Boxoffice-June.09.1951

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60X0FFICE BAROME This chart records the performance of current attractions in the opening week of their first the 20 key cities checked. Pictures with fewer than five engagements are not listed. As nilunjU are reported, ratings are added and averages revised. Computation is in terms of percenl « relation to normal grosses as determined by the theatre managers. With 100 per c^ n "normal," the figures show the gross rating above or below that mark. < X
. !»:— ' • 1.— I »n.—June , ,a.-The • b . C—The iConstruction, îrgs, Sales K sin brothers opened the Hi-Way ni 3s south of the Coxsackie trallic 1 It has 500-car capacity. Shadyside Drive-In, 400 cars, Amusement Enterprises, Inc. The 1,000-seat Sterhng, costing Nil..- i April 28. Built and operated by crcuit owner. C—'Uated lor spring opening is a new 'a::ip Gordon, owned by E. L. Bost .-11 ind. C—Mrs. I. T. Dobson , opened , her tt!'.' in May. . 300-car -.3 Ma.—The Waters Theatre Co. recently irl.ie Drive-In, 818 cars. :n_:he new Bluff ton Drive-In north of ?e:i opened by William, George and 5 Its capacity is 350 cars. . opening set for C.—Spring E Belmont. .,,;j, g—The new Lakeside Drive-In is sched- ^ •. .n me 1 by H. E. Otto and I. T. Pollard. Construction expected to start soon leatre to replace the house destroyed L, Me.—The Camden Hills Theatre is 9^3. 3.- -Mid-May opening slated for the Jheatre, by Barnard Newman. Jlowa—The 525-car HiUcrest Drive-In, Bn Keckroth and C. A. Clark, opened 1 nd.—^The Family Drive-In, first in the en^d soon by Fred Belcher. Park-Vue Drive-In, owned n, opened March 23. X.—The new Esquire Theatre was to Ov/ned by Video Independent Thea- ^ C— Martin & Thompson opened its new , Tneatre. (iaas.—Crescent Amusement Co. was to iqts new Polk Theatre. J la.—The Myrtle Lane Drive-In slated to i I. — The 500-ccn- Boulevard Drive-In |l*ch by LeRoy Johnson and C. B. Red- Theatre Tradeshows for NEW YORK — MGM will hold evening tradeshowings of "Show Boat" in theatres in all exchange areas, starting June 11, as a result of the reception given the picture at a sneak preview at Loew's 72nd St. Theatre here. The one exception is Philadelphia, where the musical will be screened at the Loew's branch at 11 a. m. Nineteen theatre screenings will be held June 11, four June 12, two June 14 and four June 18. Seventeen of the theatres are Loew situations. Because a number of New York area exhibitors did not attend the Loew's 72nd St. preview, another showing was held at the New York exchange June 4, prior to the opening of "Show Boat" at the Radio City Music Hall. The 19 theatres and towns where the picture will be screened June 11 are: Grand, Albany; State, Boston; Center, Charlotte; State, Cleveland; Melba, Dallas; Lakewood, Denver; Uptown, Des Moines; Midland, Kansas City; Four Star, Los Angeles; Loew's Palace, Memphis; Loew's Poll, New Haven; Loew's State, New Orleans; Home, Oklahoma City; Dundee, Omaha; Loew's Penn, MR. exhibitor: MGM's Show Boat' Pittsburgh; Southeast, Salt Lake City; 'Warfield, San Francisco; Greenlake, Seattle; Loew's Palace, 'Washington. The June 12 showings will be: Monte Vista, Cincinnati; Globe, Detroit; Granada, Minneapolis, and Laurelhurst, Portland, Ore. On June 14, it will be shown at the Monroe, Chicago, and Tosa, Milwaukee. On June 18, it will be shown at the Grand, Atlanta; Loew's Buffalo, Buffalo; Loew's Indianapolis, and Loew's State, St. Louis. Nat'l Review Board Selects Two Western Features NE'W YORK—Two western features, "Snake River Desperadoes" (Coli and "Thunder in God's Country" (Rep), were given selected features rating by the National Board of Review in the weekly guide to selected pictures. Short subjects given special mention were: "England," "Hawaii" and "Portugal," This World of Ours shorts released by Republic, and "Miner's Forty-Niners" (Para) and "Quebec Sports Holiday" (Col). A"^. Tony" Archer and loe Dekker will L'es.^.ore Drive-In about June 1. [ |Vsh.—John Lee, Columbia Basin circuit, i 'ê Theatre, 980 seats. Will open the sak-, 1.^ M.—Fidel mid-May. Theatres, Inc., opened the itpi'on Theatre. ( lb.—Ira Crain named his newly opened aac-irabbit because his portable proftfeier.' will serve other screens in two ôle, Fla.—The 600-car Hi-Way Drive-In ^ * y spring. Owned by Hi-Way Theatres icfdale. Fla.—Wometco's new Gateway 03 cpen in early spring. ^d.—The Clyde Theatre, Quimby , opened April 9. Seats 1,800 and 1 f parking 800 cars. «I9. Va.—The 546-car Pitts Drive-In r23 "Jie 228-seat Galva Theatre held its IWa!. financed and built by local citizens. L^Btc, Mich.—New 23 Highway Drive-In, en^d by Leo Stallard and Louis War- The 340-car Malin Drive-In opened iawv:si^ti;«i-- DON'T RETREAT" 1,1/ f 'Shoii/mandfise' h^/fA you PROFIT! 1 set as date for opening ew Connecticut Drive-In, the 800-car oi F.Dute 6. I.e.— The new 750-seat Malco Theatre -. chcrds-Lightmon Theatre Corp. mCoIif,—New Midway Drive-In opened - Ala.—The Woodys Drive-In opened jr.oy and Woodrow Wells, C. L. West, '.'ictory Drive-In opened April 29 at «»il. Fin—The DeSoto Drive-In, 350 cars, T cly spring. . . C—Mrs. M. L. McCane and T. K. Ole M6-seat Center Theatre. ^^—First theatre in this place, Ottawa Tconpleted by Walter Cybulskie and is ?:>• • Ore.—The LaGrande Drive-In opened k>j« p-rtnership of W. J. Shell and A. V. \'-ant.,: 400 cars. f' Moat.— Art and Bill Wiedeman were to jeorgiana Theatre April 27. tll'IIN ENTRANCE & EXIT LIGHTS ;*)ublelace or single, arrows right or left. ^THEATRE MFG. CO, K,?i';,r«. A^fi C^^^. UlimHK PRODUCTIONS, Inc. HALLMARK BLDG., WILMINGTON. OHIO 'SrifffcA 0ê*s: BEVERLY HILLS, CALIF. * CHICAGO « CLEVELAND • TORONTO * MEXICO CIH * AUCKLAND * SYDNEY * SINGAPORE * HONG KONG CALCUHA * KARACHI * CAIRO » ATHENS < ROME « PARIS » LONDON • lOFTlr June 9, 1951 27
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