Boxoffice-October.27.1951
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Del Guidice 'Invention<br />
Cuts Production Cost<br />
From Soulheast Edition<br />
MIAMI—Filippo Del Guidice, Italian-born<br />
film producer of "Hamlet," "Henry V," etc.,<br />
is taking practical steps to establish picture<br />
making in Greater Miami. Up to now, according<br />
to a story in the Miami Daily News,<br />
most of the projects designed to this end<br />
have been purely visionary, obviously speculative<br />
or class B and shoe-stringy. Now a toprank<br />
producer is sold on the idea, the article<br />
reads.<br />
"Mr. Del, as the industry calls him, has<br />
examined the former Amelia Earhart airfield<br />
hangars, already partially converted into<br />
studios. He has sampled the area's culture,<br />
paid high tribute to what the Ring Theatre<br />
is doing for the community at the University<br />
of Miami, and is certain this area has what<br />
he needs to produce his own films, as well as<br />
offering much to independent producers who<br />
find working under the producer system of<br />
Hollywood too great a burden on their artistic<br />
senses.<br />
"Admittedly Del Guidice hasn't sufficient<br />
personal funds to finance such an undertaking,<br />
though his films have made a lot of<br />
money, especially the $15,000,000 grosser<br />
'Henry V.' But British tax laws and wartime<br />
restrictions governing an Italian national in<br />
England prevented him from accumulating<br />
any great wealth. At present there is a litigation<br />
pending in American courts in which<br />
he is seeking $300,000 damages in connection<br />
with the American release of two foreign<br />
pictures.<br />
"He bases his belief that Florida can develop<br />
a successful film industry on two<br />
things which he calls 'my inventions.' The<br />
first is mechanical. In Hollywood and London,<br />
he says, studio rental on a picture Is<br />
between $60,000 and $70,000 a week because<br />
three sound stages must be available during<br />
the filming of even the smallest budget film.<br />
"At the Hialeah studios, he insists, use of<br />
his plan for studio stages on wheels will require<br />
only one sound-proofed studio, and but<br />
a single technical setup. While he is filming<br />
on one set,<br />
the set for the next sequence will<br />
be under construction in a much less costly<br />
shed, at the same time that the set on which<br />
filming has been finished is being demolished.<br />
Since they are all on wheels they can be<br />
moved about at will. Saving on time and<br />
labor, as well as players' salaries, Guidice<br />
says, will enable him to budget his rental<br />
costs at about $12,000 to $15,000 a week."<br />
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State at Cuyahoga Falls<br />
Starts Kid Amateur Show<br />
CUYAHOGA FALLS. OHIO — The State<br />
Theatre is offering special children's amateur<br />
shows on its stage for 13 Saturdays. Each<br />
program will include four cartoons and a<br />
children's feature in addition to an amateur<br />
show. A hundred free prizes will be offered<br />
to the youngsters. There will be a matron<br />
in attendance to handle any problems, .said<br />
Ray Brown, manager. Applications for appearance<br />
on the amateur programs are taken<br />
at the theatre.<br />
Pittsburgh Airport<br />
Will Have Theatre<br />
PITTSBURGH—As far as is known, the<br />
new Greater Pittsburgh airport will be the<br />
first in the world to boast a motion picture<br />
theatre. It will be a 250-seat house available<br />
principally to passengers passing time between<br />
planes in the manner of the newsreel<br />
theatres at Grand Central and Penn stations<br />
in New York City. No policy is set for the<br />
airport theatre yet, however, and, in fact, its<br />
lessees-to-be are not settled.<br />
The airport theatre apparently will be<br />
leased by the Allegheny county commissioners<br />
without sealed bids. They are awarding the<br />
contract on the basis of negotiations in the<br />
same way they have let concessions without<br />
asking for sealed bids, including the drug<br />
store, newsstand, exhibit concession for 129<br />
windows, postoffice, etc.<br />
The Greater Pittsburgh airport is unique<br />
in many other respects. It will have cost<br />
$28,500,000 by the time it is opened about January<br />
15, and airlines using its facilities are<br />
expected to pay only 25 per cent toward its<br />
amortization. The rest of the money for retirement<br />
of bonds and operating expense will<br />
come from its many concesisons. There will<br />
be no free spots for visitors to watch the<br />
planes land and take off, either; they will<br />
pay a fee to view the field from behind<br />
plate glass windows on the second floor of<br />
the huge building. Besides the theatre, concessions<br />
include hotel, restaurants, three banquet<br />
halls, cafeteria, coffee shop, tavern,<br />
snack bars, dining room, cocktail lounge, service<br />
bar, roof garden seating 2,000, checking<br />
stands, parking lots, filling station, garage<br />
and 20 or more stores.<br />
Andrew Chakeres, operator of the Vogue<br />
Terrace and Hotel Alpine at McKeesport and<br />
owner-partner in the Roof Garden Drive-In<br />
Theatre near Somerset, has been awarded a<br />
tentative contract for eating, drinking, parking<br />
and hotel concessions in the new airport<br />
buildings.<br />
BOWLING<br />
DETROIT—Lorenzen Flower shop took two<br />
games from Altec to challenge National Theatre<br />
Supply for leadership in the Nightingales<br />
club. New standings are:<br />
Team Won Lost Team Won Lost<br />
National Supply.. 8 4 National Carbon- 6 6<br />
Lorenzen _.. 8 i Altec 5 7<br />
Brenkert 7 5 McArlhur 5 7<br />
Local 199 6 6 Ernie Forbes 3 9<br />
High scores were rolled by Floyd Akins 235,<br />
Jack Lindenthal 210, Gilbert Light 212. Edward<br />
Waddell 211, Ralph Haskin 201, and<br />
Donald Lewis 200.<br />
Detroit on Even Keel;<br />
'Place in Sun Best<br />
DETROIT—Business was on an even keel<br />
locally, with a minimum of strong attractions<br />
to help. "A Place in the Sun" was the comparative<br />
best. The Movietime buildup here<br />
is expected to be a long-term rather than<br />
an immediate assist.<br />
(Average Is 100)<br />
Ad-ims— Texas Carnival (MGM), 2nd wk....- 80<br />
Cinc-ma— Tales o( Hoflmonn (Loperl). 3rd wk 190<br />
Fox—Obsessed (UA); The Day (he Earth Stood Still<br />
(20th-Fox) ,. 75<br />
Madison—David and Balhsheba (20th-rox), 4th<br />
wk - -...-120<br />
Michigan—A Place in the Sun (Para); Two-Dollar<br />
Bettor (Realart) 135<br />
Palms-State— Jim Thorpe—All American (WB);<br />
Jungle Manhunt (Col) 95<br />
United Arlisls—The Man With a Cloak (MGM);<br />
Disc Jockey (Mono) - 75<br />
'American in Paris'<br />
Oooh-La-La Third Week<br />
CLEVELAND—A beautiful fall weekend attracted<br />
hordes of people into the country,<br />
with the result that theatres generally had<br />
a bad Saturday and Sunday and little pickup<br />
the beginning of the week. "An American in<br />
Paris" continues to delight big crowds at<br />
advanced prices and is holding over a fourth<br />
straight week. Competition was heavy, with<br />
the "Ice Capades" outgrossing last year's engagement<br />
and Duke Ellington playing to 8,000<br />
in the arena on a one-night stand.<br />
Allen— Painting the Clouds With Sunshine (WB). .110<br />
Hippodrome—The Golden Horde (U-I) 120<br />
Lower Mall Tony Draws a Hor.e (Fine Arts) 70<br />
Ohio—Texas Carnival (MGM), 2nd d. t. wk 120<br />
Palace— Happy Go Lovely (RKO) - - 70<br />
Stale Rhubarb (Pora) - - - _ 95<br />
Slillman—An American in Paris (MGM), 3rd wk 200<br />
Tower—Bright Victory (U-I), 2nd wk SO<br />
'Streetcar/ 'Place in Sun'<br />
Pittsburgh Phenomena<br />
PITTSBURGH—"A Place in the Sun" and<br />
"A Streetcar Named Desire" ran about dollar<br />
for dollar at the boxoffice, while the barometer<br />
reading was 20 per cent over average for<br />
the former and 85 for the latter. "Streetcar"<br />
was in its second week at increased prices.<br />
Nothing else hit near the average mark. Out<br />
in the area, receipts were very depressed as<br />
they were in the neighborhoods.<br />
Fulton—The Prowler (UA): The Hoodlum (UA).... 60<br />
Harris—The Whistle at Eaton Falls (Col) 65<br />
Penn—A Place in the Sun (Para) - 120<br />
Stanley—His Kind of Woman (RKO) 75<br />
Warner—A Streetcar Named Desiio (WB), 2nd<br />
wk - — 185<br />
Slim Margin Gives Lead<br />
To 'Rhubarb' in Cincy<br />
CINCINNATI—Business continued dull for<br />
the second successive week. "Painting the<br />
Clouds With Sunshine" was moved to the<br />
Lyric for additional playing time after a<br />
90 per cent week at the Palace. "Rhubarb"<br />
scored comparatively best.<br />
Albee—Rhubarb (Para) _ _ - 100<br />
Capitol-A Place in the Sun (Para), 3rd wk 85<br />
Grand—The Red Badge ol Courage (MGM);<br />
Bannerline (MGM) - -. 90<br />
Keiths—The Golden Horde (U-I) 90<br />
Lyric—Under Age (SB): Missing Daughters (SR).... 70<br />
Palace—Painting the Clouds With Sunshine (WB).... 90<br />
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