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CLEVELAND<br />
J^ax Mink, RKO Theatres district manager,<br />
has booked the Frankenstein stage and<br />
screen midnight horror show at the Palace<br />
Friday, March 13, at $1 top . . . John J.<br />
Bendle has booked the roadshow, "Uncle<br />
Tom's Cabin," into the Southern, Detroit<br />
and Sun theatres, operated by General Theatres<br />
circuit, to play day and date starting<br />
April 8 ... E. J. Stutz was in Cincinnati<br />
lining up bookings on "Bitter Rice."<br />
Ray Brown sr., 57-year-old veteran showman<br />
and district manager for Warner Theatres<br />
in southern Ohio, suffered a fatal heart<br />
attack March 1 while<br />
watching a picture In<br />
the Ohio Theatre at<br />
Lima. Surviving are<br />
his wife, a daughter<br />
and a son Ray jr.,<br />
. . .<br />
manager of the State<br />
Theatre, Cuyahoga<br />
Some<br />
Palls, Ohio<br />
showmen and representatives<br />
of allied industries<br />
believe that<br />
the admission prices in<br />
the subsequfent run Ray Brown sr.<br />
houses could be boosted right across the<br />
board without lowering attendance and with<br />
favorable boxoffice effect, particularly in<br />
theatres which have had the benefit of<br />
downtown runs, critics* reports and wordof-mouth<br />
advertising.<br />
There was a big turnout for the farewell<br />
party to George "Bud" Gilliam at the Theatrical<br />
GriU Thursday (8). Gilliam, with<br />
Warner Theatres the last 15 years, has resigned<br />
to join the Schine circuit as booking<br />
manager in Cincinnati. Julius Lamm, manager<br />
of the Uptown Theatre and president<br />
of the Warner club, was in charge of party<br />
arrangements . . . Nate Schultz, Monogram<br />
franchise owner, reports he does not have<br />
enough prints of the Our Gang comedies<br />
to fill the demand. They are playing all A<br />
houses in the territory, including the RKO<br />
. . .<br />
Palace and Loew's State in Cleveland<br />
Drive-in owners are hoping for Kaster openings<br />
. . . Harold and Mrs. Bodecker of the<br />
Maple Drive-In, Zanesville, are vacationing<br />
in New York. They plan to return by the<br />
end of March.<br />
Jack Ochs, his wife Grace and their two<br />
children will return from Florida in time<br />
the Allen Theatre is<br />
for openings of Ochs-operated drive-ins late<br />
this month . . . While<br />
being reseated, the opening time is 4:30 p. m.<br />
Monday through Friday . . . The Corlett. a<br />
Paul Gusdanovlc house, is closed . . . Paul<br />
Olszeskl of Dlllonvale purchased the Arcade<br />
Theatre from Val DlNoble, and closed his<br />
Ray Watts of<br />
smaller Rex Theatre there . . .<br />
the Star, Delaware, was in town looking over<br />
the booking situation.<br />
The Showmen's club, which is directing a<br />
public relations program, screened "Mating<br />
WANTED-THEATRE MANAGER.'<br />
Fin* Opportunity for<br />
Lirs Wire, Exp«rl»nc«d<br />
DriT*-In Thcatr* Manager<br />
SALARY NO OBJECT.<br />
D* Lux* Operation in Nor1h*m Ohio<br />
BOXOFnCE NO. 4183<br />
Season" for members of the Press club in the<br />
club's Hotel Olsted headquarters . . . Dick<br />
Wright, Warner assistant zone manager, was<br />
Rosian, the U-I<br />
in Mansfield looking over the labor situation<br />
. . . Florence Jentner, secretary to R. W.<br />
Knepton of Warners, married Al Schwartz,<br />
Cooperative Theatres<br />
Paramount cashier . . .<br />
of Ohio has added the following new accounts:<br />
John Tender's Carlisle E>rive-In,<br />
Oberlin; James Ramicome's Midcity Drive-In<br />
at Ravenna and Gala Drive-In at Sawyerwood,<br />
and Justin Knopp's Royal Theatre,<br />
Oak Harbor<br />
district<br />
. . . Peter<br />
manager, and local Manager Lester<br />
Zucker attended a home office meeting. •<br />
. . Loew's<br />
Laura Kovach was promoted from branch<br />
to district manager's secretary at U-I, a post<br />
she previously held when Pete Dana maintained<br />
his district headquarters here . . . J. O.<br />
Guthrie personally built and erected a new<br />
12-foot neon sign stop the marquee of his<br />
Carolyn Theatre, New London .<br />
Park Theatre is presenting amateur shows<br />
on Wednesday nights at regular prices . . .<br />
Leo Gottlieb, Lippert manager, was laid up<br />
Ted Mash,<br />
with the flu most of the week . . .<br />
shipper, is recovering from an eye infection.<br />
L. C. Glaab and wife, owners of the<br />
Olympia Theatre and the 20 Grand bowling<br />
Frank Finn,<br />
alley (formerly the Broadway Theatre), left<br />
for a month in Florida . . . Mrs. Myer Fine<br />
flew home from Florida to reach the bedside<br />
of her father, Philip Kendis, who succumbed<br />
to a heart attack<br />
tax man for<br />
. . .<br />
Hallmark Productions, has resigned<br />
to go into the tax accounting business<br />
for himself in Wilmington.<br />
WEST VIRGINIA<br />
f^klahoma!" will be featured on stage at<br />
the Virginia in Wheeling March 19-21<br />
with a matinee the final day. Admissions<br />
range from $2 to $4.34 . . . While exhibiting<br />
"Bedtime for Bonzo," the Capitol in Wheeling<br />
featured Bonzo jr., in the foyer . . . The West<br />
Virginia Senate-approved measure to broaden<br />
city tax powers was recommended for passage<br />
in the lower chamber by the house<br />
municipalities committee. A substitute measure<br />
granting all municipalities the power of<br />
home rule to levy taxes on cigaret sales,<br />
amusements and drivers licenses and to make<br />
changes for special municipal services was<br />
entered without change . . . Wheeling Symphony<br />
orchestra presented its fourth concert<br />
of the season at the Virginia in Wheeling.<br />
A 10 per cent state tax on pari-mutuel betting<br />
has been proposed in the West Virginia<br />
legislature and has been termed "confiscatory"<br />
by officials of Wheeling Downs Racing<br />
Ass'n and others. The present take from the<br />
pari-mutuel pot is 12 per cent—9 per cent<br />
goes to the track and 3 per cent to the state.<br />
The 10 per cent tax, a rise of 7 per cent,<br />
would mean that 19 per cent would be taken<br />
from the betting money . . . Robinson Grand<br />
at Clarksburg featured "League for Service<br />
Follies Revue" Wednesday and Thursday evenings<br />
and Tommy Dorsey and his orchestra<br />
were dated for four stage shows Sunday (18).<br />
The Sunset Drive-In near Clark-sburg and<br />
the Sky-View Drive-In near Phlllppl, operated<br />
by Perez and Medve, will be licensed<br />
and booked by the Co-op .setup In Pittsburgh.<br />
University Students Try<br />
Boycott of Theatres<br />
MORGANTOWN, W. VA.—West Virginia<br />
university students, under the leadership of<br />
law students, have been observing "Don't Go<br />
to Theatre Week" in protest against prices<br />
charged at local theatres. Student pickets<br />
were on duty in front of the city's theatres.<br />
A resolution adopted by the law students said<br />
that Morgantown theatres have raised the<br />
prices of admission "beyond the normal<br />
means of the average student," and have<br />
refused to consider student pleas for a reconsideration<br />
of prices.<br />
The resolution alleges that theatre prices<br />
here are "out of line" with admission charges<br />
in other comparable communities in West<br />
Virginia. The resolution concluded by calling<br />
upon all university students to support "this<br />
crusade against inflation" and not to patronize<br />
the theatres during the week. George<br />
Sallows of the Metropolitan showed that<br />
his theatre grosses only 1 per cent more than<br />
it did 20 years ago. Present 65 cents admission<br />
includes federal tax of ten cents and<br />
state and city tax of two cents each. Meanwhile<br />
costs are increased for film service,<br />
labor, advertising, etc.<br />
Philip Kendis, 79, Dies;<br />
Well Known in Industry<br />
CLEVELAND—A retired showman, Philip<br />
Kendis, 79, died Friday (2) at his home in<br />
Shaker Heights of a heart ailment. For about<br />
15 years he headed Exhibitor Poster Exchange<br />
in the Film building. He sold out his<br />
interest to National Screen Service Corp.<br />
seven years ago.<br />
He is survived by his wife Tillie; a son<br />
LeRoy D. of Associated circuit; two daughters,<br />
Mrs. Myer Fine of Cleveland and Mrs.<br />
Fannie Falk of Detroit; four brothers and<br />
six sisters.<br />
Cleveland Council to Meet<br />
CLEVELAND—The Motion Picture Council<br />
of greater Cleveland will hold its next general<br />
meeting at 2 p. m. Thursday (15) in the<br />
Higbee lounge. Robert Welchaus, director of<br />
Cinecraft Productions, will show and discuss<br />
three 16mm film of The Movies and You<br />
series. Mrs. Florence Craig, program chairman,<br />
and head of the Cuyahoga county library<br />
invites all council members to join a<br />
monthly discussion group on "Books and<br />
Movies." The course is conducted the first<br />
Thursday of each month at 10:30 a. m. in the<br />
Cuyahoga county library offices, 1150 West<br />
3rd St.<br />
Urge Ban on 'Miracle'<br />
HARRISBURG—A resolution<br />
in the house<br />
of representatives would have the house express<br />
Its unequivocal disapproval of "The<br />
Miracle" and request the state censors to<br />
prohibit its showing anywhere in the commonwealth.<br />
Sponsors include Representatives<br />
Louis J. Amarando, Wilbur H. Hamilton,<br />
James J. Dougherty and Edward J. Conway,<br />
all of Philadelphia.<br />
Open Hi-Lander Theatre<br />
NEW CASTLE, PA.—The newly constructed<br />
Hi-Lander Theatre, first unit of a small<br />
shopping center under one roof In the north<br />
hill district here, held Its grand opening<br />
recently.<br />
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BOXOFFICE March 10, 1951
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