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sold a Cycloramlc screen and an Evcrforsi
soda bar to the Joy Theatre at Belton, S. C.
The 25 Drlve-In at Greenwood. S. C, has
Installed an Everfro«t soda bar as has the
theatre at Ware Shoals . . . New MotloRraph
generators have been Installed at the RItz In
Columbia. S. C. and the Plaza at Greenville.
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Tip Tipton, manager of Wll-Kln, said that
Fuller Sams Jr.. of Statevllle Is using Monograph
equipment In his drive-In at Ooldsboro,
N. C. The Royal Theatre at Slmpsonvllle.
N. C, has been remodeled and new
drapes have been Installed by Wll-Kln.
William Priddell of Moncks Corner. S. C.
b reported to be seriously HI In a local haspltal.
Hap Bell of U-I said that every army
theatre In the area played "The Lavender
Hill Mob" and that many records were
broken with the picture.
Jack Reville of MGM has been 111 with a
stomach ailment. Dave Wi.snant of Carolina
Neon Co. said he had installed marquee for
the Haymont Theatre In Fayetteville. N. C.
and for the Starlight Drive-In at Fayetteville
and the Smoky Mountain Drivc-In.
Waynesville. N. C. Wlsnant said a beautiful
marquee was put In at the Stewart Theatre
In Henderson, N. C. Carolina Neon also did
the marquee Job on the Richardson Thpatre
at Seneca. S. C.
Neil Blount and His Wife
Buy Memphis Bristol
MEMPHIS—Mr. and Mrs. Neil Blount have
purchased the Bristol Theatre here and plan
extensive remodeling and redecorating. The
Bristol, on Summer avenue, was purchased
from J. Fred Brown, owner of a number of
theatres in Tennessee and Arkansas. Air conditioning
equipment will be installed.
Young people attending the theatre will
be under the supervision of an adult employe
and the screen program will be intended to
appeal to the entire family.
Blount, president of Monarch Theatre Supply
Co. here, has t>een associated with the
motion picture industry for the past 33 years.
MONARCTJ
Theatre Supply, Inc.
Neil Blount
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492 So. Second Si.
Memphis, Tenn.
MEMPHIS
•The film of the Walcotl-Marclano heavyweight
fight caused a minor seasatlon
when It was .screened for exhlblt-s at the
RKO exchange. The Strand Immediately
booked the 21-mlnute film In connection
with Its other program. R. B. Cox. Eureka.
Batesvllle: W. T. Ellis. Ellis, Cleveland and
R. B. Booch Jr., RItz, Selmer, al.so signed
Immediiitely. RKO .salesmen were called In
for the .screening and went to work on the
telephone. The fight film went like hot
cakes.
Joe Murphy, booker, at Universal, Atlanta,
has been transferred to the local exchange
as salesman, succeeding Jeff Williams, resigned.
. . Roy Cochran. Juroy, North Little
Rock, was in town with the news that his
new Scenic Drive-In would be ready for
opening within two weeks.
W. R, Lee, Gem at Heber Springs and Rice
at Des Arc; Jimmy Singleton. New and Star
at Marked Tree, Grand at Trumann and
Tyro at Tyronza: K. H. Kinney, Hays. 79
Drive-In and Beale Street at Hughes, were
among Arkansas exhibitors here on business.
Others from Arkan-sas included Robert
Bradley and Paul Shaffer. Poinsett Drive-In.
Marked Tree; Gordon Hutciiins. State. Dixie
and 67 Drive-In. Corning: Gene Higginbotham.
Melody. Leachville; Henry Haven.
Haven theatres at Brinkley. Forrest City,
Marianna and Wynne; K. K. King, Rialto,
Searcy, and William Elias, Gem, Osceola.
Lyie Richmond, Riclunond, Senath; Walter
Kirkham, Commonwealth Amusement Co.,
Kansas City; W. C. Kroeger, Shannon,
Portageville, and J. C. Mohrstadt. Joy. Missouri
and 61 Drive-In, Hayti, were among
visiting Missouri exhibitors.
From Mississippi came J. C. Bonds, Von,
Hernando; Paul Myers, Strand and Center.
Lexington; T. M. Jourdan. Majestic, luka;
and Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Forte, Gay, Olive
Branch . . . G. H. Goss. Rustic, Parsons,
Tenn., was a Memphis visitor.
New employes in Filmrow included Mrs.
Louise Ingram, assistant cashier, Colonial
Studios; Betty Sue Russess, office manager's
stenographer, who succeeded Sarah Marshall
at MGM . . . Filmrow has gone from baseball
to bowling. The Row's ball team gave
a good account of itself in the city softball
champloashlp race Now the bowling team
if. competing with tcam-s from all over the
city. Employes of RKO, Film Transit. Paramount
and Warner are on the bowling team
Billy Stevens Ls president of the team and
Bill Scruggs vice president.
. . . Alger Lancaster,
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Rlrhard lllldreth. auditor. Ls at 20th-Fox
.Sawyer, contract department,
Malco, Ls vacationing
manager of Maje.stic at Stuttgart, Ark., was
a visitor at Malco Theatres. Variety
Club held a meeting Monday night