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—<br />
Just ask the men who played it 1 I<br />
There has been nothing<br />
like ft in years...<br />
record-breaking openings<br />
...second days beating<br />
top opening days...<br />
weekends that really<br />
turned the boxoffices<br />
on their<br />
ears!<br />
SAN FRANCISCO<br />
12 7o better than "EGG AND I" record-breaking<br />
business at the Orpheum<br />
Theatre! And from all around<br />
San Francisco came comparisons<br />
like: Oakland 144%; Stockton<br />
115%; Sacramento (three theatres)<br />
topped "EGG AND I" in a Saturday<br />
opening; Berkeley, 40% better for<br />
an all-time high.<br />
LOS ANGELES<br />
Playing five theatre combination<br />
(U.A., Rit2, Vogue, Studio and Culver)<br />
outgrossed "EGG AND I" and<br />
"TAP ROOTS" right down the line.<br />
BUFFALO<br />
Crowded "EGG AND I"<br />
business at<br />
the Lafayette Theatre despite paralyzing<br />
ice and sleet storm.<br />
JAMESTOWN, N. Y.<br />
27% better than "EGG AND I" at<br />
the Warner Winter Garden despite<br />
snow storm.<br />
^f<br />
"<br />
DENVER<br />
Playing the Denver, Alladin and<br />
Webber, equalled "EGG AND I"<br />
and beat "TAP ROOTS" by good<br />
margin.<br />
SALT LAKE CITY<br />
Topped "EGG AND I" by 3% at<br />
Publix Utah.<br />
GREAT FALLS, MONTANA<br />
Set new house record at Rainbow<br />
Theatre.<br />
PHILADELPHIA<br />
Paralyzing ice and sleet storm<br />
slowed down afternoon record<br />
breaking business at Boyd Theatre,<br />
but still came in with top house figure<br />
for total day.<br />
NORFOLK, VA.<br />
168% of "EGG AND I" business at<br />
the Newport and Colley in face of<br />
all day hard rain.<br />
OMAHA<br />
At the Orpheum Theatre, Francis dici<br />
better than a good week's business<br />
in its first three days — and in<br />
snowstorm, too!<br />
MIAMI<br />
Playing the Miami, Miracle and<br />
Lincoln, picture is hitting for season<br />
high. It's the talk of the town!<br />
OKLAHOMA CITY<br />
Out-grossing the<br />
previously sensational<br />
grosser, "TAP ROOTS" at the<br />
Midwest.<br />
rhot's the story wherever the picture<br />
is playing. And, meanwhile,<br />
the whole group of some 30 smaller<br />
situations which played day-anddate<br />
with the New Orleans premiere<br />
opening, picture held over in practically<br />
every spot to record business,<br />
many recording a full week normal<br />
run gross on opening day!<br />
^Jh/<br />
0hand<br />
have \jou heard<br />
The Film Daily editorial spotted this<br />
one when it said: "There never has<br />
been a comedy quite like it, and<br />
the chances are there never would<br />
be again."<br />
lY. PARAMOUNT<br />
^<br />
March 15
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