Boxoffice-April.07.1958

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Following
. . Bert
. . Mrs.
. . Mrs.
ATLANTA
lived in Thomaston and Marietta for several
years before leaving Georgia for Greenville,
S. C. At the time the awards were presented.
Wade Wootlward, Joanne's father, was in here
Two local theatres were playing iionutiiUecl from New York on a business trip. Her
pictures at the time the A c a d e m y brother. Wade Woodward III. and his family
Awards were made. Wilby-Kinceys Roxy live m Decatur. It is expected that Joanne
Theatre was showing "The Bridge on the and her husband. Paul Newman, will visit
River Kwai" and Loew"s Gmnd was playing here this spring. Nunnally Johnson, producer-director
of "The Three Paces of Eve,"
United Artist-s' nominated "Witness for the
Prosecution." Tlie fabulous Pox has also in which Miss Woodward had the triple role
opened with "The Long. Hot Summer." which of a schizophrenic, began his career as a
boasts an Academy Awards winner in its new.'paper reporter in Savannah and Columbus.
cast—Joanne Woodwaj-d. The subsequent runs
and drive-ins aa-e following through with
showings of "Sayonara" and "Three Paces of Loew's Grand reported a sellout for the
E\e."
closed circuit televising of the Robin.son-
Basilio fight. The fight film
Georgia was
was flown in for
particularly proud of Miss regular showing Friday i28).
Woodward
Other key cities
for receiving award as best actress in this territory, including
of 1957. At
Columbus, Savannah.
Montgomery, Tu.scaloosa,
least four Georgia cities can
claim that Joanne
Johnson
once lived there. Born in
City, Birmingham and Chattanooga,
Thomas\-ille. Joanne was
opened
three yeai-s old with the fight film
when
on the same
the
date . . .
family moved to Blakely. She also
C. H. Simp.son, American International vicepresident,
and Spence Steinhurst, southeastern
publicist, have returned from the national
convention held recently in Los Angeles
flLdl BQOIilOG OfflCf
, , , H. A. Gheesling has taken over and
reopened the Ritz at Austell. Prior to its
closing several months ago. Bill Douglas was
Experience — Industry — Integrity the operator.
H. W. Fulwider, operator of the Midway
ALBERT E. ROOK
Drive-In. Anniston, Ala., is recuperating at
his
160
home following
Walton
a stay at
$t. n.w. Georgia Baptist
jirvihg ^^ Hcspital here
. Friedman, U-I booker,
tel. Jackson 5-83)4 ^^vtc^^^yv^^ returned to his home following a short stay
at Piedmont Hospital
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Tillie 1422
Shapiro,
'"'^nif'^i^'
Southern and Triangle Poster Printing Co.,
atlanta, ga.
has returned from a two-week spring vacation
at the Arlington Hotel, Hot Springs, Ark.
a head-on collision with a
truck, Mrs. Cleo Shingler, operator of the
T- E- Lucy W. D. Kelly theatre at Buena Vista, was rushed to St.
Francis Hospital, Columbus. Mrs. Shingler
EXHIBITOR SERVICE CO. was seriously injured and her cashier, Mrs.
Berta
408-9
Cook,
Wolton
was killed in
BIdg.
the accident. They
were driving from Richland to Buena Vista
Atlanta's Oldest and Largest Booking
at
Agency
the time of the accident.
Serving Theatres in Georgia, Tennessee,
Former UA employe Mrs. Joyce Robbins
Alabama and the Carolinas.
filled in whUe blller Joan Crane was out
P.O. Box 2008 with the
JA
measles .
4-1555
Christine Smith
Gilliam, Atlanta films censor, gave a "Review
on Previews" at the Atlanta Better Films
Council luncheon Thursday (27) in the Atlanta
Woman's Club. A private screening of
"The Long, Hot Summer" was scheduled.
RCA SERVICE COMPANY, INC.
160-Mth St., N. W.
Chiller Twin Bill Earns
AHonta 13, Georgia TRinity 6-0394
High 140% at Memphis
MEMPHIS—All except one first run earned
average or better business during the week.
The Warner set the pace
SPECIAL
with a double feature.
"I Was a Teenage
TRAILER^
Qualrty and
Frankenstein"
Ser/ice
and
Serving "Blood
theatres of Dracula."
in the South tor 36 yeon.
13 cents per
(Average Is
word
100)
Maico—The Lady Takes a Flyer (Ll-I) 100
Lowest Cost Anywhere
Palace—Cottle Empire (20th-Fox) 120
State—The Brothers Karomozov
STRICKLAND (M(3M),
FILM 2nd wk 100
CO.
Strand—A Farewell to Arms (20th-Fox), 4th wk 80
^0 Pharr Rood, N. E. Atlanta
VVorner—
I
Was a Teenage Frankenstein
(AlP); Blood of Draculo (AlP)
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JACKSONVILLE
pred II. Kent, local motion picture exhibitor,
has been elected head of the 1958 Community
Che.=t-United Fund campaign, the
city's major charitable enterprise of the
year. He recently became president of the
Rotary Club . . , Jim Frazier, manager of the
Town and Country Theatre, interrupted his
foreign film .series to book in the third local
run of "The Ten Commandments"
. ,
.
"The
Bridge on the River Kwai" received its seven
Academy Awards right in the middle of the
picture's 14-day run at the Florida Theatre.
The picture has received excellent coverage
in local newspapers and in TV and radio
programs. On one television program, an announcer
presented a timber from the bridge
to Virginia Atter, local television songstress.
Ken Barfield is the new manager of the
second-run Ritz in Clearwater
. . .
Jack
Fitzwater, Bay-Lan Theatres executive, and
wife have moved into their new home on
Davis Island in Tanioa Bay . . . Bob HaiTis,
FST supervisor in the Tampa-St. Petersburg
district, came in for conferences at the FST
home office . . . Donald Frady, who is receiving
aviation training at the Moody Bible
Institute in Chicago for future assignment as
a flying missionary, came in for the Easter
holidays with his parents, projectionist
Franklin Frady and wife, and to pick up a
new Ford they presented to him.
. . .
Roy Smith, theatre supplier, recovered from
a long bout with influenza and motored to
Tampa to attend to business interests there
Drive-In exhibitors in all parts of Florida
are recovering theu- optimism now that
spring weather has returned to the peninsula
after the coldest winter in 40 years
had kept a large percentage of their patrons
from attending outdoor attractions.
I
Sno Cone Machines
Popcorn Machines
Hot Dog Machines
ALSO
Complete Line of Concession Supplies
THE QUEEN FEATURE SERVICE, Inc.
H Complete Theotre & Drive-In Equipment
& Supplies
912-1/2 Morris Avenue Phone ALpine 1-866S
Birminghom 3, Alabama
ECHOLS
SNOW SHAVERS
ROY SMITH CO.
365 PARK ST. JACKSONVILLE
BOONTON, N. J.
Large Core
Greater Crater Area
means
MAXIMUM LIGHT
in Georgia— Dixie Theatre Service & Supply Co., Albany—Hemlock 2-2846
Dixie Theatre Service & Supply Co., Atlanta—Walnut 4118
Roy Smith Company, Atlanta—Jockson S-2644
Rhodes Sound & Prolector Service, Savannah—Savannah
3-8788
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BOXOFFICE April 7, 1958