Boxoffice-March.04.1950

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NEW ORLEANS
r^ J. Briant, MGM manager, has been named
chairman of the local Community Chest
campaign . Chesnut, who has been
a stenographer at Metro for five years, joined
J. G. Broggi Booking Agency, now representing
36 accounts, as Broggi's assistant
. . .
G. P. Meyers is the new film booker for the
naval air station at Pensacola and outlying
fields.
Repairs on the Meyers Theatre in Biloxi
were completed and the theatre resuhied
operation . weather permitted the
early opening of the Trail Drive-In at Crowley,
La., and the Park Drive-In, Crestview.
Pla. . . . The Uriah Theatre, Uriah, Ala., has
been closed . . . Hugh Owen, division sales
manager for Paramount, was here . . . John
Jenkins was at the Dixie Films office.
The Strand presented "Prince of Peace,"
Hallmark film . . . The Poche advertised the
Broadway stage play. "Murder Without
Crime." Currently the theatre was featuring
a vaudeville show starring Del Casino. Buster
West and Lucille Page. Val Setz. Rollie
and Bonnie Pickert and the Three Royal
Rockets.
Exhibitors on the Row: Frank Olah. Star
Theatre, Albany, La.: Charles Lamantia,
-Bogalusa: Max Connett, Connett circuit, Newton,
Miss.; Lou Langlois. Alamo. New Roads.
La.; Al Morgan and Fred McLendon, McLendon
circuit. Union Springs. Ala.; Louis
Michot. Lafayette; Mrs. Collier. Greenwood,
Miss.; Bill Lighter, Lighter circuit; B. V.
Sheffield. Sheff Theatre, Poplarville, Miss.;
Sam Pasqua. Gonzales; A. Damores; Usy
Pelegrin. Rex. Chauvin; Ernest Delahaye,
Gwen, Maringouin; Frank Glick, Glick circuit,
Morton, Miss.; E. Carolla. Arcade Theatre.
Slidell; Herbert Hargroder, Beverly
Drive-In, Hattiesburg, Miss., and Henry Gossen,
Gossen Theatre, Rayne.
L. W. Watts, owner of Watts circuit, operating
out of Oil City, is visiting with his
father in South Carolina . Amusement
Co. temporarily has closed the Liberty
at Lafayette for remodeling and repairs . . .
Joy Theatres has named Martha T. Losavio
new manager of the Joy at Simmesport.
Martin at Florala, Ala.,
Robbed by Safecrackers
FLORALA. ALA.—Weekend receipts of approximately
$625 were taken by safecrackers
who blasted the safe at the Martin Theatre
here. Police said the job apparently was
pulled by professionals using nitroglycerin.
J. B. Shuman. manager of the theatre, had
been ill at his home for more than a week
prior to the burglary. The crime was discovered
by his relief manager.
Hike Kid Admissions
CHIPLEY. FLA. — Advance of children's
admission price from 10 cents to 15 cents was
announced by the Vance Theatre.
"We can no longer absorb the ever-increasing
cost of operation," the theatre said in a
statement. "It is with the greatest reluctance
we find it necessary to change our present
prices in order to offset partially these
increased costs."
Liltle Rock Thealre
Must Remove Sign
LITTLE ROCK—The 41 -foot-high
electric
sign of the Center Theatre in downtown Little
Rock must be removed under provision.s
of an opinion by Federal Judge Thomas C.
Trimble.
The Worthen Bank and Trust Co. suit to
compel removal of the sign was heard two
weeks ago. The judge stated that the 11-footwide
sign at the north end of the theatre
marquee "obscures the bank building from
the lintel of the Main street door upward
and the bank building cannot be seen by
northbound pedestrians on the east side of
Main street until the theatre entrance is
reached.
"The width, appearance and construction
of the sign and marquee give the illusion
that the theatre is on the end of the block
and the bank building is totally ohscured.
The sign obstructs the view of the building,
interferes with its right to air and ventilation,
and has caused and will cau.se the bank
substantial damages."
The judge also ruled that the Singer Sewing
Machine Co. quarters next door to the
theatre also suffered damage becau.se the
Singer sign and show window are overshadowed
and obscured by the theatre marquee
and sign and value of the property is correspondingly
diminished for retail business
purposes.
Ticket Tax Yields $17,800
AUBURN, ALA.—Receipts from the city's
amusement tax have been earmarked for park
purposes. In its first 11 months the tax
yielded more than $17,800.
Program by Malcolm Estes
LAKE WORTH. FLA.—Malcolm Estes.
manager of the Lake Theatre here and local
Rotary leader, headed a program given at the
South Ocean club luncheon recently.
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