Boxoffice-Febuary.28.1953

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Schulte, Casper, Wyo.. theatreman, and
Mrs. Schulte, were in Tucson, Ariz., vacationing
... V. J. Dugan, 20th-Fox manager,
was in Albuquerque on a sales trip . . . Western
Union is putting teletypes in exclianges along
Filmrow in preparation for closing their office
there.
A. P. Archer and Jot Dekker have opened
their Holiday Theatre, which before remodeling
was the Egyptian . Knill, office
manager for Gibraltar Enterprises, has returned
from a two-week vacation and business
trip to the west coast and Las Vegas. Nev.
Cecil Foss, assistant manager at Sheridan,
Wyo., has joined the navy and is taking recruit
training at San Diego. Cal. . . . Quick
action on the part of Sam Collins, manager of
the Strand, Cheyenne, probably prevented
someone from being shot, but at the risk of
being shot himself. A patron had another
man's girl friend in the theatre, and when
they emerged the girl's regular boy friend
backed the new heart tlirob against the wall
with a gun. Collins came back to the theatre
at this time, threw his overcoat over the
gunner's head, and held him until the police
arrived, which Collins said seemed like a
week.
Managerial changes by Gibraltar Enterprises
theatres, as announced by Charles Gilmour,
president, included the shifting of
Doyle Jack.son from the Rex, Rocky Ford, to
the West, Craig; where he succeeded Merf
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Leonard Leigh, assistant manager at Loveland,
was moved to Socorro. N.M.. as city
manager, and Joe Wills, Socorro, was moved
to the Valley, Fowler . . . Lou Astor, Columbia
circuit sales manager, was here for conferences
with Robert Hill, manager. Together
they called on the circuits.
Al Kolitz, RKO district manager, and Marvin
Goldferb, manager, were in Kansas City
to attend the 25th anniversary sales meeting
of the company . Parsons. NSS manager
and Robert Bode, salesman, attended the
Los Angeles sales meeting of the company
Rosemont, RKO publicist has
begun the campaign for the pre-release showing
of "Hans Christian Andersen" at the
Orpheum.
. . .
. . . Hall Baetz,
George Smith, Paramount division manager,
was prevented from getting to Denver
for a sales meeting by a siMwstorm. He had
started out from Salt Lake City but bad
weather forced his plane to turn back
Tom Bailey, Lippert franchise owner, reports
he has a Lippert 3-D short, "A Day in the
Country," and that it will go into the Tabor,
Aladdin and Webber, first run. along
Denver
with
"The Tall Texan."
city manager for Fox Intermountain, gave a
luncheon talk before the Denver Lions on
"Films and Television."
Harold Conyus, Texas theatre owner, bought
the Roxy from the estate of the late Abel
Davis . . . E^xhibitors seen on Filmrow included
George Kelloff, Aguilar; Harry Mc-
Donald, Torrington, Mike Joseph, Sam Luis;
C. E. Bradshaw, Martin, S.D.; Kelly Crawford,
Farmington, N.M.; Mr. and Mi-s. Paul Heeney,
Kremmling; Ed Hartman, Kansas City; Fred
Hall. Akron; E. M. Austey, Roy, N.M.; Cliff
Mann, Rangely; J. C. Parker. Dalhart, Tex.;
Frank Aydelotte; R. H. Dowdy, Fort Collins,
and Gus Daskalos and Steve Nitse, Las Vegas.
Nogales Theatre Reopened
NOGALES. ARIZ.—The Nogales Theatre
has been reopened after a week's closure for
repairs and repainting. Manager FYank Campillo
said new .seats also were installed.
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pirst annual Film Festival of the World
Playhouse in Sugar House drew 2,000 entries,
according to Mack R. Eraser, manager.
Those who voted on favorite films sent in $1
along with their ballots. Tliey will see all
.six film.s— "Asphalt Jungle," "Tales of Hoffman,"
"Pygmalion," "Quartet," "Beauty and
the Beast" and "Faust and the Devil"—for
the $1.
Ted Gallanter, MGM tub-thumper, was in
Salt Lake to arrange exploitation for "The
Clown," which is going into the Lyric. In addition
to heavy newspaf>er advertising campaigns,
window stickers and billboard posters,
he has arranged for saturation spots on television.
Marvin George has been advanced from
house manager at the Centre Theatre to
manager of the Capitol. He replaces Herb
Schoenhardt. who resigned to become a member
of the police department. Gilbert Mc-
Bride, who has returned from the sei-vices,
becomes assistant to Chester Price at the
Centre.
Bob Hedges, city manager for International
Theatres in Logan, rates many kudos for his
campaign on "The Stars and Stripes Forever."
His staff obtained band uniforms from
the Utah State Agricultural college in Logan,
even wore them in off-hoiu-s as well as while
working at the theatre. A band concert was
held on the stage of the theatre opening night,
with John Phillip Dalby, director of the college
band, leading.
Carroll Wright Is Ncmied
ROCKY FORD, COLO.—Carroll Wright has
been promoted to managing supervisor of
Gibraltar Enterprise Theatres in Fowler and
Ordway. as well as of the Rex and Grand
theatres here. Tlie company headquarters is
located in Denver. He has been employed by
Gibraltar for 15 years. Wright started as an
usher in a Loveland theatre.
Edward Metzgar Sells Airer
MOSCOW, IDAHO—Edward H. Metzgar.
operator of the Auto airer just west of here,
has disposed of two outdoor situations at
Clarkston and Lewistown Orchards, it was
revealed recently. They were sold to the
Liberty Theatre Corp., of Lewistown, owned
by Mr. and Mrs. Harry Wall. Before coming
here Metzgar operated a theatre at Kellogg.
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