Boxoffice-January.24.1953

last year produced "The Quiet Man," now
mentioned as a strong contender for Academy
award honors. Vera Ralston and Fred Mac-
Murray star in the new picture. Eddie Dowden
is in town to make preparations. Dowden
is publicist for Republic.
New Colsnac Vender Is Unveiled
By Wil-Kin Theatre Supply Co.
Mrs. Emma Meyer, mother of Sidney Meyer,
co-owner of Wometco, chose the Latin Quarter
as the place to stage a family dinner on
her 92nd birthday. Mrs. Sidney Meyer will
return from Nassau for the event. She has
been visiting their daughter, Mrs. Roy
Schechter.
. . .
A hand-embroidered linen handkerchief,
valued at $550, wound up in a Palm Beach
dealer's shop, after being given to a charity
auction in 1938 by Norma Shearer. It was
given Miss Shearer as a memento of her
1938 film, "Marie Antoinette." Purchased
locally, it will be given as a wedding present
Judge Gitalin denied the Brandt interests
a permit to build a drive-in along motel
row. The motel association is said to have
protested against the idea.
J. W. Monghom Acquires
Lippert Rights in South
ATLANTA—John W. Mangham, independent
film distributor here, has purchased the
Lippert franchise for this territory, which
includes Florida. He recently attended a Lippert
meeting in Chicago and was elected as
a member of the executive committee to represent
franchise holders in the south and
southwestern territories.
Mangham also is distributor for Realart,
Masterpiece Productions, Western Adventure
Productions and Burstyn Pictures. In taking
over the Lippert office, employes of both
Realart and Lippert w^ill be retained. The
building is now being remodeled.
Two Million Feet in Stock
SPEAKER CABLE
Without Priority
2 Conductor No. 17 AWG Solid Copper Plot Parallel
Construction Rodent Resistant Non-water Absorbent
Jaclcet for Direct Eorth Burial O.D. .35x. 20-inch.
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