Boxoffice-12.1953

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ynion employes of RKO Ea.st 105lh Street
Theatre have been given two weeks notice.
but this does not Indicate the Immediate
closing of this long established entertainment
landmark. Theatre booking.s have been made
through December and there is reason to
believe that there will be no change during
the winter. The Euclid East 105th .street area
is a highly competitive one. It has four
theatres, beside the RKO house. They are
the 3.000-seal Park, the 1,975-seat Circle,
1.300-seat Alhambra and the 900-seat University.
The RKO East 105th Street has
2,815 seats, making a total of 7,175 seats
within two blocks.
Ralph Coburn has a holiday lobby display
In his Shoreway, Toledo, that U paying off.
A couple of months ago he aroujted Interest
by putting up a Chrlstma-s tree The ChrUtma.s
tree decoratlon.s caused talk. Itutead of
the u.sual baubles. Coburn decorated It with
colored tags containing the i.umes of coming
pictures. It proved to be an excellent attention-getter
and helped buslne.vi over a period
of several months by arou)ilng Interest In the
coming attractions.
Milton A. Mooney, pre.sldent of Cooperative
Theatres of Ohio, was In Buffalo to attend
the Dipson testimonial dinner . . Pfrsonal
endorsements of theatre managers helped .sell
"Jack Slade" In .several territorial spots. The
picture was given personal newspaper endorsement
by William Powelson. manager of
the Grand. Steubenvllle; Lock Jennings, manager
of the Quilna, Lima; Lee Kramer, manager
of the Ohio, Marlon, and by Richard
Reding, manager of the MorrLson, Alliance.
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December 12, 1953
It has not yet been definitely determined
when "'The Robe" will be available to smalltown
theatres without stereophonic .sound, nor
even to which theatres it will be made available.
Leo Jones, whose Star Theatre, Upper
Sandusky, will be one of the experimental
theatres, is still waiting for a date . . . Word
was received here that Norrls Wilson, who
operates the Cadiz Drive-In. Cadiz, was
killed while on a hunting trip in West Virginia
.
Lefkowich. one of the Community
circuit officials, and Mrs. Lefkowich
are spending the winter in Golden Beach, Fla.,
where they have purchased a home . . . Al
Sunshine of Advanads and family moved into
their new Shaker Heights home.
Charles Meyer of the Karolyn Theatre,
New London, is on the sick list . . Sam
.
is Barck, a recent surgery patient, back
in circulation on Filmrow. but is taking it
easy until the spring when it comes time
to reopen his Park Auto Drive-In on Route
62 .
Ochs is back from Florida
for a couple of weeks to meet with his
Canadian drive-in associates. He plans to
rejoin Mrs. Ochs in Dania, near HolbTiood
Beach, for Christmas . . . Also back from
Florida for short business visits are Howard
Reif of Modern Theatres and P. L. Tanner
of Film Transit Co.
Rufus Blair of Paramount studios was
town with Joan and Jean Corbett on behalf
in
of "Here Come the Girls." They ap-
peared on the theatre-sponsored weekly TV
show. "Lights. Camera. Questions." and also
in the May Co. department store as judges
of the annual amateur photography exhibit.
Variety Club, which had a good crowd
its first attending affair of the year dualing
a testimonial for Henry Greenberger, who has
completed two years as chief barker, and the
initiation of Jack Silverthorne as this year's
chief barker, announced its winter program
of monthly membership luncheons will be
launched January 11 in the Hollenden hotel.
Bill Gordon of Radio station WHK is entertainment
chairman . . . Cleveland Cinema
club is holding its annual Chiistmas party
December 16 in the Presbyterian church at
Euclid and Nela avenue. Mrs. Marie Jackson
is president. One of the speakers will be Mrs.
Sperry. mother of Mrs. Elna Gebhart, and
a native of Holland, who has made a wide
reputation as a teller of Hans Christian
Andersen tales. She was guest of honor at
the opening of "Hans Christian Andersen" at
the Hippodrome.
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