Boxoffice-12.1953

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. . Sam
. . John
. . Mr.
. . William
. . Tom
. . Thomas
Pfoiiiie.
Doctor's Orders!
MY DOCTOR INSISTS THAT I
GIVE UP MY BUSINESS
I WILL SACRIFICE
FOR QUICK SALE
MY TWO DOWNTOWN THEATRES IN
PORT HURON, MICHIGAN . . .
THE FIRST RUN RIVIERA-AND 2ND
RUN LAKE THEATRE.
for Information Contact
WILLIAM KENTZ
237 N. Von Buren
BAY CITY, MICH.—Phone 7652
DETROIT DESK SPACE
FOR RENT
Excellent Downtown Location
Convenient to
Filmrow
DETROIT
l^ort Grass, theatrical attorney who now
publishes the Grand River Record, and
Bob Silbar, former motion picture tradepress
correspondent, were luncheon partners with
your scribe at the press preview of the new
Packards . Ackerman. retired operator
of the East Side, and his bride are leaving
on a three-month honeymoon trip to
Florida and California . . . Norman J. Ladouceur,
manager of the Family for exhibitor
Edgar E. Kirchner, reports that Ralph Boudreau,
formerly of the Rio, now with the
projection crew at the Family, succeeded the
late Norbert Glaser. Teamed with him are
Ernest Pickering and Herbert Friese. Gus
Wetzel remains as sole operator at the Rio,
which is no longer on a shift basis.
Arvid Kantor, who formerly shared space
with BOXOFFICE and at one time was chief
barker of Detroit Variety Club, is now a
director of the New York Variety tent . . .
Moe Teitel and Harry Mitz have re-registered
title to the Warfield Theatre . A.
Funk is resuming active management of the
Great Lakes Theatre, and in addition is serving
as administrator for the estate of his
father, the late Gustave W. Funk. The theatre
is now being operated jointly by the
estate and by Henry C. Funk, a brother
the deceased, and Thomas Lancaster.
Dillon M. "Dee" Krepps, manager of the
United Artists, received a gold football as an
early Christmas recognition from the national
champions of professional football, the Detroit
Lions. Krepps used to be a football player
himself.
a cleaning and pressing plant . . . The monument
for the late Harold Bernstein, Bay City
exhibitor-leader, was unveiled Sunday on the
anniversary of his death.
Jack Colwell, captain of the Local 199
bowling team, not only won the big turkey
donated by Nightingale President Mel Don-
Ion for Thanksgiving, but led his team into
first
place by two points.
WIDE
3-D
SCREENS
LENSES
STEREOPHONIC
SOUND
Write or Phone Boxoffice, 1009 Fox Theatre BIdg.
Detroit 1, Mich. Phone WOodward 2-1100
Al Champagne, 20th-Fox booker, was on
the sick list of the week . McCleaster,
20th-Fox district manager, was on the visitors
list . . . Albert
Hefferan is returning to
management of the Century at Coopersville,
which has been operated by John Oatley of
.
Rockford. House is being redecorated and air
conditioned and Mrs. Carl Johns
have taken over the interest of Mrs. Prances
Fralick in the Kingston and Ritz theatres
in Cheboygan, becoming sole owners. Sam
Fralick, long a partner in the houses with
OUTSTANDING CRAPTSMANSH AND ENCINECRINC
Johns, died two years ago. Other houses
listed
for Cheboygan are the new Gold Front,
L O L THEATRE CONCESSION
INCREASED PROFITS - DECREASED WORRIES
PERSONALIZED SUPERVISED SERVICE
DRIVE-IN AND INDOOR THEATRES
2937 St. Aubln Detroit 7, Mich.
Temple 13350
RCA
Dealer
con olwoys
You
depend on RCA
quolity.
See u% Now .
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Whatever you needwe
can supply it.
ERNIE FORBES
opened by John G. McLelland, and the Silver,
now closed, which was operated by Silver &
Wickersham.
Joseph B. Rosen arrived from Washington
to take over the helm as the new Universal
manager . Dembeck is taking over
booking of the Krul circuit's Home and King
theatres at Cooperative, formerly handled by
Henry P. Zapp . . . Eddie Talarek, shipper
at Republic, fell downstairs at home Sunday
and injured his back . . . Nathan Levin, new
Allied Artists manager, flew back from a
holiday visit to Boston.
Stanley Baran, booker for Allied Artists, was
slowed down by a cold .
Kentz, 28
years in the exhibition business in Michigan,
is planning to dispose of his Lake (formerly
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the Ritz) and Riviera at Port Huron to retire
from the industry and enter the real estate
business. He will convert the now closed
Royal at Bay City, formerly the Woodside.
into a store.
Michael J. Chargot has converted the former
Pinegrove Theatre in Port Huron into
SE RV ICE-QU ALITY-PRICE
COLD CHIPS
Potato Chips Excltisively for the Theatre Trode.
VETERAN FOOD PRODUCTS, INC.
6439 Ml. Elliott Ave
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