Boxoffice-December.02.1950

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SALT LAKE CITY
Diimors that a jury trial will result in one
of the suits brought by distributors
against a local theatre group have been
heard in the federal building. If so. this will
delay the case until spring and will be one
of the few trials of its type in the business
in the country, according to information
along Filmrow . . Active campaigning has
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been going on for various Variety Club offices.
Elections were this weekend.
Lyle Tuttle of Grace, Ida., is taking over
the theatre at Soda Springs. He plans a remodeling
program ... A vacation in Yellowstone
park two years ago resulted In a
trip to California last week for Arvella Jay,
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Progressive Advertisers want
their local screen advertising to
follow the BUSINESS BREVI-
TIES "leader" on your theatre
screen.
Giff Davison's secretary. Seems Arvella witnessed
the attack by a bear on a tourist
in the park and recently the tourist sued
in a coast court for loss of a hand. Arvella
was called to the coast court as a witness
to Nelson Soehlke for a couple
of dropped lines in a recent column. Story
of his acceptance of a salesman's job for
RKO out of Chicago was carried in the
column along with an item about Hal Hawk
taking over a Logan theatre. Inadvertently,
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a couple of lines were dropped, so Nelson's
name was left out.
Visitors along Filmrow: Earl Steele of
Nephi, Earl Whittaker of Marysvale. who
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FILM INDUSTRIES, INC.
208 So. LaSalle St.
Chicago,
Illinois
has been co-operator of a drive-in at Pasadena
for the past few months; Roy Firmage,
who had his arm in a sling as a result of a
fall in his projection booth, and Karl Rummler
of Salina.
Exploiteers here recently were Cliff Brown,
to set up a campaign on "The Milkman" at
the Uptown and Villa, and Max Bercutt
of Warners, working on "Breakthrough"
and "The West Point Story" . . . Don Campbell,
veteran of 12 years -service at various
exchanges on Filmrow, is new booker at
Paramount, according to Manager Frank H.
Smith.
Warren D. Butler took the occasion of the
opening of "King Solomon's Mines" at the
Lyric to call attention to his second anniversary
as a first run de luxe theatre. The
Lyric opened with "Three Musketeers" in
1948 under its new policy, followed with
"Adam's Rib" last year, and ran half-page
and color ads prior to opening of "Mines"
this year. The opening was preceded by a
long teaser campaign on the picture . . .
Intermountain Theatres grouped all theatres
into a 3xl8-inch ad prior to Thanksgiving,
following a policy similar to its Christmas
advertising.
Theatremen Charged With
Operating Lottery
NAMPA, IDAHO — Richard Conley, manager
of the Fox Majestic and Adelaide theatres
here, has been charged by three Nampa
businessmen with operating a lottery in conjunction
with a drawing held at his theatres.
The complaint was the outgrowth of a promotional
event in which city theatres were
participating. Drawings were set for each
Thursday with $100 in cash to be awarded.
At the end of a sLx-week period, a new Ford
was to be given away. Thirteen merchants
were cooperating with the theatres by giving
free tickets to the drawings for each $1 worth
of merchandise purchased. The complaining
businessmen were not among the group cooperating.
Conley pleaded innocent to the
charges and the case was set for December 12.
Conley and William Lees, owner of the Pix
Theatre which was also taking part in the
drawings, said they had secured the approval
of the county prosecuting attorney before
starting the event. They said the drawings
could not be considered a lottery because
merchants would give tickets to anyone asking
for them, regardless of whether purchases
had been made.
Frank Larson to Wyoming
SHERIDAN, WYO.—Frank Larson of Missoula,
Mont., has taken over as manager
of Fox theatres here. He succeeds Marvin
Skinner, who will manage North Platte, Neb.,
houses.
Riche'y Theatre Reopened
RICHE'V, MONT.—The Richey Theatre
here has been reopened under the management
of Harold Goulding.
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