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K A N S A S<br />
ry. A. H. Morton, New York, director of television<br />
for 20th-Fox, was here to speak<br />
at the 17th annual fall convention of Pox<br />
Midwest theatre managers. Climaxing the<br />
gathering, which was attended by more than<br />
100 house managers from 55 cities and towns<br />
in five states, Elmer C. Rhoden, Fox Midwest<br />
Theatres president, entertained the visitors<br />
with a dinner at his Starlane farm in<br />
Johnson County, Kas.<br />
Ralph C. LiBeau. former Paramount manager,<br />
returned from a trip which took him<br />
to Canada, Maine and other eastern states<br />
. O. F. Sullivan, Wichita, president of<br />
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the Kansas-Missouri Allied unit, was here<br />
for a meeting of its board of directors .<br />
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Tom Edwards, Eldon, Mo., operator and a<br />
past president of the Kansas-Missouri Theatres<br />
Ass'n, was a visitor on Filmrow.<br />
Don Doherty was appointed student assistant<br />
manager at the Orpheum . . . Joseph<br />
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Lopez, at the Dickinson-owned Tampico<br />
neighborhood house since it began showing<br />
Spanish-language features, was promoted to<br />
manager . B. Killian jr., for more<br />
than 14 years with the Exhibitors Supply Co.,<br />
St. Louis, Mo., joined the staff at the National<br />
Theatre Supply Co. branch here.<br />
Gladyce Penrod, Kansas-Missouri Theatres<br />
Ass'n office secretary, returned from a vacation<br />
at International Falls, Minn. .<br />
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"Tommy" Thompson, Selznick Releasing Organization<br />
branch manager, was visiting Kansas<br />
territory . . . Lee Dm-land, Film Classics<br />
branch manager, retui-ned from brief visits<br />
in St. Joseph, Mo., and other points in the<br />
northwest part of the state.<br />
J. T. Chosen, operator of the Uptown, Sedalia.<br />
Mo., signed a long-term lease on a<br />
15-acre tract on Route 50 near there as the<br />
site for a 500-car drive-in . . . J. R. Keller,<br />
foi-merly of Junction City, Kas., succeeded<br />
Ted Huntsman as manager of the Chief,<br />
operated by Theatre Enterprises at Hiawatha,<br />
Kas. . of the front of the<br />
Electric, Lamed, Kas., is nearing completion.<br />
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Construction of the new Shawnee Drive-In<br />
being built by the Dickinson Operating Co.<br />
near Shawnee, Kas., was being rushed to<br />
permit an opening about October 15 . . . The<br />
front of the Gem, operated by J. W. Speilman<br />
at Baldwin City, Kas., was being modernized<br />
of a 250-car drivein<br />
was started by Francis Rodenbeek on a<br />
site one mile south of Scott City, Kas.<br />
Costumes of Film Stars<br />
At Sorority Style Show<br />
KANSAS CITY—Costumes once worn by<br />
several leading film stars and other Hollywood<br />
celebrities will be featured during a<br />
fashion show, "Style Headliners," which<br />
Theta Sigma Phi, journalistic sorority, will<br />
sponsor next Tuesday (14) in the Little Theatre<br />
of the Municipal auditorium here. Among<br />
the costumes will be evening gowns worn by<br />
Jane Powell and Prances Gifford in the MGM<br />
production, "Luxury Liner," which will be<br />
shown at the Midland here late this month.<br />
A sarong contributed by Dorothy Lamour,<br />
and a hat sent by Hedda Hopper, also will be<br />
among the articles to be worn by models from<br />
the Patricia Stevens agency and other Kansas<br />
City girls.<br />
Commonwealth Managers<br />
To Annual Convention<br />
KANSAS CITY — Commonwealth circuit<br />
theatre managers will gather here for an<br />
annual fall meeting next Tuesday and<br />
Wednesday (14, 15 1, and approximately 60<br />
are expected to attend the two-day conclave.<br />
The first day of the gathering will be devoted<br />
to cricuit and theatre business matters,<br />
beginnmg at 9:30 a. m. Sports events will be<br />
featured during the second day, which the<br />
visiting managers will spend at Star Lane<br />
farms.<br />
The out-of-town managers will be quartered<br />
at the Pi'esident hotel during the convention.<br />
Robert Shelton, vice-president and<br />
general manager, will preside.<br />
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Missouri theatre owners and operators seen<br />
on Filmrow included Earl Douglas, Uptown,<br />
Carrollton; George Crooks, Electric, Browning:<br />
Francis Meyers, Civic, Brookfield, and<br />
C. L. Fisk, Fisk, Butler . Kansas<br />
exhibitors seen were Jess De Long, Ute,<br />
Mankato: Dan M. Blair, Blair, Smith Center:<br />
Clarence Kirby, Drive-In, Independence,<br />
and Mrs. C. S. Andrews, Andrews, Olathe.<br />
Charles Dayton in 'Lucretia'<br />
A top characterization in Paramount's "A<br />
Mask for Lucretia," will bs portrayed by<br />
Charles Dayton.<br />
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to write the title song for Samuel<br />
Goldwyn's "Enchantment" for RKO.<br />
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64 BOXOFFICE :: September 11, 1948
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