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INDIANAPOLIS<br />
Q,u.s Craig:, former manager of the Columbia<br />
exchange, and his wife left for Florida<br />
for the winter . to Mary Jane<br />
Larson, secretary at Monogram, whose mother<br />
died October 19 after a lingering illne.ss<br />
Kelley, has been added to the<br />
Columbia personnel as biller . . "Modern<br />
.<br />
Marriage" was screened recently by Monogram<br />
for a large exhibitor crowd.<br />
COMPLETE EQUIPMENT<br />
for<br />
THEATRES 61 DRIVE-INS<br />
• STRONG PROJECTION LAMPS<br />
• TECA SPEAKERS<br />
• IDEAL CHAIRS<br />
• CENTURY PROJECTORS AND SOUND<br />
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Keiths Theatre offered two big budget<br />
films of a few years ago: "I'll Be Seeing You"<br />
and "Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House"<br />
Feller, operator of the Monroe,<br />
Monroeville. and Elizabeth Shoudell, were<br />
married in Port Wayne, Ind. . . . Jerry Heinlen.<br />
operator of the Arcade. Gas City, left re-<br />
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cently for the armed forces. His wife will<br />
operate his theatre Nihiser,<br />
Geneva, has closed the Limberlost Drive-In<br />
Tlieatre and will open the Star, his indoor<br />
house on a seven-day schedule. During the<br />
summer, the Star was open only over the<br />
weekend .<br />
Realart is back on the job, after ten weeks<br />
The Sconce circuit has<br />
in a hospital . , .<br />
joined the Indianapolis Cooperative Theatres,<br />
buying and booking service.<br />
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Buying and booking on Pllmrow were Don<br />
LeBlum, Kent, South Whitley; A. Burger,<br />
Drive-In, Lawrence; Tom Goodman, Goodman<br />
circuit, Corydon; William Kalafat,<br />
Kalafat circuit. Garrett; Gail Lancaster,<br />
Huntington- Jefferson, Huntington; William<br />
Handley, Rembusch circuit, Franklin<br />
Maxine Marie Shrader, daughter of Robert<br />
Shrader, salesman at Warners, and Donald<br />
Huth. Los Angeles, were married in Floydsberg.<br />
Ky. The couple left for the west coast<br />
after the ceremony.<br />
The State in Milltown, has been taken over<br />
by E. L. Ornstein of Marengo, Ind., from<br />
Clyde Mills. Joseph Summers will be the<br />
manager . McKean, son of Claude<br />
McKean, manager at Warners has opened a<br />
law office in Greenfield, Ind. . . . Roger<br />
Sherer. operator of the Rodeo, Fort Wayne,<br />
Ind., is busy on reconstruction of his Liberty<br />
at Union City, Ind., where he suffered a $20,-<br />
000 loss by fire recently.<br />
William Frawley will play a comedy role in<br />
"Honeychile" which R. G. Springsteen is megging<br />
for Republic Pictures.<br />
'One Too Many' lo Bow<br />
In Chicago Theatre<br />
CHICAGO—Kroger Babb. head of Hallmark<br />
Productions, said last week (25)<br />
that he<br />
has definitely set Chicago as the site for the<br />
world premiere of his latest roadshow production,<br />
"One Too Many." The picture was<br />
viewed and passed without any changes by<br />
the Chicago censors today and Babb, his<br />
general manager. Jack Thomas, and general<br />
sales manager. Hank Adams, conferred with<br />
officials of Balaban & Katz on a Loop house<br />
for the premiere.<br />
Babb completed arrangements with the<br />
Stevens hotel to accommodate his entire<br />
party of between 500 and 700 employes who<br />
will be here for the annual Hallmark convention<br />
December 16-22. He is now working<br />
out a full program of entertainment. Following<br />
the Chicago conferences, Babb and<br />
his public relations director. Murphy Mc-<br />
Henry, flew to Houston for the TOA convention.<br />
Bon Air Reopens<br />
WATSEKA, ILL.—The newly equipped and<br />
redecorated Bon Air Theatre here has been<br />
reopened by the McCollum circuit. New sound<br />
and projection equipment was installed and<br />
the auditorium redecorated. E. N. Nelson is<br />
manager.<br />
Salem Drive-In Open<br />
SALEM. MO.—The Star-Lite Drive-In has<br />
been opened two miles north of here by L. L.<br />
Pruitt and Paul Hamaker. The new airer<br />
uses Simplex equipment.<br />
New Drive-In Company<br />
OSHKOSH. WIS.—The Beaver Outdoor<br />
Theatre Co. has been incorporated here by<br />
Joseph F. Dempsey, Marjorie L. Kerrigan and<br />
Ray C. Kempsey.<br />
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