Boxoffice-December.20.1952

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ohii A. Gentleman. Omaha mortician, gave
' his third annual Christmas party for
children at the Orpheum and Omaha theatres.
Everything was free and Omaha musicians
donated their services for the film and
music program .
Chevrolet company
scheduled an elaborate showing for dealers in
this territory at the Paramount December 22.
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Filmrowers were cheered by the news that
Don McL\icas, United Artists manager, had
been released from St. Joseph's hospital.
where he was taken after a siege of the flu
nearing the pneumonia stage. He is convalescing
at home . The Variety Club held
a board meeting at the Blackstone hotel quarters
to map the 1953 program.
Joe Scott, 20th-Fox manager, entertained
nephew. AU-American end Tom Scott of
his
the University of Virginia, and Tom's iiride
of a few days. They were en route from the
east to San Francisco where Tom will play
in the Shrine game. Tom brought some
movies of Virginia U. games and showman
Scott invited some Filmrow friends in for
a showing. His nephew is from Baltimore
. . . Joyce Anderson, branch manager's secretary
at United Artists, is looking forward to
a trip home to Des Moines at Christmas.
District Manager Al Kolitz of Denver visited
RKO Manager Max Rosenblatt . held
its Christmas party at the Paxton hotel .
Universal and MGM both had staff parties
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at the exchanges . Manager I. M.
Weiner and his wife celebrated their 25th
wedduag anniversary . Renfro, retiring
Variety chief barker, attended a stag
fish fry of the 100 Year club at the Omaha
Athletic club.
Fair weather has speeded work on Howard
Kennedy's new drive-in at Broken Bow, and
grading work has been going ahead . . . Joe
Jacobs, Columbia manager, said his salesman
would work in the exchange until after the
holidays, going back into the territory
January 5. Joe last week visited the central
Nebraska area . Callahan. MGM
auditor, was in the Omaha branch for several
days.
Gerald E. McGlynn, Des Moines manager
and former head of the Omaha exchange, received
word his son. Lieut. Gerald jr. spent
five days rest and recreation in Tokyo and
is now back in Korea with an engineers construction
battalion. His address is 02103829.
Hq. 439th Eng. Cons. Bn., APO 71, Postmaster,
San Francisco. He has been in Korea since
May 15.
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Clyde Cooley, Omaha lATSE official, announced
at least 75 per cent of the theatres
in this territory had signified they would
close Christmas eve. Omaha downtowners
also will close early in the evening
May Broadcasting Co. has received an $18,000
building permit for alterations to a building
that will become an addition to its KMTV
television studios ... A free show was held
at the Chief Tneatre in Weeping Water for
children of the community.
Exhibitors visiting Filmrow included Carl
Mansfield. Schuyler: Cliff Shearon, Genoa;
Warren Hall, Burwell; OUie Schneider,
Osceola; Ed Osipowicz. Correctionville, Iowa;
Dick Johnson, Red Oak, Iowa; Carl Harriman,
Alton, Iowa; Wally Johnson, Friend;
Doc Nalteus, Mapleton, Iowa; Howard Brookings,
Oakland, Iowa; Sol Slominski. Loup
City, and John Green, Sargent.
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