Boxoffice-October.27.1951

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SPRINGFIELD
Tjroderick Crawford, here to promote his new
film. "The Mob," visited Gov, Adlai Stevenson
with Roy Jones. Columbia; Frank
Doyle, Ozark Airlines. C. D. Hill. St. Louis.
Columbia manager; Paul Becker, Springfield
Theatre Guild; Mayor John E. MacWherter
and Elden Becker, county auditor.
Mortimer Berman, manager of Great-States
Orpheum. is making plans for taking the free
vacation in Arizona that he won as an award
in Paramount's "Furies" contest . . . Bill
Souttar, Lincoln manager, also has caught
the fever and was gunning for a prize in the
"The Day the Earth Stood Still" contest. Bill
had a special front, a page of cooperative
merch.int newspaper ads. special radio spots,
a soundtruck on the street and giant tabloid
heralds.
Louis Kerasotes was home on a weekend
visit from Minneapolis where he is .stationed
as a lieutenant in the army reserve . . . Work
on the Kerasotes new drive-in came to a halt
as a result of a dispute among carpenters
and laborers as to which craft is to hoist the
lumber up to carpenters applying the facing
on the tower . plans extensive
remodeling of the front and entrance lobby
of the Rialto in Peoria.
CHICAGO
r\uo Vadis" was screened at the Esquire ex-
^ clusively for MGM delegates attending the
sales rally . . . Irving Joseph, head of Essanjay
Film Co.. left for the west coast to open four
distribution offices in that territory.
Frank Wichlac jr., previously of the Luna
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staff for B&K, returned from Korea, to reestablish
his own Pipe Organ Sales & Service
office. Frank was honorably discharged after
Jimmy Smith,
a stretch of army service . . .
manager of the Southern Theatre for Essaness
circuit at Oak Park, resigned to take a
job with Brink's, Inc.. in Chicago
Crane has been shifted from the LaMar, Oak
Park, to the Southern in Oak Park by
Essaness Champagne, previously
assistant manager at the Lake in Oak Park, is
now manager of the LaMar . Bjelke,
veteran B&K manager, returned to managerial
duties after leaving the company last spring.
He now is stationed at -the Portage Theatre
here.
Capt. Harry Fulmer of the Chicago police
department and head of the censor board for
the last two years, will retire November 1 . . .
Warren Slee, MGM's transportation chief
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INDIANAPOLIS
INDIANA
"Everything for fhe Theatre"
here, was elected treasurer of the Chicago
Essaness circuit closed its
Publicity club . . .
Pour-Screen Drive-In and North Avenue
Outdoor Theatre for the season.
Leonard Utecht, who has been doing summer
managerial relief work for Balaban &
Katz and who formerly was manager for
Essaness Theatres, has recovered after an
illness and will open a public relations office
soon to handle theatre exploitation in
the Chicago area.
Sixth Week of 'David'
Tops Chicago at 120
CHICAGO — First run grosses held well
above the average mark throughout the Loop,
with "David and Bathsheba," in its sixth
week at the State-Lake, still ranking as top
money-maker with a gross of 120 per cent.
"Angelo," in its fourth week at the World
Playhouse, gave a good accounting of itself
with 115 per cent. At the Oriental, "Texas
Carnival," in its second week, got a hefty
boost from the stage show headed by Betty
and Jane Kean. while at the Chicago "Jim
Thorpe—All American" and "The Roarin'
20s" on stage did average in a second stanza.
(Average Is 100)
Chicago Jim Thorpe — -All American (WB), plus
stage show, 2nd wk 109
Grand—The Day the Earth Stood Still (20th-Fox);
Gasoline Alley (Col) 110
Onentcl — Texas Carnival (MGM). plus stage
show, 2nd wk , 105
Roosevelt The Magic Face (Col); Crimiiial LoTwyer
(Col), 2nd wk 105
State-Lake—David and Bathsheba (20th-Fox), Bth
wk 120
Surf Tony Draws a Horse (Fine Arts) ..115
United Artists—Golden Horde (U-I); The Basketball
Fix (Realart) 110
World Playhouse Angelo (Scalera), 4th wk 115
Woods—Bright Victory (U-1) 110
Ziegfeld—No Highway in the Sky (20th-Fox) 115
'Across Wide Missouri'
Tops Indianapolis List
INDIANAPOLIS — Boxoffice grosses were
considered good last week at the majority of
first runs. "Across the Wide Missouri" topped
the list.
Circle—David and Bathsheba (20th-Fox), 5 days
of 2nd wk 100
Indiana Painting the Clouds With Sunshine (WB);
Hurricane Island (Col) 100
Keiths—People Will Talk (20th-Fox); Pardon My
French (UA), 2nd d ! wk 75
Loews Across the Wide Missouri (MGM); The
strip (MGM) 120
Lyric Tomorrow Is Another Day (WB); Jungle
Manhunt (Col) 95
Rocky Lane Appearances
At Indiana Hospitals
INDIANAPOLIS—Rocky Lane, western film
star, and Bernard Brager. manager for Republic,
visited the James Whitcomb Riley
hospital for crippled children, the Indiana
Boys at Plainfield, the Harry Mock hospital
for crippled children, and the Ball General
hospital at Muncie in connection with the
Movietime U.S.A. celebration. Lane went to
Louisville, Ky., from here.
Booth Union Blamed
ST. LOUIS—After a protest from the projectionist
Local 143, the St. Louis public
library has decided not to resume its free
motion picture shows at the central branch
library. The union objected because regular
employes of the library were serving as projectionists
at these shows instead of members
of
the union.
INDIANAPOLIS
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Tirilliam Brower, former booker at U-I who
has .served two years in Korea, has
been discharged. He was with U-I in Cincinnati
Mrs. Barbara Ann Carr. has joined
. . . the Realart staff . . . Alex Kalafat. who operates
the Garrett Drive-In, recently was a
patient at St. Francis hospital, Fort Wayne,
and now is recuperating at his home .
Borken.stein, Wells, Fort Wayne, is fishing
in Canada . John Mlcu, State, Fort Wayne,
and Peter Mailers spent .several days in Detroit
on business.
George Mailers and his brother Peter jr.
and Larry Shubnell, booker, attended a banquet
in honor of Jeanne Crain, film star who
was the principal speaker at the Movietime
affair at Defiance, Ohio ... Vic Burkle.
Rialto, Fortville, returned after an extended
fishing trip at the Lake of the Woods in
Canada.
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Ruth Goodridge, 20th-Fox inspection department,
underwent an operation recently,
is convalescing at home . . . James Franklin,
booker at 20th-Fox, is father of a baby boy,
born Friday (12 1 at the Methodist hospital
here. The boy has been named James Michael
Hazel Baily. has joined the inspection department
at 20th-Fox .
Exhibitors visiting
Filmrow were J. Griffis, Boswell, Boswell;
William Studebaker, Logan. Logan-sport;
Walter Weil, Greenfield, and Forrest Songer,
Drive-In, Veedersburg.
Earl Penrod of Affiliated Advertising Distributors
has the following new accounts for
his Lucky Name night; Comet, Bourbon;
Vivian, Carlisle: Starlite Drive-In, Tell City;
Daisy, Indianapolis; Bell. Indianapolis, and
the Scott, Scottsburg.
Scenic Is Redecorated
ASSUMPTION. ILL.—The Scenic Theatre
has been redecorated by W. Robert Johnson,
who took over the ownership August 19.
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