Boxoffice-January.24.1953

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DETROIT
C*ha.r\es Stucki, who was operator at the for Cooperative Theatres, left for a vacation
Courtesy until the house closed In June, in Florida.
has shifted to production work . . . Bert Joel Levy is now assisting Edward J. Bonnville
in operating the Dexter . . . Frank
Foster of the Dezel office returned from a
California vacation and ran right into the Bremer, chief of operations for Ca.ssidy Theatres;
Robert Piel, trea-surer, and Floyd
ice-storm .
Zide, manager of Allied
exchange, made a three-day flying visit to
Chrysler, booker, who were in New York on
New York City .
Soskin finally has
circuit business, took in Cinerama there.
disposed of the marquee of his defunct Keno
Theatre to Dan Whyte. owner of the State at
Notes at the Charlton Heston luncheon-
Pinconning . . . James P. Sharkey, film buyer Joanne Willis of the Fox assisted with arrangements
. . . The UA Theatre was charmingly
represented by Pat Maclnnis and Ann
Fearon . . . Russell Carter. He.ston's father,
told of the star's jesting to him, "Don't get a
big
DETROIT DESK SPACE
head because you're with a celebrity" . . .
Snuffy McGill was busy taking shots of the
event . . . Tom Byerle of UDT had the end
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of the table all to himself . . . Walter J.
Norris of Butterfield, in one of his first
Excellent Downtown Location
public appearances since coming to Detroit,
Convenient to Film Row
was named the "granddaddy of the industry"
by Dave Idzal ... Ed Stuckey of Butterfield
and Carl Buermele of General Theatres represented
other exhibitor groups . . . Art Lea-
Write or Phone Boxoffice, 1009 Fox Theatre BIdg.
zenby was on hand to represent the "opposition"
from Paramount.
Detroit 1, Mich. Phone WOodward 2-1100
Boris Bernard! of Midwest Theatres is going
to be a guest columnist during your
scribe's absence next month . . . Mrs. Irving
I Lily) Belinsky and son Fl-ed are making
MT. VERNON GARDENS
their headquarters at San Diego for a month
(Formerly Lorertzen's)
and visiting son Arnold Belinsky, now in the
Earl Bradley, Florist
navy signal corps. Herman Cohen, Detroiter
who recently made his mark in production,
Phone BRoadway 3-4646
had them as dinner guests recently, with
19800 James Couzens Detroit 21, Mich.
reminiscences of the Motor City flowing
freely.
Eddie Heiber returned this past weekend
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Nightingale notes: Charlie Whitaker rolled
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difficult 6-10-7 split by sliding the 6-pin
Priced Theatre Packs.
over to get the 7 . . . Floyd Akins kept Na-
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tional Carbon from getting the six points
needed to go out on top by his own turkey
three big splits he failed to make .
Scheurer, Iris Gagnon, and Bea "Low Score"
Douville rolled a few games while Violet
Akins was busy collecting dues for the outfit
.. Larsen is scheduled to make
the cake for the January 22 party . . . Welber
Haartge and Akins exchanged belated Christmas
Francis Light, turned into a
gifts . . . southpaw by his thumb injury, has resigned
the captaincy of the McArthur team, with
William Cagnon replacing him.
Eddie Heiber, acting manager at Universal
during Ben Robbins' convalescence, is back on
the job after being sick himself a few weeks.
Rock Hudson, the .screen star, was in town
to see Heiber Monday . Morrison,
Universal office manager, left for a vacation.
. . . George
L. E. "Nicky" Goldhammer, Allied-Monogram
division sales manager, flew in to confer
with Manager Hai'lan Starr
W. Samp.son sr. is back on the job with less
weight, looking and feeling fine after his
illness ... J. J. DeVine of Monroe, assistant
to the president of Alexander Films, and
salesman Bruce Cameron, Gus Christian and
Dick Watson returned from the national
sales meet at Colorado Springs, elated over
1952 business, the biggest in the company's
34-year history . . . Morrey Brodsky, former
publicity man for the Adams and Downtown
theatres, was back in town for a brief visit
from Los Angeles, where he is now a television
producer.
Ruth Ackerman, Detroit
Exhibitor's Wife, Dies
DETROIT—Mrs. Ruth Ackerman, who had
been ill about a year and a half, died last
week (15). She was married in 1905 to
Samuel Ackerman, one of Detroit's two oldest
active exhibitors, who opened the Ea?t Side
Theatre in 1911. Ackerman is still the owner
and operator of this house, which was rebuilt
a number of years ago, marking over 41 years
of continuous operation of one theatre.
Ackerman has also operated the Dreamland,
Arcade, and Alvin theatres at various periods.
Mrs. Ackerman was active in many circles.
She is survived by her hu.sband and three
children, including Alfred, who is a partner
with his father in the business.
Bert Tighe Elected
DETROIT—Bert Tighe of Republic has
been re-elected president of the Detroit
Colosseum of Motion Picture salesmen. Other
new officers: Jay Frankel. 20th-Fox, secretary-treasurer:
Ray Cloud. Columbia, vicepresident,
and FYank Jones, William Waldholz
and George W. Sampson sr.,
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