Boxoffice-December.17.1955

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: December
OMAHA
TXTalt Bradley, mayor of Neligh and owner of
the New Moon Theatre, suffered a serious
heart attack and was receiving treatment at
the Antelope County Hospital in Neligh. At
last report his condition was fair . . . Frank
Harman, Warner Bros, manager, is flying to
Dallas Friday i23i to spend Christmas with
Mrs. Helen Goodwater, whose
his sister . . .
husband Art has the Capitol Theatre at Madison,
fell and broke both bones in her ankle .
At Hartley, Iowa, Bill McDowell, operator of
the Capitol, slipped on the ice going to the
bank and suffered a broken leg.
Iler.nan Grimes, exhibitor at Galva, Iowa,
returned home aftei- undergoing sui'gery at
the Mayo Clinic and announced he was feeling
fine . . . Virginia Struble, MGM cashier,
. . . Bill Heath,
surpri-sed Filmrow with the announcement of
her marriage to Delbert Dale at Council
Bluffs. They wei-e schoolmates at Castana,
Iowa, where Virginia's parents live . . Barbari
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Kinman ha.s joined the Columbia staff
as booker's stenographer, replacing Mavis
Walker, recently married
Republic salesman, is proud as a new papa
with his new Chevy.
Bob Krueger's Uptown Theatre in Sioux
City has long been noted for the good-looking
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Drive-In, plans to be married December 29 . .
girls at the ticket window. An Omaha salesman
was jolted on his last swing through
town to see Handsome Bob in person on the
job there. Salesman Bob Hirz refused to
say whether the change was for the better . .
Bob Willard, MGM shipper, received a birthday
cake, sports shirt and fancy argyles from
the staff on his birthday.
Mrs. Paul Fine, wife of the owner of Western
Theatre Supply, returned from a visit of
several weeks to Phoenix, Tucson and the
Theatre Booking Service
west coast . . .
topped Co-Op Booking Service by one pin
to put Co-Ops back into a tie for first
with Warner Shorts in the Filmrow Bowling
League . . . Because of its popularity, the big
free movie given annually by the York Junior
Chamber of Commerce was offered in two
sections this year at the Sun Theatre.
Ed and Gladys Larson once again gave a
free Christmas party at the Oak Theatre in
Oakland, even though they had to reopen the
The word has leaked
theatre to do it . . .
out: Edna Nass, Republic office manager, has
a new coffee pot at the office . . .
MGM
staffers are getting in high gear for "MGM
week over the world," February 5-11.
Lucille Sorenson, secretary to MGM Manager
Vincent Flynn, bagged a five-point buck
on a hunting trip near Crawford. She was
one of the first in a party of ten to get her
deer, so she had plenty of time the rest of the
day to do a lot of camera shooting
Wink and Bob Hirz, Warner salesmen, are
looking forward to a week in Omaha at
Christmas—both hit rough driving on ice in
the northern Nebraska and Iowa areas . . .
FEFCO theatre printing company is having
its annual Christmas party at the Legion
Club December 21.
Harvey Fast, owner of the Winner (S. D.)
Exhibitors on Filmrow included lowans Everett
Finley, Sloan; H. P. Carleton, Griswold;
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1 lb. Printed Noiseless Socks Per 1000 3.80
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1121-23 High St. Des Moines, Iowa
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Jim Travis, Milford:
Lee Bainbridge, Kingsley;
Ed Krueger, Holstein; Nebraskans Cliff
Shearon, Genoa; Warren Hall, Burwell; Arnold
Meierdirks, Pender; Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Schuler, Humboldt; Harry Hummell, Scribner,
and E. G Lund, Viborg, S. D.
Second Week of Trap'
125 in Twin Cities
MINNEAPOLIS—It was the second week
for "The Tender Trap," but it still led the
town. Another holdover. "Rebel Without a
Cause," in its third week also was sensational
and "African Lion," in its third, too, was
good. Otherwise, business suffered from the
near proximity of Christmas, with stores open
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at night and shopping breaking all records,
as well as subzero temperatures. None of the
newcomers did well, except the "Teenage
Crime Wave"-"Girl Rush" twin bill.
Gopher A Lawless Street (Col)
Lyric Teen-Age Crime Wove (Col); The Girl Rush
85
(Para) 100
Radio City The Tender Trop (MGM), 2nd wk. . . 125
RKO Orpheum The Treosure of Poncho Villo
(RKO) 90
RKO Pan— Rebel Without o Cause (WB), 3rd wk.. .115
State Texas Lady (RKO) 95
World The African Lion (BV), 3rd wk 100
Pre-Christmas Slump
Is Felt in Omaha
OMAHA—The pre-Christmas doldrums enveloped
the first run theatres and only the
Omaha was able to pull out a plus figure at
the boxoffice. The Omaha hit 115 per cent
showing "Tarantula" and "Running Wild."
The Orpheum went below average the second
week of "The Tender Trap" after a big
opener.
Admiral-Chief Desert Sands (UA); Night Freight
(AA) 90
Brandeis
I Died o Thousond Times (WB); The
Master Plan (Astor) 90
Omaha Tarantula (U-l), Running Wild (U-l).,..115
Orpheum The Tender Trap [MGM), 2nd wk 80
State Good Morning, Miss Dove (20th-Fox), 2nd
wk., 4 days 90
No Settlement Is Reached
With Projectionists
STEVENS POINT, WIS.—The strike at the
local Fox and Lyric theatres here is still
going on after months of argument have
failed to bring agreement between theatre
managements and the projectionists Local
606. The Local protests the employment of
nonunion men. The strike started last May.
with both houses closing soon after the trouble
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started.
At a meeting in December the managements
offered to pay $121 for a 42':-hour
week, as against $140 for a 40-hour week (the
scale in effect when the strike start€d).
One cause of the continued disagreement is
a city ordinance which requires two operators
in the booth during all hours shows are being I
presented. Local 606 has rejected the consequent
proffered plan by which the two opera-
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tors on duty would split the $121, each rej
ceiving $60.50 for a 42'j-hour, seven-day
week.
The Fox is owned by Fox Wisconsin Co.
and the Lyric by L. F. Grand Co., both of
Milwaukee.
Installs at Two Theatres
OMAHA—Western Theatre Supply Co. has
installed a completely new sound system for
Duane Lockman in his theatre at Stuart, Neb.
The company also put in Cinemascope for
George Mott at North Bend.
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BOXOFFICE
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17, 1955