Boxoffice-March.04.1950

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DALLAS— Twelve O Clock High took first ^, . , „., , ,j ,. r- , r
DaUas—Stromboli (RKO), 2nd wy.Z''""'Z"l""IZ'!. 80
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Maiesiic—Twelve Q-Clodt High (20th-Sx)'.''Z"ZIno plans for the Saturday (4) Variety Club
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Which was handled completely by
Kialto—Cover Girl (Col); You Were Never Lovelier barker's Wives.
(Co!), reissues 90
Towe.—Backhre (
WB) 95
Filmrow employes made up a ca.sh purse
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amounting to more than $100 last week for
Two R&R City Managers Albert Plores, who suffered leg cuts after he
attempted to put out a fire. Flores, who is
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DALLAS—John Callahan, who has been saw the roof on fire of the Film Exchange
city manager for Robb & Rowley Theatres building at 308 South Harwood next to his
in Waxahachie, has been named city man- office, and leaped out the window with a
ager in Oak Cliff here. He replaces Lloyd fire extinguisher. The extinguisher caught in
PuUen, who was transferred to Little Rock some building parts, and Flores was pulled
as city manager there, through the skylight below the window. His
legs were cut in three places, and he was
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Fire at Pecos Cactus
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PECOS. TEX.—The audience filed quickly Visitors on the Row: Frank 'Wilde of the
out of the Cactus Theatre here when a blaze Boulevard Theatre in Houston; Bill Arthur,
started in the projection room. No estimate Grand, Granger; Gordon Bigham, Best Theof
damage was made, A fireman was slight- atre, Holland; M, K, McDaniels, Lamar, Laly
hurt while fighting the blaze. Marque; Wallace Blandkenship, 'Wallace Theatres,
Lubbock; Dr, G, F, Swartz, Tower,
Gustave Field has completed the screen- 'Wichita Falls; 'W, O, Bearden, Ai'cadia. and
play for his original, "Call Me a Doctor," for P, E, Smith, Tech, Lubbock; Mrs, Don Mc-
'Warner release, Ginty, Mac, Plains; Don Campbell, Rio.
Clyde; Mr, and Mrs, H, H, Stroud, Strand,
Hamilton; R, L. Brestick, National Theatre
Supply, Memphis,
Harold Lloyd, the former film comedian,
was in Dallas and Fort "Worth during the
week in his position as imperial potentate of
the Shriners , Esquire and Wilshire,
suburban theatres, held a Donald Duck cartoon
festival as the highlight of the weekly
kid shows , Coronet was to show two
Mae "West reissues next week; "Go West,
Young Man" and "Klondike Annie" . , , Dallas
employes of Piocter & Gamble took over
the Majestic one morning for a theatre party.
John B. Thompson, theatre owner, reported
on the Row a 500-seat de luxe house is now
under construction at Archer City. It will
be named Inez after his wife. It is expected
to be completed around April 1. Thompson
owns the Texan in Throckmorton and the
Woodson at Woodson. He formerly owned
the Royal at Archer City . . . Buddy Harris
of the Buddy Harris Theatres returned from
a fishing trip at Port Aransas. Fishing luck:
a good catch of trout, sheephead and jackfish.
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