Boxoffice-December.02.1950

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Trust Suit Continues D E S MOINES
In Kansas City Court
KANSAS CITY—W. D. Fulton, former secretary
of the Brookside Theatre Corp., te.s-
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DRIVE-IN THEATRE MFG. CO.
1121-23 High St. Des Moines, Iowa
Heiber. district manager, and Milt Overman,
ments of a "reissue," telling of the addition
exploiteer, were in the ELC office.. to their family of an adopted son! . . . Earl
The latter was working on "Destination Moon,"
tified that after his firm bought the Brookside
which will be released in this territory soon.
Kerr of Colorado was on the Row last week
with his manager, George Hart. Knoxville.
Theatre here, it was doubly hard
To aid the cause, Herman to
Coffman and Jack
buy films from Warner Bros, and
Gibson, salesmen, and
Paul Leatherby, former salesman at Columbia
J. J.
the eight
Sparks, booker,
other distributors named
donned costumes
in Brookside's
and zoomed up and down
and Warners, has opened a restaurant
$2,700,000 damage suit being heard
Filmrow in
in
their make-believe
Madrid, Iowa . . . Confined to bed by doctor's
in U.S.
rockets; incidentally
district court
causing
orders is
here.
a traffic jam
Nate Sandler, who has been
by curious
spectators!
Fulton was on the stand
Sparkle
Wednesday may also have been
unsuccessful in shaking a bad cold which
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celebrating receipt
he's had for several weeks.
of his notice
for his seventh day. During cross-examination
by John F. Caskey. New be
to appear for
his first physical to
York, defense
given him free by
attorney, Fulton
Uncle
said that in 1937, Warners
Sam!
Kiddy Popularity Contest
raised prices on their product for his other Helen Clarke, Republic, will return Monday
SHELLROCK, IOWA—The Shell Theatre
theatres and rejected the contract for the
from a week's vacation . Hoff-
here is sponsoring a popularity contest for
Brookside. He said that many times the man journeyed to Keokuk to visit relatives all children under 12. Prizes are being offered
Brookside was forced to pick up reissues
Webster, Republic manager, has through the cooperation of local business
and back-dated pictures to fill its bills because
sold his home and moved his family into the firms.
it couldn't buy product from the com-
new Wakonda apartments.
panies named. He testified that many times
The death of her mother necessitated Marie
the Brookside, a 25-cent house at the time,
Butcher's absence from her MGM desk for
was forced to play pictures back of 15-cent
several days . . . Rumors around here have it
Fox houses.
that the big lure that made G. Ralph Branton,
Pop-Mor"
general manager of Tri-States Theatres,
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COSTS LESS TO POP THE BEST
give up his post for
Fulton admitted the company
TV activity is to head
sold the
Horace Heidt's television enterprises.
Brookside to the Fox Midwest Corp. for
Free Delivery Service fo Theatres
more than was paid for the theatre, but Filmrowers and exhibitors were shocked to
added that he and other officers of the corporation
personally lost money in other venthal
of Waterloo, of a heart attack ... A
Supplies
hear of the death November 27 of Lou Rosen-
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tures because of the Brookside operation. former lowan. Dr. Chas. R. Fordyce. son of
He said that in order to get any pictures Mrs. Ida Fordyce of Mont Vernon, is the
at all for other theatres, higher prices had
Whitley Popcorn Co.
recipient of the Samuel L. Warner Memorial
to be paid for film. He operated five other award in recognition of his work in developing
Trenton, Mo.
houses here and one at Kansas City, Kas.,
a film which does not have the fire
at that period.
hazard of the nitrate film. The award was
Harold S. Bradley, realtor who testified presented at the convention of the Motion
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has not recovered sufficiently from a heart
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attack to be available for cross-examination. Salesmen are busy soliciting funds for the
Highest reputation for know-how
PUTS PROFIT AT $267,988
Will Rogers Memorial hospital fund, and a
worthy cause it is, too! . . . Mr. and Mrs. Bill
and fair dealing. 30 years experience including
exhibition. Ask Better Business Bureau,
or our customers. Know your broker.
Dan C. Sernes. accounting firm head, testified
Chambers, exhibitors at Sheridan. Mo., have ARTHUR LEAK Theatre Specialists
before the 14-man jury in the court a new baby daughter, and the Dwight Ayres
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of Judge Richard M. Duncan about differences
of Keystone, Iowa, sent out clever announce-
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in his accounting of profits realized
by Fox Midwest over the last 12-year period
and the account of the Fox interests. He
said his accounting showed a $267,988 profit
after depreciation while the Fox version was
$187,586. The Fox account showed many
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