Boxoffice-July.01/1950

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Hugo Jorgenson of Idaho Wins at Golf
In Salt Lake City Roundup Feature
Shown above is a photograph of the crowd attending the dinner at the Utah hotel
in Salt Lalie City at which Variety Tent 38 received its charter. Among those at the
head table are William McCraw, Marc J. Wolf, Henry S. Ungerleider, Robert J. O'Donnell,
Dan Kostopulos, Dave Bershon, Ezra Stern and other Variety executives.
SALT LAKE CITY—Hugo Jorgenson, a dark
horse from Idaho, came to Salt Lake City last
week to cop top honors in the fifth annual
Exhibitors-Distributors roundup of Salt Lake
Variety Tent 38.' Top event of the roundup
and Variety charter presentation ceremonies,
the 18-hole handicap golf tournament attracted
115 golfers from more than 12 states.
More than $3,000 in prizes was given out at
a victory dinner dance, where winners were
announced. A feature of the affair this year
was presentation to Bidwell McCormick, RKO
representative from Denver, of a canary and
cage as last place prize. This, he must keep
until 1951 and return to Salt Lake for presentation
to last place winner in that tournament.
Cellar position is no unfamiliar spot
to Bid. since he occupied it in two other
tournaments, but the grace and good sportsmanship
with which he accepted the booby
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prize betokened a desire to hold onto the
award.
Jorgenson, Rigby. Ida., exhibitor, shot a
net 67 to finish in first place ahead of Rick
Warren, Billings, Mont.; David Campbell.
Salt Lake, and Harold Chesler, Bingham, who
recorded 68's to tie for second-place honors.
The rest of the field finished in this manner;
Blaine Sorenson, Gene Bowles, Clare Swonson,
Tom Philibin, Cloyd Booth, Fred Allen,
Bob Braby. Ed Montague, John Howard. Ray
Miller, Fred Polasky, Harry Swonson, John
Krier, Herb Turpie, Harvey Woelke, Hack
Miller, Roger Dougherty, Chick Lloyd, Howard
Pickren, Morris Sherman, Keith Pack,
Dick Iba, Stan Samuelson, Charles L. Walker,
Gus P. Backman, Kenneth Friedman, Carl
Lind, Shirl Thayne, Art Watts, Father Martin
Burke, Clyde Glasius, Earl Green, George
Kingdon, D. E. Peckinpaugh, Jack Swonson,
George Engar, Arthur Jolley, Jimmie Griffin,
Grin Hazen, Sam Gillette.
Also, Giff Davison, Stub Schultz, Bill Rice,
Breck Fagin, Hilmer George, Otto Jorgenson,
Ed Miller, Frank Larson jr., Russ Dauterman,
David K. Edwards, Bob Herman,
Vaughn B. Hunter, M. G. Stevens, Nelson
Banks. K. O. Lloyd. Max Lloyd, Paul Henich.
Vernon Malstrom, J. Rodger Mendenhall,
Nelson Soehlke, Lou Athas, Gene Manzanares,
Ted Wherry, Al Knox, Chester L. Price, Hank
Smith, Graham Susman, Bus Campbell, Irving
Gillman.
Also Gene Jones, Irv Harris, Si Sanders,
George Smith, Milton Rosen, Bob Anderson,
Gerald Karski. E. Lee Liston, Dick McGillis,
C. Clare Woods, Dave Maxwell, M. A. Eichhorn,
Harold Wirthwein. Joe Toland, Fran
Feltch. Jack Clifford, Edward Greenband,
John Dahl, Ken Levy, Orville Lockram, T. D.
Jones, Don Tibbs, Joe Nercissian, Larry
Boyce, Harold Green, Ray M. Hendry, Bernie
Wolfe, Jack McGee, Chris Politz, Sidney L.
Cohen, E. W. McGann, J. A. Christensen,
Dick Colbert, Warren Butler, Leonard Tidwell,
Connie Rose, DeVere Rasmu-ssen, Dick
Mumbrier, Glen Yergensen, Van Anderson,
Clarence Golder and Bidwell McCormick.
The roundup drew a large number of Variety
executives and personnel and executives
of film companies to Salt Lake. Official ceremonies
in the Hotel Utah the second night
of the roundup were attended by more than
300 film workers and their wives, who looked
and listened as Variety executives explained
the aims and purpo.ses of their organization
and officially welcomed Tent 38 into the fold.
Led by Marc J. Wolf, international chief
barker, and Robert J. O'Donnell, international
ringmaster, the Variety officers outlined one
charitable work after another, and all said
they believed Salt Lake's tent would add
vastly to the work of the whole organization.
They told of the hospital of the Minneapolis
tent, of the children's cancer research clinic
of the New England group, of Boys' ranch, of
San Franci.sco's eye clinic and of the work
of the Toronto tent. O'Donnell said several
new applications for tents had been received,
including one from Tokyo.
William McCraw, master of ceremonies,
introduced the officials who, in addition to
himself. Wolf and O'fionnell. included Dave
Bershon, international representative, and C.
E. Lewis, international pressguy. Ezra Stern,
film attorney, also attended from Los Angeles.
Wolf conducted the colorful installation of
officers and swearing in of all barkers after
presenting the charter and the miniature
barker to Henry S. Ungerleider, chief barker
for the new tent.
Other officers of the organization besides
Ungerleider are Tom Philibin, first assistant
chief barker; Dan Kostopulos, second assistant;
Howard Pear.son, properties man; C.
Clare Woods, doughguy, and Hal Hawks,
Harold Chesler, Ray M. Hendry, Sidney L.
Cohen, Shirl Thayne and Harry Swonson.
canvassmen.
Into Salt Lake a day before the charter
presentation, McCraw won many friends in
the city when he addressed a Rotary club
meeting on the film industry. Not only did
he win friends for himself by his excellent
address, but he also won many new filmgoing
converts from among the so-called
"lost generation," according to many accounts
of Rotary members. It was deemed
one of the most effective campaigns of
selling the industry in the last few months.
PHOENIX
/^entury Television Productions has started
work in Phoenix on the first of a series of
TV shorts, with production costs for the 39
to 52 color shorts figured at $440,000. The
pictures will be screen adaptations of stories
written by Harold Shumate and will be
known as the Wild Bill Elliott show. Running
time will be 21 M minutes for each film.
Management of the Sombrero Playhouse,
Phoenix art film house, has been taken over
by James Lewis Smith, former Canadian
film distributor, from Chester Goldberg jr.
and James Beatty. Lease of the theatre for
ten months of each year had been obtained
by Goldberg and Beatty. under the name of
Theatre Enterprises, Inc., for the showing of
foreign and domestic films. Smith has retained
the firm's name and will continue
its film policy. During the winter the Sombrero
is a showcase for legitimate attractions
produced by Anna Lee. The play series runs
ten weeks.
Rialto Theatre Is Closed
TRINIDAD. COLO.—Tlie Rialto Theatre
here recently was closed indefinitely.
54 BOXOFFICE :
: July 1. 1950