Boxoffice-December.20.1952

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tJall Walsh, manager of the Warner Bros,
praiiie district that comprises the Kansas
City. Des Moines.
Omaha and St. Louis
territories, will be honored
with a special
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drive January 11-17.
Walsh will be celebrating
his 27th year with
the Warner Bros, organization
during the
period which will be
called the District
Manager Hall Walsh
drive. His many exhibitor
friends can say
Hall Walsh it "with dates"
Herman Ferguson of Maiden, Mo., has recovered
from .';erious injuries sustained in an
automobile accident several weeks ago to the
point where it was possible to move him in
an ambulance from the Campbell clinic in
Memphis, Tenn., to Maiden. It will still be
Fome weeks before his recovery is complete.
Frank Plumlee of the Edwards & Plumlee
circuit, Farmington, attended the funeral of
his grandmother, who died at her home in
Kansas at the age of 99 years . . Services for
.
Charles F. Kalbfell, brother of Arthur Kalbfell,
owner of the Pauline Theatre, were conducted
in the Immanuel Evangelical & Reformed
church, Ferguson, Mo., Monday (15).
Interment was in Memorial cemetery. In addition
to his brother he is survived by his
wife Evalyn and daughter Anita.
Exhibitors here this week included Keith
Coleman, Mount Carmel; Ed Clark. Metropolis;
Bernie Palmer, Columbia Amusement
Co. Paducah; Pete Medley, Sikeston; Bill
Waring jr., Cobden; Bernard Temborius,
Breese; Bob Ellery, manager. Gem City Drivein,
Quincy; Mr. and Mrs. Norman Paul, Carlinville;
A. B. Jefferis, Piedmont; Harry Miller;
Harry Blount, Potosi, and Ralph Adams,
Fox Midwest circuit, Kansas City.
Harry Haas, Paramount manager, departs
December 18 for Los Angeles to spend the
Christmas holidays with his relatives in that
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area, Mrs. Haas left here on December 10.
Harry plans to be back on the job January
2 ... A number of local exchanges have made
arrangements for the customary Christmas
parties between now and Christmas day. The
present day parties are family affairs. The
old-fashioned openhouse arrangements passed
out because of abuse by the guests.
John Allen of Dallas, Tex., southwest district
manager for MGM, was in. C. D. Hill,
manager, Columbia, and F. J. Lee, manager.
United Artists, were in the territory . . .
Charley Mound. Valley Park, Mo., has made
a nice recovery following a recent operation
at DePaul hospital and is scheduled to return
home . . . State Senator Edward V. Long of
Clarkville, who heads the company that operates
the Trojan Theatre, Troy, in the interests
of party harmony withdrew from the
race for president pro tem of the 1953 Missouri
senate.
Andrew D. Cella, 79, vice-president of the
Southern Real Estate & Financial Co., holding
firm for the American, Orpheum and
Shubert theatres and other real estate, died
at St. Mary's hospital where he underwent a
stomach operation last month . and
Wesley Bloomer of the Bloomer Amusement
Co., Belleville, are vacationing in Florida as
their brother Tom Bloomer holds the fort.
Senn Lawler Is Named
By Kansas City Ass'n
KANSAS CITY—New officers for the Motion
Picture Ass'n of Greater Kansas City
were elected Friday (12) at the Muehlebach
hotel by the board of directors. Plans and
ideas for next year's activities were discussed.
Elected were Senn Lawler, Fox Midwest,
president; Jim Lewis, RKO, and Stanley Durwood,
Durwood Theatres, vice-presidents;
William Gaddoni, MGM, secretary, and Ed
Hartman, Motion Picture Booking Agency,
treasurer.
Attending the meeting were E. C. Rhoden,
president of Fox Midwest; Finton H. Jones,
theatre insurance man; C. A. Schultz, Consolidated
Agencies; George Baker, George
Baker Enterprises; Joe Neger, 20th-Fox manager;
Howard Burkhardt, managing director
of the Midland Theatre; Woody Sherrill,
MGM salesman; Robert Withers, RepubUc
manager; Arthur Cole, industry representative,
and the new officers.
Patients' minds are kept alert through the teaching
of useful arts in rehabilitation plan at WILL
ROGERS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.
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Critannlca Films gave Wilmette
firemen anfl
assist on the St. Augustine church blaze, n
Fire broke out as Pi-oducer Bob Longini was«
filming an educational sequence near thel|
church . . . Scenes are now being filmed iT
here by Johnny Auer for his Republic production
about Chicago, "The City Neverl
Sleeps." Fully 75 per cent of the film is J
being made here. The entire story of "Theil
City Never Sleeps" takes place at night.
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The Oriental has booked "Hans Christian,)
Andersen," starring Danny Kaye, for a Peb-j
ruary 12 premiere . Jack Kirsch, president!
of Allied Theatres of Illinois, has announcedl
the 1952 annual yule party for trade and!
press to be held in the Allied room on Film-.f
row Wednesday 124 1, starting at 12:30 p. m.i
. . . Walter Gould, executive vice-presidenti
of International United Productions, new!
film distributing company, was a visitor onl
Filmrow . B&K Chicago Theattel
will be transformed into a winter wonder-l
land, starting December 26, when an ice showj
starring June Arnold takes over on the stage
for two weeks.
The World Playhouse will have the American
premiere of the Swedish film, "One Sum-i
mer of Happiness." Times Film Corp. ImH
portation, on Christmas day. Chuck Teiti
will handle the film booking in this territor;
for Teitel Films . . . Chicago exchange em-(
ployes union was to stage its annual Christ-^
mas party at the White Manor club Decern-!
The Rialto Theatre, Chicago'^
ber 20 . . .
Loop, has discontinued stage shows unti
Christmas day. They are now playing a tw
bill, "Street Corner" and "A Modern Mar-^
riage."
Anthony Leiber, 77, retired theatreman
hero of the Iroquois Theatre fire, is di
. . . J. R. Grainger, Republic executive vice'
president and general sales manager,
his wife who were here for Chicago film conferences
left for the west coast . . . Jol
Davidson, theatre attorney, has retired froi
the Thomas McConnell law office. He han^
died several antitrust theatre suits here . .
Curly Clyde, well-known concession magnati
from Pueblo, Colo., was in town.
Members of Variety Club and womeni
auxiliary are sending many gifts, toys an(
candy to the kiddies at La Rabida Jact
son Park sanitai-ium . . . Harry Hessell
retired vice-president of Argus Theatri
Ticket Co.. died . Fenistein, sale
manager of Schutter Candy Co. who handlei'
theatre concessions for many years, has re^
tired after 20 years and will make his homi
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