Boxoffice-October.27.1951

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Along New York's Filmrow
By TED GOTTFRIED
T OOK magazine devoted three pages and house. The money was buried by a brother,
the cover to the latest campaign of the who died recently, as a safeguard against
Committee of 13 and Nicholas Matsoukas of bank failures during the depression. He had
Skouras Theatres, who founded the organization
which combats prejudice, fear and super-
neglected to tell anyone it was there.
stition. The article, in the October 23 issue, Jack Safer, Monogram manager, was due to
is titled "Making Fun of Fear" . . . Marty return from his vacation Monday (29) . . .
Workman, MGM booking department, passed Irving Michaels, managing director of the
his draft physical . Lee, MGM Plaza Theatre, Flatbush, visited the RKO exchange
Tuesday (23) ... The New York
head shipper, was on vacation . Republic
16mm department released the first exchange is leading the UA sales drive . . .
issue of a weekly newspaper called the Republic
Show Times . Millan, 16mm for Skouras Theatres, returned from a va-
Rudy Keuhn, New Jersey division manager
salesman for Republic, was due to return cation . Penser, RKO salesman,
Monday (29) from a five-day trip to Washington
and Philadelphia . . . Harry Feller-
making a copper bust of Joe Hornstein for
returned from a trip to Albany. Penser is
man, head of the special sales division of U-I, the Variety Club.
is visiting the Buffalo and Albany exchanges.
Two pairs of tickets to the Sunday (28)
Eddie Dudowicz, former RKO typist-clerk, performance of "Two on the Aisle" were the
had a play produced on television recently door prizes won by Leo Greenfield, U-I salesman,
and Pearl Elsohn, former PRC booker,
DeWaal, RKO auditor, came in
from Philadelphia . . . Joseph E. St. Clair at a meeting of the Motion Picture Bookers
has been transferred from the 20th-Fox club Monday (22). The next meeting on
Empire state division to the home office November 5 will be open to members of the
Nuzolla. 20th-Fox salesman, was exchanges and their families . . . Josephine
quoted in a recent column by Walter Winchell
as saying, "Reporters today look for signed to go to Union Carbide & Carbon Co.,
Zito, WB secretary for four years, has re-
who, what, where, when, and Wow" . . . Sylvia where her twin sister works . . . Olga Burtyk,
Sussman, Republic accounting department, MGM cashier's clerk, was off sick . . . New
has resigned . . . Mike Levitt, formerly of switchboard equipment was installed in the
the MGM cashier's department, has been UA exchange last week . . . Jerry Goldstein,
wounded in Korea . Notis, Bonded former 20th-Fox shipper, visited the exchange
film inspector found $2,000 buried under his Monday (22).
Louis Allerhand, Saal Gottlieb and Herman
Ripps,
THEATRE OPERATOR'S
MGM sales managers, were due
back from the Chicago sales meeting Friday
(26)
OPPORTUNITY
. . . Zena Mandel, secretary to the Republic
manager, went home sick Tuesday
to buy at bargain figure
(23) . . . 'Victor Ghidalia, WB publicist, became
engaged last week . Dallek
Profitable Drive-in Theatre
of the U-I booking department returned from
a one-week illness . . . Jack Graver, Monogram
booker, was to be married Sunday (28)
• located outside large
city in up-state N. Y.
and leave for a Miami honeymoon. The office
threw a surprise party Thursday (25) and
• 1,000 car capacity
presented him a pop-up toaster and pressure
cooker.
• Quality construction
• Finest Equipment
Sol Menschel, Bonded night shipper, returned
to work following a one-week absence
due to an injury received on the job . . .
Partners splitting up. Your chance to Charlie Raffaniello, RKO New Jersey booker,
buy favorably. Write or wire Boxoffice left on a vacation . Berkoben, former
RKO office clerk, is
No. 4455.
on tour with a stock
company giving children's plays . . . Sophie
Bochilo, secretary, has been transferred from
the UA home office to the exchange . . . Al
Wartell, former assistant Bonded shipper, visited
the shipping room last week. He just
returned from California
BOOK IT NOW!!!
. . . Adrian Kass
is the new assistant boxoffice statement clerk
at 20th-Fox.
WAHOO is the world's most thrilling
screen game. Now being used
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successFully by hundreds
New Post
oF indoor
NEW YORK— Irving N. Margolin has been
and outdoor theatres all over America.
promoted to head the motion picture department
of Samuel Hacker & Co., industry pub-
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capacity.
accountants. He has been assistant for
the past two years. Before that he was assistant
Hollywood
to the president of
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the
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and during a 20-year period prior to
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and accounting departments.
Modify Decree as UPT
Ends 67 Partnerships
NEW YORK — The progress made by
United Paramount Theatres ih conforming
with divestiture provisions of the consent
decree as reported by Leonard H. Goldenson,
president, was followed closely by the signing
Monday (22) of a modification of the decree
by Judge Augustus N. Hand in the U.S.
statutory court here.
REPORTS ON SALES
Goldenson had reported to stockholders
that during the third quarter of the year UPT
ended joint interests with co-owners in 67
theatres located mainly in Georgia. He said
further that the company received a 100 per
cent interest in 19 of the theatres and a 75
per cent interest in two, the other 25 per cent
being held by an investor, and that UPT
must dispose of five of the 19 wholly owned
under the terms of the decree. He also said
that during the period UPT disposed of a
number of individual theatres and properties.
The decree modification filed with the court
had to do with Georgia theatres. It ruled
that UPT cannot buy out co-owners of four
houses in Waycross, four in Gainesville, five
in Macon and three in Brunswick. It said
that UPT can obtain the interests of joint
owners in the Palace and Ritz, Athens:
the Imperial and Rialto in Augusta, and the
Bradley or Georgia in Columbus. In the latter
city, UPT may acquire two of six jointly
owned theatres and retain the Columbus
Drive-In if evidence is presented there will
be no restraint of competition. If UPT retains
less than two of the theatres, construction
of a new theatre will be approved. If
it relinquishes all of its Macon theatres, it
can acquire an existing theatre there.
Goldenson's report showed that $2,297,000
of net capital gains listed comprised the values
assigned the properties and stocks received in
the third-quarter transactions, together with
$1,672,000 proceeds realized in cash and notes,
less the carrying value of the properties and
stocks disposed of and applicable capital
gains taxes.
PREPAYMENTS MADE
In addition, the report noted prepayment
September 28 of an additional $1,750,000 to
three banks holding the 2'- per cent notes
issued under a loan agreement. A total of
$3,500,000 has now been paid on the notes,
comprising all maturities to and including Jan.
1, 1953, which includes payments of $875,000
on normal maturities and $2,625,000 of prepayments.
The balance of $5,250,000 of the
notes matures semiannually July 1. 1953. to
and including Jan. 1, 1956. Semiannual payments
on the $36,250,000 of 3^- per cent notes
due Jan. 1. 1971, which are outstanding, begin
July 1, 1956.
Skouras Will Be Honored
At Israel Bond Dinner
NEW YORK—Spyros P. Skouras, president
of 20th Century-Fox, will be honored by Israel
at a dinner in the Astor hotel December 12,
according to Max A. Cohen, president of
Cinema circuit, who is dinner chairman. The
testimonial will climax the campaign of the
amusement division for State of Israel bonds,
for which industrywide committees are now
being organized. Barney Balaban, Harry
Brandt, Jack Cohn, Si Fabian, Herman Gelber
and Sol Schwartz are on the executive
committee.
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BOXOFFICE :
: October
27, 1951