Boxoffice-11.11.1950
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|New Crest Is Opened<br />
By Commonwealth<br />
KANSAS CITY — A large delegation of<br />
Filmrow personnel went to Great Bend, Kas..<br />
Thursday (9) for the opening of the Commonwealth<br />
circuit's new Crest Theatre. Attending<br />
from the circuit head office here were<br />
Howard Jameyson, president: Bob Shelton,<br />
Dick O'Rear and others.<br />
Special railroad I^uUman cars went out<br />
from Kansas City for the opening and remained<br />
in Great Bend until the return trip<br />
Friday. Among other industryites attending<br />
the affair were Joe Negar. 20th-Fox; Edward<br />
Aaron, 20th-Fox district manager: Jerry<br />
Lively: Don Davis, RCA Victor division;<br />
Robert Boiler and Dietz Lusk, theatre<br />
architects; Arthur DeStefano, National<br />
Theatre Supply; Fred Muhmel, Commonwealth;<br />
L. J. Kimbriel, Missouri Theatre<br />
Supply; E. Gossage, Great Western Stage<br />
Equipment.<br />
Also attending: Leon Robertson, Fox Midwest<br />
district manager: Bob Wolfe: Finton<br />
Jones; Elmer Rhoden sr., president. Fox<br />
Midwest; Elmer Rhoden jr.. Commonwealth;<br />
Bob Marchbank, division manager for Commonwealth<br />
from Washington. Mo.; Bob<br />
Withers, Republic; Jack Braunagel, head<br />
of Commonwealth drive-in theatres; Al<br />
Adler, manager for MGM; Lou Pope, Fox<br />
Midwest, and Roy Tucker, Commonwealth.<br />
The modernistic-designed new Crest, a<br />
1,000-seat, $230,000 house, is a replacement<br />
in Great Bend for a former circuit house.<br />
Opening ceremonies were invitational and<br />
featured a buffet luncheon served to guests<br />
at 8 p. m. Theatre doors opened at 6:30 with<br />
the opening performance at 7 p. m.<br />
Elton Kuhlman is manager of the theatre.<br />
Equipment for the new theatre, with the excaption<br />
of chairs, was sold by Arthur De-<br />
Stefano of National Theatre Supply here and<br />
included Simplex projectors. Walker screen,<br />
Aluminex wall display cases, Supersnap light<br />
Crestwood carpeting, telephone sys-<br />
(tem and Powerstat dimming equipment for<br />
lighting.<br />
,Safe Cracksmen Fail<br />
At Des Moines Family<br />
DES MOINES—Burglars attempted to<br />
open the safe in the Family Theatre here<br />
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with a claw hammer. The police report said<br />
H J the burglars entered the building through a<br />
1 I coal chute, then broke a window from an<br />
door to get to the safe. The burglars<br />
'apparently left the building through the coal<br />
• chute. Nothing was reported missing.<br />
Arthur Cole Week Set by Paramount<br />
To Honor Dean of Kansas City Row<br />
KANSAS CITY—Paramount Films has set<br />
aside the week of November 26-December 2<br />
as Arthur H. Cole week, a tribute to the<br />
ARTHUR H. COLE<br />
dean of Kansas City's motion picture industry,<br />
who has spent some 36 years on this<br />
city's Filmrow.<br />
Cole, industry representative for Paramount,<br />
joined the printing department of<br />
the Kansas City Feature Film Co., owned<br />
by A. D. Flintom, in January 1914. He soon<br />
found himself in complete charge of the<br />
branch of Flintom's business, which at that<br />
time was a states rights distributor for Paramount<br />
and other companies.<br />
Late that year the Paramount Distributing<br />
Organization was created and Flintom obtained<br />
the distribution franchise for the<br />
area. Cole's responsibilities grew. He kept<br />
enlarging the poster and accessory printing<br />
plant and took over distribution of national<br />
material supplied by Paramount.<br />
In 1918 he took over public relations<br />
work for Paramount, a job which involved<br />
not only selling the company's product, but<br />
also battling the horde of reformers who<br />
started attacking the industry. He was so<br />
successful in winning over the reform elements<br />
that he found himself unofficially<br />
appointed public relations ambassador for<br />
the entire Kansas City film colony.<br />
In 1921 the organization, then known as<br />
Famous-Lasky, created the post of office<br />
manager and Cole was named to that position.<br />
Cole has been widely known throughout<br />
the city and the industry for his diligent<br />
work in behalf of motion pictures in both<br />
public relations and in legislative matters,<br />
and he has served on many committees.<br />
He served as the first secretary of the<br />
Kansas City relief committee and he represented<br />
the Film Board of Trade here and<br />
was secretary of the local office from 1934<br />
until its discontinuance.<br />
Bremer Theatre Struck<br />
By Fire at Waverly, Iowa<br />
WAVERLY, IOWA—Two persons<br />
.suffered<br />
minor burns, but a panic and possible major<br />
disaster were averted here Sunday evening<br />
when fire broke out in the Bremer Theatre.<br />
The fire started at 10 p.' m. when a film<br />
ignited. The blaze got through a vent and<br />
was licking at the theatre ceiling when the<br />
alarm was sounded. Patrons filed out in<br />
orderly fashion. The Waverly fire department<br />
extinguished the blaze in short order. The<br />
Bremer was closed most of the week for<br />
repairs.<br />
Hunting Season Blamed<br />
For Slump in Grosses<br />
MINNEAPOLIS—Newest reason suggested<br />
here for declining grosses is the hunting<br />
season. Local newspapers estimate that<br />
about 350,000 people have taken advantage<br />
of the opening to duck and pheasant seasons.<br />
The hunting season in this area has<br />
an opening that almost corresponds to the<br />
premiere of a new play on Broadway.<br />
R. C. Carmean Named<br />
MASON CTY, IOWA—R. C. Carmean is<br />
the new manager of the State Theatre here.<br />
He succeeds Glenn Beckett who has been<br />
transferred to Kansas City to manage the<br />
East Town Theatre for Consolidated Enterprises,<br />
Inc. Carmean has been in Mason City<br />
for a year operating Gretchen's Sweets. This<br />
is his first venture into the theatre business.<br />
Walter Kingsford has been booked for a<br />
character role in "Soldiers Three," an MGM<br />
picture.<br />
Dubinsky Office Moved<br />
ST. JOSEPH—Irwin Dubinsky has opened<br />
office at Savannah, Mo., for the manpagement<br />
of theatre interests which he shares<br />
kwith his brother, H. W. Dubinsky. The move<br />
was made to comply with a court injunction<br />
which decreed the Dubinskys could not manage<br />
their interests from St. Joseph offices.<br />
I. B. Retzer Buys Hecla<br />
HECLA, S. D.—John B. Retzer is the new<br />
owner of the Hecla Theatre. He bought it<br />
from Ursuala Moerke.<br />
Aids to Young Talent Urged by Jacob Wilk<br />
MINNEAPOLIS—Jacob Wilk, Warner Bros.,<br />
eastern story editor, predicted here that industry<br />
will have to underwrite the creative<br />
arts in the next few years in order to encourage<br />
talented young people. Wilk, a<br />
Minneapolis native, graduated from the University<br />
of Minnesota and at one time was<br />
an assistant drama editor of the old Minneapolis<br />
Tribune.<br />
"The theatre, films, radio and television<br />
all make it difficult for the young newcomer<br />
to find a place 'on the inside' and too<br />
much talent never has a chance to find recognition,"<br />
Wilk said.<br />
He said he tries to see as many young<br />
hopefuls as his time allows. If young writers<br />
can get past the office boy and several secretaries<br />
to leave their scripts, he turns them<br />
over to an expert reader. If the reader reports<br />
the unknowns' ideas are better than<br />
average Wilk reads the scripts.<br />
"But for all we know, we may be missing<br />
a chance at a lot of talent that doesn't get<br />
by the office boys," he said.<br />
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