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hes fA Tetson AF i Mohr [a 20, Parsons pe T. Beimentoou. Mr. Callatan Mr. Herein Mir. M0ine | ‘AK Sees BlackIn_~ \ Ay NN ‘Purple’ Bookings New York, Jan. 19. — On the basis of its first four-day grosses in Michigan, where it hada satura- tion booking, and in early engage- ments in Pennsylvania and New \ Mig t: h itl Fhe r Sot Yotter alls we - Hampshire, Allied Artists’ “The Mr. W.C.Sullivan an Purple Gang” is expected to be- Tele. Room. come one of the company’s biggest Mr. Ingram. money-makers, according to an an- nouncement made teday by Morey R. Goldstein, AA vice-president and general sales manager. “In its first engagements, ‘The Purple Gang’ topped the business done in the same houses by ‘Al Capone,’ one of the company’s big- st__ boxoffice hits,” Goldstein aided / Miss Gandy, GLY & OSG. NOT RECORDE™ WEDEC 21 OLE S ¢ astth CL oR ERATION f) : —— t) oo ied res ~ oa ll » oo DAILY VARIETY ee HOLLYWOOD,- CALIFORNIA we JANUARY 20, 1960