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SAN FRANCISCO
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n permit calling for construction of a $69,000
Sacramento civic repertory theatre has
issued by the city building inspector . . .
been
Jack Keegan, manager of the Nevada City
theatre, says the house may be reopened
early in July after a remodeling. Keegan
says the theatre will seat 650 persons. A
name for the theatre has not been selected
Manager Joseph Novitzky of the Motor
Movies in El Cerrito reports the theatre,
which opened October 29. has always completed
at least one full show even in the
worst weather.
The benefit opening May 26 of the El
Rancho Drive-In will go to the Building for
Youth fund. Children under 10 will be admitted
free . . . The Santa Cruz Theatre will
hold open house every day from 12:30 to 1:30
for patrons to hear organ concerts. Manager
M. A. Smith urged citizens to take advantage
of the recitals. The program will be aired
over the local radio station.
A six-act special vaudeville program was
given by Robert Retzer, manager of the
Sanger and Royal theatres in Sanger at the
gala reopening of ihe Sanger, following its
$20,000 remodeling and expansion program
Fletcher and Alex Balennasi
have taken an option on 14 acres of land
at Gilroy, where they plan to build a 400-car
drive-in costing $100,000. According to present
plans, the drive-in will be known as the
Hecker Pass Drive-In.
Tlie suit brought by the Rio Theatre in
Richmond against the projectionists union
and officers of the Central Labor council to
restrain picketing was laid over until June
. . . Steps toward cooperative understanding
between parents and theatre managers were
taken when 50 charter members of the
Berkeley Motion Picture Council were luncheon
guests of the Pox West Coast and Blumenfeld
Theatres at the Shattuck hotel. Fox
West Coast Theatres were represented by
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by A. A. Erickson.
Herman Kersken, district manager for Fox
West Coast, and Spencer Love, acting division
manager, named Jack McDougall. veteran of
20 years with FWC. as new manager of the
Oakland, replacing the late Robert Catley.
Robert M. Apple is the new manager of the
Grand Lake, being transferred from the Senator.
He succeeds Frank Jenkins, who resigned
to go to Los Angeles. A. R. Hansen,
former assistant manager of the Fox, replaces
Apple as manager of the Senator.
Gordon Allen is recovering in good order
and has visited his drive-in twice since his
illness . . . Henry Herbel. Warner Bros, district
manager, was in town for a few days.
Also, Sam Shapin, WB auditor . . . Naomi
Goldstein, WB percentage clerk, is vacationing
and toming Reno and Los Airgeles,
where she visited WB studios ... Ed Rowden
Theatre Service is doing the buying and
booking for the Crest Theatre in Daly City.
Rowden Service, in addition to booking and
buying for Tom Lucas Brockway at Kings
Beach, is now handling the Tahoe Theatre
at Kings Beach, owned by Vern Shattuck.
Will Zoellner, head of the short subject division
for MGM, was visiting the local exchange
on his visit from New York . . . The
Variety Club honored Rotus Harvey, general
chairman of the Variety Club convention,
with a testimonial dinner . Maun,
Lyric, MarysviUe, and drive-in, Yuba City,
was in town.
Sonney's Pictm-es opened a local office at
149 Hyde St. . . . Paul Perez, publicist with
Eagle Lion, was here for the opening of "The
Red Shoes" at the Stage Door Theatre. If
the preview audience is any judge of the reception
the film will have, "The Red Shoes"
should be at the Stage Door for many weeks.
The new Tower Theatre in Willows opened
May 25, says Manager Mario Menconito . . .
The management of the Los Gatos Theatre
ran a ballot in a local paper with a list
. . . Tlie Vogue Theatre
of foreign films asking patrons to mark the
pictures they desired to see. The requests
were so great that the theatre booked four
of the foreign films for each Wednesday and
Thursday in May
here has instituted a .policy of foreign films
two nights a week. The rest of the time the
usual product will be screened.
Jack Carson and Horace Heidt were among
the visitors to San Francisco . Mc-
Laglen and his wife spent a week in Walnut
Creek, visiting Mrs. McLaglen's daughter . . .
Walter Preddey of Pi-eddey Supply house
is touring Europe with his wife . . . The
Preddey spring '49 edition of the directory
is out . . . Another salesman for Screen
Guild here is Ralph Dostal, well known on
Filmrow and in theatre cu-cles . . . Among
the Paramount localites who went south for
the Paramount convention in Los Angeles
were H. Neal East, branch manager, and
salesmen Ward Pennington, Jack Stevenson
and Jim French.
LOS ANGELES
T^eath claimed two veterans of the southern
Californai exhibition field with the passing
of M. A. Kui-stin. 65, and George Bourke.
Km'stin operated the Boulevard in East Los
Angeles and the Ritz in Inglewood. A Los
Angeles resident since 1922, Km-stin is survived
by a wife, a son Sidney and two daughters.
Bourke was a partner with Fox West
Coast in the operation of the Nuart, Bundy
and Tivoli in West Los Angeles. A veteran
of more than 30 years in the business as a
salesman, branch manager and theatre owner.
Bourke is sui'vived by two sons and a daughter.
. . . Mr.
MGM added two new salesmen, Phillip
E. Rees and Stewart Engebretson
and Mrs. Roy Dickson of Cooperative Theatres
celebrated their 29th wedding anniversary
. . . C. T. Charack of Eagle Lion said
pooh to superstition and yes to Estelle Page
in a wedding ceremony at the Flamingo hotel
in Las Vegas on Pi'iday, May 13.
Herb Goldberg resigned as an Eagle Lion
salesman to take over as manager of Sid
Kurstin's Boulevard Theatre. Alex Cooperman.
EL office manager, has assumed part
of Goldberg's chores ... In town for circuit
conferences was Harry Denny. San Bernardiiao
city manager for Fox West Coast. Making
the trek with him were Paul Brown,
manager of the West Coast Theatre in San
Bernardino, and Bill Hallet, who manages
the Loma in Redlands.
Eagle Lion vacationers include Bee Morse,
contract clerk, who planes to Pittsburgh June
30, and Jeanette Nadler. booker's stenographer
. elected officers of the
Paramount Pep club are Ernie Kilpatrick.
president: Gene Agee, vice-president; Dorothy
Pluemacher, secretary: Betty Negrln,
treasurer, and Jety Curry and Betty DeBrown,
welfare committee.
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A visitor at Republic was Ralph Carmichael,
manager in San Fi-ancisco . . . "Hap"
Simpson resigned as manager of the Tracy
and Victor theatres in Long Beach .
Hanson will start remodeling his Bellflower
early next month, planning to spend about
$150,000 on a new balcony, new front and
tower, and increasing the seating capacity
to 1,150.
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CASTLE ROCK, WASH.—The Castle Rock
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both inside and out. Lyle Bowen is the
manager.