Boxoffice-May.03.1952

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•The Brandeis has two personal appearances
booked for May: namely, Aldo Ray at the
opening of "The Marrying Kind" May 7. and
Jim Norton, ex-convict, to exploit "My Six
Convicts" later in the month . Deutch,
U-I booker, was home ill . Al Gardner,
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Warner salesman, was back from a vacation
in Texas with the stamp of the Texas sun
on his brow . Casey, 20th-Fox cashier,
has proved that it's possible to get a fine
coat of tan this early in the season in Iowa.
He spent his two-week vacation at Cherokee.
Jack Kelley of
the MGM news department
at New York was a visitor in the Omaha office
last week and reported surprise at finding
so little flood damage in the Omaha area
Hannon, Warner manager, and
salesmen William Wink, Bob Hirz and Al
Gardner attended a district sales meeting in
Chicago . . . Sgt. Fi-ank Wolbach, brother of
MGM's Ceil Wolbach, returned after 17
months in the Far East with the air force,
including more than a year in Korea . . Mel
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Ki'use, Pierce, Neb., exhibitor, reports his new
six-room home is about ready for occupancy.
. .
Abe Sadoff, Sioux City, exhibitor, became
father of a new baby daughter . The fishing
fever has got Heinie Saggau of the Ritz,
Denison. and he has opened his summer
Mr. and Mrs.
home at Park Rapids, Minn. . . .
S. R. Nothem, Remsen, are grandparents
again. Their daughter has a baby girl . . .
Larry Howorth, Manilla, Iowa, exhibitor, says
his tackle is all ready and he is planning a
trip to the north woods.
A feature of the North Platte senior high
school commencement program will be a film
preview the morning of graduation exercises
at the Paramount Theatre, under arrangements
of the Kiwanis club . . . The American
Legion presented a benefit talent .show at
the Page Theatre in Shenandoaii.
Ted Emerson, veteran of the Tri-States
staff, will go to Fairbury the first two weeks
in June to fill in for Manager Loren Lankammer,
who is planning to marry.
Exhibitors were out in full force along
Filmrow. Visitors included Nate Sandler,
Missouri Valley, whose theatre escaped a serious
flood threat: Oky Goodman, Villisca:
George March, Vermillion, S. D.; Jim Ti-avis,
Milford: Alt Sunde, Papillion, Neb.: Ray
Brown, Harlan: Ira Wattenye, Tecumseh:
Bob Friedley, Ida Grove: Phil March, Wayne:
Arnold Johnson, Onawa, also in the floor
area: Herman Field, Clarinda: Mons Thompson,
St. Paul. Neb.: Earl Cowden, Sidney:
Howard Kennedy. Broken Bow: Mel Kruse.
Pierce: E. W. Kugel, Holstein: Reggie Gannon.
Schuyler: Frank Cook, David City: Ollie
Schneider, Osceola: Irvin Beck, Wilber, and
Ted Krogh, Denison.
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VVYNN IN OMAH.A—Keenan Wynn po.sed with Omaha ti-rrilory cxliiltitorx on
his recent visit to that city. Left to right: Jack Kenfro, Theatre BookinK .Service;
DeWitt St. Clair, Cozy a.nd Grand Theatres, Wymore; Vincent Flynn, resident manager,
Loew's, Inc.; Wynn; Irma DeLand, booker, Theatre Booking Service, and Mrs.
Jack Renfro, booker, Theatre Booking Service.
Woodrow Simek Continues
New Theatre at Ashland
ASHLAND, NEB.—Work progres.sed during
April on the theatre which is being completed
here under the personal direction of Woodrow
Simek. In addition to the auditorium, the installation
of blower-type gas heating has been
finished and deflectors for the air conditioning,
which clears the way for completing the
Nu-Wood sidewalls to the stage.
Stage partitions are being built along with
the baffle for the speakers. On the second
floor, over the lobby, the steel work and concrete
floor for the booth are done. Many details
remain to be finished and a few critical
items may cause some delay even though to
date they have not held up work, Simek said.
To Start Free Saturday Show
SCRANTON, IOWA—Free films will be
shown at the Rex Theatre here each Saturday
afternoon for a period of 15 weeks.
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Phil March Will Erect
Drive-In at Wayne, Neb.
WAYNE, NEB.—Plans for immediate construction
of a drive-in on the outskirts of
Wayne were revealed by Phil March, local
theatre owner. Work on the Dude Ranch, as
it will be named, located on seven acres at the
one-mile intersection north of town, has already
begun. Tentative scheduling in April
called for completion by June.
With a capacity of 300 cars, the theatre will
be constructed of knotty pine log siding with
rustic fences. It will follow a western theme
throughout.
Cryroom in Lake Theatre
CLEAR LAKE, IOWA — A feature of the
Lake Theatre here is a children's "cryroom"
built into a section of the women's lounge on
the second floor. C. E. Mosher is manager
of the Lake.
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