Boxoffice-11.11.1950

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llAona Hansen, U-I secretary, showed up
the male contingent from Filmrow on
the pheasant season opener. She came back
Murphy
with three pheasants
called at the MGM office . . S. R. Nothem,
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owner of the Vogue at Ramsen, Iowa, can
tell you all about the arrival of a granddaughter
. . . Ferd Reuter, MGM booker,
went to the Missouri-Nebraska football game.
But some 16 other employes from the same
office can tell you a sad story about how
they didn't come up with tickets . . Bill
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Miskell, Tri-States Theatres district manager,
was at Grand Island at midweek.
Jack Andrews, Paramount salesman, reports
running into the first snowstorm of
the season in the Storm Lake, Iowa, vicinity
.. . Max McCoy, U-I salesman, has a
new Ford .
Saggau, Dennlson,
Iowa, exhibitor, was in Minnesota hunting
... It was quite a party for Judy Cannon,
daughter of Evelyn, the MGM office manager,
on Judy's fifth birthday. Seventeen
youngsters and 22 adults attended the special
screening of "Cinderella" for Judy, then
later at the office came the serving of ice
cream and cake.
Ray Brown, Harlan, Iowa, exhibitor, is
home from the hospital improving and ready
to take on any of the visiting firemen in
gin rummy . screened "Emergency
Wedding" Saturday night . . . Mr. and
Mrs. Elmer Swenson. owners of the theatre
at Alta, Iowa, went to Minnesota to visit
the new home of Mrs. Swenson's parents.
Elmer, who is proficient at many sidelines,
has a shovel ready to hook to his tractor
and help with clearing the winter's snows.
Visitors along Filmrow included: Arnold
Miererdierks, Pender; Woody Simek. Ashland;
H. O. Qualsett. Tekameh; Carl B.
Harriman. Alton, Iowa; Harry Hummel.
Scribner; Mr. and Mi-s. Earl Wilson, Pierson,
Iowa; Paul Tramp, Oxford; Cliff Shearron.
Genoa; Jamie Booth. Harlan, Iowa;
Carl Johnson. Red Oak. Iowa, and Walter
Bradley, Neligh.
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Ann Schreiber, Wisner exhibitor, and her
mother were sideswiped as pedestrians in
Princeton, 111., while en route to an exhibitor
convention. Ann was bruised .some, but
was able to drive her mother back to Norfolk.
Neb., in an ambulance. The mother
Jack Andrews
suffered a fractured knee . . .
jr., son of the Paramount salesman,
has been transferred to an aircraft carrier
at Bremerton. Wash. business
has been below expectations in the territory
this year.
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FILMING 'SHOWBOAT'—Shown above
on the MGM location site for the film
"Showboat" arc members of the film
crew. The men are pictured on the
riverboat Sprague on the Mississippi river
near Natchez and Vicksburg. Left to
right: Earl Metz of Technicolor; Hal
Parker of Hal Parker studios in Kansas
City, and Bob Hager of Technicolor.
National Theatre Supply, Dallas, installed
a Servemaster in the Don Gordon Theatre.
Houston, and the Beltonian. Belton. Tex.,
while Minnesota Amusement Co. purchased
six Servemasters for circuit houses and Theatre
Confections. Inc.. Minneapolis, bought
two for theatres in which it has concessions.
Wil-Kin Theatre Supply, Charlotte, installed
a Servemaster at the New Austin Theatre
and the Midwest Theatre Supply. Cincinnati,
installed one at the Cain Auto Theatre.
Paintsville. Ky.
Renovation Near Finish
At Kansas City Kimo
KANSAS CITY—Bill Meyer, manager of
the Kimo Theatre here, said this week that
remodeling of that house probably would be
completed within two or three weeks. New
installations in the ladies restroom are being
completed this week and exterior painting of
the house is nearly finished.
A new office has been built for Meyer and
seats remain to be installed in the auditorium.
Delivery of seats has been held up by
a strike in the seat company factory. Meyer
said. New AJuminex display cases were installed
at the Kimo by National Theatre
Supply.
New Exhibitor Group
Formed at Huron, S.D.
HURON. S. D.—A new association of South
Dakota exhibitors was formed at a meeting
called here by Leo Peterson, circuit owner.
Peterson, who acted as chairman, was chosen
first president of the new organization.
Willard Tammen, Yankton, was elected
vice-president and Woody Praught, South
Dakota district manager for Minnesota
Amusement Co., secretary-treasurer. Elected
to the board of directors were Bert Johnson.
Rapid City; Doug Chapman. Lemmon;
George March. Vermillion and Huron; Ernest
Schweigert. Miller, and Jane Hoover. Gettysburg.
The new association is unaffiliated, and
was reported only four of the 30 exhibitors
it
present were members of North Central
Allied. Attendance of Praught at the meeting
and his election as secretary-treasurer,
gives rise to speculation that the new association
may affiliate with Theatre Owners
of America as NCA holds its ranks closed to
affiliated theatres.
The old South Dakota Exhibitors Ass'n,
which worked closely with NCA, has been inactive
the past two years, meeting only on
Hans Lorsch Reports Sales
occasions
Of Popcorn Warmers
when NCA called a state meeting
for specific discussions.
KANSAS CITY—Hans Lorsch. sales manager
for Hollywood Servemaster here, has re-
Title of the association is to be decided
by directors who will draw up bylaws, map
ported installations at Kerasotes Theatres
policy and procedure and complete plans for
circuit's Decatur Outdoor Theatre. Decatur,
an early meeting in a central location yet
111., and the circuit's Starlite Drive-In, Pekin,
to be selected.
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Discussion at the first meeting was confined
to purposes of the new association,
with stress placed on state fire laws governing
theatres, and the advisability of increasing
admission prices.
A majority of tlie exhibitors present indicated
a desire to hike prices but were uncertain
as to the amount of raise required
to meet increasing operating costs.
Remodeling at Waterloo
WATERLOO. IOWA—A remodeling program
has begun at the Waterloo Tlieatre
here. The theatre will continue operations
during the work which will include a fluorescent-lighted
.shadow box display, a glass block
front and an ultramodern lobby sales shop.
Manager John Pritchard said the project
will take a month to complete.
Willard Tammen. Yankton, said he had
increased adult prices from 45 to 50 cents
last spring, with no complaints, and contemplated
another hike soon. Ivan Besse.
Strand. Britton, increased adult prices 10
cents without patron complaint.
Kansas City Circuit Men
At Montague Luncheon
KANSAS CITY—Columbia Pictures held a
noon luncheon for circuit officials at the
Muehlebach hotel here Thursday (9) to publicize
its current Montague Sweepstakes drive,
which started October 27.
About 40 persons attended, including western
screen star Smiley Burnette. Ben Marcus,
Columbia district manager, and T. L. Baldwin,
branch manager here, were hosts.
Among those attending were Ralph Adams,
Fox Midwest buyer; Ed Haas. FMW division
manager; Joe Redmond, publicity manager;
George Hunter, city manager at Springfield
for FMW. and about eight FMW bookers;
Eddie Mansfield. Commonwealth; Eddie
Erickson and George Darling. Theatre Enterprises;
Ralph Gregory. Paul Kelly and
Glen Dickinson jr., Dickinson Theatres;
Woody Longan and Pat Rayhill, Durwood
circuit; Ed Hartman, Winston Brown and
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Gladys Melson. Hartman Booking Agency:
Fred Harpst and William Blockberger, Allied,
and Mrs. Lora Murrell. city censor. i
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