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CHICAGO
T*"'" I)owd. head of the newly oi-ganlzed
Central Film Corp.. returned from a week
in Milwaukee . IrvinR Mark announced
that PUmack Studios has hired Larry Woolf
as creative sales director. W(X)lf came to
PUmack following long associations with
Louis Cowan. Leo Burnett and other top advertising
agencies.
The Variety auxiliary Installed officers at
the Ambassador East Hotel January 21. Newofficers
are Mrs. Meyer Gold, honorary president;
Mrs John Semedalas. president: Mrs.
Lester Grand, first vice-president; Mrs. P.
Dudley Gazzolo. second vice-president; Mrs.
Sam Levlnsohn. .secretary, and Mrs. Oscar
Bloom, treasurer. Mrs. John Jones and Mrs.
Manuel Smcrllng were in charge of arrangements
for the affair and Mrs. William Margolls.
wife of the chief barker, was official
hostess. Founders of the auxiliary are Mrs.
Jaseph Berenson and Mrs. Arthur Manhelmer
.Attendance highs being rolled up by "Sayonara"
at the Chicago Theatre may not stand
for long in the record books, as "Peyton
Place" Is scheduled to open at the Chicago
about mId-Pebruary. and "Marjorie Momlngsur
" early in April . . . The United Artists
Theatre will be inviting requests for tickets
to a preview of "Witness for the Prosecution."
The film will open at the United Artists
about February 7 . . . Charles Nesbitt. 49.
house manager at the Chicago Theatre, died
following a heart attack. He had been associated
with B&K for the past 25 years. He
is sunived by his wife Lucille.
Irving Margolin, vice-president and treas-
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urer of Cinerama Productions, was In town.
"Search for Paradise" will replace "Seven
Wonders of the World" at the Palace about
Eastertlme . Kerins of the State
Lake staff is at Columbus Memorial Hospital
Brandt, director of personnel for
Balaban & Katz. returned to his desk after
illness.
Harold Williams, formerly of
the managerial
staff at the Oriental, is now manager at
the Mont Clare Theatre . Stolerow
of the State Lake is vacationing in Florida
International Telemeter Corp. has
. . . Issued invitations for a special showing of
Telemeter's pay-as-you-see television. It will
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be held February 10. in the Normandie
lounge of the Conrad Hilton Hot«l
Ten Commandments." which will
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open in
four more neighborhood theatres February
4. has already grossed $2,000,000 here.
A new U-I picture, "The Girl Most Likely,"
will play a multiple first run. opening January
31 in 40 theatres throughout the Chicagoland
area. Eleven Balaban & Katz houses
are included in this group . Columbia publicist
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John Thompson is working on the February
4 opening of "Bonjour Tristcsse" at the
Woods Theatre. Otto Preminger will be here
January 30. 31 to add his bit toward plugging
the film and Jean Seberg will be here
February 2. remaining for the opening.
. . . "South
Herb Ellisburg has been named manager
of the Starlite Drive-In by Stanford Kohlberg,
owner. Larry Crutchfield. formerly as-
.sociated with the Twin Drive-In. has joined
the Starlite as assistant to Ellisburg. At the
same time Kohlberg announced that Lloyd
Nagle. previously serving with the Starlite
managerial staff, was promoted to sales engineer
for Stanford Industries
Pacific" Is scheduled to open at the McVickers
Theatre for a two-a-day showing in April.
Because of a last minute increase in ticket
demands. "Raintree County." current attraction
scheduled to close January 28. will be
held an additional week.
Congratulations to George Lea. who was recently
appointed manager of the Hyde Park
Theatre. His novel. "Somewhere There's
Music." hit the book stalls this week. The
publisher is Llppincott. Lea was formerly
doorman at the Surf . G. Robin-
.son arrived here for a three-week run of
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