Boxoffice-Febuary.18.1956

: February
AT MIAMI DEMONSTRATION—When
20th-Fox demonstrated its new Cinemascope
55 at the Carib Theatre in
Miami recently, Harry Botwick, left,
southeastern district manager, Florida
State Theatres, posed with Tom Tidwell,
20th-Fox Jacksonville manager, center,
and Howard Bettingill, director of publicity
and advertising, Florida State
Theatres.
Time Bomb Scare Spreads
To Windsor. Ont., Vanity
From Canadian Edition
WINDSOR, ONT.—The Vanity, a unit of
20th Century Theatres, was the most recent
business to have a time bomb scare in a
series of hoaxes in Ontario which have involved
both airplanes in flight and structures
on the ground.
Windsor police rushed to the Vanity and
the theatre was evacuated when a telephone
warning said that a bomb was due to explode.
A search, in which Manager E. Taylor and
staff cooperated, revealed no trace of explosive.
A similar incident occurred the previous
week at the Odeon Humber in Toronto.
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Remodeling Starts
At Portland Guild
From Western Edition
PORTLAND. ORE.—The Guild Theatre
here is undergoing a complete remodeling
program. Martin Foster, managing director,
said ovei"$40.000 will be spent on re-equipping
the house with new seats, projection, sound,
screen, lounge facilities and various other
necessities and luxuries.
The firm of Wick & Hilgers is the architect.
Present plans call for the Guild to be remodeled
into one of the more modern theatres,
with the motif suggesting the type of
pictures it plays.
The Guild for seven years has been Portland's
home for distinguished films. Many
pictures from foreign lands, as well as outstanding
Hollywood product, play the theatre.
The remodeling program will continue
through March. By that time Foster hopes
to add a lounge, with new fabrics and designs,
in addition to a new lobby.
Boston Common Garage
Faces Another Delay
From New England Edition
BOSTON—The construction of the huge
garage under the Common has reached another
snag which will cause a delay of another
several months.
Objections have been raised by private
citizens and others that the garage would
spoil the natural beauty of the historic Common
if the garage would loom several feet
above the ground. Plans show that the extent
of the protrusion will vary but in some
places the protrusion of the concrete roof
would rise from 4 to iVz feet above the
ground.
Judge Paul G. Kirk granted an injunction
restraining Boston Common Garage, Inc.
from starting construction until the plans
as set up are drastically altered so that they
do not violate the present statute passed in
1946 under which the garage was scheduled
to be built. Retail store heads and theatremen
have long urged the construction of
the underground parking space for 1,800 cars
as sorely needed as a boom to business.
Jamaica Plain Theatre
Is Destroyed by Blaze
BOSTON—The Center Theatre at Jamaica
Plain was destroyed in a five-alarm blaze
that broke out at 12:30 a. m. and destroyed
a block of stores adjacent to the theatre.
Damage was estimated at $200,000.
A November Attendance Drop
BIRMINGHAM—The University of Alabama
Bureau of Business Research reports
that November theatre receipts in the state
were 18.9 per cent below those for October.
The estimates are based on sales tax collections.
The Bureau also reported that the November
figures were 11.9 per cent below those
for November 1954.
Panama City House Is Rifled
PANAMA CITY, FLA.—Manager J. E. Ohlinger
of the Panama Theatre reported that
someone had broken into the theatre and
stolen a yellow shirt, a tool box and tools valued
at close to $50 and a quantity of candy
from the concession stand.
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