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DALLAS
D J. O'Donnell, vice-president and general
manager of Interstate Theatres, will
serve as local chairman of the entertainment
industry tribute to Jimmy Dixrante. Highlight
of the tribute will be a banquet March
17 at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York, sponsored
by the Jewish Theatrical Guild, with
proceeds to various industry charities . . .
Col. H. A. Cole, veteran board chairman of
Allied Theatre Owners of Texas, moved his
upstairs office at 20IP2 Jackson St. here to
a street-level location directly across Jackson
to the McLendon building, 2008 Jackson. Now
the colonel won't have to climb a staii-way.
"Rififi," French art film which opened the
Trans-Texas circuit's refurbished Pine Arts
Theatre here January 29 for a one-week run,
has been held over—deferring "Lady Chatterley's
Lover" .
Coronet has booked a
revival of "Mutiny on the Bounty" for February
21. Starring Clark Gable, Franchot
Tone and Charles Laughton, film runs two
hours and 15 minutes. Art house currently
has "Rebecca" in a revival run.
The suburban Wilshire had "Friendly Persuasion"
in a thu'd week holdover . on
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Filmrow were Mark Cole, Cole Theatre,
Rosenberg; Sonny Martini, Martini Theatre,
Galveston; Jack Lilly, Palace at Commerce,
and A. E. McClain, Rowley Theatres manager
in Hillsboro.
Over at Buena Vista the other morning
Sebe Miller and Margarette Rowland put on
their gum shoes and chased a purse-snatcher
around the Row. A man came into the office
and made off with Mary Heather's purse.
Sebe almost caught him. too. Said Sebe: "I
don't really know what I'd have done with
him it I had caught him!" Mary got her
purse back but the culprit is still on the
loose. Margarette recently became mother of
a baby daughter. Miller reported that H. A.
Daniels had done four times normal business
at his Palace in Seguin during his run of
"Secrets of Life" by sending special delivery
notices to every school teacher in town advising
them of the booking . . . Douglas Desch
returned from a trip to Oklahoma City and
reported no word had been received yet in
regard to the Disney shorts formerly handled
by RKO going through BV. However, Central
Shipping is still protecting all dates
booked prior to RKO's demise, but no new
bookings are being taken. Columbia is currently
filling two-reeler dates set by RKO
but with their own product.
. .
Columbia set up a Salk vaccine clinic in the
exchange Tuesday (12 1 for every employe
who wished to have the shots. Columbia also
extended an invitation to the employes at
Warners for the service. WB is located right
behind them on Park . Penn and
Tom Luce have been busy calling on accounts
for Dominant . The Empire exchange has
Exhibitors Service
a new front paint job . . .
will handle "Rock, Baby, Rocket" which was
filmed locally ... Ed Brinn, MGM salesman,
has been on the Row most of the week . . .
UA's "Gun the Man Down" has three minutes
of dialog prior to the title.
Herber Theatre Equipment reports several
theatre ownership and management changes;
Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Harris have taken over
the Wakea at New Boston. Mrs. Harris is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Otts of the
Wakea at Waskom . Fuller sold his
Roxy Theatre at San Angelo to Marian Cole,
effective the 10th. Fuller announced no plans
for the future . . . W. J. Van Wyk sold his
Pix at Centerville to Fred Allen Hill and
Harris Campbell and has moved to Waco
White has taken over the Texas
at Knox City. He has increased the size of
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Jim Hodges has moved the Panther at
Normangee . Muse took over the Star
at Teague and Fail- at Fairfield from Harris
Theatres .
Jamison has rebuilt and
reopened his Jamison at Port O'Connor after
a December fire.
Lou Walters, who has gotten far-reaching
results from his classified ads in BOX-
OFFICE, believes that distance is no barrier
after spending 40-odd years in the equipment
business and would be very happy to help
any exhibitor or projectionist solve or advise
on his equipment problems, deals and sales.
Walters also wanted to make it clear that he
has no connection with any equipment dealer
here but works independently for any of
them and for the exhibitor direct. The
farthest point his BOXOFFICE ad has
Simmons
reached is Cincinnati .
took time out to buy his secretary, Mildred
Fulenwider, a cup of Java.
Franli Starz, in charge of Interstate's publicity,
got his picture in a local paper by presenting
the first pair of new-priced ducats
for small-fry at the Tower. The junior admission
has been reduced for "Around the
World in 80 Days" ...CO. Wise, Phil Isley's
general manager, announced that the circuit
had acquired J. G. Long's Theatre at Pasadena,
and land has been purchased on Jensen
Drive at Houston for a super drive-in . . .
. . .
C. D. Leon was in town from Abilene
Lone Star Theatres has set in Astor's fourteenage-feature
combination.
Roy Ashburne, Strand, Chillicothe, was
ecstatic over the fishing in his area. They
have a new kind of fish there, it seems, which
is red and shaped like a bass. Some say it is
a salt water red fish . . . Others seen on the
Row: Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Smith, Alamo and
Longhorn Drive-In, Marlow, Okla.; W. E.
Bruce, Princess, Whitesboro; Mr. and Mrs.
Arthur Caywood, Brady Theatres; Lois Mc-
Cullough, manager for Hollis Boran; Mr. and
Mrs. J. T. Hitt, Plaza, Bentonville, Ark. (formerly
of Hico); Ray Leathers, Paducah;
Bryan Blythe, Van at Van; Phillip Tidball,
Isis and Parkaire Drive-In, Fort Worth; Jeff
Austin, Strand. Frankston; Jerry Jobe, Dixie,
Sulphur Springs; E. B. Whorton, Rule and
Tower at Rule and Fort Keith, and Palace
and Brazos Drive-In at Granbury.
Mrs. M. B. Miller of Ennis died from cancer.
Her husband is the owner of the Village
Drive-In there as well as being principal of
one of the local schools. Mrs. Miller was ill
three years and left eight children.
. . . Alec
Bob Euler, who manages the Col. H. A.
Cole theatres at Bonham, came in to meet
his wife who had been visiting their daughter,
Pat Hildebrand, who lives at Midland. His
brother Ed works for Herber Theatre Equipment
Supply . . . C. V. Caver was on the Row
to pick up carbon for his Avenue . . . Harvey
Bretel, projectionist at Cinerama, became the
father of a son. He already has a daughter
White is now managing the Grove
for Phil Isley replacing Dan Hulse
Barr manages the Inwood, Tony Todora went
to the Village for Interstate.
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