Boxoffice-November.17.1956

. . Mr.
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DENVER
Joe Vleck, head of the social films department
for Fox Intermountain, and manager
of the Esquire, has put into operation
a new plan of showing films at the house.
The Esquire uses art films, and hereafter the
showing will be limited to one each day, with
curtain time at 8:30. Vleck said the 8:30
hour will give patrons time to enjoy a leisurely
dinner hour, tuck in the children and get to
the theatre on time. The theatre is also
providing printed programs, late magazines
will be available, and tea will be served prior
to the show.
The A-Best Drive-In here, which has accommodations
for 500 walk-ins, is using the
walk-in section for all-winter operation. The
section is entirely enclosed, with a large
window at the front through which summer
patrons view the picture on the usual drive-in
screen. Manager Merf Evans has placed a
screen on the window and has placed a booth
to the rear, so that winter patrons can view
the show in comfort, with plenty of parking
available.
. .
Mrs. J. J. Morgan slipped in a beauty parlor
and broke a leg. Her husband Jap has been
with National Theatre Supply since it came
to Denver . Duke Dunbar, former secretary
of the old Film Board of Trade, was reelected
to his fourth term as attorney general
of Colorado . and Mrs. Merle Swank of
the Starvue Drive-In, Longmont, are living
in Denver for the winter.
Arlie Beery, district manager for Manley,
went to El Paso and Albuquerque on a sales
trip . . . Fred C. Beltram, Cheyenne, won the
$4,000 door prize at the Variety Tent 37
election party . . S. D. Leonard is building
.
. . . Bruce Marshall,
a 350-car drive-in at Martin, S. D., and will
open it in the spring
Columbia salesman, ran off the road and did
$400 damage to his car during a snowstorm.
. . . John Vos, Paramount, and
Robert Heyl has leased the Nile, Mitchell,
Neb., from W. H. McDonald, who has been
operating the theatre several years . . . Merle
D. Lewis, manager of the Peerless, Holyoke,
Colo., died
Bruce Marshall, Columbia salesmen, went to
the Colosseum convention in St. Louis as
delegates . . . Pete Meier of the Wyoming,
Bus Amato, 20th-
Lusk, Wyo., shot an elk . . .
Fox salesman, became father of a son named
Michael Lester. The Amatos have three
daughters.
Mr. and Mrs. John Greve, former owners
of theatres in western Colorado, have taken
their trailer house and gone to Florida for
the winter. Their son Lloyd now operates the
houses . . Alice Dianne Carr, booking
.
secretary at 20th-Fox, and Richard Stewart
were married . . . Marvin Goldfarb, Buena
Vista district manager, went to Kansas City
Arthur Abies, formerly here
on business . . .
for 20th-Fox, died last week in Florida.
Bill Hobson, RKO manager, was snowbound
at Ogallala, Neb., for three days. He had in
his pocket two tickets to the big football game
of the year here, Colorado-Oklahoma, and
. . Robert Smith,
was unable to use them .
Steamboat Springs theatreman, was elected
to the Moffatt tunnel commission . . . Neil
Beezley, owner of the Midway, Burlington,
lost by a narrow margin in his race for the
state legislature.
Ed and John Nelson have closed the
Olathe, Olathe, Colo. TTiey were unable to
show a profit even with the full cooperation
of the merchants . . . Theatre folk seen on
Filmrow included J. P. Brandenburg, Taos;
Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Wheeler, Hardin, Mont.;
Lionel Semon, Pueblo, and George "Scotly
Allan jr., North Platte, Neb.
Settle Long Booth Strike
At Redwood Theatres
EUREKA, CALIF.—Settlement of the sixmonth-old
strike at the Eureka and Rialto
theatres and Midway Drive-In here and at
the theatres in Areata and Fortuna has been
announced by representatives of the theatre
operators and the motion picture projectionists.
The strike was settled to the satisfaction of
all parties, according to Lloyd Lamb, spokesman
for the theatre operators, and Bert Berg,
representative of projectionists Local 430. A
new contract has been negotiated which
covers these theatres, the Minor Theatre in
Areata and the Bel-Air and Humboldt drive-
Milton Sperling is supervising producer for
Warnex-s' "Top Secret Affair," which H. C.
Potter is directing and Martin Rackin producing.
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: November
17, 1956