Boxoffice-March.10.1951

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Drive-In Near Waukegan
Forced Into Receivership
WAUKEGAN, ILL.—George May has been
named receiver for the Highway Amusement
Enterprises, Inc., operators of the Highway
Outdoor Theatre here, and four other defendants
in a mechanics lien proceeding.
Listed as co-defendants in the $65,000
mechanics lien proceedings are the Midwest
Theatre Service & Equipment Co.; Irvin S.
Karlin, architect and secretary of the operating
corporation; John Selby, screen erection
engineer, and Staben and Hooper, consulting
engineers. May will safeguard the
assets of the firms bringing liens against the
theatre property which was constructed last
fall.
Continues Without Lease
ST. LOUIS—The King Bee Theatre, a 750-
seat neighborhood house which had been
operated several years by Marvin Bank under
a lease, now is being run by the building
owner, Ben Pautler, who took over March 1.
Bank did not wish to extend his lease and
made a deal with Pautler to continue active
operation. Pautler for some years was associated
with Mike Nash, a pioneer local
exhibitor in the operation of the King Bee,
one of the first neighborhood houses in that
section of St. Louis. It is a section that is
passing through a population transformation,
from whites exclusively to a large proportion
of Negroes.
Staff Member Turns Author
CHICAGO—Charlotte B. Chorpenning of
the Goodman Theatre in the Loop has turned
playwright. She has written a play for children
on Abraham Lincoln's early life. The
production will play for weekend engagements
through March 24.
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BOXOFFICE March 10, 1951
INDIANAPOLIS
J^rs. Iva Moore, operator of the Orpheum,
Mitchell, is recovering from a severe
William Conway,
attack of influenza . . .
operator of the Irvin, Cannelton, returned
from an extended vacation in Florida . . .
Rosamond Parliment, secretary to the office
manager at RKO, has been promoted to
Jack Piatt, general
assistant cashier . . .
sales manager, RCA Corp., was a business
visitor
at Midwest Theatre Supply Co.
The father of Eddie Omstein, Marengo,
confined to a Louisville hospital . . United
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Film Booking Service now is buying and
booking for the East Drive-In at Terre Haute
and the Family Drive-In at Evansville . . .
Louis Chowning, booker and buyer for
Sky-
Air Drive-In at Madison, has opened a radio
and television establishment at Madison . . .
While Herman Morgan, salesman for Realart,
was talking business to Earl Payne in
the Switow office in Louisville, Earl accidentally
dropped a cigaret in his waste basket,
causing a blaze and damaging the container.
The Colosseum of motion picture salesmen
local loge was to meet March 10 in
the Hotel Antlers to complete arrangements
for its second annual dinner dance in May
Brennan has joined the 20th -Fox
office personnel as stenographer in the booking
department . . . Exhibitors seen on Filmrow
were Floyd Morrow, Shively; Walter
Weil, Greenfield; J. Whitley, Kokomo; Ed
Campbell, Buechel, Ky.; Bruce Kixmiller,
Bicknell; Kathryn Fettig, Connersville, and
Matt Scheidler, Hartford City.
Film Starts Theatre Fire
TWO RIVERS, WIS.—Only slight damage
resulted when film caught fire at the Rivoli
Theatre here during a recent Sunday performance.
The blaze was quickly extinguished
by the local fire department. The
picture was stopped for only a short time
and there was no panic among the patrons.
St. Louis Annex Passes
ST. LOUIS— J. P. Murphy, owner of the
Annex, a 560-seat theatre at 8006 Gravois
Rd. which was closed recently, has leased
the structure to the Twentieth Century Auction
Co., which occupied the structure this
week.
Give Passes to Winners
LANSING, ILL.—Ten winners in a recent
"Atom Man vs. Superman" coloring contest
conducted by the Lans Theatre here have
been awarded passes by Charles Kloepfer,
manager.
Admission Prices Hiked
ST. CROIX FALLS, WIS. — Admission
prices at the Auditorium Theatre here have
been increased from 44 to 50 cents for adults.
Children's prices remain at 15 cents.
Don Roads to McLeansboro
McLEANSBORO, ILL. — Don Roads of
Carrollton has succeeded Jimmy Blades, resigned,
as manager of the McLean Theatre.
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