Boxoffice-December.02.1950

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Kansas City 'Mines'
Is High in 2nd Week
KANSAS CITY—With "King Solomon's
Mines" better than twice the average business
at Loew's Midland. "Let's Dance" holding
up well on its second week at the Paramount,
and "Henry V" doing brisk business
on its fifth run, the boxoffice picture looked
good here the past week. Moreover. Katharine
Hepburn played to enthusiastic crowds
in a three-day engagement at the Orpheum.
"King Solomon's Mines" was held over. At
the Kimo. Manager Bill Meyer said it was
amazing how many patrons he talked to
were seeing "Henry V" for the third or fourth
time.
(Average Is 100)
Esquire—The Immortal Sergeant (20th-Fox);
Wing and a Prayer (20th-Fox), reissues 70
Kimo—Henry V (UA), 5th run 130
Midland—King Solomon's Mines (MGM) 240
Missouri—Where Danger Lives (RKO) Border
Treasure (RKO) 100
Paramount—Let's Dance (Para), 2nd wk,- 17b
Tower, Uptown and Fairway- I'll Get By (20th
Fox); Trigger Jr. (Rep), latter at T
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attention.
Century-Woman on the Run (U-!) 90
Gopher—King Solomon's Mines (MGM), 2nd wk 150
Lync—Soulhside 1-1000 (Mono); Blues Busters
(Mono) 85
Orpheum—Where Danger Lives (RKO) 90
Pan—Prehistoric Woman (ELC), Chain Gang
(Col) 100
Pix—City Ughts (UA), reissue, 3rd wk 90
Radio City— Let's Dance (Para) 100
Stole—American Guerrilla in the Philippines
(20th-Fox) 100
World—The Miniver Story (MGM), 3rd wk SO
Cold Weekend Chills
Boxoffice in Omaha
OMAHA—A colder weekend bringing ice
and snow dented what otherwise would
not have been too bad a week at the boxoffice.
"Devil's Doorway" at the State Theatre
came out best.
Omaha—So Young. So Bad (UA): The Lonely
Heart Bandits (Rep) 85
Orpheum—Lady Without a Passport (MGM); The
Happy Years (MGM) -
Paramount—American Guerrilla in the Philippines
95
90
(20th-Fox)
RKO Brandeis—The Fuller Brush Man (Col);
Convicted (Co) 95
Slate—Devil's Doorway (MGM) 105
Town—Across the Badlonds (Col), Custom Agent
(Col) 95
OMAHA
"Cd Hciber, midwest division manager for
ELC, and Manager Carl Olson of Des
Moines were due here to confer with Murry
Greenbaum and Bob Daly, salesmen who
headquarter here. Distribution is out of the
Omaha office in the Film Exchange building
and the two salesmen are there on Mondays
. . . Alice Neal, Warner office manager, injured
an arm in a fall. Lockjaw set in and
she was taken to St. Catherine's hospital.
Latest reports had Alice showing rapid improvement
The Omaha district headed
. . . by William Miskell, the Dust Raiders, led
at the quarter mark in Tri-States eightweek
Thank 'Vou drive . . , Irvin Good is
back with 20th-Fox as a salesman. He rejoined
the exchange when Harold Ironfield
left.
. . . Omaha's
Mrs. Ben Juracek, owner of the Hollywood
Theatre in Cedar Rapids, Neb., was recovering
from an appendectomy
exchange is currently running fifth in the
national Columbia Montague Sweepstakes
drive . . . Jack Renfro, RKO manager, went
to Kansas City for the holidays . . . William
Gaddoni, MGM manager, and his wife
were hosts to the Rich Wilsons and Jack
Jorgenses of the same office on Thanksgiving
. . . Mi's. Mort Ichenberg sr. is here
from New York for a visit with her son, an
Second Week of 'Solomon's Mines'
Paces Minneapolis With 150
MINNEAPOLIS—Film fans had many new
offerings from which to choose last week, the
lone holdovers being "City Lights" and "The
Miniver Story" in their third weeks and the
sensational boxoffice hit, "King Solomon's RKO salesman . Kennedy, Broken
Mines," In its second. Among the fresh Bow, Neb., exhibitor, was in town and reported
starters, "Let's Dance" and "American Guerrilla
commanded most
that his mother had injured a shoul-
in the Philippines," der ... An eye was bothering Jack Andrews,
Paramount salesman . Evelyn Cannon,
MGM office manager, went to Ames,
Iowa, to attend the marriage of a cousin.
William Miskell Chosen
OMAHA—William Miskell, Tri-States Theatres
district manager, has been selected
publicity chairman for the Omaha exchange
area during Brotherhood week, February
18-25.
R. W. Brown Dies
NEOLA, IOWA—R. W. Brown, more than
35 years an exhibitor here, died following
a heart attack. The former owner of the
Phoenix Theatre had been in the hospital
in Council Bluffs. A wife survives.
Bud 'Verhaege, who runs the Lyric Theatre
at St. Edward, Neb., with his dad, Jerry,
has a hobby that is fairly outgrowing his
quarters. He likes model trains, has more
. than 150 feet of track Goodman
is back booking for Warners. He joined the
staff after Joe Weiss was promoted to salesman
. . . Bill Miskell went to Sioux City
BEFORE YOU BUY
during the week .
Nielson, RKO
salesman, has a lame back which slowed him
down ,
Jackson, bu.siness manager
of Local 343. lATSE, was married a
few weeks ago and was on his honeymoon.
Clyde Cooley, 20th-Fox projectionist, has
been convalescing and resting, first in the
hospital and then at home. He expected to
return to work soon.
Oliver Schneider, Osceola, Neb., exhibitor
who has been ill. appeared along Filmrow.
Others noted included: Arnold Meierdierks,
Pender; Carl Johnson, Red Oak; Cliff
Shearon, Genoa; Raymond Brown and
Jamie Booth, Harlan; Mr. and Mrs. H. H.
Feldhans. Schaller; Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Scott, Moville; George March, Vermillion;
Irvin Beck, Wilbur; Harry Lohr, Scribner;
Laura Moorehead, Stromsburg; Mrs. D. L.
Frank, Humboldt; J. E. Holben, Pisgah; Mr.
and Mrs. Alfred Berney, Wolbach; Vern
Blyth, Snyder; Mrs. Laura Moorehead,
Stromsburg; Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Goodwater,
Madison; Harry Hummell, Scribner;
D. P. Campell, Central City; Jeanette Shoeneman
and Pat Plummer, Wahoo; Walter
Yancke, Lincoln, and Woody Simek, Ashland.
Walter Creal is incorporating some ultramodern
features in his Center Theatre about
due for completion.
Ne-w Sound Installed
MARION, IOWA—Motiograph Mirrophonic
sound system has been installed at the Marion
theatre, according to an announcement last
week by G. E. Rathman, manager.
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equipment has been installed at the Burke
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