Show Boycott May Close Movies Managers Managers' Threaten Managers Threaten to Shut Doors of 75 Ho Houses ses PHILADELPHIA July 4 UP UPA UPA A A thre threat t to close 15 75 movie theaters theaters the the- aters here in two weeks unless the church boycott against movIng moving I ing pI pictures tures is lifted was m made de today by Leonard manager for Warner Brothers Philadelphia has been singled out as the one diocese where the boy boycott ott is on theaters i instead of against spec specific ic pictures singer said Cardinal Dougherty Doughert several weeks ago ordered all Catholics in his archdiocese to boycott moving picture the movie industry had eliminated immoral and crime pictures from circulation The move by the Catholic church was followed in part by bya a number of other denominations Ministers recommended that that- their congregations avoid attending attending attending attend attend- ing shows that could be classed as suggestive of crime or inde Movie theater theater owners owners reported that since the church drive attendance attendance at at- at t a number of theaters had fallen of off to an alarming de de- de gree |