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To<br />
. . Filmrow<br />
. . Steven<br />
. . Roberta<br />
. . Mrs.<br />
DES MOINES<br />
. . . Enos<br />
JS rthnr Greenblatt, sales manager for Screen<br />
Guild, was a visitor . . . Paul Webster, Republic<br />
manager, spent three days in Chicago<br />
attending a sales meeting<br />
Manfredini and Lois Weiland. EL; Zora Fini,<br />
Monogram, and Helen Clarke, Republic, gave<br />
Joanne Hoffman, Republic, a dinner party<br />
prior to her leaving for the University of<br />
Iowa.<br />
. . .<br />
Filmrowers were anxiously awaiting reports<br />
on the condition of Metro biller Irma White's<br />
two sons who are hospitalized at Iowa Lutheran<br />
hospital here with polio. At this writing<br />
they were coming along fine . . . Jackie<br />
Barclay, Paramount, was on vacation<br />
Don Hicks, Paramount branch manager, attended<br />
a Chicago meeting.<br />
Elaborate plans were made for a personal<br />
appearance in Des Moines of Corinne Calvet<br />
and John Bromfield on September 19. Jim<br />
Castle, Paramount exploiteer, made a couple<br />
of trips to arrange luncheon and dinner<br />
meetings, radio interviews, etc. The promotion<br />
is publicity for "Rope of Sand." Miss<br />
Calvet will be hostess to French war brides<br />
at the noon luncheon . Lee Harris, Monogram,<br />
. .<br />
and Helen Knop, Warners, spent the<br />
weekend with Helen's folks in Rockwell City<br />
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. . . C. A. Bedford, owner of the Molo Theatre<br />
in Moulton, has been named superintendent<br />
of schools at Udell. He formerly was<br />
principal of the school.<br />
Max Godlove, exhibitor at Milo, has bought<br />
additional farm land to help keep him busy<br />
. . . W. J. Whaley, Deep River, was on the<br />
Row . . . Max Rosenblatt, RKO manager,<br />
held an office screening of "Roseanna Mc-<br />
Coy" at the Paramount screening room.<br />
A clever publicity stunt for "So Dear co<br />
My Heart" was used by Mrs. Pauline Hill<br />
of the State Theatre, Clarence, Iowa. She<br />
mailed valentines to children in her community<br />
and advertised the forthcoming film<br />
with a written invitation to the theatre on<br />
the back . employes are not too<br />
happy about the new parking meters which<br />
hne High street, making it necessary to pay<br />
for parking in front of the exchanges during<br />
working hours . Chapman, Warners,<br />
is vacationing at Spirit Lake.<br />
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V. L. Mauro, auditor, was at Warners . . .<br />
Earl Kerr was here from Colorado to book<br />
. . . Barbara Bumgarner, U-I secretary, was<br />
vacationing Ward has been<br />
transferred from the Washington Universal<br />
branch to the exchange here to handle the<br />
booking. With his wife and two children,<br />
he is living at the Brown hotel and searching<br />
for a home!<br />
First Night Party Slated<br />
For Allied States Parley<br />
MINNEAPOLIS—Exhibitors who attend<br />
the national Allied convention here next<br />
month won't want for entertainment. S. D.<br />
Kane, North Central Allied executive counsel,<br />
said a big night club party will be staged<br />
the first night. On the second night the<br />
American Seating Co. and National Theatre<br />
Supply wiU be joint hosts at a cocktail party.<br />
Manny Brown Appointed<br />
OMAHA—Manny Brown, formerly with<br />
Paramount at Buffalo, is the new Film Classics<br />
manager here.<br />
He succeeds Sol Reif.<br />
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T McKechneay, Tri-States Theatres treasurer<br />
from Des Moines, was to arrive here,<br />
then go on to Grand Island for several days<br />
with District Manager Bill Miskell . . . Bill<br />
Wink, Warners salesman, is a Colisseum representative<br />
in new contract negotiations.<br />
.<br />
. .<br />
Howard Kennedy, Broken Bow exhibitor,<br />
attended the Theatre Owners of America<br />
convention Margaret Smith, U-I<br />
secretary, vacationed in the eastern states<br />
and Canada . Jack Andrews, Paramount<br />
salesman, went to Canada over Labor day.<br />
Walter Austin, Plainview exhibitor, went<br />
fishing in Minnesota . . . Bill Nedley, MGM<br />
booker, went dove hunting and bagged a crow.<br />
Only at the office did he have to eat it . . .<br />
Ruth Moberg, United Artists cashier, is vacationing<br />
Don McLucas, United Artists<br />
. . . manager, entered St. Joseph's hospital for<br />
Hymie Novitsky, 20th-<br />
blood transfusions . . .<br />
Fox salesman, was out with a severe cold<br />
Hazel McLaughlin is a new inspector at<br />
. . .<br />
United Artists, replacing Dorothy Reiner, who<br />
resigned.<br />
Joe Smith, former film salesman here who<br />
recently sold his theatre at Laurens, Iowa,<br />
stopped off for several days in Omaha en<br />
route to a Las Vegas, Nev., vacation . . .<br />
Max Meyers, Columbia home office representative<br />
from New York, was in town . . .<br />
Dorothy Weaver, 20th-Fox bookkeeper, is vacationing<br />
. . . Lois Brown, picture report<br />
girl at Paramount, was married to Jim Rush<br />
of Omaha.<br />
Mrs. Georgia Rasley, O'Neill exhibitor, has<br />
been ill. She is the mother of Warren Hall,<br />
Betty Keaslin, Warners<br />
Burwell exhibitor . . .<br />
contract clerk, is vacationing in Minnesota<br />
. . Visitors on Filmrow included Ralph Martin,<br />
Moorehead, and Mr. and Mrs. Omar Nel-<br />
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son, Soldier, Iowa; iaura Moorehead and<br />
Earl Barclay, Stromsburg; Frank Cook, David<br />
City; Harold Schnoonover, Aurora; W. G.<br />
Horstman, Odebolt, lowa; Bob Kruger, Uptown,<br />
Sioux City; Olie Schneider, Osceola;<br />
Elmer Wulf, Kingsley, Iowa; Arnold Miererdiers,<br />
Pender; H. O. Qualsett, Tekameh; Phil<br />
Lannon, West Point; Spec Nelson, Utica, and<br />
Paul Plummer and Jeannette Shoeneman,<br />
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60 BOXOFFICE :: September 17, 1949
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