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Miles,
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. . Pauline
. . Johnny
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. . . Charles
. . Peggy
. . Raymond
Camera Hobby Adds
To Thealre Profits
From Mideast Edition
EMINENCE. KY.—An exhibitor who has
turnsd an enjoyable hobby into a profitable
business is A. N. Miles, owner of the Eminence
Theatre, Eminence, Ky.
Many years ago Miles, who travels rather
extensively, purchased a motion picture outfit
A. N. Miles is shown narrating one of
his 16mni films over the sound system of
his Eminence Theatre, Eminence, Ky.
strictly for his own personal use. After taking
many films at home and during his travels
and showing them to members of his
family and a few close friends, he concluded
that other people in the community would be
interested in seeing the pictures.
As a result a special show was held in the
Eminence Theatre, advertised as a local newsreel
together with a travelog. Attendance was
so far beyond expectations that Miles continued
to develop the project. The local newsreel
and travelogs now are just as much a
part of the show in Eminence as the feature
pictures themselves.
Included in the local newsreel events are
school activities, picnics, fairs, beauty pageants,
baby shows and local places of interest
and personalities. The local events are taken
stricty as a newsreel and shown in conjunction
with the regular feature programs. Then
about four times a year, usually after an extensive
tour, a travelog with all the newsreel
films are grouped together for a special show.
A regular library of film is maintained by
and now and then a program is compiled
from the older highlights. In fact, only
recently a program was advertised as a review
of the old family album, and highlights
were taken from films dating back to the
origin of the local newsreel. This was extremely
interesting to the townspeople because
some of those shown in the films had
died or moved away.
While the Eminence is a regular 35mm
theatre, local films and travelogs are shot
on 16mm film. The theatre is equipped with
a 16mm projector, complete with turntable
and microphone, so that Miles may explain
the happenings in the films or supply a musical
background. The projector is set at the
front end of the balcony to cut down the
length of the throw.
When photographing a travelog, Miles endeavors
to make the pictures as much of local
interest as possible. In most cases either he
or Mrs. Miles is included in the scene photographed.
Some of the films shot by Miles have had
such an appeal that they have been borrowed
by clubs and civic organizations to be shown
to their memberships.
WORCESTER
Qeorge Gravel, projectionist at the Warner,
has returned from a vacation on Cape
Cod . Burns, cashier at the Park,
went to Buffalo for a vacation . . . Johnny
Murphy of Loew's Poll was stricken ill shortly
after returning from his vacation and was
hospitalized.
John Matthews, manager of the Warner,
attended a district meeting in New Haven
Plymouth in Leominster conducted
an amateur talent show for children ... A
columnist in the Sunday Telegram points out
there's nothing permanent about the names
of Worcester theatres. The Warner used to
be the Strand, the Poll was the Palace, the
Elm Street was the Poll, the Regent was the
Steinberg and the Family was the Palace.
Nate Goldberg, manager of the Plymouth,
was sorry to hear of the death in Rye, N. H.,
of Kay Byrne, famous golfer, as she had appeared
in vaudeville at the Plymouth a couple
of seasons ago as a singer. She was in vaudeville
before she ever became famous on the
Tom McGauley, operator at the
links . . .
Park, went to Indiana for his vacation.
George Flynn of the Warner backstage
staff went to New Hampshire on vacation
... A television crew from New York came
up to the Westboro Red Barn for two days,
shooting scenes of "the typical summer theatre"
for a short to be televised later. Ann
Sorg, film starlet, accompanied them and appeared
in many of the scenes.
When Jane Russell was here for personal
appearances, the crowds harassed her so that
she moved from her hotel to suburban
Framington, then to Waltham, outside Boston,
and finally back to Grafton, nearby . . .
Edmund Lowe of the films was in town .
Edward Murphy, chief operator, is back at
the Greendale after a vacation.
. .
A visitor was Edward T. Estabrook, a native
of Worcester, who has charge of all portrait
and still pictures in Hollywood for U-I.
It was his first trip here in 28 years
Dion Allen of the Playhouse staff left for
New York, where he will join Margaret
Webster's touring Shakespearean company.
Right in the midst of the year's most terrific
heat wave, the Plymouth brought in
"Sahara"! . Cummins of the Warner
left with his wife for Hampton Beach,
HANDY
N. H., where they observed their 40th wedding
anniversary. They were united in Newton.
Johnny, who plays the cymbals in the
state guard band, is one of the city's indefatigable
paraders, having been marching for
30 years.
A group of Loew's, Inc., officials, including
John Murphy of New York and Harry
Shaw and Lou Brown of New Haven, were
in town to look over the Loew Poll houses
here . . . Richard Barrett and Kenneth Bassett
of the Park have returned from Hampton
Beach. N. H. . A. Mangaudis,
manager of the Champ in Spencer, and formerly
with the Warner in Worcester, was
married in Spencer to Lorraine B. St. Denis,
a nurse, the ceremony taking place in St.
Mary's church.
Mary Thomas, cashier at the Greendale,
went to Cleveland for a visit . . Renovations
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in the Park's lobby have been completed . . .
The vacation season is closing at the Warner,
but Mary Rafferty. assistant manager, is
looking ahead to that week off in October
Bang joined the Playhouse
temporarUy.
Mrs. Arthur Kinder, assistant manager of
the Marlboro in Marlboro, has returned from
a vacation . Villnave subbed as assistant
manager of the Poll during vacation
time.
Bank Figures Explain
Upturn of Boxoffice
MINNEAPOLIS—Minneapolis Federal Reserve
bank figures, showing mounting bank
debits reflecting increased business activity,
may help to explain the apparent arrest of
the downward boxoffice trend and its upward
climb again, as attested by gains in internal
revenue department admission tax collections
over the corresponding 1947 period.
The Federal Reserve figures, covering July,
reveal an 18 per cent jump. Bank debits for
the most part check against the accounts of
individuals, firms, corporations and all government
levels. Thus they represent payments
for goods, services and debts during
the period. In this instance they also reflect
higher prices.