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. . . The<br />

. . Bob<br />

,<br />

. . Georgia<br />

. . Buying<br />

—<br />

ATLANTA<br />

niabama Theatre Owners Ass'n President<br />

R. M. Kennedy, who operates theatres<br />

in Montgomery, Selma and Jasper. Ala.,<br />

Eliabethton. Tenn.. and Greensboro. N. C,<br />

on a recent visit to the Row seemed encouraged<br />

over the improvement in business dur-<br />

Heres Your Chance<br />

to<br />

get in the<br />

BIG<br />

MONEY<br />

Be Sure<br />

to Play<br />

As a screen<br />

game, Hollywood takes<br />

lop honors. As a boxoffice attraction,<br />

it is without equal. It has<br />

been a favorite with theatregoers for<br />

15 years.<br />

Write today for complete details!<br />

Be sure to give seating or car<br />

capacity.<br />

HOLLYWOOD<br />

AMUSEMENT<br />

COMPANY<br />

3750 Oakton St.<br />

Skokie, Illinois<br />

ing the last several weeks . Theatres<br />

executive Roy M. Avey was vacationing<br />

on a Caribbean sea cruise. Avey and Dr.<br />

Floyd McRae flew to Miami where they were<br />

met by William K. Jenkins. Georgia Theatres<br />

chief executive. From Miami, the three<br />

flew to Nassau where they boarded Jenkins'<br />

80-foot oceangoing yacht, the Willie Kaye.<br />

Avey expects to be back in his office about<br />

the last week in February.<br />

.<br />

Mrs. Nell Middleton, secretary to publicist<br />

Judson Moses at MGM, has returned from<br />

a week spent at Georgetown, S. C. She visited<br />

her sister, Mrs. J. O. Guerry, who became the<br />

mother of a baby boy recently . . . Russell<br />

Holder of Rockwood Amusement. Nashville,<br />

made one of his rare visits to the Row. He<br />

was introducing his new field man. Bud<br />

Hughes, also of Nashville and<br />

booking for the Hiway 21 Drive-In at<br />

Savannah, is now being handled by owneroperator<br />

Gus Hayes.<br />

Actor John Howard arrived here Thursday<br />

(7) for a two-day visit. Howard has appeared<br />

in many motion pictures and now<br />

stars in Dr. Hudson's Secret Journal. NBC-<br />

TV program, seen here over WSB-TV. He<br />

was accompanied by his wife, Eva Ralf,<br />

formerly a prima ballerina of the Berlin State<br />

Opera . Hossee and Milton Brockett<br />

of Crescent Amusement Co., Nashville, were<br />

here on a three-day buying and booking<br />

Agnes Hurt. Republic inspector,<br />

trip . . .<br />

entered Georgia Baptist Hospital for surgery.<br />

WOMPI President Jackie Cowart has<br />

entered Piedmont Hospital for surgery. Mrs.<br />

Cowart, secretary to Martin executive, Johnnie<br />

Harrell, expects to be on leave approximately<br />

six weeks recuperating. At the<br />

WOMPI board meeting held Monday (4) at<br />

the Variety Club. Mi-s. Cowart appointed<br />

the following officers and committee chairmen:<br />

Marcelle Davis, recording secretary;<br />

Frances Hopkins, history-scrapbook chairman;<br />

ELrnestine Carter, finance chairman;<br />

Nell Middleton, publicity chaii'man; Sarah<br />

Vinson, social chairman and Helene Grovensteen,<br />

chaplain. The local WOMPI club<br />

entertained the members of the Salvation<br />

Army Girls Club at a valentine-bingo party<br />

at the Bankhead clubrooms on Thursday (14 1.<br />

Al Morgan, formerly with CBS and NBC-<br />

TV. and author of the book "The Great Man"<br />

which Jose Ferrer directed and starred in,<br />

wa.s here recently. He was taken on a tour<br />

of TV, radio and newspaper offices for interviews<br />

by Ben Hill, U-I's district press agent<br />

sister-in-law of Martin booker Lois<br />

Cone, Mrs. "Tot" Joy, was at Emory Hospital<br />

for treatment.<br />

Georgia exhibitors visiting the Row were<br />

C. A. Withrow, Odum; Herman Abrams,<br />

Richland and Lumpkin; Non-is Stephens,<br />

Grand and Screven Drive-In, Sylvania; Alton<br />

Odum, Ritz and Harlem, Thomaston; R. E.<br />

Andrews. Carver, Rome, and Nat Williams<br />

jr., Interstate Enterprises, Thomasville.<br />

Other visitors were Juanita Bellville and<br />

Juanita "Junior" Force, Lakemont Drive-<br />

In, Alcoa, Tenn.; Phil Bradley, 41 Drive-In,<br />

Chattanooga: Bob Word, Word Theatres,<br />

Scottsboro, Ala.; J. W. Riley, Tennessee Eastman<br />

Recreation Club, Kingsport, Tenn.;<br />

John Moffitt. Moffitt Theatres, Montgomery,<br />

Ala.; Phil Richardson, McLendon Theatres,<br />

Union Springs, Ala.: W. W. Hamond jr..<br />

operator of the Marshall Drive-In. Albertville.<br />

Bowline Drive-In. Decatur, and Wilson<br />

Drive-In, Florence, Ala.; Henry Webb,<br />

Marengo, Demopolis, Ala.<br />

FABULOUS<br />

IS CALLING YOU .<br />

FLORIDA<br />

. .<br />

. . . if you are a top iheatre<br />

manager<br />

• Must be tops<br />

• Must be aggressive<br />

• Must know how to get business<br />

• Must NOW be doing good<br />

Write Box 7388 c/o BOXOFFICE<br />

Send photo, recommendations. Tell us about<br />

your experience, age, church and organizations<br />

you belong to.<br />

Salary no object IF you can produce<br />

Come and Find<br />

In<br />

Opportunity<br />

Beautiful Florida<br />

m Booiii Officf<br />

Experience — Industry Integrity<br />

ALBERT E.<br />

160 Walton st. n.w<br />

tel. Jackson 5-8314<br />

p.o. box 1422<br />

atlanta,<br />

ga.<br />

ROOK<br />

vehv»<br />

SPECIAL TRAILERS<br />

ste'JJS.'-f^<br />

Quality and Service<br />

Serving theatres in the South for 36 years.<br />

13 cents per word<br />

Lowest Cost Anywhere<br />

STRICKLAND FILM CO.<br />

220 Pharr Road, N. E. Atlanta<br />

q<br />

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JannacdC<br />

BOONTON, N. J.<br />

Large Core<br />

Greater Crater Area<br />

means<br />

MAXIMUM LIGHT<br />

Evenly Distributed<br />

in Florida—Joe Hornsfein, Inc., Miomi— Franklin 3-3502<br />

in Louisiana— Hodaes Theatre Supply Com pony. Inc., New Orteons<br />

Tulane 8356<br />

Johnson Theatre Service, New Orleans—Raymond 3562<br />

Notionol Theatre Supply, New Orleans—Tulane 4891<br />

in Tennessee—Tri-State Theotre Supply, Memphis—Jackson 5-8240<br />

SE-4 BOXOFFICE ;: February 16, 1957

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