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By HARRY HART<br />
W. FINCHER of Fox Theatres. Chattanooga.<br />
Tenn.. was in Atlanta booking.<br />
Ho said that Jimmy Duncan of the Fox, Red<br />
Bank. Tenn.. was vacationing at Spruce<br />
Pines. N. C. and that Manager C. H. Watknis<br />
of the 41 Drive-In. Chattanooga, was<br />
on vacation in Hot<br />
Springs. Ark.<br />
R. J. lannuzzi, Warner<br />
Atlanta manager,<br />
said the company had<br />
a nice meeting in New<br />
Orleans and that<br />
everyone had a good<br />
time.<br />
HART BEATS<br />
C. E. Kessnich. district<br />
manager, MGM.<br />
.said "Stars in My<br />
Crown" was breakins<br />
all attendance records.<br />
Local Manager A. B.<br />
Padgett brought in a stack of material which<br />
is being used to sell the show. He said<br />
the film had broken all records for the<br />
last four years in the Alabama, Birmingham.<br />
Both believed that preshowing of the<br />
lilm had helped business, along with the<br />
policy of showing it in small towns before<br />
the cities. It was first shown in Georgia at<br />
Dalton and in Alabama at Selma.<br />
« • *<br />
Bob Moscow, his wife and daughter left<br />
for a week's vacation at Daytona Beach,<br />
Fla. Moscow recently installed York air conditioning,<br />
new Simplex projectors and sound<br />
and recovered theatre seats at the Cameo<br />
in the heart of the Atlanta business district.<br />
* » •<br />
Two of the partners of the new 600-car<br />
Montague Drive-In at Nashville, Tenn.. were<br />
in Atlanta booking. They are J. Woodrow<br />
Thomas, vice-president, and Russell Mc-<br />
Clanahan, secretary and treasurer. The<br />
drive-in was opened earlier this month by<br />
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on the Gallatin road near Na.shville. The<br />
company is headed by President J. P. Ware<br />
and includes the Grogan brothers. Jack<br />
Fischer, Thomas and McClanahan. The outdoorer<br />
will be managed by Charles Kuertz.<br />
* « •<br />
Hill Powell of the Oxford Theatre. Oxford.<br />
Ala., said business is better this year than<br />
it was last. Hill has been in show business<br />
for the last 40 years ... At the Galax in<br />
Birmingham, Manager W. J. Hampton and<br />
assistant D. E. Quinn reported good business<br />
on an Abbott and Costello film. They built<br />
a neat theatre front around the picture<br />
« * *<br />
Harry Barnett, assistant manager at the<br />
Newmar, Birmingham, was to be married<br />
Friday (18) to Esther Dean.<br />
Morris Hadaway. former manager of the<br />
Carolina, Greensboro, N. C, now is managing<br />
the Alabama, Birmingham. He was succeeded<br />
at the Carolina by Kermit High from<br />
Newport News.<br />
Jimmy Bellows, manager of the Birmingham<br />
Strand, was doing good business with<br />
"The Great Dan Patch." He set up a contest<br />
to rename "The Asphalt Jungle" anc<br />
offered a $100 war bond as grand prize at<br />
the end of the three-week event. Two tickets<br />
to see the film made up the next 12<br />
prizes. A special trailer was devised to<br />
acquaint patrons with parts of the film to<br />
aid them in renaming it. Announcements<br />
were run in local papers every day to stimulate<br />
interest. The contest attracted wide<br />
attention, Bellows said.<br />
J. B. Waters and his staff were busy with<br />
plans for a new drive-in under construction<br />
near Birmingham.<br />
Morris Willeford, manager of the Five<br />
Points, vacationed at Decatur, Ala. . . .<br />
Showman Marvin Kelly. Empire, promoted<br />
more than $8,000 in prizes for "Treasure<br />
Island." The Empire loge recently was recarpeted.<br />
* • •<br />
J. W. McDanal, manager of the Melba<br />
was working on a tieup with the air corps<br />
for "The Big Lift," which will play at the<br />
Melba soon. He also is considering purchasing<br />
a farm near Birmingham.<br />
James Scale, manager of the Royal, which<br />
plays nothing but westerns, has reduced<br />
prices to 25 cents and plays only single<br />
features. He said business is improving. He<br />
plans a Saturday morning kiddy show soon.<br />
Dot Gardner of National Screen Service<br />
was married August 10 to Charles Bowers<br />
of Atlanta.<br />
* • •<br />
W. D. Barnes jr., Albertville, Ala., has beer<br />
named by C. O. Jeffery as district manager<br />
for Alexander Films in northern Alabama<br />
Roy E. Goss is becoming well known as<br />
the flying Alexander Film salesman of .southeast<br />
Florida. He owns his own plane and<br />
makes many calls along the long stretches<br />
of Florida where there are not many towns.<br />
• • •<br />
Bud Chalmers of the ABC Theatrical<br />
Agency has returned from Knoxville, Tenn.<br />
He said the Family Drive-In in that city<br />
wa.s to open about August 17.<br />
The Highway 64 Drive-In at FayetteviUe,<br />
Tenn., bowed Thursday (17) and partnerowners<br />
Couch & Richardson have contracted<br />
with ABC for booking and buying services,<br />
• * •<br />
The relief porter and another boy from<br />
a nearby barber shop broke into the Woodlawn<br />
at Birmingham and took $4,842.07 from<br />
the safe. The porter was caught and confessed.<br />
Part of the money was recovered.<br />
The other boy was .sought in Detroit, Mich.<br />
The Woodlawn is a unit of Community Theatres.<br />
Harry Curl of the circuit reported the<br />
robbery.<br />
• * •<br />
Ebb Duncan and his partner Clyde Sampler<br />
of the Carrol and Playhouse in Carrolton,<br />
Ga., were busy building their new<br />
drive-in and preparing copy for advertising<br />
in which they welcomed farmers for the<br />
Rural Electrification Administration convention.<br />
The theatres opened at 10 a. m. instead<br />
of the usual 2:30 p. m. Duncan and<br />
Sampler use every opportunity to sell their<br />
shows. Both take an active part in civic<br />
betterment.<br />
• •<br />
John E. Gaither of the Heflin, Heflin.<br />
Ala., uses 3,000 monthly calendars. They are<br />
sent to all rural boxholders to advertise forthcoming<br />
attractions. He also uses the public<br />
address system at all athletic events to plug<br />
shows at the theatre. Gaither furnishes the<br />
public address systems for the athletic contests.<br />
Hand-Painted Murals<br />
At Pikes Peak Drive-In<br />
From Western Edition<br />
COLORADO SPRINGS—Fanciful murals<br />
depicting Pikes Peak, the Garden of the Gods<br />
and other scenic points in the mountain<br />
areas, painted by Frank Lockner. Germanborn<br />
muralist, are decorative features of the<br />
remodeled Peak Theatre which recently was<br />
reopened here. Executed in fluorescent paint,<br />
the murals are made luminous by concealed<br />
ultraviolet lighting fixtures.<br />
A triangular 14x35-foot marquee projects<br />
from the rough-textured tile front. Threefoot<br />
bright neon lettering on both sides of<br />
the marquee spells out the name of the theatre.<br />
Heavy glass doors open into the lobby<br />
from the sidewalk. A circus-type candy bar<br />
under a red and white awning, with elephants<br />
and tigers depicted on the back wall, is a<br />
highlight of the lobby.<br />
Three ramps lead into the auditorium,<br />
which is finished in rough acoustical plaster.<br />
Walls are painted a deep ro.se. with the lower<br />
portions in deep turquoise. Seating is upholstered<br />
in salmon material. Concealed<br />
lighting highlights details of the auditorium<br />
and stage draperies.<br />
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66 BOXOFFICE :<br />
: August 19, 1950
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