Boxoffice-January.24.1953

SEATTLE
n bout 125 customers, Pilmrow personnel, and
exchange and theatre representatives attended
the Baffle's Theatre Service open
house Wednesday in their new offices on the
ground floor of the 20th-Fox building at
2421 Second Ave. From the Evergreen chain
were Frank Christy, El Keyes, and William
Thedford; from Hamrick came Herb Sobotka
and Doug Forbes, and on hand from Sterling
were John and Fred Danz, ZoUie Volchok
and Jim Bonholzer. Out-of-town guest,s included
Mrs. Fletcher, Forks; Mrs. Warner,
Gizentanner, Edmonds; Rex Thompson and
Kane and Ron Gamble from Centralia; J.
Gibentanner, Edmond.s; Rex Thompson and
George Broughton, Port Orchard: Henry
MuUendore, Auburn; Chet Nielsen, Tacoma;
Mr. and Mrs. Pete Higgins, Higgins Amusement
Co., and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Powers,
20th-Fox office in Portland.
Ted Rayment has bought the Diamond
Theatre in Black Diamond from Mr. and Mrs.
Charles O'Connell, effective January 15 . . .
Elizabeth Berg, secretary to J. M. Hone of
the Independent Theatre Owners of Washington,
Northern Idaho and Alaska, was recovering
from an illness.
Federal income tax liens totaling more than
$200,000 have been filed against Walter T.
Coy, White Center and Burien theatre owner
with the county auditor by the Seattle office
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to 13 months in prison and fined $4,000 by
U.S. Judge James Fee in Tacoma on four
counts of income tax evasion. He has been
convicted of defrauding the government of
$27,000 from 1945 through 1949.
B. D. Stoner, district manager for 20th-Fox,
was at the Seattle office for three days. He
conferred with Charlie Powers, Portland
branch manager, who came up to see him,
accompanied by his wife . . . The Washington
State Pi-ess club held an open house for
Seattle showmen, club members and Filmrow
guests Saturday evening (17) to hear a
broadcast on the New York Critics' awards
for best motion pictures produced in 1952.
It was aired locally over station KOMO.
Among those present were Will J. Connor,
executive vice-president of John Hamrick
Theatres; Bill Thedford, executive vice-president
of Evergreen Theatres, and A. J. Sullivan,
manager for United Artists.
Desired to "scare the pants off you," as
the ads say, the Coliseum is prepared to collect
all discarded trousers every midnight
and give them to Salvation Army and St.
Vincent DePaul. The shocker is the new
film, "Invasion, U.S.A.," In which Seattle
figures as a target for atom bombs . . .
Miriam Dickie is back on the Row after a
vacation in California.
An overflow crowd of drama students
packed the Denny Hall library last week to
hear stage star Julie Harris (she's appearing
here at the Met in "I Am a Camera") give
the lowdown on show business. Things were
tough, she told them, and getting tcugher
what with television heading for the west
coast, but she praised the students for their
Showboat and Penthouse theatres, pointing
out that it is giving them very valuable experience.
Shearer to Distribute
Ballantyne Speakers
SEATTLE—The B. F. Shearer Co. announces
that it has .secured the distribution
of Ballantyne in-car speakers for the Pacific
Coast. The deal was concluded by Tom
Shearer with R. S. Ballantyne and Robert
J. Hoff of the Ballantyne Co. during the
TESMA-TEDA convention at Chicago recently.
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Walter Liebler Is Named
To Monogram Int'l Post
NEW YORK—Walter Liebler, formerly foreign
controller for United Aj'tists, has been
named assistant treasurer for Monogram International
Corp. by Norton V. Ritchey, president.
Liebler succeeds James J. Tierney, who
has resigned but has agreed to postpone his
depaa'ture for several weeks in order to familiarize
Liebler with the operational routines of
Monogram International.
Ritchey returned to New York late in December
following a tour of the company's distributors
and branches in the Caribbean. During
a visit to Medellin, Colombia, he negotiated
a renewal of the distribution agreement
with Caribe Films, an organization controlled
by Cine-Colombia. At Port-of-Spain, Trinidad,
Ritchey renewed the physical distribution
agreement with Henry Teelucksingh's
British and General Film Distributors for
Monogram Pictures of Trinidad, Inc.
Ritchey also conferred with Luis Lezema of
Monogram Pictures of Mexico; Louis R. Lee,
Monogram Pictures of Panama; Octavio G.
Castro, Continental Films, Havana, and
Rafael G. Marti, Tiopical Films. San Juan,
Puerto Rico. Business in Mexico, Panama and
Trinidad has shown a marked upswing in
recent months, Ritchey reported.
Alexander Sales Up
COLORADO SPRINGS— President J. Don
Alexander reported Alexander Film Co. gross
sales were up 6.1 per cent in 1952 for a
volume figure of nearly $10,000,000. representing
a $300,000 gain over 1951. The firm paid
$3,130,000 to its theatre partners in 1952.
According to Alexander, tne tirm increased its
natural color service and added several new
major accounts.
Theatre Lease to Dime Store
PLACENIIA, CALIF.—Dark for the last
two years, the Placentia Theatre here is being
remodeled by its owner, W. H. Rickson,
who has leased the property to a five-anddime
chain store.
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