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CINCINNATI
f^hiirles Dunn, district manager for Show-
. . . Jack
case cinemas, lias returned from a visit
with relatives is Moberly, Mo.
Haynes, Cincinnati Theatres, made a business
trip to Michigan and northern Ohio.
Debbie Ruff, secretary at C. J. Ruff Film
Distribution, is touring Europe for the next
two weeks.
Rosamond Boardman is a new staff member
at I ri-State Theatre Services.
Rick Couch, formerly with Esquire Cine-
ma. is the new house manager for Showcase
cinemas.
Exhibitors John Hewitt. Bethel, and Doug
Campbell of Danville, Ky., visited the exchanges
here recently.
Mid States Acquires
Three AMC 4-Plexes
CINCINNATI—Roy B. White, president
of Mid States Theatres, locally based circuit,
announced the acquisition of three American
Multi Cinema fourplexes effective
March 23.
Involved in the transactions were the J-
Town 4, Raceland 4 and Westland 4, all
located in the metropolitan Louisville area.
CLEVELAND
Jetting their way to a wonderful week in
Monaco for the April 24-29 Variety
International Convention will be Mr. and
Mrs. Leonard Mishkind, General Theatres;
Blair Mooney, Cooperative Theatres of
Ohio; Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Wintner, National
Drive-In Theatre Corp.; Ernest
Zwee, chief barker, Tent 6, and Mrs. Zwee;
Mollye Davis, booker, 20th Century-Fox;
Mr. and Mrs. Larry Plants; Mrs. Celia
Rosen, president. Ladies of Variety, Tent
6; Mrs. Mary McGee and Mrs. Patricia
Bashein, members of the Variety auxiliary.
Other films in the university series are "The
Jazz Singer," "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's
Nest" and "What's Up, Tiger Lily?"
William R. Lau, Avco Embassy exchange
manager, took time out while out drumming
up business in the territory to issue
invitations to trade friends to his screening
of "Cross of Iron" at Cedar Brainard Thursday
(14).
Cleveland Woman Happily
Remembers 'China Night'
CLEVELAND — The Cleveland Plain
Dealer's "From the Readers" column recently
published a letter from Mrs. Bernadette
Ruckgaber. who obviously is a longtime
movie fan. Her comments "to the entertainment
editor" follow:
"Shades of yesteryear. Bank night! Bank
nights are part of my memories of childhood
and I hang onto all of those. Your
(recent) story brought it all back.
"No, I'm not about to tell you that any-:
one, including my family, ever won any-i
thing but milling around with my school
friends in the crowd outside the Lyceum
Theatre was part of my teen years. It was!
your mention of 'china night' (which pre-;
dated bank night) that prompted this letter.'
I couldn't resist telling you that the lastj
set of dishes accumulated in this fashion
finally was unpacked last June from the
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CINERAMA IS IN
SHOW BUSINESS IN
HAWAII TOO.
When you come to Waikiki,
toMW don't miss the famous
rg^Jil Don Ho Show. . . at
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Cinerama's Reef Towers Hotel.
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EDGEWATER
Douglas Buckly has moved to Buffalo as
United Artists' salesman-at-large. His desk
at the Cleveland UA exchange now is occupied
by Robert White . were
held for invited guests Wednesday and
Thursday nights preceding the opening of
the first Cleveland International Film Festival
at the Cedar-Lee Theatre.
. .
The Oakwood Twin Theatre at Lorain
has been purchased by Donald Kromer .
Akron's Carousel Quadplex Theatre has
been closed. . . Morie Zryl, very busy but
always cordial, screened Selected Pictures'
"Lovers Like Us," starring Katherine
Deneuve and Yves Montand, at Cedar
Brainard.
Murray Salem, son of Mr. and Mrs. William
Salem, Williamston Avenue, made his
film debut as Simon the Zealot in "Jesus
of Nazareth" shown on NBC-TV. Murray
was graduated from Cleveland's Brooklyn
High School, then studied at Miami University
and abroad.
"Mahler,'' a film by Kenneth Russell,
and "Artur Rubenstein: Love of Life,"
a documentary, are on the Cleveland State
University Film series this spring. Each
night's proceeds for the Rubenstein film
will be given to the Cleveland orchestra.
We can handle it!
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