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OKLAHOMA CITY<br />
f^harley Hudgens, U-I manager and chief<br />
barker of Tent 22, missed the first meeting<br />
of the year of the Oklahoma Variety Club.<br />
He was in New Orleans to attend a U-I district<br />
sales meeting. With him in New Orleans<br />
were salesmen George Byrd, Bill Maddox and<br />
Jack Box.<br />
The monthly Variety board session Monday<br />
afternoon i5i dealt mainly with plans for<br />
moving into new quarters, the Biltmore hotel.<br />
The remodeling and redecorating of the new<br />
Variety home is expected to be completed<br />
early in February. The new crew headed by<br />
Hudgens took over the reins of Tent 22 officially<br />
Monday. The afternoon session of the<br />
board was followed by the monthly buffet<br />
supper and bingo party.<br />
A 35-foot model of the famous Essex was<br />
placed on display in front of the Center<br />
Theatre, which was featuring "Flat Top." The<br />
aircraft carrier was brought by navy officers<br />
from Dallas, complete with model planes and<br />
caused quite a stir, plus a nice piece of ai't<br />
in the daily press here . Jerry<br />
Terry, son of the exhibitor at Perry, John<br />
B. Terry, will marry LaRue Logan of Wister<br />
January 24 in the First Baptist church at<br />
Poteau. Young Terry was graduated from<br />
Kemper Military school, Boonville, Mo., and is<br />
currently a student at Oklahoma A & M,<br />
as is<br />
Miss Logan.<br />
Solon Lauds Industry<br />
For Anti-Red Aid<br />
From Western Edition<br />
HOLLYWOOD—Because of complete cooperation<br />
by industry executives and union<br />
and guild leaders, the Communism-in-motion<br />
pictures situation has been radically<br />
changed and filmdom is deserving of the<br />
"highest praise" for its efforts, Rep. Donald<br />
L. Jackson, of the House Un-American Activities<br />
Committee, declared when he participated<br />
in an American Legion-sponsored seminar<br />
Sunday (21) in Santa Ana, Calif.<br />
Other speakers included Roy M. Brewer,<br />
lATSE international studio representative;<br />
Actor Ward Bond, and Scenarist Martin<br />
Berkeley.<br />
Jackson was quoted as saying that once<br />
film leaders "understood the extent of the<br />
conspiracy and realized its seriousness, they<br />
went all-out to do the job—and they have<br />
done it." The seminar was staged under<br />
auspices of the Legion's 21st district.<br />
'Bwana Devil' Hits 410<br />
In Opening at Dallas<br />
DALLAS—"Bwana Devil" was the biggest<br />
grosser seen here in a long time with a 410<br />
per cent at the Melba. Other first run houses<br />
reported top business. "La Ronde" scored<br />
150 in a second week holdover at the Coronet.<br />
Coronet— La Ronde (Commercial), 2nd wk 150<br />
Maiestic—Stars ond Stripes Forever (20th-Fox). ... 90<br />
Melba—Bwana Devil (Oboler) 410<br />
Polace—Above and Beyond (MGM) 110<br />
Tower—The Steel Trap i20th-Fox) 115<br />
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Members of the projectionists union elected<br />
Berlin Parks president; Kenneth Lyons, busine.ss<br />
agent: Bert Bell, financial secretary;<br />
Jerry Jeter, recording secretary. Parks succeeds<br />
Earl Landsberger. Local 280 has between<br />
60 and 65 members and meets the first<br />
Sunday in each month.<br />
"John Brown's Body" will be presented at<br />
the Municipal auditorium, managed by Dee<br />
Fuller, ex-theatre man and active Variety<br />
Tent 22 crewman, on January 25 with prices<br />
ranging from $1.22 to $3.66 . . The Lauritz<br />
Melchoir show will be in the auditorium<br />
January 22.<br />
E. M. Freiburger Is Hospitalized<br />
DEWEY. OKLA.—E. M Freiburger, owner<br />
of the Dewey Theatre here, has been a patient<br />
in Memorial hospital in Bartlesville since<br />
December 4, due to injuries suffered in an<br />
automobile wreck. He is expected to be released<br />
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