Boxoffice-December.20.1952

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Jack Zide Is Elected
By Detroit Tent 5
DETROIT—Jack Zide. owner of the Allied
Film exchange, was elected chief barker of
Variety Tent 5 of
Detroit to succeed
Adolph Goldberg of
Community Theatres,
who becomes national
canvasman. Other officers
elected were
First assistant, Harold
Brown, film buyer.
United Detroit Theatres;
second assistant,
Milton Zimmerman;
Columbia manager;
property master, Ernest
T. Conlon, executive
secretary. Allied Theatres of Michigan,
Jack Zide
and doughguy, Ben Rosen, manager. Confection
Cabinet Corp.
LOUISVILLE
The Switow Amusement Co. neighborhood
Cozy, managed by Joe Hedden, has added
a parking lot as part of its customer's service.
The lot located at the rear of the
theatre, can accommodate approximately 60
cars, is laned for proper parking and is
The operation of the State,
lighted . . .
Crothersville, Ind., has been turned over to
Sylvia Peake. The theatre was formerly run
by Mr. and Mrs. Tex Richards, who are
devoting their time to the operation of the
Scott Theatre, Scottsburg, Ind.
Exhibitors seen on the Row recently included
R. L. Dunn, Paoli Drive-In, Paoli, Ind.;
Edwin St. Clair, St. Clair, Lebanon Junction;
A. N. Miles, Eminence, Eminence; Bob Enoch,
State and Grand, Elizabethtown; Ken Bale,
Twin City Drive-In, Horse Cave; Fred Belcher,
Family Drive-In, Charlestown, Ind.;
John Keck, Sandy, Sandy Hook; Hugh
Kessler, Pal, Palmyra, Ind.; Don Steinkamp,
French Lick Amusement Co., French Lick,
Ind.
A new drive-in has been started by Robert
E. Enoch, Elizabethtown Amusements, Elizabethtown.
Plans for the project were drawn
by Fleming & Patterson. The theatre, which
will accommodate approximately 700 cars,
will be named the Knox. In addition to the
Knox, Enoch also operates the State and
Grand, both indoor houses, and the Star-Lite
Drive-In, all at Elizabethtown.
According to information appearing in the
Courier-Journal here, the Scoop Theatre,
which closed a short time ago and which was
purchased by J. Graham Brown, will be recon.structed
to contain a large convention hall
as part of the Kentucky hotel, with the lower
floor to be taken in for stores and extensions
of the hotel. The Kentucky is also a part of
the Brown interests.
COLUMBUS
Although the free admission policy at thjl
Little has been successful, it is possibll
only a temporary success, said Robert WilJi
secretary of the Independent Tlieatre Ownei
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of Ohio, in a recent bulletin to ITOO memj
bers. "In the fourth week there has not beei
an appreciable decline, however," he adde«i
Wile pointed out that the Little is a
run house where no percentage pictures
played. He said the policy also necessitate!
the employment of a house officer to che
vandalism, since the free policy requires th
anyone who wishes to enter may not be mi|
strained.
Om Huntington, who spent several yea»|
in Hollywood as a standin and extra,
been appointed pubhcity manager of tele
vision station WTVN here. Columbus
Huntington's home town. He succeeds Rut
Russell, who resigned following her marria
to Mort Sherman of the sales department cj
WBNS-TV.
City parldng commission announced
the second site for a downtown municip
parking garage would be located in the aref
bounded by Grant, Third, State and Ric;
streets. This is near the Ohio, Grand am
Hartman theatres. First garage will be buij
on East Long street at Tltird.
Corsley television station WLW-C will mo\j
to channel 4 and its power will be boost
The station has been operating on channel'^
State university will make for
application shortly after the first of the ye
to build an educational television station, saiifl
President Howard Bevis. The application
be for cliannel 34 on the UHF band.
Variety wives were to hold a Christn
get-together on Saturday (20) in the Varie^
clubrooms . Wilke, Hollywood acb
made a personal appearance at the Gra
Friday (12) when "Cattle Town" opene
Wilke's sister-in-law, Mrs. Ruth Wilke, worlj
for the Paramount inspection departmeo
He has appeared in several other picture!
including "Arrowhead" and "High Noon."
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