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December<br />
ATLANTA<br />
n frozen<br />
sprinkler head caused a sprinkler<br />
- system to go off in the Rialto at Atlanta<br />
recently (16), spraying five rows of theatre<br />
seats and bringing five companies of fii-e<br />
fighting eqiupment roaring to the scene. The<br />
alarm occurred about 10:30 a.m.. 30 minutes<br />
before the theatre s first screening of the day.<br />
It was empty at the time. Damage to the<br />
seats and a roof through which the water<br />
poured was caUed neglible by Bob Moscow,<br />
manager. The theatre was operating on<br />
normal schedules later in the day.<br />
Jack Lancaster, son of Rose Lancaster of<br />
Astor Pictures, home on a Christmas furlough<br />
from the marine base in Florida, will<br />
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C. B. (Cliff) Wilson<br />
Karl (Bud) Chalmon<br />
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report to a marine station in Puerto Rico<br />
January 1 . . . Johnny Long, Dixie Theatre,<br />
East Gadsden, Ala., was on Filmrow booking<br />
. George Jones, Universal, and wife celebrated<br />
their 25th anniversary.<br />
James C. Mensen of the Garden Drive-In<br />
at St. Petersburg sold out his interest to J.<br />
E. Jackson and Mark S. Cummins . . .<br />
Thomas<br />
Lucy have dissolved their partnership in<br />
Exhibitors Service Co., Jones will handle<br />
bookings for 14 accounts from his home at<br />
1586 Bridlewood Circle, Decatur, and Lucy<br />
will continue to operate as Exhibitors Service<br />
at 189 Walton St. NW.<br />
Norma Brower, U-I resigned prior to impending<br />
motherhood. Janet Marks also resigned.<br />
The U-I Christmas party was held<br />
at Jennings on December 19 . . . The<br />
girls<br />
of Metro gave a Christmas luncheon party<br />
in the Paradise room of the Henry Grady<br />
hotel . . . Doris Gafford went home to Thaxton.<br />
Miss., for the holidays . . . MGM employes<br />
on vacation: Dick Smith, cashier;<br />
Russell Gauss, manager and Betty Jo Clayton.<br />
George Roscoe, Columbia manager, was on<br />
a vacation . . . The Columbia Christmas<br />
party was held in the office Friday . . . Manager<br />
Brauer of Republic returned from a trip<br />
to Savannah. On vacation were B. G. Hopkins,<br />
with his family, to Knoxville. Tenn.; Sid<br />
Reams, visiting his daughter in Columbus,<br />
Ga., and James Cronin.<br />
. . .<br />
Warners' Christmas party was held Friday<br />
(19) at Mammy's Shanty . Williamson<br />
and his family spent Christmas in Houston,<br />
Tex Dorothy Morris was married<br />
recently.<br />
Bill Coleman, MGM publicist from Dallas,<br />
was at the Variety Club. Bill put on the<br />
"Gone With the Wind" premiere here in 1939<br />
. . . "Dusk to Dawn" shows is spreading among<br />
drive-in theatres. Bernie Rubin of Imperial<br />
Pictures in Cleveland, Ohio, is credited with<br />
originating the practice. From 7 to 8 features<br />
are played on the Saturday all-night<br />
shows, and all patrons who remain till dawn<br />
received coffee and doughnuts free. Dixie<br />
Drive-In Theatres of Atlanta tried out the<br />
idea at its drive-in at Savannah, and results<br />
were 25 per cent above normal business.<br />
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FOLLOWS THE FLEET — Lindsey<br />
Jones, former booker at the U-I exchange<br />
in Atlanta, keeps up to date on film industry<br />
developments by reading BOX-<br />
OFFICE aboard his ship, a submarine<br />
tender in the Pacific fleet. Jones returned<br />
to the navy base at San Diego recently<br />
following a three-week leave spent at<br />
his Atlanta home.<br />
Exhibitor's Dog Wins<br />
BEARDEN, ARK.—L. Brazil jr., owner of<br />
the New Theatre here, said his dog Blue won<br />
the first tree at the Clark county. Ark., coon<br />
field trial held here early in December. Brazil<br />
also said that since Rod Cameron's visit here<br />
with the Movietime tour in May it came as<br />
no surprise to him that Cameron was voted<br />
most-popular actor by Bearden voters in the<br />
recent Arkansas Movie Ballot contest.<br />
Fire Destroys Alicia Theatre<br />
ALICIA, ARK.—The Alicia Theatre, operated<br />
by Ben R. Bush and Carl Polston, was<br />
destroyed in a $20,000 fire December 17.<br />
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