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ATLANTA<br />
'txrilliam H. Pine and William C. Thomas,<br />
producers whose films are released<br />
through Paramount, were visitors here<br />
Arthur C. Bromberg, Monogram<br />
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Southern<br />
Exchanges president, returned from Florida<br />
. . Republic branch officials and employes<br />
held their annual Christmas party December<br />
The Film Classics branch will be<br />
16 . . .<br />
moved to a new location in the former Strickland<br />
Film Co. quarters about Februai-y 1 . . .<br />
Charles Durmeyer, Southern Automatic<br />
Candy Co. president, returned from a business<br />
trip to New York.<br />
. Louis Worthington<br />
Brinson Wallace, fonnerly associated with<br />
various major film exchanges, was a visitor<br />
on Filmrow . Paschal has joined<br />
the booking staff at the Monogram exchange<br />
engagement of Marie Albright of<br />
the Kay Film Exchange to Roy McClure was<br />
among those announced in local newspapers<br />
Hopkins, film star, was here<br />
for appearances in "The Heiress" at the<br />
Penthouse Theatre<br />
of the Worthington<br />
. .<br />
Amusement Co., Bessemer,<br />
Ala., was a visitor.<br />
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Robert J. O'Donnell, international chief<br />
barker of Variety, was here to install recently<br />
elected officers of the Atlanta tent . . . "Samson<br />
and Delilah" will open an engagement<br />
at the Paramount Theatre here January 19<br />
Hardy, former secretarj' to William<br />
K. Jenkins at Georgia Theatres. Inc.,<br />
visited friends on Filmrow managers<br />
appointed by the Florida State circuit<br />
include W. Perry Neel, Florida; C. F. Green.<br />
Ritz, and James McDonald, State, all in<br />
Tallahassee.<br />
Theatre operators booking and buying on<br />
Filmrow included R. H. Brannon. Holly,<br />
Dahlonega; John Carter, Brookhaven, Brookhaven;<br />
Louis Hutchinson, Ritz, Austell; Nat<br />
Williams. Interstate Enterprises. Thomasville,<br />
Ga.; N. H. Waters sr.. Waters. Birmingham;<br />
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Pine and Thomas Relate<br />
Some Results of Tour<br />
CHARLOTTE—"One thing we have discovered<br />
on our torn'," said Producer William<br />
Thomas here this week, "theatremen all<br />
over the country seem to have made their<br />
minds up on what they want."<br />
Thomas was here with his partner William<br />
Pine. Producers of Pine Thomas Productions,<br />
they are visiting 16 cities in 16 days on their<br />
annual tour of the nation.<br />
"We found out." said Pine, "that theatremen<br />
don't want psychological murder mysteries.<br />
Now there will be some films made like this<br />
this year, but not by us."<br />
The producers also discovered that the public<br />
will tire even of westerns if a certain<br />
. type is overdone.<br />
"For instance." said Thomas, "the many<br />
fiUns with herds of cattle being driven to<br />
market. People are tired of seeing so many<br />
cows. They want something different in<br />
westerns."<br />
Last year while on tour the producers hit<br />
on the idea of making a sea story combining<br />
the same elements of action and excitement<br />
of a western. Out of this idea has come<br />
"Captain China," which will be released soon.<br />
"There is a terrific fight in this picture,"<br />
Pine related. "John Payne and Lon Chaney<br />
-slug it out on a ship. They beat each other<br />
to a pulp, jumping on one another from<br />
heights of ten feet or more, fall down ladders,<br />
and everything else. And this they did<br />
themselves. They wouldn't use doubles.<br />
"We were pretty worried about it because<br />
the .scene was shot early in the shooting<br />
schedule. If Payne had cracked a rib or<br />
.something we would have had to drop him<br />
in the ocean and let Jeffrey Lynn get the<br />
girl."<br />
The producers left for New Orleans after<br />
a day here during which they were entertained<br />
at a luncheon by Paramount Manager<br />
Al Duren.<br />
Norris McCollum Named<br />
Manager at Calhoun, Ga.<br />
PORT ST. JOE. FLA.—Several changes in<br />
personnel at the Martin Theatre chain will<br />
take Norris McCollum, manager of the Port<br />
Theatre for several years, to Calhoun, Ga.,<br />
where he wall be manager of another Martin<br />
theatre. This is an advance for McCollum<br />
as the new post is at a much larger theatre<br />
than the one here. Replacing him as manager<br />
of the Port is C. J. Brown, who is being<br />
transferred from Milledgeville, Ga.<br />
Offers Free Xmas Show<br />
GURDON, ARK.—The Hoo Hoo Theatre, in<br />
cooperation with merchants of the city, is<br />
sponsoring a big free Christmas show on<br />
Shoppers' day, December 22, 23.<br />
Peter Virgo, character actor, will be featured<br />
in "The Killer That Stalked New York,"<br />
a Columbia film.<br />
96 BOXOFFICE December 24, 1949
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