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Sayonard Continues Firm With 295
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Fourth Week at Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES— Local first runs hll a
fairly nice stride with blockbuster "Sayonara."
In a fourth stonui. holding firm with
295 per cent. "The Bridge on the River Kwal"
was solid with 195 In its fifth week. "Don't
Go Near the Water" held to a stout 170 m
a fourth week while "Peyton Place," now in
four situations, clocked ISS.
"Sayonara," "80 Days' Lead
Seattle With 250
SEATTLE— "Around the World in 80 Days"
wound up its 40th week at the Blue Mouse
by boosting lU gross ten points, from 240
last week to 250 this week. "Sayonara" completed
Its third week at the Music Hall with
a strong 250. while "And God Created
Woman." which finished Its second week at
the Music Box, did well with 200,
Blue Mouse— Around the World in 80 Day! (UA)
40th wk 250
Music Box—And God Created Woman [Kingiley),
2nd wk 200
Music HoII—Sayonara .'. B 3fd wk 250
Opheum—Don't Go Neor the Water (MGM), 3rd
wk .150
Old Yeller' Most Durable
Ol Denver Holdovers
DENVKR- Holdovers put three films Into
their fifth weeks, one into Its fourth week
and another Into its .second, "Around the
World In 80 Days" closed out Its 36 weeks
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at (he Tnbor in a blaze of glory, picking up
heavily the past two weeks becau.se of the
National Western stock .show here. Going
into their fifth weeks were "Old Yeller" at
the Aladdin. "Peyton Place" at the Centre
and "Ralntree County" at the Orpheum,
Going Into its fourth week was "Sayonara"
at the Paramount, and holding over was
"The Girl Most Likely" at the Denham. A
.seven-Inch snow Saturday and Sunday
lAverogr l> 100)
Beverly Conon, Vooobond—And God Crcotcd
Woman (Kingjlcv). 4lh wk 130
Corthay Circlr- Around the World in 80 Doyt
clipped boxoffices.
UAI, 57th .L 300
Chine«— A Farewell to Armi
Aloddin— Old Yeller (BV), 4th
l20lh.Fox1. Stti wk
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Oo^n'o^n PnfO'^iount, New
Centre— Peyton Ploee (20th-Foic), 4tti wk, . 100
Fox—Oklohomol (20th- Dcntiom—
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The Girl Most Likely (U-l)
Coroutel
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,20fh-Fox), rctsvuci 70
Denver—Rodon! DCAj Hell in
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Korea
Brld«« on
(DCA) .100
th* River Kwel (Col).
Esquire— Brothers in Low ;Cont'l)
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btt> «k. 195 Orpheum Roinlrce County
El Rey—Genrohe
(MGM), 4th wk. .100
,Contl|. 2od wk 100 Poramoun- Soyonaro
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PoHu ot Gloey (UA), 5»h wk
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(UA),
It Hperatlon in the
enforcement of the curfew for Juveniles which
.started the 20lh. Unsupervl.sed ttftiager.s under
15 must bo off the streets by 10. but
they will be allowed to remain at a theatre
or other acceptable place If met by respon«lb'c
adults for tran.sportatlon home. Members
oJ the a.-woclation will prepare .short .screen
announcements explaining the situation to
juvenile.s and parents
Warners has merKed its Portland and Seattle
exchange offices . H, Neal East. Paramount
division manager, was In town to conduct
a .sales meeting , Hazen. In from
Moses Lake, reports he will leave the Barnes
circuit February 1 to Join a radio and t«levi.slon
business , While Sheik." an
Italian comedy, opened Tuesday '21 1 at the
Rldgemont with "The Young and the Passionate."
al.so Italian.
FilmruH visitors included Mike Powers.
20th-Fox .salesman, here from Spokane:
George Borden. Sea view Theatre. Blaine: A.
M, Samuels, manager of the Garland. Spokane:
Junior Mercy. Yakima: Harry Wall.
Lewiston; E. D. Pollock and Bill Evans.
Mount Vernon, and Bob Monohan of the
Grand. Bellingham.
SAN FRANCISCO
/"•(irinne (irlffith. the former motion picture
queen, lectured here at the Marines
Memorial Theatre under .sponsorship of Town
Hall. Miss Griffith, wife of George Marshall,
owner of the Washington Redskln.s. wants the
federal tax on individual incomes abolished
... A bank robber Jabbed a gun in a banker's
back one day last week and marched him
nearly half a block along busy Market street.
Two tellers followed the pair but before they
could decide on a course of rescue the gunman
gave his captive a shove, darted into the
Regal Theatre and e.scaped. About 100 customers
in the Regal Theatre were engrossed
in "Timberjack and " all but one missed the
drama of the gunman's flight. The one was
a woman whose feet extended into the aisle.
The running bandit, gun in hand, tripped
over her but did not fall.
Film personalities In town included Natalie
Wood, recently married to actor Robert Wagner,
and Tommy Sands, singing idol of the
. . . Visitors to the
teenagers, here for personal appearances . . .
"Pathar Panchali." distributed by Edward
Harrison in the United States, was doing outstanding
business in its national premiere at
Row
the Vogue Theatre
included William Oarren. Albany Theatre.
Albany: Bob Patton of the Uptown Theatre.
Sonora. and Charlie Dixon. Capltola Theatre.
Congratulatinns to Albert Levin. Coronet
Tlieiitrc manager, on his new baby daughter
and Anxious" was given a
promotional boost by appearance of stars
Mary Webster. Ron Hagerthy and Diana
Fnuicis at lobby autograph party luid by their
visits to television studios and with the press
to the Gene Kleins on
the spanking new baby boy.
Irene Dunne to Speak
HOLLYWOOD—Ircne Dunne, actress and
delegate to the United Nations, will be the
keynote speaker February 2 at the .scventli
annual motion picture Industry Catholic communion
breakfast, it was announced by M, J,
E McCarthy. Allied Artists exchange, chairman
of the event. McCarthy al.so announced
that singer Molly Bee will headline the
event's enterta.lnmenl program
W-6 BoxorricE January 27, 19ft8