Boxoffice-September.23.1950

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Cosily Painling Taken M E M P H I S
At Atlanta Theatre
ATLANTA—Vandalism and petty thievery,
dormant in Atlanta theatres since the close
of the last war, has broken out anew, city
police reported.
One downtown theatre during the past
week lost one costly painting from the walls
of the mezzanine, and almost lost a second.
One picture, 18x22 inches, was removed from
its frame and, it is believed, was smuggled
from the building beneath the raincoat of
the thief. The other, approximately the same
size, was recovered when an alert maid
spied the culprit as he lifted the picture
from the wall.
Also, in recent weeks, the report continues,
gangs of hoodlums have attempted
to crash the doors at several downtown
playhouses, in several cases threatening
ushers. Plainclothes police guards in the
theatre area have been doubled, one showplace
manager said.
Coaxial Cable Will Open
In Southeast This Month
ATLANTA—The new coaxial cable, which
will make possible network video for viewers
In this and other southeastern cities, will
be opened September 30. It will bring, among
other nationally known TV shows, the picturization
of the world series, to be sponsored
by the Atlanta Journal -Constitution
Eyes of the South station WSB-TV.
Football games are among other shows
slated for fall telecasting on the rapidly
expanding national network system.
Cities for which network TV service will
be available on September 30 are Greensboro
and Charlotte. N. C; Jacksonville,
Fla.; Atlanta and Birmingham, Ala.
There now are more than 60,000 television
sets in Atlanta.
Cleveland, Tenn., Legalizes
Restricted Sunday Shows
CLEVELAND, TENN.—Sunday films now
are legal during restricted hours here. The
hours are 1:30 p. m. to 5:30 p. m. and after
8 p. m.
The city commission rejected a proposal
by G. C. Odium, manager of the Cleveland
Drive-In, that the ordinance be modified
to permit Sabbath shows after 7:30 p. m. in
the winter and 8 p. m. in the summer.
The Cleveland Ministerial Ass'n at first
opposed the Sabbath shows bitterly, but left
the matter up to the commission after a
referendum had been planned.
Astor Pictures Obtain
Masterpiece Reissues
DALLAS—O. K. Bourgeois and John Jenkins
of Astor Picture Co. have closed a deal
for the Masterpiece Pictures group which includes
25 features and 13 Hopalong Cassidy
reissues. Among the features are "Stagecoach."
starring John Wayne. They will be
distributed out of the new Astor office in
Memphis, where Mrs. Katherine Baker is office
manager and Eugene Boggs is in charge
of sales.
Melson Towler, former manager for Eagle
Lion before that company consolidated
with Film Classics, is back in Memphis as
district manager for Lippert Pictures, which
has opened an exchange at 408 South Second
St. Fred A. Myers is branch manager
for Lippert and Katherine Randle is office
manager. Miss Randle was office manager
at Eagle Lion Classics until she was seriously
injured in an automobile accident.
She still is on crutches but is up and about.
.
Faye Schrimsher, booking stenographer at
Columbia, was married to Bob Tabor of
Memphis at LaBelle Baptist church . . .
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. James
Martin, who operate Cameo Theatre, Collinwood,
Tenn. . . . Neil Murphy, salesman.
Monarch Theatre Supply Co., is on an extensive
tour of Arkansas Moore, assistant
cashier at Columbia, is on vacation
Chaffee Theatre No. 1 has been
reopened at Camp Chafee, Ark.
Mrs. Perry McCown has bought the Joy.
Blue Mountain, Miss., from H. L. Hindman
Richmond, owner of the Missouri,
Senate, Mo., will reopen the house September
29. It has been closed since September 10
for repairs . . . Bellevue Drive-In. a 600-car
outdoor theatre on South Bellevue near
Memphis, set September 22 as opening date.
.
Jim Denton, 20th-Fox Hollywood publicity
man, was here getting acquainted. Tom
Young, 20th-Fox manager, entertained for
Denton at Variety Club for the press and
radio . . Lois Millwood is a new inspector
. . .
. . Republic's
at 20th-Fox . . . Joy Thrasher, booker, resigned
at MOM and was replaced by Austin
Garner RKO's Memphis exchange has
been repainted inside and out .
exchange has been remodeled and redecorated.
Whyte Bedgord, Maion. Hamilton. Ala.,
was here on business . . . Arkansas exhibitors
on Filmrow included K. H. Kinney.
Hays. Hughes; Roy Cochran, Juroy. North
Little Rock; Zell Jaynes. Joy, West Memphis:
John Staples. Carolyn. Piggott; W. L. Landers,
Landers, Batesville: Pinky Tipton, New,
Manila; Orris Collins. Capitol and Majestic,
Paragould; Bob Lowrey, Skyview, Jonesboro;
Paul Whiting, Whiting, Hunter; Moses Sliman
Lux, Lu.xora; Gene Higginbotham, Gem
and Melody, Leachville; Pat Fleming, Gail,
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Round Pound; Tom Kirk, New, Tuckerman;
Jimmie Sharum, Chandell and Metro, Walnut
Ridge; Roy Bolick. Kaiser. Kaiser; Henry
Pickens. Steele at Steele and Carlisle at
Carlisle; J. T. James. James, Cotton Plant;
Henry Haven, Imperial, Forrest City; Jeff
Singleton, Tyro, Tyronza, and R. A. Bradley
and Paul Shaker, Poinsett Drive-In, Marked
Tree.
John Mohrstadt, Joy, Hayti, and Roy Dillard.
Dillard, Wardell, were here from Missouri
. . . From Tennesee came W. H. Gray
and W. A. Peel, Rutherford. Rutherford;
M. E. Rice jr.. Rice, Brownsville; Aubrey
Webb, Webb. Ripley; H. T. Willis, Munford,
Munford; W. O. Taylor. Uptown. Dresden;
Hobart Goff. Rustic. Parsons; W. F. Ruffin
sr.. Ruffin Amusements Co.. Covington, and
Onie Ellis, Mason, Mason.
Others from Tennessee included L. J. Denning,
YMCA, Bemis; Amelia Ellis, Mason,
Mason: C. T. Willis, Munford, Munford;
Douglass Pierce, Jackson and Pocahontas,
and Guy B. Amis, Princess and Strand, Lexington.
From Mississippi came C. J. Collier, Globe,
Shaw; Tom Ferris. Shelby. Shelby; Mrs. C.
H. Collier. Globe, Drew; Mrs. E. F. GuUey,
Benoit, Benoit; Bim Jackson, Delta, Ruleville;
Paul Myers, Center and Strand, Lexington;
J. E. Cahill, Gloria, Senatobia; T. E.
WiUiams, Tyson, Clarksdale, and J. E. Bonds,
Von, Hernando.
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