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OKLAHOMA CITY
T Rudolph Smith - of the Royal Theatre m
* Mountain View will drive to the TOA parley
in Chicago September 24, 25 . . .
Also
going to the TOA meet is Johnny Giffin of
Freeman,
Miami and his wife . . . Charles
general manager of C&R Theatres here, also
plans to make the trek to Chicago and other
delegates will include Pat McGee, Denver,
Ralph Ayer and Bob Livingston, both of Lincoln,
Neb., all Cooper Foundation officials.
The Blamdings Dream House, built here by
Steve Pennington, will remain open to the
public four days longer than originally scheduled
with admission prices reduced to half.
All proceeds go to a civic group for the development
of a 42-acre children's playground.
The house had been visited by 18,000 persons
as of September 7 . . . "Tap Roots" was held
for a second week at the Midwest . . . "Key
Largo" opened at the Tower.
Bruce Cabot of Hollywood was here for
several days . Lowenstein, Ardmore,
was here on business . Evil My
Love" opened at the Criterion, "Embraceable
You" showed at the Warner, "Deep Waters"
was at the Home following a two-week showing
of "That Lady in Ermine," "Good Sam"
did good business at the Center and "Red
River" stayed for a second week at the State.
Joe Tonti, publicized as a strong man extraordinary,
made personal appearances at
R. Lewis Barton's 77 Drive-In
Roller and Sam Ridgeway of
. . . R.
Maysville
E.
installed
new Griggs seats in the rebuilt Granada
at Maysville. The Granada was destroyed
by fire earlier this year and Mrs.
W. A. Labarthe of Pond Creek also have installed
new seats in their Pond Creek Theatre,
which has been recently remodeled.
Mrs. Mary Neal, 19-year-old farmer's wife,
won the Mrs. Oklahoma City contest staged
at the Criterion Theatre. Mrs. Neal, mother
of a six-month-old son, will represent the
city in the Mrs. America contest at Asbury,
N. J. She won an all-expense ti-ip and several
additional prizes, including a radio and
some furniture.
From the
BOXOFFICE FILES
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(Twenty Years Ago)
QHARLES A. HENNECKE, formerly of Columbus,
Tex., has bought the Happy Hour,
Weimer, He sold his Columbus Theatre to
Rubin Prels of Victoria . . . Adam Caperton
and J. R. Brown opened a new theatre in
Shamrock with admission price of 10 and 20
cents . . . John Smith, manager, has changed
the name of the Rigg Theatre at Monahans
to Monahans. Smith also shows pictures at
Grand Falls . . . Francisco Alderete, who with
his father conducts several theatres in the
Mexican district of El Paso, made a trip to
Los Angeles.
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Seen on Dallas Filmrow: J. E. Hufford,
Whitesboro and CoUinsville: C. H. Niece,
Hubbard; George L. Holderidge, theatre owner
at Welasco, Donna and Pharr, who attended
the Kiwanis club convention . . . Raphael
Calderon. head of International in El Paso
and Chihuahua, vacationed in Los Angeles
scenery along the Rio Grande is
being taken for "Russ Farrell, Aviator" stories,
according to F. A. Tomes, manager of Educational
and distributor of the pictures.
Seen on Oklahoma City Filmrow: Mrs.
L. T. Rhodes, Art Theatre, Gotebo: William
Redfearn, Dixie, Tulsa: M. E. Woolridge,
Empress. Hollis: Sol S. Shelton, Mecca, Rocky;
Edward G. Kadane, operator of several
theatres at Frederick; E. W. Johnson. Orpheum,
Tulsa, and his brother-in-law, C.
Miller; Sam Fringer, owner of the Empress
and Nusho, Mangum, and Manager Jess Hale
. . . Dr. R. Mitchell has purchased the Rialto
at Seminole from N. A. Dickinson . . . R. B.
Campbell of the Majestic and Wa.vnoka at
Waynoka has recovered from injuries suffered
in an automobile accident . F.
Morris has purchased the New Theatre at
Konowa from Mrs. O. F. Moore . Little
Theatre company in Oklahoma City, which
has created much interest due to its highclass
work, announces it will present more
and better plays this season.
SELL YOUR THEATRE PRIVATELY
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3422 Kiiunore Dallas 10. Texas
Phone T3-2026
92 BOXOFFICE September 11. 1948