You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles
YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.
cloi"<br />
The EXHIBITOR HAS HIS SAY<br />
(Continued from preceding pagej<br />
and Norman Krasna have proven themselves<br />
a good production team. They have given us<br />
a comedy, a drama and now an action film<br />
and all of them have been excellent. This<br />
picture kept my customers completely captivated<br />
through its two hours of running time.<br />
But it would have been better if it had been<br />
In Technicolor. Weather: Excellent.—Jerry B.<br />
Walden. Crest Theatre, Seagoville, Tex.<br />
Small-town and rural patronage.<br />
SUughter Trail fRKO)—Brian Donlevy, Gig<br />
Young, Virginia Grey. This is the worst exhibition<br />
of a western picture we have had<br />
for a long time. There were a couple of nice<br />
western songs but they sang them all the<br />
way through and by the end of the show<br />
everybody in the theatre was pretty well fed<br />
up. Played Thurs., Fri., Sat. Weather: Cold.—<br />
Tom Hetherington, Musicland Theatre, Kaslo,<br />
B. C. SmaU-town and rural patronage.<br />
Thing From Another World, The (RKO)—<br />
Kenneth Tobey, Margaret Sheridan, James<br />
Young. One of the greatest pictures in the<br />
history of the movies. We had a full house.<br />
William Taylor, State Theatre, Brooklyn,<br />
N. Y. Neighborhood patronage.<br />
REPUBLIC<br />
Colorado Sundown (Rep)—Rex Allen, Mary<br />
Ellen Kay, Slim Pickens. Rex Allen does as<br />
good a job of "cowboying" as any of the<br />
others. He gets the kids but darn few adults.<br />
Played Tues., Wed.—Frank E. Sabin, Majestic<br />
Theatre, Eureka, Mont. Small-town and rural<br />
patronage.<br />
20th CENTORY-FOX<br />
Half Angel (20th-Fox) — Loretta Young,<br />
Joseph Cotten, Cecil Kellaway. Very good.<br />
Many laughs. Customers okayed it. Good<br />
"biz." Played Fri., Sat., Sun.—Weather: O.K.<br />
—Frank E. Sabin, Majestic Theatre, Eureka,<br />
Mont. Small-town and rural patronage.<br />
Lost Planet Airmen (Rep)—Reissue. Tristram<br />
Coffin, Mae Clarke, Don Haggerty. If<br />
this were a serial it would be fine . . . but<br />
brother! Too fantastic for everybody, actually<br />
to the point of absurdity. They did not<br />
go for this one. Played Wed., Thurs. Weather:<br />
Cool with rain.—G. J. Forhan, Montcalm Theatre,<br />
Hull, Que. Small-town and rural patronage.<br />
Kangaroo! (20th-Fox) — Peter Lawford,<br />
Maureen O'Hara, Finlay Currie. This one is<br />
a little disappointing. It has a few in the<br />
cast whose English is hard to understand.<br />
But, outside of that it is okay. Played Thurs.,<br />
Fri., Sat. Weather: Snow.—Harold Bell,<br />
Opera Hou.se Theatre, Coaticook, Que. Smalltown<br />
and rural patronage.<br />
Rose of Cimarron (20th-Fox)—Jack Buetel,<br />
Mala Powers, Bill Williams. A "sleeper" for<br />
us. I took a chance on this one and cleaned<br />
up. It's a fair picture with good action.<br />
Played Sun., Mon., Tues. Weather: Good.<br />
Bill Brooks, Liberty Theatre. Hailey, Ida,<br />
Mining and farming patronage.<br />
We're Not Married (20th-Fox) — Ginger<br />
Rogers, Fred Allen, Marilyn Monroe. Movie<br />
stars a-plenty is what this superb picture<br />
has. Around Seagoville the patrons like<br />
movies with a lot of lop stars in them . . . and<br />
this was just for them. Our business was<br />
excellent and maybe the reason for this was<br />
becau.se Marilyn Monroe was in the film.<br />
Everybody around here has gone "plum"<br />
crazy over her. Weather: Fair.—Jerry B.<br />
Walden, Crest Theatre, Seagoville, Tex.<br />
Small-town and rural patronage.<br />
UNITED ARTISTS<br />
High Lonesome (UA)—John Barrymore jr..<br />
Chill Wills, John Archer. First thing we've<br />
had Chill Wills 111 .since he was here during<br />
the Movietime toiu-. As we expected this<br />
oldie did better than average business. It is<br />
a mighty well made feature and surprised<br />
everyone who came. Certainly worth using.<br />
Played Fri., Sat. Weather: Nice.—Bob Walker,<br />
Uintah Theatre, Fruita, Colo. Smalltown<br />
and rural patronage.<br />
Ring, The (UA)—Gerald Mohr, Rita Moreno,<br />
Lalo Rios. This is a Mexican feature<br />
with fair entertainment value. We doubled it<br />
with "High Noon" (UA). Played Wed., Thurs.<br />
Weather: Cold and clear.—Al Hatoff, Park<br />
Theatre, Brooklyn, N. Y. Neighborhood patronage.<br />
UNIVERSAL-INTERNATIONAL<br />
Has Anybody Seen My Gal (U-D—Charles<br />
Coburn,, Piper Laurie, Rock Hudson. Good<br />
little family picture but not a top-bracket<br />
film. Played Sun., Mon.—George Kelloff, Ute<br />
Theatre, Aguilar, Colo. Small-town and rural<br />
patronage.<br />
Horizons West (U-D—Robert Ryan, Rock<br />
Hudson, Julia Adams. The only fault I can<br />
find with this motion picture is its title.<br />
Couldn't they have picked something better<br />
than this? The one they had before—"The<br />
Texas Man"—would have been much better.<br />
Our business was excellent and the acting in<br />
the film was good but roles of this type for<br />
Robert Ryan will ruin his popularity. However,<br />
I suppose someone has to play them.<br />
Weather: Rainy.—Jerry B. Walden, Crest<br />
Theatre, Seagoville, Tex. Small-town and<br />
rui-al patronage.<br />
Lost in Alaska (U-I)—Bud Abbott, Lou<br />
Costello, Mitzi Green. This was a good Abbott<br />
and Costello picture. However, it brought us<br />
only average midweek business. Played Thurs.,<br />
Fri. Weather: Indian summer.—Herman<br />
Perkins jr.. Alpha Theatre, Catonsville, Md.<br />
Small-town and rural patronage.<br />
No Room for the Groom (U-D—Tony Curtis,<br />
Piper Laurie, Don Defore. The trailer<br />
does a fine job of ruining this picture. Why<br />
the companies don't pay more attention to<br />
the trailers, I don't know ! Played Tues., Wed.,<br />
Thurs. Weather: Pair and warm.—Dan Guest,<br />
Tower Theatre, Wichita Falls, Tex. Suburban<br />
and city patronage.<br />
Phantom of the Opera (U-I)—Reissue.<br />
Still Sure That This One<br />
Deserves Exploitation<br />
JUST FOR YOU (Para)—Ring<br />
Crosby,<br />
' Jane Wyman, Ethel Barrymore. With<br />
the very good date I planned on a smash<br />
opening for this picture. I used threesheets<br />
in our lobby with spotlight on<br />
them. Also in the lobby 1 put autographed<br />
stills in frames which I secured<br />
from the Paramount studio in Hollywood.<br />
Outside on the boxoffice I pasted cutouts<br />
from six-sheets. In our newspaper I inserted<br />
various small ads throughout the<br />
want ad columns. I put out big specially<br />
printed handbills. But—the picture<br />
flopped! On the first night there was<br />
rain and a big program was being put<br />
on in the church. On the second night<br />
there was a ball game at the schoolhnuse.<br />
But, as far as the picture is concerned,<br />
it was superior. Bing Crosby was very<br />
good, but the person who did the superb<br />
job of acting was Jane Wyman. She is<br />
good at anything she undertakes. I would<br />
vote for her as the top-money actress.<br />
This film has everything in it to please.<br />
Play it by all means! Weather: Terrible.<br />
—Jerry B. Walden, Crest Theatre, Seagoville,<br />
Tex. Small-town and rural patronage.<br />
Nelson Eddy, Claude Rains, Susanna Foster.<br />
We played this picture in Kaslo about four<br />
years ago and it was so good that we thought<br />
we'd try it again. And again we had wonderful<br />
crowds. This goes to show that people<br />
want to see good old pictures instead of some<br />
of the new "corn" Hollywood is putting out<br />
now. Played Mon., Tues., Wed. Weather;<br />
Cold.^Tom Hetherington, Musicland TheatrCj-<br />
Kaslo, B.C. Small-town and rural patronage.<br />
Reunion in Reno (U-I) — Mark Stevei<br />
Peggy Dow, Gigi Perreau. This is a fine llttup)<br />
comedy-tearjerker that should be welcome<br />
any calendar . . . but it didn't make its wi<br />
for us. First failure from Universal in som^i i
Change language