Boxoffice-October.27.1951

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SAN FRANCISCO
IJelen Taylor, secretary at Western Theatrical
Equipment Co., resigned and now is
welcoming friends at the tropical fruit bar
in the Crystal Palace market . Fehner,
sales manager and an employe of UA
for seven years, resigned to enter business for
himself in the lower San Joaquin valley.
Frank Harris, who joined UA three months
ago as salesman, has taken over as sales
manager.
Mary Marquart, secretary to L. C. Wingham
at MGM, returned from a New York
vacation . . . L. C. Wingham, MGM, manager.
Joined George Hickey, west coast sales manager,
to travel to Chicago for a company sales
meeting . . . Sid Schuster, salesman at MGM,
returned after a vacation in Los Angeles.
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The premiere of "Submarine Command" at
the Paramount found navy brass and navy
bands participating. The deal was arranged
by Earl Long, Paramount manager . . . Gerald
Karski, Motion Picture Service, moved his
horne to Hillsborough Peterson,
WTE, is sporting new red suspenders
Lila Goodin, office manager at MGM, has
an attractive new hairdo.
Reports are that the opening of "Quo
Vadis" here November 20 will be preceded by
an MGM-sponsored trip of local drama editors
to New York where they will attend the
opening of the film, then be returned by
plane to San Francisco . . . The publicity on
the opening of "You Never Can Tell" was
given a hypo by capable publicist Anne Belfer
of North Coast Theatres when film star
Joyce Holden arrived in town. Miss Holden's
picture appeared in all the daily papers.
Mike Vogel of U-I assisted on promotion for
the film.
Sam Liles, advertising director for North
Coast Theatres, celebrated his birthday and
his 17th wedding anniversary October 16 . . .
Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Smith were in from
Chowchilla
Engineering Co., RCA, Camden, was in town
. . . Pete Garrette, Woodland, owner of the
Yolo Theatre and Sunset Drive-In, was on
the Row . . . Al Stanford was in from Paso
Robles and his Oaks Drive-In
Earth of Classic Pictures spent a fer days
here from Los Angeles.
Pat Patterson, Astor Films, went to Los
Angeles, then to New York on business . .
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Mary Bottarini, booker at Republic, is dieting
Paul Schmuck, Republic salesman.
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returned from a San Joaquin valley trip . . .
Frank Enean was in from Monterey . . . Carl
Hunt came in from Dinuba . . . Walter
Schwarz visited the Row from Point Richmond
. . . Al Adolph came down from his
Klamath Falls cinema . B. Nevill was
in from San Miguel.
Jack Goodwin, San Francisco Poster & Advertising,
attended the UC-USC game at
Berkeley and said it made the 29th time he
has seen a California home game.
Bill Peters came in from Manteca . . . Nate
. . . Gladys Paull, left
Krevitz, Pittsburg man for Blumenfeld
WB.
circuit,
was here
for Yosemite for a week . . . Jesse Wright,
WB booker, took his second-week vacation
and announced his plan to paint his house
Chase, WB, returned to work temporarily,
while Joe Cannon took his annual
time off. Joe is vacationing in Boulder
Creek.
Dorothy Silverstri is new receptionist at
Tony Lopez returned to
United Artists . . .
work as office manager of the E. I. Rubin
Mel Hulling, James P. Myers, Clint
Co. . . .
Mecham, Howard Butler and Alan Held,
Monogram staff, attended a Monogram convention
in Los Angeles October 20, 21.
John Trout, ConsoUdated Amusement Co.,
flew in from Honolulu, then to Los Angeles
and back to the islands, in a rush business
trip . . . Don Heitman of Coast popcorn was
stricken with polio and is in the hospital in
San Mateo . . . Stewart Klein, formerly with
Lippert Theatres at the Terrace Drive-In, is
now studio representative for United Artists
on "The River" at the Stage Door Theatre.
Gordon Allen, Motor Movies in Hayward,
James Doolittle returned to
was in town . . .
Western Theatrical Equipment Co. as sales
manager. Doolittle recently had been in Los
Angeles . . . George Sandor, sales manager,
RCA Service, Camden, visited here from the
recent Los Angeles convention . . . Also
stopping off here en route home were Eddie
Walton and Selom Burns of Modern Theatre
Supply, Seattle; Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Cheesman,
sales manager of chairs and carpet for
RCA; Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Henken, manager
for RCA theatre advertising and sales promotion;
Bill Jones, vice-president in charge
of RCA service; Carl Johnson, manager of
RCA service, and Mr. and Mrs. Al Mortenson,
RCA dealer in Houston, Tex.
Sherrill C. Corwin, president of North Coast
Theatres, came up from Los Angeles to confer
with Graham Kislingbury, district manager
here for the organization.
DENVER
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xxrhen Wolfberg Theatres take over the
Paramount next March, the circuit will
install telescreening equipment as soon as it
can be secured. Fox Intermountain Theatres
lease on the Paramount will expire in
the spring . . . Victor E. Love, Denver representative
for United Film Service, presented
a 24-minute screening before the Denver Ad i
club luncheon last week showing how ad films
fit into ad budgets.
George "Scotty" Allan has been put on as
salesman at RKO, succeeding Frank Shef- a
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field, who resigned. Several months ago Allan
resigned as salesman for National Screen
Service to enter the real estate business ...
About 150 attended the first annual stag dinner
at the Variety Tent 37. The committee
included Scotty Allan, Victor Love and Ralph
Gene Klein, head booker at
Batschelet . . .
Universal, resigned to go to Los Angeles to
enter other business.
. . . Dolores
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Oscar Gallanter, office manager, and Les
Laramie, booker at U-I, went to Los Angeles
to attend a bookers convention
Markowitz, U-I ledger clerk, has resigned to
go to work for her father Hall,
secretary at Paramount is serving on the
criminal petit jury for a couple of weeks . . .
Foster Blake, division manager for U-I, and
Barney Rose, district manager, were here
calling on the circuits and conferring with
Mayer Monsky, branch manager.
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W. H. Turpie, division representative for
Manley, was in Denver from his Los Angeles
headquarters conferring with Arlie Deery, district
manager, and calling on customers .
Among those that will attend the Allied convention
in New York the last of next month
are Harris and John Wolfberg, Denver; Mr.
and Mrs. J. R. Smith, Steamboat Springs;
Mr. and Mrs. Neal Beezley, Burlington, and
Mrs. Mary Lind, Rifle.
Filmrow visitors included Lloyd Greve,
Eagle; Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hall, Akron, and
George Allan sr.. North Platte, Neb.
Mr. and Mrs. Ward Pennington are parents
of a baby boy named Francis Scott. Pennington
is Paramount manager . . . Kenneth
Upton of Manley, Inc., Kansas City, came
here to assist Arlie Beery, district representative
. . . F. A. Bateman, Republic district
manager, was calling on the circuits and conferring
with Gene Gerbase, branch manager.
Mrs. James Carter, secretary at the Allied
Rocky Mountain Independent Theatres offices,
gave birth to a baby girl last week . . .
Robert Lippert conferred with Tom Bailey,
franchise owner here and Salt Lake City.
Lippert also made a trip to Colorado Springs
to visit the Alexander Film Co. plant.
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