Boxoffice-December.02.1950

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inlet from Vancouver and will cater to both
North and West Vancouver, with a capacity
of around 1,350 cars. Both are expected to
open in 1951.
Manager of the Capitol, Moose Jaw, Sask..
for 34 years and a member of the Famous
Players 25-Year club. Jack Fields, 69, died
Sydney Mines Theatre
Returned to Odeon
SYDNEY MINES, N. S.—The Nova Scotia
Trust Co., representing the estate of the late
Bill Cuzner, has given up the lease on the
Strand Theatre here although it had three
more years to run. Frank Hopkins, who managed
the Strand for the trust company, will
continue to manage for the Odeon chain.
Cuzner had owned and operated the Strand
for 30 years but had sold the property to
Odeon several years before his death. A
year after selling, he took a lease on the
property and operation has been continued by
the estate.
Odeon also operates the Odeon Theatre at
North Sydney, a neighboring city. Johnny
Farr manages the operation. He had operated
the Rivoli, predecessor to the Odeon, for about
25 years before selling the house. After several
years of store management, he returned
as manager of the Odeon.
Two Disabled Vets Hold
Similar Theatre Jobs
ST. JOHN—Two service employes of the
Franklin & Herschorn theatres here are both
permanently disabled veterans of World War
II. John Ricketts at the Regent wears an
artificial leg as result of war wounds and
Leo Breau at the May Mayfair wears a steel
brace on his back due to a spine injury during
a German air raid on a Canadian army
camp in England.
Set as femme leads in the Monogram film,
"Rhythm Inn," were Jane Frazee and Lois
Collier.
M A R I T I M E S
per a two-day showing of "St. Francis of
Assisi" and "Adventures of Chico," the Star
at Whitney Pier, N. S., hooked up with the
family welfare society of Holy Redeemer
Catholic parish, within which the theatre is
located. For two night shows, the price was
50 cents. One matinee for children cost a
dime. The Star is in the Walker chain .
in a Moose Jaw hospital after an illness of
six weeks. Fields was a veteran of the South
African war and one of the oldest exhibitors
in western Canada . R. Miller of
Wynyard was elected president of Saskatchewan
Motion Picture Exhibitors Ass'n; Jack tion Moon" at the Casino, Halifax, the air
During the three-day exhibition of "Destina-
Watson, Famous Players supervisor, Regina, force provided a display of aviation inventions
in the Casino lobby.
was elected vice-president and Hilliard
Gunn, Regina, was named secretary-treasurer
A Yarmouth, N. S., men's wear store allied
for 1951.
with the Capitol, Yarmouth, managed by
Carnivals with gambling games are definitely
out in any city park property, the stage during a two-day showing of "Chicago
Ernie Hatfield, on a drawing from the theatre
park board has decided. Action came when Deadline." The picture starred Alan Ladd
commissioners considered a request from and the prize for the drawing was an Alan
Crescent Shows to renew their previous site Ladd jacket ... In behalf of "Treasure Island"
and "Beaver Valley" at the Paramount,
agreement. Commissioner Mrs. Buda Brown
said the shows had always been "nothing Halifax, Manager Freeman Skinner reproduced
an eulogy of "Treasure Island" by a
but a headache." The strongly worded resolution
specifically bans carnivals under park local radio commentator. The reproduction
board sponsorship and carnivals sponsored was in special newspaper advertising.
by any other organization on park land.
Fur coats have been introduced as door
prizes for a weekly bingo at the Lyceum,
Sydney, N. S. Admission is $1, and other
prizes include a tenth game top of $100 in
cash and a jackpot of $75. Bingo is being
omitted in the advertising by maritime bingo
promoters, who now are titling their promotions
as "The Big Game" and "The Games."
Patronage seems to be increasing and some
of the bingo halls are functioning every week
night at admissions of from 25 cents to $1
Strand, Sussex, N. B., was used for
a party for school children recently. The late
James D. O'Connell, a Kings county native
who became wealthy as a Cuban sugar
planter, left a fund for annual picnics and
theatre parties for children of Sussex. Bill
and Colin Danson, brothers, succeed their
father, the late Colin Danson. in the Strand
operation.
HANDY
The stage of an outdoor theatre erected by
the city council of Halifax has been assigned
to the Royal Canadian Engineers for use in
training, pending demolition ... A summer
camp of Rennie Foulds, projectionist at the
Capitol, St. John, was destroyed by fire . . .
A talent show, weekly fixture over the air
from Sydney, is being postviewed at the Lyceum,
Sydney. Vince Macintosh, who produced
a weekly show at the Arena. Halifax,
for several months, is in charge.
Gerry McCann, booker at Selznick-AUiance
exchange here quit his job upon his recent
marriage and took his bride to Boston
to live. Manager Morrie Elman is doing the
booking until next spring.
Moncton Empress Dark
For Remodeling Work
ST. JOHN—The 700-seat Empress in
Moncton, Odeon circuit house acquired from
Fred W. Winter, is being extensively remodeled.
A new front will be constructed and
the auditorium and lobby altered. The reopening
will be early in the new year. The
work is being carried out under the supervision
of A. I. Garson, maritime manager for
Odeon.
The Capitol, which adjoins the Empress,
was remodeled during the summer and early
fall by Odeon. It also was acquired from
Winter. It is a 1,000-seater. Greig Jones
manages both houses with Lee April, St.
John, as supervisor.
He Likes Western Films,
She Doesn't—Divorce
ST. JOHN—Disruption here of a marriage
only a year old. has been attributed to like
and dislike for run of the mill sagebrush
sagas of the screen. The male end of the expartnership
is keen for the oaters. while his
departed mate destests them. After a year
of frequent bickerings on the choice of films
they would see, he insisted on going to a
theatre where a western was playing. She
refused. Moreover, she threatened if he saw
the film, she would leave him. Thinking she
didn't mean it, he went. When he came home,
she had packed and gone home to mom and
pop. His efforts to bring her back have
been futile.
Acquires Comedy, 'Trumpet Smith'
"Trumpet Smith," a comedy by Ben Finney,
has been acquired for production by Irving
Asher for Paramount release.
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