Boxoffice-August.21.1954

Committees Named
For MITO Gathering
(Continued from previous page)
Harry Miller, Bill Kaimann and Harry Haas.
Special gifts: Christ Eftliim, chairman, and
Norwin Garner and Leon Jarodsky.
Joseph Ansell and Dave Barrett, film trade
paper reporter, will make arrangements for
the clergymen to give the invocations.
Arrangements have been made for special
train facilities out of St. Louis October 31 for
industry representatives planning to attend
the joint gathering of the Theatre Owners
of America, Theatre Equipment and Supply
Manufacturers Ass'n, Theatre Equipment
Dealers Ass'n and the International Popcorn
Ass'n at Chicago October 31 through November
4.
Walter Kohlhorst Dies;
Exhibitor in Two States
LIMA, OHIO—Walter C. Kohlhorst, former
theatre operator in Nappanee, Ind., and
Olathe, Kas., died here recently. He sold
his Fair-y Theatre in Nappanee a short time
ago after operating it 15 years. He was 76.
Kohlhorst and his brother E. P. operated the
Gem, now the Trail Theatre, in Olathe from
1928 to 1938. He is survived by his wife Minny
and daughter Jean Claire.
To Install Sept. 18
CHICAGO—The Cinema lodge of B'nai
B'rith will install new officers September
18 at a gathering in the Congress hotel. To
be installed are Jack Kirsch, chairman of
the board; Sam Chernoff. president; Lou
Abramson, Joe Berenson, Vic Bernstein, Max
Gorlin, Phil Koenig, Jerome Lerner, Nat
Nathanson, Mori Nudelman and Kermit Russell;
vice-presidents; Harry Plotnick, con-esponding
secretary; Eddie Ki-amer, recording
secretary; Jay Kruss. financial secretary; Ben
Lourie, treasurer; Harry Breben, warden; E.
L. Goldberg, chaplain; Al Spector, assistant
chaplain; Robert Krause, guard; Jay Kruss,
bulletin editor.
'Broken Lance' Earns
300 at Kansas City
KANSAS CITY—Six of the first run houses
held over their offerings for additional weeks.
"Broken Lance" singled at the Tower and
grossed a high 300 per cent. Manager Roy HUl
anticipated a run of several weeks. "The
Great Gilbert and Sullivan" at the Kimo
grossed the next highest, while "The Magnificent
Obsession" was still doing better than
average in its fifth week at the Orpheum.
Esquu-e was opened as the downtown house
to
play "The Black Shield of Palworth" with
the other three Fox Midwest first i-un houses.
"The Caine Mutiny" was still doing outstanding
business in its second week at the Midland.
(Average Is 100)
Esquire Uptown, Fairway and Granada The
block Shield of Folworth (U-l); The Desperodo
(AA) 160
K, mo—The Greot Gilbert ond Sullivon (UA) 175
Midland (Col), The Caine Mutiny 2nd wk 170
Missouri- Ring of Feor (WB); Texos Bod Mon
(AA), 2nd wk 90
Orpheum The Magnificent Obsession (U-l),
Paramount—king Richard oiid the Crusaders (WB),
2nd wk ,95
Roxy The Garden of Evil (20th-Fox), 5th wk. .
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Tower Broken Lance (20th-Fox), The Rocket Mon
(20th-Fox) 300
Vogue—Tonight of 8:30 (Cont'l), 2nd wk 90
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