Boxoffice-August.21.1954

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WINNIPEG
Paragon has added another service for its
member subscribers as well as for any other
independent exhibitors. They are booking a
complete two-hour stage show of magic and
hypnotism headed by Trebini. For advance
publicity, Ti-ebini drives through traffic
blindfolded, and hypnotizes a scantily clad
damsel in the window of any tie-in department
store. The show has appeared successfully
in Canora and Kamsack, and will
shortly appear throughout most of rural Saskatchewan
and Manitoba . and Mrs.
Bill Mcintosh of the Rabbit Lake Drive-In at
Kenora, Ont., recently visited the film exchange
. Booker David Babier recently
announced his engagement to Columbia
Shorts Booker Beverly Davidow.
RKO Manager Barry Myers has returned
MR. EXHIBITOR
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We now/ have a library of good 40-
second sound trailers (adfilms) for 32
different business classifications, covering
every type of merchant in your
town.
We can tie in the merchant's name,
slogan, etc., with appropriate voice
message and SELL this service for you
LOCALLY and PROFITABLY in English
or
French.
Our Trailers run a full week in each
theatre at every performance and we
have enough DIFFERENT subjects to
give a maximum 26-week program
during the year.
For
CONSISTENT extra revenue-at no
extra cost
Write, wire or phone
FRED T. STINSON
General
ADFILMS
Manager
77 York Street
LIMITED
Toronto, Ontario EMpire 8-8986
tanned and rested from his vacation to the
far northern beaches . and Rose
Nackimson spent several days saying farewell
to Filmrow, exhibitors and friends. Nackim-
Terry Grant is the name of the third son for son, who now heads RKO's Toronto office, is
a brother-in-law of RKO Montreal Manager
Bill Minuk, Corona exhibitor, who had
hoped to join the exclusive ranks of the Harry Cohen. Between the two they have won
Exhibitors-With-Three-Sons-Club. Present all company drives the last few years.
members of which are David Rothstein,
The Miles interests have purchased the
David Carr and Ben Sommers. If you can
Roxy,
qualify, please write us and we will send you
Neepawa; Airline Drive-In, Neepawa;
a membership . program arrangements
and Lyric, Minnedosa from Leon Asper, who
left with the local Deluxe and the only
come from the Park, Waskesiu, Sask.
Every program shows one evening and the
is
house in Carman. There is a slight possibility
that Asper may team with Lou Rubin to build
next afternoon, thereby giving two different
the West Kildonan house at St. Anthony and
programs in any given day. There is a different
Main . Northmain has gone to 25
and
cartoon every day, the latest newsreel
cents every Wednesday, thereby gaining the
every Wednesday and Saturday. Waskesiu,
sobriquet of "The Two-Bit Kid" for Dave
summer resort about 65 miles from Prince
Kaufman, co-manager of the drive-in with
Albert, operated by Zaparaniuk, veteran
is Bill
small chain exhibitor in Saskatchewan
Calof.
his oldest
Mort Calof has been bringing
son to the exchange for protection lately,
off to Vogue exhibitor Mori'is Wiseman.
Any man who can sell a hardware
fearing bodily harm from irate competitive
and
an appliance store, both located in the Northend,
ozone operators.
to advertise in the Vogue monthly pro-
Two film exchange bereavements were the
gram calendar is really a salesman . . . The passing of Dr. I. Pearlman, father of Columbia
Vogue is at the opposite end of town.
Manager Sam Pearlman; and the passing
of Israel Mandel, father of International Film
Distributors Manager Mike Mandel ... A
reception was held at the Roseland for Calgary
Columbia Manager Hector Ross who
recently visited his hometown . . . First annual
Picture Pioneers golf tournament and stag
was held at the Glendale Golf and Country
Club. Arrangements were in the hands of
Abe Feinstein, UA manager.
In a recent lead editorial the Tribune came
out for uniform time throughout the province,
suggesting would-be golfers go to work
an hour earlier, get home an hour earlier.
Exhibitors have been waiting for some time
for at least one newspaper to take their side,
and now that it has, proclaiming as much
from its masthead, not a move was made
by the powers that be to follow thru. What's
the matter, fellows, too busy golfing?
Rnta Lee, one of the "brides" in the MGM
"Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" passed
through recently with MGM exploitation
chief Chet R-iedman. Miss Lee was greeted
at the airport by MGM Manager Abe Levy,
and Famous Players executive Harold A.
Bishop
. . . Film Service's Ben Adilman is
back on the job after a two week vacation . . ,
"Living It Up" was held over a second week
by Eddie Newman at the Met.
NFB Empire Games Film
To Canadian Theatres
MONTREAI^The National Film Board
was to release this week its film covering
The total seating capacity of Denmark';
458 motion picture theatres is 146,337.
TORONTO
T D. McCuUoch, president of the Motion
Picture Theatres Ass'n of Ontario, has
closed his Iroquois at Petrolia for a thorough
overhaul and the installation of improvements
. Shawn, proprietor of the
400-seat Variety, secured first run of the controversial
"Salt of the Earth." Shawn wi
formerly in film distribution ... In for se
eral days' stay was Floyd Rumford, owner
the Kineto in Forest, to check on book
just in case there is a railway strike. He is
a longtime director of the MPTA of Ontario.
Irving Stern shouldered a heavy share ol
preparations for the Pioneers golf championship
tournament, then competed as a member
of the foursome representing J. Arthuj
Rank companies and drew a prize when th«
team finished second to the Motion Pictun
Operators' four . years Stan Hameii
operated the Ai'cadian in the downtown district
but the theatre is now in the hands o
wreckers to make way for an office building
Manager Vic Nowe of the downtown OdeoD
aided by W. C. Tyers and Jim Hardiman, i
enjoying the fruits of a wonderful tie-in wiU
the Dominion grocery chain on "Man WiU
a Million" in a jingle contest in which th'
winner and companion will earn a twotrip
to Great Britain by air and, on return
will get a new Nash.
With "Three Coins in the Fountain"
ing many theatres, tourists tossed numerou
dimes and nickels into the basin of the flora
clock at Niagara Falls, but the money fre
quently disappeared. Police finally caught
night visitor who had $20 in coins WTappe
in a blanket in the rear seat of his car. H
was charged with vagrancy . Crai
of the United Amusements at Hamilton in
troduced the first suburban CinemaScope i
the nearby city August 16 at the Straa
which he manages . Taylor's 206
Century Theatres has its fii-st Cinema Scop
in the new suburban Westwood on the wesi
ern fringe of the city.
MARITIMES'
•The Kent Theatre in Moncton, N. B„ whic
was destroyed by fire in 1948, is to
rebuilt, according to Greig Jones, local Odec
Theatres manager. Gai-son Theatres i
sociated with Odeon in this operation
Industry people represented on the Isre
bond drive now under way in St. John t
elude Joseph M. Franklin, F&H Theatn
honorary chairman for the Maritimes, a)
highlights and .some of the background of
the British Empire games in Vancouver.
Nicholas Balla, executive producer of NFB,
supervised editing of the film, which is a
one-reel black and white story climaxed by Mitchell Franklin and Peter Herschorn, P&';
the mile duel between John Landy and Roger and A. I. Garson of Garson Theatres,
Bannister. Four of Canada's top cameramen, Joseph M. Franklin is chau-man of the
Osmond Borradaile of Royal Journey fame; en's division.
Don Wilder, who produced "Stratford Adventure";
and Jack Long and Felix Lazarus General Theatre Supply offices in St. Jo
P. R. Hayes of Toronto is assisting at t
filmed the picture under direction of Jack while Duncan McDonald, local manager,
Olsen and assistant Bill Stephenson.
on sick leave . . . Gerald and Gordon Speni
Andy O'Brien, Montreal sports editor and
were present at the opening of the F.
columnist of Weekend magazine WTote the
Spencer circuit's North River Drlve-ij
commentai-y and appears as an interviewer
Charlottetown, P.E.I. . . . Mitchell Fra
in several sequences of the film.
was elected chairman of the B'nai B'rlth ij
A. E. Smith, MGM manager, treasup
Others are Mitchell Bernstein and Josh
Lieberman, B&L circuit; Samuel A. Bat
ordinating committee regional workshop
all Maritime lodges at a meeting held at t|
Nova Scotian hotel in Halifax.
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