />
boxoffice potentialities were certain. This<br />
means that the French version will be released<br />
soon after the English version and<br />
will thus be exhibited in Quebec while still<br />
current. Moreover, with one organization<br />
doing the dubbing the same French voice will<br />
be used for the same English actor in all his<br />
pictures.<br />
The Man in the Moon<br />
May See Stars Free<br />
St. LouLs—Henry Halloway, owner of<br />
ttiree theatres here who also is huildlnK<br />
the Airway Drive-In on the St. Charles<br />
Rock road, has gone in for deep-down<br />
astronomy in the last two or three years,<br />
the period in which he has had the drivein<br />
under consideration, in an endeavor to<br />
Bet accurate information on moon movements.<br />
Henry was anxious to learn just what<br />
the moon does in the heavens during the<br />
summer months, so that he could place<br />
the large screen at the drive-in in proper<br />
position to avoid the moonbeams. Simple<br />
as this problem might appear, it has<br />
proven a tough one for Holloway. He<br />
even went to Washington university to<br />
consult with scientific men there but<br />
was not able to obtain the final answer<br />
to his problem. It now appears that<br />
the man in the moon Ls going to see at<br />
least three or four shows at the Airway<br />
Drive-In each season without stopping at<br />
the boxoffice first.<br />
City Threatens to Close<br />
'Hazardous' Theatres<br />
From Southeast Edition<br />
GREENVILLE, MISS. — Demands have<br />
been made by the city council upon tfie management<br />
of five local theatres to either comply<br />
with fire regulations or close their doors.<br />
The theatres could be closed, officials said,<br />
if they do not comply with the regulations<br />
or if unable to show a satisfactory reason for<br />
not making the improvements. City Attorney<br />
J. Albert Lake said that the city has authority<br />
to impose a $100 fine on the party responsible<br />
and sentence him to 30 days in jail for failure<br />
to comply with regulations.<br />
Theatres listed by Fire Chief A, Z. Lokey<br />
as having violated safety regulations are the<br />
Paramount, Delta, Lake, Harlem and Lincoln.<br />
Radio Hams Prove Value<br />
To Worried Salesman<br />
ST. LOUIS—The fact that Morton S. Gottlieb<br />
of Mid.states Theatre Supply Co. would<br />
be very late in arriving home on a recent<br />
Friday night after a two-day business trip<br />
to Springfield, bounced around the air waves<br />
of two-thirds of the country before a fellow<br />
"ham" in St. Louis telephoned the information<br />
to Mrs. Gottlieb.<br />
Driving home, Gottlieb recalled that he had<br />
forgotten to notify his wife that he would be<br />
late. So he got busy with the portable mobile<br />
air station installed in his Cheverolet.<br />
He finally picked up a short wave station in<br />
Sterling, Kas. Because of directional handicaps<br />
that station could not reach St. Louis<br />
direct, so it sent Gottlieb's message to another<br />
station in Grand Rapids, Mich. That<br />
station is turn sent it to a farm station out<br />
in North Dakota, which finally reached a station<br />
in St. Louis. The owner-operator of the<br />
St. Louis station telephoned Mrs. Gottlieb.<br />
All of these messages consumed a total of<br />
32 minutes. In the meantime Gottlieb was<br />
speeding along Route 36 toward St. Louis.<br />
When about 25 minutes out of St. Louis,<br />
he again took the air with a new message<br />
asking Mrs. Gottlieb to prepare a hot tub and<br />
some sandwiches. This message was picked<br />
up by a St. Louis station which immediately<br />
telephoned the Gottheb home. So when Morton<br />
reached his domicile everything was just<br />
as he ordered.<br />
Laura Wells in Milwaukee<br />
MILWAUKEE—Laura Wells was in town<br />
as "goodwill ambassador to newspapers" in<br />
connection with Eagle Lion's "Ruthless." In<br />
addition to contacting the papers. Miss Wells<br />
did several radio shows and spent some time<br />
at the local exchange. Noted for startling innovations<br />
in attire and accessories that capture<br />
all editors. Miss WeUs toured the town<br />
carrying a mink encased umbrella.<br />
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