Boxoffice-December.20.1952

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L E V E L A N D 'Prisoner' Grosses 115
arry Kunz has moved his American Seating
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Co. office to a new building at Brookpark
and Broadway roads where all divisions are
now assembled. Robert R. Nykamp is in
charge of the social chair department and
Kunz remains with the theatre and auditorium
seating section . . . Meantime, National
Theatre Supply Co. is using the space formerly
occupied by Kunz for a modernistic
concessions equipment display. This will include
all of the equipment that NTS has been
handling, with the addition of Cretor popcorn
machines and a new Hires root beer bar.
Myron Gross, who heads Milt Mooneys Cooperative
Theatre of Buffalo, was in for a
routine conference . . . Keiths East Tenth
Street Theatre is switching to first runs,
double featuring Allied Artists' "Battle Zone"
with one of the new Bowery Boys pictures . .
Homer Snook, head of Midwest Theatre Supply
Co. of Cincinnati, and A. F. Carnes, former
Schine manager, are co-partners in a
new venture. They have taken over the operation
of the Belle Theatre in Beliefontaine.
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Upholstering. Repairing.
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which has been closed more than a year.
They opened it Saturday (13 1 with first run
pictures. Carnes is manager . Gertz
is authority that Pennsylvania deer are
allergic to Ohio hunters. Although in previous
years he has always brought home the
venison, this time he brought back only
memories of a pleasant day in the open.
The George Foleys have changed the name
. . .
of their Kaufman Theatre in Montpelier to
the Montpelir Theatre M. B. Horwitz,
general manager of the Washington circuit
and an exhibitor of some 30 years experience,
got the surprise of his life last week when
several people long -distanced him from Akron
to express their appreciation of the new art
policy he is about to introduce in liis recently
acquired Ohio Theatre in Cuyahoga Falls.
The calls were in response to letters he used
to circularize the area on the occasion of the
reopening of the house.
Want a fine desk at bargain prices? See
Prank Masek at NTS ... Sol Gordon of Allied
Artists reports the Warner and Schine circuits
have booked the Little Rascal tworeelers
(formerly Our Gang comedies) in all
situations, including their A-houses, all
Elaine Bernstein,
through this territory . . .
AA secretary, admits it's an important date
that is taking her to New York for the New
Year's eve celebration.
Visitors stormed into town the fore part of
the week from all sections of the territory.
Among them were Lee Hendershott, Temple
Theatre, Orwell; August Ilg, Ohio, Lorain;
Giles Robb, Princess, Toledo; Paul Ellis and
Pete Rufo of the Robins houses in Warren
and Niles; Marvin Harris, Toledo circuit
owner; Leo Burkhart. Hippodrome, Crestline;
Gerald Anerson, Union. Richwood and Rialto,
Plain City; Walter Steuve of Pindlay; the
Spayne brothers and Andy Martin of Aki'on;
Joe Shagrin and Helebe Ballin, Youngstown.
Quite a few local theatres are extending
their Christmas moratorium over a three-day
period instead of just closing on Christmas
eve. They are closing Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday of Christmas week.
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Jack Carson of screen, stage and TV is reportedly
playing to capacity crowds at the
Skyeay Bar . . . 'Van Heflin in "Tlie Shrike"
opened a one-week engagement December 5
at the Hanna Theatre . Another star, Larry
Parks, and his wife Betty Garrett are booked
into the Hanna for a week starting December
22. They will appear in a comedy titled
"Anonymous Lover."
"Film Festival of Famous Favorites" is the
title given by the Mayland Theatre owners
for a week of revivals, with a daily change
program. Jack Essick, manager, is introducing
something new in the way of policy along with
the something old in the way of performance.
The added attraction is a coffee lounge in the
lobby. If the combination of coffee and revivals
catches on, it will become a regular
house policy one or two nights a week, Essick
states. The coffee lounge was promoted by
Essick in cooperation with the local Nescafe
outlet. This company furni.shes the brew, all
equipment and all service attendants. There
is no cost to the theatre.
1952 Is the 26th year of operation of omusemcnl
industry's WILL ROGERS MEMORIAL HOS-
PITAL.
As Cincinnati's Best
CINCINNATI—Strong product in do\
town first run houses survived the expectel]
preholiday slump better than expected. Vi
tually all of them hit the average mark anj
one, "The Prisoner of Zenda" at the Albei,
came out vi'ith a week's mark of 115 per cen|
(Averoge Is 100) ;
Albee The Prisoner of Zendo (MGM) 11
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Capitol The Blazing Forest (Para) S
Grand Tarzan's Savage Fury (RKO); Under the
Red Sea (RKO) IC
Palace The Thief (UA) K
Cleveland Grosses Hit
Usual Holiday Low
CLEVELAND—Theatre attendance droppej
to the usual pre-Christmas low, except o
Sunday (7), when crowds were downtown t
watch the Pearl Harbor parade. Not a sing!
picture approached average gross. Tlie be;
was "The Prisoner of Zenda," in its fourt
straight week. Department stores wei
crowded and most of them ai-e open eve
nings.
Allen The Iron Mistress (WB), 2nd wk i
Hippodrome -Hangman's Knot (Col)
Lower Mall The River (UA), 2nd wk K
Ohio The Prisoner of Zenda (MGM), 4th d. t.
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wk
Palace Montana Belle (RKO) 5
State The Savage (Para) i
Stillmon Plymouth Adventure (MGM), 2nd d. t.
wk
i
Tower Last Train From Bombay (Col); The First
Time (Col) f
Preholiday Festivities Slap
At Detroit Grosses
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sun.
CH,U!LE
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I votes when
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DETROIT—Exliibitors agreed that busine! aiiately
would remain poor for a couple of weeks, £ teatremen 1
they held on to available product and save i i,Hl whtr
the best new packages for holiday unveilini H thtir fin
Adams-Ivonhoe (MGM), 9th wk 7 * vote 13
Fox The Thief (UA); Pork Row (UA) 5 mejjjjf j
Madison Bottle Zone (AA); The Moveriek (AA). I
Blazing
Forest (Para), 2nd i
Palms-State The Prisoner of Zenda (MGM); The
aiily
Hour of 13 (MGM), 2nd wk 5
whitli
United Artists Bloodhounds of Broodwoy (20fhisuSEestedl
Michigan The iron Mistress
wk
(WB); The ipiOned Die
Fox); Something for the Birds (20th-Fox).
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BOWLING
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CLE'VAELAND — The Local 160 BowUt i»''''Ws(i
league got off to a very late start this yet «lorse(
and only now has announced its sponsor
They are National Theatre Supply Co., At sssaadavi
con Corp., Suprex Carbons, and the Low "'" kotel i
160 union. Teams are lined up with ti: *toto
"regulars." Tom Smart continues as presi(
dent and Larry Shafer, secretary. Scow
last week;
Team Won Lost
NTS 14 10
Ancon 13 11
Local 160 13 11
Suprex 8 Ifi
Captain Smart of Local 160 team was carjiisotijjjji _
sistent as ever with 190-195-198—563. E* smje lujij
Gehringer, Gordon Bullock, Robert Bulloo Bloujj,,
and Tom Smart are competing for the lea
ji, ,j^j',
in individual averages.
The boys report it doesn't seem like tl
same old league without Clarence Krami'
who is nursing his father-in-law back
health and hasn't the time for bowling. Ploy
Webee is determined to win a jackpot thi
season. Ed Hutchins is enthusiastic over h
Suprex Carbon team. Fred Lane who caji
tains the NTS team is working overtime t
improve his game and is now operating IttI
an XL projector.
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