Boxoffice-March.04.1950

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SAN ANTONIO
Jewel Truex, Azteca Film exchange manager
was on a flying business trip which took
him to Albuquerque, El Paso, Dallas and Chicago
last week . Gordon B. Dunlap,
wife of the Clasa-Mohme exchange manager
here, leaving for California where she will
visit her son's family in Los Angeles. Her
son, Richard Hill Dunlap is connected with
the Clasa-Mohme general office.
Thomas Summers, owner and operator of
the Josephine Amusement Co. here, turned
over his boxoffice receipts to the San Antonio
council of the Knights of Columbus during
the recent showing of "Christopher Columbus"
at his Josephine Theatre here . . . Carmen
Cavallero and his orchestra played a
Washington birthday engagement at Club
Sevenoaks . River Dave broadcast by
remote control from the Bexar county Coliseum
during the live stock exposition . . .
James Rogers, son of the late Will Rogers,
was here taking in the exposition and rodeo
Terhune, RKO, and Bucky Harris,
U-I, were here recently.
Beulah Greene, Aztec Theatre cashier, is
Interstate's only pianist-cashier. During the
recent personal appearance of John Barrymore
jr., and Lois Butler and others at the
Majestic, she also doubled by playing the
piano for four shows on the opening day and
selling tickets at the Aztec in between time.
Lenten season is, as usual, hurting business
at all of the local theatres . . . San Antonio
will soon have another new foreign film distributor
when Martin Argentine Film Corp.
opens a local branch. Juan Martin, former
Argentine commercial agent, is president and
general manager of the new company which
will have offices also in New York City and
Los Angeles. The new company has signed
distribution rights for this country with ten
Argentine studios.
Vernon Geyer, the musician, and Richard
Arlen, the actor, look as much alike to be
brothers . . . The Aztec presented their first
Hollywood sneak preview of the year on
Washington's birthday . Cole sr.,
president of Cole Theatres, is recovering from
an illness at his Rosenberg home . . . Walter
Grubb of San Antonio who had suffered
a setback from injuries received in an auto
accident in Alice last year, is now out of
danger. He was a former treasurer at the
Majestic here.
personal appearance with the film next
month . San Antonio Community Film
Forum revived an oldtimer, "The Eagle" for
one of its regular Wednesday showings.
H. T. Brandon of New Braunfels has started
construction on a 400-car drive-in on the
Austin highway near New Braunfels, expected
to be in operation not later than April 1 . . .
The Woodlawn held a "Six to Sixty" matinee
Saturday with "Young Tom Edison" as the
Defective wiring in the
feature attraction . . .
booth of the Progreso caused a fire which
routed 300 children during a Saturday morning
matinee. It was quickly extinguished by
projectionists before firemen were on the
scene.
Forrest Nine, UA salesman, Dallas, was
seen on Theatrerow . . . Gustav and G. J.
Mohme, of Clasa-Mohme, Inc., Los Angeles,
were here enroute to Mexico City . . .
Other visitors along the Mexican film exchange
front were G. H. Hall, La Vista, Sonora
(Mrs. Hall was undergoing medical
treatment at a local hospital); Mike Garcia,
Hut and Garmon, Rio Grande City: Jesse
Fox, Palace, San Benito; Guillermo Mancha
and Cecilio Salinas, Manvell, Alice; Ramon
Ruenes, Brownsville, and Jose Carabaza, Laredo.
Judd Bernard, advance man for SRO, was John Flache, who manages the Alameda.
in town lining up a publicity campaign for Lamesa, was post carding to friends here telling
them of his trip to romantic old Mexico
the forthcoming showing of "The Third Man,"
. . .
with Joseph Cotten, who is slated to put in a Joseph Goldschlage, traveling representative
for Clasa-Mohme. is piloting a new Lincoln
and was in town last weekend. He left
for the Valley where he will spend a fortnight.
You have
probably heard
about that good IMPERIAL
SUPER X Can popcorn,
packed in 10 pound hermetically
sealed cans.
.
Joe E. Brown will present his new show,
"Ai:i Evening With Joe E. Brown" at the
Municipal auditorium March 15. The show
will benefit Sunshine Cottage, the school for
deaf children Leave Them
Laughing" played day and date here at five
theatres; namely, the Hi-Ho, Predricksburg
Road, Trail, San Pedro Outdoor and Varsity
. . . Enrique Diaz, formerly with Zaragoza
Amusement Co. here, now showing 16mm
films at Moore, Tex.
Robbers Take $1,331
ROBSTOWN. TEX.—The Palace Theatre
here recently was robbed of $1,331 by yeggs
who pried a window open to gain entrance
and then used explosives to open a safe in
the office. '
It's
BETTER than the BEST.
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Sign Guadalajara Trio
Producer Hal Wallis has signed the Guadalajara
Trio, a vocal and instrumental unit,
for a musical sequence in Paramount's "My
Friend Irma Goes West."
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