Boxoffice-November.24.1951

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CINCINNATI
piection of the 1952 crew of Variety Tent 3
has been postponed to December 3, according
to Chief Barker Vance Schwartz. An
important general meeting of all members
was to take place in the clubrooms Monday
(19) with a buffet supper at 6:30 ... A boxing
show featuring Billy Graham, uncrowned
welterweight champ, and Danny Stepanovitch,
who has won 20 out of 25 starts, is
being sponsored by the Variety Club next
Tuesday (27) at 8:30 p. m. at the Music
Hall sports arena. All proceeds will go to
charities of the heart fund. Tickets may be
obtained at the Variety Club, Netherland
Plaza hotel, or at Fay's news shop. Sixth
near Walnut. Charles Dyer and George W.
Rhein are co-chairmen of the ticket committee
and Harry Hartman is general chairman
. Variety event is the
Thanksgiving party on Saturday night, December
1, which will include food, music and
entertainment.
Ralph Toelke, husband of Ethel Toelke,
RKO inspector, died November 14 at the
Christ hospital at age of 43 . . . While Bill
Onie was on Filmrow booking pictures for
his four theatres, someone smashed into his
parked car.
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Bob Keyes of the Victory Theatre at Dayton
was in the city. He is an ardent rooter
for the Dayton university football team and
was confident of a DU victory over Marshall
college, Huntington Dorman Law has
reopened the Roxy Theatre at Roseville, Ohio,
for the winter while his drive-in is inactive.
Julian Silberstein of Huntington was in
Atlanta booking for the Oak Ridge, Tenn.,
theatre . J. "Pop" Wessel of the Film
Service Co. is again confined to his home by
illness . . . Margaret Woodruff, Lippert booker,
who was driving with several friends for a
vacation in Florida, suffered minor bruises
when her car skidded on an icy road south
of Stanford, Ky., and the party was forced
to spend most of the week in Stanford while
the car was being repaired. "Woody" gave
up the Florida trip and returned to Cincinnati.
John Quincy Hawkins, a porter for 20th-Fox
for the past 16 years, has been retired by
the company and is living at the Crawford
Home in College Hill. He has been replaced
by Ernest Bates . . . Dave Litto, RKO Ohio
salesman, has returned from a week's stay
in Martinsville, Ind.
Harry Yutze, Realart shipping clerk, was in
Virginia for several days with his wife attending
the funeral of her father . Weinberg
has joined the MGM booking staff . . .
Kenneth McEldowney, producer of "The
River," was a guest at the tradescreening at
the RKO Midwest projection room. The large
attendance included exhibitors, members of
the press and radio and many clergymen.
"The River" opened Its roadshow engagement
November 14 at the Guild Theatre. Adrienne
Corri, a featured player, was also a guest .
Margaret Kiser, Paramount assistant cashier,
expects her husband home from the service.
Mark S. Cummins, who now operates the
Acme Outdoor Theatre at Stockton, Ky.. and
Blue Gra.ss Drive-In, Georgetown, has purchased
the Hamilton Drive-In from Louis
Olt.
J. G. Kennedy Establishes
Detroit Film Company
DETROIT — James G. Kennedy, bette
known as Gaylord Kennedy, cameraman an('
exhibitor, is establishing the Kennedy Mo
tion Picture Service at 221 Glendale Ave
in Highland Park. His new firm will be devoted
to production of commercial and training
films and to some independent ventures
Kennedy has specialized in recent years ij
extended filming of special events, such a:
big parades and festivals, like the Gasparilli
Pirates festival at Tampa, in various southen
cities, and has sold a number of such films fo)
distribution by the old Eagle Lion Classic;
and other firms.
Kennedy has lived in Detroit for a numbei
of years, but started in the business, openini
a theatre in Waukon, Iowa, in 1913. He alsc
served as distributor for Chicago film ex-'
changes in Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin
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'IT'enneth McEldowney. with his wife anc,
Adrienne Corri, one of the young Englisl,
stars of "The River," attended the openinj
of the release at the World . . . Peter Held
son of Mrs. Felix Held here, is a membei ,, ......
of the cast of the Metropolitan Opera, "DieMj^emf*
Fledermaus," to appear on Loew's Ohio stage
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December 17-19.
Joe Sloan, former manager of Loew's Broad
his wife and year-old son David were Columbus
visitors over the Ohio State Homecoming
weekend. They were busy greeting'
friends around the Rialto . Garrett :
who was staff organist at Loew's Ohio from]
1933 to 1942, is now featured organist at Sea-
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food Bay here. Garrett also is on the stafll.'
of WBNS-TV.
Sally Billingsly, West high school home-j
coming queen, was chosen Franklin count}
Queen of Queens in the Ohio State Journal's!
annual Homecoming Queens contest held at .
RKO Palace. All of the contestants were
guests of Manager Harry Schreiber for a,
showing of "Two Tickets to Broadway."
Irwin Johnson, WBNS disk jockey, had hiafl
picture in the Hallmark Productions news-'
letter for his playing of the Arthur Lee Simp-;
kins album from Hallmark's "Why Men Leave
Home" . . . Hallmark's two units from Columbus
got together recently in Carnegie
Okla. Paul and Joanne Ricketts motored
from Lawton, Okla., to chat with George and
Louise Van Fossen.
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