Boxoffice-December.20.1952

Chicago First Runs
Slump to Average
CHICAGO — Business at Lcwp first run
houses was slow. New product was fairly
strong and did average business. The Chicago
did fine with a second week of "The Tliief,"
plus a stage show.
(Averoge Is 100)
Chccogo The Thief (UA), plus stage show, 2nd
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Esquire—The Hour of 13 (MGM), 2nd wk 100
Grond—The Steel Trop {20th-Fox); The Lody Soys
No (UA), 3rd wk -90
Orientol—Breoking the Sound Borrier (UA), 2nd
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Poloce—Plymouth Adventure (MGM), 3rd wk 100
State-Loke—The Snows of Kilimonjoro (20th-Fox),
7th wk 95
Roosevelt Hongmon's Knot (Col); Torget—Hong
Kong (Colj 95
Surf—O. Henry's Full House (20th-Fox), 7fh wk.lOO
United Artists — Flat Top (AA); Torpedo Alley
(AA), 2nd wk 90
World Ployhouse Gods of Boll (Classics); Blithe
Spirit (Classic) 95
Woods Pony Soldier (20th-Fox), 3rd wk 95
Ziegfeld—Beouty ond the Beost (Lopert); Shoe
Shine (Lopert) 90
Kansas City Opening
Of "Kidd' Scores 140
KANSAS CITY—Business here last week
among the first runs was nothing to rave
about. "Abbott and Costello Meet Captain
Kidd" surmounted the pre-Christmas shopping
hurdle and scored 140 per cent at the
Paramount. The Vogue's fourth week of
"The Promoter" was still tops with 150.
Kimo Never Toke No for on Answer (Souvaine)
2nd wk 50
Midland Outpost in Moloyo (UA); Storm Over
Tibet (Col) 85
Missouri The Ring 'UA); Untomed Women (UA).IOO
Paramount— Abbott ond Costello Meet Coptoin
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vc'i- Uptown, Fairwoy and Grando The Steel
Trop (2Cth-Fox) 90
'.oguc The Promoter (U-l), ^th wk 150
Indianapolis Grosses
Tumble in Slow Week
INDIANAPOLIS—Boxoffice receipts took a
big slump last week. The highest gross went
to "The Savage," -vhich hit a mild 80 per
cent at the Indiana.
Circle Operotion Secret (WB); To Hove and Hove
Not ( WB), reissue 70
Indiana The Sovoge (Para) 80
Keith's—Because of You (U-l); Scotlond Yord
Inspector (LP), 2nd wk 75
Loew's The Prisoner of Zendo (MGM); Holidoy
for Sinners (MGM), 2nd wk 60
Lyric Untamed Women (UA) 70
Two Pa. Distributors Named
CHICAGO—Irwin S. Joseph, president of
Essanjay Films, Inc.. here, has appointed two
new zone managers. Jack H. Harris of Jack
H. Harris Productions, Philadelphia, was
named zone manager in that area and Lewis
Hanna of Hanna Theatre Service, Pittsburgh,
was named Pittsburgh zone manager. Harris
and Hanna will handle "Because of Eve" exclusively
in those territories.
CHAIRS REBUILT IN
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30-Year-Old Silent Films
Playing at Chicago Surf
CHICAGO—Two silent films, famous in
the
history of the screen, are currently showing
at H&E Balaban's Surf. They are "The
Cabinet of Dr. Galigari" and "The Last
Laugh," both of which were filmed some
30 years ago.
Both fnms are German-made, produced in
an era when German studios were the innovators
of screen and camera techniques.
"The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari," one of the
first horror tales, was originally released
in 1921. "The Last Laugh," released in 1925,
established the reputation of actor Emil Jennings
in this country. Recently presented as
a double-feature at one of New York's art
theatres, the two pictures had a highly successful
run of eight weeks. Boxoffice returns
for the first week of the run, the management
subsequently reported, were triple those
of any film presented in the previous six
months.
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BOXOFFICE December 27, 1952
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