Boxoffice-March.10.1951

. . The
ST.
LOUIS
. . . Larry Spalding was
Wince Schomaker of Centralia has purchased
a half interest In the Triangle Film
Co. states rights distributor in this area,
from Cliff Mantle
critically ill in a hospital at Flora, 111. . .
Sam Pirtle underwent an operation at Missouri
Baptist hospital here, and was reported
doing satisfactorily . . Bob .
Jones,
MGM salesman in southern Illinois, resigned,
effective March 17, to join a theatre circuit
in
Detroit.
Tom Baldwin, partner in the Mount Ver-
Drive-In, became father of a baby
non (111.)
son. The Baldwins have three daughters . . .
Mrs. Ciro Pedrucci, wife of the vice-presi-
Save
HIGHER GROSS RETURN
ON
MANLEY'S
Popcorn Supplies
ALSO
COMPLETE STOCK AT CONVENIENT
ST.
PICKUP LOCATION
ON
LOUIS FILM ROW
3138 Olive
J. G. MACKIE
Manley Representative
NE 7644
EVERYTHING FOR THE THEATRE
Personalized Service
SL Louis Theatre Supply Company
Arch Hosier
33in Olive Street. St. Louis 3. Mo.
Telephone lEtierson 7974
dent of the Frisina circuit, was in a hospital
at Springfield . . . Warner Moxley, owner
of the Starview Drive-In near Blytheville,
Ark., and the Chicksaw and Savoy theatres
there, has purcha.sed a truck line running
out of Memphis to Blytheville and other
Arkansas points.
The territory supervised by Mike J. CuUen,
division manager for Loew's here, was considerably
enlarged after the death in Atlanta
of Allen Sparrow, southern division manager.
The Cullen area now includes Atlanta, Memphis,
Nashville, New Orleans and Houston
. . . Harry Arthur, president of Fanchon &
Marco, left for Los
MGM manager,
Angeles . . . Herb Bennin,
and wife left for a threeweek
vacation in Florida.
Jean Engle, booker, and Eugenia Dolan,
Mary Ann Winter and Larry Williams were
off ill at MGM . . . Dean Davis, West Plains
exhibitor who has been a leader in wild life
conservation for years, attended a conservation
conference in Milwaukee . Ambassador
Bldg. Co., owned by Charles and
George Skouras and Clarence Turley, has
contributed $10,000 to a $2,000,000 fund
pledged by businessmen to finance a slum
clearance program.
Exhibitors on Filmrow: Bill Williams,
Union, Mo.; Gus Boemler, North Alton; Mrs.
Regina Steinberg, Madison; Tom Baker,
Bunker Hill; Marco Wolf, Fanchon & Marco;
Paul Stehman, Winchester; Rae McRae,
Camp Point; Clyde Hogg, Poplar Bluff, and
his daughter; Wayne Smith, Herrin, and his
wife; Herman Tanner, Vandalia, and Buzz
Magarian, East St. Louis.
. . .
The Arcadia and Elks theatres at Olney,
111., collected $359 for the March of Dimes
... A spring style show, sponsored by the
Ryan Style store, was presented at the Salem
theatre in conjunction with "The Petty Girl"
Some 2,000 dairy farmers attended a
session of the Sanitary Milk Producers Ass'n
of Southern Illinois held in the Lincoln
Theatre at Belleville, 111.
Leo Keller, Columbia Amusement Co., at
Paducah, Ky., who has been visiting his
mother in Los Angeles, became ill and entered
a hospital there . . . William Powell,
Midwest drive-In Theatres district manager,
urged increased use of television in a
The Lustiest Box-Office FIGURE in Years! Now in its Fourth
Sensational Month at the World Playhouse, Chicago.
SILVANA MANGANO
"Nothing Short of a Sensation!—N. Y. Times"
SHOWMAN FETED BY YMCA—Dominic
Giachetto, vice-president of the
Frisina Theatre circuit, Springfield, 111.,
was given a, citation for "meritorious
public service" for his work as Big Boss
of the annual membership drive. Under
Giachetto's direction the drive secured
a total of 1,506 memberships, 305 over the
goal. The roundup was conducted western
style and Giachetto is shown at right
above in his full cowboy regalia receiving
the award, from Carl Stair, left, general
secretary of the YMCA in Springfield.
speech at the KMTA drive-in conference at
Kansas City last week.
. . . Back from
Jack Kane, United Artists manager, and
members of his sales staff were in Kansas
City for a sales conference
Florida vacations were Mr. and Mrs. Lester
Kropp, Wehrenberg Theatres, and Mr. and
Mrs. James Tappella, Ivanhoe Theatre . . .
Harold Wirthwein, western sales manager for
Monogram-Allied Artists, was here Monday
through Wednesday last week.
Irvin Dubinsky, Savannah, Mo., who is a
partner in the Esquire at Cape Girardeau,
and the Altwood Drive-In near East Alton,
has entered a St. Joseph hospital for a minor
operation.
D. B. Stout Buys Drive-In
Near Charleston, Mo.
CHARLESTON, MO.—D. B. Stout of Cairo
has purchased from Selmer Campbell, retired
farmer, the 350-car drive-in which has
been under construction near here since last
September. Stout, who is owner of the Uptown
Theatre, Cairo, and the Arlee in Arlington,
Ky., has closed a deal with National
Theatre Supply Co. at St. Louis to equip the
drive-in with Simplex projectors and sound
equipment.
Lakeside Gets Facelifting
CHICAGO—The Lakeside Theatre at 4730
Sheridan Road, a Balaban & Katz house,
has undergone a recent facelifting. The front
of the theatre has been rebuilt and the boxoffice
moved from the center to the side.
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