Boxoffice-May.03.1952
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. . Arden<br />
MILWAUKEE<br />
TTnivcrsal and Warner staffs are planning a<br />
program for the visits of screen stars<br />
Piper Laurie, Tony Curtis and Don DeFore.<br />
The event will be the premiere of the film,<br />
"No Room for the Groom," starring Curtis<br />
and Miss Laurie. All proceeds will go to the<br />
American Cancer society drive. Already lined<br />
up is a welcome committee at the railroad<br />
station, reception at the Schroeder hotel, a<br />
parade and plenty of fanfare in front of the<br />
Warner Theatre.<br />
Ben Marcus, S&M Theatres, for the opening<br />
of the drive-ins at Appleton and Oshkosh,<br />
gave every patron a certificate good for two<br />
gallons of gasoline at the Clark stations<br />
Former theatieman from New York,<br />
. . .<br />
Lou<br />
Breyer, is the new salesman at Universal . . .<br />
Booker Bill McFadzen returned from a fishing<br />
trip up the Wolf river, with the largest haul<br />
he ever made.<br />
Bob Guiterman, Manitowoc Capitol and<br />
Mikado theatres, remarked that during Holy<br />
w'eek he played "Calvary" and wound up with<br />
the astonishing boxoffice take of $4,000. He<br />
just returned from Florida and is again adding<br />
stage shows to his regular programs.<br />
Admissions<br />
are 85 cents for adults, 65 cents for<br />
students and 35 cents for the kiddies . . . Also<br />
. . . Al<br />
recently returned from Florida is Irv W.<br />
Heinke, Film Service accountant<br />
Sickles, Film Service traffic manager, returned<br />
from California.<br />
. . .<br />
National Theatre Supply Co. completed a<br />
redecorating job, which included the showroom<br />
and all offices, says Manager Larson<br />
Republic salesman Bill Griffiths says he<br />
hopes to set a record this year . . . Paramount<br />
salesmen Ed Gavin and Harold Wise cover<br />
about 5.000 miles each month in their territory.<br />
Ed has northern Wisconsin and upper<br />
Michigan, while Harold swings southern Wisconsin.<br />
Ed's son Ned will be married May<br />
10. He will join the Philip Morris chemical<br />
research department. Ned is a Marquette<br />
graduate in chemical engineering.<br />
The court case of Film Arts vs. Max G.<br />
Nohl and Perrien Pictures Corp. is over. The<br />
suit hinged over the charge of Film Arts that<br />
Nohl had illegally taken possession of its<br />
equipment and premises. Nohl charged that<br />
the business had been transferred to his control<br />
under an agreement by which he advanced<br />
money to it. Judge Gehrz ordered<br />
Nohl to abandon the premises and equipment,<br />
but directed that he be paid $5,081 for money<br />
advanced by him and $1,800 in back salary.<br />
A recent offer by Thomas J. Dalhasen would<br />
present the winner with a check for $30,000<br />
for the business. Dalhasen was sales manager<br />
for Perrien Pictures. More recently, however,<br />
he has been appointed sales executive<br />
for the Frederic W. Ziv Co., covering northern<br />
Wisconsin and upper Michigan.<br />
Colorado Springs bound are Ben Marcus<br />
and Harold Pear.son for the Allied convention.<br />
Both have received invitations from<br />
several Hollywood studios to visit them and<br />
it appears that they will proceed from Colorado<br />
Spring to filmdom after the convention.<br />
Regal Theatre Manager Sidney Margoles<br />
rented out the hou.se recently to radio station<br />
disk jockey Manny Maldin for a two-hour<br />
midnight stage show. The Regal is located<br />
within the Negro section of the Milwaukee<br />
Thur, Allied a.ssociation ad-<br />
area .<br />
vertising man. recently attended the religious<br />
annual convention of the nondenominational<br />
Bahai at Evanston, 111.<br />
Paul Newaski, Vista, Mukwonago, is recovering<br />
his seats . . . Lauren Huston, Troy<br />
. . Bill Brolicki, Myra. Palmyra,<br />
of East Troy, is doing some remodeling in<br />
his basement. He plans to move his theatre<br />
office into his home after he adds a recreation<br />
room .<br />
is working on a .series of school tieups . . .<br />
National Screen Service's Sidney Ross, recently<br />
in from a swing around the territory,<br />
says the majority of the upstate theatre owners<br />
report that business is good<br />
Mednikow is becoming quite a letter writer.<br />
His family is in Honolulu owing to the sudden<br />
death of a nephew<br />
is experimenting with a new approach in<br />
theatre ads, telling the public in one word<br />
the type of picture appearing at each house.<br />
Paramount in Omaha<br />
To Close Two Months<br />
OMAHA—The Paramount Theatre will be<br />
closed for motion pictures for approximately<br />
two months but it will be open for stage shows<br />
and other activities, including "South Pacific"<br />
which will open June 16.<br />
William Miskell, Tristate manager, said the<br />
lack of major films available during those<br />
two months is a prime reason. School graduations,<br />
horse racing and other summer activity<br />
are other reasons. The 2,900-seat<br />
house, on the western edge of the dow'ntown<br />
main business district, will be able to show<br />
some of the top stage productions on weekends,<br />
Miskell said. He also has offered the<br />
theatre to te Chamber of Commerce for<br />
rental for major attractions.<br />
Manager Don Shane will take over managership<br />
of Tristate's Omaha and the<br />
Omaha's present manager, Ted Emerson, will<br />
go back to public relations work. The bulk<br />
of the Paramount staff will be assigned to<br />
Tri-States' Omaha and Orpheum.<br />
AT 12 O'CLOCK..<br />
A LADY WITH A FUTURE!<br />
AT 12:05...<br />
A<br />
WOMAN<br />
WITH A PAST!<br />
MAIL IN DATES<br />
TODAY<br />
ALBERT<br />
DEZEL'N<<br />
831 S.Wobosh CHICAGO<br />
NOW BREAKING<br />
ALL RECORDS !i<br />
-s w/rsHows-<br />
ART OF LOVE<br />
BED-W DIPLOMAT<br />
BIRTH OF LIFE<br />
'eURMNG QUESTION<br />
'SIMSHING VICE TRUST<br />
HOW TO TAKE A BATH<br />
Local 586 Is 25<br />
GRAND ISLAND, NEB. — Members of<br />
lATSE 586 celebrated their 25th anniversary<br />
with a dinner party at the Woodland Country<br />
club here. The group includes operators from<br />
Grand Island, Hastings, Norfolk. Columbus<br />
and York. lATSE President Dick Walsh of<br />
New York City and Vice-President Felix<br />
Snow of Kansas City were present. Another<br />
guest was Roy Brewer, formerly of Grand<br />
Island and former president of the Nebraska<br />
Federation of Labor, now assistant to Walsh.<br />
AT THESE ASTOR EXCHANGES:<br />
INDEPENDENT-] 109 Currie Ave.-Minneapolis<br />
REALART-706 A.W. State St.-Milwaukee<br />
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