Boxoffice-March.10.1951

D E S
MOINES
Calesmen in this territory will be glad to
see sprine again. Several drove on ice all
last week and Ken Bishard, Paramount, and
Herman Coffman, ELC. even ?lid into the
ditch . . . Raymond McKit^rick and Sol Yaeger,
RKO salesmen, have their new company
cars . . . Warner Grossman, exhibitor from
Nevada, underwent surgery March 3 and is
recuperating . . . D. C. Kennedy, owner of
the theatre at Adel, has returned from a
vacation trip south which included a visit
in New Orleans during the Mardl Gras.
the new booker at RKO. He
Lloyd Street is
formerly was with Realart Pictures here . . .
Dwight Hanson, owner of the Vallfy Theatre
at Eddyvi'le. reeul^rlv dedicates times to
Filmrowers on his broadcasts over KBOE in
. . Chick Evens,
Ken levy, U-I booker, spent
Oskaloosa . . .
last weekend in Omaha .
20th-Fox exploiteer. was here working on
promotion for "Bird of Paradise."
. . Mr.
Marearet Neiman, Tri-States secretary, has
returned from a week's vacation in Florida
. . . Kermitt Carr. Tri-States district manager,
took three days of his vacation .
and Mrs. A. H. Blank have returned after a
winter stay at Hollywood, Fla., and the
IS IT ACTION YOU WANT?
Possibly more theatres are sold through oiir
offices 'n the oreas in which we operate than
most other mediums combined. No listing
fee—Multiple service.
HARRY BUCK HARRY SAVEREIDE
904-05 Pence Bidg.. 509 Securilies BIdg.
Minneapolis 2. Minn. Des Moines 9. towa
H. M. COPELAND HARRY BUCK
1012 Baltimore. Suite 415 1717 Blum BIHq.
Kansas City. Mo. Chicago 5. Illinois
SAVEREIDE THEATRE BROKERS
Largest Exctus'ive Theatre Brokers in America
Myron Blanks are back from their trip to
Mexico . . . Leone Mathews of the Tri-States
booking d:partment had a recent bout with
the flu . . . Bill Toney has returned from a
business trip to Kansas City.
Don Hicks, chief barker for Tent 15, and
Carl Olson, chairman of the entertainment
committee, are extending an early invitation
to all male exhibitors throughout the state
to set aside June 4 for the annual golf stag
to be held at Hyperion club here . . . Workmen
already have begun to get the Town
Drive-In theatre at Altoona ready for its
spring re-opening about April 1.
Harlan Mil'er, in his Over the Coffee column
in the Des Moines Register, had this
to say the other day: "The newsreels are too
short. They cou'd shorten some of the other
guff that's screened and give us 15 minutes
of newsrefls. If Mike Blank would poll his
customers, I think he'd find 85 per cent of
'em want more newsreels. The other nieht
I saw a bob-tailed newsreel which consisted
of ju.st one item. A mere aggravation" . . .
A columnist for the Dallas Center Times
wrote recently, "Notice a Des Moines theatre
apologizing for running only a single
feature. One thing for sure their reerets
are not for this corner. We'd rather eat one
good chocolate soda any day than two commercial
grade ice cream cones!"
Open 'Men and Music' First
At Minneapolis Roadshow
MINNEAPOLIS—The Lyceum, legitimate
roadshow house, will opsn 20th-Fox's "Of
Men and Music" March 19 on a $1.80 reservedseat,
advanced-admission policy, with one
showing a night at 8:30 o'clock and matinees
on Saturdays and Sundays. It will be the
picture's first roadshowing anywhere. In the
balance of territory it is expected the film,
which presents a number of the greatest
living musicians, will be regularly released.
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'Enforcer' Grosses
135 at Kansas City
KANSAS CITY — "The Enforcer" paced
downtown first runs in its first week at the
Paramount where it grossed 135 per cent.
The Missouri ran a c'ose second with 120
on "Sugarfoot," while the fourth and final
week of the fourth run of "The Red Shoes"
held strong at 150 at the Kimo.
(Average Is 100)
Esquire—Black Angel (Realart); Tangier (Realart),
reissues 75
Kim';—The Red Shoes (ELC), ^th wk of 4th run....l50
^!i-ilan'^—Three Guys Named Mike (MGM); Cauas
f->r Alar-i (MGM) 7nd wk 105
Missouri Sugarfoot (WR), Sideshow (Mono) li!0
P^rr-moint—The Enforcer (WB) 135
Tover, UDtov/n and Fairwav Bedtime lor Bonzo
("-'); North oi the Great Divide (Rep), at Tower
only 85
Severe Weather Slashes
Minneapolis Grosses
MINNEAPOLIS—Atrocious weather continued
to slaughter grosses here. Two nearblizzards
within three days, extreme cold
and almost impassable streets were boxoffice
poison. Among the newcomers, the best showings
were made by "Call Me Mister" and "The
Great Missouri Raid." Holdovers still outnumbered
fresh entries. It was the sixth week
for "Bitter Rice," fourth for "At War With
the Army," third for "Operation Pacific" and
second for "Payment on Demand" and "The
Second Woman."
Aster Headhunters of the Amazon (SR); Paradise
Island (SR), reissues 90
Century— Caii-se for Alarm (MGM) 85
Gorher—At War With the Army (Para), 2nd run,
4th wk 90
Lyric—Operation Pacific (WB), 3rd wk 90
Pix—Bilier Bice (Lux), Rth wk ., 90
R-^-^io Citv— Cal' Me Mister (2nt>i-Fox) ...'.. 100
Ri'O-OrDheum-Cry Danqer (RKO) 90
RKO-Pan—Payment on Demand (RKO), 2nd wk.
moveover 90
State—The Great Mis-ouri Raid (Para) 100
World—The Second Woman (UA), 2nd wk 90
'Bonzo' Tops Omaha Gross at 130;
'Yesterday' Strong Second at 125
OMAHA—"Bedtime for Bonzo" at the
Paramount Theatre led a field of good pictures
at the boxoffice.
Omaha—Denorted (U-I); Shakedown (U-!) 9S
Orrheum—The Admiral Was a Lady (UA) US
Prrramount Bedtime f'>r Bonzo (TI-T) 130
"KO-Brf'idei'!-Bom Yesterday (Col) 1'5
State—The Steel Helmet (LP) 100
North Bend Shows Shift
To City Bldg. After Fire
NORTH BEND, NEB.—The Joy Theatre
here, damaged by fire, should be ready to
reopen about April 1. But, meantime, the
W. Waybills started regular showings in the
City Auditorium. The original report was that
the fire resulted from a furnace explosion.
Mrs. Waybill says that report is not right and
the cause still has not been determined. It
broke out behind the stage.
Theatreman Buys Grocery
SATANTA, KAS.—Jay Hagaman, who owns
and operates the Pic Theatre here, has added
a grocery store to his business activities. He
has bought Williamson's lOA grocery here.
Paola Cashier Is Married
PAOLA, KAS.—lUa Mae Phillips, cashier
at the Paola Theatre, was married recentlgi
to Donald J. Trumbly, son of Mrs. Phil Bach-_
man of Osawatomle.
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