Boxoffice-January.08.1955

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CLEVELAND
prnest Sands, Warner Bros, manager who
went to New York for surgery the beginning
of December and stayed on there for
the first part of his convalescence, is completing
the job of getting well in Florida. He
plans to return shortly . . . Sam FYitz. manager
of the Hilliai-d Square Theatre, is the
father of a second daughter . son of
Mary Lou Weaver, secretary to Ernest Sands,
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recently married. He was in for a day to
make introductions and then left to report to
his air base in Salina, Kas.
. . .
Arthur Ehrlich, who left the industry a
year ago because of his health, has joined
the new Buena Vista office as booker under
Leo Greenfield, district sales manager
Jerry Lipow, Paramount salesman, is back
from a brief visit to Buffalo . Variety
Club did not stage a New Year's Eve party
this year ... I. J. Schmertz. 20th-Fox manager,
left Wednesday i29i to join his family
in Florida. He'll be back before Monday (17 1.
however, when the industry is honoring him
with a testimonial dinner on the double occasion
of his 50th anniversary with 20th-Fox
and his 28th year as manager of the Cleveland
branch.
Paul Gusdanovic, head of the Gusdanovic
circuit, departed for Florida .
Greenberger
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left for the south following the annual meeting
of the Cleveland Motion Picture Exhibitors
Ass'n Thursday i6). Greenberger is
president of the association.
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NEW YORK—Columbia's "On the V
front" and Paramount's "The Country
both black-and-white features, ran neck
neck with the British-made Technicolo
ture. "Romeo and Juliet," distributed :
U. S. by United Artists, by being on al
"Best Ten Pictures of 1954" lists ma
by the New York morning papers, pli
National Board of Review. The im
papers were The Daily News, The New
Times, The New York Herald Tribun
The Daily Mirror. The three New York
noon papers have not yet selected their
Ten" films.
"Romeo and Juliet,"
which was on a
of the newspapers' "Best Ten" lists, 1
a separate list of "Best Ten" foreign
made by the National Board of Review
closest to these three features was the ]
film, "Mr. Hulot's Holiday," distributed
U. S. by GBD International, which v
four lists, including the National Boi
Review's separate foreign film list and
chosen best foreign-language film t
Daily Mirror.
The features w'hich were on three
the five "Best Ten" lists were: "Seven
for Seven Brothers" (MGMI and "C
Jones" (20th Century -Fox) , the onl
Cinemascope pictures to make most
lists; "Sabrina" (Paramount) and '
vieve" and "The Little Kidnappers,'
British pictures, distributed by Uni
International and United Artists, respei
Appearing on two of the five lists
Three Coins in the Fountain," in C:
'
Scope (20th-Fox) ; "Knock on Wood"
"The Glenn Miller Story" (U-I), "A S
Born," in Cinemascope (WB) ; "Gate ol
Japanese picture distributed in the U
Edward Harrison, and "The Vanishing
rie"
(Buena Vista).
"Night People," in Cinemascope
Fox\ "Rear Window" (ParaK "The
foot Contessa" (UA). "The Caine In
(Col), "Executive Suite" (MGM^ anc
Unconquered" (Margolies) were mei
on one out of the five lists.
The "Best Ten" selections for 1954
New York morning newspapers were
by Kate Cameron, for the Dally New;
ley Crowther, for the New York Time
L. Guernsey jr., for the New York
Tribune, and Frank Quinn, for the
Mirror.
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