Boxoffice-July.01/1950

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J 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 BOOK IT NOW ! ! ! WAHOO is Ihc world's most Ihrillins screen same. Now being used successfully bv hundreds of indoor and outdoor theatres all over America. Send for complete details, fle turt and 9tVe seoling or car copaci'ty. Hollywood Amusement Co., Dept. B S31 S. Wabaih Avenue, Chicago 5, lllinoii DRIVE-IN THEATRE PORT HOLE BLOWER Eliminates Dust, Bugs and Rain From Coming in Port Hole — Also eliminates use ol Ootical Glass. Thereloti giving clearer and cleaner projection. DRIVE-IN THEATRE MFG. CO. ^^^:-^„, We have the YOUR 3f*f/iM, for THEATRE Count on MM for Quick Actionl ''^•e Our «rid« ctmoct* ctnioct* "Ith vlth fhe •shibttof* ^ ii« yoij ol maf'mtSQorf rvcults. kfinr THEATRE EXCHANGE CO. fc 201 Fine Arts BIdg. Portland S. Oregon ^J 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 /êntury 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. <strong>1950</strong>
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