Boxoffice-October.27.1951

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Around the Midwest
TV^elvin Blackledge, manager of the Frontier vacation until December 15. Jack Gross of
Drive-In at East Atchison, Kas., has announced
a new policy which will permit the Rogers said he planned to get in a lot of
Wichita will be in charge during his absence.
driver of any car to attend free if they clip fishing in a lot of places . . . "Miss Pittsburg
the advertisement from the paper each day Jaycee" was chosen on the stage of the Midland
Theatre in a tieup arranged by Tom
and present it to the cashier. "This is being
done as an inducement to the public to attract
new patrons and to reward regular pa-
Manager G. L. Nichols of the Regent in Well-
Steele, manager of the Kansas town . . .
trons for their fine patronage," said Melvin ington, Kas., staged an American Royal Queen
... Ed Henrich, manager of the Towne at contest . . . The Fox Lyons, Star and Lyons
Olathe, Kas., his wife and Bob Parker, manager
of the Trail; Bill Sutherland of KPRS, in Lyons, Kas., and lined up Mayor R. S. Flora.
Drive-In theatres participated in Movietime
and others went to Topeka for a Movietime
meeting . . . Frank Barnes of the Elite at Earl Hilton, manager of Fox theatres in
Crawford. Neb., has put the theatre on its Salina, supervised the Movietime tour in his
winter schedule.
Kansas situation . . . Lloyd W. Morris, division
manager of Commonwealth Theatres in
Grant Roseth, owner of the Rose Theatre at Great Bend, Kas., received a certificate of
Underwood, N. D., has installed Altec-Lansing membership in the "Million-Air club" when
speakers and Magna-Ai-c high intensity lamps he stepped on a Continental Airlines plane
and a new projection machine. Hearing aids recently. Morris bought the first ticket when
were also put in for the deafened. The house Continental opened operations there and has
celebrated its second anniversary October 7 used the line for travel consistently ever since.
first of 12 free shows sponsored by Membership denotes that he has traveled
the merchants of Elma, Iowa, was presented 1,000,000 miles by air . . . Arnold Nordstrom,
at the Dawn Theatre this month. All children
of the community under 15 are invited Neb., closed the ozoner for the season this
owner of the Tekamah Drive-In at Tekamah,
free . . . The Dodge Theatre at Dodge City, month.
Kas., was judged one of the winners of the
best kept business houses during Fire Prevention
week. Cash award of $25 went with W. L. Barritt, O. F. Sullivan, C. C. Murray,
Mrs. T. H. Slothower and T. H. Slothower
jr.,
the honor.
Fox city manager; Harold Gibbons, Frank
Whittam, Al C. McClure and L. J. Kane, all
William H. Wagner, city manager over the Wichita, Kas., showmen, were photographed
Booth and Beldorf theatres for TEI in Independence,
Kas., hosted the Movietime stars in Kansas . Drive-In Theatre at Har-
together by the Beacon in behalf of Movietime
there. "Bill" was a former casting director risonville. Mo., closed for the season and
at the First National studios in Hollywood stated that in spite of the many nights rain
.
Voice of the Theatre sound system has been interfered with the program, the management
installed at the Fessenden Theatre in Fessenden,
N. D., by Manager Gotfred Olson the main . . . The Seneca in
thanked the community for a good season in
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that
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Kansas
Work has begun on the remodeling of the Fix town is also on winter schedule now . . . Ted
Theatre at St. John, Kas. Two rows of seats Irwin, manager of the Royal at Hoisington,
were removed to enlarge the lobby shop to Kas., talked at a school assembly recently.
that extent and a new brick-red colored sidewalk
put down. The step up from the .side-
to be presented a football player for out-
He offered the school a beautiful new trophy
walk was replaced by a ramp.
standing performance at season's end, and a
general student ticket costing $1 which entitles
students to a 40-cent admission when
Bud Sommers of the Durwood theatres at
Leavenworth, Kas., reopened the Orpheum used and shown. In return, Irwin asked only
Theatre recently after recarpeting and refurbishing.
It also got new sound and screen tre property.
that students do not purposely damage thea-
and is presenting first run product.
Still in Leavenworth, Beverly Miller has reopened
the Bev
Commonwealth
Theatre for the
Opens
fall season.
First runs are also featured here, with continuous
shows evenings and weekend matinees SUPERIOR, NEB.—Finishing touches were
Crest at Superior, Neb.
. . . Carl P. Rogers, manager of the Brown- rushed on the ultramodern Crest Theatre for
Grand Theatre at Concordia, Kas., will be on
its opening October 17. The $125,000 structure
is distinctive in its second story clubroom,
which is available for meetings and
.social events. Also included is a soundproof,
glass-fronted room in which social parties
may view the picture in privacy.
BOOK IT NOW!!!
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The new Crest is a unit of the Commonwealth
WAHOO is ^h^ world's most thrilfing
screen game. Now being used
Theatres circuit and is managed by
Ray Watkins.
successFully by hundreds oF indoor
and outdoor theatres all over America. Theatreman to Tourist Council
Send for complete details. Be sure MANHATTAN, KAS.—Dave Dallas, TEI
city
and give seating
manager,
or
has
car capacity.
been appointed to the
tourist promotion council of the Kansas State
Chamber of Commerce by C. C. Kilker,
Hollywood
manager
of the local chamber. The council will
Amusement Co.
831 S. Wabash Avenue, Chicago" 5, III. execute a program of exploitation and advertising
to attract tourist dollars to the state.
Movietime Drive Pace
Continues Strong
KANSAS CITY—The Movietime U.S.A
campaign in Kansas and western Missour
maintained its pace this week as exhibitor;
continued to report tremendous public reaction
from the film personality tours ant
from the general Movietime drive.
Renewed interest in the theatre was being
felt throughout the territory as local newspapers
carried additional stories and photographs
about Movietime and as exhibiton
continued bannering theatres, theatre ads
and the screens with signs, slugs and trailers
proclaiming "It's Movietime U.S.A."
Harold Lyon, executive director of the
Paramount Theatre here, and Russell Borg.
branch manager for Warner Bros., said this
week that exhibitors throughout the territory
are continuing their efforts in behalf of
Movietime and are almost without exception,
digging into their bags of showmanship tricks
to come up with new ideas and new gags to
emphasize the Movietime campaign on the
local
level.
Meanwhile, Lyon and Borg said, they have
been assured by Hollywood representatives
that additional star tours are being planned,
probably for some time next year.
The Motion Picture Ass'n public relations
shorts, released over a period of the last few
years, are being rereleased to exhibitors and
can be purchased for $100 for the series of 12.
The series is titled, "The Movies and You."
In other activities, three midwestern men
were picked as regional members of the Theatre
Owners of America's eight representatives
to the executive board of the council of
Motion Picture Organizations. They are
Elmer Rhoden sr., president of Fox Midwest
Theatres here; Tom Edwards, Farmington,
Mo., theatreman, and Myron Blank, Des
Moines showman.
Lou Heal and Wife 111;
Exhibitor at Fullerton
FULLERTON, NEB.—Lou Heal, owner of
the Royal and veteran exhibitor of this area,
is seriously ill in the hospital here. Mrs.
Heal also is ill.
Mons Thompson, exhibitor at nearby St.
Paul, is looking after Heal's theatre during
his illness. Heal recently was in Omaha to
arrange a set of bookings.
Boys Admit Theatre Thefts
DENISON, IOWA—Three boys— 11, 12 and
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13 years of age—have admitted thefts at the I
Iowa Theatre here and have been remanded
to the juvenile court. One of the boys was
caught inside the theatre at 6:30 a. m. He
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admitted he had entered the house "eight or I
nine times," getting in through a window
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near the boiler room. The boy said he had
taken about $2 from the cash register each
time, and sometimes had helped himself to
money and candy from the candy case. He
implicated the two others.
New Owners at Murdock
MURDOCK, MINN.—Hatling & Rustad
have acquired the Lee Theatre here. Lester
Egerstrom is the former owner.
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