THE MARCUS CORPORATION
100 East Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 1900
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202
September 8, 2015
VIA EDGAR
United States Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attention: Justin Dobbie
| Re: | The Marcus Corporation |
| Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-206304) |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule 461 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the undersigned registrant, The Marcus Corporation (the “Registrant”), hereby requests that the above-referenced Registration Statement (the “Registration Statement”) be declared effective at 11:00 a.m., Central Time, on September 10, 2015, or as soon as practicable thereafter.
In connection with the foregoing, the undersigned Registrant hereby acknowledges that:
| h | should the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) or the staff of the Commission (the “Staff”), acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the Registration Statement effective, it does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the Registration Statement; |
| h | the action of the Commission or the Staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the Registration Statement effective, does not relieve the undersigned Registrant from its full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the Registration Statement; and |
| h | the undersigned Registrant may not assert Staff comments and the declaration of effectiveness as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States. |
| Very truly yours, | |||
| THE MARCUS CORPORATION | |||
| By: | /s/ Thomas F. Kissinger | ||
| Thomas F. Kissinger | |||
| Senior Executive Vice President, General Counsel | |||
| and Secretary | |||
