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-NOW!<br />
. . Horace<br />
ST. LOUIS<br />
T^enise Darcel was here for a personal appearance<br />
in connection with the screening<br />
of "Battleground" at the Apollo Wednesday<br />
(21) . . . Word comes from Belleville that<br />
the old Lyric Theatre building is being razed<br />
by the Hoeffken Bros. Construction & Materials<br />
Co., which owns the property. The<br />
theatre, originally the Hinckley Mill, was<br />
converted into a theatre in 1906. Motion pictures<br />
were offered later and the house closed<br />
in the 1920s.<br />
Edmond Metzger, auditor for the Kerasotes<br />
Bros. Theatres, Springfield, will be married<br />
December 28 to Mary Knotts, a Chicago<br />
model . G. Buckley, founder and<br />
head of the Buck-Lee Tire Co., and a brother<br />
of Harry Buckley, United Artists executive,<br />
left a bequest of $2,000 to the Shriners hospital<br />
for Crippled Children.<br />
Mayor Joseph M. Darst plans to ask Gov.<br />
Forrest Smith to call a special session of the<br />
Missouri general assembly to consider a bill<br />
extending the St. Louis municipal earnings<br />
law authority beyond the present limit of<br />
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June 30, 1950. The governor has indicated<br />
he doesn't favor a special meeting of the lawmakers<br />
and has suggested alternatives for<br />
raising funds by the city.<br />
Leo Keiler, president and general manager,<br />
Columbia Amusement Co., Paducah, Ky., and<br />
his wife left for the west coast immediately<br />
after the marriage of their son J. W., vicepresident<br />
of the Amusement company, to<br />
Jeanie Hughes in Darien, Conn. They will<br />
spend the Christmas holidays with Keller's<br />
mother in Los Angeles.<br />
Exhibitors seen along Filmrow included<br />
Forrest Pirtle, Jersey ville; Bernie Palmer, Columbia<br />
Amusement, Paducah: Elbert Butler,<br />
Hillsboro; Bill Williams, Union, Mo.; Albert<br />
Keuss, New Athens: John Giachetto, short<br />
subjects booker, Frisina Amusement Co., and<br />
Harry Blound, Potosi, Mo.<br />
Armed bandits invaded the home of Carson<br />
W. Rodgers of the Rodgers Theatres in<br />
Cairo recently and robbed Rodgers and his<br />
guests of money and jewelry. Complete details<br />
of the loss were not immediately available<br />
. . . The Pox Midwest circuit is expected<br />
to open its remodeled Roxy Theatre in West<br />
Frankfort soon. In anticipation of the opening<br />
John Marlow is readying his Annex Theatre<br />
in Herrin and the Rivoli in Murphysboro<br />
for reopening also, since they will follow the<br />
Roxy on pictures shown first run in West<br />
FYankfort.<br />
U-I's "South Sea Sinner" will have its world<br />
premiere at the Missouri here January 12,<br />
with Shelley Winters making personal appearances<br />
on opening day. It will be part of<br />
a 50 day-and-date opening scheduled in the<br />
territory.<br />
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Xmas Parly for Aged<br />
Is Held at St. Louis<br />
ST. LOUIS—The annual Christmas party<br />
for residents of local institutions for the aged<br />
was held at the Missouri Theatre here under<br />
the auspices of the Better Films Council of<br />
greater St. Louis in cooperation with the St.<br />
Louis Amusement Co., operator of the theatre.<br />
Mrs. Arretus Franklin Burt, founder and honorary<br />
president, and Mrs. Robert E. Colyer,<br />
president of the council, received the guests.<br />
The party has been a fixture at the Missouri<br />
Theatre for some 20 years. Harry C.<br />
Arthur of Fanchon & Marco and his brothers<br />
have cooperated with the council to make<br />
the party something that the old folk look<br />
forward to every year. The film companies<br />
furnish the films, while projectionists, stagehands<br />
and members of the theatre staff contribute<br />
their services.<br />
In addition to the entertainment, each<br />
woman is given a box of candy and a little<br />
gift, while the men are remembered with<br />
tobacco. Chairmen for the 1949 party were<br />
Mrs. Leslie Barco, Mrs. Charles Rederer, Mrs.<br />
Joseph Barzen, Mrs. Martin Berg, Mrs. George<br />
E^gelke, Mrs. F. W. Von Wehrden and Mrs.<br />
E. Ray Alexander.<br />
MGM provided the picture, "Take Me Out<br />
to the Ball Game," while Paramount furnished<br />
a combination singing and cartoon<br />
short picture. One of the women, aged 94<br />
years, said it was her first trip from home in<br />
ten years. She was among the 300 guests at<br />
the party. Transportation to and from the<br />
theatre was provided.<br />
MPTO Regional Gathering<br />
In Poplar Blufi Jan. 24<br />
ST. LOUIS—The local MPTO will hold a<br />
regional meeting in Poplar Bluff January 24,<br />
it was decided by officers and directors at a<br />
meeting here recently.<br />
Charles H. Weeks of Dexter, Mo., will handle<br />
the arrangements for the gathering.<br />
Decision on a Filmrow location for new<br />
MPTO headquarters also was expected to be<br />
reached.<br />
After the meeting, Joe Ansell was host at<br />
a buffet luncheon. Tom Edwards of Parmington.<br />
Mo., president, will soon announce the<br />
names of new members of the various committees.<br />
Sex Films in Church<br />
CHICAGO—Sex education films were shown<br />
recently at the North Prairie Methodist<br />
church in Zion as part of the church's Family<br />
Life series. Separate sessions were held for<br />
women and girls, and men and boys. Each<br />
se.ssion consists of a film on sex followed by<br />
discussions by doctors and nurses. Pastor R.<br />
James Sansbury explained the church had<br />
decided to show films because the churches<br />
"should get rid of their 'hush-hush' attitude<br />
toward sex and sex instruction."<br />
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58 BOXOFTICE :: December 24, 1949
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