Boxoffice-October.01.1955

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BOSTON
J^early 520,000 was raised for the Jimmy
Fund at special fund nights held at six
drive-ins in the Boston area when personal
appearances were made by Ted Williams, announcer
Curt Gowdy and "Big Brother" Bob
Emery. All proceeds for the evening were
turned over to the Jimmy Fund by the theatres.
The admission price was a donation to
the fund. Participating were Revere, Dedham,
Meadow-Glen, Natick, Quintree and
VFW Parkway drive-ins.
The engagement has been announced of
Jeanne Lawrence, employed at the Hoosac
Drive-In, Adams, Mass., to Casimer Glisiski,
concessions manager at the same theatre.
The drive-in, located near the training camp
of Archie Moore, often had trainers and
sparring partners of Moore as patrons, and
owner Stanley Rothenberg and Manager Arthur
Rosenbush kept eyes on the doings
there . . . "The Night of the Hunter" will
open at the Astor either October 5 or 12,
depending on the length of the run of the
cuiTent "To Catch a Thief." "Summertime."
al.so UA, is the next attraction at Loew's
State and Orpheum following "It's Always
Fair Weather," the MGM musical.
Maurice Bernstein and Joe Lieberman of
B&L Theatres, New Brunswick, made plans
to take in the World Series in New York.
Head table guests at the luncheon September
27 of the Boston Advertising Club,
at which Robert W. Coyne, general coun.sel
for COMPO. w^as invited to speak, included:
Samuel Pinanski, Martin J. MuUin, Arthur
Lockwood, Nathan Yamins, Edward Lider,
Theodore Fleisher, Paul Levi and Charles E.
Kurtzman.
Grandfather honors came twice recently to
Irving H. Bloom, promotional advertising
specialist, when his daughter, Mrs. G. I.
Prutkin, gave birth to a son, and a son also
was born to the wife of Bloom's son, Pvt.
Alan Bloom, stationed at El Paso, Tex.
Capacity crowds filled the Capitol, Everett,
for the closed circuit Marciano-Moore fight.
This was the nearest theatre to blacked-out
Boston to carry the exclusive TV fight pictures.
Ted Williams caused considerable interest
when he entered the theatre to be
seated a few moments before the fight was
scheduled to be broadcast. At ATC's North
Reading Drive-In, where portable TV equipment
was also installed, officials reported
4,000 admissions. Temporary seats were installed
on the grounds. ATC's State, Portland,
Me., also reported a sizable audience.
While he was here entertaining at Blinstrub's
night club, Harry Belafonte, who
starred in "Carmen Jones," told the press of
his new film which will be released by 20th-
Fox. Tentatively entitled, "Spotlight," it will
have in the cast Richard Conte and Lena
Home with the possibility of Eva Marie
Saint to play Conte's wife. The story is one
of J. Richard Kennedy's, who wrote "I'll
Cry Tomorrow" and "Prince Bart," and it
will be directed by Danny Mann. Shooting
will start in Hollywood by the first of March
Ross, film salesman, is seriously
ill in the New England Medical Center
Hospital.
Hollywood Stars Booked
For Schubert's Season
NEW HAVEN—Hollywood personalities figure
importantly in stage productions planned
for fall showing at the Shubert here.
Roddy McDow'all and Myron McCormick are
starred in the Maurice E\'ans production of
"No Time for Sergeants," a comedy which
opened September 26. Shelley Winters and Ben
Gazarra will follow in "A Hatful of Rain."
Several film names are starred in offerings
"tentatively" booked for the Shubert's fall
season. They include Zachary Scott and
Katherine Cornell in "The Dark Is Light
Enough," Carol Channing in "Delilah," Nina
Foch in "Cliild of Fortune" and Tom Ewell
in a still-untitled comedy.
The Shubert, the city's only legitimate theatre,
has ten shows slated for a ten-week
period running into December. The house is
the country's best-known try-out theatre for
Broadway-bound shows. Nine of the 17 hit
shows now in Manhattan opened at "America's
Premiere Theatre."
Off to a good start with near-capacity
houses at the initial productions of the season,
"A View From the Bridge" and "The
Chalk Garden," the Shubert is in its 40th
year. A formal celebration is being planned
to mark the occasion.
Patrons at Airer Donate $165
HARTFORD—Patrons of the East Hartford
Family Drive-In donated $165 to the Connecticut
flood relief campaign, according to
Joseph Bronstein, general manager, Bionstem
Enterprises.
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