Boxoffice-September.23.1950

. . . The
I KM Allied Session MJNNEAPOLIS
Hears Colonel Cole
KANSAS CITY—Preliminary plans for the
annual spring convention to be held in May,
O. F. SuUivan Col. H. A. Cole
COMPO, showmanship and activities for the
fall season were discussed at the Kansas-
Missouri Allied board of directors meeting
and general membership session held at the
Phillips hotel here Thursday (14).
Col. H. A. Cole of Dallas, a director of Allied
States, pointed out the purpose of the
organization and the work that is still to be
done by the group. He also presided at a
question and answer session.
President O. P. Sullivan, Wichita, presided
at the general afternoon meeting before turning
the meeting over to Cole. A brief discussion
of the film clinic to be held at the
Allied national convention October 2, 4 at
the William Penn hotel in Philadelphia, was
held.
Delegates from the Kansas-Missouri group
to the national convention are Sol Frank,
Coldwater, Kas.; Pi-esident Sullivan, Wichita;
FYed Harpst, general manager, and William
Blackburger of the Allied booking staff.
Exhibitors present at the meeting: William
Silver. Cameron; Ben Adams, El Dorado;
J. T. Ghosen, Sedalia; Mr. and Mrs. A. E.
Jarboe, Cameron; Walter Lonan, El Dorado
Springs; J. J. Wehner, Rossviile; Jay Means,
Kansas City; Day Payton, Mount Vernon;
L. A. McDaniel, Wetmore; Ai-t Pugh, Columbus;
Bill Bradfield, Carthage; Church Embich,
Hutchinson; Jay Wooten, Liberal; A. J.
Simmons, Lamarr; Ben Spanhour, Greensburg;
F. L. Norton, Caldwell; Don Phillips,
Colby; Cle Bratton, Council Grove; Mrs.
Murphy, William Blockburg and Fred Harpst
of the Kansas City office.
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John Beale, film actor, was at the Lyceum
in the stage musical, "Lend an Ear." Phil
Silvers, also prominent in pictures, appearing
at he Hotel Nicollet Minnesota Terrace supper
club. A picture in which he is featured,
"Summer Stock," opened at the State
Harold Goldberg, Paramount home
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auditor, left for Chicago after a month here
Lyceum, legitimate roadshow and
film house, drew good business with a week
of Italian grand opera films.
Exhibitors visiting Filmrow included Tony
Paulsen, Amery, Wis.; Mr. and Mrs. Martin
Svendsen, Norwood, and Don Buckley, Redwood
Falls . . Joe Blaufox, Columbia home
office exploiteer, was here to beat the drums
for "The Petty Girl" due at the RKO Orpheum
September 28 . . . Louis Orlove, MGM
exploiteer, flew to Mitchell, S. D., after his
arrival here from Milwaukee, to contact a
new account there and to get the lowdown
on the town's annual Corn festival which has
Betty Grable and Harry James as the headliners
of its Corn Palace show. Louis last
week piloted beautiful Charlotte Hanker, one
of the nation's top models and cover girls,
to exploit "A Life of Her Own."
W. R. Frank is selling stock in his Television
and Motion Picture P^'Oducers company,
which will produce pictures both for
the screen and TV. He hopes to line up as
many as possible of the territory's exhibitors
as stockholders . . . Newest Minneapolis suburban
theatre is the 424-seat Oxboro. It has
56-day availability and a 40 cents admission.
Bill Levy is modernizing his Heights, suburban
theatre . . . M. A. Levy, 20th-Fox manager,
attended the Andy Smith drive meeting
in St. Louis ... A group of Minnesota Amusement
Co. executives went to Tocomo, Pa.,
for a United Paramount Theatres meeting.
The group included Harry B. French, president,
and Charlie Winchell, Johnny Branton,
Ev Seibel, W. C. Wilson and Robert Schmidt.
TV Coaxial Cable to Open
In Twin Cities Sept. 30
MINNEAPOLIS—Opening of the television
coaxial cable here September 30, bringing
shows, news events and such sports as the
World Series and important football contests
on a national network, is being preceded by
big campaigns to sell TV sets. Newspapers are
publishing large special sections publicizing
televsion entertainment.
Some exhibitors have predicted additional
boxoffice harm from the campaign and the
opening of the network TV shows. Reasons
given are that patrons will have less money
to spend on motion pictures because of the
purchase of TV sets.
There now are about 105,000 sets in the
area and sales are reported to be increasing
rapidly.
However, Harry B. French and Benny
Berger, Minnesota Amu.sement Co. and North
Central Allied presidents, respectively, said
they felt sure films would hold their own as
long as film quality continued good.
Oakley Center Observes Birthday
OAKLEY, KAS.—The Center Theatre here
celebrated its first anniversary recently. The
house also underwent a repainting job.
State at Mason City, Iowa,
Renovated and Reopened
MASON CITY, IOWA—The State Theatre
here has been reopened after complete renovation.
The theatre will operate as a second
run. Improvements at the house included new
marquee, new front, lobby and lounge, new
drapes, curtain and screen and other features.
New seats will be added in November. In
the meantime the old seats have been repaired
and recovered.
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