Boxoffice-July.17.1948

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LOS
ANGELES
pilmrow vacationers include Henry Davis,
Paramount booker, who went to Carmel,
Calif.; Arnold Schaak, owner of the Holly
and Ramona theatres, Chicago: Al Lohman,
auditor at the Westcoast Amusement Co.,
Yosemite, and Nora Muhlman, Cliff Geissman's
secretary at the Four Music Halls,
San Francisco.
. . . Ford
Floyd Bernard was appointed booker and
buyer for the Schure Theatres and the Midway
Enterprises in San Diego
Bratcher, Del Rio Theatre, Riverside, was on
the Row . Goad resigned as salesman
at Screen Guild to operate the Lamont
Theatre in Lamont. Calif. . . . Milt Kusell,
SRO general sales manager, was here for
sales talks.
Gustave Mohme and his son John, executives
of the Clasa-Mohme Co., checked out
for San Antonio and Mexico City to look
over Mexican production activities . The
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Royal Theatre in Morenci, Ai-iz., operated by
Harry Nace. reopened after having been reseated
with Krohler pushback equipment .
Del Gunning, manager of the 101 Drive-In
Theatre in Ventura, was on the Row.
The Bill Robinson Theatre has been taken
over by Jack Chasen and Al dander. The
Snadow brothers were former owners . .
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Leo Hamacher, Ramona Theatre, San Diego.
was a recent Filmrow visitor . . . Bob Rothafel,
district manager for FTVC, planed east to
attend the funeral of his father Max, 63, in
Chicago. Max Rothafel was a brother of the
late showman, S. L. "Roxy" Rothafel.
The 40th anniversary party of the projectionist
Local 150 has been postponed until
August 3 as a result of a fire at the Del
Mar Beach club, where the affair had been
scheduled for July 20. The new date was
substituted after the local was advised that
the club would be in condition by that time.
Paramount Theatre chief Rube Wolf
planned to accompany his son Wally to London
when the latter represents the U.S. on
the Olympic swimming team. Young Wolf,
17, recently won the 200-meter relays at
the Detroit finals
of Intermountain Theatres circuit. Salt Lake
City, was here on his honeymoon . . . Paramount's
western division manager, George A.
Smith, trained out for branch meetings in
San Francisco, Portland and Seattle . .
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F. A. Bateman, general sales manager for
Screen Guild, planed to Dallas, where he will
hold sales meetings.
Los Angeles Suburban
House Costs $400,000
WEST LOS ANGELES—Work progressed
rapidly on the Rancho Park suburban area
Pic-Wood Theatre this week as owners announced
the cost would exceed $400,000.
Earl Collins, local spokesman for the Griffith-Isley
chain, said completion of the modern
Pic-Wood was scheduled for October.
Walls and exterior of the building were near
completion and work has been started on the
interior.
The theatre will have a seating capacity of
2,000 and will featui-e a 35-foot tower, one
of the finest and brightest in the Los Angeles
area. The unique tower and marquee
combination will have 96,000 feet of neon
tubing.
Construction work on the house started last
January and was delayed because of easement
rights. Actual construction time to date represents
about two months.
The Vogue Theatre in Pittsburg, California, chose Gulistan's
new large design, "Night Blooming Cereus," to be installed
by the B. F. SHEARER COMPANY.
The result is one of luxurious comfort, stimulating beauty.
Let us show you the new Gulistan large-scale designs — they
are all "the vogue."
ABILITY ORGANIZATION EXPERIENCE
B. F. SHEARER COMPANY
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Big 'Man-Eater' Campaign
LOS ANGELES—Extensive exploita Jon and
promotion has been worked out by Universal-International
and the Fox West Coast
circuit for the forthcoming local opening
of "Man-Eater of Kumaon" at the Iris, Guild,
United Artists, Ritz and Studio City theatres.
In cooperation with the Hollywood Citizen-
News and Western air lines, a search v.'as
launched for a "Kumaon Girl." A special
screening was set up for the Veterans of
Foreign Wars, admission to which was donated
clothing for vet flood sufferers in
Portland, Ore.
Sue Troy, Ida., Exhibitors
MOSCOW, IDA.—Mr. and Mrs. Melvin D.
Brown of Troy, former owners of the Troy
Theatre, have filed suit here against the
present owners, Mr. and Mrs. Lother H.
Karau. The $50,000 suit asks either a court
order directing the Karaus to reconvey to
the Browns that part of the property now
covered by mortgage or to execute papers
necessary to subjugate the property, upon
final mortgage payments, to terms of an
original contract.
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17, 1948