Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2019 with funding from Media History Digital Library https://archive.org/details/exhibitoraugnov140jaye SEVEN EDITION COMBINATION ■TWO SECTIONS MON ONE G U S T 1 1 , 1 9 4 8 ☆ VOLUME 40 NUMBER 14 NOT S O^^D, ipjNING THE COMPLETE PUBLICATION WITH LOCAL NEWS FORM'S FROM SEVEN •The Industry's Most Inform^ ei>artment^ an ^Caniectitm M^rchandisin sl Discussing the bow of "The Babe Ruth Story," a Roy Dli Ru>h pro¬ duction for Allied Artists, at the Astor, New York, recently are AA prexy Steve Broidy, Astor exec Maurice Maurer, and AA vice-prexy Harold ;iA^risch. EDITIONS UNDER ONE COVER FOR EASE IN READING AND FILING grosses wAen you p^y /H'&'At’s (^■^’^s/ IRVING BERLINS starring JUDY GARLAND -FRED ASXURI PEIEI LAIFOID ' mil MIlLEt COLOR BY Screen Play by SIDNEY SHELDON, FRANCES GOODRICH and ALBERT HACKETT • Original Story by FRANCES GOODRICH and ALBERT HACKETT Lyrics and Music by Musical Numbers Directed by Directed by Produced by IRVING BERLIN • ROBERT ALTON • CHARLES WALTERS • ARTHOR FREED A METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER PICTURE THE exhibit*!® ALL editions AUl. ll-NOV. 3, 1948 VOL. 40 I H { ^OIT \ URCAU > «^CULATIMS August 11, 1948 The ASCAP Decision UA’s “Texas, Brooklyn, and Heaven” may be retitled “Brooklyn, Texas, and Heaven” when it has its world how in Brooklyn. As yet no protests have been heard from Heaven. ★ PETE SMITH is going back to the produc¬ tion of those shorts about cooking, with the new on titled “International Dishes.” However, tins can always be changed if the oversea, situation tightens up too much before release. A TEXAS DRIVE-IN has become a center of political activity. Each candidate gets an opportunity to talk, entertainment is free, and a film show is included. It may become a matter of whether the political oratory is funnier than the screen fare. ★ IT HAS BEEN announced that Osa Massen has decided to change her name to Stephanie Pauli. The net effect of all this will be that when patrons see her in a picture, they will undoubtedly declare, “She certainly looks a lot like Osa Massen.” ★ NOW that it has been decided that “Hamlet” won’t he cut in Boston, this will allow such selling lines as “Uncut,” “Una¬ bridged,” or “Exactly as Shakespeare wrote it.” H. M. M. / N d\ E X Voi.. 40, No. 14 " August 11, 1948 Section One Editchial . V . ^ pEATUi^e Article — ^ - The Story Behind “The Stort” . 4, 5 A In The Newsreels . People . I*!' Legion of Decency 16 Release Date Guide Inside Back Cover The Score Board 12 Trade Screenings . 16 Extra Profits . EPl — EP6 Section Two While it is a liit early to predict tlie final outcome of the victory won by the Independent Theatre Owners Association of New York City over ASCAP in a far-reaching decision several weeks ago, no one can deny the fact that it is a distinct feather in the cap of those who sponsored the six-year-old case, and that it represents one of the most important verdicts in tlie history of the industry. I Due credit must he given to Harry Brandt, who headed the group which pushed the case, and Milton C. Weisman, of the law firm of Weisman, Celler, Quinn, Allan, and Spett, which repre¬ sented the plaintiffs. It was not surprising, hut disappointing, to note that no ap¬ plause came, following the decision, from the Theatre Owners of America, which predicts that there is a possiliility that the ex¬ hibitors may find themselves in a worse situation than before. Allied States Association, while still clinging to its legislative form of relief from ASCAP, hailed the decision as a distinct victory, and indicated an appreciative trend. W e refuse to join those who think the eventual result will not he advantageous to theatremen. While the individual copyright holders lost no rights through the decision, it is quite possible that eventually the exhibitor wdll find himself paying only one fee, and that to the distributor, without an additional seat tax. W ITHOUT A DOUBT, there will still he a long legal road to travel, particularly since the victors have already served notice that they will appeal wdth an eye to damages under the Sherman Anti-Trust law^ Perhaps arbitration, which might have avoided the litigation, may still supply a solution to this phase of the proceedings. Regardless of the outcome, the decision is to he hailed as a milestone. It is unfortunate that there is no unanimity of opinion among exhibitors, hut, judging from past developments, this could hardly he expected. However, if, wdien the end of the legal road is reached, and there are benefits for exhihitoi's, it is certain that all wdll par¬ ticipate, regardless of present viewpoints. ’Tvvas ever thus. A Jay Emanuel Publication. Founded in 1918. Published weekly by Jay Emanuel Publication* Incorporated. Publishing office: 1225 Vine Street, Philadelphia 7, Pennsylvania. New York office 1600 Broadway, New York 19. West Coast Representative: Paul Manning, 923 Alaridele Avenue, Los Angeles 36, California. Jay Emanuel, publisher; Paul J. Greenhalgh, business manager; Herbert M. Miller, editor; James A. Dalton, advertising manager; George F. Nonamaker and Mel Konecoff, associate editors. Rates: Each edition, one year, $2; three years, $5. Please address communications to oflfice at 1225 Vine Street, Philadelphia 7, Pennsylvania The Check-Up SS-1 -SS-8 Vol. 40, No. 14 August 11, 1948 ALLIED ARTISTS EXECS HOWARD STUBBINS, SCOTT DUNLAP, GEORGE BURROWS, AND STEVE BROIDY POSE ON THE COAST WITH BABE RUTH. The Story Behind “The Story” Allied Artists Tackled Something Really Big, And The Results Are Gratifying WHILE in the past there have been feature motion pictures based on important figures in the world of sports, many of these have either been hurriedly concocted affairs — taking ad¬ vantage of a couple of hot names — or else memorializing a personality who had passed on. It remained for producer Roy Del Ruth and Allied Artists to construct a show based on a living luminary who is certainly the greatest and most beloved in his field. Of course, that means Babe Ruth. Thought, time, and great expense went into the production. Three times, trips were made from Hollywood to the east soast to take advantage of real back¬ grounds, and the last trip found William Bendix, who plays Babe Ruth, on hand to appear in the Yankee Stadium before a crowd of 40,000 to duplicate Ruth’s record- breaking 60th home run. The picture is based on “The Story of “The Babe Ruth Story," gets together on the set with the Bambino for a few batting pointers. Babe Ruth,” written by Bob Considine. To check the authenticity of the film, Ruth visited Hollywood, and for three weeks during production was a daily figure on the movie set, conferring with Del Ruth and the latter’s associate producers, D. Ross Lederman and Joe Kaufman. Great personalities come and go, to be revered by one generation, and to be just a name in the history books to an¬ other. Not with The Babe. It’s been some time since he’s been throwing his hefty bat around but every kid today, as long as he can shape a few words, knows about him. And aside from the commercial value of “The Babe Ruth Story” itself, Del Ruth and Allied Artists deserve loads of credit for recreating the story of The Babe as inspiration for the new young generation, and to furnish the older folks with great cause for heart warming remembrances of things past. — Ben Belsham. THE EXHIBITOR o On the studio set, Ruth visits around to see how pictures are made, and he gets some dope from Bendix and the film's producer, Roy Del Ruth. A spectacular overhead shot made for one of the baseball scenes shows Bendix having just connected for one cf the Babe's immor.al blows. The night of the New York premiere was a big event. In the lobby of the Posing at the premiere in New York are Edward Morey, vice-prexy; Morey Astor are Danton Walker, Senator and Mrs. Claude Pepper, and Broidy. Goldstein, sales; Harry Goldstein, publicity, and Harold Mirisch, vice-piexy. At the Hotel Warwick cocktail party following the world bow, Mrs. Babe Ruth, right, and Mrs. Mary Moberly, sister of The Babe, are snapped. Seen at the party hosted by Broidy are Eddie Albert, Julian and .H^nian Rifkin, the Norton Ritcheys, the Lloyd Linds, the Lou Liftons, and Gale Storm. August 11, 1948 VITH leHUolfinan - Oracula * DIAVCn DV _ _ PLAYED BY PLAYED BY PLAYED BY LON CHANEY BELA LUGOSI GLENN STRANGE i.„.r,Tub«t j.„. Randolph . I mONSURS 0^ -S&Ss/ Blasting every previous A&C record with powerhouse grosses topping even "The Killers/' "The Egg and I" and "Naked City"! H£ID OVBR at Loew's Criterion, New York! HBLd OU£R in five-theatre day-and-date run in Los Angeles! ORBR in San Francisco . . . Cin¬ cinnati. ..Syracuse. ..Oakland. ..Seattle . . . Kansas City . . . Buffalo . . . Albany. . . Oklahoma City! T£RR/fiC in Balti¬ more ! 8iC. . .8iC. ..BtC. . . everywhere ! 8 THEEXHIBITOR Met KONecorrs New yorn TO YOU who missed us, we say howdy. To you who didn’t, we say Ah, yer ladder’s mustache. When we arrived back in lil’ ol’ won’erful New York, what do you think we found awaiting us besides a bagful of mail, bills, and assorted trivia? An interview. How pleasant to take up where we left off, and, so soon, too. The interview was with Fred Brisson, head. Independent Artists, Inc., which makes films for release by RKO, his first and latest being “The Velvet Touch” with his wife, Rosalind Russell. He told us how he went to Europe not only to help the RKO organ¬ ization sell his film but also to appoint representatives in London and Paris and to complete filming arrangements of properties abroad, import talent, etc. In the selling of his film, Brisson opined that his personal attention to distribution in Europe has increased the amount of playing time and at top terms. Brisson thought it wrong for American producers to write off the foreign market generally, preferring instead to feel that when a film has a suitable foreign theme, that greater attention should be exerted personally by the producer. He would not, however, produce solely for the foreign revenue, preferring instead the American market, if a film has to be limited. Brisson couldn’t find any anti-Holly¬ wood feeling among the people in the countries he visited, stating that everyone was infatuated with the American movie capital and its emissaries. Touching on production plans here, he stated that his company will try to make on an average of one-and-a-half pix per year, and that it was all financed and work was being readied on the scripts. Among the features planned are the story of Barney Barnato, discoverer of the Kimberly mines, to be called “King Of The Diamonds”; a comedy love story by Dudley Nichols; an idea by Rosalind Rus¬ sell, “Madly In Love”; a story of the auto¬ mobile, “New Model,” and a film biog¬ raphy of Carl Brisson, his father and noted stage star. MAIL DEPT.: H. M. Richey, MGM’s goodwill ambassador, is sending out a needle, button, and thread to each branch manager with a note which, in part, said: “This needle, thread, and button are to remind you that the sales department is committed to back up the advertising de¬ partment’s promise in the trade show advertisement for “A Southern Yankee” to replace all the buttons your exhibitor friends lose from laughing when they see the new Red Skelton picture at your tradeshow A perfumed note on pink stationery was awaiting our return which stated: “Dear Mel, I know all about you — your business is my business. We must get together and at my house as soon as possible. Please don’t tell anyone — keep our relationship a secret. Love, Mona Stevens. P. S. I’ll contact you very soon.” A note from Dick Powell followed the latter up to announce to our relief and slight disappointment that Mona Stevens was a character played in “Pitfall.” TRIVIA OF THE TIMES: A single per¬ fect rose arrived in town last week from England enroute to Hollywood for pres¬ entation to Greer Garson. It was a prize - winning “Mrs. Miniver Rose” sent her as a tribute after a special permit was granted by the U. S. Department of Agriculture for importation of the rose. . . . When actor Robert Preston recently received a request for an autographed foto from China, a bale of Chinese money totaling 439,000 yen accompanied for postage. In America it amounted to 17 cents. 20th=Fox Takes Bids In Philly PHILADELPHIA — It was learned last week that 20th Century-Fox was taking bids on four of its “A” films, “The Walls Of Jericho,” “Escape,” “Anna Karenina,” and “That Lady In Ermine.” This development, plus the fact that the local Fox was playing an MGM show, was interpreted by local tradesters as meaning that the theatre may no longer be used exclusively as a 20th-Fox showcase. CINEMA REPORT: From London comes the report that the CEA doesn’t think much of their own films and especially so since British filmakers have tried to rush production to make numerically instead of qualitywise. The Association’s viewers re¬ ported that since Jan. 1, 1948, of the films seen, it classified two as good, five as moderate, five as poor, and three as very poor, which comes to a total of 72 per cent classified as moderate to very poor. In the period of five to six months prior to Jan. 1, 1948, the same reviewers classified five as very good, four as good, two as moderate, and one as poor, or a percentage figure of 25 moderate to poor with none very poor. To sum it all up concisely and precisely, “Haste Makes Waste.” THE METROPOLITAN SCENE: Mayor William O’Dwyer was scheduled to at¬ tend the opening of Radio City Music Hall’s new stage show, “Jubilee,” .saluting New York’s 50th anniversary, and Gus Eyssell was to welcome him. . . . Monty Salmon wants it known that he is not leaving the Rivoli and the Gay White Way. . . . Watch for a new releasing deal to be announced by United Artists involv¬ ing production in the east (not New York City). . . . Over 30 circuits the country over have written in for the format being used by Walter Reade Theatres in the present courtesy campaign. . . . There was big excitement when Paramount opened “Without Glory,” and had some 350 West Point cadets and the band in and around the theatre. . . . Thanks to the Motion Picture Theatre Owners of Connecticut for the invite to attend the annual golf tour¬ nament. . . . EL’s “Northwest Stampede” received the Parents magazine medal for August. . . . High rating pressbooks are out on “The Time Of Your Life” and “So Evil My Love.” . . . The Canadian Minister to the U. S., his staff, and State Department representatives attended a "Judy" Gross Broadway's Peak New York — A general improvement in Broadway first-run grosses was noted over the weekend with the Paramount doing very good indeed and the other houses all garnering returns indicative of a general upsurge. According to usually reliable sources reaching The Exhibitor, the break¬ down was as follows: “KEY LARGO” (WB). Strand, with stage show, hit $30,000 for Friday through Sunday, the fourth week sure to top $58,000. “FOUR FACES WEST” (UA). Globe had a $15,000 opening week. “THE WALLS OF JERICHO” (20th- Fox). Roxy, with stage and ice show, claimed $95,000 for Wednesday through Sunday, the opening week sure to go above $130,000. “A DATE WITH JUDY” (MGM). Radio City Music Hall, with stage show, reported $93,000 for Thursday through Sunday, the opening week bound to exceed $155,000. “RETURN OF THE BAD MEN” (RKO) . Mayfair garnered $25,000 on the opening week. “ON AN ISLAND WITH YOU” (MGM) . Capitol, with stage show, hit $50,000 for Thursday through Sunday, the second week heading toward $85,000. “ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN” (U-I) . Criterion had a $28,000 second week. “BEYOND GLORY” (Para.). Para¬ mount, with stage show, had a very good opening week, going over the $100,000 mark. “SO EVIL MY LOVE” (Para.). Rivoli claimed $30,000 for the fourth week. “EASTER PARADE” (MGM) Loew’s State reported $43,000 for the sixth week. “THE BABE RUTH STORY” (AA). Astor had a $38,000 second week. Charles Perry Mourned Cincinnati — Charles Perry 55, well known publicist, died on Aug. 5. He had been a Paramount exploitation man here for the past several years. Funeral serv¬ ices were held at Riverside Memorial Chapel, New York City. Perry, who had been ill for quite some time, is survived by his son, three brothers, and two sisters. Green Settlement Due Pittsburgh — It was expected last week that the suit of David N. Green against the majors would be settled out of court. Reports had it that Green would settle for $40,000 plus improved clearance and run for his two nabe theatres. special screening of the Paramount short release, “Neighbor To The North,” in Washington, arranged by Bob Denton, Paramount. . . . Joe Burstyn, Mayer and Burstyn, foreign film distribs, was off for a visit to France, Italy, and England for six weeks to buy foreign pix for dis¬ tribution. . . . Congrats go to George Spires, trade scribe, who became a proud father for the first time. August 11, 1948 THE EXHIBITOR 9 FC Bonus Plan Highlights Meet New York — With Film Classics meeting in its first international sales session last week, Joseph Bernhard announced a permanent bonus plan beginning on Jan. 1, 1949. Bernhard said that the company will be a cooperative organization, with profits shared by “all who help to make them.” Under the new setup, all personnel will share in the profits independent of spe¬ cial sales drives. B. G. Kranze, vice-president-general sales manager, presided over the three- day meeting, and announced that terri¬ torial increases in business amounted to 70 per cent over mid-February of this year. Also speaking were Jules Chapman, as¬ sistant general sales manager; A1 Zim- balist, ad-publicity head; Eugene Arnstein, executive assistant treasurer; David Horne; foreign sales manager; Ted Birn- baum, assistant to Kranze; Herbert S. Stern, general counsel; Albert Mann- heimer, exchange operations chief, and William Markert, print department head. Among the guests were A. Pam Blumen- thal, FC and Cinecolor board chairman, and Albert Gundelfinger and Karl Herzog. Eight promotions were announced as follows: Jake Lutzer, from Dallas exchange man¬ ager to southern division manager; Jules K. Chapman, from assistant general manager to assistant general sales manager; Ralph Peckham, from Atlanta branch manager to Dallas branch manager; George Lefko, from Indianapolis branch manager to Detroit branch manager; John McKenna, from salesman in the New York ex¬ change to head same office; Lou Bern- hard, formerly salesman in St. Louis and New Haven, to head, home office playdate and liquidation department; Ed Spiers, from branch manager, Milwaukee ex¬ change, to branch manager, Chicago ex¬ change, and Bob Bernhard, from sales¬ man, New York exchange, to assistant to David Horne, foreign sales manager. J. J. Payette Mourned Washington — The trade was shocked to learn last week of the death of John J. Payette, Warner Theatres’ zone manager. Payette died at his home after a lengthy illness. Payette first came into the industry as an usher at the old Academy of Music, and, at the age of 17, was appointed man¬ ager of the Rhode Island. He served in World War I, and, during the last war, was chairman for the District for the War Activities Committee, and was a member of the executive committee. Civilian War Services, and other groups. He is survived by his wife; four chil¬ dren, a brother, and two sisters. It's A Boy New York — A son was born on July 31 to Mrs. John H. Rugge at the Hacken¬ sack Hospital, N. J. The father IS assist¬ ant to Warners’ personnel director Ralph W. Budd. The baby, John H. Rugge, Jr., weighs six pounds, two ounces. "Writers Must Offer More," Says Schary BOULDER, COLO. — Dore Schary, MGM’s new production chief, last week told the University of Colorado Writers Conference that with the film industry facing “tough days,” writers aiming at work in Hollywood will have to offer something more than just a talent to rewrite. According to Schary, the film capital stimulates and subsidizes more new talent than any other creative art. "Bingo" Bill Fought Trenton, N. J. — Public hearings on the Reiffin “Bingo” Bill, which would legal¬ ize the game when conducted by religious, fraternal, or war veterans organizations for charity, were held yesterday (Aug. 10). The bill provides for a state-wide referendum vote on the “Bingo’’ propo¬ sition at the general elections on Nov. 2. The minority Democratic party members of the House and Senate advocate enact¬ ment of the measure. The Catholic War Veterans, the AMVETS, VFW, and many Catholic churches also favor the bill, which is strongly opposed by the Council of Churches of New Jersey representing the Protestant denominations, the New Jersey Taxpayers’ Association, and the- atremen. Industryites declare that legalizing of “Bingo” will permit professional promot¬ ers from outside the state to come into New Jersey, and enter into an arrange¬ ment with organizations to conduct the game for charity, while splitting the cash receipts for themselves for running the game. Theatremen are, of course, con¬ cerned with theatre attendance which may drop with “Bingo.” Edward Lachman, Allied Theatre Own¬ ers of New Jersey president, called an emergency meeting to discuss the problem. George Gold, chairman; Walter H Jones, and Bernard Vogel, legislative committee, were to present the attitude of the organ¬ ization. 20th"Fox' Settlement Delayed New York — Judge Ferdinand Pecora last week reserved decision on the proposed settlement of the 20th-Fox stockholders’ suit. Pecora heard testimony, and ordered briefs of contending parties to be in no later than Aug. 16. Key issue is the pro¬ posed amendment of the existing contract between Charles P. Skouras and National Theatres under which he would receive compensation of $480,000 annually. Com¬ plainant attorneys battled against the pro¬ posed settlement on the grounds of its not being “a real and substantial concession.” Defending attorney Samuel Rosenman said that National Theatres must net $6,400,000 in any year for Skouras to re¬ ceive the maximum proposed salary, and added that the corporation would net about $9,000,000 this year. France Cites RKO Man New York — Marcel Gentel, RKO gen¬ eral manager for France, has been awarded the Medaille Militaire by the French Government, for “action above and beyond the call of duty during time of war,” it was announced last week. Reveal Winners In RKO Sales Drive New York — Winners of the llih annual Ned Depinet Drive were announced last week by Robert Mochrie, RKO vice-presi¬ dent in charge of domestic distribution. Salt Lake City, Giff Davison, manager, won first place in the capitol prize group. Oklahoma City, Ralph Williams, man¬ ager, took second place with Denver, Joseph Emerson, manager, third, and Charlotte, Rovy Branon, manager, fourth. Toronto, Jack Bernstein, manager, won first place in Canada, with Montreal, Mur¬ ray Devaney, manager, second. The three group division prize winners, with two winners in each group, are as fol¬ lows: Group one: First prize, Atlanta, Hubert Lyons, manager; second prize, Dallas, Sol Sachs, manager; Group two: First prize, Pittsburgh, Dave Silverman, manager; second prize, Minneapolis, Fay Dressell, manager; Group three: First prize, Sioux Falls, Sherman Fitch, man¬ ager, and second prize, Des Moines, Max Rosenblatt, manager. District managers’ prizes were: First, A1 Kolitz, Rocky Mountain; second, Leo Devaney, Canadian, and third, Dave Prince, southeastern. Best salesman in each of the districts was: R. Richardson, eastern central; Earl Dyson, prairie; Harry Levinson, western; Maurice Basse, southwestern; Morris An¬ derson, midwestern; William Canelli, northeastern; Tom Watson, southeastern; Kerman Silverman, metropolitan; James Rea, Canada, and David Silverman, eastern. Home office representatives were: first, Frank Duffy; second, Paul Back-Milton Yeoman, and third, George Jacoby. Field supervisors were: First, Robert Hickey; second, David Cantor, and third, Harry Reiners. Field exploitation winners were: T. B. McCormick, Denver; Ed Ter- hune, Dallas; William Prager, Washing¬ ton; Gene Gaudette, Minneapolis; Charles Kinney, Atlanta; Ed Holland, Des Moines; Alan Wieder, Pittsburgh; George Deg- non, Toronto; Los Angeles, Fred Calvin; Cincinnati, Hugh MacKenzie; Chicago, Wally Heim; Philadelphia, Doug Beck; Vancouver, Lloyd Muir, and San Fran¬ cisco, Joe Longo. C. P. Skouras Honored Los Angeles — Charles P. Skouras was last week named recipient of the Great Heart Award to be made by the Variety Club of Southern California at a testi¬ monial banquet on Aug. 16 at the Am¬ bassador Hotel. The award, to be made for the first time this year, will be given annually by the showmen’s organization as a tribute to an outstanding citizen for his “unselfish con¬ tributions to community betterment, patriotic endeavors, and leadership in public welfare projects.” More than 900 top executives from every branch of Southern California business life, city, state, and federal government figures, as well as film industry person¬ alities from Hollywood, New York, and Chicago, will attend. Bob O’Donnell, Dallas, Chief Barker, Variety Clubs, In¬ ternational, will come to Los Angeles to make the presentation to Skouras. August 11, 1948 ACTION Big-scale western. Well-stocked with ac¬ tionful moments. - HARRISON S REPORTS ACTION Head-and-shoulders above routine western Production, camera, acting, story, directior unquestionably superior. - MOTION PICTURE HERALC ACTION ACTION Sufficiently impressive to easily earn desig nation of super-western. Highly-competen cast. Spectacular production values. Hair trigger direction. - BOXOFFIC Good western. Generous helping of sus pense. - THE EXHIBITOI flrstdos^ More men, more horses, more shooting, al help make this western more effective thar usual. First class production. SHOWMEN S TRADE REVIEV^ ANDY DEVINE ' JACK HDLT and GRANT WiTHERi Screen Play by Gerald Adams Original Story by John K. Butler and Gerald Geraghty As '.i A REPUBLIC PI Well plotted western. Top production. High satisfaction. - FILM DAILY Tightly-woven story. Tense and credible outdoor drama. Will bring strong boxoffice results. High above average appeal for en¬ tire family. Sure bet. - INDEPENDENT FILM JOURNAL ■ - Big brawling western that will stand up in any situation. Solidly based story. Director has given a wallop that spells sturdy en¬ tertainment. - DAILY VARIETY Slam-bang oater. Will be big hit with action fans and all who like good entertainment. Lots of suspense. - HOLLYWOOD REPORTER T-Director JOSEPH KANE I R E 12 THE EXHIBITOR Smith Distrib Chief For ''Youth Month" New York — Charles P. Skouras, national chairman, “Youth Month” committee, The¬ atre Owners of America, last week an¬ nounced that Andy W. Smith, Jr., general sales manager, 20th Century-Fox, has consented to serve as distribution chair¬ man of the drive. Smith is in charge of the distribution of the two-reel subject, “Report For Action,” and arrangements for cooperation of national distributors and Film Exchange groups, with local state and theatre chair¬ men participating. Hailing “Youth Month” as a time in which emphasis is placed upon youth and its significance to the future of America, Attorney General Tom C. Clark asked public cooperation in “Saluting Young America” during a September celebration. Attorney General Clark launched his plea at a meeting of newspaper, radio, magazine, advertising, and motion pic¬ ture representatives at the headquarters of Theatre Owners of America. The Attorney General outlined that “Youth Month” is an outcome of the Na¬ tional Conference for Prevention and Con¬ trol of Juvenile Delinquency convened in Washington at the call of the Depart¬ ment of Justice in 1946. Brazil Controls Suspended New York — The Central Price Commis¬ sion Order Number 78, suspending all price controls on both theatre admissions and film rentals throughout Brazil, was published in the official Gazette July 31, and is now in effect, according to a cable¬ gram received last week from Rio de Janeiro by the Motion Picture Association of America. The order provides that the suspension will continue in effect until a final deci¬ sion has been handed down on the appli¬ cation of the American motion picture companies for judicial relief. The American film companies have in¬ structed their branches to resume normal operations in Brazil. "Power" Donation $50,000 New York — Warners last week turned over $50,000 to Walter Winchell, secre¬ tary-treasurer, Damon Runyon Memorial Fund, representing the profits from its two-reel Technicolor film, “Power Behind the Nation.” The film, which was produced by Warners, and distributed by MPAA, played over 10,000 theatres throughout the country. Miss Barko Honored New York — Dorothy Barko, Century Theatres’ legal staff, has been invited to present a paper at the Second Interna¬ tional Conference of the Bar Association, to be held at the Palace of Peace in The Hague on Aug. 16-21. Miss Barko will present her paper, “Modern Trends In The Law Of Succes¬ sion” to the conference. Arthur Fisher Passes New York — The trade was sorry to learn of the death of Arthur Fisher, well- known vaudeville booker. He is survived by his widow, a daughter and son. PCCITO Trustees Hold Sept. Session LOS ANGELES — The annual meet¬ ing of the trustees of the PCCITO will be held at the Ambassador Hotel on Sept. 14, 15, 16, it was announced last week. A full attendance, including observers, is expected, with reservations already having been made by L. O. Lukan and Leroy Johnson, Seattle; Clarence Severson and J. M. Suckstorff, Mon¬ tana; Harold Chesler, Roy Firmage, Jay Christensen, and Hugo Jorgensen, Utah; M. W. Mattecheck and William Graeper, Portland; Rotus Harvey and Ben Levin, San Francisco, and Hugh Bruen, George Diamos, Stanley Steck, and R. H. Poole, Los Angeles. John Balaban Named TO A Convention Head New York — Ted R. Gamble, president. Theatre Owners of America, last week announced the appointment of John Bala¬ ban, Chicago, secretary-treasurer, Balaban and Katz, as general chairman, and Ed¬ ward G. Zorn, president. United Theatre Owners of Illinois, as vice-chairman, TOA convention committee. The convention will be held at the Drake Hotel on Sept. 24 and 25, with some preliminary meetings scheduled for Sept. 23. Stanley W. Prenosil, assistant to Gael Sullivan, executive director, TOA, left for Chicago to confer with Messrs. Balaban and Zorn on preliminary convention plans, the setting up of convention committees in Chicago. In addition to the general committee headed by Balaban, the fol¬ lowing sub-committees will be appointed from among Illinois exhibitors — hotel res¬ ervations, registrations, transportation, entertainment, luncheons and dinner, pub¬ licity, and finance. lA Readies Meeting Cleveland — Among the top figures scheduled to attend the 39th convention of the lATSE next week are Eric A. Johnston, MPAA president; William Green, AFL chief, and Thomas J. Herbert, governor of Ohio. The Alliance’s general executive board held pre-convention meetings last week with International President Richard F. Walsh presiding. More than 1,100 delegates are expected from Canada and the U. S. for the five-day convention, which will be held fri>m Aug. 16 to Aug. 20 at the Hotel Hollenden. WE SCORE BOARV {In this department will be found a rating of pictures screened by Warners, MGM, Paramount, RKO, and 20th Century- Fox under the decree. Complete reviews appear in The Pink Section. — Ed.) MGM “A Southern Yankee” — Skelton fans will eat it up. RKO “Rachel And The Stranger” — Pleasing program. “Variety Time” — For the lower half. WB “Two Guys From Texas” — Should get the dough. Warners Profit Shows Sharp Drop New York — Warner Brothers Pictures, Inc., and subsidiary companies last week reported for the nine months ending on May 29, 1948, a net profit of $10,321,000 after provision of $7,400,000 for federal income taxes. The net profit for the nine months end¬ ing on May 31, 1947, amounted to $19,134,- 000 after provision of $11,900,000 for fed¬ eral income taxes. The net profit for the nine months end¬ ing on May 29, 1948, is equivalent to $1.41 per share on the 7,295,000 shares of com¬ mon stock outstanding. The net profit for the corresponding period last year was equivalent to $2.60 per share on the 7,341,680 shares then outstanding. Film rentals, theatre admissions, sales, etc., after eliminating intercompany trans¬ actions, for the nine months ending on May 29, 1948, amounted to $112,415,000, as compared with $125,078,000 for the corre¬ sponding period in the previous year. Seiznick Clarifies Plans New York — David O. Seiznick last week announced that this coming winter he would make “The Greatest Show On Earth,” in Technicolor, with an all-star cast plus the Barnum & Bailey and Ring- ling Brothers Circus. Daniel T. O’Shea, president. Vanguard Films, revealed the above in a statement which follows; “It is not true that David O. Seiznick has transferred his interests from motion- picture to television. Seiznick has in mind, and he is looking forward to, what prom¬ ises to be the most expensive picture ever made in Hollywood.” The statement came following reports that Seiznick was abandoning big picture production for the next six months to devote his time to his newly -organized television company. The Seiznick Tele¬ vision Corporation, because of the uncer¬ tainty of the market on big pictures. O’Shea also denied that Seiznick would only furnish talent for, and be consultant on, the four-picture Alexander Korda deal. He said that on the contrary Seiz¬ nick would take a most active part in the production of the films. Cohen Suit Settled New York — The suit of Max A. Cohen Enterprises against RKO, Warners, and 20th Century-Fox, claiming $1,800,000 treble damages for alleged anti-trust law violations in connection with the New Amsterdam, was reported settled last week. The settlement involves the theatre get¬ ting product of the defendants day and date with the RKO Palace and other phases undisclosed pending court action terminating the litigation. L. O. Herb Mourned Philadelphia— Lew O. Herb, 76, father of Lew Herb, The Exhibitor’s roving cor¬ respondent, died last week in Somers Point, N. J. Burial was in. Mount Laurel, Va. In addition to his son, he is survived by two daughters. August 11, 1948 recTrdMr Paramount at ecord-setting premiere that paced more than 100 day-and-dates! ^ issell • Stanley Clements • Charles RusseH • c Production - Produced by Robert T. Kane ■ Writte WITH THEATRE MEN WHO KNOW BE$T» » V.oC'** tot IT’S "CANON CITY"_ EAST AND WEST! "Better than 'Brut Force/ 'Naked Cit and 'The Killers'! — N» Y» Enquir "A h a y m a k e among hard-hittir mellers!" —Walter Wincht 4 "3 Bells! Shoots an punches its way to pos tion among the best a tion films of the^year'" Biinmie Fidh One of most stirring pirtun ever made!" Uton Cook, N, T. World-Telegra More exciting than a headlir . . has 'Brute Force' wallop Eagle Lion has a winner!" 'Canon City' brilliant!" Plenty of opportunities to cat 14 THE EXHIBITOR PEOPLE Albany — The resignation of Leo Rosen as assistant general manager, Fabian- Kellman Drive-In Theatres, and the sub¬ sequent appointment of Leo Young was announced last week. Rosen entered a hospital for an operation. Young was formerly RKO exploiteer in Buffalo, Al¬ bany, Philadelphia, and other spots, and also was a district manager with the Snider Circuit. Washington — Lieutenant Colonel John E. Horton has been named chief, Motion picture unit, Pictorial Section, Public In¬ formation Division of the Army, it was announced last week. Lieutenant Colonel Horton, formerly in the industry on the coast, will assist the trade in all matters concerning the army. He succeeds Major Stuart Palmer. New York — New duties for two of his staff were announced last week by Charles Schlaifer, director of advertising and pub¬ licity, 20th Century-Fox. Under the change, Ira Tulipan, trade publicity repre¬ sentative, and Lou Frick, press book editor, exchange positions. New York — The appointment of William M. Pizor, Screen Guild foreign depart¬ ment, general manager, as vice-president of the company was announced last week by Robert L. Lippert, president. Pizor’s headquarters remain in New York. Singer Leaves Business Omaha — Will Singer is leaving show business after 52 years in every phase from play production, vaudeville to films, it was revealed last week. Singer has headed the RKO-Brandeis, formerly the Brandeis, since 1934. Before his arrival, the house had a spotty record, and never had been open steadily for an entire year. He built it into one of the most successful small houses. It has 1,100 seats. Singer stepped out on Aug. 3, being re¬ placed by Larry Caplane, who comes here from Columbis, O., where he managed the Grand. Caplane started with RKO in 1933 at Cleveland, and served three years over¬ seas in World War II. A. J. Kearney Dies New York — The trade last week mourned the death of Alexander “Dick” J. Kearney, assistant general manager. Shea Theatrical Circuit. Kearney, who passed on at the age of 69 at Medical Arts Hospital, came to New York in 1901, and as general man¬ ager-booker for the late Mort Shea booked many well known entertainers. He is sur¬ vived by his wife, two brothers, and three sisters. S-W Offer Progresses Philadelphia — It was divulged last week by William Ehrenberg, who heads a syndi¬ cate of business men and bankers, that a preliminary offer of $5,000,000 was to have been made last weekend to Stanley- Warner Theatres for their purcnase of houses in the local area. It was divulged, at the same time, that David B. DeMany, furrier; Mrs. Robert Iodine Brown, society matron, and James Cromwell were some of the parties interested. NCA-20th-Fox Plan Waits For Complaints MINNEAPOLIS— North Central Al- lied invited exhibitors last week to call on the NCA-20th-Fox concilia¬ tion committee if he “feels that he has a grievance against Fox which he cannot adjust himself to ... ” NCA reported that after one month of the plan, “there have been no com¬ plaints which the committee has been able to label meritorious and process as originally planned.” Four complaints are before the com¬ mittee which, however, were regis¬ tered before the actual launching of the conciliation plan. To non-subscrib¬ ing producers and distributors, “big or little,” NCA said that “the door is wide open to come in for ‘the water’s fine’.” Ben Berger’s headquaiders an¬ nounced that possibly the reason for lack of complaints is that Fox “is bending over backwards” to eliminate cause for grievances. P.A. Powers Passes New York — P. A. Powers, 84, died last week at Doctors Hospital after a brief illness. A multi-millionaire motion picture pioneer, he maintained homes here and in Westport, Conn. He had been president of Powers Film Products Company, Ro¬ chester, N. Y., also was treasurer of Uni¬ versal Motion Picture Company, and had also served as treasurer of the National Association of the Motion Picture Indus¬ try. He is survived by his daughter and a sister. It was while working with the late Thomas A. Edison that he first became interested in the motion picture industry. He produced some of the first animated cartoons, and made a fortune backing Walt Disney’s initial Mickey Mouse films. He was married and divorced twice. ''Television Booms" San Francisco — Television has boomed beyond the expectations of even the most optimistic leaders in the industry, accord¬ ing to Frank M. Folsom, executive vice- president, Radio Corporation of America last week. He declared that by the end of the year, the industry should produce more than 850,000 receivers and more than 60 television broadcasting stations expect to be in operation. Cur¬ rently, about 400,000 television sets are in the hands of the public, and 31 tele¬ vision stations are on the air. Folsom predicted that, with the public’s enthusiastic acceptance of television, the industry in 1949 can be expected to turn out 1,600,000 receivers, representing a potential retail business of more than $400,000,000. May Taxes Up Washington — The U. S. Bureau of In¬ ternal Revenue reported last week that general admission tax collections in June, on May business, amounted to $31,639,479, almost $4,000,000 over the $27,829,982 taken for the same month in 1947. This was the first time in three months that current year figures were higher than comparable 1947 collections. Screen Guild Lists 1948-49 Productions New York — Robert L. Lippert, presi¬ dent, Screen Guild Productions, Inc., an¬ nounced last week following a regional meeting attended by franchise holders, bookers, and salesmen from Albany, Bos¬ ton, Buffalo, New York, Philadelphia, and Washington, that the 1948-49 product would consist of “The Mozart Story”; two exploitation specials, “Harpoon” and “I Killed Jesse James”; six ‘Boxoffice Win¬ ners,’ “The Return Of Wildfire," “Grand Canyon,” “Last Of The Wild Horses,” “Police Force,” “The Blackmailers,” and “The Ravagers”; eight ‘Showman's Group,’ including “The Prairie,” “S.O.S. Sub¬ marine,” “Shep Comes Home,” “Jungle Goddess,” “Redwood Empire,” “Sky Liner,” “The Return Of The Saint,” and “City Hospital”; the ‘Anniversary Group’ of eight, including “Rimfire,” “Police Wo¬ man,” “Great Truck Mystery,” “Trail’s _End,” “No Escape,” and others; six Lash La Rue westerns, divided into two spe¬ cials, “Son Of Jesse James” and “Son Of Billy The Kid,” and four others; six proven pictures (reissues), and 12 Hop- along Cassidy western reissues. Arthur Greenblatt presided. WB Offices Realigned New York — Wolfe Cohen, vice-presi¬ dent, Warner Brothers International, an¬ nounced a realignment of the company’s sales supervisory staff at the opening ses¬ sion last week of a two-week sales meet¬ ing of the company’s Latin American heads in the home office. The entire territory will be divided into three divisions, Atlantic, Pacific, and Caribbean, with a division manager in charge of each. Ary Lima who has been supervisor over Brazil, Argentine, Chile, Uruguay, and Paraguay, will be district manager for the Atlantic division, comprising those same territories, with headquarters in Rio de Janeiro. Peter Colli, who has been supervising the Caribbean area, will be manager of that division, which includes Cuba, Puerto Rico, Trinidad, Venezuela, Haiti, Santo Domingo, Jamaica, British and Nether- land West Indies, and the Guianas. He will head-office in Havana. New appointee is James V. O’Gara, until recently eastern sales manager for Re¬ public in the U.S., who has been named manager. Pacific division, including Mex¬ ico, Panama and Central America, Colom¬ bia, Ecuador, Bolivia, and Peru, with headquarters in Mexico City. Max Milder Mourned London — Max Milder, whose long illness forced him to retire after 17 years as man¬ aging director of Warner Brothers Pic¬ tures, Ltd., in England last month, died at his home on Aug. 1, at Netherfield House, The Heath, Weybridge, Surrey, England. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Madelaine Milder. Milder had been in the industry for 36 years, the last 30 of which were with Warners. He was eastern division do¬ mestic sales manager before going to England in 1931 as managing director for the company’s interests there. August 11, 1948 iTiat FUMNiy Affair is a MOa/EV Affair IPS NAfBJBS 3nc( HOLiWOOO Artist Hirschfeld recreates the up¬ roarious rough-house when the Gl’s throw discretion to the wind — and Jean Arthur to the ceiling — \ where neat figures go up and business is ''Excellent” says Variety and where every review is a rave with Los Angeles Examiner’s Ruth Waterbury reporting that with "Such gay laughter . . . such sizzling romance . . . such superb acting, I wouldn’t be surprised if it sticks around until Christmas.” mi om Produced by CHARLES BRA Dire^ed byBILLY WILDtR ; 1 .. Screenplay bytCharles Brackett, Billy Wilder and Richard L. Breen Adaptation by Robert Harari • Original Story by David Shav/ * 16 MISCELLANEOUS NEWSREELS In All Five: New York City: Greatest airport inaug¬ urated. Ludwigshafen, Germany: Blast disaster. London: Olympic Games. In Addition to the Above: Movietone News (Vol. 31, No. 62) Wash¬ ington: Ex-communist spy testifies. New York City: Broadway show flies to Colo¬ rado to aid fete (Denver only). News of the Day (Vol. XIX, No. 296) Washington: Ex-communist spy testifies. Paramount News (No. 99) Tel Aviv: “Nation Day” celebrated. Universal Newsreel (Vol. 21, No. 166) See “In All Five.” Warner Pathe News (Vol. 19, No. 101) Washington: Ex-communist spy testifies. Tel Aviv: “Nation Day” celebrated. Movietone News (Vol. 31, No. 61) Wash¬ ington: Congress reconvenes. Canada: Ship runs aground. Fort Bragg, N. C.: Army uses rubber weapons. Canada: Whaling revived. Argentina: Grasshop¬ per plague. Chicago: Railroad centen¬ nial (except Los Angeles) . Sydney, Aus¬ tralia: Dog show. Seattle: Skiing. Cali¬ fornia: Horse racing (Los Angeles only). News of the Day (Vol. XIX, No. 295) Berlin: East-West crisis. Argentina: Grasshopper plague. Canada: Calgary stampede (except Los Angeles and Chi¬ cago) ; ship runs aground. Fort Bragg, N. C.: Army uses rubber weapons. Ger¬ many: Horsemanship hurdle test. Seattle: Skiing. Long Beach, Cal.: Speedboat re¬ gatta (Los Angeles only) . Chicago: Rail¬ road centennial , (Chicago only) . Paramount News (No. 98) Canada: Ship runs aground. Chicago: Railroad cen¬ tennial. West Point, N. Y.: “Oscars” awarded. Washington: Congress recon¬ venes. Silver Springs, Fla.: Underwater aquaplanes. USA: Stymie retires. Chey¬ enne, Wyo.: Rodeo. Canada: Calgary stampede. Universal Newsreel (Vol. 21, No. 165) Washington: Congress reconvenes. Can¬ ada: Whaling revived. Wildwood, N. J.: “New look” at beach. Argentina: Grass¬ hopper plague. Germany: Horsemanship hurdle test. Fort Bragg, N. C.: Army uses rubber weapons. Canada: Calgary stam¬ pede. Warner Pathe News (Vol. 19, No. 100) Washington: Congress reconvenes. Pales¬ tine: Truce. Paris: : Trygve Lie inspects site of UN General Assembly meeting. London: Royal wedding. Germany: His¬ toric flight completed. Canada: Calgary stampede. Fort Bragg, N. C.: Army uses rubber weapons. Canada: Beauty contest. NATIONAL LEGION OF DECENCY Aug. 5, 1948 Unobjectionable for General Patron¬ age: “The Arkansas Swing” (Col.) ; “The Babe Ruth Story” (AA) ; “Daredevils Of The Clouds” (Rep.) ; “Das Maedchen Irene” (Casino); “Frontier Agent” (Mono.) ; “Partners Over Sunset” (Mono.) ; “Silent Conflict” (UA) ; “The Strawberry Roan” (Col.). Unobjectionable for Adults: “The Black Arrow” (Col.) ; “Eyes Of Texas” (Rep.) ; “The Gay Intruders” (20th-Fox); “Good Sam” (RKO) ; “Moon- rise” (Rep.) ; “Mr. Peabody And The Mer- THE EXHIBITOR Radio Bally Starts "Youth Month" Program NEW YORK — “ Youth Month’— Saluting Young America,” will receive an auspicious send-off on Aug. 31 with a coast-to-coast broadcast over the Mutual Network, it was announced last week by Charles P. Skouras, national chairman, “Youth Month” committee. Originating in Hollywood, topflight stars of the screen and radio will hail the campaign in a half-hour program. The program has won the complete approval of the Hollywood Coordinat¬ ing Committee, according to Stanley Richardson, director, and the coopera¬ tion of every Hollywood studio has been assured. Details for the gala broadcast will be arranged among Jack Paige, Mutual’s special events director in New York; Bruce Fowler as theatre chairman of a special Hollywood talent committee, and Bob Forward, Mutual west coast executive. All through September, the “Dr. I. Q.” program will stress the benefits of the campaign. The Ted Malone-Westing- house program will have a “Youth Month” program on or about Sept. 20. The Campbells’ Soup programs will salute youth activities during the month. "Triumph" In Reading Bow Reading, Pa. — Key event of Reading’s bicentennial celebration will be the world premiere of Eagle Lion’s “Hollow Tri¬ umph,” which has been set for the Astor on Aug. 18, with Paul Henreid, star, heading the great galaxy of stars making personal appearances for the event. Penn¬ sylvania’s Governor James H. Duff and mayors of Reading and surrounding cities will also attend. In its world premiere, “Hollow Tri¬ umph” will be given the full “Hollywood kleig-light and glamour” treatment as arranged by Max E. Youngstein, EL vice- president in charge of advertising, pub¬ licity, and exploitation. maid” (U-Int.) ; “Rachel And The Stranger” (RKO) ; “Sorry Wrong Num¬ ber” (Para.); “Thunderhoof” (Col.). Ob¬ jectionable IN Part for All: “That Lady In Ermine” (20th-Fox) . ARBITRATION Boston The arbitrator last week killed clear¬ ance on films available but not played within 21 days by the Guild and Nor¬ wood, Norwood, Mass., over the Park, East Walpole, Mass. With all the “Big Five” involved, the arbitrator allowed the clear¬ ance of 21 and 35 days enjoyed by the Guild and Norwood on pictures played by them within the 21-day limit to remain. NATIONAL BOARD OF REVIEW July 31, 1948 Selected Features: “The Black Arrow” (Col.); “Good Sam” (RKO); “Mr. Pea¬ body And The Mermaid” (U-Int.) ; “Rachel And The Stranger” (RKO) ; “The Saxon Charm” (U-Int.). mVE SCREENINGS MGM — “Julia Misbehaves” (Greer Gar- son, Walter Pidgeon, Peter Lawford) , in all exchange centers on Aug. 12. A. B. Morrison Passes Memphis — A. B. Morrison, one of the south’s most beloved theatremen, died last fortnight. He had been confined to his bed since he broke his hip in a fall in the office of the Warner, where he was in 1943. Since a youngster of 12, when he played with Edwin Booth in the old Memphis, Morrison had been connected with show business. He was manager, Old Grand Opera House, and later the Orpheurn, both of which were on the site of the present Malco owned by M. A. Lightman. Morrison managed shows in the days of stock companies, and through the height of vaudeville when Eddie Cantor, Jack Benny, and other notables of today were trouping on the circuits. Following the accident from which he never recov¬ ered, he also lost his eyesight, but not his friendly smile and quiet, genial manner that won friends for him throughout the world of show business. His popularity was proved when a benefit performance, given for him during his illness, removed financial worry from his home. He leaves his widow and a sister, Mrs. John Reid, Arcadia, Cal. Kirsch Aids Drive Chicago— Jack Kirsch, president. Allied Theatres of Illinois, Inc., will serve as this year’s chairman of the theatre and enter¬ tainment division. Community Fund Drive, it was revealed last week. A. J. Shumow, branch manager. War¬ ners, will assist Kirsch as co-chairman, handling solicitation among the film dis¬ tributors in Chicago. City-wide quota of the 1948 Community Fund drive is for $8,679,000. WB Drops Arlington House New York — The operation of the Lin¬ coln, Arlington, N. J., has been taken over by I. B. West and Gary Lerner, New York exhibitors, it was announced last fort¬ night. Warners had run the house for the past 14 years, but declined to renew lease on the property. Robert Schell, who man- ‘aged the theatre for WB, becomes man¬ ager, Roosevelt, Union City, N. J. Mono.-AA In Meetings Chicago — The joint meeting of Allied Artists-Monogram branch managers and franchise holders opened at the Drake Hotel last weekend with Maurice Gold¬ stein, general sales manager, heading the New York delegation. Goldstein, who pre¬ sided, was accompanied by Edward Morey, Harold Mirisch, Lloyd Lind, and Sol Francis. C. R. Reagan Mourned New York — Arrangements were being made last week for the shipment of the remains of C. R. Reagan to the U. S. Reagan, 56, was a former associate chief of the OWTs bureau of motion pictures, and president. Film Council of America. He died in Paris, where he was to attend the UNESCO meeting. August 11, 1948 SWEET AND At a recent theatre convention in Bos¬ ton, James Ryan, C. F. Simonin and Sons, Inc., was your consultant’s guest. Jim Ryan is, of course, well known to you by virtue of his written remarks in this Extra Profits sec¬ tion with reference to the problems of popcorn and popcorn seasoning. His re¬ marks addressed to the convention, how¬ ever, were of very real interest to me, and I take this oppor¬ tunity to repeat some ^ of them here, plus Samuel L. Lowe, Jr. i r- u- n amplincations which he made to me personally. First, with respect to solid seasoning, cocoanut oil is the traditional choice for popping corn. It has certain definite assets, including resistance to rancidity, and im¬ parting no foreign taste to the corn. Sec¬ ond, with respect to liquid seasoning, it is definitely a happy result of wartime experimentation. It, too, has certain defi¬ nite assets, including a higher flash point (which is a safety factor for on-the-spot popping) and great economies in usage. However, many so-called liquid season¬ ings are, in fact, not liquids since they are not liquid at normal room tempera¬ tures. Most of the advantages of liquid seasoning naturally only apply to true liquid seasonings. But the main point in popping corn is not what particular type of seasoning is used, providing only that a good season¬ ing is used. What is most important is quality produced. Too great stress cannot be placed on sanitation in popping corn. Dirty equip¬ ment such as the kettle proper will trans¬ mit offensive odors to the end product. The same goes for inferior quality sales containers. Too much or too little season¬ ing is bad. Optimum test results from Iowa State indicate 30 per cent by weight as the optimum amount of seasoning with a 25 per cent-33 1/3 per cent effective (Continued on page EP-4) The Smyrna, Smyrna, Del., boasts of an especially attractive extra profits department. Patrons not only pass by it on their way into the theatre, but also may enter it from the street. A complete shop, with soda fountain, is a feature of the recently opened house, operated by Mrs. Reba Schwartz and daughte , Muriel. fcf I (Cand^is Delicious Food yCNJOY SOME eVtKY DAyTCT^ Cooperating with THE COUNCIL ON CANDY OF THE NATIONAL CONFECTIONERS' ASSOCIATION Popcorn Is A Nutritions Food Cooperating with THE NATIONAL ASSC CIATION OF POPCORN MANUFACTUREf August 1 1, 1948 ■ THE "COMPLETE PACKAGE” THE FINEST POPCORN MACHINE THE HIGHEST QUALITY SUPPLIES VI NATIOHAL ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN TO INCREASE POPCORN SALES IN VOUR THEATRE . 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Kotuas City, Mo. * lEtfr AntpiiltiSrCaUfe Term; ■ ;* poiH, Minn, New Orleans, I _ New York, N.Y. Oklahvma City, Ohio: Onuiha, Nebr. MANLEY, INC., DEPT. EX 8-11-48 1920 Wyandotte St. Kansas City, Mo. ^ ilhout obligation please send me a ropy of your booklet "Mow to M ake Bio PROt tTS From Popcorn." YOUR NAME . BUSINESS NAME . . ADDRESS . CITY . ZONE STATE I EXTRA PROFITS EP-3 The Ever Seeing Eye The Slug Rejector, Ever Important Part Of The Vending Machine, Performs An Important And Necessary Service liy R. L. Budde A. R. T. Manufacturing Corporation Everyone of us has, at one time or an¬ other, inserted money into a vending machine, and the result was a service per¬ formed or a product dispensed. Cigarettes, candy, hot sandwiches, soft drinks, music, silk hose, toothbrushes, soap, hair oil, a shoe shine, anything that can be pack¬ aged in fact, may be obtained today through automatic channels. The general public, to date, has taken automatic merchandising for granted, but rare is the person who will stop to con¬ sider what keeps the “silent salesman” from being cheated by phony coins. Basically, most humans are honest, and will seldom consider a sharp deal with a fellow man, but psychologically, a mere coin machine presents an ever -ready challenge to all humans, and if it is pos¬ sible to out-do “Mr. Vending Machine,” most people consider it a moral victory. What is the Ever Seeing Eye that keeps John Q. Public from cheating the coin machine with phony money? It really is not a mystery. In fact, it is the essence of simplicity, and its efficiency is amazing! The manufacturers of coin control equipment call it a slug rejector. This rejector tests a coin in three ways, for size, weight, and metallic content, and, after the insertion of a coin, all tests are com¬ pleted by the time you can blink an eye! The size and weight of the coin are measured respectively by an off-center weighted cradle with prongs. The prongs of the cradle measure the coin’s diameter for size, and the off-center cradle checks to determine whether the weight of the coin is correct. If so, the cradle tips the coin through a magnetic field set up by a permanent magnet. This magnet, which is called Alnico, tests the metallic content of the coin in question by the different degrees of attraction that each coin has to the magnet, thus causing each coin of different metallic content to fall in unlike arcs, the good coins falling to one side of the re¬ jector, and the spurious coins to the other. In a broad sense, nickels contain 75 per cent copper and 25 per cent nickel, while dimes and quarters contain 90 per cent silver and 10 per cent copper. Slug rejectors are made to accommodate indi¬ vidual coins or multiple coins. In other words, rejectors are made for nickels only, dimes only, and quarters only; or a slug rejector with one opening, measuring approximately five inches wide, six-and- a-half inches long, and one inch deep will test nickels, dimes, and quarters as to their validity with 98 per cent accuracy. The only possible way to cheat a slug rejector is to fuse together the same metals in the same proportions as are con¬ tained in legal coins, which, of course, is unlawful, and, if this is done, the slug rejector will not be able to determine the legal from the non-legal tender. That is the reason for my above statement of only “98 per cent accuracy.” The above mentioned slug rejectors for either single or multiple coins are the heart of every vending machine. From the (Continued on page EP-4) Illustrated above is one of the A. B. T. slug rejector models. 6XTRA PltOffTS appears every fourth Wednesday as a regular special feature deportment of THE EXHIBITOR, and is devoted exclusively to the design, construction, maintenance, management, and exploitation of the¬ atre vending equipment, vendable items, and other profit prodwctiig adjuncts for efficient theatre opera¬ tion. For further ianrmation, address THE EXHIBITOR, pubfiehed weekly by Joy Emonuel Publicotions, Inc. Publishing office: 1225 Vine Street, Philadelphia 7, Pennsytvanta. New York Office: 1600 Broadway, New York 19. West Coast Representative: Paul Manning, 923 Aiondete Avenue, Los Angeles 36, California. Editorial Consultant: Samuel L. Lowe, Jr. Advisory Boards— CompesM of executives and heads of the coneee- sions and vending departments of theatre circuits: Loyol Hotglitr Paramount Theatres Service Corp¬ oration; Leslie R. Schwortz, Andrews, Inc., New Yoiie; Bayard M. 6trai(, Durwood Theatres, Kansas City; EXTRA PROFITS Vol. 3, No. 5 August T1, 1948 C. Dole Fox, Fox Wisconsin Amusement Corporation, Milwaukee; Frank C. Bickerstaff, George Theatre Com¬ pany, Atlanta; William O'Donnell, Interstate Circuit, Dallas; Raymond Willie, Interstate Circuit, Dallas; George C. Shepherd, Mindako Theatre Supply Com¬ pany, Minneopolis; A. J. Krappman, National Theatres Amusement Company, Los Airgeles; William England, RKO Theatres, New York; Harold F. Chesler, Theatre Cooperative Candy Company, Salt Lake City; A6iss Marie Frye, Tri-State Theatre Corporation, Des Moines; Louise Bramblett, Wil-Kin Theatre Supply, Inc., Atlanta; Van Myers, Womelco Theatres, Miami. Composed of manufacturers, concessionaires, and other leaders in the candy, popcorn, and allied fields: A. F. Rathbun, F;ed W. Amend Company, Chicago; Richard C. Fowler, The Coca-Cola Company, New York; LeRoy J. Wilden, Paramount Candy Company, Clinton, la.; Raymond J. Showe, Theatre Candy Com¬ pany, Inc., Pittsburgh; Marvin Spitz, American Royal Candies, Inc., Los Angeles; Vincent O'Brien, Armaing Popcorn Company, Lake View, la.; Lawrence B, Coyer, W. R. Srhrafft and Sons Corporation, Boston; Charles G. Manley, Manley, Inc., Kansas City; W. B, Ri'otf. Brock Candy Company, Chattanooga, Tenn.; V-'. H. Foote, Queen Anne Candy Company, Hammoiiti, “d.j, Charles O'Malley, Paul F. Beich Company.^ Bloo.^ ton. III.; Joseph Elumenfhal, Blumenthal Philadelphia; L. M. Shaw, Smith Brothers, tnc.. - keepsie, N. Y.; C. M. Said, McPhail Choce*i,r - pany, Oswego, N. Y. ) August 11, 1948 THE EXHIBITOR EXTRA PROFITS W EP-4 BETTER FLAVOR GREATER POPPING VOLUME FEWER DUDS Here's positive proof that Popsit Plus costs less than substitutes — judged by final results. Tests by a leading agricultural college reveal that Popsit Plus liquid season¬ ing (1) pops more corn by volume (2) leaves fewer duds (3) gives corn the flavor your customers demand. That's why Popsit Plus costs less. It gives you more for your money than so-called cheaper substitutes. Avoid substitutes and save money. Replacing The Candy Stand Worked Wonders For Mr. and Mrs. Forsano Foh years now, theatremen have been tirelessly seeking the best spot to place a candy stand, and it looks like Mr. and Mrs. Forsano, Cummings, Fitchburg, Mass., have come up with a new high in strategic effectiveness. It took a bit of altering to achieve this, but it was inexpensive, and the results have more than justified the small expense involved. Back in the real old days, when theatres just showed movies, the Cummings lobby had the boxoffice centrally located, as can be ob¬ served in the “before” photograph. However, when the Forsanos hopped on the extra profits bandwagon, they decided to set the candy stand where the boxoffice was, placing the ticket window on the left. Before After The “after” shot shows how much the change has added to the appearance of the lobby, as well as putting the counter in an extremely accessible location. The stand has sliding glass doors above the case to close off the candy room, while the case is of the standard six foot variety, with a catchy Schrafft decal used for display purposes. The Ever Seeing Eye {Continued from page EP-3) slug rejector, we branch off to the coin changer, which, upon insertion of a coin will dispense the merchandise and give change. An example of this is a changer on a soft drink vendor, where upon dep’osit of a quarter, the drink is vended, and 20 cents is given in change. There are also coin changers which will dispense five nickels for a quarter and two nickels for a dime, but, regardless of the service performed, the vending machine must be protected against the insertion of illegal monies. The vast new field of automatic mer¬ chandising could not have been made pos¬ THE EXHIBITOR sible if it had not been for the develop¬ ment of the Ever-Seeing Eye, the slug rejector. Sweet And Lowe-Down {Continued from page EP-1) range satisfactory. Bringing raw corn to room temperature before actual popping is good economy. As in most fields of business, quality of product is important. Both Jim Ryan and your consultant cannot stress Ihis fact too strongly .with respect to popcorn. e^. ^ Atigust 11, 1948 Coca-Cola in the Fox Rivoli Theatre, Van Nuys, California MAKE YOUR LOBBY FATTEN YOUR PROFIT C!>oca-Cola in the lobby has increased revenue and profit for every type of theatre in the United States. How could it be otherwise.^ Every¬ body likes Coca-Cola. When people are having a good time, Coke fits naturally into the picture. Exhibitors have found that there is a pretty defi¬ nite percentage of their patrons who will pause and enjoy Coca-Cola. Vendorlator 242 Coin Cooler Let US give you ALL the facts about this new source of profits. Write National Sales Department, The Coca-Cola Company, 515 Madi¬ son Ave., New York 22, N. Y., or get in touch with your Coca-Cola bottler. * * * Coke = Coca-Cola ^’’Coca-Cola” and its abbreviation ^^Coke” are the registered trade-marks which distinguish the product of The Coca-Cola Company, EP-6 EXTRA PROFITS .t . . . costs less than substitutes because Seazo keeps indefinitely . . . won't go rancid in the con¬ tainer . . . and pops corn that stays fresh longer. • For those states where colored oil is not sold { —use SIMKO brand. I A By the mokers of POPSIT PLUS! SBASONING SPECIALISTS TO THE NATION PROFIT ITEMS Of special interest to theatrernen are these units, a few just introduced, some on the market for some time, but all offering extra sales opportunities Pronto Warmer A new Junior Model Pronto Pop Corn Warmer was announced recently by Pronto Pop Corn Sales, Inc., Boston, Mor¬ ton Badge, president. According to Pronto, the new model assures delivery of hot corn all the time, thanks to the new im¬ proved Hot Blast Forced Air Heating System. It is eye-catching and colorful and brilliantly illuminated to attract at¬ tention, and is easily operated, requiring no service, according to the company. The model measures 16 inches square by 35 inches high, making it ideal for installa¬ tions where space is limited, for multiple installations, or alongside the present pop¬ corn setup. It holds over 120 10-cent serv¬ ings, and is easily refilled from the top. All parts that come in contact with the corn are stainless steel and plastic. Prices and full information may be obtained from Pronto Pop Corn Sales, Inc., 702 Beacon Street, Boston 15. Pronto Pop Corn Sales, Inc., Boston, is now offering this attractive, convenient, and easily operated warmer. The size is comparatively small, and is espe¬ cially suitable in places where the space is limited. National Vendor Another National Vendors’ merchandiser which is exclusive in its field is the Na¬ tional 8CE, the only electrically-operated, console-type automatic merchandiser for candy, cigarettes, and other items. The St. Louis concern has designed the equipment to incorporate the latest improvements in the dispensing field. The machine has a price setting up to 40 cents, operates on nickels, dimes, and quarters in any five-cent differential, and has such other distinctive National fea¬ tures as display of actual merchandise to This attractive automatic merchandiser for candy, cigarettes, and other items, the National BCE, de¬ signed and manufactured by National Vendors, Inc., St. Louis, should prove a really welcome addition to practically any theatre extra profits department. be delivered, and automatic rotation, which assures fresh merchandise. Popcorn Supply Good Omaha — West coast exhibitors appar¬ ently can look forward to a good supply of popcorn from Nebraska’s Tri-County irrigation area, it was learned recently. Popcorn is maturing on more than 2,000 acres of irrigated land, most of it in Phelps County. The Holdrege Seed and Farm Supply Company said it has enough land under contract to produce 2,000,000 bushels. Most will go to the west coast. Extra Profits Up New York — A survey by a large cir¬ cuit recently revealed that for the first six months of 1948 extra profits in theatres were responsible for 51 per cent of the theatres profits, as compared to 30 per cent for 1947. JOLLYi tIME 'ENORMOUS VOLUME ^AMERICA'S FAVORITE :M0RE PROFITS FOR YOU! AMERICAN POP CORN CO., SIOUX CITY, IOWA OUTDOOB REFRESHMENT CONCESSIONAIRES from Coast to Coast over Vi Century Notv Specializing' in Refreshment Concessions for DRIVE-IN THEATRES; r^PORTSERVICE, Inc. jACOnsnnos, EH1URST IBLDG- /; BUFFALC^ia XL ◄ ◄ ◄ ◄ ◄ ◄ ◄ < ◄ < ◄ < THE EXHIBITOR AugiLSt 11, 1948 THE EXH I B I T 0 R NT-1 iXKWS OF mil BRANCHES Atlanta Ralph McCoy, branch manager, Film Classics, returned to his office after the sales meeting in New York City. . . Back on the job after a vacation in Florida is Spence Pierce, 20th Cen¬ tury-Fox publicity. After his return, Emery Austin, MGM, went toFlorida for a vacation, and got the same beach apartment that Pierce had. Harvey Smith, coowner-manager. Tower, was off on a trip to New York City. ...Mel Brown, manager, Peachtree Art, was back after a booking trip to New York. Ben Jordan and Jimmy Campbell, Mono¬ gram salesmen, were in for a sales meeting., ,,Guy Brown, Film Row execu¬ tive, recalled a sage piece of advice given him once upon a time to the effect that “You can never be more than 100 per cent wrong.” Recent visitors included D.R. Kess¬ ler, Anchor Litho Company, Lakeland, Fla.; Frank Merritt and Harry Curry, Acme, Birmingham, and C. P. Cohen, Lin¬ coln, Key West, Fla., and Royal, Panama City, Fla. Jack Jackson, special representa¬ tive, Sack Amusement Enterprises, was in. Visiting were E.F. Ray, Rex, Alex¬ ander City, Ala., and R.D. Baker and Gene Hicks, Lake, Loudon, Tenri....Jim Squires, Knoxville Scenic Studios, Knoxville, Tenn. , was visiting Wilson Enterprises. ... Visiting Charlie Dur- meyer. Southern Automatic Candy Com¬ pany, was W.F. Wells, owner. Wells and Opera House, Newberry, S.C., a real old-timer. Jimmy Wilson, Wilson Enterprises booking agency, was off to Florida... A step toward compliance with city and state building and fire safety laws has been taken by the owners of eight neighborhood theatres here, who re¬ ceived bids for installation of sprink¬ ler systems in the theatres. The following properties of the Community Theatres Company were listed as in¬ volved in the sprinkler installation project, the Cascade, Euclid, Gordon, Little, Five Points, Plaza, Sylvan, Techwood, and West End. Babe Cohen, former manager. Mono¬ gram Southern exchange, left with his wife to take over his duties as co¬ owner, New Orleans branch. Screen Guild. He takes with him the well wishes of everyone on Film Row. Nell Argue, Pilot Club, is a super sales-woman of U. S. Security Bonds. She recently won a $100 prize in a contest for individual bond sales, selling $205,231 worth. The prize was donated by William K. Jenkins, presi¬ dent, Georgia Theatres, Inc. John M. Outler, Jr. , general mana¬ ger, WSB and WSB-TV, predicted re¬ cently before the Kiwanis Club that television, like radio, will hit its stride when low-priced receiving sets are on the market. Harry Whitestone, the Georgia tent showman and magician for Phillip Morris, was on Film Row. ... Another tent showman visiting was Ralph John¬ son.... Hap Barnes, the Alabama and Tennessee drive-in theatre operator, was on Film Row booking. Crescent Amusement Company reac¬ quired the Rialto and Gem, Kingsport, Tenn. , from Wilby Theatres. Wilby continues to operate its own house, the State, Kingsport, Altec signed sound service deals with the Parrish, Parrish, Ala,; Ritz, Scottsboro, Ala. ; Ritz, Bridgeport, Ala. ; Ritz, Arab, Ala. , and the Drive, Hallandale, Fla. Monogram Southern Exchanges has a new branch manager in the person of Jimmy Hobbs, who succeeds “Babe” Cohen. Hobbs was former Republic manager. Cohen is now managing Screen Guild in New Orleans. Florence Chamlee, head, accounting department. Monogram Southern Ex¬ changes, returned to her desk after a visit to Greensboro, Ga. , with Dorothy Edmonds, formerly with the company. . . . Ralph McCoy, Film Classics, was off to Florida on a business trip.... Mrs, Blanche Hicks, MGM, was off to South Georgia, and Myrtle Dillard went to Florida on vacation. Back from a Florida vacation at Monogram with a beautiful sun tan was Mrs. Leona Delong. ... Frank Jene, for¬ merly with U-I, was visiting from Florida. .. Gene Kinard, Fox projection¬ ist, was taking a vacation at Jackson¬ ville Beach, Fla. Sonny Shepherd, the Miami showman, was renewing friendships at the Variety Club,... Lois Johns is' new at the Tower. ... Everyone is pulling for William M. “Bill” Kemp, bug iness agent. Noted impressionist Dean Murphy and his wife, Dorothy Day, famed Florida columnist, are seen in the lobby of the Astor, New York, on their ar¬ rival for the recent world premiere of the Allied Artists production special, "The Babe Ruth Story". operators’ union who works at the Tower, who is running for House of Representatives. On a visit to Harvey Smith, coowner and manager. Tower, was James Cart- ledge, manager, Wilby-Kincey’ s Pal¬ metto, Spartanburg, S. C. Smith put Cartledge to work so he didn’ t have much of a vacation. Congratulations go to Harvey Smith, Tower, who celebrated another birth¬ day recently by taking the whole family down to Anderson, S.C,.,.The Tower had its first “owl” show re¬ cently, and played to SRO, so it looks like it will be a regular Saturday night affair from here on in.... Back after a trip to Birmingham, Ala, , were R.J. Ingram, southern district manager, and George Roscoe, branch manager, Columbia .... Jack Pries, business agent. Local 225, and Fox projectionist, was reelected presi¬ dent at the recent meeting. The or¬ ganization will meet in Birmingham next year. A.C. Bromberg, president, and Jimmy Hobbs, branch manager. Monogram Southern Exchanges, are back after attending a Chicago sales meeting. , . . Jimmy Wilson, Wilson and Moore Enter¬ prises, returned from a trip to Ten¬ nessee. ... Film Row was glad to wel¬ come back George Bell, who returned to Monogram after illness. Jimmy Freu, branch manager for U-I in Charlotte, has been transferred to the Atlanta branch replacing JimPart- low, who resigned recently to go to Florida in the drive-in theatre busi¬ ness. Mrs. Bettie Ginn, Republic, returned to her post after a vacation, ... Mrs. Kate Waits, Benton Brothers, returned from her vacation. ... Eddie Addison, Eagle Lion publicist, was recently in Birmingham working on “Canon City”. The Mrs, went with him. Charlotte The Morris announced that it would be closed for three days each week, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursdays, for the duration of the polio restriction, Altec signed sound service deals with the Pastime, Monroe, N.C., and the Pendleton, Pendleton, S.C. L.R. “Jimmy” Gilland, Jr., is the new booking manager, Everett Enter¬ prises. He assumed his new duties on Aug. 9, He is iii charge of all booking for the circuit’ s 50-odd theatres, and also is an assistant to E, G. Stellings, buyer. Baseball is one of the prime "busi¬ ness hurters” in this territory. One exhibitor writes of the “evil” in this way: “Everybody is staying away from the theatre and going to the ball games, including myself.” J.V. Frew, U-I branch manager, has been transferred to Atlanta, and J. W. Greenleaf, salesman, has been promoted to branch manager, while Bill McClure, head bookkeeper, has been made sales¬ man. August 11, . 1948 Southern NT -'2 THE EXH I Bl TOR AP a£'e from lEW SCRAPBOOK •Continuing along Film Row in Memphis, I visited the Warner ex¬ change where Tom Ballis, Madison, Memphis, was having an im¬ portant business confab wi th popular office manager Earl Hertzog. Received a hearty welcome at the offices of Monarch Theatre Sup¬ ply, Memphis, and obliged by snapping manager Neil Blount and M. Sliman, owner. Lux, Luxora, Ark. , who visited Film Row that day. Snapped Grover Wray, Exhibi¬ tor's Services head, with Para¬ mount' s Bob Kilgore in Memphis. George Royster, U-I Booker, is the proud father of a five pound, four ounce boy, bor-n on July 30. Salesmen ofi-ther various exchanges organized a union with Dave Williams, EL, president; Raleigh Good, U-I vice-president: Gene' Dyer, RKO, sec¬ retary, and Bill Lawrence, WB, trea¬ surer,. Marsh Funderburke resigned from Re¬ public as salesman to open a drive-in between Smithfield and Selma, N.C. Robert Finlayson, Republic head book¬ keeper has been promoted to salesman to fill his place, and Mitchell Little, Everett Enterprises booker, resigned to accept the job as head booker at Republic. Robert Brannon, RKO branch manager, says that he hopes to get the new RKO “This Is America”, short, “Letter to A Rebel”, on every screen in this Char¬ lotte territory. Raleigh Goode, 7-1 salesman, return¬ ed from a short stay in the hospital, and was notified that he was to be re¬ turned to South Carolina, from which he was taken less than a year ago to sell western North Carolina.; Memphis Co-workers and other Film Row em¬ ployes were passing around the excit¬ ing information of the unusual vacation tripbyMiss Ophelia Gaulding, booker, MGM. A planned trip to Chicago was suddenly changed for London, England. She made the trip by plane, and spent two weeks with friends overseas. Rol ana Adams, Boonville, Miss., and J.H. Morrow, Hamilton, Ala., was ex¬ changing shop talk with Sam Kirby, Little Rock, Ark., and W,h. Gray, Rutherford, Tenn. Gray reported his young two-mgnth old son in a local hospital for treatment, C.E. Hilgers, district manager. Eagle Lion, Dallas, was visiting.... R. M. Hammond, Jr., branch manager. Film Classics, attended a convention in New York. ... Jake Lutzer, division manager. Film Classics, Dallas, was in. One of the Row’ s oldest represen¬ tatives, Edward Patrick Doherty, sales¬ man, Columbia, resigned, effective on Sept. 1, to join the new Exhibitor Service, opened recently by Grover Wray, long-time salesman withRKO. The company has increased its service to 26 houses in Mississippi and Ten¬ nessee. Doherty will devote time to handling new accounts in Missouri and Arkansas, He will be a partner in the new booking q,nd purchasing company. Booking on the Row were: John Mohr- stadt, Hayti, Mo.; W.H. Ruffin, Sr., Covington, Tenn.; C.R. Kreig, Perry- ville. Ark.; W.H. Peel, Kenton, Tenn.; John T. Ray, Palace and Ritz, Kenneth, Mo.; Don Landers, Harrisburg, Ark.; G. H. Goff, Parsons, Tenn.; K.H. Kin¬ ney, Hughes, Ark,; W.R. Tutt, Tunica, Miss., and L.B. Bays, Greneda, Miss. Altec signed a sound servicing deal with the Fox, Josper, Tenn. Charley O’Donnell, general manager, Dixie Theatre Corporation, NewOrleans, and S.M. Perrin, Littie Rock, Ark., salesman for Monarch Theatre Supply, conferred with N.B. Blount, Monarch manager, who made a business trip to Nashville, Tenn, Paul Wilson, 20th Century-Fox, At¬ lanta, Grace Simpson, secretary to the Paramount branch \manageF, and Frances Wilson, picture reporter, were vacationing. ... Martha Hickey steno. Republic, was vacationing. Travis Carr was receiving sympathy on the death of his father, Milton D. Carr, who died in Dallas. Carr is office manager for Paramount. . .Eugene Boggs, manager, Flexer, New Albany, Miss., House, was in on business.... Miss Alta Mae O’Neill, availability clerk, Warners, was vacationing in New Orleans. Mrs. Ray Cooper, Crenshaw, Miss,, was the winner of the all-vacation trip to New Orleans in manager Cecil Vogel’s “Summer Holiday” promotion for Loew’ s Palace. Mrs. Cooper' s let¬ ter recalled her love for her native city. New Orleans Robert O’Donnell, Dallas, vice- president and general manager. Inter¬ state Theatres, and Chief Barker, Variety Clubs, International, and Mrs. Vinnie Pearson DeCasasus, Spooner, Wis. , and Mexico City, were married here recently in a ceremony in the International suite of the Roosevelt Hotel. Seymour Weiss, presideht. Hotel corporation, was best man and Mrs. J.H. Lutzer, Dallas, was matron of August 11, 1948 THE EXH I B I TO R NT-3 honor. Judge William V. Seeber, First City Court, performed the ceremony. The couple left for Beverly Hills, Cal,, for their honeymoon. Allied Theatres of the Gulf States were scheduled to move into its new offices shortly. The board of the or¬ ganization met recently at Arnaud’ s Restaurant, where the mechanics were set up for the national convention of Allied to be held in historic New Or¬ leans in November. Some 900 members of the national group are expected to attend. The Roosevelt will be conven¬ tion headquarters. The petition of Leeco, Inc,, seeking a change in zoning from “A” residential to "E” commercial to construct a mo¬ tion picture theatre in suburban New Orleans, was taken under advisement by the City Planning and Zoning Com¬ mission. T.A. Pittman, president, Leeco, Inc. , said his firm planned a theatre and commergial center esti¬ mated to cost $300,000. Maurice Artigues, general manager. Gulf States group, states that work on the organization’ s year book is now underway. Film Row heard that Joy Houck would dispose of his interest in Screen Guild, which means that he will quit the distribution f ield. , . . Mary and Mike Pisciotta, genial operators. Film Row Grill, will be missed by the Filmites. The popular rendezvous was sold to the Boulion brothers. .. Milton Bureau went to New York for a sales meeting of division managers and mana¬ gers of Film Classics. ... Tex Guinan, Eagle Lion auditor, was here. . .Governor Earl Long signed a bill making Satur¬ day a legal holiday in the state. Movie folks hereabouts hailed the ac¬ tion. .. .Florence Cuccia is back with Theatre Service. ... Lydia Newmann re¬ signed from RKO, and joined SRO . Doyle Menard, Don George Circuit, and Max Connett, Connett Circuit, were re¬ cent visitors. ... A new theatre is planned for suburban Metairie Ridge, just over the Orleans parish line.,.. Mamie Lass, Film Classics office mana¬ ger, was dividing her time between her job and caring for an ailing sister ....Gaston Bureau, Paramount-Richards exec, flew to Pensacola, Fla,, on business. Outdoor sports events, night base¬ ball, and cultural events, not to mention free vaudeville attractions at Pontchartrain Beach, have kept many customers from the movie box- off ices. ... H. C. Montgomery, head man, Joy, recently opened the Tiger, a drive-in at Baton Rouge, La. Altec signed sound servicing deals with the following Louisiana houses: Rio, New Orleans, Grove, Shreveport; Lake, Lake Providence, and Fiske, Oak Grove. STATES Alabama AB BE V 1 LLE Archie Walker, former theatre owner, died recently. AUBURN The Alabama Polytechnic Institute is showing free movies every Saturday night on the college tennis courts. BESSEMER Howard Walker, State, and Sally Sansing, former aide at the theatre, were married. BIRMINGHAM Off for a New Orleans vacation was Mrs. Betty Crum, secretary to R.M. Kennedy, district manager, Wilby-Kin- cey Theatres. .. Harry Roberts returned from a trip to At lanta. ... Maynard Baird, special representative of the MPMO and AFL organizer, was in from Atlanta, DOTHAM S.C. King and C.K. Merrill, owners, Houston, announced plahs for a new theatre to be built in Red Level, Ala. EAST GADSDEN The Dixie has a new one for mothers who bring their children along. They leave them in care of the theatre, and the management guarantees that they will be amply taken care of. FLORENCE The best of luck goes to Stanley Rosenbaum, Muscle Shoals headquarters here. He is a member of the Exchange Club. SYLACAUGA E.D. Martin, president, Martin Thea¬ tres, Columbus, Ga. , announced that a new house to cost $250,000 will be erected here, Martin Theatres already has two other houses, the Ritz and Sylacauga. TUSCALOOSA Bill Call, manager, Ritz, is back after a Tennessee vacation. Florida DANIA E.E. Doerflor and associates an¬ nounced that they will start con¬ struction of a new drive-in on a 20- acre site, with a 500-car capacity. FERNANDINA C.E. Beach, owner of the new thea¬ tre being erected here, stated that work is moving along nicely on the house, which will seat 800. Southern Construction Company, Augusta, Ga. , has the contract, and the theatre will be fireproof, hurricane proof, and vermin proof, as it is to be constructed entirely of steel, concrete, and plastics. The theatre will have the new type, semi- fabricated building manufactured by Great Lakes Steel Cor¬ poration, and it is said that this will be the first of its kind in the southeast, although several have been erected for the Paramount and Fox Circuits. FORT PIERCE Work will soon start on improving the State. Seating capacity will be increased to 800. HAVANA Dan Blackman, manager, Havana, in¬ stalled new equipment at a cost of $7, 000. MIAMI Wometco Circuit let the contract for the construction of the first tele¬ vision studio here. .. Arthur Schwartz, manager. Paramount Colony, Miami Beach, and Charles Whitaker, manager. Para¬ mount, Miami, were off for a vacation in the Wisconsin woods. . . .'Back on the job is Carl Jamroga, manager. Para¬ mount’ s Sheridan, Miami Beach, who spent his vacation in New Orleans with his wife. Good window tieups with shops and stores were made by Wometco for ‘Give My Regards To Broadway.” Radio tieups figured big for “Up In Central Park.” Miami Springs, Fla., is looking for¬ ward to the announced construction of a 1000-seat house to be called the Springs. Paramount Enterprises, Inc. , has architects Kemp, Bunch, and Jack- son, Jacksonville, Fla, , working on the project in association with the Miami firm of Steward and Skinner. The theatre will have all the latest structural developments and facili¬ ties, including air-conditioning, push-back seats, special acoustical design, candy and snack bars, an inner lobby equipped for television, and a large parking area to accommodate 300 cars. The Miracle, the modern, luxury theatre which Wometco is building in Coral Gables, Fla., is coming along. Completion is hoped for by Thanks¬ giving, when a gala opening is planned. _ _ _ _ _ f ./ V ' Jack Duinestre, Southeastern Theatre Equipment Company, recently entertained members of Atlanta Local 225, lATSE projectionists, in honor of Wayne Brenkert. Pictured from left to right are: Jake Pries, business agent; Brenkert, Bill Sneider, Local president, and J. M. Morris, secretary-treaurer of the Local. August 11, 1948 NT-4 THE EXHIBITOR and the expected attendance should fill its ’1600 seats. For those who feel the need of an oasis at the halfway mark, the Surf and the Strand have newly installed Drincolators dispensing Coca-Cola and root beer. The confection contest at Wometco wound up with a whirlwind finish with the Parkway "the winnah. ” Manager Ray Toenjmes and his missus and candy ven- doress Dorothy Tierney won trips to gay Havana. Biltmore manager Walter Klements and sweet seller Betty Petty each received a swell Farnsworth radio as runners-up. In show place came the Tower with candy gal Ruth Thompson and manager Bill Goller pocketing $20 each. The Grove was fourth, manager Dana Bradford and confection girl Gloria Maestro getting a $10 handout. At the Harlem, the fifth placers, the prize was $5 to manager Walter Toemmes and the bon-bon babe, Willie Mae Linder. The Lincoln is very proud of Alfred J. Shootes. Hr was one of the two people in Florida to receive an all¬ expense fellowship from The National Tuberculosis Association, based on his outstanding work in tuberculosis control, A leave of absence was granted Shootes, and he is on his way to the University of Michigan, for six weeks of study. The best wishes of his fellow workers go with him. More than 500 Wometco staffers and their families had a gala day at Cran- don Park Beach recently at a company sponsored picnic. The gang had their fill of surf, , sand, sun, soda, sand¬ wiches, fried diicken, pardon the burp, coconuts ‘n’ everything. Games and entertainment rounded out the program, and a super good time was had by all. A minor auto crash had Cameo manager Eugene Race out of the running for a short time.... The “out of this world” look on Mayfair assistant manager Joe St. Thomas’ s face, is due to the an¬ nouncement of his engagement to Ann Felui, The wedding is scheduled for November. Meanwhile, his fellow work¬ ers bear with him, ...Ray Toemmes, manager. Parkway, is looking forward next month to the arrival of his 1948 model. Mr. Stork cannot name the date of delivery, but promises the latest model. Wometco’ s Old Guard, composed of members with more than seven years with the organization, is arranging for the mobile blood donating unit to take its contribution as a group. You’re setting a wonderful example, gang. The FCC cancelled the construction permit for television station WTVJ of The Wolf son-Meyer Circuit. The Com¬ mission charged that Wolfson-Meyer was brought into the licensee corporation after the permit had been granted, without FCC okeh. It also alleged that a year later, a financial state¬ ment was filed dated six months back, which did not disclose the circuit as holder of stock in the corporation. PENSACOLA For the first nine months ending on June 30, amusement taxes collected here amounted to $37,305.26, much higher than last year. SEPHYRH I LLS A new 500-seat theatre will be con¬ structed here by I. A. Krusen, with opening set for Sept, l. TALLAHASSEE On recommendation of the County Zoning Board, A, J., Talley was denied a permit for the construction of a drive-in on the Berry Highway. TAMPA Elmer W. Hecht, manager. Park, re¬ cently staged an outstanding campaign on U-I’s “Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid, ” the highlight of which was a bathing beauty contest to find “Miss Mermaid of Florida,” and a tank erected in court house square where swimmers and divers cavorted under water, ate lunch, and smoked under water, etc. This stunt created traffic, stopping attention, and resulted in newsreel coverage. Hecht promoted seven co-op. advance ads and two full page ads at no cost to the theatre on the contest. Also, all prizes for the contest were promoted at no extra cost to the theatre. WEST PALM BEACH There will soon be two new theatres here. One is already started, and the other will be started soon. The New has installed Simplex mecha¬ nisms, Herner transverter. Simplex sound system, and a Walker screen. Georgia BUCHANAN Mr. andMrs. W.D. Bell, Cave Springs, purchased the Buchanan, and will im¬ prove the building and equipment. COLUMBUS Chingler and Holliday announced that they have taken over the local drive-in. CORDELE Chingler and Holliday started their new theatre, and hope to have it ready by Nov. 15. HAWKINSVI LLE Martin and Thompson recently opened the new Thompson. The new 1,000-seat house and home office quarters for the circuit were erected on the site of the old Princess, destroyed by fire some time ago. The new building, of brick and concrete construction, is one of the most modern theatre build¬ ings in the state. It is 52 feet by 160 feet in size. An elaborate open¬ ing program was arranged followed by a cocktail party and buffet supper at the home of J. H. Thompson, a partner in Martin and Thompson Theatres. Thompson and E.D. Martin, and Roy Martin, Jr., were joint hosts to those participating in the opening cere¬ monies. The Thompson is the first of four new theatres to be built by Mar¬ tin and Thompson Theatres in the cur¬ rent building program. Other towns in which new theatres will be built are McRea, Cochran, and Perry, all in Georgia. North Carolina ASHEVILLE Health officers, as a precaution against further spread of polio, or¬ dered the closing of theatres and churches. At the same time, it order¬ ed discontinuance of all athletic con¬ tests and civic club meetings. County health officers restricted movies out¬ side the city limits to persons over 16, but did not order closing. KING Jim Booth announced a policy of re¬ fusing to sell tickets to all under 16 because of the polio situation. WINSTON-SALEM The Lincoln was ransacked, and ap¬ proximately $25 in change taken from the office cash register, according to W.H, Tapp, manager. South Carolina FAIRFAX A.F. Floyd will soon start work on his new drive-in, JOHNSON H. B. Ram announced that he hopes to get his new 650-seat theatre open about Oct, 1. SPARTAN BURG The Junior Chamber oi Commerce show was cancelled due to the polio epi¬ demic which has spread throughout the city. All public events at which crowds gather were ordered cancelled until further notice. Tennessee FOUNTAIN CITY G.D. Barker has opened his modern drive-in, with a capacity for 450 cars. KNOXVILLE Hap Barnes says that he will have his new drive-in here opened about Aug. 15. The spot has a 550-car ca¬ pacity. He is also building another drive-in near here. Taxes paid on amusements in this city were $1,204, according to a re¬ cent report. The Skyline Drive-In has been open¬ ed by G.D. Baker, Morristown, Tenn. It is located on Highway 33, and has a capacity for 700 cars. LAKEMONT Another drive-in to open is the one with a capacity for 500 cars, erected by Foree and -McMillian. MC MINNVILLE The new Park, owned by Cumberland Amusement, recently opened. The new house cost approximately $200,000, and replaces the old theatre. RED BANK The Fix, being constructed here by W.W, Fincher, Jr,, and Dr. R.H, Brad¬ ley, will seat 752. August 11, 1948 THE EXHIBITOR NT-1 NKWS or THIS Chicago Hal Stevens, Paramount exchange manager, came out sparkling from his recent operation. Miss Dorathy Veness, secretary to William J. Devaney, MGM resident manager, enjoyed vacation gardening at her home. ... Frank Rogers, Jr., Am- pro eastern division manager, came in for conferences. ... Rockford, Ill. , theatres paid $3, 000 to the city trea¬ surer for the first month’ s amusement tax, recently voted by city council. Sylvia Adelman, secretary to Henry Stickelmier, Great States Theatres, Inc., was married to Irving Peingold ....John Dromery, mayor of North Chi¬ cago, majored in the opening of the town’ s new 700-seat De Luxe, at which Sydney Schatz, owner, was greeted by many friends frqm Film Row. ..Les Wal- rath. Uptown manager, vacationed in Iowa in his brand new car. The La Salle, Les Stepner manager, reopened with- beautiful decorations and a new fireproof, acoustic ceiling ...E.F. Jelinek commissioned the Hood Construction Company to build a 600- car drive-in at Elmhurst, Chicago suburb. Van Nomikos, theatre circuit head, took a west coast business and pleasure trip. Mrs. Gertrude Fischer, Norshore, won a six-week battle with virus in¬ fection through blood donation aid from Ted Regelin, Norshore manager; and Tom McEvily, assistant; Lee East¬ man, Varsity manager; Harvey Shapiro, Granada assistant, and Johnny Weber, Valencia. ... John Miljan, Jr., son of the actor, joined the staff of the Varsity^ Evanston, Ill ... George West, Monogram official, was here en route to Hollywood with his bride, the former Elsa Hock of Detroit. Betty Gleason, (Mrs. Bill Conroy), Paramount office staff, is taking time out for the stork. AsCAP moved to larger space at a South Michigan Avenue. .. .Ruth Shirley Lemasky, daughter of Sam Lemasky, business agent, lATSE Film Row unions, was married to George H. Werner. About nine neighborhood theatres advertised triple features to push apparently sagging business. The Star, West End, Midway, Woodlawn, Ray, Chel- ton. Harvard, Atom, and Ace advertised the three- in-one shows. J. H. Hoffberg, vice-president. Cinema Stamp Collectors Club, announced the acceptance of Leonard Utecht, manager, Essaness’ Lake, Oak Park, Ill., as anew member .... Nicholas Butera, assistant manager. Southern, Oak Park, Ill., res igned . . . . J immy Smith, assistant manager. Lake, Oak Park, Ill., returned from vacation, Dallas Altec signed sound servicing deals with the following Texas houses: Elm¬ wood Skyline, Abilene; Rivoli, Strand, Waco; Ucca Drive-In, Lamesa; Chief, Midland; Delman, Lincoln, Ervay, Dal¬ las; Tojas Drive-In, Victoria; Reel Drive-In, Rockdale; Ritz, Floydada; Texas, McGregor; Colonial, Rialto, Texas, Greenville; and Select, Mineola. R.J. O’Donnell, vice-president and general manager. Interstate, was in Mayo Brothers Clinic for a check-up ....Herb Pickman, Warners, New York office, was helping George sannan, southwestern exploiteer, arrange the Texas premiere of “Two Guys Prom Texas’’ at San Antonio on Aug. 4. The Boys Ranch Foundation of the Variety Club has been bequeathed $2,500 from the estate of W. G. Under¬ wood. Underwood was senior partner of Underwood and Ezell. Denver Dore Schary, Metro vice-president in charge of production, vacationed at Troutdale-in-the-Pines, and put the finishing touches on “Hollywood and the Writer”, delivered by him at the University of Colorado Writers’ Con¬ ference, Boulder, Colo. Theatre and film men were prominent on the initial week'-long ride of “Roundup Riders of the Rockies”, an annual event, taking in the mountains and ranches west of Denver. Theatre men were prime organizers of the event, and predominated in the number riding. Among the theatre and film men on the ride were Prank Ricketson, Jr. , Al Gould, Mel Glatz, and R.J. Garland, Pox Intermountain Theatres; Joe Dekker and Tony Archer, Civic Theatres; Claude Granes, Albuquerque, N, M., theatre owner; FredKnill, Gibraltar Theatres, and Kenneth MacKaig, branch manager. United Artists. Mrs. Lee Mote, former Acme, River¬ ton, Wyo. , owner, is recovering her eyesight following a cataract opera¬ tion. She was in Denver recently being fitted for glasses. Tom Baily, Film Classics district manager, went to New York for a sales meeting following a Salt Lake City trip....Al Kolitz and Joe Emerson, district and branch manager, respec¬ tively, went to San Francisco to at¬ tend an RJO sales meeting. ... C.M. Al- derson and J.W. Barton expect to open their drive-in near La Junta, Colo,, about Aug. 15. Colorado, because the light, scenic, and weather conditions are well-nigh perfect for outdoor filming, can ex¬ pect to be the scene of more and more technicolor westerns, according to Louis King, who at present is direct¬ ing “Sand” near Durango, in the state, for 20th Century-Fox. Dan Thyne is building a 400-seat $55, 000 Poblocki and sons quonset type theatre at Cheyenne Wells, Colo.-, to be called the Wells, and opening on Aug. 15. He has engaged Ross Bluck as manager, film buyer-booker. Al Andersen, Paramount head shipper, has been promoted to assistant booker, and is succeeded by Roy Hopkins from U-I, whose job goes to Malcolm Snapp, Denver Shipping and Inspection Bureau. William Albright, assistant booker, U-I, resigned. .. W. J. Porter, Monograii; home office representative, was view¬ ing accounts at the Monogram exchange. Al Clark, student booker, RKO ex¬ change, resigned, to set himself up as a piano instructor at Hugo, Colo.... Civic Theatres, after a thorough re¬ modeling job, will reopen the Rex, closed several years, about Sept. 1, as the Coronet. Des Moines The Variety Club will hold a benefit dance, and give away a new automobile and other merchandise, on Sept. 3 at the Val-Air ballroom, it was announced by Nate Sandler, chief Barker. The money will be used for the general charity program of the club including Arlington Hall and the YMCA summer camp. The club will also sponsor the Horace Heidt NBC broadcast from the KRNT radio theatre on Nov. 7, with the club members handling the sale of tickets and publicity. Proceeds from the show will be divided with the Ray¬ mond Blank Memorial Hospital and the nurses home at Mercy Hospital. The Iowa C. I. 0. labor organization’s executive board is urging theatres to adopt an “in-between” age admission price for children between 12 and 15 years of age. . . . The strand, cedar Rapids, la., has been sold by W.a. Olson to Sara E. Miller. ... The Para¬ mount is being remodeled without the house being closed. Bill Sobel and Arnold Berger, Mid West Drive-In Theatres, were visitors ....Edwin Sandbloom, formerly associ¬ ated with Paramount, joined Warners as a salesman. ... Ruthven, la.’s new the¬ atre, Palo Alto, will be completed about the middle of August. ... Carl Benson, Benson circuit, purchased the Anita, la. , theatre from Tom Brooks, Des Moines. Kansas City Altec signed sound service deals with the following state houses: the Drive- In, Great Bend; Anthony, Anthony; Southwest, Johnston; Electric, Kansas City; Lakin, Lakin; Electric, Larnad; Meade, Meade, and Drive-In, Dodge City. Los Angeles The Pacific Coast Conference of ITO was awaiting word from its attorney, Robert Graham, regarding the impact of decision and status of the anti-ASCAP decision in N.Y. PCCITO had filed to intervene in the New York ITO suit against ASCAP, ... Will iam M. Pizor, new Screen Guild vice-president, was due in for a vacation. August 11, 1948 National NT- 2 THE EXHIBITOR A $56l,Li00 trust suit was filed by Long Beach, Cal, exhibitors, Mr. and Mrs. Ivan C. Hanson, who own the At¬ lantic. The suit is asking for damages as well as injunctive relief from nine distributors, four theatre circuits, and two individuals. Fred A. Weller, formerly in charge of film cases in the Department of Justice anti-trust division, prepared the suit, which at¬ tacks the first run moveovers of Ca- bart Corporation and Pox West Coast, The action charges that the defendants conspired to maintain an arbitrary and unreasonable clearance schedule in the city of Long Beach. It is also alleged that a conspiracy has forced the plaintiffs’ theatre to play films on a long delayed subsequent run while houses run by the defendants have had a monopoly of all first-run exhibitions Also in the complaint is the allegation that distributors have granted the cir¬ cuit theatres a lower rental fee than charged against the Hanson outfit, and that the buying power of the St. Louis Amusement Company has been injected there in order to obtain better treat¬ ment for Cabart. The St. Louis circuit and Cabart have been named through Milton and Harry Arthur, who have been named defendants. A Hollywood Ad Club meeting dis¬ cussed television, with Rodney Pan- tages issuing a challenge for exhibi¬ tor cooperation only if the shows are put on film. Cascade Productions closed a deal with Pox West Coast to make 13 shorts on safe driving, which FWC is financ¬ ing. SCTOA board is studying a concil¬ iation plan recently put into effect by 20th Century-Fox in various sections of the country. The board will see if it is adaptable in this area for deal¬ ing with exhibitors. The SCTOA is also sponsoring a survey to determine the advantages of blanket fixe and public liability insurance policies for its members. The Gilmore Drive-In opened. The structure will have ' capacity for 650 cars and 600 seats for walk- in patrons. William K. Oldknow, president,' Los Angeles Drive-In Theatre Corporation, says that the new unit has been fur¬ nished with the most modern in equip¬ ment. Private services were held for Les¬ lie Prince, seven year old daughter of prank Prince, FWC booker. A request was made that no flowers be sent, and instead that donations go to the Les¬ lie Prince Memorial Fund for Scientific Research at the University of Southern California. Sam Decker arrived from the sales convention of Screen Guild in Chicago ....Ralph Perkins and A.U. Soderburg, who operate the Perkins Theatre Corp¬ oration, are set for a new 1.000-seat theatre to be constructed in the beacn town of Corona Del Mar, Cal, Charles P. Skouras was host at a banquet at the Ambassador Hotel honor¬ ing the Most Reverend Archbishop Athenagoras, head of the Greek Ortho¬ dox Church in North and South America. Milwaukee The Ringling Brothers circus again managed to lure many theatre patrons ....Exhibitors report a slight up¬ turn in business. ... The Riverside temporarily reverted to straight pictures for a short time. Both the 41-Outdoor and the oldest drive-in in the territory, the Drive- In, Blue Mound Road, report good business. ... There are reports that a few portable drive-ins are operating in the exchange territory. Theatrical equipment sales firms report sales of 16mm. projection and sound equipment increasing rapidly. .. Jesse T. McBride, Paramount manager, was on a sales trip, ... Harold Pearson, Independent Theatres of Wisconsin and Upper Michi¬ gan field man, was in....F.J. McWil¬ liams, Portage, Portage, Wis. , was a cal ler. ... Jack Bannan, U-I manager, made calls on exhibi tors. . . . M ino r remodeling of the U-I building, pre¬ paratory to the fall move by Monogram into those quarters, is well along ....Donald Weisfeldt, 41-Outddor as¬ sistant manager, was married. His father, Edward Weisfeldt, well known in the local theatre managerial field in early days, attended. The latter is an executive for a Michigan the¬ atre group, headquartering at Detroit. Judy Stewart, ll, Mukwonago, Wis., girl, has been chosen from 8,000 4-H Club entrants in a nationwide contest for an acting spot in “The Green Promise”. Robert Paige interviewed Miss Stewart, after a long search in which through error her entry was lost. Film Service, operated by Charles Trampe, is working on the proposed expanding of delivery services by a relay that will handle the western fringe of the exchange area. Exhibi¬ tors are provided delivery service now by Railway Express trucks. Among the Wisconsin territory exhibitors to be served in the new setup are the Rose, Melrose; Pix, Whitehall; Salem, West Salem, and Falls and Avalon, Black River Falls. The date of the Reelfellows Club golf outing. Port Washington Country Club, Port Washington, Wis., was changed to Aug. 2. Prizes for the golfers were donated by the industry and trades selling to the industry. William Benjamin, Screen Guild manager, and the family enjoyed a west coast vacation. .. Roland Koutnik, Palace manager, was spending his va¬ cation in Bermuda, Miami, and New York. ... Jerome Beres,, Princess mana¬ ger, was vacationing at his home in Port Washington, Wis. The Empress, burlesque^ run by Charles Pox. dispensed with live talent for the summer. ... Remodel ing of the Comet neared completion. The Towne filed suit in Chicago federal court for $1,050,000 triple damages naming ei ght film distributors and an individual . The theatre charged violations of the Sherman and Clayton antitrust acts. T.C. McConnell, Chicago attorney, charged that in the alleged conspiracy of the defendants, the Towne registered loss of $350, 000 from the day the theatre opened, Mayl, 1946, to date. The complaint asked that the defendants should be perpetually en¬ joined from declining to give the Towne a break on first-run pictures. Minneapolis Paramount star Alan Ladd attended the Aquatennial and world premiere of “Beyond Glory” at Radio City. Aquatennial officials and “queen” of the celebration shared the stage with Ladd, who was guest of honor at a series of fetes, including luncheon with 300 northwest editors and dinner with State Legislators. Ladd was made honorary commodore for the celebration, and headed a huge cavalcade of cars in the annual festival parade. David Nederlander and associates, Detroit, purchased the Lyceum, com¬ bination legit and film house. For the past two years, the house has been owned by the Nicollet and Eleventh Company, Detroit, of which Alex Schreiber and associates were princi¬ pal stockholders. The Nederlander interests, which operate legitimate theatres in Detroit, Chicago, and Toledo, 0., took over the Lyceum property on Aug. i. Floyd Perkins is the new owner, Lyric, LeCenter, Minn. Perkins formerly op¬ erated the Mora, Mora, Minn. , now dismantled. August W. “Gus” Baehr, veteran ex¬ hibitor, died recently in St. Paul, Minn., following a long illness. Fu¬ neral services and interment were at Wadena, Minn. , his home town, and were heavily attended by showmen. Baehr owned theatres at Bemidji, Brainerd, International Palls, Thief River Falls, Alexandria, Ely, and Park Rapids, Minn., and at Wahpeton, N.D. Survivors include a brother^ Edward J. Baehr, Minneapolis, heavy owner of property housing the Baehr Circuit, now operated by the Home Theatres Circuit. ... Mrs. Fan Dryer, 55, wife of Harry Dryer, Minneapolis exhibitor, passed away recently. The Orpheum, large loop house owned by RKO, was getting a complete face¬ lifting job. Property has been purchased, and a permit granted, for a 500-car drive- in to be erected on the outskirts of Austin, Minn. Clem Jaunich, who heads the project, expects to be operating by September. Cost has been estimated at $100,000. Jaunich also is planning other drive-ins. The West Park Drive-In, Huron, S.D., has been opened by Alva Taylor, Ed¬ ward Taylor, and Charles Steinborn. Facilities include space for lOO cars and car-hop service. ... Weather and obstacles delayed opening of the drive- in at Rochester, Minn. , which Ralph Green is building. Green’ s outdoor theatre at Madison, Wis. , was pro¬ gressing on schedule. August 11, 1948 THE EXHIBITOR NT- 3 More than 60 residents of St. Louis Park, Minneapolis suburb, appeared at a meeting of the village council to protest the proposed construction of a drive-in by the Minnesota Enter¬ tainment Enterprises, Inc. The firm had asked rezoning action by the coun¬ cil to permit the outdoor theatre oh a 36-acre tract in the extreme north¬ west corner of the Park. The objectors said the theatre would create a traf¬ fic hazard, noise, and other undesir¬ able conditions in this residential neighborhood. The council has taken the matter under advisement. Oklahoma City Altec signed sound servicing deals with these Oklahoma houses: Criterion, Sapulpa; Starlite, Shawnee; Skyway Drive-In, Seminole, and Leachman, Stillwater. An armed robber held up the cashier and assistant manager of the Home, and escaped with nearly $700. Morris Loewenstein, owner. Majestic, president. Theatre Owners of Oklahoma since 1915, and one of the industry's veterans whose career dates back to 1909, received an autobiographical write-up in The Oklahoma City Ad¬ vertiser recently. Omaha C.M. Worrl sold his Royal, Dunlap, la., to J.P. Broderick, Dunlap, his first exhibitor venture. . Jienry Saggau, Denison, la. , was vacationing at Dor¬ set, Minn. ..John Fisher set the open¬ ing of his Valley, Valley, Neb. ..Bill Youngclaws returned from a California stay to take over the helm of his Grand Island, Neb. , house. Tri-States arranged a tieup with Crystal River Lodge in the heart of the Rockies for “The Dude Goes West.” Travel agencies, windows, and lobby displays were used....H. B. Johnson, U-I manager, was vacationing at his cabin in Minnesota. Gerald P. McGlynn, MGM branch mana¬ ger in Des Moines, returned here to confer -with his successor, William Gaddoni. . . . Al Newhouse, Polk, Neb., and Otto Schneider, Osceola, Neb. , visited Film Row. . . . There are reports that there will be another house put up in Benson, a part of Omaha. An MGM crew started shooting a short, “City of Little Men," at Boys Town... Erection of a drive-in has started south of Omaha, near Offutt Air Forces Base. Leo Blank, former manager, Warners, died at his home at Oakland, Cal . Charles J. Feldman, U-I western sales manager, visited his mother here.... The Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben, Omaha civic organization, will finance a 30-minute film on Nebraska irrigation and soil conservation practices. Tri-states Theatres bought the Sioux City, la., drive-in from L.W. Davidson, former Tri-States city manager, and John P. Kampmeyer. Vernon Carr, mana¬ ger, Iowa, will direct the drive-in. Artnur Nielsen was moved from the Hipp managership to the Iowa. C.V. Burneson, former Capitol assistant manager, runs the Hipp. ... Jacob Wilk, Warners, and Sid Luckman, producer, visited. Portland Jack Partin, Film Classics branch manager, went to New York for a sales meeting. .. Jack Flannery, Portland and Seattle branch manager. National Screen Service, and Berney Wolf, district manager, were in to change the office setup. Orders are to be sent by tele¬ type to the Seattle office, to facili¬ tate handling advertising and trailers. Bill Katsky, manager. Music Box, was back from a vacation in southern California and Mexico. ... Dick Brill, publicity man. Eagle Lion, was in to work on ‘“Canon City”. ... Harry Wood, auditor, 20th Century Pox, was in. Altec signed sound servicing deals with the following state houses: Robin Hood, Sherwood; Oak, Oakridge, and Pix, Ontario. Salt Lake City Altec signed a sound service deal with the Ideal, Heber City, Utah, and the Opera and Glenns Perry, Idaho. The new Hyland Drive-In opened in Salt Lake’ s southeast residential area despite attempt of some citizens to prevent it. Many claimed it constituted a traffic hazard. The Salt Lake County Commission granted a license despite this protest. G.P. Wright is manager. Vern Austin, veteran showman from Colorado, has been named manager, Rialto. Herb Bonifas will open the Blaine, Chinook, Mont. ,' on Aug. 19. Fox-Intermountain Theatres will re¬ model the Rainbow and Liberty, Great Falls, Mont., in the near future. Hall Baetz, district manager, announced upon his return from a tour of the area. ...Lon T. Pidler, franchise holder for Monogram, confined to a local hospital since his arrival in Salt Lake, was allowed by his doctor to continue his convalescence at a downtown hotel. St, Louis Gus Gieselman, shipper, Eagle Lion, left on his vacation, an extended tour through Texas. .. Allen Crawford, book¬ er, Warners, returned from a delight¬ ful vacation touring Montreal and Toronto, Canada, then through New York State, and back to St. Louis. Eagle Lion salesmen are fighting hard, slowly improving their position in the Bill Heineman Drive. Out of meetings held July 20 and 21 in St. Louis, Mid-Central Allied Independent Theatre Owners was formed. An executive committee was chosen, and after meeting in separate session the following officers were elected: President: Henry Halloway, Overland, Mo; vice-president: A.B. Jefferis, Piedmont, Mo. , and secretary-treasur- er: H.M. Graham St. Louis. Besides the new officers, the following mem¬ bers were elected to serve on the board: C. Beninati, Carlisle, Ill.; C. Berutt, Sullivan, Ill.; A. Dietz, St. Louis;- E. Vandiver, Kennett, Mo. ; A. Weicks, Staunton, Mo., and W. Zimmerman, Warrenton, Mo. The execu¬ tive committee established dues, and set adate for the next regional meet¬ ing to be held at Colonial Tavern, Cape Girardeau, Mo., on Aug. 18. Film row bookers will remember the pleasant Bookers Barbecue andOuting, sponsored by the following exhibitors; Ceaser Berutt. Dean Davis, L, J. Wil¬ liams, and W.A. Wandel. Berutt has theatres at Sullivan and Lebanon, Ill. ; David has theatres at West Plains, Mo. , Mt. Group, Mo. , Maplewood Park, Ill,, and Dupo, Ill., and Williams owns the Williams, Union, Mo. Most of the film exchanges were represented at the outing, held at the Franklin County Country Club, five miles north of Union, Mo. Everyone feasted royally on chicken, ribs, and all the trimmings. Beer and other cool drinks allayed the summer thirst. Bookers, their wives, and sweethearts enjoyed games of golf, badminton, and ping pong. Among those present were; Sanford Berns and Mark Steinberg, Eagle Lion; Joe Bowles, Film Classics; Bill Thomas, Ray Mc- Afferty, andFlorence Patky, 20th-Fox; Bill Emas, Columbia; Marcella Divenn and Grace Inglehart, Republic; Ed Locke, United Artists; Aldo Conners, Warners; Jerry Bohner and Edna Boey- ner. Paramount, and Al Coco, Henry Stephan, and Frances Hoffman, Metro. San Antonio Robert Shelton, manager, Josephine, announced that the recent experiment of showing two British films, “Odd Man Out” and “Black Narcissus”, was entirely successful. ... George Watson, city manager. Interstate Theatres Cir¬ cuit, announced that construction work has started on the remodeling of the city offices in the Majestic building ....Clyde Zaltsman is at the Palace. Charles Wolf has been named manager, Harlandale, part of the Southern The¬ atre Company, of which Eph Charninsky is local head. .. Henry Bergman, present manager. Empire, was reminiscing over the fact that he and his wife intro¬ duced the song, “Snooky Ookums”, heard in* “Easter Parade”, more than 3'0 years ago. Among the out-of-towners in booking Latin American Films were Ray Jones, Interstate, Dallas; Jose Garcia, Jr., Nacional, Asherton, Tex.; Frank Fletcher, operating the Ritz, Houston, Tex., in partnership with Mr. and Mrs. Edward Miller, and Frank Trevino, Ideal, Pearsall, Tex.... New film salesman for the south Texas terri¬ tory include Walter Weins, Eagle Lion ; Clarence Wilson, for RKO, and Charles Houston, Republic. ... Clara Cadena, accessories clerk, and Raquel Guerrere, assistant booker, both members of the Clasa-Mohme staff, were spending their vacation in Mexico. Rubin Frels recently opened his new Texas Drive-In, Victoria, Tex, .. Van August 11, 1948 NT-4 THE EXHIBITOR Chamberlain started construction of a new theatre at Freer, Tex.... The Moran, Moran, Tex. , closed for some time, has been reopened under the management of W.D. Robbins, ... Charles Wise and M. Mitchell purchased the Edge, Edgewood, Tex. Wise is general manager, Phil Isley Theatres, while Mitchell has the Spann, Forney, Tex. Cole, owner, American, Bon¬ ham, Tex., announced that a $30,000 modernization program is under way at the house. ... C. J. Musselman has taken over the Lamar and Dixie, Paris, Tex., from the Interstate Theatres Circuit under the recent U.S, Supreme Court rul ing. . . , The Gem, Wichita Falls, Tex. , has been returned by Interstate to Aaron Mcllheran. A special screening of "The Street With No Name” was held at the Majestic, Houston, Tex., arranged by James Gillespie, 20th Century-Fox. ... Ralph Dodge, manager. Uptown, Houston, Tex. , is being featured in a program of organ melodies weekly overKTRH, Hous¬ ton. ... M. Sargeant, manager, Winkler DriVe-In, Houston, Tex., has installed seats, and a playground in a fenced in area for small children and walk- in patrons. .. George Bannon, publicity man, Warners, was spending his vaca¬ tion together with his family in Gal¬ veston, Tex. Jimmy Gillespie, promotion man with 20th Century-Fox, and Paul Hochuli, amusement editor. The Houston Press, conducted a novel con-test to exploit “Green Grass Of Wyoming.” The Sylvia, owned and operated by Charles Weisenberg, Seagonville, Tex., was destroyed by a fire. Weisenberg contemplates rebuilding. Jack Weisen¬ berg, manager, Sylvia, has been trans- .ferred to the Palo Duro Drive-In, Amarillo, Tex. ... Convalescing after a recent appendectomy was Jo Rita Saun¬ ders, North Main, Houston, Tex. According to articles which are ap¬ pearing in various dailies throughout the state, there is a possibility of Texas theatres facing a municipal levy on admissions by the larger cities. Such a tax is at present prohibited by Texas law, which forbids cities' and towns from collecting any special tax from business. The cities are in need of revenue and, therefore, are studying new ways and means. According to gne article, city ticket taxes were possi¬ ble, and might came about. San Francisco Realizing more than $6,600 from the recent personal appearance of Horace Heidt and his Musical Knights, the Variety Club continues its nursery home funds drive with a varied program of theatrical enterprises. The Heidt offer was a $16,500 sell-out four days before the event with. Variety receiving 40 per cent of the proceeds. Members of 20th Century-Fox con¬ ducted a local drive to send “Sugar” Sahner, a swimming star who barely missed the Olympics and who is em¬ ployed as an executive secretary in 20th-Fox office, to the London matches to support her teammates. Gene New¬ man, local exchange, handled the cam¬ paign in conjunction with sports editor of a morning newspaper. With a premiere opening scheduled for Aug. 17, Trans-California The¬ atres, Inc. , the new Rex Stevenson- Dave Bolton organization, launches its first new drive-in, the Starlite, in South San Francisco. City of f icials, including Mayor Elmer Robison and leading members of the film industry, will attend the special preview of the $200,000 project. The Starlite will be open to the public on the following night. The drive-in has a car capacity of 580 cars. A new deluxe house of 1500 seats is slated for construction by the Excel¬ sior Amusement Company, owned by Eu¬ gene Emmick, Robert McNeil, and Michael Naify, in one of San Francisco’s newly established residential sections. Bids are now open to contractors with the completion of plans by Alex Comp¬ ton, architect. House will be located adjacent to 19th Avenue, a main park¬ way of the city. Alexandria, deluxe neighborhood house of San Francisco Theatres,, Inc., so impressed George Skouras,- president, Skouras Theatres, on his recent visit here that upon return to New York he wired for a complete set of photo¬ graphs of the Alexandria. Russell Wheeler, manager, Metro, was on vacation. ... The variety Club held a party on Aug. 5 at its Eddy Street Tent for Bob O’Donnell, Dallas, a national off icial . . . . Blumenfeld Circuit opened a new 900-seat house in its northern California circuit at Belmont. ^ Stanley R. Lefcourt, former booker, with Golden State and San Francisco Theatres, Inc., was named office manager. Film Classics. Lefcourt works with Sam Sobel, recently, appointed branch manager. ... Suffering a heart attack. Jack Keegan, manager, Del Oro, Grass Valley, Cal., Golden State Cir¬ cuit, was hospitalized. The Paramount gave its marquee an extensive renovating job.... John Peters, manager, Granada, Oakland, Cal., returned to his home after be¬ ing hospitalized. . .Jack Frazier, Film Messenger Service, returned from a vacation at Lake Tahoe, Cal. Malcolm Kingsberg, executive vice- president, RKO, was here to oversee extensive reconstruction job on the Golden Gate’ s outer lobby and foyer. . . Ira Epstein, public relations, Warners, wws here to establish new publicity headquarters for Warners in northern Cal i f orni a. . . . Harry Buxbaum, new assistant branch manager, MGM, came in from Washington. Jay Golden, division manager, RKO, served as a judge in selecting the Farmers’ Market Fiesta Queen, Three Golden State executives, Roy Cooper, film buyer; C, V. Taylor, general manager, and John McCollum, statistician, made a one-day flier south to meet with MGM officials re¬ garding' purchase of product. MGM films have not been shown by Golden State houses during recent years. Seattle Theodore W. “Ted” Galanter, publicity representative for MGM on the coast and assistant to George A. Hickey, west coast sales manager, came in from San Francisco, and it became known that he will be married shortly to Mildred Blatt, booker, MGM. Galanter was formerly MGM exploitation man in the northwest. James Bateman, booker for Paramount, with Mrs. Batemen, left on avacation trip to Vermillion Lake, Minn., their former home .... Donna Sherer, cashier’ s department, 20th Century-Fox, was married on July 17 to Edgar Aubuchon, assistant shipper ...Dixon Murphy, son of Harold Mur¬ phy, manager, Egyptian and Neptune, for Evergreen, University district, has been named manager. Liberty, Day- ton, Wash. , for Midstate Amusement Company, to succeed Bill Hughes, resigned. W.A. Slater, Northwest FilmService, with Mrs. Slater and their guests, Mr. and Mrs. "Paul Grunewald, left on Slater’ s cruiser for a vacation in British Columbia waters. L.A. Gilles¬ pie, Eastern Washington exhibitor, from Okanogan, signed on as “cabin boy.” The Slaters were joined in the north by W.B. McDonald and party on his cruiser, from Olympia, and Harold McDonald and party, on a third cruiser from Seattle. ... Speaking of cruising. Jack Kloepper bought a new speedboat ....Walter Coy hosted his Hi-Line and White Center employes on his cruiser for an outing on The Sound. Barney Rose, western district mana¬ ger, Universal- Internet ional , was here from San Francisco. ... Ed Lamb, branch manager, RKO, left for San Francisco to attend a sales conference ... Murray Lafayette, exploiteer, 20th Century-Fox, staged invitational pre¬ views of The March of Time, “The Case of Mrs. Conrad”, for The Blue Cross and King County Medical Society. . . . Maury Saffle, Saffle Theatre Service, with Mrs. Saffle and son. Dean, is back from a vacation in Idaho.... Sue Nilsson, Tacoma exhibitor, was visit¬ ing friends at Long Island, N.Y. Among state out-of-towners on The Row were: R.A. Gardner, with theatres in Burlington, Grand Coulee, and Oak Harbor; El Keyes, booker for Midstate, Walla Walla; G.O. Spencer and son, Proctor Street, Tacoma; Mickey DeLeo, Port Townsend; Junior Mercy, Yakima; Keith Beckwith, North Bend, and Mrs. W.A. Cochrane, Snoqualmie. ... Agnes Dempsey, inspection department, 20th Century-Fox, left on vacation to Vic¬ toria, B. C. ;.... Dorothy Brainard, U-I contract department, was vacationing at Sun Valley, Idaho. .. Clarence Baur, manager, Roxy, Bremerton, Wash. , re¬ turned from a motor trip to New York and Los Angeles. ... Ruth Christenson, contract department, 20th Century-Fox, was spending her vacation with her family in Powell, Wyo. ..Jack Hazlett, B.F. Shearer office, won a trophy in the annual Northwest Open golf tourna¬ ment He topped the second division. August ii, 1948 THE EXH I B I TOR jVliWS OF THK Cincinnati The trade last week mourned the passing of Charles C. Perry, veteran Paramount publicist, who was beloved by all. Experienced in all phases of the industry, he came here several years ago from the Philadelphia ter¬ ritory, where he was with United Artists for some time. He will be missed. Louise Vincent, ledger clerk. Para¬ mount, began her vacation, which in¬ cluded a trip to Pennsylvania. ... Bob Morrell, one of the salesmen for Metro, returned from New York. He motored there with his family to visit in New York City. . . . Mannie and Louis Shor, from Williamson and War, W.Va. , were visitors, Edna Hahn, head inspectress, MGM, returned from two weeks spent visiting her niece in Saginaw, Mich. .. .Another MGM inspectress, Mrs. Henrietta Schulz, has a new grandchild, Christine Con¬ nors. The infant is the grandniece of Kay Mersch, also with MGM. ...June Beck, assistant cashier, MGM, left for Daytona Beach, Fla. ...Ruth Yueng- ling, bookkeeper, MGM, received a diamond from Robert Kohls. She has just returned from Daytona Beach, Fla ....Helen Eberhart, secretary to the branch manager of U-I, returned from her vacation. ... Anothe r vacation was in order for Ida Drees, 20th-Fox in¬ spection department. She expected to remain at home .... Clarence Hill, in charge of branch operations for 20th Century-Fox, visited the Cincinnati. Edythe Tieman, secretary to the branch manager, 20th-Fox, began her vacation. Jim Neff, head booker, 20th-Fox, began his vacation the same day, Ruth Hoffman, telephone operator, 20th-Fox, returned, sporting a beauti¬ ful tan, from her vacation in Chicago and Kansas City. ... Mickey Meale, booker’s secretary, 20th-Fox, was on vacation. ... Irene Sagel is carrying on as the capable office manager at 20th-Fox. Her predecessor, William Gunzelman, has become a member of the traveling auditing department, working out of the home office. J.M. Carroll, 20th-Fox traveling auditor, was in at the local ex¬ change, ... Terry Stenger, secretary to the. branch manager. Film Classics, left on vacation. July 15 was the grand opening date for the Forest Auto Theatre, Route 125, Forestville, 0., outside the Cincin¬ nati suburb of Mt. Washington. Midwest helped outfit this theatre, which is owned by Robert L. Fitzwater, who also owns the West Hills, Queen City Avenue. Altec signed sound servicing deals with the Skyway Drive-In, Springfield: Troy Drive-In, Troy; Drive-In, Wil¬ mington, and Goodale, Columbus, all in Ohio; Mill Creek, Mill Creek; Community, Valley Head; Elkins Drive- In, Elkins, and Lewis, Lewisburg, all in West Virginia, Max E, Youngstein, Eagle Lion vice- president in charge of advertising, publicity, and exploitation, arrived last week the first stop on the fourth leg of his nationwide tour of all 31 company exchanges as captain. Bill Heineman Drive. Youngstein was also to confer with sales executives and personnel and leading independent and circuit exhibitors in the territory covered by exchanges in Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, St. Louis, Omaha, and Des Moines. In each city, he appoints a deputy drive captain. Cheers and applause from dancers at Moonlite Gardens greeted the awarding of first prize in a contest sponsored by the RKO Capitol and The Times-Star in connection with “Easter Parade’’. Leonard P. Goorian, manager, Astaire Studios, was assisted in presenting the awards by J.E. Jones, manager, RKO Capitol, and his assistant Fred De Laney, as well as by Edward L. Schott, president and general manager. Coney Island; Ralph Devore, manager, Moon¬ lite Gardens, and Walter Hanlon, Moon¬ lite Gardens floor manager. An appeal to youngsters was made in the contest sponsored by the RKO Albee in connection with “Melody Time’’. A series of four cartoon-type pictures was printed in The Enquirer, and child¬ ren were to color them in any medium they liked. Cleveland Bert Lefkowich, Community Circuit, held on to the championship cup at the Variety Club golf tournament, Pine Ridge Country Club. With 250 attending, the camp came up with a low score of 79. The high score champ turned out to be Realart franchise holder Rob Snyder. Other winners included “Doc” Elliott, Lima, 0. , city manager for Warners, guests' low score; Gilbert Lefton and Bill Bokar, low net; Lefton and Elliott, tied for most birdies; Elliott for most 3’ s; Ray Essick, most 7’ s; Eddie Johnston, Louis Gross and their sons for low foursome, and Bernie Rubin and Sam Abrams tied for “blind bogey”. General chairman was Nat Wolf, Warner Theatres’ Ohio zone head. Bob Feller, star pitcher for the Cleveland Indians, has made a 15- rainute short subject, “How To Pitch”. The subject has been acquired for worldwide distribution by Emanuel J. Stutz and Robert Snyder, Realart franchise owners. Territorial fran¬ chises* on “How To Pitch” are now being sold. The picture was produced locally, and all shots were made in the Cleveland Stadium. Frank Gibbons, sports editor. The News, is commentator Several Ohio theatres were folding for a couple of weeks. These included the Town Hall, Toledo; Brewster NT- 1 Brewster, and Park, Youngstown. In Antwerp, the Ohio is open weekends only until further notice. MGM held its annual picnic at Shady Lake. Everyone attended except Jerry Whitesell, who remained at his booking desk to take care of emergencies.... The Genoa, Genoa, 0. , new 400-seat theatre, built by Herbert Hoglan, opened on a full-time basis. Among innovations is a doughnut service at the concession bar. Jules Lapidus, Warners’ eastern division manager, was in for a one- day conference with officials and sales personnel. ... Columbia’ s “Super¬ man’’ is treading where serials never trod before. It is playing first-run houses in the Ohio territory for the first time, including the RKO Palace and Keith’s East 105th Street, Cleve¬ land; Paramount, Steubenville, Palace, Akron, and Palace, Canton. ... Paul Bonaiuto and Herman Deutchman, Major Film Company, distributors of 16mm. non-theatrical films, attended the NAVED convention in Chicago. Arthur Spaeth, movie editor. The News, is back from a Maine vacation, and Shirley Fishman, RKO theatre publicity director, signed off for ai vacation. Ted Vermes, independent theatre cir¬ cuit owner, has gone in for yachting. He bought his first one, and expects to spend his spare time roaming Lake Erie. ... Gilbert Lefton, president. Academy Film Service, and -Mrs. Lefton were in Chicago for the NAVED conven¬ tion. ...P.L. Tanner, Film Transit, had a letter from Don Jacobs, former manager, Ohio, Mansfield, 0., saying that he is now in council Bluff, la., managing the Broadway. Martha Loeffler, for almost four years NTS bookkeeper, announced her marriage to Charles C. Dieter, Pitts¬ burgh. He is connected with the wpathei bureau. Her successor is “Terry” Mot- wick. James E. scoville, who retired from active operation of his theatre in¬ terests in the Scoville, Essick, and Reif Circuit to live in Tucson, Ariz. , is planning a return visit in August. David Sandler, general manager, Theatrecraft Manufacturing Corporation, makers of Mobiletone in-car speakers, with adjustable parking lights, cele¬ brated the installation of his equip¬ ment in the new Star Lite Drive-In, Chicago, by taking his entire factory and office crew to. a night baseball game.... Rose Weitz, formerly of the UA office, and now of the home office, spent her vacation in Cleveland and Pittsburgh. ... Prank Masek, NTS local manager, was vacationing in Canada. Bert Lefkowich, Community circuit, retains the cup as golf champion of the Cleveland Variety Club, At the club’s annual golf tournament at Pine Ridge country Club, he finished with a score of 79. Approximately 250 mem¬ bers and guests attended the dinner , and participated in the evening enter- August 11, • 1948 Mideast NT- 2 THE EXHIBITOR tainment. Nat Wolf, Warner Theatres' zone manager, was in charge of the affair as general chairman.* The Variety Club golf tournament on July 30 at the Pine Ridge Country Club looked like the most successful affair the club staged. Nat Wolf, general chairman, had 150 prizes on hand. P.J. Wood, secretary, ITO of Ohio, last week took issue with an editorial in The Plain Dealer, and attacked the paper’ s position that the federal government should drop out of the amusement tax field in favor of the city of Cleveland. Wood said that to be consistent, the paper should also recommend that the government also drop the luxury taxes so that the city could take over. Indianapolis Sound servicing deals have been signed byAltec with the Park, Middles- boro, Ky. ; Drive-In, Bloomington, Ind.; Drive-In, Marion, Ind. , and Lafayette Drive-In, Lafayette, Ind. Joseph Gutzweiler, Astra and Tivoli, Jasper, Ind., was confined to the St. Joseph’s Hospital, Terre Haute, Ind. He has been ailing for some time.... M. A. Fallow, home office representa¬ tive, Republic, was at the branch.... The Sherman, Sullivan, Ind,, built a new marquee, and redecorated the front. Helena Sheets, Republic, was spend¬ ing her vacation in northern Michigan ...Russell Brentlinger, manager, RKO, visited the Alliance Corporation in Chicago. ... Margaret Dalton, biller. Eagle Lion, was vacationing in Chicago. ....At a special preview. Eagle Lion had an audience of several hundred persons to whom it presented “Mickey” ...Dorothy Clemens, head inspectress, RKO exchange, was spending her. vaca¬ tion in Detroit. Clarice Swift, inspectress. Repub¬ lic, was saddened by the death of her 14 month old grandchild, drowned in a pool near her home at Mitchell, Ind. .... Eagle Lion is reported in second place in the national drive. ... Gordon Craddock, manager. Eagle Lion, planed to Louisville, Ky. , and southern points in Indiana. . .Trueman Rembusch attend¬ ed the first convention of the Mid- Western Theatre Owners in East St. Louis, Mo... The Breeze Open Air, with a capacity of 300 cars, was officially opened at Glasgow, Ky. The drive-in at Bardstown, Ky. , was also opened. Theatre operators have been asked by Mayor Al Feeney to refuse the sale of tickets for last shows to unaccompanied children, as local police started an all-out effort to keep teen-agers off the streets late at night. H. M. Richey, MGM exhibitor relations director, revealed recently that the company is now limiting the length of its trailers to 150 feet beside- giving its branches the right to cut portions wherever desired. In a letter to the ATP of Indiana, protesting an inference made by the organization that MGM had discontinued action trailers for eco- -nomy reasons. Richey pointed out that the action-type trailer was discontin¬ ued in October, 1946, "long before the much heralded economy campaign. In¬ terviewing of customers” he said, "disclosed that a very small minority wanted the shorter trailer, and those only because they occupied less screen time, but all wanted as much action in the trailers as possible”. George T. Landis, retired 20th-Fox branch manager, was honored at a tes¬ timonial dinner in the Variety Club Tent 10, on July 31... Fifty one cases of infantile paralysis have been re¬ ported in Indiana. ... Herman L. Hall- berg, head booker, 20th-Fox, has been promoted to office manager and city salesman, succeeding Tom 0. McCleaster, branch manager. R.E. Moon, eastern division manager, 20th-Fox, was a visitor. ... A. M. Van Dyke, sales manager, 20th-Fox Chicago branch, visited. .. .W. A. Michel, 20th- Fox; Ethel Pyles, inspectress, and H. L. Hallberg, newly appointed sales manager, were vacationing. ... Harold Smith, file clerk. National screen Service, was spending his vacation in Chicago. . .William Conway, Irwin, Can- nelton, Ind., was cruising the Ohio River in his new cabin cruiser, shar¬ ing the pleasure with several sales¬ men friends. .. .Lila Hayslette, ship¬ per, National screen Service, was va¬ cationing in Chicago. Virginia Lowe joined the bookkeeping ddepartment at the Fourth Avenue Amuse¬ ment Company, Louisville, Ky. ..Sam H. Abrams, branch manager. Film Classics, attended the sales meeting in New York. ... Florence Kett, biller, 20th- Fox, was spending her vacation at home ....James ‘’Jim” Keefe, 20th-Fox ex- ploiteer, spent a week arranging special screenings for “The Street With No Name” Exhibitors visiting Film Row in¬ cluded: Kenneth Law, Cozy, Argos, Ind.; Grant Henley, Community, Carth¬ age, Ind.; Robert Hudson, Sr., and his son, Hudson Circuit, Richmond, Ind.; Gilbert May, Dream, Corydon, Ind.; Joe Schilling, Auditorium, Con- nersville, Ind.; William Studebaker, Logan, Logansport, Ind.; Walter Weil, Greenfield, Ind. ; Roy Harold, Princess, Greensburg, Ind. , and Robert Stieler Family Drive-In, Evansville, Ind. A replica of the movie version of the “Blandings Dretam House” now being built in Sylvan Estates, will be open to the public on Sept. 5, and all pro¬ ceeds from admissions will be given Christamore Aid Society’ s summer camp at Traders Point for underprivileged children. “Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House”, will be shown at Loew’ s the week the house is opened. Boyd Sparrow, manager, Loew’ s, is showing keen interest in the project. Earl Penrod, head Affiliated Adver¬ tisers, Indianapolis, was recuperating after spending a week in the Methodist liHospital. ... Michael Murphy, Victory, Huntingburg, Ind. , was under observa¬ tion at the Veterans Hospital . Ro¬ bert Stieler, Royal, Evansville, Ind., is doing the buying and booking for the Family Drive-In, Evansville, Ind. ...Michael Bellacona, student booker, U-Int., has been confined due to a severe chest cold. Fletcher Brewer, State, Windfall, Ind, , redecorated his house, and made some minor repairs. ... Peter Ritter, Mark, Milford, Ind., reports a boun¬ tiful crop harvested from his farm¬ land. He does farming as a sideline ....C.A, Christy, Williamsport, Ind., eliminated program changes at mid¬ week due to the drop in attendance ...Mrs. Verne Gorrell, Isis, Winamac, Ind., reported her nephew, William Hathaway, manager, Isis, was killed in an auto accident. The accident oc¬ curred about a half mile from Winamac when the car he was driving skidded into a roadside ditch. Death was pro¬ nounced an accident. Pittsburgh Notes on the Variety Club golf tournament: The local barkers had a wonderful day for their golf up until 6 p. m. , when a sudden rainstorm broke, catching about a dozen of the golfers as they were coming in to the last two holes. Low score for the day was a 75 shot by “Dolly” Baker, Moody- Dickinson Circuit, who received first prize. Many other handsome prizes were distributed to both men and the ladies and to nearly everyone present, and all were of the opinion that the com¬ mittee headed by Art Levy, Columbia, and Max Shulgold, Crown Film, had done a fine job. Glimpsed at the tournament, held at Highland Country Club, West View, Pa., were Johnny Osborne, Wheel¬ ing, W. Va, ; Mr, and Mrs. Bob Coyle, Coyle, Charleroi, Pa. ; Cliff Brown, Kane, Pa.; Bill Serrao, Arnold, Pa.; Steve Rodnok, Jr. , Oakmont, Pa. ; David L. Lawrence, mayor of Pittsburgh, and Mrs. Lawrence; Mr. and Mrs. P.T. Dana; Mr. and Mrs. George J, Corcoran, Uniontown, Pa. ; “Grandpop” Jimmy Nash and Mrs. Nash; Carl Dozer, sales mana¬ ger, WCAE; Jimmy Kl ingensmith. The Post-Gazette; Mr. and Mrs. George Tice, Jack Judd and Mrs. Judd, Victor Rigaumont, and Joe and Cora Misrach. OUT-OF-TOWN VISITORS: C.S. “Cliff” Brown, Temple and Kane, Kane, Pa.; Elson Marr, Brookside Drive-In, Se- wickley. Pa.; The Kullik brothers. Green Garden Drive-In, Aliquippa, Pa.; Steven DuCray, Sunset Beach Drive-In, Claysville, .Pa.; H. G. Halliwell, Lin¬ coln Open-Air, Thomasville, Pa.; Fred Rocco and William G. Serrao, with theatres at Arnold, New Kensington, and Ford City, Pa. , and Dr. and Mrs. C.P. Church, Burt’ s, Mannington, W. Va, The new shipper at Republic is Ro¬ bert Parme. He succeeds Joseph Cellen- dar, former shipper, who went to Para¬ mount as a student booker, to begin immediately. Cellendar will fill in in the vacancy created by the resig¬ nation of Joe Miller, which was effective as of July 31. August 30 and the Urban Room of the William Penn Hotel have been selected as the date and the scene of the la¬ test Pittsburgh Film Row testimonial August 11, 1948 THE EXHIBITOR NT-3 banquet. This one will be in honor of Morris fc. “Moe” Lefko, former branch manager for RKO, who was recently pro¬ moted to central division manager for this company, succeeding Milton Cohen, resigned. Chairman in charge of ar¬ rangements for this testimonial is Dave Silverman, the new branch mana¬ ger for RKO, and his associate chair¬ men are Johnny Harris, Harris Amuse¬ ment Company: Sam Pineberg, Chief Barker, Variety Club Tent 1, and a member of Alexander Theatre Supply Company. Assisting them is Mo Silver, general manager, Warner Theatres. Fur¬ ther details regarding sale of tickets and other pertinent information will be given later. The dinner is expected to begin at 7 p. m. , and all who attend will gather in the club rooms of Variety previous to the dinner hour. Bill Mack, veteran National Screen Service salesman, is back on the job hale, hearty, and well-tanned follow¬ ing a very restful vacation, which he spent with his wife on the Island of Nantucket, 30 miles off the coast of Maine. The daughter of Mrs. Marian Willett, booker, RKO, was married on July 20 in the Mary S. Brown Memorial Church, Beechwood Boulevard, Squirrel Hill. The groom was William Petronio, Squir¬ rel Hill. At the formal afternoon wedding, the bride, Louise Nolan, was attended by a maid of honor and three bridesmaids, and looked very lovely in her white satin wedding gown trimmed with lace. A reception for the two families was held at Mrs. Willett’s home following the ceremony, and that evening a reception for all the friends of both families was held at the Hungarian Hall, Hazelwood. The young, couple departed soon afterwards for a honeymoon at Conneaut Lake, Pa., and they will make their home in Squirrel Hill on their return. William A. Bein, central district manager. National Screen Service,- conducted a sales conference in the local of f ice .... Victor Herbert’s “Babes In Toyland” was the eighth and final attraction of the Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera Company’ s 1948 season at Pitt Stadium, and many city ex¬ hibitors will breathe a sigh of re¬ lief, and hope that some of the busi¬ ness which they have not been having during the past two months will once more return to their houses. They are optimistic despite the fact that this year’ s outdoor operetta season played to just a little more than 50 per cent of last year’ s attendance. The Pitts¬ burgh Police Force Widows’ Pension Fund Circus finished a six-day run at Forbes Field on July 31, and this attraction played to nearly a full house all week. The Jack Kahns, Warner Theatres publicity department, are expecting a visit from the stork next winter. . . . Cliff Daniels, head man, WCAE, and 1947 Chief Barker, Variety Club, Tent 1, recuperated from his attack of virus pneumonia at the Magee Hospital, and is back on the job again. He was seen on his first public appearance taking it easy in the chair onthe porch of the Highland Country Club watching the boys in the Variety Club golf tournament. An award for the benefit of the Motion Picture Salesmen Welfare Fund was postponed until Aug. 28 by action of the committee. This is a very fine cause, and all exhibitors who have not done so are urged to obtain tickets from any of the salesmen. In addition to helping in fund-raising efforts, everyone has an excellent chance of winning one of the various prizes. Leo Isaacs, Erie, Pa., territory salesman for Columbia, recently re¬ signed following a bout with pneu¬ monia. Up to the present time, no new salesman had been named for that position. Ed Levin, National Screen Service* salesman, recently reported that he enjoyed a nice visit with his old buddy. Lew Lefton, when he passed through Albuquerque, N.M. , while on his recent motor trip to Hollywood. He also reports that Lew, Jenny, and their son, Seymour, all seemed very happy, thriving in the dry, excellent climate in that part of the country. They both instructed him to wish their thousands of friends in the Pitts¬ burgh film territory the best of luck, and to sav “hello.” Tom Troy, William Penn Hotel mana¬ ger and ardent Variety Club member, will depart soon for Cape Cod for a visit with his family, spending the summer there. Troy will drive his new Oldsmobile convertible. Frank Pud is is the new manager, Ike Browarsky’ s Hippodrome, North Side. Pudis succeeded Joe Browarsky, a nephew, who moved to Los Angeles, and is now engaged in the manufacture of furniture. Altec signed sound servicing deals with the following theatres in the state: Temple, State, Strand, Ali- quippe; State, Ambridge, and Capitol, and Pennsylvania, Butler. A luncheon was held recently at the Philadelphia Art Alliance, Phila¬ delphia, to form plans for “Pennsyl¬ vania Week”. All industries are co¬ operating, but the motion picture industry is doing its own job as last year. Mrs. Edna R. Carroll, chairman, .Censor Board, is chairman, motion picture division. A trailer narrated by David 0. Selznick will be ready for distribution to theatres shortly, and all theatres are urged to cooper¬ ate in showing it. Ample coverage has also been promised by the newsreels. Among those present at the luncheon were Ted Schlanger, Stanley Goldberg, Sidney Samuelson, Edward Emanuel, Lewen Pizor, Bob Lynch, J.J. O’Leary, and Gebrge Beattie, who represented William Goldman. The state motion picture division has been divided into six divisions headed by Victor Weschler, Colonial, Erie, norths western: M.A. Silver, Pittsburgh, southwestern: Larry Woodin, Arcadia, Wellsboro, north central: Robert Sid- man. Senate, Harrisburg, southcentral: O’Leary, Comerford-Publix, Scranton, northeastern, and Sidney Samuelson, Allied Independent Theatre Owners of Eastern Pennsylvania, Phi ladf^lphia southeastern. The general committee . consists ofWilliatn H. Bishop, Pressly H. McCance, Edgar Z. Wal lower, Searle von Storch, andEdwin M. Clark, Others working on the motion picture di¬ vision are William J. Blatt, Pitts¬ burgh: James P. Clark, Highway Express, Philadelphia: Jay Emanuel, publisher, THE EXHIBITOR, Philadelphia: Joseph Feldman, Pittsburgh, Morris M. Finkel, Pittsburgh, John H. Harris, Pitts¬ burgh: Fred J. Herrington, Pittsburgh: John J. Maloney, Pittsburgh: Perry S. Nathan, ‘Pittsburgh: M.A. Rosenberg, McKees Rocks: Bert M. Steam, Pitts¬ burgh, and Earle W. Sweigert, Phila¬ delphia. Kentucky BONN lEVI LLE Homer Jaeggers, co-owner and mana¬ ger, Bonn, was confined to his home due to illness. CENTERFI ELD The funeral of David Wark Griffith, world-famed producer, was held at Mount Tabor Cemetery on July 29. Grif¬ fith was a native of LaGrange, Ky. He was buried beside his father and other members of his family. GLASGOW From the slow progress being made on the construction of Bruce Aspley’ s new drive-in, it looks as though it will not be completed this year. LEXINGTON Harold Si iter, Watertown, New York, has been sent here as zone manager for Schine Theatres. He replaces Lew Hensler, who resigned to enter another field in Daytona Beach, Fla, Bob Cox, city manager and acting zone manager, will retain his post of city manager. Cox will also maintain his status of director in KATO. LOU I SV I LLE Seen on Film Row recently were: W.H. Hahn and J.F. Burnette, New Drive-In, Bardstown, Ky.: Louis Chown- ing. New Washington, New Washington, Ind. : Don Steinkamp, French Lick Amuse¬ ment Company, French Lick, Ind.: R.L. Harned, Empire, Sellersburg, Ind.: Oscar Hopper, Arista, Lebanon, Ky. : Clark Bennett, Valley, Taylorsville, Ky. : M. H. Sparks, Strand, Edmonton, Ky. : G.D, Saylor, Wallins, Wallins Creek, Ky. : Lewis Baker, "star. West Point, Ky. , and Rodger Davis, Grand, Lancaster, Ky. In joining the Theatre Owners of America in showing the public that theatres are desirous of rendering service to the community, KATO con¬ tacted each member to get in touch with the mayor or other public spirited citizens, and also to contact ex¬ changes to arrange for showings of “Report For Action”, prepared for TOA to help combat juvenile delinquency. Russell Morga, Shelby, Ky. , is back following a vacation trip to. Benton Harbor, Mich. ...Free movies were run at the State Fairgrounds during the August 11, 1948 NT-4 THE EXHIBITOR recent “Freedom Train” exposition. Amphitheatre patrons who bought tickets for the “Ploradora” opening were privileged to take their grandparents along as guests upon payment of the tax. The convention committee of the Ken¬ tucky Association of Theatre Owners met at the Falls City Theatre Equip¬ ment Company to formulate plans and outline the program for the annual KATO convention scheduled on Oct. 27-29, at the Seelbach Hotel. Present were Colonel Guthrie F. Crowe, Colonel Henry J. Stites, iVirs. Nell Borden, John T. Edmunds, Jr., E.L. Ornstein, C.D. Arnold, and Gene Lutes. Several hundred persons had to take "rain checks” at the Grand when film caught fire in the projector. The pat¬ rons were unaware of the fire in the booth, and remained in their seats until told the show would not con¬ tinue. Only damage was to the film and one projector. The Kentucky Association of Thea¬ tre Owners report they have been suc¬ cessful in selling the first drive-in on the advantages of the KATO organi¬ zation. Coming into the fold is the Sunset Drive, Bowling Green, operated by WarrenEnterprises, whoseowners are listed asJ.T. Flowers andL. B. Powell. OWENSBORO, Andy Anderson’s new drive-in will be completed within the next month- and-a-half. Delays were encountered in arrival of equipment and wiring. Ohio WILMINGTON Eighty-three members of the home office staff of Hygienic Productions, Inc. , spent a weekend as guests of Hygienic’ s president, Kroger Babb, at his summer estate at Buckeye, 0. Frank Winsor, representative for Hygienic Productions’ “Mom and Dad”, has been transferred to the company’ s newly-formed stage show unit, “The Best Is Yet To Come.” Jack Linder, well-known independent vaudeville booker, is now associated with Hygienic Productions, Inc., as advance agent. Pennsylvania ALIQUI PPA The Green Garden Open-Air finally got under way on July 31. This new theatre, which has a capacity of 400 cars, is operated by the Kullik broth¬ ers, and booking and buying is being handled by the Hanna Theatre Service. BEAVER FALLS The strike of the 112 drivers and mechanics of the Beaver Valley Motor Coach Company, which inconvenienced thousands of workers and other com¬ muters daily between Beaver, Sewickley, Rochester, New Brighton, and this community, was finally brought to an end. The strike lasted for a full seven weeks, and negotiations had collapsed just five days previously when the drivers and mechanics re¬ jected another compromise, offer, and were still holding out for a pension plan. Representatives of the strikers accepted the company’ s 11-cents an hour wage increase. In the meantime, all drivers and mechanics would return to work, which they did. The 50-day strike was a severe blow to the show business in all of these communities, as well as all other forms of business. Exhibitors throughout the Valley are confident that their personal slump will improve to the extent that they may have at least an even break during this period of off-business which all exhibitors throughout this part of the country are experiencing. BRADFORD Vincent Choate, city manager. Grand and Shea, announced that remodeling of the Grand was nearly completed, and it was expected that the theatre will open as a first-run on Aug. 15, at which time it will be operated under the new name of the McLean. BROWNSV I LLE John Dickinson, youngest sonofC.W. Dickinson, Moody-Dickinson Circuit, which operates theatres here as well as in Vestaburg, Freder icktown and Charleroi, Pa. , recently enlisted for a two-year hitch in the army, and was inducted on Aug. 2. Young Dickinson will probably take his basic at Fort Meade, Md. , and soon thereafter de¬ part for Korea, Japan, or Germany. CANONSBURG Fred A. Beedle, who, with his brother Ed, owns and operates the Alhambra and Continental, remained confined in' Mercy Hospital, Pittsburgh, for ob¬ servation. CHESWICH Joe Malone and his son completed the installation of the front of the new Cheswick, and it is expected that the opening will be Labor Day. IMPER I AL The new Penn-Lincoln Drive-In, lo¬ cated two hundred yards east of the “Y” , where Routes 22 and 30 separate, enjoyed a big send-off on its grand opening. This newest drive-in in and around Pittsburgh, located approxi¬ mately six miles west of Crafton, Pa. , and three miles south of here, was filled to capacity. The Penn-Lincoln is operated by Paul Trunick and Arthur Klixbull, whodid the construction and the electric installation work. Seen at the opening night were members of Lou Hanna’ s Acme Film, Bob Klingen- smith, SamFineberg and Jim Alexander, Alexander Theatre Supply Company; RCA dealers for Western Pennsylvania; George Kurtz, Paramount, and Raymond Showe, Theatre Candy Company. LATROBE On July 31, the Highway Open-Air, recently constructed by Johnny Ridilla, was to have had its grand opening. This theatre is located just a short distance outside of Latrobe, and is booked by the Lou Hanna office. Ridilla is in the construction business in Latrobe, and recently built the High¬ way 71 Drive-In, operated by Outdoor Theatres, Inc., which also operate the Super 30, near Irwin, Pa., and the Super-Castle Drive-In, near New Castle, Pa. McKEES ROCKS M.A. Rosenberg, who operates the Parkway and Colony, West Park, was enjoying his annual vacation with his family at Bemus Point, N. Y. ... Morris Naft, who operates the Roxian, was also onhis annual vacation in Chicago with his wife MUNDY'S CORNERS The new Gus Vaveris Family Drive-In will be officially opened on Aug. 16. However, the drive-in will be opened to the public for inspection on Aug. 15. Souvenirs will be distributed to all. UN I ON TOWN George Silver, 46, president. Union- town local, American Federation of Musicians, passed away following a short illness. Silver, at one time, had one of the finest Western Pennsyl¬ vania .musical organizations, and played many a successful season at Gorley’ s Lake Hotel during the time that that summer spot featured "big time” floor shows. Silver was very active in all musical affairs in this part of Western Pennsylvania, and only recently had staged a very suc¬ cessful Veterans of Foreign Wars and American Legion benefit dance at the Summit Hotel. Many civic leaders, as well as prominent musicians from the Western Pennsylvania territory and other leaders in the amusement busi¬ ness, attended the funeral services. - West Virginia CLARKSBURG Dick Marks, Jr. , who had been con¬ fined to the Clarksburg Hospital for an appendix operation, had a close shave with the grim reaper when, about a week after the operation, it was discovered that three blood clots had formed, two in a lung and one in his leg. He was in a serious condition for some time but is now at home, where he will remain confined until some time in September. PARKERSBURG Mr. and Mrs. Ankrum, recent visitors to Pittsburgh and Film Row, were on a combined honeymoon and vacation. Ankrum is the son-in-law of Rheinie Hiehle, following his recent marriage to the youngest Hiehle daughter. Lou Padolf, owner, Virginia, was informed by his physician of a heart condition, and was warned that he must curtail his business activities. WHEELI NG The old Victoria, which, for many years, was owned and operated by the West Virginia Theatrical Enterprises, Inc., has been closed for awhile, and is undergoing extensive remodeling and reseating. Steve Manos is the new owner, and will operate the house when it reopens. Manos is reported to have spent in excess of $80,000 in the complete renovation of the property in order to make it the finest first- run in town. Buying and booking for the house will be done by Cooperative Theatre Services. August 11, 1948 THE EXHIBITOR NT-1 iVKWS OF THIS CROSSTOWN On Aug. 1, E.M. Loew and Larry Lasky took over the Thompson Square and the Hollywood, Charleston, Mass. The the¬ atres were formerly run by Jack Yonkers. The Lincoln, Quincy Point, Mass. , owned and operated by J.A. Braumier, joined Affiliated Theatres, Inc. This is the 7lst theatre to join the or¬ ganization. Incidentally, Arthur Howard, Chet Fields, and A1 Daytz set up a quota which they expect will bring the number of theatres in the organization up to lOO by Sept. 15. Al Daytz will be spending the next several weeks out-of-town contacting exhibitors who have requested the services of Affiliated Theatres, Inc. The M and P Criterion, Roxbury Crossing, Mass. , now bears the name Plaza. Gutted by fire nearly two years ago, the theatre has been entirely rennovated, and will open in mid- August. The trade was sorry to learn of the death of William J. McDonald, 78, last week, McDonald was connected with the late Nathan H. Gordon, and built the Metropolitan. Deletions announced last fortnight by the Bureau Of Sunday Censorship were as follows: "The Time Of Your Life”, Parts i to 12, (Deletions: Dialogue, “I tried other things.”, in part ll) . United Artists. FILM D I STRICT A “Hamlet” screening was recently held for the press and a few such dignitaries as Mayor Curley. The picture will have its American premiere at the .Astor come mid-August, spon¬ sored by the Theatre Guild. Publicity will be handled', by Paul Anglim. Jeff Livingston, publicist from U-I in New York, has also been seen around. Moreover, L. J. McGinley, in charge of Prestige for U-I, was visiting the exchange recently in connection with the picture. One of the highlights around the exchange was the appearance, incognito, at one of the screenings of Eugene O’Neil. RKO screened “Rachel And The Stranger”, and “Variety Time”, and United Artists screened “The Time Of Your Life”. Jack Jennings, representative for Republic in western Massachusetts and Rhode Island, was at the Quincy, Mass., City Hospital, where he is recuper¬ ating from an operation. Spending her vacation on the Cape was Isobel Gorman, switchboard oper¬ ator at U-I.... Fred Meyers, eastern sales manager for U-I, was a caller in the district. Stanley Farrington, booker at Af¬ filiated Theatres, Inc., returned from a vacation spent at Bedford, N.H. , just a bit bent. He claims that he is a fine judge of beauty, in fact, a judge of it. The Astor has a new aide, and the theatre has a new follower. George Brinkley, formerly with the building inspection department, upon his re¬ tirement from that position, accepted a new job with the Astor. Carl Goldman, formerly connected with the Esquire and then with the Astor, was recently made a booker at Affiliated Theatres, Inc. Branch manager Harry Segal, EL, is the proud possessor of a new camera. He was awarded this for his fine sug¬ gestion for a title for EL’ s new house organ. New Haven CROSS TOWN Jack O’Connell, Roger Sherman as¬ sistant, will be a vacationist soon ...The Shubert will reopen on Aug. 26 with "Small Wonder”. ... Mr. and Mrs. Elliot Kronish was tendered a surprise fifth wedding anniversary dinner at Waverly Inn. ... Morris Rosenthal, Poll manager, scheduled his vacation to be spent at Griswold Hotel, Groton, and Middle Beach Hotel, Westbrook, the latter owned and operated by Eddie Rahm. Florence Nutcher, Bijou lovely, was a vacationist as were I. Stein and Frank Kelly from the same theatre. . . . Ray Flynn, Bijou assistant, will spend his vacation, starting on Aug. 14 on Cape Cod with the National Guard.... Paramount vacationists included Walt Wilson, and John Greno. Dan Cummings, Paramount, returned from his time off. Jim Darby, Paramount, had quite a campaign for “The Emperor waltz”, in¬ cluding a tieup with a department store. AChapel Street window and half page advertisement in the local press was a highlight. Also 2000 bottles of Du Barry’ s cologne were given away. Vacationists included Mrs. H. Meyers, Paramount, and theatre officer Jack Arriving by train in New York recently for a two-week stay was Ella Raines, co-starred with Randolph Scott in the Columbia show, "The Walking Hills.” Lyncli. ... Morris Rosenthal’s Poll, as¬ sisted by Tony Masella, received a good buildup for "Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House”, A tieup with an ap¬ pliance store resulted in a contest, with plenty of window space and prizes. For “The Street With No Name”, as¬ sistant Tony Masella, Poll, made a tieup with the FBI, and broke the news columns. Bill Brown, Bijou, used private and public libraries, with book marks, shoe store bags, imprinted with copy; downtown sandwich boy dressed in en¬ gineer garb, with lantern and sign; 14 windows, and radio special cards in hotels, etc. , to bally “Berlin Ex¬ press”. That was quite a fishing story in which Sid Kleper, College manager, participated about the yacht and rub¬ ber boat. . . . Whalley aide, Mrs. Sarah Mollerupp, returned from vacation.... The Junior Chamber of Commerce asked cooperation of theatres when “Bargain Days” are held on Sept. 16. Franklin Ferguson, Whalley, planned the balance of his vacation for this month or September .... On Aug. 16, Dixwell manager Cohen will take his vacation. ... A movie star may have a personal appearance at the Forrest, West Haven, in the fall.... Sam Hadel- man. Grand, took a trip to Washington, D.C. , to attend his brother-in-law’s stag dinner, and later took a trip up to Crane Lake, Mass. , to see his daugh¬ ter in camp. Mr. and Mrs. Hadelman are due to move into their new Bel¬ levue home. ... Danny Onafrio, Howard, was hurt recently in an automobile accident. Among those present at the demon¬ stration last week of the new Brenkert BX 60 projector at the Lou Phillips Theatre Supplies, Inc., were Bernard Sholtz, district manager, theatre equipment, RCA; Jack Schaffer, sales engineer, RCA; Alfred Edmond, Harry Fishman, Harold Tobackman, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth R. Douglas, Capitol The¬ atre Supply, Boston; Salvatore Adorno, Bob Elliano, Mike Sirica, Leonard Samp¬ son, Al Bookspam, Jack Post, Joseph Pulverenti; James Carrigan, Waterbury; Phillip Humphrey, RCA engineer; Mr. and Mrs. Lou Sherman, Wagner Sign, New York; Hyman Levine, Hy Moss, Phil¬ lip Humphrey, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Morin, Mr. and Mrs. Skolnick, Phillip Skol- nick, Frank S. Jones, William Towle, James T. Melillo, Frank Musante, Ro¬ land McLeod, Alexander Bellus, Vincent Monks, John Kelly, Joseph Kaplan, Thomas F. Smith, Andrew Carrano, Nel¬ son Frazier, John A. Martin, J. Tas- sinaro, George Antonik, F. Toth, B. Tomarrow, J. Cossette, Harry Kaplan, Merrick Parrelli, John Lyme, Bud Bac- hus, and others. Demonstrator was Ralph H. Heacock, RCA Vistor Division, Camden, N. J. MEADOW STREET There will be no film exchange em¬ ployees outing this year. .. .The event planned for Aug. 4 at Double Beach, Branford, was cancel led because of un- forseen developments. August 11, 1948 New England NT- 2 TH E EXH I B I TOR Attending the recent world premiere of Allied Artists' "The Babe Ruth Story", Astor, NewYork, were Ed Morey, Morey and Harry Goldstein, and J. Harold Mirisch. Boys around the territory were get¬ ting in a few practice rounds for the Motion Picture Theatre Owners golf tournament at Racebrook Country Club. Among those hitting the golf balls in the limited time off are: Morris Wein¬ stein, Columbia; Arthur Greenfield, U-I; A1 Bookspan, Jack Post, Dr. Jack Fishman, Fishman Theatres; Sam Ger¬ main, Paramount; Larry Germaine, War¬ ners; Earl Wright, Columbia; Leon Jakubson, Metro; Dave Douglas, Selz- nick; Bill Canelli, RKO, who was seen at the small golf course in Cheshire getting some expert advice from pros there on ways to improve your golf; Ralph Civitello, Devon; Tony Terrazano, Fairmount; Joe De Francesco, Ches¬ hire, and A1 Pickus, Stratford. Those planning attending should contact Herman Levy, 152 Temple Street. Ralph Civitello, Devon, shot an 84 in the Knights of St. Patricks Golf Tourney at Racebrook. . . .Max Salzberg, Eagle Lion branch manager, is doing his golf playing at the woodbridge Country Club, where he is a member of the team. New Lou Phillips Theatre Supplies, Inc. , installations include: RCA In¬ ternational seats at the Colonial, Hartford, and new carpets at the Pal¬ ace, Middletown. This theatre has been closed for about 10 years, and will agaiq be operated by the Adornos. New carpets have been installed at the Groton, Groton, and Phillips is set to install equipment at the new E.m. Loew Drive-In, Norwich. Max Youngstein, vice-president, and Milton Cohen, eastern sales manager. Eagle Lion, weire visitors to Max Salz¬ berg’ s office in conjunction with the Bill Heineman Drive. Tom Donaldson, district sales manager. Eagle Lion, Boston, was also a recent visitor. Joe Mansfield was in Stamford work¬ ing on Eagle Lion’s “Canyon City”, Plaza. Installation dinner for new officers of Film Employees Local Br41 will be held in the fall as usual. New officers include Harold Freed, United Artists, president; Sol Vitale, Monogram, se¬ cretary-treasurer; SolShiffrin, Metro, vice-president, and Bob Hoffman, business manager. C I RCU I TS LOEW POLI Publicity director Lou Brown was due back from his vacation spent in Virginia. Connecticut HARTFORD James Tuffy, with the Comerford Cir¬ cuit, Scranton, Pa. , for 16 years, has been named manager of the Crown The¬ atre here, operated by Crown Manage¬ ment Corporation. He succeeds Edward Selette, resigned. The Crown will in¬ stall a new blue glass front. The following area theatremen at¬ tended the funeral of State Police Lieutenant Prank A. Starket, 45, in West Hartford, as honorary pallbearers: Henry Needles, Jim McCarthy, Harry Shaw, Lou Cohen, Walter Murphy, Walter Lloyd, andGeorge E. Landers. Starkel, former State Police motion picture theatre inspector, was killed in a quarry blast in Newington. Burial was in West Hartford. Joseph Gittelman, student assistant manager, Loew-Poli Palace, was named relief assistant manager, Loew-Poli College, New Haven, during vacation of the College’s Norman Levinson. Street ballyhoo was promoted by Fred Greenway, Loew-Poli Palace, for "Easter Parade”. A certificate of organization has been filed for New Haven Drive-In The¬ atres, Inc., NewHaven; listing amount paid in cash, $30,000; president, David J. Willig, New York, vice-president and treasurer, Charles L. Lane, West Hartford, and secretary, Meran Naka- hian, Ludlow, Mass. The outfit is building adrive-in in the North Haven- Wall ingford vicinity. Lou Cohen, manager, and Sam Horwitz, Loew-Poli, had department store co-op. ads, radio time, and window displays for “A Date With Judy”, while Ernie Grecula, assistant to Al Schuman, general manager, Hartford Theatre Cir¬ cuit, tied up on "If Winter Comes” bannered coal company delivery trucks. Vacations found Lou Cohen, Loew- Poli, and missus heading for Middle- town on a two-week’ vacat ion; Rube Lewis, Loew-Poli Palace, to Slaters- ville, R.I.; Hugh Campbell, Central, West Hartford, to Hawks Nest, Conn. ; Toby Sullivan, Loew-Poli Palace, Wash¬ ington; George Smith, Hawks Nest; Dan Debonee, Allyn, destination not set; Kate Treske, Lenox, to Lake Amston. Miss Evelyn Lewis, daughter of Loew- Poli Palace stage manager Rube Lewis, is now on the staff of Hartford Hos¬ pital, having graduated from the Beth Israel Hospital, Boston nursing school. He is busy with advance plans for the September state convention of the Con¬ necticut Federation of Labor. Connecticut Tax Commissioner Walter W. Walsh announced that amusement taxes in this state for 1947-1948 amounted to $104,422,66, as compared to $104,876.09 for the period 1946- 1947, a drop of $453 . 43. . . . Work has In gratitude for the c ompany' s splendid portrayal of West Point life in Para¬ mount' s "Beyond Glory", a plaque was recently presented to President Adolph Zukor by cadet James Stansberry at the '"Academy Award" dinner held at the Military Academy, West Point, N. Y. lU ALL OF THE NEW I IW "ENGLAND STATES 1 Run your own concession i POPCORN EQUIPMENT m MkM AND SUPPLIES U WESTERN PENNA., OHIO W &W.VA., NORTHERN N.Y. vith our free ussistonce! DISPENSERS and syrups 1 LOWEST PRICES THEATRE CAN 219 STUART STREET BOSTON, MASS. Phone: HU 2-4632 DY CO., INC. 415 VAN BRAAM STREET PinSBURGH, PENNA. Phone: AT 9672 August 11, 1948 THE EXHIBITOR NT-3 been going ahead steadily on the latest unit of the Perakos Theatres of New Britain. The 1, 000-seater, being de¬ veloped by Realtor George Schilke in a new business center on New Britain Avenue, suburban Elmwood, is expected to be ready for business by Oct. 1. Eddie Kelleher, assistant manager. Princess, returned from a fishing trip ...Hy Levine, Screen Guild, was around town, calling on Walter B. Lloyd, Allyn. Lew Mello, Loew-Poli,. headed for Rochester, N. Y. , on his vacation.... Harry Hoff and Henry Sweet, Strand, took in the shoreline sights on vaca¬ tions. ... Ernie Grecula, assistant to A1 Schuman, general manager, Hartford Theatres Circuit, will vacation after Aug. 15. His plans aren’t set. It’ll be two weeks time off for Ernie. Bernie Stevens, Princess, got home from a vacation through Maine. ... Mar¬ tin K. Helleher, president. Princess Theatre Corporation, operating the downtown Princess, was glad the ex¬ tensive building renovations were finally completed. Merchants in the vicinity of the Center area are shortly to participate in a new trade deal for the downtown sector. According to Mike Piccirillo, theatre manager, a meeting of Center area businessmen will be held soon in the theatre to discuss ways and means of bringing new trade into the dis¬ trict. To protect its patrons from insects and mosquitoes and other summertime pests, the Pike Drive-In, Newington, hired an air spraying company to treat the area with DDT, and to maintain constant inspections to guarantee com¬ plete absence of the pests. Joe Dolgin is general manager. Vincent Youmatz, manager. People’s Forest Drive-In, between Hartford and Winsted, made anew ballyhoo deal with WLCR, Torrington, to give away guest tickets to winners of a radio musical quiz show. Henry L. Needles, Hartford district manager, Warner Theatres, announced about 15 localites would attend the Warner Club party at the Castle Inn, Cornfield Point, on Aug. 12. Needles said also that a West Lngho use installed air conditioning unit at the Strand, Hartford, is how in full operation. Jim McCarthy is manager. Other Warner Notes: Charlie Lowe, Hartford engineer for the circuit, and Mrs. Lowe tripped to the New Haven Yacht Club on July 31 to attend a va¬ cation party held by C.P. O’Toole, Warner Theatres’ zone engineering staff, for zone engineers. Others at¬ tending included Mr. and Mrs. Pat Damvio, New Haven. Mike Piccirillo, Center manager, named Ed Hagen, 30-year-Hartford show business veteran, theatre house elec¬ trician. MERI DEN Leo Ricci, Capitol, got front page breaks in the papers when he discovered that a Meriden man stars in a current release of the RKO “This is America” series. NEW BRITAIN Music Box, operated byPrank Smulski and Casimer Jachimowski, closed on July 25 for a midsummer shutdown. House reopens after Aug. 15. NEW LONDON Charlie Aaron, Victory manager, plugged “Ruthless” by mailing out more than 1,000 postcards to local resi¬ dents. He had a tie-up with a soda fountain on “Summer Holiday,” with a “Summer Holiday” sundae. Aaron pro¬ moted a contest for "Raw Deal”, and had music store tie-ups for “Big City. ” SOUND VIEW Tom Grasso and Herb Jaffee, partners in the New Colony, were install ing a new air-cooling unit. They have re¬ paired and redecorated all seats. Grasso has purchased a new British Austin. THOMASTON Only three formal objections to the proposed drive-in have been filed with the office of the Commissioner of State Police, it was learned recently from the applicant of such a permit, S.J. Clark, president, Naugatuck Val¬ ley Theatre Corporation. Clark said he had received the notice from Police Commissioner Edward J. Hickey’s office that the objectors, all owners of properties adjaoeht to the proposed The recent Lions convention in New York provided a real natural for a Metro tiein, and MGM exploitation head William R. Ferguson was quick to take advan¬ tage of this fact by having one of his staff appear in the Lions Club parade dressed as Leo the Lion. Carrying a welcome sign, Leo attracted plenty of at¬ tention, and the stunt resulted in MGM being the only film company represented. site on the easterly site of Route 8, just north of Wiggins Inn, are Peter Mariani, Spencer Roesing, and Leo Vighel. Another nearby property owner, George Kipp, did not file an objection. According to Clark, the next step is a hearing before Commissioner Hickey. Although Clark said he would have detailed information following the outcome of the hearing, it has been reported previously that the theatre company plans an investment of between $100,000 and $150,000 if the permit is granted, and negotiations are com¬ pleted with the Wiggins family, owners of the 30-acre site which is about three miles south of this town and seven miles north of Waterbury. The firm hopes to set up accommodations for 500 cars. Of interest in connection with the proposed theatre is the fij.ing of papers recently in the town clerk’ s office giving Felix Krotik, Thomaston, and Stephen Makuch, Bristol, an option to buy the business, and sell the premises known as Wiggins’ Inn, on the Waterbury Road, from Gabriel and Bernice Wiggins, pending acquisition of a liquor permit. WATERBURY The Board of Aldermen approved a zone change onRoseland Avenue to per- JOSEPH DOBESCH Associates, Inc. 116 Broadway, Boston, Matt. Telephone: Hancock 4807 STAGE SETTINGS • DRAPERIES WALL COVERING FLAME PROOFING • FABRIC INTERIORS CONN.THEATRE CANDY CO. 62 COMMERCE ST..NEW HAVEN, CONN. "WE KEEP THE MOVIES SWEET" August 11, 1948 NT-4 THE EXHI BITOR mit construction of a community thea¬ tre by Roger Mahan, owner, Tower, Car- roll, and Plaza. The petition had been virorously opposed at public hearings, and the board divided 12 to 3 to favor the proposition. One Republican mem¬ ber, Joseph A. Galasso, voted against the change. Two Democrats, Harold A. AshelyandDr. Joseph A. May, abstained. Immediately after the meeting, a group of property owners in the vicinity of the proposed theatre expressed dis¬ appointment at the board’ s decision, and announced plans to continue their opposition with a possible appeal to the courts. The three- fourths majority for approval was required because owners of more than 20 per cent of the property within 200 feet of the proposed theatre site were opposed to the development. Mahan’ s plans include an off-street-parking area near the theatre, according to his wife, Marie, the petitioner. The committee which brought in a favorable report on the application consisted of majority leader Burton H. Walker, Albert 0. Loeffler, Peter J. Eard, Patrick P. Shea, and John J. Rock Massachusetts LYNN After visiting old friends in Wor¬ cester, Mass., manager Dick Owens, Capitol, with Mrs. Owens and children, Richard and Linda, were making a tour of the White Mountains. After his re¬ turn, his assistant. Miss Rose Gluck, who ran the theatre most successfully during his absence, will leave for the mountains, sani Levy, chief pro¬ jectionist, will spend two weeks at New Durham, N.H. The Capitol ladies room has been r-enovated with pink tile. A month ago, manager Harold Cummings, Warner, tried out ^ new assistant manager with no experience, now he is trying an old-timer, Julian Eaton, formdr manager, Capitol, Everett, Mass. , and the Strand, Boston, and is confident that he will make good. Manager Cummings will spend the last two weeks of August on a trip through the mountains of New Hampshire and Vermont, after which he will visit friends in New York state, William Morgan will make a trip to Canada. John Kingsley, Auditorium, returned after illness. - .Marylyn Clancy, Audi- Cot a problem? The solution may be waiting for you among the specially prepared forms and systems which are available at cost to theatres which subscribe to this paper. THE EXHIBITOR BOOKf SHOP Con(fucteii as a Service ^ Cottrtesy to Subtcribert by JAY EMANUEL PUBLICATIONS, INC. I22S Vine Street -^ ^ , Philadelphia, Pa. torium, is in New York City. ... Maurice Standard and Kenneth McElliott, Audi¬ torium, returned from vacation trips. SP Rl NGF I ELD Plans for two additional drive-ins in Springfield, Mass. , area have been revealed. The Springfield City Council held a meeting on the application of R. J. Wiatrowski and his brother, Ed¬ ward, both of Springfield, to construct a drive-in off Page Boulevard near Berkshire Avenue, Springfield. The mayor and several council members ob¬ jected to the proposal. A decision was to be announced. Plans of Vernon A. Doty, West Springfield, to proceed with construction of a drive-in on Riverdale Street, West Springfield, were held up temporarily. West Spring- field property owners applied for a writ aimed at doing away with the li¬ cense for an open air theatre, granted by the west Springfield Board of Selectmen, and for a restraining order and permanent injunction forbidding Doty from starting construction. The property owners charged chairman Henry S. Johnston of the board with infiuenc- ing the board to grant the license, and approval was declared “erroneous, void, illegal, and biased”. George E. Freeman, manager, Loew- Poli, Springfield, Mass., left on va¬ cation, with Sam Schubouf, manager, Loew-Poli Lyric, Bridgeport, relieving. Rhode Island ARCT 1 C Edward Gould, summer operator, Green¬ wich and Westerly, cancelled his sche¬ dule at Westerly, and moved to the Odeon, Arctic, for the remainder of the season. Plays will continue to open in East Greenwich, but will move to the Odeon for the last half of/ each week. CR AN STON The Cranston Auto Theatre, Bald Hill Road and Oaklawn Avenue, opened with a capacity crowd on hand. Industry and dvic leaders attended, and police estimated that almost 700 cars were accommodated, and about the same num¬ ber turned away. According to Myer Stanzler, president, Columbia Amuse¬ ment Company, the theatre’ s capacity will be increased to 800 cars. The opening had been heralded for weeks with newspaper and billboard space as well as radio time. Free pony rides, performing ponies, and bottle warmers, were among opening attractions. Pre¬ sent policy calls for 50 cent week- night admission, and kiddies and cars free. A 140-amp. Peerless projector has been installed in the combination booth and concession building, and Simplex speakers are used throughout for the 800 cars. The 35 x 40-foot combination building is trimmed with chrome marquee. The concession counter, operated by Interstate Automatic Candy Corporation, is set at an angle to in¬ crease length and an ultra-modern look has been applied throughout. Raymond Caine is manager. PROV I DENCE Included in the office mail at the RKO Albee recently were a couple of theatre stubs in an epvelo.pej^A note stated that they had been picked up on the floor of a bus between South Kensington and Oxford Circus, London, by Eddie Reed, a BBC employe in England. A check showed that they had been sold between 6 and 7 p.m. on Feb. 23 when the theatre was showing “The senator Was Indiscreet”. Odd incident? Well, Reed wrote from London that he had been born in Providence. “Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House” opened at the RKO Albee with a full-sized counterpart open for public inspection in Warwick, R. I. The War¬ wick house attracted more than 1500 viewers on opening day, with the 25- cent admission slated for charity. Construction men, furniture and fur¬ nishing dealers, as well as tradesmen, were in the co-op. engineered by Gen¬ eral Electric with cooperation of Bill Morton, publicity director, RKO Albee. At the house, guides explained the part each room plays in the picture as well as other humorous incidents built up around the construction. Those attending were treated with a gratis Coke by bottlers. Morton plugged the opening with a half-hour remote broad¬ cast over WHIM -and trailers describ¬ ing the Warwick house. Exactly $150 in cash prizes as well as five cases of Chiffon soap flakes and six cases of DelMonte glass jar products were promoted by Morton for giveaways in a lobby key contest which featured a miniature “Blandings’” house door. Finders of the proper key received the prizes, some of which were also distributed by Morton on his street show as a boost for the film. Also given away on the street show were pocket editions of the book. Loew’ s State boosted “The Time Of Your Life” with a full page co-op, ad in The Evening Bulletin. Joseph G. Samartano, manager, was back from va¬ cation during which time Charles Kurtzamn, division manager, and Wil¬ liam Trambukis, assistant, held the fort. ‘charles Darby, manager, Avon, tried' a novel stunt for “Furia*’. Darby ar¬ ranged for Antonio Pace, Italian- language radio commentator, to make wire recordings of the film sound track. Pace set the microphone on stage during screening, and recorded parts which he considered good. After editing, recordings were played back on the air, with episodes being used as commercial. Musical portions were used as a background for pace’ s spoken commercials. The Avon is receiving a new setting with the stores next door town down to make way for a professional office building. Also benefiting the Avon is the reestablishment of utility traffic through the East Side tunnel. Richard Stewart has been appointed assistant, Avon, in time for Charles Darby to plan a vacation trip to Que¬ bec. Stewart hails from Weston, Mass. Worthington Holt, East Bridgewater, Mass,, was relieving Sam Badamo, mana¬ ger, Hope, while the latter was vaca¬ tioning at Ossippee, n-H. August 11, 1948 [ NliWS OF THE District Of Columbia Washington The industry lost one of its out¬ standing members on Aug. 1 when John J. Payette, 55, Warner Theatres zone manager, died at his home after a long illness. He is survived by his wife, the former Dorothy Crandall, daughter of the late Harry Crandall, and four children, Mrs. Charles Kema^ Devereux, John J. , Robert C. , and Ronald C. Payette; a brother, George N. Payette, Hagerstown, Md. , and two sisters, Mrs, George A. Degnan and Mrs. William Schwalm, Services were held at his home 5126 Palisades Lane N.W. , with further services at the Sacred Heart- Church. Payette first became associated with the industry in 1904 when he started at the old Academy of Music. At the age of 17, he was appointed manager, Rhode Is¬ land. Following service with the army during World War I, he was appointed assistant manager. Metropolitan. Three weeks later, he was designated as manager. In 1920, he was elevated to the assistant general managership of all the Crandall theatres, and, in 1925, became general manager. When Crandall theatres merged with the Stanley Company of America, he was appointed theatre supervisor, and when Warners purchased the theatres, he was made general zone manager of the 45 theatres in Washington, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, and Pennsyl¬ vania. During World War II, he was co-chairman for the District for the War Activities Committee; was a member of the executive committee of the Civilian War Services, deputy air raid warden, and a member of the D.C. Salvage committee. The pallbearers, all former associ¬ ates of Rayette at the WB office, were George A. Crouch, Prank La Palce, Harry E, Lohmeyer, Charles V. Grimes, J. AltonPratt, and Louis F. Ribnitzki, Honorary pallbearers were: Harry Kal- mine, general manager and vice-presi¬ dent, Warner Theatres; W. Stuart Mc¬ Donald, treasurer, Warner Theatres; Joseph Bernhard, president. Film Classics; Carter Barron, eastern di¬ vision manager, Loew’ s Theatres; Nel¬ son B. Bell, radio and drama critic; Rudolph Berger, division manager, Metro; W.P. Beiersdorf, manager, War¬ ners; Ralph Binns, manager. Highway Express; A. Julian Brylawski, Warner Theatres; Jay Carmody, drama editor. The Evening Star; Jake Flax, manager. Republic; Robert J. Folliard, divi¬ sion manager, RKO; J. Edward Fontaine, division manager, Selznick Releasing Organization; Sam Galanty, division manager, Columbia; Nat Glasser, dis¬ trict manager, Warner Theatres; Frank Harman, vice-president, Hamilton Na¬ tional Bank; Garfield Kass, Kass Realty Company; C.E. McGowan, Warner Theatres; Joseph P. Morgan, former THE EXHIBITOR NT-1 Seen above is John J. Payette, Warner Theatres zone manager in Washington, whose recent death caused much sorrow.. associate; I.J, Rappaport, Rappaport Theatres, Baltimore, Md.; Robert Smeltzer, division manager, Warners, andL.T. Souder, electrical centractor. A tax on amusements to bring needed revenue .,0 the District reserves was recommended during a roundtable dis¬ cussion by ranking citizens and Senate leaders. The suggestion that a tax be levied on amusements, tobacco, and alcoholic beverages was made by Paul J. Foley, D.C. Institute of Certified Public Accountants. The discussion, which was aired on WINX, had as its other participants Senator Harry Cain, Washington 1 Senator Johnston, South Carolina, and several other citizens. Foley also offered the idea of a municipal liquor monopoly similar to the state liquor systems found in many other parts of the country. An amusement tax for the District is nothing new. It comes up every now and then, but has so far been defeated. The “blow hot-blow cold” tendency of the Ezzard Charles- Jimmy Bivins fight, being sponsored by the Variety Club, went into a third stage. It has been postponed again, and this time the heavyweight bout is Sept. 13. Charles reported he was ill, and not fit for the fight. The examining doc¬ tors of the District Boxing Commission reported him fit. Charles Ford, at¬ torney, Variety Club, demanded, and got conditions he laid down accepted. Charles has posted $5,000, which will be forfeited, and accrue to the Varie¬ ty Club, if the fight does not come off on Sept. 13. Also, the boxer will fight no one until the Bivins con¬ tract is fulfilled. Arnold Fine, club editor. The Wash¬ ington Daily News, conducted an in¬ formal poll of the different night spots in Washington, and reports that only 25 per cent of places which used entertainment a year ago are using it today. Amusement and entertainment people are united in the belief that the 20 per cent federal amusement tax must be repealed. The National closed its doors as a legit house after the last performance of “Oklahoma”. With this final step, Washington is left without one theatre where stage productions can be viewed. The National will open again as a movie house. Sidney Lust was credited with a “first” when live talent was presented at his Beltsville Drive-In. This was the first time flesh has been presen¬ ted at a drive-in in this section. The hillbilly entertainers also have dates to play at Lust’ s Marlboro and Cheverly. Although the National closed, there is a lot of activity around the local summer circuit. U-I: E.L. McEvoy, New York short subjects production manager, was in for a visit. ... Oron Summers and Mrs. LaDouceur from the office were enjoy¬ ing their annual holiday. FILM CLASSICS; Max Cohen returned from the Screen Guild convention in New York wi€h news about the new sea¬ son. .. Charlie Mendelson returned from a trip in the Clinch. ... Sam Wheeler, western division manager, was in town for a few days.... Film Classics ex¬ pects to move in October to the offices which Eagle Lion now occupies. Eagle Lion will move to National Screen Service. Screen Guild, which now shares offices with Film Classics, will re¬ main at their present location. AT PARAMOUNT: Booker Max Rutledge was back from vacation, and booker Luther Buchanan was off on his. Other vacationers were Rita Tobin, ledger clerk, and Norma Brown, contract de¬ partment. . . Former ledger clerk Frances Herbst has a baby girl, and both are doing just fine. ...Miss Sadie Cohen, former exhibitor, now 66, and frisky as a colt, enlivened the Paramount office with a visit. ... Travel ing auditor Bob Moretta left us for home office conferences and then a vaca¬ tion at his log cabin in the uncon¬ quered wilds at Schroon Lake, N. Y, , before going to his next assignment ....The branch has led the country's 32 Paramount branches all this year in the sale of its features. 20th CENTURY-FOX: Eileen Oliver, who underwent a major operation in Columbia Hospital, left the hospital. Hurry up and get well.... Sara Young, our contact at 20th-Fox, held a meet¬ ing of several ladies of the variety Club welfare fund. Among those present were Mrs. Frank Boucher, Mrs. Clark Davis, Mrs. Ben Lust, and Miss Ann Griffin. The ladies will hold a luncheon on Aug. 17 in the Carleton Room, Car- leton Hotel.... The 20th Century-Fox Dynamos held their regular monthly meeting on Aug. 3. K-B THEATRES; Frank Boucher, mana¬ ger, K-B Theatres, and Chief Barker, Variety Club, reports keen interest in Variety welfare activities. .. .Jim Sanford, auditor, is back, tired and tan. His brother Dick “Red Silk Stock¬ ings” Sanford, has a new tune, “Men¬ tion My Name in Sheboygan”, knocking them dead in New York. ...Jake Biben, maqager, K-B Atlas, was vacationing in New York. ..The lobby of the K-B Sena¬ tor has been given a “new look”. Manager Ben Coleman reports favorable comments from the customers. LOErs: Manager Bill Riding returned from his vacation. ... Gene Ford is August 11, 1948 Washington NT-2 THE EXHIBITOR still hard at work on his “Going Na¬ tive” show. RKO: Mildred Korraan, cashier clerk, resigned to devote all of her time to a career as a practical nurse. She is being temporarily replaced by Beryl Walters, a former employee of RKO.... Minnie Jarber spent a very happy vaca¬ tion in New York completing plans for her wedding in early September. . . . Everyone in the, office was delighted to see Mrs. Breeheon, wife of branch THEATRE OWNERS and MANAGERS It is IMPORTANT that you send us a copy of ypur program each week, no later than Tuesday. In this way, we can best serve you. Someone, maybe the booker, or perhaps yourself might forget to record a booking. By sending us a copy of your program, we will be able to check any mistakes. Please continue to wrap and ad¬ dress properly your return ad¬ vertising so that it cao be delivered to the right exchange. IMPORTANT Don't put your return film in the lobby until all your patrons have left after the last show. HIGHWAY EXPRESS LINES, INC. 1638 Third Street, N.E. Washington, D. C. 236 N. 23rd Street Philadelphia 3, Pa. MEMBER KTATIONAL FILM CARRIERS, Inc. JACK SEIDMAN ; ; ; BERNARD SEIDMAN Paramount Decorating Ce-. |nc. STAGE SEniNGS : DRAPERIES CARPETS : PAINTING AND DECORATING 311 North 13lh Streot Philadolphia, Fa. manager J.B. Brecheen, looking so well when she was in the office after her recent illness. ... Several folks from the office attended the sneak preview of "Good Sam” at Keith’s.... Mrs. Preger, wife of RKO’ s publicity man, was in after a recent trade screening. ... Happy birthday goes to Al Folliard, RKO sales manager, who celebrated on Aug. 2. MONOGRAM: Jack Safer, branch manager, has been doing quite a bit of traveling lately. He recently visited the Thal- himer Circuit, Richmond, Va. , spent several days in Baltimore in connec¬ tion with “The Babe Ruth Story” at the Town, and also spent some time in Charlotte. . . Irwin Peltener, exploiteer, was in in connection with the opening of “The Babe Ruth Story” at the War¬ ner and Ambassador. SCREEN GUILD: Ross Wheeler and Don Chaban returned from the Screen Guild convention in New York City. METRO: Fred Schnuff, Durkee execu¬ tive, was a recent visitor. ... Marilyn Knoll will manage her father’s busi¬ ness in New Jersey soon. ...Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Adams, branch manager, re¬ turned from a brief stay at Hot Springs, Va. ...Mr. Leonard Smith, MGM records manager, Baltimore, held conferences with branch manager J.A. Adams and the salesmen. ... Henry Ajello, booker, was vacationing. . . Rose Frank, bookers’ clerk, was also on vacation, ... Mar¬ guerite Voight, biller, was soaking up the sun at North Beach while on her vacation. Associate Producer James Geller and writer Malvin Wald arrived here to confer with columnist Drew Pearson on the script of Columbia’ s “The Washing¬ ton Story. ” The request of Warners for a delay in its answers to a suit by K-B Amuse¬ ment Company was denied last week by Judge Edward M. Curray. Judge Edward M. Curran said that the request was unreasonably long, Warners having asked for a postponement until Septem¬ ber, and the deadline remains at Aug, 16. K-B is seeking to force War¬ ners out of the jointly-owned Mac- Arthur. The hot weather has really made the soft drink stand at the New, Leonard- town, Md, , a mecca for thirsty patrons, and in this recent shot manager Ray Trumbule, New and Park, Lexington Park, Md. , makes with the cool refreshment for young Kenneth Dilehayanda sailor. Maryland BALTIMORE The Motion Picture Projectionists Union elected the following officers for one year: John Codd, president; Harry Cluster, business agent; Conrad Backert, first vice-president; Charles Leventhal, second vice-president; Fabius Rollins, financial secretary; William Holthaus, treasurer; M. Mackenzie, recording secretary, and Robert Cramblatt, sergeant-at-arms. The board of directors includes Harry Bauer, Earle Jackson, Thurman Durst, August Bucheit, William Maney, Herman Cluster, Clarence Walters, Albert Roth, and Harry Daniel. Miss Genevieve Gechkle, Center of¬ fice manager, and Francis Trail will be married soon....J.M. Alderson, Centre manager, was on vacation. . . . Vernon Currier, Aurora, was busily supervising the construction of a new marquee over th.e front entrance. Mrs. A.R. Fitzhugh, Aurora, enjoyed her vacation visiting her daughter in Roanoke Rapids, N.C. Mrs. Jacques Shellman accidentally tripped, and broke her arm, while descending some stairs in a hotel while on a trip with her sister and friends to Canada. ... Mr. and Mrs. Philip Buck, Windsor, and two children enjoyed a vacation at Camp Ritchie, Md. While there, they met Mr. and Mrs. M. Sigler. Mrs. Sigler is a censor board inspector, now on sick leave. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Miegel, New, were on vacation at Atlantic City. Miss Janet Schanberger, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred C. Schanberger, Jr., Keith’s, recently married Michael Flynn, Jr., Washington, managing. -Jacques Shellman LA PLATA The Charles recently showed pic¬ tures of Charles County’ s 1939 Fair. The films were furnished through the courtesy of Foster Reeder. LEONARDTOWN Ray Trumbule, manager. New, an¬ nounced that in the fall “Discovery Night” will be a regular weekly fea¬ ture.... The New is running a trailer asking cooperation in preventing seat damage. .. .Harry Mattingly, assistant manager, is now working full time at the New. ...Joe Redman, assistant to projectionist Joe Beck, New, was all set to enlist in the army. ...Mary Remos returned to the New. ... Albert Hayden is now handling the candy counter in the New lobby. ... Kenneth B. Duke, manager-owner, St. Mary’ s, says the “laugh contest” held in con¬ nection with Columbia’ s “The Fuller Brush Man” proved to be a lot of fun ....Air-conditioning is being in¬ stalled in the St. Mary’ s. LEXINGTON PARK The new Park is now expected to open on Aug. 19. Finishing touches are now being made. Owners are Jack Fruchtman, Robert- Wigginton, Leonard- August 11, 1948 THE EXHIBITOR NT-3 Leonard Smith, newly appointed area MGM records distribution manager, pre¬ sented discs of '"Judaline", from '"A Date With Judy", to Metro branch reps in Washington following a sales promotion confab. Pictured above are salesman Pete Prince, Smith, salesman Sidney Eckman, branch manager Jer ry Adams, sales¬ man Fred Rippingale, and of f ice manager Joseph Kronman, happy to get the records. town lawyer, and contractor and builder, M.M. Dean, Hollywood. SALISBURY A hearing on a special commission’ s recommendations on closing a part of a public alley' leading from Market Street, near South Division Street, is scheduled at City Hall on Aug. 16. Closing of the alley is being con¬ sidered at the request of the Schine Chain Theatres, which is planning to build a 1,880-seat theatre on its property adjacent to the alley. The commission that investigated the costs of closing the alley, composed of Arthur W. Boyce, Oscar G. Davis, and George W. Tilghman, submitted its report to council estimating damages to six of seven properties bordering the alley at $4,037.75. Benefits to two of the seven properties, the com¬ mission reported, would be $4,250, which amount would be collected by the city. SOLOMON' S ISLAND The D. andL. recently played “Short Brothers’ Stage Show’’ for its only appearance in the territory. UPPER MARLBORO Sidney Lust’ s Marlboro played the live talent show of Cecil Campbell and his Tennessee Ramblers, and, ac¬ cording to manager Clifton Buck, a good crowd was attracted. WALDORF Ike Weiner’s Waldorf, which has long maintained a parking lot next to the theatre and a telephone question and answer service at the theatre, has found that these services have paid off. Virginia RICHMOND Motion pictures of Virginia’ s scenic and historic charms were shown 3,455 times to audiences totaling 1,876,078 people during the six months ended on June 30, it was reported recently by the State Department of Conservation and Development. This represents an increase of 1,160,714 over the com¬ parable audiences for these films in the first six months of 1947. Demands for the films were said to have been so great that 2,336 requests were turned down. Efforts are now being made to get additional prints of the most popular films. Melvin Walton, Brookland staff, went to Virginia Beach with the Na¬ tional Guard. . .Gladys Kinnikin, Brook- land staff, vacationed in Denver visiting her mother .... Eva Garret, Capitol, spent her vacation down in Charles City County. Lena Stevenson is back at the Capi¬ tol Berio candy counter after illness ....Geneva Smith, veteran Byrd em¬ ployee, visited Northern New York State and Canada with a group of friends*. ... Albert Burton, Byrd staff, vacationed on the Potomac River. River, had tough luck when his car broke down and had to be towed into West Point... Mrs. Earl Bergener, wife of the Highway Express representative, was in Johnson-Willis Hospital. William Gentry, Byrd staff, went with the National Guard to Camp Pendle-- ton. . . .Gertrude Coulter, veteran Byrd staffer, was vacationing. .. Bob Shore, Byrd staff, joined the navy, and went to Buckroe Beach for a short vacation before being assigned to duty. ...Wil¬ liam Pierce and John Palmer, Byrd service staff, in the U. S. Naval Re¬ serve, will go to Bermuda on a cruise ....Bernice Ballard, State, left with her children for a short visit to the mountains. ... David Murr, Byrd, spent his vacation in New York. ... Albert Nimmo, Grand assistant manager,- ioined the National Guard. ... John Wooley and Joe Sprill are additions to John Zen- ner’ s staff at the Westhampton. . . Mary Falkerson and Ruth Parsley are the new candy girls at the State. ... Dorothy Hall, Westhampton, visited Norfolk. George Peters, Loew’ s manager, held a special screening prior to the reg¬ ular showing of the MGM short, “Going to Blazes.” The audience was composed of officials of the Fire Prevention Bureau as well as representatives from each of the city’s fire engine companies. LAWRENCEVILLE Work on the proposed new theatre here will get under way at an early date, Harry Roth, district manager, Pitts-Roth Theatres, announced. The vm a CAMUr MACHINt to a complete You'll get the RIGHT equipment for your theatre/ plus the RIGHT' kind of service, when you let Berio handle sales at the "second box office". Thirty years' experience has taught us how to get maximum re¬ turns for every location. And you'll have more time free for the right kind of showmanship that builds record grossest “Shag” Saunders, Ponton, was still 333 S. BROAD ST., PHILADELPHIA 7, PA. Gut sick . Howard Powers, Colonial, vacationed at hi^ cabin on the York — — — — — — —— — August 11, 1948 NT-4 THE EXHIBITOR Anne Baxter and Cornel Wilde engage in a platonic moment in this scene from 20th Century Fox's feature, "The Walls of Jericho". Gene Tierney also stars. ki:y city Baltimore Md. (8) - Mayfair, “The Big City” (MGM); Stanley, “Key Lar¬ go” (VVB); Keith’s, “Abbott and Cos¬ tello Meet Frankenstein” (U-I); Cen¬ tury, “The Time Of Your Life” (UA): New, “Escape” (20th-Fox); Town, “The Babe Ruth Story” (AA) ; Hippodrome, “Bring ’Em Back Alive” (RKO) ; Times and Roslym, “13 Lead Soldiers” (20th- Fox); “Gangs Of Chicago” (Rep.). is now training ayoung man to relieve him in the booth. contract has been awarded to Doyle and Russell, Richmond. The theatre is to have a seating capacity of approxi¬ mately 1,000, with a balcony to accom¬ modate about 300 Negro patrons, Wesf Virginia KEYSER Jack Stilwell, former resident of this city, was drowned in the Buck- hannon River while saving the life of a 14-year girl. Stilwell, 20, at the time of his death was living in Graf¬ ton, W.Va, , with his parents. He vvorked for a few months as projection apprentice .at the Music Hall. Dale Stark, projectionist4. Liberty, hit a lucky streak at the Cumberland Races, and won on the daily double, $150. He is figuring on enlisting be¬ fore the new draft catches him, and Ernest M. Clevenger, Music Hall, was visited by his daughter, son-in- law, and two grandchildren from Kansas City, Kans....Miss Naomi Purgitt, Music Hall, is getting married on Aug. 21... Nat Dantzic, veteran vaude¬ ville comedian, is showing 16mm. pic¬ tures in the townships of Purgitts- ville, Augusta, Springfield, Green¬ spring, and Port Ashby, all West Virginia. Variety Club WASHINGTON, TENT II Fred S. Kogod, chairman, welfare committee, had a luncheon-meeting of his 1948 welfare awards committee. The goal in this year* s fund raising drive is $100, 000. ... Prank M. Boucher, Chief Barker, and Hirsh de La Viez, barker, appeared on the television program, “Wings of Thought”, over WMAL-TV, where they plugged the Variety Club’ s forthcoming fight between Ezzard Charles and Jimmy Bivins, and the football game in Baltimore on Sept. 19 between the Washington Redskins and the Chicago Bears. The c-o-o-1 Variety Club Rooms in the Willard Hotel are a haven for many members these hot, muggy Wash¬ ington evenings. . . . Variety was deeply saddened to learn of the death of Barker Ernest Johnston on July 16. He was president, E.S. Johnston Ad¬ vertising Agency. Variety’ s annual club tournament and dinner dance will be held again in the Manor Club on Sept. 3 begin¬ ning at 1 p.m. Co-chairmen for the event are Loew’ s Carter Barron and Columbia’ s Sam Galanty. Assisting the co-chairmen, and in charge of tickets and reservations, are George A. Crouch, acting general zone mana¬ ger, Warner Theatres, and prank Boucher, general manager, K-B Amuse¬ ment Company. Other members of the committee are Herbert Sauber, chair¬ man, dinner committee; Arthur Jacob¬ son, Jack Foxe, and George Nathan, in charge of reception;. Harry Bachman and Jerry Price, handicaps, and out- of-town guests will be headed by Nathan D. Golden. To be dished up on the menu of the all -day outing is the golf tournament with the first tee off at 1 p.m., and winding up with the dinner dance beginning at 8 p.m. There will be many prizes, dancing under the stars, and other activities. Price per pad: 25c each Or 10 p«Kh for $2.00 AH $aU$ prepaU, Pleast tend cheek, money order or stamps wHb order. Sold under money back suarantee. BOX OFFICE STATEMENIS (SPECIFY ITEM No. B.S. 5) • Prmtecf on. both sides so that complete Factual tatals for one day can be kept on one BVi x SVi Inch sheet, each itemizes: 1. OPENING AND CLOSING TICKET NUMBERS 2. PASS AND WALK-IN TICKET NUMBERS 3. CASH TOTALS 4. TAX TOTALS 5. PROGRAM, WEATHER AND OPPOSITION 6. SPACES FOR HOURLY TOTALS 7. MISCELUNEOUS INCOME AND DEPOSITS • Made up In pads of 50 per pad, each sheet is punched for saving in a standard ring binder with the date at the lower right corner for quick reference when filed. SUBSCRiPriUH RATES. 1 YR (53 ISSUES) $3 00 FOREIGN $5 00 ALL SALES LIMITED TO THEATRES WHICH SUBSCRIBE TO 'THE EXHIBITOR" August 11, 1948 THE EX H I B I T 0 R NT-1 XL'ws OF rnii: New CROSSTOWN May Helabian, Columbia exploitation department, home office, was married last week to Harry Chakraakian. . . . The engagement of Kathleen Walsh to Charles Fitzgerald was announced last week. Miss Walsh is secretary to A.W. Schwalberg, Paramount. Eagle Lion’ s “Raw Deal’’ was the last film shown at the Victoria before that house undergoes extensive alterations in preparation for its new policy in the fall. ... George Brown, publicity director. Paramount studio, arrived last week forborne office conferences. The Universal Newsreel recently signed a sound servicing deal with Altec. Tom Rogers, radio contact, MGM, is mourning the lo!?s of his mother, Mrs. Edward Rogers, 70, who died recently in Phoenix, Ariz, , of a heart ailment ....Rudy Berger, MGM southern sales manager, ■ returned to his Washington headquarters last week following home office conferences. .. Jacques Peyder’ s latest film, “Back Streets Of Paris”, will be released in the U.S. in October, it was announced last week by Irvin Shapiro, general manager. Film Rights International. Hoagy Carmichael arrived last week en route to England, where he will make a four-week appearance at the Casino, London. David Niven also sailed for England last week. .. Columbia star Ella Raines arrived last week for press interviews and radio appearances as part of the national publicity cam¬ paign on “The Walking Hills.” Ed Hinchey, head, Warners home off ice playdate department, left last week for Cleveland. ... Frederick Brisson, executive prouucer. Independent Artists, returnea last week from Europe. Sack Amusement Enterprises, dis¬ tributors of Negro films, last fort¬ night moved its offices from Columbus Circle to 354 West 44th Street. Richarii de RochemonL, producer. The March of Time, sailed for Europe last week. ... Harry Goldberg, director of advertising and publicity, Warner Theatres, left last week for Los Angeles. ., James R. Grainger, Republic executive vice-president in charge of sales and distribution, returned last week following a visit to the com¬ pany’ s North Hollywood studios and branches inLos Angeles, San Francisco, Dallas, New Orleans, Chicago, and Detroit. Buttons were popping off the chest of Prank Daut, credit manager, Altec Service’ s New York district, last week. Son Jack, 17, al 1 - scnoi ast ic high school tackle of Nassau County, has ioeen awarded a four-year scholarship at Notre Dame. Herb Crooker, Metro publicity mana¬ ger, was on vacation on his 25-foot sloop cruising the waters around New York. ... Albert Lewin, MGM studio executive, arrived from the coast. . . . Charles C. Moskowitz, Loew’ s vice- president and treasurer, returned after several weeks at the studios. ... Tom Gerety, Metro’s publicity department, vacationed. Milton S. Kusell, vice-president, domestic and Canadian sales, Selznick Releasing Organization, arrived from Hollywood last week for conferences with David 0. Selznick, and Paul Mac- Namara, vice-president in charge of public relations. ... William Satori, Monogram’s continental European repre¬ sentative, who, heretofore, made his headquarters in London, is now defi¬ nitely established at the Monogram International offices here, and will supervise his territory from here. Satori also moved his private residence from Pittsburgh. S. Barret McCormick, national di¬ rector of advertising, RKO announced last week that the national campaign for “Joan of Arc” will be the biggest effort ever made to presell a motion picture to the world. There will, in fact, be two campaigns. Joseph Green, Michael Hyams, and Alexander Parkson last- week announced the formation of Gramercy Films, Inc., with the new distribution company to release many new outstanding foreign films in the United States. Green and Hyams are present owners of the Little Met, the Hopkinson, City and Irving Place, and are connected with Globe Film Distributors, Inc. Seymour ‘Cy’ Eichman, advertising manager, Astor, accompanied by his wife, returned following a 15-day auto trip through New England and Canada. Some of the best publicity stunts of the year have been used forColumbia’ s “Lulu. Belle”, Rivoli, with credit going to publicity man Bill Tell. The New York Post and Daily News carried (Continued on next page) Twenty five members of Columbia's New York City office recently gave blood for Israel at the Red Mogen Dovid blood bank. Shown wi th Ernes t Lichten¬ stein, center, chairman of the com¬ mittee which organized several blood donor groups at Columbia, are Irving Colrnan, a Red Mogen Dovid aide, and also Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Abrams. TRAVELLING AROUND WITH LEW HERB p- m wirnmmm (Lew Herb continues his trip through the northern New Jersey territory. -Ed. ) Having made the rounds in Perth Amboy, we headed out of town, towards New Brunswick, and stopped off at Metuchen, where we dropped in at the ■porum, operated by H. Fields. Fields not be¬ ing expected before the end of the week, we pushed onto New Bruns- wick, where we first ■f t ■ '^E|| dropped in at the RKO ■ State. We met a couple ■ <85*5-^ of young men, Tom Wright I and Gene Levine, Wright manages the house, with Lew Herb Levine^his assistant. They were, currently plugging “Asylum of Horrors”, amidnight show attraction that seems to be an annual event in these parts. We witnessed the perfor¬ mance of this show the night before, and found it very entertaining, as well as lucrative at the boxoffice. Wright and Levine had rigged up a good lobby display board on the attraction, and had dressed two aides in appro¬ priate skeleton and ghost costumes. These turned out to be traffic stoppefs. We next found ourselves at the Strand, owned and operated by Dave Snaper, who was out of town at the time of our call, but we did get a chance to chat with Lou Abrams, looking after the house in his absence. Another old timer in the business, he takes care of the Capitol, South River, and has been connected with the organization for some time. In the Strand booth we met August Strieker and Jim Madalino, bothmembers of Local 534. Strieker is the junior, with six years of projection exper¬ ience, while Madalino has been at it for over 20. Dropping in at the RKO Albany, we talked with Steve Kucson, who manages the house, one of the finest in the city, second only to the State. All seats are on one floor, and while it is located in one of the older sec¬ tions of town, it is kept in very good condition. In f act , its front was just receiving a new coat of paint at the time of our visit, and manager Kucson informed us that the rest of the businessmen in the area were getting ready to do the same thing. There are two other RKO theatres in New Brunswick, the Rivoli, under the direction of Nat Faggen, and the Reade, actually in Highland Park, an adjoining community, under the direc¬ tion of another old-timer, JohnBodley. Two independents, the Opera House, under the direction of Sam Wormser, and theEuropa, whichplays all foreign- language films, also operate. Our time being limited at the time of our visit, we were unable to make the rounds of all these houses, but hop'-* to be able to do so in the very near future. I expect to be travelling through the New York State territory soon. August 11, 1948 New York NT-2 THE EXHIBITOR CROSSTOWN (continued from preceding page) the “free admission” offer to all those who brought the original stage play programs to theatres on opening day. Wendy Wells, movie starlet, sold kisses at the theatre for one dollar, the greenbacks going to charity, the pub¬ licity to “Lulu”. Radio cooperated fully, and there was excellent cover¬ age in leading store windows. Samuel Schneider, Warners vice- president, and his wife, and W. Stewart McDonald, vice-president, Warner Thea¬ tres, and his wife returned last week from England, where Schneider recently installed Arthur S. Abeles, Jr. , as managing director, Warner Brothers Pictures, Ltd. For the engagement of “Beyond Glory”, Paramount, the theatre deviated from its usual Wednesday opening last week, with the new film being ushered in at a premiere showing dedicated as a tribute to the U. S. Military Acadeniy. In attendance were 300 members of the Cadet Corps. David Niven arrived last week, and sailed for Europe with his wife and sons. New Jersey ASBURY PARK Cut-outs, blowups, records, and window displays were used effectively by Walter Reade’ s St. James to bally¬ hoo “Easter Parade”. District manager Nick Schermerhorn, assisted by house managers Joe Sommers and Jim Brennan, Jr. , placed a 40-96 set-piece of Fred Astaire and Judy Garland in a main street music store, which built a window display around the blowup, and also played recorded music. An aide carrying a suitcase fes¬ tooned with Fuller brushes was sent around the city by manager Joseph Sommer to exploit “The Fuller Brush Man”, Parrimount. NEWARK Mrs. Dorette Mooney, formerly of the Warner, Theatres’ booking department, gave birth to a baby girl, at Beth Israel Ho.^pi tal. ... Warner Theatres’ Jersey Circuit will hold its annual golf tournament at the Hackensack Golf Club, Oradell, on Aug. 17. George Kelly, Warner Theatres’ publicity department, and Tony Wil¬ liams, district manager, returned from a motor trip to Mackanac Lake, Mich. They were joined by their wives. Mary Halloran, and Rose Hanley, Warner Theatres’ Jersey office, re¬ turned from a stay at Point Pleasant ....Arnold Michelson, booker, Warner Theatres; , was vacationing with his wife in the Catskill Mountains. The following managers of Warner Theatres were vacationing: Frank Costa, Warner, Ridgewood, in Atlantic City; Bill Weiss, Montauk, Passaic; Prank Hall, Capitolk Passaic; Sid Bratter, Castle, Irvington; William Waldron, Claridge, Montclair; Robert Clark, Garden, Paterson; M. Bratter, Milburn; S. Mutterpearl, Tivoli; Harold Gerhardt, Rivoli, Paterson; Bernard Silverman, Roosevelt, and A. Gilgar, Mayfair. Also on vacation from Warner The¬ atres were Leto Hill, George Morgen- roth, ami Richard Hunter. New York State ALBANY The TOA canvassed its members on the latest revised New York building code. It was particularly concerned on whether objections should be raised against the ban on popcorn machines using combustible liquids. Altec signed sound servicing agree¬ ments with the Village, New Hartford, and the Franklin Drive-In, Malone. A1 Griffith, manager, Warners’ Diana, Medina, went to Kentucky to attend the funeral of his brother, D.W. Griffith ....National Screen Service shifted the servicing of lobby advertising material and accessories in the Albany territory from the local office in the Paramount bldg, to the main of¬ fices, 630 Ninth Avenue, New York. A large quantity of stills, mats, and press books will be stocked in Albany, where a skeleton force will continue. Lee Drexler, Warner Theat es’ as¬ sistant contact manager, was on a cruise to Bermuda. ... Greg Fisher, business agent. Local 324, and Henry “Dutcli” Harris, president. Stagehands Union 14, will attend the lATSE’ con¬ vention at Cleveland on Aug. 16-21. They also will be delegates to the New York State convention. John Lana- han. Grand, was named alternate for Harris. At a dinner meeting in Keeler’s restaurant, 40 motion picture men voted to support the $10,000 drive in the Albany exchange area for the Will Rogers Memorial Hospital, Saranac Lake. Those on the committee are Ray Smith, Warners’ branch manager, general chairman; Jack Bullwinkle, Columbia branch manager, ticket chairman; Gene Vogel, U-I branch manager, distri¬ bution head, and Ed Wall, Paramount, publicity chairman, ... Harry Heilman, Heilman Circuit, will leave forFlorida for a three-month stay. . . . Ben Smith, Pam-O-Pilm sales representative, and Mrs. Smith celebrated their 26th wedding anniversary. Screen Guild .held its annual con¬ vention at the Warwick Hotel.,.. Sid Kulick, Bell, was a visitor in the Warner Theatres’ of fice, . . . Joe Gins, U-I branch manager, Buffalo, was in town. More film exchange vacationers are: U-I, Katherine Burke, cashier, and Ann Cerqua, stenographer; Columbia, Ann Joyce, branch manager’ s secretary. Chick Mlinarik, head shipper, and Mary McGuire, booking clerk, and War¬ ner Theatres, Woodrow Campbell, book¬ ing department. Charles Smakwitz, Warner Theatres’ zone manager; Harry Lament, Lament Circuit, and Leonard Rosenthal, coun¬ sel for Upstate Theatres, Inc., at¬ tended a TOA conference at the summer home of Fred Schwartz at Lake Placid. Other visitors were: Harry Berkson, franchise holder. Monogram, Albany and Buffalo; William Pitch, manager, War¬ ners’ Babcock and Temple, Wellsville; Eddie Mullen, UA sales representative, and Dick Perry, UA salesir^an. . . . A1 Fitter, Paramount booker. New Haven, III MArWMWf 'IIVALOjlKims VOOSKSVOfWSJJK I K£f LARGO I TfifASU^E CHEST i mm marking THl OWNING Of , AV{^ To herald the recent opening of Warners' "Key Largo", Strand, Nei York, the company ran a "Key Largo" treasure chest hunt in cooperation with the American Overseas Aid-United Nations Appeal for Children. People were invited to donate whatever sum they chose to the Fund, in return for which they received a "Key Largo" key, with which they attempted to open the treasure chest, containing many valuable prizes. The stunt ran for five days, with the five daily winners brought together on the final night for a chance to select the grand prize-winning key and the chest full of prizes. The bally got nice newspaper and radio breaks. On the left, the stunt, which took place at 52nd Street and 6th Avenue, draws a nice crowd, while, at right, lovely songstress Kyle MacDonnell tries her luck at opening the prize-laden chest. August 11, 1948 THE EXHIBITOR NT-3 is spending several weeks in the ex¬ change. -M.E.B. AMSTERDAM Bob Baranoff, manager, Schine’ s Rialto, recently promoted several nifty cooperative ads from local merchants on Paramount’s “The Big Clock,” an excellent job. BUFFALO National and Simplex installations have recently been set up in the drive-in. Route 17 between Elmira and Corning. Altec signed a sound servicing pact with the State, Niagara Palls. Dick, son of Harry Berkson, Mono¬ gram franchise holder, vacationing at Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, postcarded. . .Lillian Winter, Columbia, returned from White Plains, where she spent her annual vacation visiting her sister. Chuck Harter, Columbia booker; wife, Alice, and son, Terry, were en route to the Thousand Islands for a vacation. Merritt A. Kyser, president. Motion Picture Theatre. Owners of New York State, Inc. , held the monthly board of directors meeting. .. Connie Crucza, United Artists shipper, was the proud owner of a new home. The Reco Club, composed of Columbia and Republic employees, held the an¬ nual picnic at the summer home of Harriet Hauser, former Republic steno, at Grand Isl and. ... Rose Andelora, Monogram biller, was at home recup¬ erating after a return trip to the hospital, where she had undergone an operation. Lillian Rosen, RKO staff, was spend¬ ing her summer vacation at Lake Chau¬ tauqua. . . . Jerry Lipow, salesman, Film Classics, is sporting a new Chrysler. Jeanette Lieser, Universal-Interna¬ tional office manager-booker, was sun¬ ning herself at Chautauqua Lake during her annual vacation. ... Nickie Hyman, EL, secretary to A1 Herman, district manager, andCatherine Turano, booker. Republic, were vacationing in Toronto. Margaret Crean, secretary to Jim Winn, United Artists branch manager, was vacationing atPrattsburg with her sisters, Eddie Smith, RKO shipper, is beaming over delivery of his shiny new Kaiser Prazer, and, after breaking it in, leaves for Montreal and Cuebec, with a stopover at St. Anne DjBaupre. Andy Horn, Horn Film Service, and wife, Lee, were on a fishing trip at Consicon Lake, Ontario. H. W. Eastwood, manager, Hollywood, Gowanda, was right on his toes when he worked up an. advertising stunt on “Port Apache.” During the run of the picture, aides, George Masser, Joan Ondus, and Eastwood, himself, were clad in old fashioned costumes, whis¬ kers, et al. The Indians from the City Hall, New York, was recently the scene of the presentation of $284, 623.64, collected by local school children to aid 230 million starving children abroad. Little Emmie Mat- teisch, dressed in sackcloth to symbolize the youngst'ers overseas, received the check from John Tucker, as Charles Schlaifer, 20th Century- Fox' ad-publicity director, represent¬ ing Spyros Skouras; Deputy Mayor John J. Bennett, and school superintendent William 0. Jansen watched the ceremony. reservation sold Indian baskets, beads, tom toms, and tommy hawks in the lob¬ by, attracted much attention, and really increased attendance. The two big chiefs of both the Iroquois and Seneca tribes were also in attendance, in connection with the 100th Centen¬ nial Week. Screen Guild held its Sales Meeting in New York City, and attending were Eleanor Paradeis, franchise holder: Mil Malzer, booker, and George Suss- man, as well as sales representative Ben Smith, Albany. When Film Classics held a convention in New York City, Joe Miller, Buffalo manager, attended. The Variety Cluby Tent 7, held its annual outing and dinner dance at the Auto Club of Buffalo, Clarence, on Aug. 2. -M.G. KINGSTON A dream house for adisabled veteran, that almost materialized resulted in publicity for the Kingston engagement For the recent run of Paramount's "Albuquerque", St. James, Asbury Park, N. J. , manager Joe Sommers and his assistant, Jim Brennan, Jr., arranged some western bally. They adorned this rig with one-sheets and 22 x ^8' s, hitched it behind a pony, dressed a pair of aides in cowboy gear, and sent it through town on, and a day before, opening day, with good results. of “Mr, Blandings Builds His Dream House.” City manager Bob Case planned to have a $12,000 house built in 12 days, and secured land donation, union pledges to workmen, etc., but the lack of lumber spoiled the project. Telephone calls, free brushes, and lobby displays were used, by Walter Kirchofer, manager, Walter Reade’ s Kingston, recently in his exploitation of Columbia’s “The Puller Brush Man.” He put several of his aides on the telephone to make over 300 calls to local people saying: “This is the Fuller Brush Man calling. Won’ t you come down to the Kingston to see me?” He also hypoed popcorn sales on open¬ ing night by putting lucky slips in popcorn boxes, which entitled w inners to one of the 50 Puller Brushes pro¬ moted from the Fuller Brush Company, which also cooperated on local news¬ paper ads. ROCHESTER Manager Norman Wolk, Riviera, got unusual attention in The Times-Union aHer Bill Kennedy, maintenance engi¬ neer, found, and returned, a woman’ s wallet, and casually remarked he swept up lots of wallets, especially after a weepy picture. In fact, one he found contained $200. Friends were congratulating Chester Fenyvessy, head, Penyvessy Enter¬ prises, on his recent marriage to Miss Ruth Hosking. His brother, Albert Penyvessy, Arnett, was his attendant ....Lester Pollock, manager, Loew’ s, reported “Easter Parade” broke the house record, ... The will of Henry P. Kurtz, former exhibitor, who built and operated the Lyric until his retire¬ ment in 1926, revealed an estate of $123,284, bequeathed mainly to rela¬ tives. ... Manager John Hack, Liberty, rented the theatre afternoons for a cooking school conducted by a local grocery chain. The Audio-Visual Division, Public Library, added 88 ’new films for free use of groups, which pay only $2 an¬ nual insurance fee.... John Coyne, Canandaigua Parkway, was in to call on Jack Boyd, Embassy. . .Alfred Spouse, schools music director, is serving on a nat^ional committee studying use of films in music teaching. Michael J. Mungovan, stagehands’ business agent and a vice-president, AFL, declared, as he left for the state convention in New York, that labor’ s protest vote in the coming Presidential election will surprise anti-labor Congressmen. (Continued on next page) COMPLETE MARQUEE service DESIGN — FABRICATE — INSTALL MONROE SIGN CORP. Since 1921 Stainless Steel — Vitrolite — Porcelain THEATRE FRONTS Drive-In Theatre Attraction Signs 253-9 Hackensack St., E. RutherFord, N. J. Tel. Rutherford 2-8200— Passaic 2-4600 August 11, 1948 NT-4 THE EXH I B ITO R ky]<:inct mil ^jie/iauax New York; With the current dearth of news, one of the few notable items was the departure of Archie Barisch, popular Warner head booker, from ex- cliange operations. He will assume the book¬ ing duties of the Tren¬ ton-New Brunswick The¬ atres Company on Sept. 7. A veteran of long standinti, over 20 years at Warners, he had been head booker since 1940. Starting in the ship¬ ping room, he advanced to Jersey booker in 1930, and became Jersey salesman in 1937. It is with regret that we say goodby, but, we want to wish him loads of luck. Pete Sagliembini seems to be first in line to fill his shoes.... Just a line lest we forget. The Motion Picture Bookers Club’ s ninth annual affair will be held on Oct. 17 at the Hotel Commodore. Tickets are ready, and we would advise purchasing them early. LSS SUGARMAM MGM: Johnny Cunniff, booker, was mourning the death of his father. The funeral was held o;'i Ju;ly 26.... Sid Stockton, office manager, returned from a vacation. ... P>,eady to receive birthday greetings were Mary Taglia- netti, booking department; Gertrude Seaman, billing department; James Silverman, box office department, and Josephine Radice, biller. U- INTERNATIONAL: The office illumin¬ ated the surroundings with a new and more effective lighting system. ... Tom Goff, booker, was oack from vacation ....Sandra Gordon was off on vacation. Joan Grahl, booking department, was back after illness. REPUBLIC: Vacationites included Ann Plisco Rosenbaum, booker; Sylvia Suss- man, accounting department, andLillian Kaplan, secretary. ... Gkoria Sheldon, booking department, was sick. ...Mary Lee, accounting department, returned from vacation. ... George Rausseau and L. Lefenei have been added. RKO: In case a visitor should miss the telephone board and lovely June Jacobson, telephone operator, it is now located on the opposite side of the room, ...Jean Slade, booker, was a year older.... Si Kaplan, booker, was back from the Coast. ... Sally Koslow has been added to the booking depart¬ ment.... June Jacobson was headed for the Neville Country Club. PARAMOUNT: Gloria Genovese, booking department, and Harry Schochet were welcomed back from vacations.... Enjoying sonourns were Myron Sattler, Nat Stern, Phil Isaacs, and Ruth Moscowitz. . . . Anne Brown, secretary, was on the ailing list. FILM CLASSICS: George Waldman, metropolitan district manager, reported “Drums” doing sensational business at the Rialto. The film is followed by “Blonde Ice” and "Money Madness. ” ....The office is quite elated over their prospects of winding up first in the current sales drive. EAGLE LION: Ruth Berman, contract clerk, resigned. ... Fay Starr, booker, and Harriet Krasner, secretary, were enjoying vacations. ... Fluff Blome, secretary, handed in her resignation ....William Heineman, general sales manager, paid a visit. UNITED ARTISTS: Tony Agoglia, book¬ er, was enjoying a vacation. ... Ger¬ trude Levine, secretary, was back from a honeymoon- vacation. ... Claire Sussman, secretary, spent a weekend at White Lake... Dick Perry, salesman, was visiting the office from upstate. NATIONAL SCREEN SERVICE: Horace Le¬ vin, advertising department, was back from vacation. ... Nella Cornelia, sec¬ retary, announced that she will traipse down the aisle in October. ... Claire Hecht, secretary, was planning a vaca¬ tion in Pennsylvania. ... Ephrain Yab- kowitz, advertising department, left for Pine Camp, the army reserve base, for two weeks. ... Richard Carlton, assistant director, advertising and publicity, is due to become a papa again. PARAMOUNT: Marion Schwab, picture reports, wason vacation. . .KaySchehee, former secretary, paid a visit... Ruth Moscowitz, billing department, was welcomed back from a vacation. .. Helen Applegate celebrated her initial wed¬ ding anniversary on Aug. 2. Mickey Lewit celebrates her second wedding anniversary on Aug. 13, and Ruth Stransky will be married three whole years on Aug. 12. 20TH CENTURY-FOX: Barbara Ann Ungar temporarily joined the booking staff, filling in for the ailing Henry Unger, print booker (no relation) .... Vaca¬ tionites include Pat DiBlasi, Hen¬ rietta Barnes, Bess Goldstein Allen, and Ruth Bechtol. The softball squad split a two game series with the Para¬ mount home off ice. ... Bob Schmalzbach was preparing for, a vacation inCanada. MONOGRAM: John Burrows has been seen around the exchange, and will spend the next coople of weeks surveying the New York office. He is from the Hollywood off ice. .. Jack Graver, print b:ioker, is really knocking them dead on his weekends. ... Etta V. Segall, head booker, visited her daughter, Carol, at Camp Louise, Cascade, Md... Irv Mandel, booker, and Florence Gil¬ bert, secretary, was back after vaca¬ tions. RAMBLIN’ ’ROUND: Lou Solkoff, Bell booker, celebrated his 11th wedding anniversary. . . , Screen Guild held a sales meeting at the Hotel Warwick. ROCHESTER (Continued from preceding page) Two out-of-town theatres, the Man- cuso, Batavia, and Parkway Drive-In, Canandaigua, were advertising regular¬ Century Theatres' general theatre manager, J. R. Springer, is shown in his New York office with Jack Dieber, left, manager. Century's Marine, and Saul Renick, right, manager. Century's Farragut, as he recently presented them with portable radios for win¬ ning monthly showmanship awards. ly in Rochester papers for the first time this season. .. Projectionist Wal¬ ter Knopf, RKO Temple, had a grand¬ stand view of remodeling operatiohs on the Seneca Hotel preparatory to opening of his brother’ s new clothing shop. Norman Slotnick, Clinton, expected the improvemehts on his theatre to be completed by Sept. 1 ... Rochester' s zoning board granted application for use of the George Eastman House as a photographic museum. ... The Sun front¬ paged pictures of winners in Loew’ s bathing beauty contest, which was ig¬ nored by the dailies. -D.R. Miss Florence M. Barnes, youthful and attractive, became the first woman projectionist inRochester after pass¬ ing theCity License Board examination with the second highest mark in a group of 15 aspirants from The West New York area. She had gotten her training evenings at the Aster under tutelage of exhibitor George Frank. Although she does not expect to take a theatre projection job, she said she would help out an exhibitor in an emergency. Secretary and office mana¬ ger of the Rochester unit, American Stainless Kitchen Equipment Company, Philadelphia, she plans to use her newly-acquired skill in sales promo¬ tion work. She doesn’ t plan to apply for union membership. SYRACUSE Now comes a new kind of fish story. Jack Flex, back from a Canadian fish¬ ing trip, did not brag of the big ones that got away but of the fish in general, small included, which would not bite. Jack Crowe, assistant manager, Schine’ s Paramount, since returning from naval service, has been advanced to house manager, Schine’ Auburn, Auburn, being succeeded here byLeslie Coulter, assistant, Schine’ s Palace. New carpets, new travellers, and a new grand have been installed in the Paramount, which, added to the nearly finished new entrance, makes it one of the show places. ... Harold Mortin, manager, Loew’ s State, returned from the down east vacation. -J.J.S. August 11, 1948 jVKWS or TIIE Philadelphia Crosstown Hal Warner, manager, Benson, was in Hahnemann Hospital last week with a back condition. He had just returned from a Florida vacation when stricken. He is lonesome, and would like his friends to visit him. He’s up on the 16th floor. Morris Wax’s Joy has been closed in¬ definitely. . . . The Frolic remains closed. Vandals last week smashed the glass of the boxoffice of the Casino, but, since it happened after theatre hours, nothing was stolen. . . . Altec signed sound servicing deals with the Sandy Beach Drive-In, Harvey’s Lake; Royal, Hummelstown; Fox, Rex, Philadelphia, and College, Swarth- more, all Pennsylvania; Center, Rehoboth Beach, Del.; Hippodrome, Atlantic City; Moorlyn, Strand, Ocean City, and the Capitol, Woodbine, all New Jersey John Colder, national district manager. Jam Handy Films, has ready for release a cartoon made for Montgomery Ward to plug its children’s book of the same name, “Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer.” Tie- ups can be made as they give the books away as Christmas presents to customers. An additional feature is a push -out puzzle top on the same character, which is given with the book. In spots where Montgom¬ ery Ward are not located, tieups can be made with Maxton Publishers, Inc., New York City, publishers of “books for little people,” who also issue the “Rudolph” book. Exhibitors should be pleased to learn that there is absolutely no adver¬ tising in the cartoon reel with the excep¬ tion of the lead title, which reads “Mont¬ gomery Ward presents.” It was announced last week that Ed¬ mund Ellis, son of A. M. Ellis, would wed Shirley Pincus, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Pincus, on Sept. 12 at a ceremony at the Benjamin Franklin Hotel. Vine Street Lewen Pizor, head, UMPTO, has asked local exhibitors to cooperate in “Youth Month,” scheduled for September. There is a special subject being distributed by NSS, approved by TOA, as well as trailers and other accessories. It is an all-out effort to combat juvenile delinquency, a matter which the TOA decided to do something about through the medium of theatres some time ago. The special two-minute trailer features Sammy Kaye. A pressbook has been distributed to theatres through¬ out the territory, with complete instruc¬ tions. Warnerites on vacation were Lillian Boehlmer, booking clerk; Harriet Rosen- stein, stenographer; Joe Nicceo, assistant shipper, and booker Virginia O’Brien, who was touring the New England states. Mort Magill, Film Classics branch man¬ ager, returned from a New York sales meeting all pepped up. . . . Ethel Paster¬ nack, Film Classics stenographer, was yet another on vacation last week. . . . Don’t be surprised to see Charlie Goldfine pull out for a winter in Florida this year. Motion Picture Associates is now tak¬ ing bookers into membership. . . . Mitch Pantzer, Independent Poster Exchange, took that one way walk down the middle THE EXHIBITOR aisle, and embarked on a crosscountry tour in his new car. National and Simplex installations have been set up in the Ideal Drive-In, Clifford. Rose Shapiro, biller, and Rhoda Weitz, availability clerk. Eagle Lion, were happy vacationists last week. . . . Alyce O’Don¬ nell and Grace Ambrosini, Eagle Lion girls, visited the home office while in the big town recently. . . . Harold Coltun, Eagle Lion booker, was mighty happy over obtaining a mid-city apartment. Ned Yaffe, Y and Y Popcorn Supply, and wife, were Atlantic City vacationists. . . . Ben Stern, National Screen Service salesman, was back after an operation at Mt. Sinai Hospital. . . . Columbia booker Joe Flood was on his summer time off. . . . Sylvia Greenfield, UA billing clerk, announced her engagement to Herman Kress. Mrs. Vicki Sampieri, UA cashier, was on a Great Lakes vacation cruise. . . . Dorothy Bass, 20th Century-Fox sales manager’s secretary, was on vacation. . . . Shirley Molinger, Florence Resnick, and Ethel Rudick, 20th Century-Foxettes, re¬ turned from a sojourn to Scaroon Manor, N. Y. . . . Meryle Conner, 20th Century- Fox cashier department, was on vacation. Frances McGrath, RKO cashier, was another on her time off last week. ... At Metro, office manager Frank Sculli was vacationing in Wildwood, N. J., with his family. Ann Fusselman, office manager’s secre¬ tary, MGM, returned from an Asbury Park, N. J., vacation. . . . Dot Burrison, MGM, was vacationing at Grossinger’s. . . . Branch manager Jack Engel, Harry Brillman, and the rest of the Screen Guild contingent returned from a New York sales meeting all enthused. The trade was sorry to hear last week of the death of Charles C. Perry, publi¬ cist for Paramount in the Cincinnati area, who had worked in the territory here for some time before he shifted to the mid¬ west. Perry was with UA for many years in this zone, and at one time was also a theatre manager. He leaves a host of friends who will miss him. Circuits Stanley-Warner Mrs. Maurice Gable won the Amanda Foedisch Cup golf tournament of the Manufacturers Golf and Country Club by defeating Emma Reynolds in the final. . . . Morris Stein, purchasing department, put that engagement ring on Dottie Healey’s finger last weekend. The bride-to-be was formerly Ev Callow’s secretary. The wed¬ ding will take place this winter. Gloria Kostecky, Callow’s present sec¬ retary, announced that she had set her wedding date for Oct. 30. The groom’s name is Bob Gable, no relation to Clark, Coral, or Maurice. . . . Some of Bill Nabut’s friends in the office and publicity depart¬ ment got together, and got him a wedding gift for his apartment before he left. Sibby Bass, billing office, resigned. . . . Jane Langley, ticket chopper office, moved down from the seventh floor to take her place. Little Rosie Katz transferred from the bookkeeping office to the billing depart¬ ment. . . . Redheaded Jerrie Greenberg celebrates another birthday on Aug. 14. According to Jerrie, this is the last one that she’s counting. . . . Sam Derringer’s boy, Marvin, is out of the Temple Hos¬ pital after an operation to correct his eyesight. . . . Charles Fayko, the artist, NT-1 came back from his vacation without one fish story. It seems that this year they all got away. Delaware Wilmington Rialto Theatre Company announced plans to convert its garage building on Third Street east of Market into a six- story structure capable of parking accom¬ modations for some 200 automobiles. The garage, which is now in a five-floor build¬ ing, is located at 6-8 East Third Street, around the corner from the theatre. According to A. J. Belair, president, Rialto Theatre Company, the remodeled building is to contain a basement and six floors. Completion is expected in the late fall Downtown theatres are also expected to benefit from plans for the operation of Shoppers Parking, Inc., which would acquire property from 700 to 714 French Street, inclusive, according to William W. Storm, chairman of the special off-street parking committee of the retail merchants section. Chamber of Commerce. Ramp Buildings Corporation of New York City, consultants with the committee, estimate that with 187 cars per day parked in the lot, with no turnover, the net profit would be $6,145 per year. With a turnover to permit 280 cars per day to use the lot, the profit would be $11,461, and with a double turnover to park 374 cars per day the profit would be $18,000 per year. A. J. Belair, president, Rialto Theatre Comnany, was interviewed over WILM on its “Meet the Sponsor” series, by Chaun- cey Eanes, Jr., WILM staff. Questions went into the behind-the-scenes aspects of the theatre industry and some of the odd and unusual things that happen. Dur¬ ing the ad-lib interview, Belair was called upon to recall his long career in the film industry in Wilmington, tracing back to the old Majestic. Transcribed quarter- hour program was well-received. Bud Ball, who has had charge of the garage operated by the Rialto Theatre Company, is assisting at the theatre during alterations to the garage. . . . Fred Cumo and Steve Reed rejoined the Rialto staff, and Fred Brown and William McCallistef resigned. . . . Nello V. Nai, Park, is hand¬ ling the public-address system at the “Opportunity Night” talent contests be¬ ing staged on Thursday nights at the Blue Hen A. A., Third and Scott Streets. At the request of Joseph Goodman, of the spon¬ soring organization, Henry L. Sholly, The Exhibitor correspondent, and William Smith, North Philadelphia, announcer for WAMS, were judges of the July 29 contest. Earle G. Finney, manager, S-W Savoy, while on vacation, sent a postcard from Betterton, Md., on the Chesapeake Bay. . . . After a stopover in Wilmington, he went on to visit his sister in Johnstown, Pa. . . . Sylvan Shaivitz, manager. Crest, Woodcrest, and family were back from vacation. While in New York, Mrs. Shai¬ vitz appeared on the ABC network pro¬ gram, “Second Honeymoon,” aired locally over WILM, and won a Westinghouse vacuum cleaner. . . . Richard Edge, man¬ ager, Pike, had his marquee proclaim “ ‘The Bride Goes Wild,” And So Does Bugs Bunny” — and the sign was still a subject of comment. . . Robert E. Diem, Loew’s Aldine, was working on his cam¬ paign for “Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House.” . . . George LeKates, S-W Ritz, was back from vacation. . . . Joseph Brank, S-W Ritz aide, resigned. . . . John and Bertha Seemans, S-W Warner, re¬ turned from vacation. . . . Lewis S. Black, manager, S-W Warner, and city manager, ^.. W' Theatres, vacationed. . . . Bill Page, August 11, 1948 PHILA. NT-2 THE EXHIBITOR projectionist, Earle, New Castle, letui-ned from vacation. Genevieve Rudd, National, spent a weekend in western Pennsylvania. . . . Frank Green, National, was out because of illness of his mother. . . . Westing- house air conditioner was operating at the National. . . . And your correspondent put in a day at the Kent and Sussex Fair — Henry L. Sholly. New Jersey Atlantic City A change of policy has been made at Hamid’s Million Dollar Pier, which is housing the International Exposition. Starting with the engagement of Eagle Lion’s “Canon City” at the theatre, admis¬ sion charge will be made to the theatre, but there will be no charge for admission to the exposition and the rest of the pier. Vineland Captain Charles Crowley, manager. Grand and Globe, returned to his duties after spending his vacation with the Na¬ tional Guard at Pine Camp, N. Y. During the camping period, Crowley was awarded the Bronze Star medal for action in > From a CANDY MACHINE to a complete LOBBY SHOP You'll get the RIGHT equipment f for your theatre, plus the RIGHT kind of service, when you let Berio handle sales at the "second box office". Thirty years' experience has taught us how to get maximum re¬ turns for every location. And you'll have more timefree for the right kind of showmanship that builds record grosses! 333 S. BROAD ST., PHILADELPHIA 7, PA. JACK SEIDMAN : : : BERNARD SEIDMAN Paramount Decorating Co., |nc. STAGE SETTINGS : DRAPERIES CARPETS ; PAINTING AND DECORATING 311 NorJh 13lh Street Philadelphia, Pa. PHILADELPHIA SIGN COMPANY S/GNS-MANQU££S 305 BROWN STREET, PHILADELPHIA, PA. See the ID£AL "Streamliner" Theatre Chairs A COMPLETE LINE OF SAMPLES ON HAND AT: Vincent M. Tate Theatre Supply John P. Morgan Co., Inc. AUTHORIZED DEALERS 1618-20 Wyoming Avenue 260 N. 13th Street Forty-Fort, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Philadelphia 7, Pa. 7-2096 IMMEDIATE DELIVERY LO 4-0226 August, 1944, in the ETO. He also has the Silver Star, Purple Heart, EAME medal, American Theatre medal, occupation medal with German clasp. Victory medal, and the Combat Infantryman’s Badge. Pennsylvania Harrisburg Fabian Theatres’ Amusement Digest, a semi-monthly guide to local entertain¬ ment, is certainly a creditable offset job of 33 pages, crammed full of fan movie read¬ ing matter, ads from all the theatres in town, and plenty of merchant advertising. Marshall Kabbaz is ad manager, and Hyman Resnick is business manager. Marietta The Marietta is now giving 1/lOth of a cent in change to theatre patrons, grow¬ ing out of the borough’s new five per cent amusement tax. The idea, according to manager Armand Acri, is to keep the ad¬ mission price out of the “upper tax bracket.” When a 37-cent ticket is bought, the patron receives a coupon worth 1/lOth of a cent so that the admission is 36 and 9 /10th cents. What can a guy do with 1/lOth of a cent? Well, he can .save up 10 coupons and then turn them in for a full penny. Or if he’s charitably inclined, he can donate his funds to the Marietta Ambulance Fund, for which a special box rests in the lobby. The Service Kit Is the Season’s Hit. Newmanstown The Joy will shortly be enlarged. The Newmanstown Fire Company, owner of the property, awarded a contract for a new $30,000 building for its apparatus to George Wenrich, Womelsdorf contractor. After the new fire house is completed, the pres¬ ent fire house space will be added to the theatre, largely increasing its capacity. Norristown The Ridge Drive-In is under construc¬ tion between here and Conshohocken, and will open soon. It is also reported that another drive-in project is to get under way near here at Montgomeryville. Reading J. Lester Stallman, manager, Astor, was given permission by City Council to place a banner across Penn Street, from the theatre to a hotel. Theatre men here are interested but not worried by reports emanating from city hall of plans to levy a city mercantile The start of Universal-International's "Tap Roots" recently made two personal appearances at the Sen¬ ate, Harrisburg, a day after the film's world premiere. While in town, the film luminaries unveiled a plaque in memory of the city's first settler, John Harris, with Senate manager Bob Sidman doing the promoting on the special stunt. Seen, left to right, are; Richard Long, Julie London, Mayor Claude R. Robins, Van Heflin, and a rather subdued looking Boris Karloff. August 11, 1948 THE EXHIBITOR NT-3 Bill Heineman drive captain Max E. Younpstein was recently in Philadelphia to confer with sales personnel of Eagle Lion branch, and pictured, left to right, are: seated, branch manaaer Harry Berman; Youngstein, vice- president in charge of advertising, publicity, and exploitation; Milton E. Cohen, eastern division sales manager, who will be feted at a luncheon on Aug. 17 at the Warwick; standing. Max Miller, ace mid-eastern field man, and Milton Broudy, Stanley Kositsky, Harry Tyson, and Herman Hirschorn, salesmen for the company. tax. Councilmen are facing a deficit of $60,000 or more in budget funds by the end of 1948, and are trying to learn how- much more money a mercantile tax, on retail business establishments, would bring in. It cannot be collected on the ticket sales of theatres, because they do not handle merchandise, and, furthermore, according to legal advisors, because the same type of business can not be sub¬ jected to two types of special Taxes at the same time. Theatres are paying amusements admissions taxes, but the in¬ come from this tax, although not defi¬ nitely disclosed, is said to be consider¬ ably less than estimates made last Febru¬ ary, when the tax ordinance was passed, and went into effect. Estimates of prob¬ able income ran up to $20,000 or more, monthly, but this figure has not been realized. August and September, how¬ ever, with many paid Bicentennial Cele¬ bration events on the Fair Grounds, and the annual Reading Fair in September, will bring in a big amusements tax in¬ come, but all of this tax will go to Muhl¬ enberg Township School District, not to the city, as the Fair Grounds lies outside of the city. The Rajah was running a quiz show every Sunday night under the auspices of the Reading Reciprocity Club, the show advertising the Reading Bicentennial. Radio stations were cooperating with the program. Larry Levy, manager, Loew’s, is doub¬ ling up as manager. Regent, Harrisburg, during the Regent manager’s vacation period. . . . Manager Levy, Loew’s, got a heavy rush of mail during his song hit guessing contest, a tieup with Wittich’s Music House, as a feature of “Easter Parade.” Manager Paul E. Glase, Embassy, and family were \acationing at Ocean City, N. J. The Rajah, one of the Keeney theatres, closed until September. The Plaza, also a Keeney property, closed late in spring, and is also set for reopening early in the fall. A solid page of display advertising, with 12 large business firms, building con¬ tractors, and building materials suppliers, taking 12 panels of space, was used by manager Larry Levy, Loew’s, in herald¬ ing “Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House.” The advertisement appeared in The Sunday Eagle three days before the picture opened, and the panels, supplied by the cooperating firms, ranged from the lumber that goes into a house to the dishes that the occupant uses in a completed home. Assistant manager Alton McCann collaborated with Levy on the ad. Shillington Joseph M. Shverha, owner-operator, Shillington, began excavations for his proposed new theatre on Lancaster Ave¬ nue. Shillington is the largest of Berks County’s 30 boroughs. Shverha purchased the lot some years ago, but the war and postwar conditions delayed construction work. The contract has been awarded to William Albright, West Chester, contrac¬ tor, who has had considerable experience in building theatres, as is the case of the architect, Francis Jobson, Valley Forge. Jobson was formerly connected with sev¬ eral large theatre architectural firms, and is now in business by himself. The the¬ atre, to be fireproof, will be 60 feet front¬ age, 135 feet in depth, of concrete block, steel frame, and brick veneering, one- story high. There Is Dinnerware and DINNERWARE Exhibitors know Quality’s 1 8 years of dinnerware leadership mean unexcelled service and value. WE WENT TO EUROPE TO BRING YOU HARVARD ROSE —an imported decal with unusual, glowing colors unobtainable in Amer¬ ica. When you see Harvard Rose, you'll see real box office appeal! Copy of that imported heirloom set every woman wants. ROSITA Flower garden decal of 24 shades on gleaming china white. New and beautiful shape. Delight your lady patrons with this guaranteed theater tonic. See ALL Our 7 Gorgeous Dinnerware Lines at Our Trade Showing the Week of August 23 PREMIUM DISTRIBUTORS JOE ENGEL, Branch Manager 1309-11 Vine Street, Philadelphia SHOWROOMS IN PRINCIPAL CITIES August 11, 1948 NT-4 THE EXHIBITOR THEATRE OWNERS and MANAGERS It is IMPORTANT that you send us a copy of your program each week, no later than Tuesday. In this way, we can best serve you. Someone, maybe the booker, or perhaps yourself might forget to record a booking. By sending us a copy of your program, we will be able to check any mistakes. Please continue to wrap and ad¬ dress properly your return ad¬ vertising so that it can be delivered to the right exchange. IMPORTANT Don't put your return film in the lobby until all your patrons have left after the last show. HIGHWAY EXPRESS LINES, INC. 236 N. 23rd Street Philadelphia 3, Pa. LOcust 4-0100 MEMBER NATIONAL FILM CARRIERS, Inc. DAVID SUPO WITZ ^.^rcliitect FOR ■■ MORE BEAUTIFULPOST-WARTHEATRES ^ ^ Tokphone PEnnypacker 5-2291 246 S. 15th St., Philadelphia, Pa. DAVID E. BRODSKY ASSOCIATES INTERIOR DECORATORS 242 N. 13vh Street • Philadelphia 7, Pa. PAINTING • DRAPERIES • MURALS STAGE SETTINGS • WALL COVERINGS ki:y city Philadelphia (30)— Aldine, “Intermezzo” (SRO); Boyd, “The Paradine Case (SRO) ; Capitol, “The Woman From Tan¬ gier” (CoL), “I Wouldn’t Be In Your Shoes” (Mono.) ; Earle, “Old Los Angeles’ (Rep.), “I, Jane Doe” (Rep.); Fox, ‘A Date With Judy” (MGM) ; Goldman, “Tap Roots” (U-I) ; Karlton, “So Evil My Love (Para.) ; Mastbaum, “Easter Parade (MGM); Fix, “The Hunted” (AA), “Who Killed ‘Doc’ Robbin” (UA) ; Stanley, “Key Largo” (WB); Stanton, “Man-Eater Of Kumaon” (U-I). Wilmington, Del. (1) — Rialto, “The Street With No Name” (20th-Fox) ; Loew s Aldine, “Easter Parade” (MGM); Warner, “Dream Girl” (Para.); Queen, “The Big Punch” (WB), “Will It Happen Again? (FC) ; Arcadia, “The Lady From Shang¬ hai” (Col.); Grand, “Glamour Girl (Col.), “Rocky” (Mono.). Reading (7)— Astor, “Melody Time” (RKO); Embassy, “Hazard” (Para.); Loew’s, “Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House” (SRO); Warner, “Key Largo (WB); Ritz, “Gallant Legion” (Rep.), “Fighting Back” (20th-Fox). Williamsport As bally for MGM’s “Summer Holiday,” J. D. Edwards, manager. Park, recently promoted a truck from the Ford dealer, who furnished a driver, to advertise the new truck as well as the picture. A piece orchestra, whose leader wanted the publicity, was contacted, and played on the truck gratis as it went around the streets of the city. Two aides attired in bathing suits also rode the truck as an an added attention getter. The only cost of the publicity stunt to the theatre was the cost of the sign and pay for the aides’ time. The orchestra played tunes from the film as well as other new numbers. Variety Club Philadelphia, Tent 13 Many barkers are planning to attend the mid-winter meeting of Variety Clubs International in Washington, D. C., on Sept. 16-17-18, at which Time presenta¬ tion of the Humanitarian Award to Gen¬ eral George C. Marshall will be made. The banquet will be held at the Hotel Statler, and will be strictly a stag and pcsitively black tie affair on Sept. 18. President Tru¬ man will be guest speaker, and tickets for the dinner will be $15. Reservations are to be sent to Chief Barker Mike Felt. A business session will take up all of Sept. 17, while Sept. 19 will be devoted to the charity football game in Baltimore, Md., between the Chicago Bears and Washing¬ ton Redskins, sponsored by the Variety Clubs of Washington and Baltimore. It is felt that the banquet and Humanitarian Award will prove to be one of the greatest events in the history of the Variety Clubs. “A Foreign Affair” was screened through the courtesy of Paramount. The complete committee for the annual golf tournament and dinner dance to be held this year at Whitemarsh Country Club on Sept. 24 was announced last week. Max R. Leven is chairman; Benja¬ min Fertel and David Milgram, co-chair¬ men, and the committee is rounded out by Benjamin Biben, Victor Blanc, Richard Brown, Jack Beresin, Charles Beilan, James P. Clark, William J. Clark, Harold D. Cohen, William Doyle, Cecil Felt, Max¬ well Gillis, Meyer Lewis, Oscar Neufeld, Harry Remain, Earle W. Sweigert, Ted Schlanger, Samuel Shiekman, and Alex G. Stiefel. . . . George Nonamaker, asso¬ ciate editor. The Exhibitor, has been named publicist for the Tent. To Keep Up With the Latest Develop¬ ments In Television, Read the Regular Column Appearing in The Exhibitor. BIUMBIIIG BBOS. INC. 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DEADLINE— W— Sunset Carson, Pat Starling, Al "Terry- Fair western— 62m.— see May 12 issue. fighting MUSTANG— MUW— Sunset Carson, Al Terry, Pat Starling — Below-standard western — 60m. — see March 31 issue. WESTERN TERROR — MUW — Dave 'Tex' O'Brien, Claire Rochelle, George Morrell— Mediocre western- 57m.— see March 3 issue. Celumbiici (1946-47 releases from 801 up; 1947-48 releases from 901 up) ADVENTURES IN SILVERADO-W-William Bishop, Gloria Henry, Forrest Tucker— Pleasing western for the dual- lers— 75m.— see March 31 issue— (902). ARKANSAS SWING, THE— ACMU— The Hoosier Hot Shots, Gloria Henry, Stuart Hart— Average action musical— 63m.— see Aug. 4 issJe— (953). BEST MAN WINS— D— Edgar Buchanan, Anna Lee, Robert Shayne— Pleasing doaller— 75m.— see May 12 issue— Leg.! B.-(901). BLACK ARROW, THE— AD— Louis Hayward, Janet Blair, George Macready— Adventure film has the angles— 76m.— see July 21 issue. BLONDIE'S REWARD— C— Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Larry Simms— Average series entry— 67m.— see May 26 issue-(912). BUCKAROO FROM POWDER RIVER-MUW-Charles Star- rett, Smiley Burnette, Eve Miller— Okeh 'Durango' entry— 55m.— see Jan. 21 issue— (961). CORONER CREEK— W— Randolph Scott, Marquerite Chap¬ man, George Macready— Good western— 90m.— see June 23 issue- (Cinecolor)— (939). FULLER BRUSH MAN, THE-C-Red Skelton. Janet Blair, Don McGuire— Entertaining comedy- 93m.— see May 12 issue-(928). LADY FROM SHANGHAI, THE-MD-Rita Hayworth, Orson Welles, Everett Sloane— Names will make the dif¬ ference— 87m.— see April 28 issue— Leg.: B — (938). LAST DAYS OF BOOT HILL-MUW-Charles Starrett, Smiley Burnette, Virginia Hunter— Good- 'Durango Kid' west¬ ern— 56m.— see Jan. 21 issue— (964). LOST ONE, THE (La Traviata)— MU— Nelli Corradi, Gino Mattera, Manfredi Polverosi— High-rating picturiza- tion of opera, "La Traviata"— 80m.— see April 28 issue— (Italian-made). LULU BELLE— DMU— Dorothy Lamour, George Montgomery, . Albert Dekker— Names will make the difference — 87m.— see July 7 issue— Leg.: B. MARY LOU— CMU— Robert Lowery, Joan Barton, Glenda Farrell— Pleasing entry for the lower half— 66m.— see Jan. 21 issue — (906). MATING OF MILLIE, THE-C-Olenn Ford, Evelyn Keyes, Ron Randell— Good comedy— 87m.— see March 17 Is- sue-(940). MY DOG RUSTY— D— Ted Donaldson, John LItel, Ann Do¬ ran-Pleasing lower half entry- 67m.— see April 28 issue— (914). PHANTOM VAILEY—MUW— Charles Starrett, Smiley Bur¬ nette, Virginia Hunter— Below series average— 53m. —see March 17 issue — (965). PORT SAID— Gloria Henry, William Bishop, Steven Geray —Adequate lower half entry— 69ra.— see April 28 issue— (909). RELENTLESS— WMD— Robert Young, Marguerite Chapman, Willard Parker— Better than average meller— 93m.— see Jan. 21 issue— (Technicolor)— (9^). RETURN OF THE WHISTLER, THE-MD-Michael Duane, Lenore Aubert, Richard Lane— For the lower half— 63m.— see March 17 issue— (920). ROSE OF SANTA ROSA-CMU-Hoosier Hot Shots, Patricia White, Eduardo Noriega- Latin-flavored ^ musical Is okeh tor the duallers- 65m.— see Fob. 18 issue— (951). SIGN OF THE RAM, THE— D— Susan Peters, Alexander Knox, Phyllis Thaxter— Interesting dramatic entry— 84m.— see Feb. 4 Issue — Leg.: B.— (936). SIX-GUN lAW-MUW-Charles Starrett, Smiley Burnette, Nancy Saunders— Good western— S4m.— see March 3 issue— (962). SONG OF IDAHO-WCMU-Hoosier Hot Shots, Kirby Grant, June Vincent— Okeh musical western— 66m.— see May 26 issue— (952). STRAWBERRY ROAN, THE-MUW-Gene Autry, Gloria Henry, Jack Holt— Good Autry— 79m.— see April 28 issue— (Cinecolor)— (982). THUNDERHOOF—MD— Preston Foster, Mary Stuart, Wil¬ liam Bishop — Absorbing outdoor entry — 77m. — see Juno 23 issue— (904). TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH-MD-Dick Powell, Signe Hasso, Maylia- High-rating documentary-type mener —109m.— see Jan. 21 Issue— (935). TRAPPED BY BOSTON BLACKIE-MD-Chester Morris, June Vincent, Richard Lane— Average series entry— 67m.— see May 12 issue— (921). WEST OF SONORA-MUW-Charlos Starrett, Smiley Bur¬ nette, Anita Castle- Okeh 'Durango Kid'— 55m.— see May 12 ltsue-(966). WHIRLWIND RAIDERS - MUW - Charles Starrett, Smiley Burnette, Nancy Saunders- Good series entry— 54m..— see June 9 issue— (963). WOMAN FROM TANGIER, THE-MD-Adele Jergens, Stephen Dunne, Michael Duane — Okeh meller for the duallers— 66m.— see Feb. 4 issue— (910). WRECK OF THE HESPERUS, THE-D-Willard Parker, Ed^ar Buchanan, Patricia White— Title should help pleasing duoller— 68m.— see Feb. 4 issue — (802). TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION BIG SOMBRERO, THE - Gene Autry, Elena Verdugo, Stephen Dunne— (Cinecolor). BLACK EAGLE, THE STORY OF A HORSE-William Bishop, Virginia Patton, James Bell— (903). THE CHECK-UP of all features and shorts for an eight-month period Pubjished weekly by Jay Emanuel Publications, Inc. Publishing office: 1225 Vine Street, Philadelphia 7, Penntyl- rania. New York office: 1600 Broadway, New York 19. West Coast Representative: Paul Manning, 923 Alandeie Avenue, Los Angeles 36, California. Jay Emanuel, publisher; Paul J. Greenhaigh, business manager; Herbert M. Miller, editor; James A. Dalton, advertising manager; George F. Nonamaker and Mel Konecoff, associate editors. SECTION TWO Vol. 40, No. 14 AUGUST 11, 1948 BLAZING ACROSS THE PECOS - Charles Starrett, Smiley Burnette, Patricia White— 55m.— (968). BLONDIE'S SECRET— Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Larry Simms. BOSTON BLACKIE'S CHINESE VENTURE-Chester Morris, Maylia, Richard Lane. CHALLENGE OF THE RANGE-Charles Starrett, Smiley Burnette, Paula Raymond. DARK PAST, THE-William Holden, Lee J. Cobb, Nina Foch. EL DORADO PASS — Charles Starrett, Smiley Burnette, Elena Verdugo. GALLANT BLADE, THE— Larry Parks, Marguerite Chap¬ man, Victor Jory— (Cinecolor). GENTLEMAN FROM NOWHERE - Warner Baxter, Fay Baker, Wilton Graff. HER WONDERFUL LIFE— Jan Kiepura, Marta Eggerth, Jonis Carter— (Italian-made). I SURRENDER DEAR— Gloria Jean, David Street, Don McGuire. LADIES OF THE CHORUS-Adele Jergens, Rand Brooks, Marilyn Monroe. LOADED PISTOLS— Gene Autry, Barbara Britton, Jack Holt— (Cinecolor). LOSER TAKE ALL— Cameron Mitchell, Virginia Grey, Blake Edwards. LOVERS, THE — Cornel Wilde, Patricia Knight, John Baragrey. LOVES OF CARMEN, THE— Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford, Ron Randell— (Technicolor). MAN FROM COLORADO, THE-Glenn Ford, William Holden, Ellen Drew— (Technicolor). MANHATTAN ANGEL-Glorla Jean, Alice Tyrrell, Ross Ford. OUTLAW TAMER, THE— Charles Starrett, Smiley Burnette, Nancy Saunders. QUICK ON THE TRIGGER— Charles Starrett, Smiley Burn¬ ette. RACING LUCK— Gloria Henry, Stanley Clements, David Bruce. KEY Leg. is the symbol for the Legion of Decency ratings which are included in cases where the pictures are classi¬ fied as either objectionable in part (B) or condemned (C). Films without a Legion of Decency rating are either unobjectionable or unclassified. Abbreviations following titles indicate type of picture. ACD— Action drama MUC— AAutical comedy AD— Adventure drama MUCD— Musical comedy ACMU— Action musical drama ADMD— Adult melodrama MU— Musical BID— Biographical drama MUSAT— Musical satire BIDMU— Biographieol drama MUW — Musical western with music C— Comedy CAR— Cartoon Feature CD— Comedy drama CDMU— Comedy drama musical CF AN— Comedy fqntasy CFANMU-Comedy fantasy musical CMD— Comedy melodrama CMU— Comedy musical COMP— Compilation ... -Mys , , MYC— Mystery comedy MYCM— Mystery comedy musical MYD— Mystery drama MYMD— Mystery melodrama MYMU— Mystery musical MYW— Mystery western NOV— Novelty OD— Outdoor dramo OMD— Outdoor melodrama PD— Psychological drama .UMr— C-omplianon ri/— riycnoiogitai uiaiiiu :OSMl>— Costume melodrama ROMC— Romantic comedy D— Drama 5FAN— Dramo fantasy 3MU— Dramatic musical 3*^— Documentary 30CD— Documentary drama >OCMD— Documentary melodrama :D— Educational feature ■-Farce "AN — Fantasy =ANMU— Fantasy musical 'MD— Foetual melodrama ‘MU— Farce musical HI SO— Historical drama MDMU— Melodrama musical MO— Melodroma ROMCMU— Romantic comedy musical ROMD— Romantic drama ROMDMU— Romantic drama with music SAT— Satire SCD— Sex comedy drama TRAV— Travelogue W-Westem WC— Western comedy WCMO— Western contedy musical WO— Western drama WMO— Western melodrama WMDMU— Western melodrama musical WMU— Western Musical RETURN OF OCTOBER, THE-Glenn Ford, Terry Moore, James Gleason— (Technicolor). RIDIN' THE LONE PINE TRAIL-Gone Autry, Patricia White, Jimmy Lloyd— (Cinecolor). RUSTY LEADS THE WAY— Ted Donaldson, Ann Doran, John Li tel. RUSTY SAVES A LIFE— Ted Donaldson, John Lite!, Ann Doran. SINGIN' SPURS-Hoosier Hot Shots, Patricia White, Kirby Grant. SLIGHTLY FRENCH— Dorothy Lamour, Don Ameche, Janis Carter. SMOKY MOUNTAIN MELODY-Roy Acuff, Smoky Moun¬ tain Boys. SONG OF INDIA— Sabu. Gail Russell, Turhan Bey. TRAIL TO LAREDO— Cnarles Starrett, Smiley Burnett^ Virginia Maxey. TRIPLE THREAT— Gloria Henry, Richard Crane, leading pro football stars. UNDERCOVER MAN-Glenn Ford, Nina Foch, James Whit¬ more. UNTAMED BREED, THE— Sonny Tufts, Barbara Britton, Gabby Hayes— (Cinecolor). WALK A CROOKED MILE-Dennis O'Keefe, Louis Hay¬ ward, Jimmy Lloyd. WALKING HILLS-Randolph Scott, Ella Raines, William Bishop. Eagle Lion (1946-47 releasee from 101 and 701 wpi 1947-48 releases from 801 up) ADVENTURES OF GALLANT BESS-OD-Cameron Mitchell, Audrey Long, Fuzzy Knight— Pleasing outdoor show— 73m.— see Aug. 4 issue— (Cinecolor). ADVENTURES OF CASANOVA-AD-Arturo De Cordova, Lucille Bremer, Turhan Bey— Highly ontertainln9— 83m.— see March 17 issue— (812). ASSIGNED TO DANGER - MD - Gene Raymond, Noreen Nash, Mary Meade— Satisfactory meller for the duallers— 66m,— see May 12 issue— (821). BLACK HILLS— MUW— Eddie Dean, Roscoe Ates, Shirley Patterson— Good series entry— 58m.— see Feb. 4 issue— (851). CANON CITY— DOCMD— Scott Brady, Jeff Corey, Mabel Paige— High-rating documentary-type entry has the ongles— 82m.— see July 7 issue- (826). CLOSE-UP— MD— Alan Baxter, Virginia Gilmore, Richard Kollmar— Programmer will fit nicely into the duallers 76m.— see April 28 issue— (824). COBRA STRIKES, THE— MD— Sheila Ryan, Richard Fraser, Leslie Brooks— For the lower half— 62m.— see May 26 issue — (820). ENCHANTED VALLEY, THE-D-Alan Curtis, Anne G>vynne, Donn Gift— Exploitable film has strongest appeoi for neighborhoods, small towns— 77m.— see April 14 issue -(Cinecolor)— (817). HAWK OF POWDER RIVER, THE-MUW-Eddie Deon, Ros¬ coe Ates, Jennifer Holt— Good Dean entry— 54m.— see March 17 issue- (856). LADY AT MIDNIGHT — MD — Richard Denning, Frances Rafferty, Lora Lee Michel— For the duallers- 61m.— see Aug. 4 issue. MAN FROM TEXAS— MUW— James Craig, Lynn Bari, Johnny Johnston— Mild western— 71m.— see April 14 issue— (815). MICKEY — ROMCMU — Lois Butler, Bill Goodwin, Irene Hervey- Pleasing program— 87m.— see June 23 issue— (Cinecolor)— (825), NOOSE HANGS HIGH. THE-C-Bud Abbott, Lou Costello. Cathy Downs— Aboott and Costello entiy should find ?opular appeal- 77m.— see April 14 iuue— (819). HWEST STAMPEDE— OD— Joan Leslie, James Craig, Jack Oakie— Good outdoor show— 75m.— see July 7 issue— (Cinecolor)— (830). OCTOBER MAN, THE— D— John Mills, Joan Greenwood, Edward Chapman— Average British entry— 85m.— see March 31 issue— (English-mad)— (818). OPEN SECRET— MD— John Ireland, Jane Randolph, Ronw.i Bohnen— Fast>moving meller pocks plenty punch— 70m.— see Jan. 21 issue— (813). PRAIRIE OUTLAWS— MUW— Eddie Dean, Roscoe Alee, Sarah Padden— Satisfactory series entry— 57m.— see April 28 issue— (857). RAW DEAL— MD— Dennis O'Keefe, Claire Trevor, Marsha Hunt — Exciting meller — 78m. — see May 26 issue— (822). Servisection 2 THE CHECK-UP RUTHLESS— D— Zachary Scott, Louis Hayward, Diana Lynn Absorbing ontry— 102m.— see April 14 Issue— Leg.i B. -(816). SHED NO TEARS— D— Wallace Ford, June Vincent, Frank Albertson— Average dualler— 70m.— see Aug. 4 is¬ sue— (829). SMUGGLERS, THE-COSMD-Michael Redgrave, Jeon Kent, Joan Greenwood— Technicolor import has limited ap¬ peal— 85m.— see Feb. 4 issue— (Engiish-made)—{Techni- color)-(811). SPIRITUALIST, THE-D-Turhan Bey, Lynn Bari, Cathy O'Donnell— Intriguing meller has plenty of selling angles— 79m.— see Aug. 18 issue— (827). SWORD OF THE AVENGER-D-Ramon Del Gado, SIgrid Gurie, Ralph Morgan— Fair programmer for the dual- lers- 76m.— see May 12 issue — (823). STAGE TO MESA CITY-W-'Lash' LaRue, Al 'Fusiy' St. John, Jennifer Holt— Routinei— 52m.— see Feb. 4 issue — (758). ^ , TAKE MY LIFE-MD-Hugh Williams, Greta Gynt, Francis L. Sullivan— Well-made, suspenseful import— 80m.— see Feb. 18 issue— (English-made) — (814). TIOGA KID, THE-MUW-Eddie Dean, Roscoe Ates, Jenni¬ fer Holt— Good western — 54m.— see March 17 issue— (858). TORNADO RANGE— MUW— Eddie Dean, Roscoe Ates, Jen¬ nifer Holt— Routine— 56m.— see March 3 issue— (854). WESTWARD TRAIL, THE-MUW-Eddie Dean, Roscoe Ates, Phyllis Planchard— Average Dean entry— 58m.— see March 17 issue- (855). TO BI REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION ALL IN A 6A/ME — James Brown, Noreen Nash, Sheila Ryan. BEHIND LOCKED DOORS— Lucille Bremer, Richard Carl¬ son, Tom Brown. BIG CAT, THE— Lon McCallister, Peggy Ann Garner, Pres¬ ton Foster— (Technicolor). BLANCHE FURY— Valerie Hobson, Stewart Granger— (English-made). BROKEN JOURNEY— Phyllis Calvert, Margot Grahame, Francis L. Sullivan— (English-made). CALENDAR, THE— Greta Gynt, John McCollum, Sonia Holm— (English-made). CORPSE CAME CALLING, THE - Hugh Beaumont, Cheryl Walker, Paul Bryar. ESTHER WATERS— Kathleen Ryan, Dirk Bogarde, Fay Compton— (English-made). HOLLOW TRIUMPH— Poul Henreid, Joan Bennett, Leslie Brooks. IN THIS CORNER— Scott Brady, Anabel Shaw, AAary Meade. LET'S LIVE A LITTLE— Hedy Lamarr, Robert Cummings, Anna Sten. LORO BYRON— Dennis Price, Mai Zetterling, Joan Green- wood— (English-made). MAN WITHOUT A GUN - Bob Steele, Sid Saylor, Ellen Hall. MILLION DOLLAR WEEKEND— Gene Raymond, Francis Lederer, Osa Massen. MIRANDA— Googie Withers, Griffith Jones, Glynis Johns — (English-made). MR. PERRIN AND MR. TRAIL-DavId Farrar, Marius Gor* ing, Greta Gynt— (English-made). OLIVER TWIST— Robert Newton, Kay Walsh, Alec Guin- ness— (English-made)— (828), OLYMPIC GAMES OF 1948, THE-(English-made)-(Tech- nicolor). RED SHOES, THE— Anton Walbrook, Moira Shearer, Leon¬ ide Massine— (English-made)— (Technicolor). RED STALLION IN THE ROCKIES-Jean Heather, Arthur Franz, Jim Davis— (Cinecolor). SARABAND- Stewart Granger; Francoise Rosay, Joan Greenwood— (English-made) — (Technicolor). SCOTT OF THE ANTARCTIC-John Mills, Derek Bond, Anne Firth— (English-made) — (Technicolor). SLEEPING CAR TO VENICE-Albert Lieven, Derrick De Marney, Jean Kent— (English-made). STRANGE MRS. CRANE, THE— Marjorie Lord, Pierre Wat- kin, John McGuire. TULSA— Susan Hayward, Robert Preston, Pedro Arman- dariz— (Technicolor). 29 CLUES— Richard Basehart, Scott Brady, Roy Roberts. WHEN TNE DEVIL DRIVES— James Cardwell, Jan Ford, Damian O'Flynn. Film Classics ARGYLE SECRETS — MYMD — William Gargan, Marjorie Lord, Ralph Byrd— Dualler has exploitation possibil¬ ities— 63m.— see May 12 issue. BLONDE ICE— MD— Robert Paige, Leslie Brooks, Russ Vin¬ cent— Okeh dualler— 73m.— see May 26 Issue. DEVIL'S CARGO— MYMD— John Calvert, Rochelle Hudson, Roscoe Karns— Satisfactory programmer for the dual- lers— 61m.— see March 31 Issue. DISCOVERY — DOC — Admiral Byrd, and his group of scientists, astronomers, and naval personnel— Highly exploitable documentary— 74m.— see July 9 Issue— (Discovery). MONEY MADNESS— D— Hugh Beaumont, Frances Rafferty, Harlan Warde— Interesting programmer for the ducu- lers— 73m.— see April 14 issue. WILL IT HAPPEN AGAIN?-DOC-Adolph Hitler, Eva Braun, Herman Goering— Topical documentary has exploitation angles— 61m.— see May 26 issue. WOMEN IN THE NIGHT-DOCD-Tala Birell, William Henry, Virginia Christine— Saleable exploitation entry — 90m. — see Jan. 21 issue — Leg.: B. TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION INNER SANCTUM— Mary Beth Hughes, Charles Russell, Billy House. MIRACULOUS JOURNEY— Rory Calhoun, Virginia Grey, Audrey Long— (Cinecolor). SOFIA— Gene Raymond, Sigrid Gurie, Patricia Morrison— (Cinecolor). UNKNOWN ISLAND— Virginia Grey, Barton MacLane, Philip Reed— (Cinecolor). Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (1946-47 releases from 701 up; 1947-48 releases from 801 up) ALIAS A GENTLEMAN-D-Wallace Beery, Tom Drake, Dorothy Patrick— Moderate progrommer— 76m.— see Fob. 4 issue— (818). B.F.'S DAUGHTER— D— Barbara Stanwyck, Van Heflin, Charles Coburn— Well-made picturization of a best¬ seller— 108m.— see Feb. 18 issue — (820). BIG CITY— CDMU— Margaret O'Brien. Robert Preston, Danny Thomas— Names and angles will make the difference— 103m.— see April 14 issue— (827). BRIDE GOES WILD, THE-C-Van Johnson, June Allyson, Butch Jenkins— Topnotch comedy— 98m.— see March 17 issue — (819). DATE WITH JUDY, A-CMU-Wallace Berry, Jane Powell, Elizabeth Taylor— Entertoining entry for the family trade— 1 12V2m.— see July 7 issue— (Technicolor)— (831). EASTER PARADE— MU— Judy Garland, Fred Astaire, Peter Lawford— Topnotch— 103m.— see June 9 Issue- (Tech- nieolor)-(829). GONE WITH THE WIND-D-Clark Cable, Leslie How¬ ard, Olivia de Havilland— Reissue will still get the dough— 228m.— see June 11 Issue— (Technicolor)— (3000). HOMECOMING— D— Clark Gable, tbna Turner, Anne Bax¬ ter— Solid— 1 12m.— see April 14 issue — (826). ON AN ISLAND WITH YOU-MUCD-Esther Williams, Peter Lawford, Jimmy Durante— Names and angles will make the difference— 107m.— see May 12 issue— (Technicolor)— (828). PICADILLY INCIDENT-DMU-Anna Neagle, Michael Wild¬ ing, Michael Laurence— Moderate British import— 88m.— see Feb. 18 Issue — (English-made). PIRATE, THE-MU-Judy Garland, Gene Kelly, Walter Slezak— Topnotch musical— 101 Vam.— see April 14 issue- (Technicolor)— (825). SEARCH, THE— D— Montgomery Clift, Aline MacMahon, Jarmila Novotna— Excellent dramatic entry— 103m.— see March 31 issue — (830). SOUTHERN YANKEE, A-F-Red Skelton, Brian Donlevy, Arlene Dahl— Skelton starrer packs plenty of laughs —90m.— see Aug. 18 issue. STATE OF THE UNION— CD— Spencer Tracv, Katherine Hep¬ burn, Van Johnson— Excellent, timely entry— 121m.— see April 14 issue— (824). SUMMER HOLIDAY-ROMCMU-Miekey Rooney, Gloria De Haven, Walter Huston— High>rating comedy Is headed for the better returns— 92m.— see AAarch 17 issue— (Technicolor) — (821). TARZAN'S NEW YORK ADVENTURE-MD-Johnny Weiss¬ muller, Maureen O'Sullivan, John Sheffield— Average reissue has the angles— 71m.— see April 28 issue— (823). TARZAN'S SECRET TREASURE-MD-Johnny Weissmuller, Maureen O'Sullivan, John Sheffield— Reissue should attract series' fans— 80m.— see April 28 issue— (822). TENTH AVENUE ANGEL-D-Morgarst O'Brien, Angela Lansbury, George Murphy— 0~Brien draw will help routine programmer— 74m.— see Jan. 21 issue— (816). THREE DARING DAUGHTERS-CMU-Jeanette MacDonald, Jose Iturbi, Jane Powell— Entertaining entry— 115m.— see Feb. 18 issue— Leg.; B — (Technicolor)- (817). TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION ACT OF VIOLENCE— Van Heflin, Robert Ryan, Janet Leigh. BARKLEYS OF BROADWAY, THE-Ginger Rogers, Fred Astaire, Oscar Levant— (Technicolor). BEST THINGS IN LIFE ARE FREE, THE-James Mason, Robert Ryan, Barbara Bel Geddes— (Enterprise). BRIBE, THE— Robert Taylor, Ava Gardner, Charles Laugh¬ ton. COMMAND DECISION-Clark Gable, Walter Pidgeon, Van Johnson. HILLS OF HOME— Edmund Gwenn, Janet Leigh, Tom Drake — (Technicolor). JULIA MISBEHAVES— Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Peter Lawford, KISSING BANDIT, THE— Frank Sinatra, Kathryn Grayson, J. Carroll Naish — (Technicolor).' LITTLE WOMEN— June Allyson, Margaret O'Brien, Eliza¬ beth Taylor— (Technicolor). LUXURY LINER^-George Brent, Frances Gifford, Jane Powell — (Technicolor). NUMBER'S RACKET: THE STORY OF TUCKER'S PEOPLE- John Garfield, Beatrice Pearson, Thomas Gomez— (Enterprise). PERSONAL TOUCH, THE - Lionel Barrymore, Lucille Bremer, Edward Arnold. SECRET GARDEN, THE— AAargaret O'Brien, Claude Jorman, Jr., Dean Stockweil. SECRET LAND— Commentary by Robert Montgomery, Robert Taylor, Van Heflin— (Technicolor). SUN IN THE MORNING-Jeanette MacDonald, Lloyd No¬ lan, Claude Jarman, Jr.— (Technicolor). 3 GODFATHERS— John Wayne, Pedro Armendariz, Mae Marsh— (Argosy)— (Technicolor). TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALL GAME-Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Esther Williams— (Technicolor). THREE MUSKETEERS, THE— Lana Turner, Gme Kelly, Van Heflin— (Technicolor). WORDS AND MUSIC— Judy Garland, Mickey Rooney, June Allyson— (Technicolor). Monogram (1946-47 releases from 601 up; 1947-48 releases from 4701 up) ANGEL'S ALLEY— CD— Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Billy Bene¬ dict-Better entry in the series— 67m.— See Feb. 4 issue — (4708). CAMPUS SLEUTH-MYCM-Freddie Stewart, June Prelsser, Warren Mills— For the lower half— 57l/2m.— see March. 31 issue-(4713). CROSSED TRAILS — W — Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Hatton, Lynne Carver— Routine— 53m.— see May 12 issue— (4755). DOCKS OF NEW ORLEANS-MYD-Roland Winters, Victor Sen Young, Mantan Moreland— Routine 'Chan' entry 64m.— see March 31 Issue— (4712). FIGHTING MAD— MD— Leon ErroL Joe Kirkwood, Elys^ Knox— Good Palooka entry— 75m.— see Feb. 4 Issue— J (4709). i FRENCH LEAVE— CMD— Jackie Cooper, Jackie Coogan, ! Renee Godfrey— For the lower half— 64m.— see April 28 issue-(4714). FRONTIER AGENT— W— Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Hatton, Reno Blair— Below average western— 56m.— see June 9 issue— (4756). GUN TALK— W— Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Hatton, Christine Mclntire- Routine — 57m.— see Jan. 21 issue— (674). I WOULDN'T BE IN YOUR SHOES-MD-Don Castle, Elyse Knox, Regis Toomey— Mild meller for the lower half —70m.— see May 12 issue— (4716). JIGGS AND MAGGIE IN SOCIETY-C-Joe Yule, Rente Riano, Dale Carnegie— Pleasing programmer has the angles— 65m.— see Jan. 21 issue— (4704). JINX MONEY— MYC— Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Betty Cald¬ well— One of the better series entries— 68m.— see June 9 issue — (4717). JOE PALOOKA IN WINNER TAKE ALL-MD-Joe Kirk¬ wood, Elyse Knox, William Frawley— Good "Palooka" — 64V2m.— sep Aug. 18 issue. LAND OF THE LAWLESS-W-Johnny Mack Brown, Roy- mond Hatton, Christine Mclntire— Average western— 59m.— see May 28 issue — (671). MICHAEL O'HALLORAN-D-Scotty Beckett, Allene Roberts, Tommy Cook— Interesting dualler should appeal most to nabes, small towns— 79m.— see July 7 issue— (4719). MUSIC MAN— DMU— Phil Brito, Freddie Stewart, June Preisser— Tuneful dualler— 66m.— see Aug. 4 issue. OKLAHOMA BLUES— MUW— Jimmy Wakely, 'Cannonball' Taylor, Virginia Belmont— Good Wokely— 56m.— see April 28 issue— (4761). OVERLAND TRAILS— W— Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Raymond Hatton, Virginia Belmont— Better than aver¬ age for the series— 58m.— see ALarch 31 issue- (4751). PARTNERS OF THE SUNSET-MUW-Jimmy Wakely, Dub Taylor, Christine Larson— Routine series entry— Mm.— see June 9 issue — (4765). RANGE RENEGADES — WMIJ — Jimmy Wakely, Jennifer Holt, 'Canonball' Taylor — Fair western — 54m. — see July 7 issue— (4766). ROCKY — OD— Roddy McDowall, Edgar Barrier, Nita Hunter— Above average outdoor film should hove good appeal— 76m. — see March 3 issue — (4705). ROSE OF THE RIO GRANDE-DMU-Movita, John Corroll, Antonio Moreno — Okeh reissiie — 64m. — tee Jan. 21 issue— (4710). SIGN OF THE WOLF-ACD-Michael Whalen, Grace Brad¬ ley, Darryl Hickman— Reissue for the duallers — 69m. —see Sept. 3 Issue— (4711). 16 FATHOMS DEEP— AD— Lon Chaney, Jr., Arthur Lake, Tanis Chandler— Colorful entry has plenty of selling angles — 82m. — see June 23 issue— (Lake)— (Ansco- Color)-(4801). SHANGHAI CHEST, THE-MYD-Roland Winters, Mantan Moreland, Deannie Best— Okeh series entry— 65m.— see July 21 issue-(4718). SONG OF THE DRIFTER-MUW-Jimmy Wakely, 'Connon- ball' Taylor, Mildred Coles— Typical series entry— 53m.— see March 3 issue — (686). STAGE STRUCK — MYD — Kane Richmond, Audrey Long, Conrad Nagel— For the lower half— 70m.— see May 26 issue— (4715). TRIGGERMAN—W— Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Hatton, Virginia Carroll— Routine— 56m.— see Aug. 4 issue— (4752). WOLF CALL— OMD— John Carroll, Movita, Peter George Lynn— Reissue for the lower half— 61m.— see May 28, '47 Issue— (619). TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION BACK TRAIL— Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Hatton— -54m.-(4757). COWBOY CAVALIER— Jimmy Wakely, 'Cannonball' Tay- lor-(4762). DEVIL'S PASS — Johnny Mack Brown, Raymoird Hatton. FIGHTING RANGER, THE— Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Hatton, Christine Larson— (4753). GALLANT TEXAN, THE,— Jimmy Wakely, 'Cannonball' Taylor. GOLDEN EYE, THE— Roland Winters, Victor Sen Young, Mantan Moreland— 69m.— (4720). HIGH TENSION— Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Helen Parrish. IRON DUKES— Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Frankie Darro. KIDNAPPED-Roddy MacDowall, Don O'Herllhy, Sue England. , MURDER LOVES COMPANY— Leo Gorcey, Bowery Boys. MY BROTHER JONATHAN— Michael Denison, Dulcie Gray, Ronald Howard— (English-made) — (Pathe). RANGERS RIDE, THE— Jimmy Wakely, 'Caononball' Tay¬ lor, Virginia Belmont. SHERIFF OF MEDICINE BOW-Johnny Mack Brown, Ray- mond Hatton, Evelyn Finley. SILVER TRAILS -Jimmy Wakely, 'Cannonball' Taylor, Christine Larson. SMUGGLERS' COVE-Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Gabriel Dell— 66m. TRIGGERMAN— Johnny Mack Brown, Raymoi\d Hatton, Virginia Carroll— 56m. — (4752). Alli«d Artiste (1947-48 releases from AA-1 up) BABE RUTH STORY, THE-BIDMU-William Bendix, Claire Trevor, Charles Bickford— Topnotch— 106m.— see Aug. 4 issue. - DUDE GOES WEST, THE-WC-Eddie Albert, Gale Storm, James Gleason- Highly entertaining western comedy —87m.— see May 12 issue (AA-8). HUNTED, THE— D— Preston Foster, Belita, Pierre Watkin— Interesting drama has the angles— 83m.— see Feb. 18 issue— (AA-5). PANHANDLE— WD— Rod Cameron, Cathy Downs, Reed Hadley— High-rating western should attract wide attention— 85m.— see Feb. 4 issue — (AA-7). SMART WOMAN— D— Brian Aherne, Constance Bennett, Barry Sullivan— Attractive programmer has names to help— 93m.— see March 31 issue— Leg.: B— (AA-6). THE EXHIBITOR AUGUST 11, 1948 THE CHECK-UP Servisection 3 TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION I last OF THE BADMEN— Barry Sullivan, Mairorie Rey¬ nolds, Broderick Crawford. STRIKE IT RICH— Rod Cameron, Bonita Granville, Don Castle. WHEN A MAN'S A MAN— Guy Madison, Rory Calhoun, Gale Storm. Paramount (1946-47 releases from 4601 up; 1947-46 releases from 4701 up) ALBUQUERQUE — W — Randolph Scott, Barbara Britton, George 'Gabby' Hayes— Okeh for the outdoor fans— 90m.— see Feb. 4 issue— (Cinecolor)— (4709). BEYOND GLORY— D— Alan Ladd, Donna Reed, Tom Neal— Ladd starrer will get the dough— 82m.— see June 23 issue — (4726). BIO CLOCK, THE— D— Ray _ Milland, Charles Laughton, Maureen OiSullivan— Milland draw will help fast- moving meller— 95m.— see Feb. 18 issue— (4713). BIG TOWN SCANDAL— MD— Philip Reed, Hillary Brooke, Stanley Clements— For the lower half— 62m.— see Juno 9 issue-(4722). CAGED FURY— MD— Richard Denning, Shiela Ryan, Buster Crabbe— Good entry for the duallers — 60m.— see March 3 issue — (4711). CRUSADES, THE— AD— Loretta Young, Henry Wilcoxon, Ian Keith— Reissue is packed with angles— 126m.— see June 9 issue— (3508). DREAM GIRL— CD— Betty Hutton, Macdonald Carey, Patric Knowles— Will depend on Hutton draw— 85m.— see May 26 issue— Leg. B— (4721). EMPEROR WALTZ, THE— CMU— Bing Crosby, Joan Fon¬ taine, Roland Culver— Should land in the higher grosses— 106m.— see May 12 issue— (Technicolor) — (4720). FOREIGN AFFAIR, A— CD— Jean Arthur, Marlene Dietrich, John Lund — Topnotch — 1 16m. — see June 23 issud— Leg.: B-(4724). HATTER'S CASTLE— MD— Robert Newton, James Mason, Deborah Kerr — Mediocre British entry — 100m. — see April 28 issue— (English-made)— (4718). HAZARD— CD— Paulette Goddard, Macdonald Carey, Fred Clark— Names will make the difference— 95m.— see March 31 issue — Leg.: B.— (4716). MR. RECKLESS — MD — William Eythe, Barbara Britton, Walter Catlett— For the lower half— 66m.— see March 3 lssue-(4712). NIGHT HAS A THOUSAND EYES-MD-Edward G. Rob¬ inson, Gail Russell, John Lund— Absorbing entry— 81m.— see Aug. 4 issue — (4803). SAIGON— MD— Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, Donald Dick — Typical Ladd show— 94m.— see Feb. 4 issue— (4710). •SAINTED' SISTERS, THE-C-Veronica Lake, Joan Caul¬ field, Barry Fitzgerald— Entertaining comedy— 89m.— see March 31 issue— (4714). SHAGGY — OD — Brenda Joyce, George Nokes, Robert Shayne— Good family entry for the duallers— 71m.— see April 28 issue— (Cinecolor)— (4717). SO EVIL MY LOVE-MYD-Ray Milland, Ann Todd, Ger¬ aldine Fitzgerald— Names will have to carry slow- moving drama— 108 V2m.— see June 9 issue— (English- made)-(4723). SORRY, WRONG NUMBER-MD-Barbara Stanwyck, Burt Lancaster, Ann Richards— Names will make the dif¬ ference— 89m.— see Aug. 4 issue — (4801). SPEED TO SPARE — MD — Richard Arlen, Jean Rogers, Richard Travis— For the lower half— 57m.— see March 3 lssuo-(4715). WATERFRONT AT MIDNIGHT-MD-William Gargan, Mary Beth Hughes, Richard Travis— Okeh meller for the lower hai^63m.— see May 26 issue — (4719). TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION ACCUSED, THE— Loretta Young, Robert Cummings, Wen¬ dell Corey. CONNECTICUT YANKEE, A-Bing Crosby, Rhonda Fleming, Sir Cedric Hardwicke— (Technicolor). DAUGHTER OF DARKNESS— Anne Crawford, Siobhan Mc- Kenno— (English-made). DISASTER— Richard Denning, Trudy Marshall, Damion O'Flynn-60m.-(4806). DYNAMITE— Virginia Welles, William Gargan, Richard Crane. FROZEN GOLD — Robert Lowery, Russell Hayden. GREAT GATSBY, THE-Alan Ladd, Betty Field, Macdonald Carey. HEIRESS, THE— Olivia do Havilland, Miriam Hopkins, Sir Ralph Richardson. ISN'T IT ROMANTIC— Veronica Lake, Mary Hatcher, Billy De Wolfe-(4802). MY OWN TRUE LOVE— Phyllis Calvert, Melyyn Douglas, Wanda Hendrix. NOW AND FOREVER— Claude Rains, Macdonald Carey, Wanda Hendrix. PALEFACE, THE— Bob Hone, Jane Russell, Samuel Z. Hinds —(Technicolor)— (4807). SEALED VERDICT— Rav Milland, Florence Marly, John Ridgely— 83m.— (4804). SORROWFUL JONES— Bob Hope, Lucille Ball, Mary Jayne Saunders. SPECIAL AGENT— William Eythe, Laura Elliot, George R0€V6S STRANGE TEMPTATION-Ray Milland, Audrey Totter, Thomas Mitchell. STREETS OF LAREDO— William Holden, Macdonald Carey, Mona Freeman— (Technicolor). TATLOCK MILLIONS, THE— Wanda Hendrix, John Lund, Barry Fitzgerald— (4805). WHISPERING SMITH— Alan Ladd, Brenda Marshall, Robert Preston — (Technicolor) . RKO (1946-47 releases from 701 up; 1947-48 releases from 801 up) ARIZONA RANGER, THE-W-Tim Holt, Jack Holt, Nan Leslie— Good western— 63m,— see April 14 Issue— (814). BERLIN EXPRESS — MD — Merle Oberon, Robert Ryan, Charles Korvin— Documentary-type meller Is exciting screen fare— 86m.— see April 14 issue— (815). BIST YEARS OF OOR LIVES, THE— O-Myrna Loy, Frederic March, Dana Andrews, Teresa Wright— This rotes among the best— 172m.— see Nov. il, '46 issue— (Goldwyn)— Leg.: B— (751). BRING 'EM BACK ALIVE-TRAV-Frank Buck-Exploltotlon reissue is packed with selling angles— 65m.— see May 26 lssue-(818). DESIGN FOR DEATH-DOC-Produced by Theron Warth and Richard O. Fleischer; narrated by Kent Smith and Hans Conreid— Thrill-packed documentary— 48m.— see Feb. 4 issue. FIGHTING FATHER DUNNE -CD -Pat O'Brien, Darryl Hickman, Una O'Connor— Pleasant program— 93m.— see May 12 issue— (816). FORT APACHE— MD— John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Shirley Temple— Soldiers and Indians show should get the dough— 127m.— see March 31 issue— (Argosy)— (870). GOOD SAM— C— Gary Cooper, Ann Sheridan, Ray Collins -High-rating comedy— 1 14m.— see Aug 4 issue— (Rainbow). GUNS OF HATE— W— Tim Holt, Nan Leslie, Richard Mar¬ tin— Routine— 62m.— see May 26 issue— (819). I REMEMBER MAMA — D— Irene Durmo, Barbara Bel Ged- des, Oscar Homolka— Topnotch— 134m.— see March 31 issue— (868). IF YOU KNEW SUSIE— CMU— Eddie Cantor, Joan Davis, Allyn Joslyn— Cantor-Davis draw will make the dif¬ ference — 89m.— see Feb. 18 issue— (811). MELODY TIME— CAR— Roy Rogers, Sons of the Pioneers, Ethel Smith, Buddy Clark — Should find plenty of popular appeal— 75m.— see May 26 issue— (Disney)— (Technicolor). MIRACLE OF THE BELLS, THE-D-Fred MacMurray, Valli, Frank Sinatra— Pieturlzation of best-seller will land in the higher grosses— 120m.— see March 17 issue— (Lasky-MacEwen)— (869). MOURNING BECOMES ELECTRA - D - Rosalind Russell, Michael Redgrave, Raymond Massey— Play plcturiza- tion will ne^ special handling— 153m.— see Nov. 26 Issue— (865). MYSTERY IN MEXICO-MD-Willlam Lundlgan, Jacqueline White, Ricardo Cortez— Entertaining dualler— ^m.— see July 7 issue— (822). PEARL, THE— D— Pedro Armendariz, Marie Elena Marques. Fernando Wagner— Powerful drama for class and specialty houses— 77m.— see March 3 issue — (Mextcan- made)— (867). RACE STREET— MD— George Raft, William Bendix, Marilyn Maxwell— Good Raft entry— 79m.— see Juno 23 issue -(821). RACHEL AND THE STRANGER-DMU-Loretta Young, Wil¬ liam Holden, Robert Mitchum— Interesting drama has names to help— 93m.— see Aug. 18 issue. RACKETEERS OF THE RANGE-MUW-George O'Brien, Marjorie Reynolds, Chill Wills— Okeh «(ettem re¬ issue — 64m.— see Jan. 21 Issue. RETURN OF THE BADMEN-W-Randolph Scott, Robert Ryan, Anne Jeffreys— Average western has the angles —90m. — see May 26 issue— (817). TARZAN AND THE MERMAIDS-OD-Johnny Weissmuller, Brenda Joyce, Linda Christian— Exploitation show has the usual angles— 68m.— see April 14 Issue — (Lesser) -(813). TIMBER STAMPEDE— W— George O'Brien, Marjorie Reynolds, Chill Wills— Satisfactory western reissue— 60m.— see Feb. 4 issue — (886). TWISTED ROAD, THE-ROMD-Cathy O'Donnell, Farley Granger, Floward Da Silva— Well-made drama will need plenty of push— 95m.— see July 7 issue— (820). VARIETY TIME— MUC— Jack Paar, Edgar Kennedy, Leon Errol I— Fair novelty offering for the lower half— 59m.— see Aug. 18 issue. VELVET TOUCH, THE-D-Rosalind Russell, Leo Genn, Claire Trevor— Will depend on the name draw— 97m. —see July 21 issue— (Independent Artsist)— (872). WESTERN HERITAGE-W-Tim Holt, Nan Leslie, Richard Martin— Good western— 61m.— see Feb. 4 issue- (812). TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION BALTIMORE ESCAPADE— Robert Young, Shirley Temple, John Agar. BLOOD ON THE MOON-Robert Mitchum, Barbara Bel Geddes, Robert Preston. BODYGUARD— Lawrence Tierney, Priscilla Lane, Steve Brodie. BOY WITH GREEN HAIR, THE-Pat O'Brien, Robert Ryan, Barbara Hale — (Technicolor). BROTHERS IN THE SADDLE-Tim Holt, Richard Mortin, Carol Forman. ENCHANTMENT — David Niven, Teresa Wright, Evelyn Keyes— (Goldwyn). EVERY GIRL SHOULD BE MARRIED-Cary Grant, Franchot Tone, Diana Lynn. GUN RUNNERS— Tim Holt, Richard Martin, Martha Hyer. HEADING FOR HOLLYWOOD — Leon Errol, Nan Leslie, Steve Brodie. INDIAN AGENT— Tim Holt, Richard Martin, Nan Leslie. INTERFERENCE — Victor Mature, Lucille Ball, Lizabeth Scott.i* JOAN OF ARC— Ingrid Bergman, Jose Ferrer, Georg* Colouris— (Sierra)— (Technicolor). JUDGE STEPS OUT, THE— Ann Sothern, Alexander Knox, George Tobias. LONG DENIAL, THE— Meivyn Douglas, Maureen O'Hara, Gloria Grahame. MR. JOSEPH YOUNG OF AFRICA— Terry Moore, Ben John¬ son, Robert Armstrong— (Arko). OUTLAW VALLEY- Tim Holt, Richard Martin, Martha Hyer. ROUGHSHOD— Robert Sterling, Claude Jarman, Jr., Gloria Grahame. SONG IS BORN, A— Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo, Steve Cochran — (Goldwyn) — (Technicolor). STATION WEST— Dick Powell, Jane Greer, Agnes Moore- head. TARZAN AND THE ARROW OF DEATH — Lex Barker, Brenda Joyce, Albert Dakker. WEEP NO MORE— Joseph Gotten, Valli, Spring Bylngton. WINDOW, THE— Barbara Hale, Arthur Kennedy, Bobby Driscoll. AUGUST n, 1948 THE EXHIBITOR Republic (1946-47 releases from 601 up; 1947-48 releases from 701 up) BOLD FRONTIERSMAN, THE-W-Allan 'Rocky' Lone, Eddy Waller, Roy Barcroft— Good western— 60m.— see May 12 issue-(754). CALIFORNIA FIREBRAND - MUW - Monte Hale, Adrian Booth, Paul Hurst— Good western— 63m.— see April 14 issue— (Trucolor)— (654). CAMPUS HONEYMOON-C-Lyn Wilde, Lee Wilde, Adele Mara— Pleasing dualler for the lower half— 61m.— see Feb. 4 issue — Leg.: B— (703). CARSON CITY RAIDERS-W-AIIan 'Rocky' Lane, Eddy Waller, Beverly Jons— Routine— 60m.— see Juno 9 is¬ sue— (755). DAREDEVILS OF THE CLOUDS-MD-Robert Livingston, Mae Clark, James Cardwell— Okeh for the duallers —60m.— see Aug. 4 issue— (716). EYES OF TEXAS— WMU— Roy Rogers, Lynne Roberts, Andy Devine— Standard Rogers— 70m.— see Aug. 4 issue— (Trucolor)-(732). FLAME, THE— MD— John Carroll, Vera Ralston, Robert Paige— One of the better Republic offerings— 97m.— see Jan. 21 issue — Leg. :B— (628). GALLANT LEGION, THE-MUW-Bill Elliott, Adrian Booth, Joseph Schiidkraut— Good western— 88m.— see June 9 Issue. GAY RANCHERO, THE-MUW-Roy Rogers, Tito Guizar, Jane Frazee— Good Rogers— 72m.— see Jan. 21 issue — (Trucolor)— (644). HEART OF VIRGINIA— D — Janet Martin, Robert Lowery, Frankie Darro— For the lower half— 61m.— see April 14 issue — (707). INSIDE STORY, THE-CD-Marsha Hunt, Charles Wlnnln- ger, William Lundigan— Average programmer— 87m.— see April 14 issue— (705). I, JANE DOE— D— Ruth Hussey, John Carroll, Vera Ralston -Names should help programmer— 85m.— see May 26 issue — (710). KING OF THE GAMBLERS — MD — Janet Martin, William Wright, Thurston Hall— For the lower half— 60m.— see Juno 9 issue— (709). LIGHTNIN' IN THE FOREST-CMD-Lynne Roberts, Donald Barry, Warren Douglas— For the lower half— 58m.— see April 14 issue— (706). MADONNA OF THE DESERT-OMD-Lynne Roberts, Don¬ ald Barry, Don Castle— For the lower half— 60m.— see March 3 issue- (704). MAIN STREET KID, THE-CD-AI Pearce, Janet Martin, Alan Mowbray— For the lower half— 64m.— see Jan. 21 lssue-(701). NORTHWEST OUTPOST-DMU-Nelson' Eddy, Ilona Mas¬ sey, Joseph Schiidkraut— Names and music should sell this— 91m.— see May 14 issue— (615). OKLAHOMA BADLANDS-W-Allan 'Rocky' Lane, Eddie Waller, Mildred Coles— Routine western— 59m.— see March 17 issue- (753). OLD LOS ANGELES-MUW-William Elliott, John Carroll, Catherine McLeod— One of the better Republic offer¬ ings — 87m.— see April 28 issue— (708). SECRET SERVICE INVESTIGATOR - MD - Lynne Roberts, Lloyd Bridges, George Zucco — Okeh meller for the duallers- 60m.— see June 9 issue— (711). SLIPPY McGEE—MD— Donald Barry, Dale Evans, Tom Brown— For the lower half— 65m.— see Feb. 4 issue— (702). TIMBER TRAIL, THE— MUW— Monte Hale, Lynne Roberts, James Burke— Average western— 67m.— see July 7 issue — (Trucolor)— (656). TRAIN TO ALCATRAZ— MD— Donald Barry, Janet Martin, William Phipps— Okeh meller for the duallers— 60m. July 21 issue — (712). UNDER CALIFORNIA STARS - MUW - Roy Rogers, Jane Frazee, Andy Devine— Fair Rogers entry- 70m.— see May 26 issue— (Trucolor)— (731). TO BE REVIEWED OR IN RRODUCTIQN ANGEL IN EXILE— John Carroll, Adele Mora, Thomas Gomez, CIMARRON TRAILS— Allan 'Rocky' Lone, Eddie Weller. DENVER KID, THE-^AIIan 'Rocky' Lane, Eddy Waller, Carole Gallagher. DESPERADOES OF DODGE CITY-AIIan 'Rocky' Lane, Eddy Waller, Mildred Coles. DRUMS ALONG THE AMAZON-George Brent, Vera Ral¬ ston, Brian Aherne. GRAND CANYON TRAIL— Roy Rogers, Andy Devine, Jane Frazee— (Trucolor). HOMICIDE FOR THREE— Warren Douglas, Audrey Long, Lloyd Corrigan. MACBETH-Orson Welles, Roddy McDowell, Jeanette Nolan. MARSHAL OF AMARILLO — Allan 'Rocky' Lane, Eddie Waller, Mildred Coles. MOONRISE— Dana Clark, Gail Russell, Ethel Barrymore— Feldman-Grant)— (714). NIGHT TIME IN NEVADA— Roy Rogers, Andy Devine, Sons of the Pioneers— (Trucolor). OUT OF THE STORM— Jimmy Lydon, Lois Collier, Richard Travis. PLUNDERERS, THE— Rod Cameron, Ilona Massey, Adrian Booth— (Trucolor). RECOIL-William Wright, Janet Martin, William Henry. RED PONY, THE— Myrna Loy, Robert Mitchum, Louis Cal- hern—(Feldman-Milestone)— (Technicolor). SON OF GOD'S COUNTRY— Monte Hale, Paul Hurst, Pamela Blake. SONS OF ADVENTURE— Russell Hayden, Lynne Roberts, Gordon Jones. WAKE OF THE RED WITCH— John Wayne, Gail Russell, Gig Young. Screen Guild (1946-47 releases from 4604 up; 1947-48 releases from 4701 up; (1947-48 Herald releases from X-1 up) TRAIL OF THE MOUNTIES—OMD— Russell Hayden, Jen¬ nifer Holt, Emmet 'Pappy' Lynn-Okeh for the lower half— 42m.— see Jan. 21 Issue— (4708). Servis«ction 4 THE CHECK-UP WHiRE THE NORTH BEGINS - OMD - Russell Hayden, Jennifer Holt, Tristram Coffin— For the lower half— 42m.— see Jan. 21 issue— (4707). TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION DEAD MAN'S OOLD-Lash La Rue, Al St. John, Peggy Stewart. HARPOON— John Bromfield, Alyce Louis, James Card' well-{4804). JUNGLE GODDESS — George Reeves, Wanda McKay, Armida— (4802). MIRACLE IN HARLEM-Stepin Fetchit, Hilda Offley, Sheila Guyse-(71m.)-(Herald)-(X-3). MOZART STORY, THE-Hans Holt, Winnie Markus, Irene V. Meydendorff- (4805). PRAIRIE, THE— Alan Baxter, Lenors Aubert, Charles Evans -(76m.)-(4705). RETURN OF WILDFIRE, THE-Richard Arlen, Patricia Mori- son, Mary Beth Hughes— 81m.— (4801). STING OF THE LASH-Lash La Rue, Al St. John, Peggy Stewart. SRO MR. BLANDINGS BUILDS HIS DREAM HOUSE-C-Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, Meivyn Douglas— High rating- 93m.— see April 14 Issue. TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION IF THIS BE MY HARVEST-Valli, Robert Mitchum, Louis Jourdan. PORTRAIT OF JENNIE— Jennifer Jones, Joseph Gotten, Ethei Barrymore. 20th Century-Fox (1947 releases from 701 vp; 1948 releases from 801 up) ANNA KARENINA— D— Vivien Leigh, Ralph Richardson, Kleron Moore — Heavy English drama for class spots —111m.— see April 28 issue— (English-made)— (Korda) —(820). ARTHUR TAKES OVER-C-Lols Collier. Richard Crane, Skippy Homeler— For the lower hair— 63m.— see April 14 lssue-(Wurtzel)-(817). BELLE STARR— MD— Randolph Scott, Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews— Names will help reissue— 87m.— see July 7 issue— (830). CALL NORTHSIDE 777— MD— James Stewart, Richard Conte, Helen Walker- Good documentary-type entry— llOVjm.— see Feb. 4 issue— Leg.: B— (805). CHALLENGE, THE — MD — Tom Conway, June Vincent, Richard Stapley— For the lower half— 68m.— see Feb. 18 issue— (Reliance)— (807). CHECKERED COAT, THE — MYD — Tom Conway, Noreen Nash, Hurd Hatfield— For the lower half— 66m.— see July 21 issue— (Belsam)— (825). COUNTERFEITERS, THE — MY^LD— John Sutton, Doris Mer¬ rick, Hugh Beaumont— Good entry for the duallers— 73m.— see June 23 issue— (Reliance)— (819). DEEP WATERS — D — Dana Andrews, Jean Peters, Cesar Romero— Pleasant drama has names to attract— 85m. —see July 7 issue— (821). ESCAPE— D— Rex Harrison, Peggy Cummins, William Hart¬ nell— Import will need selling— 78m.— see June 9 is¬ sue— (English-made)— (822). FIGHTING BACK— CD— Paul Langton, Jean Rogers, Gary Gray— For the lower half— 61m.— see July 21 issue— (Wurtzel)-(828). FRONTIER MARSHAL— W— Randolph Scott, Cesar Romero, Nancy Kelly— Mild reissue— 71m.— see July 7 issue -(831). FURY AT FURNACE CREEK-MD-Victor Mature, Coleen Gray, Glenn Latrgan- Fair programmer— 88m.— see April 14, Issue— (815). GAY INTRUDERS, THE— C— John Emory, Tamara Geva, Leif Erickson— Entertaining above average dualler— 68m.— see June 23 issue— (Seltzer). GIVE MY REGARDS TO BROADWAY-CMU-Dan Dailey, Charles ^Winninger, Nancy Guild — Pleasing entry should ride into the better money— 89m.— see May 26 issue— (Technicolor)— (827). GREEN GRASS OF WYOMING - OD - Peggy Cupimins, Charles Coburn, Lloyd Nolan— Good entry Wr ^e rural and small town sectors— 89m.— see May 12 issue —(Technicolor)— (818). HALF PAST MIDNIGHT— MD — Kent Taylor, Peggy Knudsen, Joe Sawyer— Fair who-dun-it for the lower half— 69m.— see Feb. 18 Issue — (Wurtzel)- (808). IDEAL HUSBAND, AN— C— Paulette Goddard, Michael Wilding, Diana Wynward— Technicolor import has limited appeal— 96m.— see Jan. 21 issue— (English- made)— (Technicolor) — (809). IRON CURTAIN, THE— MD— Dana Andrews, Gene Tierney, June Havoc— Topical entry offers wealth of selling opportunitiee— 87m.— see May 26 Issue— (816). LET'S LIVE AGAIN— C— John Emery, Hillary Brooke, Tay¬ lor Holmes— For the lower half— 67m.— tee March 17 Issue— (Seltzer)— (813). MEET ME AT DAWN-^— William Eythe, Stanley Holloway, Beatrice Campbell— Minor import— 89m.— see March 31 issue— (Engllth-made)—(812). MINE OWN EXECUTIONER-PD-Burgess Meredith, Dulcie Gray, Michael Shepley— Absorbing import has re¬ stricted appeal— 105m.— see Juno 23 issue— (English- made)— (Korda)— Leg.: B— (824). ROSE OF WASHINGTON SQUARE-MU-Tyrone Power, Al Jolson, Alice Faye— Reissue will benefit from name draw— 86m.— see July 7 issue— (832). SCUDDA-HOOl SCUDDA-HAYI-D-June Haver, Lon Mc- Callister, Walter Brennan— Very good entry, especi¬ ally for small town and rural spots— 95m.— see March 17 issue— (Technicolor)— (81 1). SITTING PRETTY— C— Robert Young, Maureen O'Hara, Clifton Webb— High-rating comedy— 84m.— see March 17 Issue— (810). SLAVE SHIP— MD— Wallace Beery, Mickey Rooney, Eliza¬ beth Allan— Names will help reissue— 92m.— see Julv 7 itsue-(833). ^ STREET WITH NO NAME, THE-MD-Mark Stevens, Rich¬ ard Widmark, Barbara Lawrence— Very good meller— 91m.— see July 7 issue— (823). THAT LADY IN ERMINE-CMU-Betty Grable, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Cesar Romero— Will depend on the Grable draw— 89m.— see July 21 issue — (Technicolor) (Leg. B)-(836). 13 LEAD SOLDIERS— MD— Tom Conway, Maria Palmer, Helen Wostcott— For the lower half— 67m.— see April 14 issue— (Reliance)— (814). WALLS OF JERICHO, THE-D-Cornel Wilde, Linda Dar¬ nell, Anne Baxter— Good filmization of a best-seller also has names to sell- 106m.— see July 21 issue— (826). WINNER'S CIRCLE, THE-OD-Johnny Longden, Morgan Farley, Jean Willes— Foir dualler— 70m.— see July 7 issue— (Polimer)— (829). YOU WERE MEANT FOR ME-MUD-Jeanne Crain, Dan Dailey, Oscar Levant— Should bring in the dough— 91m.— see Feb. 4 issue— (802). TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION APARTMENT FOR PEGGY-Jeanne Crain, William Holden, Edmund Gwenn— (Technicolor). BONNIE PRINCE CHARLIE-David Niven, Margaret Leigh¬ ton, Will Fyfe — (English-made) — (Korda) — (Techni¬ color). BUNGALOW— Tom Conway, Margaret Hamilton — (Belsam). CHICKEN EVERY SUNDAY -Dan Dailey, Alan Young, Celeste Holm. CREEPER, THE— John Baragrey, Onslow Stevens, Janis Wilson— (Reliance). DEEP WATERS— Dona Andrews, Jean Peters, Cesar Ro¬ mero— (821). FAN, THE — Jeanne Crain, George Sanders, Madeleine Carroll. LAW AND MARTIN ROME, THE— Victor Mature, Richard Conte, Betty Garde. LOST ILLUSION, THE— Michele Morgan, Ralph Richardson, Sonia Dresdel— (English-made)— (Korda). LUCK OF THE IRISH, THE— Tyrone Power, Anne Baxter, Cecil Kellaway. MISS MINK OF 1949— Jimmy Lydon, Richard Lane, Lois Collier— (Wurtzel). NIGHT WIND— Charles Russell, Virginia Christine, Gary Gray— (Wurtzel). ROAD HOUSE— Ida Luplno, Cornel Wilde, Celeste Holm. SAND — Mark Stevens, Coleen Gray, Rory Calhoun — (Technicolor). SNAKE PIT, THE-Olivia de Havilland, Leo Genn, Mark Stevens. THAT WONDERFUL URGE— Tyrone Power, Gene Tierney, Reginald Gardiner. THIS WAS A WOMAN— Sonia Dresdel, Emyrs Jones, Bar¬ bara White — (English-made). THREE WIVES— Jeanne Crain, Linda Darnell, Jeffrey Lynn. TROUBLE PREFERRED— Peggv Knudson, Charles Russell, Lynne Roberts— (Wurtzel). TUCSON— Jimmy Lydon, Penny Edwards, Charles Russell —(Wurtzel). UNFAITHFULLY YOURS-Linda Darnell, Rex Harrison, Rudy Vallee. WEST OF TOMORROW— Kristine Miller, Arthur Franz, Mickey Knox— (Seltzer). WHEN MY BABY SMILES AT ME-Betty Grable, Dan Dailey, Jack Oakie— (Technicolor). WINSLOW BOY, THE— Robert Donat, Margaret Leighton— (English-made)— (Korda). YELLOW SKY— Gregory Peck, Anne Baxter, Richard Wid¬ mark— (Technicolor). United Artists ADVENTURES OF DON COYOTE, THE - W - Richard Martin, Frances Rafferty, Marc Cramer— For the lower half— 65m.— see May 14 issue— (Cinecolor)— (Comet). ARCH OF TRIUMPH-D-Ingrid Bergman, Charles Boyer, Charles Laughton — Highly-touted entry should hit the spot with femmes— 1 14m.— see March 3 issue— (Enterprise)— (Leg.t B.). DEAD DON'T DREAM, THE-MYW- William Boyd, Andy Clyde, Mary Sawdon— Good 'Hopalong Cassidy'— 62m.— see Aug. 18 issue — (Hopalong Cassidy). FOUR FACES WEST -WD- Joel McCrea, Frances Dee, Charles Bickford— Unusual western should attract plenty of attention— 90m.— see May 26 issue— (Enter¬ prise). HERE COMES TROUBLE (Laff-Time-Part 1)-C-Bill Tracy, Joe Sawyer, Emory Parnell— Mild comedy for the lower half— 50m.— see April 28 issue— (Roach)— (Cine- color). KINGS OF THE OLYMPICS-PART l-DOC-The 11th Olym¬ pic meet covered by 600 cameramen; narrated by Bill Slater; edited by Joseph Lerner and Max Rosen¬ baum-Good entry for sport spots— 60m.— see Feb. 4 issue— (German-made). LAFF-TIME— See Here Comes Trouble, Who Killed Doc Robin. MAD WEDNESDAY— C— Harold Lloyd, Frances Ramsden, Jimmy Conlin— Word-of-mouth should help delightful comedy— 89m.— see Sept. 3 issue— (Sturges). MAN OF EVIL— D— James Mason, Phyllis Calvert, Wilfred Lawson— Satisfactory English drama for class houses —89m.— see Feb. 18 issue— (English-made)— Leg.; B. MIRACLE CAN HAPPEN, A-see On Our Merry Way. ON OUR MERRY WAY— (A Miracle Can Happen)— C— Burgess Meredith, Paulette Goddard, Fred MacMur- ray— High rating comedy- 107m.— see Feb. 18 Issue— (Bogeaus-Meredith)— Leg.: B. PITFALL— MD— Dick Powell, Lizabeth Scott, Jane Wyatt- Intriguing meller— 85m.— see Aug. 18 Issue— (Regal). RED RIVER— OD— John Wayne, Montgomery Clift, Joanne Dru- Topnotch— 125m.— see July 21 issue— (Monterey). SILENT CONFLICT-W-Willlam Boyd, Andy Clyde, Rand Brooks— Fair series entry— 61m.— see April 14 Issue— (Hopalong Cassidy). SLEEP, MY LOVE— PD— Claudette Colbert, Robert Cum¬ mings, Don Ameche— Good psychological entry— 57m.— see Jan. 21 issue— (Triangle). SO THIS IS NEW YORK-C-Henry Morgan, Rudy Vallee, Virginia Grey— Entertaining comedy will iMed telling — 79’/^im.— see May 26 Issue— (Enterprise). TEXAS, BROOKLYN AND HEAVEN - C - Guy MadisoH? Diana Lynn, James Dunn— Average program comedy — 76m.— see Aug. 4 issue— (Golden). , TIME OF YOUR LIFE, THE-CD-James Cagney, William Bendix, Jeanne Cagney— Fine picturization of hit ploy —109m.— see June 9 issue— (Cagney). VICIOUS CIRCLE, THE-D-Conrad Nagel, Fritz Kortner, Reinhold Schunzel— Mild drama for the duallers has some ongles to offer— 77m.— see June 9 issue — (Wilder). WHO KILLED 'DOC ROBBIN-(Laff.Time-Part 2)-C-Vlr- ginia Grey, Don Castle, George Zucco— For the lower half— 50m.— see May 26 issue — (Roach)— (Cinecolor). TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION ADVENTURES OF THE CISCO KID-Duncan Renaldo, L™ Carillo, Barbara Billingsley— (Krasne). ANGRY GOD, THE— Alicia Parla, Casimiro Ortega— (Mex^ icon-made)- (Fullcolor) — (Peskay). ATLANTIS, THE LOST CONTINENT-Maria Monter, Jean Pierre Aumont, Dennis O'Keefe— (Nebenzal)— Leg.: B.' COVER UP — William Bendix, Dennis O'Keefe, Barbara Britton— (Nasser). FALSE PARADISE — William Boyd, Andy Clyde, Rand Brooks— (Hopalong Cassidy). FLESH AND BLOOD-Madeleine Carrol-(Comet). GAY AMIGO, THE— Duncan Renaldo, Leo Carillo— (Krasne)# GIRL FROM MANHATTAN, THE— Dorothy Lamour, CharleQ Laughton, George Montgomery— (Bogeaus). 4 HIGH FURY — Madeleine Carroll, Ian Hunter, Michael* Rennie — (Comet). & INNOCENT AFFAIR, AN-Fred MacMurray, Madeleine Car-'~ roll, Charles "Buddy" Rogers— (Nasser). LITTLE PRINCE. THE — Feature length cartoon — (Harmon-' Ising). LUCKY STIFF, THE — Dorothy Lamour, Brian Donlovy, Claire Trevor— (Amusement Enterprises). MY BLONDE HEAVEN— The Marx Brothers, Ilona Massey, Vera Ellen— (Pickford-Cowan). ^ MY DEAR SECRETARY— Laraine Day, Kirk DougIas,Keenan Wynn— (Popkin). S OLYMPIC CAVALCADE— (Kings of the Olympics— Part II) —60m.— (Westport). OUTPOST IN MOROCCO-George Raft, Akim Tamiroff- (Star). A' SINISTER JOURNEY— William Boyd, Andy Clyde, Rond Brooks— (Hopalong Cassidy). STRANGE GAMBLE — William Boyd, Andy Clyde, Rcmd Brooks— (Hopalong Cassidy). URUBU — All Native cast— (Brazilian-made)— (World Ad ventures). VENDETTA— George Dolenz, Faith Domergue, Nigel Brucr — (Califernia). WAR PATH— George Montgomery, Ellen Drew, Phi Reed— (Small). ili^ Universal-International (1 946*47 releases from 601 up; 1947*48 releases from 624 up) ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN-C-Bud I Abbott, Lou Costello, Lenore Aubert— One of thej better Abbott and Costello entries- 83m.— see July 7 j issue— (664). ALL MY SONS— D— Edward G. Robinson, Burt Lancaster, Mady Christians— Engrossing drama promises heavy ’ grosses— 94m.— see March 3 issue— (Leg.: B)— (657). ANOTHER PART OF THE FOREST-D-Fredrlc March, Dan Duryea, Ann Blyth— High calibre— 1061/2m.— see April 28 issue— (660). ARE YOU WITH IT?-CMU-Donald O'Connor, Olga San ^ Juan, Martha Stewart— Entertaining programmer— ’ 90m.— see March 31 issue— Leg.: B. (656). BAD SiSTER—D— Margaret Lockwood, Joan Greenwood, Ian Hunter— Import has femme angles— 90m.— see June 23 issue — (English-made)— Leg.: B— (663). BLACK BART— OMD— Yvonne De Carlo, Dan Duryea, Jeffrey Lynn— Should get the business— 80m.— see reb. 4 issue— (Technicolor)— (653). BROTHERS, THE— D-Patricia Roc, Will Fyffe, Maxwell Reed— Good English drama for the class houses— 90m. see May 26 issue— (English-made— (Prestige). CASBAH—ROMDMU— Yvonne DeCarlo, Tony Martin, Peter ^ Lorre— Remake of 'Algiers' should prove attractive boxoffice— 94m.— see March 17 issue— Leg.: B— (655). CORRIDOR OF MIRRORS— D— Eric Portman, Edana Romney, Joan Maude— Above average import for the art houses— 96m.— see July 7 issue— (English-made). DEAR MURDERER— MD— Eric Portman, Greta Gynt, Dennis Price— Below average British import— 90m.— see May 26 issue— (English-mado)—(658). END OF THE RIVER, THE— MD— Sabu, Raymond Lovell, Eva Hudson— Import will need selling— 80m.— see July 7 issue— (English-made)— (Prestige). _ FEUDIN', FUSSIN', AND A-FIGHTIN' - CMU - Donald | O'Connor, Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride— Will depend upon names— 78m.— see June 23 issue— (665). HAMLET— D— Laurence Olivier, Eileen Herlie, Basil Sydney — Powerful picturization of Shakespeare's work should prove strong grosser in many areas on special handling basis— 153m.— see July 21 issue— (English-made). HOLIDAY CAMP— C— Flora Robson, Dennis Price, Jack Warner — Entertaining British offering— 97m.— see Feb. 4 issue— (English-made— (Prestige). JASSY— D— Margaret Lockwood, Patricia Roc, Dennis Price —Moderate English offering for clast houses- 96m.— see Feb. 18 issue— (English-made)— Leg.t B— (Techni¬ color)— (654). LARCENY— MD— John Payne, Joan Caulfield, Dan Duryea — Good meller— 89m.— see Aug. 18 issue. LETTER FROM AN UNKNOWN WOMAN-ROMD-Joan Fontaine, Louis Jourdan, Mady Christians— Femme appeal will make the difference— 86V2m.— see April 28 Issue— Leg.t B. (659). MAN-EATER OF KUMAON — AD - Sabu, Wendell Corey, Joanne Page— High-rating exploitation show is packed with selling angles— 79m.— see June 23 issue— (666). THE EXHIBITOR AUGUST II, 1948 THE CHECK-UP Servis«€tion 5 mikado, THi— MU— Kenny Baker, John Barclay, Jeon Cotin— Reissue should have appeal for class spots— 90m.— see May 26 issue— (English-made)— (Prestige)— (Technicolor). MR. PEABODY AND THE MERMAID - CFAN - William Poweil, Ann Blyth, Irene Hervey— Better-than-average comedy has names to help— 89m.— see July 21 issue. NAKED CITY— MD— Barry Fitzgerald, Howard Duff, Doro¬ thy Hart— Topnoteh meller— 95m.— see Feb. 4 Issue— (651) . RIVER LADY— AD— Yvonne De Carlo, Rod Cameron, Dan Duryea— Program— 78m.— see May 26 issue— (Technl- color)-(661). TAP ROOTS— D— Van Heflin, Susan Hayward, Boris Kar¬ loff — Topnoteh drama — 109m. — see July 7 issue — (Technicolor)- (668). UP IN CENTRAL PARK — CMU — Deanna Durbin, Dick Haymes, Vincent Price— Will depend on name draw— 87m.— see June 9 issue— (662). TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION ACT OF MURDER, AN— Fredric March, Edmond O'Brien, Florence Eldridge. BLACK VELVET— Ann Blyth ,George Brent, Howard Duff— (Technicolor). BLANCHE FURY— Valerie Hobson, Stewart Granger- (English-made)— (Technicolor). BLUE LAGOON, THE— Jean Simmons, Donald Houston, Noel Purcell— (English-made)— (Technicolor). CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS— Fredric March, Florence Eld¬ ridge, Francis L. Sullivan— (English-made)— (Techni¬ color). COUNTESS OF MONTE CRISTO, THE-Son{a Henie, Mi¬ chael Kirby, Olga San Juan. CRISS CROSS— Burt Lancaster, Yvonne DeCarlo, Dan Duryea. DAYBREAK— Ann Todd, Erie Portman, Maxwell Reed— (English-made). DEVIL IN THE FLESH (Le Diable Au Cerpt)-Michellne Presle, Gerard Philipe — (French-made). DULCIMER STREET— Richard Attenborough, Fay Compton, Alastair Sim— (English-made). FAMILY HONEYMOON — Claudette Colbert, Fred Mac- Murray, Rita Johnson. GOOD TIME GIRL— Jean Kent, Herbert Lorn, Dennis Price (English-made). MEXICAN HAYRIDE— Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Virginia Grey. MISS NUMBER PLEASE— Deanna Durbin, Edmond O'Brien, Don Taylor. MY HEART GOES CRAZY - Sid Field, Greta Gynt, Tessie O'Shea— ^English- made) — (Technicolor). O'FLYNN, THE— Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Helena Carter, Richard Greene. ONE NIGHT WITH YOU-Nino Martini, Patricio Roe, Bonar Colleano, Jr.— (English-made). ONE TOUCH OF VENUS-Robert Walker, Ava Gardner, Dick Haymes. PASSIONATE FRIENDS, THE— Ann Todd, Trevor Howard, Claude Rains- (English-made). ROGUE'S REGIMENT-Dick Powell, Marta Toren, Vincent Price. SAXON CHARM, THE— Robert Montgomery, Susan Hay¬ ward, John Payne. SNOWBOUND— Robert Newton, Dennis Price, Mila Parely -(English-made). THREE KIDS AND A QUEEN - Fred Brady, Mary Morris, Beverly Simmons. UNAFRAID, THE— Joan Fontaine, Burt Lancaster, Robert Newton. WOMAN HATER— Stewart Granger, Edwige Peulllere— (English-made). YOU GOTTA STAY HAPPY— Joan Fontaine, James Stewart, Eddie Albert. Warners (1946-47 releases from 601 up; 1947-48 releases from 701 up) ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD, THE-COSMD-Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Claude Rains— Technicolor re¬ issue has the names and angles— 102m.— see March 3 issue— (Technicolor)— (718). APRIL SHOWERS — CMU— Jack Carson, Ann Sothern, Robert Alda— Show biz entry will depend on the names— 94m.— see March 31 issue— (719). BIO PUNCH, THE — MD — Wayne Morris, Lois Maxwell, Gordon MacRae— Neat programmer— 80m.— see June 9 issue-(727). EMBRACEABLE YOU-D-Dane Clark, Geraldine Brooks, S. Z. Sakall— Interesting programmer— 80m.— see Aug. 4 issue. FIGHTING 69TH, THE— D— James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, George Brent— Reissue has the names and angles— 79m.— see April 28 issues— (723). FLOWING GOLD— OMD— John C^rfield, Frances Farmer, Pat O'Brien— Names will help fair reissue— 82m.— see July 7 issue— (730). GOD'S COUNTRY AND THE WOMAN-OD-George Brent, Beverly Roberts, Barton MacLane — Mild reissue- 71m. —see July 7 issue— (729). I BECAME A CRIMINAL-MD-Sally Gray, Trevor Howard, Griffith Jones— Interesting import— 78m.— see Feb. 18 issue— (English-made)— Leg.: B— (717). JEZEBEL— MD— Bette Davis, Henry Fonda, Margaret Lind¬ say— Reissue has the names to help— 93m.— see Nov. 26 Issue-(710). KEY LARGO-^D— Humphrey Bogart, Edward G. Robin¬ son, Lauren Bacall— High-rating thriller— 101m.— see July 21 issue— (731). LIFE WITH FATHER-CD-lrene Dunne, William Powell, Elizabeth Taylor— Piclurization of topnoteh play will be among t^ grossers- 1 18m.— see Sept. 3 issue— (Technicolor)-(702). MY GIRL TI8A—C— Lilli Palmer, Akim Tamiroff, Sam Wana- maker— Pleasing comedy— 95m.— see Feb. 4 issue— (715). ROMANCE ON THE HIGH SEAS-ROMCMU-Jack Carson, Janis Paige, Don DeFore— Pleasing entertainment— 99m.— see June 23 issue— (Technicolor)— (728). SILVER RIVER— WO— Errol Flynn, Ann Sheridan, Thomas Mitchell— Names should make the difference— 1 10m.— see May 26 issue— (725). TO THE VICTOR— D— Dennis Morgan, Viveca lindfors, Victor Francen— Interesting dramatic entry has names to help— 101m.— see April 14 issue— (720). TWO GUYS FROM TEXAS-CMU-Dennis Morgan, Jack Carson, Dorothy Malone— Good comedy has the names and angles— 86m.— see Aug. 18 issue— (Technicolor). VALLEY OF THE GIANTS-OMD-Wayne Morris, Claire Trevor, Frank McHugh— Reissue should draw action fons— 78m.— see April 28 issue— (722). WALLFLOWER — ROMC — Joyce Reynolds, Robert Hutton, Janis Paige— Mild program— 77m.— see May 26 issue Leg.: B-(726). WINTER MEETING— D— Bette Davis, Janis Paige, James Davis— Slow-moving drama for the femme trade)— 104m. — see April 14 issue— (721). WOMAN IN WHITE, THE-MYD-Alexis Smith, Eleanor Parker, Sydney Greenstreet— Interesting entry has names to help— 109m.— see May 12 issue— (724). TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION ADVENTURES OF DON JUAN, THE-Errol Flynn, Viveca Lindfors, Robert Douglas— (Technicolor). CLEOPATRA ARMS— Jane Wyman, David Niven, Wayne Morris. DECISION OF CHRISTOPHER BLAKE, THE-Alexis Smith, Robert Douglas, Cecil Kellaway. FIGHTER SQUADRON — Edmond O'Brien, Robert Stack, Henry Hull— (Technicolor). FLAXY MARTIN— Zachary Scott, Virginia Mayo, Dorothy Malone. FOUNTAINHEAD, THE— Gary Cooper, Patricia Neale, Kent Smith. GIRL FROM JONES BEACH — Ronald Reagan, Virginia Mayo, Eddie Bracken. HOUSE ACROSS THE STREET, THE-Janis Paige, Bruce Bennett, James Holden. JOHN LOVES MARY— Ronald Reagan, Jack Carson, Patricia Neal. JOHNNY BELINDA — Jane Wyman, Lew Ayers, Charles Bickford. JUNE BRIDE— Bette Davis, Robert Montgomery, Betty Lynn. LOOK FOR THE SILVER LINING-June Haver, Ray Bolger, Gordon MacRae— (Technicolor). MY DREAM IS YOURS-Jack Carson, Doris Day, Lee Bow¬ man— (Technicolor). NIGHT BEAT-Robert Douglas, Helen Westcott, Robert Alda. NIGHT UNTO NIGHT— Viveca Lindfors, Ronald Reagan, Osa Massen— (84m.). ONE LAST FLING— Alexis Smith, Zachary Scott, Douglas Kennedy. ONE SUNDAY AFTERNOON— Dennis Morgan, Janis Paige, Dorothy Malone— (Technicolor). ROPE— James Stewart, John Dali, Joan Chandler— 80m. — (Transatlantic)— (Technicolor). SERENADE— Ann Sheridan, Dennis Morgan. SMART GIRLS DON'T TALK-Bruce Bennett, Virginia Mayo, Robert Hutton. SOUTH OF ST. LOUIS— Joel McCrea, Zachary Scott, Alexis Smith— (Technicolor). UNDER CAPRICORN — Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotton, Michael Wilding— (Transatlantic)— (English-made). UP UNTIL NOW— Ronald Reagan, Viveca Lindfors, Claude Rains. WHIPLASH— Dane Clark, Alexis Smith, Zachary Scott. YOUNGER BROTHERS, THE-JanIs Paige, Wayne Morris, Bruce Bennett— (Technicolor) Miscellaneout (Address of producers and distributors will be furn¬ ished on request). BOB AND SALLY— ED— Gloria Marlen, Ralph Hodges, Rick Valiin— Exploitation show— 71 m.— see Juno 23 issue— (Social Guidance). CHRIST THE KING— BID— Jose Cibrian, Jose Baviera, Au¬ rora Walker— Good religious offering for non-eom- mercial outlets— 75m.— see March 31 issue- (Mexican- made)— (Barry-Simpex). CITIZEN SAINT — DOC — Jed Prouty, Loraine MacMartin, Walter Butterworth— Religious offering has restricted appeal— 68m.— see June 23 issue— (Elliott). DREAMS THAT MONEY CAN BUY-FAN-John Bittner, John Latouche, Valerio Tie— Unique art house offering —84m.— see May 26 issue— (Films Int. of America)— Leg.: B. FIGHT NEVER ENDS, THE-MD-Joe Louis, Ruby Dee, The Mills Brothers— All-Negro entry with Joe Louis should draw well— 64m.— see March 17 issue— (Alexander). GREAT BETRAYAL, THE-DOC— Produced by Idea Films. Narration by W. S. Gailmor— Good documentary foi the specialty houses— 72m.— see June 25 issue— (Screen croft). IRELAND TODAY— DOC— Michael Shannon, Julie Conway- Satisfactory entry for the Irish neighborhoods— 80m. —see July 7 issue— (lrish-American)—(Kodachrome). KILLER DILLER—MUC— Dusty Fletcher, George Wiltshire, Butterfly McQueen— Okeh for the Negro spots— 73m. —see July 7 issue— (All-American). NIGHT AT THE FOLLIES, A— MU— Evelyn West, Rene Andre, Pat O'Shea— Novelty picturization of bur¬ lesque show for censorless spots— 48m.— see Aug. 18 issue— (Excelsior). STORY OF LIFE, THE— ED— Joseph Creehan, Wanda Mc¬ Kay, John Parker — Educational s.ex film requires special selling— 62m.— see Aug. 4 issue— (Crusade). STRANGE VICTORY — DOC — Virgil Richardson, Cathy McGregor, Sophie Maslow — High-rating documen¬ tary will ne^ selling— 73m.— see Aug. 4 issue— (Target). Foreign (Address of producers and distributers will be furn¬ ished on request). ANGELINA— D— Anna Magnani, Nando Bruno, Ave Ninchi -High-rating Italian entry— 90m. — see May 12 issue — (Italian-made)- (English titles)— (President). AUGUST 11 r 1948 ANTOINE AND ANTOINETTE-D-Roger Pigaut, Oalre Maffei, Noel Roquevert— High rating— 88m.— see May 12 issue— (French-made) — (English titles) — (Slrltzky- Int.)— Leg.: B. BLIND DESIRE— DMU-Jean-Louis Barrault, Edwige Feuil- lere, Jean Wall— Mediocre French import— 88m.— see June 23 issue — (French-made) — (English titles) — (Discina Int.). CONFESSIONS OF A ROGUE— CD— Louis Jouvet, Suzy De¬ lair, Annette Poivre— Good French entry— 91m.— see April 28 issue— (French-made)— (English titles)— (Dis¬ tinguished). CRIME AND PUNISHMENT— D—Hampo Faustman. Gunn Wallgren, Sigurd Wallen— High-rating Swedish im¬ port— 105m.— see March 31 issue— (Swedish-made)— (English titles)— (Film Rights Int.). DAMNED, THE— D— Henri Vidal. Florence Marly, Kurt Kronefeld— High-rating Frencn Import— 104m.— see May 26 issue — (French-made) — (English titles) — (Discena Int.). DAY OF WRATH— D—Thirkild Roose, LIsbeth Movin, SIgrid Neiiendam— Slow-moving Donish drama for the ort houses— 97m.— see May 12 issue— (Danish-made)— (English titles)— (Schaefer). DIE FLEDERMAUS— MUC — Marte Harell, Johannes Heestert, Willi Dohm— Good German entry for the art houses— 96m.— see May 12 issue— (German-made)— (English titles)— (Artkino). ETERNAL MELODIES - BIDMU - Gino Cervi, Conchita Montenegro, Lulsella Beghi— Fair Italian import— 95m.— see March 3 issue— (Italian-made)— (English titles)— (Grandi). FARREBIQUE— DOCD— Conceived and produced by Georges Rouquier. with a French farm family as performers— Unusual French import for the art houses— 90m.— see March 3 issue — (French-made)— (English titles)— (Siritzky-Int). FIRST OPERA FILM FESTIVAL-MU-Tito Gobbi, Pina Mal- carini, Vittoria Diofredi— Unique offering for the specialty spots— 95m.— see June 23 issue— (Italian- made)— (Classic). FRIC-FRAC— CD— Fernandel, Arletty, Michael Simon— En¬ tertaining adult fare— 90m.— see June 23 issue— (French-made)— English titles)— (Oxford)— Leg.: C. FRIEND WILL COME TONIGHT, A-D-Michel Simon, Madeleine Sologne, Louis Salou— Better-than-averoge French offering — 90m. — see Aug. 4 issue— (French- made)— (English titles)— (Lopert). GELOSIA—D— Luisa Ferida, Roldano Lupl, Elena Zareschl —Average Italian import— 87m.— see May 12 issue— (Italian-made)— (English titles)— (World-Wide). HENRY IV-^D— Osvaldo Valienti, Clara Calamal, Luigi Pavese — Entertaining — 92m. — see March 17 issue — (Italian-made)- (English titles)— (Superfilm)— Leg.: B. ILLEGALS, THE-DOC-Tereska Torres, Yankel Mikalo- witch— Documentary-type drama has limited appeal — 77'/2m. — see July 7 issue — (Palestinian-made) — (Mayer-Burstyn). LYSISTRATA— CD— Judith Heizmeister, Paul Kemp, O. W. Fischer— Mediocre German offering— 85m.— see July 7 issue — (German-made) — (English titles) — (Distin¬ guished). MARIUS— CD— Raimu, Pierre Frosnay, Charpirt— Excellent French import— 125m.— see May 26 issue— (French- made)— (English titles)— (Siritzky Int.). MR. ORCHID— MD-Noel-Noel, Nadine Alari, Jose Arthur —Good import — 93m. — see May 12 issue— (French- made)— (English titles)— (Lopert). NOT GUILTY— MD— Michel Simon, Jany Holt, Jean Debu- court— High-rating French import— 94m.— see Mery 26 issue— (French-made) — (English titles) — (Lelarge-Arl- ane)— Leg.: B. PORTRAIT OF INNOCENCE-CD-Louise Carletti, Gilbert Gil, Pierre Larquey— Good French offering— 86m.— see June 23 issue — (French-made) — (English titles) — (SIritzky-Int.) RAVEN, THE— MYD— Pierre Fresnay, Pierre Larquay, Noel Roquevert— French import rates high— 90m.— see March 17 issue— (French-made) — (English titles) — (Westport Int.). RAZZIA— MD— Paul Bildt, Elli Burgmer, Walter Gross- Good German-made offering for the art houses— 94m. — see July 7 issue— (German-made)— (English titles)— (Artkino). REVENGE— D— Anna Magnani, Gino Cervi, Luisa Poselli— Good Italian import— 66m.— see Dec. 10 issue— (Italian-made) — (English titles)— (Distinguished). ROOM UPSTAIRS, THE — ROMD — Marlene Dietrich, jean Gobln, Jean d'yd— Above average import— 86m.— see June 9 issuo—(French-made)— (English titles)— (Lopert). SHOWTIME — DMU — Richard Greene, Ann Todd, Peter Graves— Minor English entry— 90m.— see June 23 issue — (English-made)- (English Films). SON OF THE REGIMENT— D— Yura Yankin, Alexander Morosov, Gregory Pluzhnik— High-rating Russian im¬ port — 75m. — see Moy 12 issue — (Russian-made) — English titles)— (Artkino). SPRING— CMU— Lubov Orlova, Nikolai Cherkassov, Nikalal Konovalov— Good Russian comedy— 104m.— see April 28 issue— (Russian-mado)—(English titles)— (Artkino). THEY ARE NOT ANGELS-DOCD-Pierre Blanchar, Ray¬ mond Bussieres, Jean Wall— Excellent French entry— 123m. — see July 7 issue — (French-made) — (English titles)— (Siritfiky-Int.)— Leg.: B. TRIUMPH OF YOUTH-DOC-The Athletic and Youth Clubs of Soviet Russia— Good filler for the art houses— 44m. —see June 23 issue— (Russian-made)— (Artkino)— (Color). VILLAGE TEACHER— D— Vera Maretskaya, Dmitri Sagal, Vassili Maruta— Fair Russian entry— 97m.— see July 21 issue— (Russian-made)— (English titles)— (Artkino). WELL DIGGER'S DAUGHTER, THE - D - Raimu, Fernandel, Josette Day— Excellent French entry— 120m.— see Oct. 16 issue— (French-mado)—(English titles)— (Sirltzky-ln- ternational) — Log.: B. WHO KILLED SANTA CLAUS-CMD-Harry Baur, Raymond Rouleau, Renee Faure— Mediocre French Import— 95m. —see May 26 issue— (French-made)— (English titles)— (Film Rights Int.), THE EXHIBITOR Servisection 6 THE CHECK-UP The Shorts Parade (Additional listing of 1946-47 shorts product will be found on pages 2225, 2226, 2227, 2244, 2245, 2303, 2304, 2305, 2404, 2405, and 2406 of The Pi^ Section, another regular service of THE EXHIBITOR. Th* number opposite each series designates the total announced by the com¬ pany at the beginning of the season. Uncompleted 1946- 47 series will appear until ended.— Ed.) (Ratings: E— Excellent; G — Good; F— Fair; B— Bad.) d Z S i S s I o c c c 3 OC •^1 •I 9657 (Apr. 29) No. 7-l'm Looking Over A Four-Leaf Clover . 6 9V'2ni. 2376 9658 (June 3) No. 8— Manana . G lOVim. 2413 9659 (Aug. 12) No. 9— California Here I Come . 9m. d Z •• J g> Oi 9421 9422 9423 9424 9425 9426 9427 9431 9432 9433 9434 9435 9436 9437 9438 9439 9440 9120 9140 9160 9180 e 1 0£ "I Columbia Two Reel COMiDIIS ASSORTED AND ALL-STAR (20) (Oct. 9) Wedding Belle (Schilling-Lane) . F 17m. 2287 (Nov. 13) Should Husbands Marry? (Herbert) . F 17m. 2302 (Jan. 29) Silly Billy (Burke) . F IBm. 2351 (Feb. 19) Two Nuts In A Rot (Schilling and Lane) . F 18m. 2360 (Apr. 15) Tail, Dark and Gruesome (Herbert) . F 16m. 2375 (May 13) Crabbin' in the Cabin (Vernon and Quillan) . F 18m. 2413 (June 10) Pardon My Lamb Chop (Schilling and Lane) . B 17m. 2422 (Sept. 4) Rolling Down To Reno (Von Zell) . G ISVim. 2262 (Sept. 18) Hectic Honeymoon (Holloway) . F 17m. 2271 (Nov. 20) Wife To Spare (Clyde) . F 16m. 2302 (Dec. 18) Wedlock Deadlock (DeRita)G 16m. 2328 (Dec. 25) Radio Romeo (Von Zell) . F IZV^m. 2351 (jan. 15) Man or Mouse (Holloway) F 18m. 2351 (Mar. 11) Eight-Ball Andy (Clyde) . F IZVam. 2369 (Apr. 29) Jitter Bughouse (De Rita) G 17m. 2393 (May 27) The Sheepish Wolf (Von Zell) . F IZVam. 2413 (June 24) Flat Feat (Holloway) . F IZ'/am. 2436 SERIALS (3) (Sept. 4) The Sea Hound . G (Dee. 18) Brick Bradford . G (Apr. 1) Tex Granger . G SPECIAL FEATURE SERIAL (July 15) Superman . E 15ep. 2241 15ep. 2311 15ep. 2369 15ep. 2428 SPECIAL (1) 94S1 (Jon. 15) A Voice Is Bom . E 2016m. 2271 9401 9402 9403 9404 9405 9406 9407 9408 9601 9602 9603 9604 9605 9606 9607 9608 9701 9702 9703 9501 9S>2 9503 9651 9652 9653 9654 9655 9656 THREE STOOGES (8) (Sept. 11) Brideless Groom . G ISVam. 2262 (Ocf. 30) Sing A Song of Six Pants F 17m. 2287 (Dec. 11) Ail Gummed Up . F 18m. 2302 (J«n. 8) Shivering Sherlocks . G 17m. 2375 (Feb. 26) Pardon My Clutch . F 15m. 2351 (Mar. 4) Squoreheadt of the Round Toblo . F 18m. 2360 (May 6) Fiddlers Three . B 17m. 2393 (July 8) The Hot Scots . G 17m. 2436 One Reel COLOR FAVORITES (8) (Re-releases) (Technicolor) (Oct. 30) Dreams On lee . G OVam. 2271 (Nov. 20) Novelty Shop . F 6l6m. 2303 (Dec. 18) Dr. Bluebird . F 8m. 2302 (Jan. 22) In My Gondola . F 7>/am. 2329 (Feb. 19) Animal Cracker Circus ... G 7m. 2336 (Apr. 8) Bon Bon Parade . G 8Vam. 2375 (May 6) House That Jack Built . F 7m. 2393 (July 15) The Untrained Seal . F 7Vam. 2436 COLOR PHANTASIES (8) (Nov. 6) Kitty Caddy . F 6m. 2287 (Fob. 5) Topsy Turkey . F 6Vam. 2352 (June 3) Short Snorts On Sports . F 6Vam. 2422 COLOR RHAPSODIES (8) (Technicolor) (Sept. 11) Swiss Tease . F 6m. 2263 (Dec. 4) Boston Beany . G 6m. 2302 (Mar. 18) Flora . G 7m. 2352 COMMUNITY SINGS (12) (Series 12) (Sept 4) No. 1— Linda . G 10m. 2243 (Oct. 2) No. 2— April Showers-* . G 9m. 2271 (Nov. 6) No. 3-Peg O' My Heart G 9m. 2303 (Dee. 4) No. 4— When You Were Sweet Sixteen . G 9Vam. 2328 (Jan. 8) No. 5-Feudin' & Fightin' G lOVam. 2352 (Feb. 12) No. 6— Civilization . G lOm. 2360 FILM NOVELTIES (12) 9901 (Nov. 27) Aren't We All . F lOVam. 2328 ( . ) Candid Microphone . E 10m. 2437 SCREEN SNAPSHOTS (12) (Series 27) 9851 (Sept. 4) Hollywood Cowboys . G 9M2m. 2243 9852 (Oct. 9) Laguna, U. S. A . G 9Vam. 2303 9853 (Nov. 27) Out of This World Series G 9m. 2328 9854 (Dec. 18) Off The Air . F 10m. 2328 9855 (jan. 22) Hawaii In Hollywood . G 10m. 2361 9856 (Mar. 18) Photoplay Magazine's Gold Medal Awards . G 9Vam. 2376 9857 (Apr. 1) Smiles and Styles . G 9Vam. 2376 9858 (May 6) Hollywood . Honors Hersholl . G 8m. 2393 9859 (June 10) Hollywood Party . G 9m. 2422 9860 (July 8) Hollywood Friars Honor George Jessel . G 9yam. 2437 THRILLS OF MUSIC (12) (Series 2) 9951 (Sept. 18) Boyd Raeburn and Orchestra . 6 11m. 2263 9952 (Oct. 30) Claude Thornhill and Orchestra . G 11m. 2271 9953 (Nov. 13) Lecuona Cuban Boys . G lOVam. 2297 9954 (Dec. 11) Skitch Henderson and Orchestra . G 10m. 2352 9955 (Jon. 15) Charlie Barnet and Orchestra . G lOVam. 2393 9956 (Mar. 25) Ted Weems & Orchestra G lOVam. 2361 9957 (June 10) Gene Krupa end Orchestra F 10m. 2422 9958 (July 22) Tony Pastor and Orchestra 10m. WORLD OF SPORTS (12) 9801 (Sept. 25) Cinderella Cagers . G 9V^m. 2263 9802 (Oct. 23) Ski Demons . G 9m. 2287 9803 (Nov. 13) Bowling Kings . G 10m. 2306 9804 (Dec. 25) Navy Crew Champions G 10m. 2328 9805 (jan. 29) Rodeo Thrills and Spills G 9Vam. 2361 9806 (Mar. 11) Net Marvels . G 9m. 2377 9807 (May 13) Champions in the Making F 8Vam. 2407 9808 (June 17) No Holds Barred . G 9m. 2423 9809 (July 15) Aqua Zannies F 9m. 2437 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Two Reel SPECIALS (4) A-901 (Mar. 27) Drunk Driving . F 21m. 2360 A-902 (Apr. 24) Going To Blazes . E 21m. 2384 One Reel CARTOONS (16) (Technicolor) (T-J — Tom and Jerry) W-931 (Sept. 20) Slap Happy Lion . G 7m. 2281 W-932 (Sept. 27) The Invisible Mouse (T-J). .. F 7m. 2256 W-933(Dec. 6) King Size Canary . F 7m. 2297 W-934(jan. 31) The Bear and the Bean . .G 7m. 2336 W-935 (Mar. 20) What Price Fleadom . F 6m. 2352 W-936 (Apr. 24) Make Mine Freedom . G 9m. 2376 W-937 (May 1) Kitty Foiled (T-J) . E 7m. 2384 W-938(Mayl5) Little 'Tinker . G 8m. 2413 W-939 (June 26) The Bear and the Hare .. F 7m. 2422 W-940(July 17) The Truce Hurts . 7m. FITZPATRICK TRAVELTALKS (6) (Technicolor) T-911 (Nov. 29) Visiting Virginia . G 9m. 2281 T-912 (Dec. 13) Cradle Of A Nation . G 10m. 2297 T-913 (May 8) Cape Breton Island . G 9m. 2438 T-914 (July 17) Chicago, the Beautiful ... 10m. GOLD MEDAL REPRINT CARTOONS (7) (Technicolor) W-921 (Nov. 22) Goldilocks ond the Three Bears . F 11m. 2289 W-922 (Dee. 20) The Fishing Bear . . F 8m. 2311 W-923 (Feb. 14) The Milky Way . E 8m. 2342 W-924 (Mar. 27) The Midnight Snack . F 9m. 2360 W-925 (Apr. 24) Puss 'N' Toots . G 7m. 2393 W-926 (June 12) The Bowling Alley Cat ... F 8m. 2428 MARTIN BLOCK'S MUSICAL MERRY-GO-ROUNDS (4) M-981 (Feb. 14) No. 1— Freddy Martin and Keenan Wynn . E M-982 (Apr. 24) No. 2— Tex Beneke and Orchestra . G M-983 (June 26) No. 3— Ray Noble and Buddy Clark . G M-984 (July 17) No. 4 — Les Brown and Virginia O'Brien . 10m. 2342 10m. 2352 11m. 2422 10m. o Z i i i & s S 9 OC OC oe ^ c c OC A. f PASSING PARADES (6) K.971 (Dec. 20) Miracle in A Cornfield (Technicolor) . E 8m. 2312 K-972 (Jan. 10) It Can't Be Done . E 10m. 2337 K-973 (Jan. 24) Goodbye Miss Turlock . G 10m. 2342 K-974 (Feb. 7) My Old Town . G 9m. 2342 K-975 (June 19) Souvenirs of Death . G 10m. 2428 PETE SMITH SPECIALTIES (18) S-951 (Sept. 6) Football Thrills No. 10 .. E 10m. 2250 S-952 (Oct. 18) Surfboard Rhythm (Technicolor) . G 9m. 2263 S-953 (Nov. 8) What D'Ya Know? . G 9m. 2281 S-954 (Dec. 13) Have You Ever Wondered? . G 10m. 2303 S-955 (Jan. 10) Bowling Tricks . E 9V^m. 2312 S-956 (Feb. 7) I Love My Mother-In-Law But . G 8m. 2337 S-957 (Mar. 20) Now You See It (Technicolor) . G 9m. 2361 S-958 (May 29) You Can't Win . F 9m. 2393 S-959 (July 17) Just Suppose . 9m. '1 Monogram Two Reel (Ansco Color) 4741 (May 30) Climbing the Matterhorn ... E 21m. 2249 Paramount Twe Reel MUSICAL PARADE FEATURETTES (6) (Technicolor) FF7-1 (Feb. 27) Samba Mania . G 18m. 2336 FF7-2 (Apr. 9) Footlight Rhythm . G 19m. 2369 FF7-3 (June 25) Gypsy Holiday . F 19m. 2414 FF7-4 (Aug. 6) Tropical Masquerade . FF7-5 (Oct. l) Big Sister Blues . One Reel GRANTLAND RICE SPORTLIGHTS (10) R7-1 (Oct. 3) Riding The Waves . G 10m. 2281 R7-2 (Oct. 31 ) Running The Hounds . G 11m. 2287 R7-3 (Nov. 28) Five Fathoms of Fun . G 10m. 2306 R7-4 (Dec. 5) Stop, Look And Guess 'Em G 10m. 2312 R7-5 (Jon. 16) All American Swing Stars G 10m. 2337 R7-6 (Feb. 20) Double Barrelled Sport . G 10m. 2342 R7-7 (Mar. 26) Big Gome Angling . G 10m. 2361 R7-8 (Apr. 30) Riding Habits . G . 10m. 2377 R7-9 (June 11) Big League Glory . E 10m. 2414 R7-10 (July 30) Her Favorite Pools . G 10m. NOVELTOONS (8) (Polacolor) P7-1 (Dec. 5) Santa's Surprise . G 9m. 2303 P7-2 (Jan. 9) Cat O' Nine Ails . G 7m. 2313 P7-3 (Feb. 13) Flip Flap . G 8m. 2360 P7-4 (Mar. 19) We're In The Honey . G 8m. 2360 P7-5 (Apr. 9) The Bored Cuckoo . O 8m. 2375 P7-6 (Apr. 23) There's Good Boo's Tonite G 9m. 2376 P7-7 (May 7) Land Of The Lost . E 7m. 2385 P7-8 (June 4) Butterscotch and Soda . G 7m. 2414 (1948-49) (8) P8-1 (Sept. 3) The Mite Makes Right . P8-2 (Sept. 3) Hector's Hectic Life . P8-3 (Sept. 3) Old Shell Game . P8-4 (Sept. 3) Little Red School House . P8-5 (Sept. 10) Hep Cat Symphony . P8-6 (Oct. 1) Lost Dream . PACEMAKERS (6) K7-1 (Oct. 3) It Could Happen To You G 11m. 2281 K7-2 (Nov. 14) Babies, They're Wonderful G 11m. 2287 K7-3 (Jan. 2) Bundle From Brazil . 6 11m. 2313 K7-4 (Mar. 12) Musical Miracle . G 11m. 2361 K7-5 (May 28) A Model Is Born . G 7m. 2403 K7-6 (July 30) Neighbor To The North G 13m. 2437 POPEYE CARTOONS (8) (Polacolor) E7-1 (Dee. 19) All's Fair At The Fair G 8m. 2302 E7-2 (Jqn. 30) Olive Oyl For President ... G 7m. 2313 E7-3 (Feb. 27) Wigwam Whoopee G 8m. 2360 E7-4 (Mar. 26) Pre-Hysterical Man G 7m. 2376 E7-5 (June 18) Popeye Meets Hercules ... G 7m. 2414 E7-6 (July 30) A Wolf In Sheik's Clothing F 8m. E7-7 (Aug. 27) Spinach vs. Hamburgers .... E7-8 (Sept. 3) Snow Place Like Home .... POPULAR SCIINCI (6) (Maqnacolorl • J7-1 (Oct. 17) No. 1— Radar Fishermen ... G 10m. 2281 J7-2 (Dee. 26) No. 2— Desert Destroyers G 11m. 2303 J7-3 (Feb. 20) No. 3— Streamlined Luxury G 10m. 2337 J7-4 (Apr. 2) No. 4— Fog Fighters . G 10m. 2376 J7-5 (May 21) No. 5— The Big Eye . G 10m. 2393 J7-6 (Aug. 6) No. 6— Flying Wing . SCREEN SONG (8) (Polacolor) , X7-1 (Dec. 26) The Circus Comes To Clown . G 7m. 2312 THE EXHIBITOR AUGUST 11, 1948 Servisection 7 THE CHECK-UP * i i { il I i i I i si ■J ^ i 5 ^ C ^ OC ^ Qc OC A. X7-2 (Jon.' 23) Bo»« Brawl . ».. G Bm. 2337 X7-3 (Feb. 20) little Brown Jog . G Bra. 2337 X7-4 (Mar. 12) The Golden State . G Bra. 2360 X7-S (Mar. 19) Winter Draws On . G 7ra. 2360 X7-6 (June 4) Sing Or Swim . G 7ra. 2414 X7-7 (July 16) Camptown Races . G Bra. X7-B (Aug. 20) The Lone Star State . (1948-49) (8) X8-1 (Sept. 17) Readin', 'Ritin' and 'Rhythraetic . SPEAKING OF ANIMALS («) Y7-1 (Oct. 3) Dog Crazy . G lira. 2281 Y7-2 (Nov. 14) Ain't Nature Grand . F 10m. 2287 Y7-3 (Dee. 1^) Monkey Shines . G 9m. 2306 Y7-4 (Feb. 6) Home Sweet Home . F 10m. 2337 Y7-5 (Apr. 16) 'Tain'f So . F 10m. 2376 Y7-6 (June 18) As Headliners . G 10m. 2414 UNUSUAL OCCUPATIONS («) (Magnacolor) 17-1 (Nov. 7) No. 1— Hula Magic . G 10m. 2281 L7-2 (Jan. 2) No. 2— Bagpipe Lassies ... G 11m. 2313 L7-3 (Feb. 13) No. 3— Modern Pioneers ... G 11m. 2361 L7-4 (Apr. 16) No. 4— Nimrod Artist . G 10m. 2376 L7-i (May 14) No. 5— Feather Finery . G 10m. 2393 L7-6 (Aug. 13) No. 6— Aerial Hot Rods .. RKO Two Reel EDGAR KENNEDY COMEDIES (6) 83401 (Nov. 21) Mind Over Mouse . F 17m. 2311 83402 (Jem. 2) Brother Knows Best . F 17m. 2336 83403 (Fob. 6) No More Relatives . F 18m. 2351 83404 (May 14) How To Clean House . F 18m. 2403 83405 (June 25) Dig That Gold . F 17m. 2436 83406 ( . ) Home Canning . LEON ERROL COMEDIES (6) 83701 (Jan. 16) Bet Your Life . G 14m. 2336 83702 (Mar. 5) Don't Fool Your Wife . F 18m. 2360 83703 (Apr. 9) Secretary Trouble . F 17m. 2403 MY PAL (4) 83201 (Oct. 31) My Pal . G 22m. 2262 83202 ( ) lost Pal . RAY WHITLEY MUSICAL WESTERN REISSUES (4) 83501 (Sept. 5) Molly Cures A Cowboy . F 19m. 2256 83502 (Oct. 10) Musical Bandit . F 16m. 2280 83503 (Nov. 14) Corralling A School Marm F 20m. 2319 83504 (Dec. 19) Prairie Spooners . G 13m. 2328 SPECIALS 83901 (Dec. 12) Football Highlights Jit 1947 . G 19V!im. 2302 841 ( . ) Louis-Walcott Fight . G 21m. 2302 83601 (Apr. 1) Twenty Years of Academy Awards . E 18m. 2369 83801 (Apr. 23) Basketball Headliners Of 1948 . G 18m. 2384 842 (June 26) Louis-Walcott Fight No. 2G 19m. 2422 THIS IS AMERICA (13) 83101 (Nov. 14) Border Without Bayonets E 16m. 2286 83102 (Dec. 12) Switzerland Today . E 18m. 2311 83103 (Jan. 9) Children's Village . E 19m. 2319 83104 (Feb. 6) Operation White Towet . .. G 18m. 2336 83105 (Mar. 5) Photo Frenzy . E 16m. 2352 83106 (Apr. 2) Funny Business . E 18m. 2369 83107 (Apr. 30) Democracy's Diary . E 17m. 2384 83108 (May 28) Crime Lab . E 17m. 2403 83109 (June 25) Letter To A Rebel . G 16m. 2428 83110 (July 23) Sport's Golden Age G 18m. 2436 One Reel FLICKER FLASHBACKS (7) 84201 (Oct. 24) No. 1 . G 10m. 2281 84202 (Dec. 5) No. 2 . G 9m. 2319 84203 (Jan. 16) No. 3 . F 9m. 2337 84204 (Feb. 27) No. 4 . F 9m. 2361 84205 (Apr. 9) hlo. 5 . F 8m. 2385 84206 (May 21) No. 6 . F 9m. 2437 84207 (July 2) No. 7 . G 9m. 2438 JAMBOREES (7) (Re-Releases) 84401 (Sept. 5) Enric Madriguera and Orchestra . F 8m. 2256 84402 (Oct. 3) It's Tommy Tucker Time ... F 8m. 2281 84403 (Oct. 31) Johnny Long and His Orchestra . G 8m. 2287 84404 (Nov. 28) Duke Ellington and His Orchestra . G 9m. 2319 84405 (Dee. 26) Jerry Wald and His Orchestra . .,...6 9m. 2328 84406 (Jan. 23) Ray McKinley and His Orchestra . F 8m. 2328 84407 (Feb. 20) Dick Stabile and His Orchestra . G 8m. 2337 SPORTSCOPES (13) 84301 (Sept. 19) Ski Holiday . G 8m. 2271 84302 (Oct. 17) Golf Doctor . G 8m. 2271 84303 (Nov. 14) Quail Pointers . G 8m. 2287 84304 '(Dee. 12) Pin Games . G 8m. 2312 84305 (Jan. 9) Racing Day . G 8m. 2319 84306 (Feb. 6) Sports Coverage . G 8m. 2337 84307 (Mar. 5) Teen Age Tars . G 9m. 2361 84308 (Apr. 2) Doggone Clever . G 8m. 2385 84309 (Apr. 30) Big Mouth Bass . F 8m. 2437 0 Z s i £ & II ij •I 9m. 2414 8m. 2437 01 S *c c 3 ^ I e e £ Q oc oe h- K 84310 (May 28) Muscles and the Lady . G 84311 (June 25) Ladies In Wadding . G WALT DISNEY CARTOONS (IS) (Ninth Series) (Technicolor) (D— Denald Duck) G— Goofy; M— Mickey Mouse; P— Pluto) F— Figaro) (1946-47) 30) Figaro And Frankie (F) . ...F 20) Clown of the Jungle (D) G 1l) Donald's Dilemma (D) ... 6 1) Crazy With The Heat (D) F 22) Bottle Beetle (D) . G , 12) Wide Open Spaces (D) .. G 3} Mickey's Delayed Date (M)G 31 ) Foul Hunting (G) . F 14) Mall Dog (P) . G 28) Chip An' Dale . G 26) Pluto's Blue Note (P) . 6 23) They're Off (G) . G 6) The Big Wosh (G) . G 5) Drip Dippy Donald (D) ... E 19) Mickey Down Under (M) F 16) Daddy Duck (D) . G 30) Bono Bandit (P) . F 21) Donald's Dream Voice (D) E (1947-48) (18) ( . ) Cat Nap Pluto (P) . ( . ) Inferior Decoration (D) . ( . ) Pueblo Pluto (P) . ( . ) Donald's Happy Birthday WALT DISNEY REISSUES (6) (Technicolor) 84701 (Oct. 17) Hawaiian Holiday . E 84702 Dec. 12) The Clock Cleaners . E 84703 (Feb. 20) Little Hiawotha . ..E 84704 (Apr. 2) Alpine Climbers . E 84705 (May 14) Woodland Cafe . E 84706 (June 18) Three Little Pigs . E 74101 74102 74103 74104 74105 74106 74107 74108 74109 74110 74111 74112 74113 74114 74115 74116 74117 74118 iMay June July Aug. (Aug. (Sept, (Oct. (Oct. (Nov. (Nov. (Dec. (Jan. (Feb. (Mar. (Mar. (Apr. (Apr. (May 7m. 2131 6m. 2154 7m. 2163 6m. 2187 7m. 2211 7m. 2187 7m. 2250 6m. 2250 7m. 2271 7m. 2286 7m. 2311 7m. 2337 7m. 2271 7m. 2360 7m. 2385 7m. 2403 7m. 2403 6m. 2422 8m. 2280 8m. 2319 9m. 2336 9m. 2329 I 8m. 2337 9m. 2436 Republic Two Reel SERIALS 791 ( . ) G-Men Never Forget G 12ep. 2262 792 (Jan. 31) Dangers of the Canadian Mounted . . . G 12ep. 2311 793 (Apr. 24) Dick Tracy Returns (Re-release) . . E 15et>. 2319 794 (July 17) Adventures of Frank and Jesse James . . G 13ep. 2428 761 One Reel CARTOON (Trucolor) (Dec. 20) It's A Grand Old Nag G 20th Century-Fox Two Reel MARCH OF TIME (IS) (Vol. 14) (Sept. 5) No. 1— Is Everybody Listeningt . F (Oct. 3) No. 2— T-Men In Action .. ..E (Oct. 31) No. 3— End of on Empire G (Nov. 28) No. 4— Public Relations . . . This Means You . G (Dec. 26) No. 5— The Presidential Year . ^G (Jan. ) No. 6— The 'Cold War^: Act 1— France . G (Feb. ) No. 7— Marriage and Divorce . F (Mar. ) No. 8— Crisis In Italy . E (Apr. ) No. 9— life With Junior ....G (May ) No. 10— Battle for Greece G (June ) No. 11— The Fight Game G (July ) No. 12— The Case of Mrs. Conrad . E (Aug. ) No. 13— White Collar Girls . G BVzm. 2297 IBVzm. 18m. IBl/im. 17m. 17m. IBVam. 17m. 17m. 18m. 17m. 18V2m. 20m. 17m. 2243 2262 2280 2286 2319 2328 2352 2360 2376 2393 2413 2428 8681 (Feb. 8602 (Apr. 8901 8902 SPECIAL ) Report For Action . G One Reel FEMININE WORLD (llko Chase) ) Something Old- Something New . E ) Fashioned for Action . G LEW LEHR DRIBBLE PUSS PARADE (Nov. 21) Album of Animeds . F (May ) Dying To Live . G MOVIETONE ADVENTURES (12) (Black and White) 17m. 2403 9m. 2337 8m. 2376 9m. 2250 9m. 2403 8201 (Sept. 12} Horizons Of Tomorrow . G 9V^m. 2281 8202 (Nov. 7) The Three R's Go Modern G 9m. 2243 8203 (Mar. ) Sky Thrills . Majesty Of Yellowstone E 9m. 2342 8204 (July ) G 9m. 2393 8251 8252 8253 (Color) (T— Technicolor; C— Cinecolor) (Aug. 22) Holiday In South Africa (T) . G (Oct. 17) Home Of The Danes (T)....G (Dec. 12) Jungle Closeupt (T) . . G 8m. ^6 8m. ^6 8in.2342 S 8 e 8254 8255 8256 8257 8258 8351 8352 8353 8301 8302 8303 8304 8501 8502 8503 8504 8505 8506 8507 8508 8509 8510 8511 8512 8513 8514 8515 8516 8517 8518 8519 8520 8521 8522 8523 8531 8532 3351 3352 3353 5555 3301 3302 3303 £ s (Jan. ) Copenhagen Pageantry (T) G (June ) Scenic Sweden (T) . G (July ) Riddle of Rhodesia (T) . (Aug. ) Bermuda (T) . (Aug. ) Desert Lights (T) . SPECIAL ( ) Thanks America . E ( . ) Israel Reborn . G ' SPORTS REVIEWS (6) (Technicolor) (Sept. 26) Vacation Magic . G (Jan. ) Aqua Capers . F (Apr. ) Playtime in Scandinavia G (Black and White) (Aug. 1) Gridiron Greotness . G (Feb. ) Olympic Class . G (May ) Everglades Adventure . G ( . ) Football Finesse . . .. TERRYTOONS (24) (Technicolor) (Feb. ) One Note Tony . G (Aug. 15) The Talking Magpies In Flying South . F (Aug. 29) Mighty Mouse In A Date For Dinner . F (Sept. 19) The Talking Magpies In Fishing By The Sea . F (Oct. 10) Mighty Mouse in the First Snow . F (Oct. 24) The Talking Magpies in the Super Salesman . F (Nov. 14) Mighty Mouse In A Fight to the Finish . F (Dec. 5) The Wolf's Pordon . G (Dec. 19) Mighty Mouse In Swiss Cheese Family Robinson G (Dec. 12) The Talking Magpies In The Hitchhikers . F (Dec. 26) Mighty Mouse In Lazy Little Beaver . F (Jan. ) Felix The Fox . G (jon. ) The Talking Magpies In Taming The Cat . G (Mar. ) Mighty Mouse and the Magician . F (Mar. ) Gandy Goose and the Chipper Chipmunk . F (Apr. ) Hounding The Hares . F (Apr. ) Mighty Mouse in the Feudin' Hillbillies . F (May ) Mystery in the Moonlight F (June ) Seeing Ghosts . F (June ) The Talking Magpies in a Sleepless Night . (July ) Mighty Mouse in the Witch's Cat . (July ) The Talking Magpies In Magpie Madness . (Aug. ) Mighty Mouse In Love's Labor Won . (Reissues) (May ) Butcher of Seville . G (May ) Mighty Mouse in the Green Line . F United ArtUts One Reel MUSICOLORS (7) (Cinecolor) (Oct. 15, '46) Toccata and Fugue ... E (june 15, '47) The Engulfed Cathedral . F (Oct. '47) Moonlight . G (Dec. '47) Enchanted Lake . F (Mar. '47) Fingal's Cave . O WALTER LANTZ CARTUNES (11) (Technicolor) (Dec. '47) The Bandmaster . G (Feb. '48) The Mad HoHer . G (Mar. '48) Banquet Busters . G (Apr. '48) Kiddie Koncert . F (May '48) Pixie Picnic . G (June '48) Woeky-bye Baby . G SPECIALS (Reissues) (July '48 Don't Hook Now . 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Douglas Deep In The Heart Of Texas— Western Reissue Wheels Of Destiny— Western Reissue I Qcimt PRIZE BnBY 0 .cmn SERVICE ’ PRIZE BRBY Of THE IBOUSTRY OclAWlj[i)li\/^' ww«»w •>»--s^^SS9!f«@ S E V E W VOLUIME 40 NUMBER 15 not so id m two SECTIONS SECTION ONE AUGUST 18, 1948 F O R M S F-R-O M WITH PUBLICATION COMBINING THE IN THIS ISSUE: ”T he Little Men” present rM therlntest j^ormation on .cnrrent ^tosses_i^ which is the twin that takes Vitamin M-G-M? The talk of New York’s Film Row is the Preview of "JULIA MISBEHAVES’’ held last week at Loew’s 72nd Street Theatre. Everything you’ve heard about Greer Garson’s new picture is true. ( What a cast! Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Peter Latvford, Elizabeth Taylor, Cesar Romero.) The audience was in hysterics from beginning to end. Nothing like it has been seen on the screen. A survey of the patrons by Motion Picture Research Bureau following the Preview yielded a new high in audience reaction. "JULIA MISBEHAVES’’ joins M-G-M’s non-stop hit parade: "HOMECOMING’’, Frank Capra’s "STATE OE THE UNION’’, Irving Berlin’s "EASTER PARADE” (Technicolor), "A DATE WITH JUDY” (Technicolor), "ON AN ISLAND WITH YOU” (Technicolor), and soon "THREE MUSKETEERS” (Technicolor), "HILLS OF HOME” (Technicolor). PLENTY MORE VITAMIN M-G-M COMING! Extra at Press Time! "A Date With Judy” first 5 days at Music Hall sets new M-G-M all-time high! it’s so good for what ails you A MIDWESTERN UNION asks that a spe¬ cial price he arranged for cliildren be¬ tween 12 and 15. No suggestion is made as to how the theatre is to determine the ages. ★ BIRD LOVERS among the exhihition frater¬ nity will be interested in learning that in a West Virginia theatre a pet sparrow shows up every evening to get its share of pop¬ corn. ★ MATTERS are getting complicated in a Nebraska town where several houses have been picketed in a labor disifute. Once a week, one house plays a Spanish film be¬ cause many farmers in the area are Mexi¬ can. The picket took a night off, and had a Mexican stand-in. Next week, the regular picket was back, carrying a sign written in Spanish. ★ A 94-YEAR OLD WOMAN scratched a man¬ ager in Chicago, and otherwise caused a disturbance until the police had to he called. But we never expect to see the day when a section will be roped off for folks 90 and over, with a matron in charge, just as they now do for children in many theatres. ★ THE PRODUCER of “Uruhu” missed a good bet hy not calling the film “Ururu”. This would have allowed such selling lines as “For people over 40, it’s ‘Ururu’ back¬ wards or forwards”, or “Coming or going ‘Ururu’ is the hit of the year.” ★ TWO REPRODUCTIONS of the ships in which Columbus sailed for America, the Nina and the Santa Maria, got into trouble in the West Indies while scenes were being shot. One broke away from her moorings, while another burned and will have to he rebuilt. Compared to production head¬ aches, Columbus really had a cinch. All he had to do was to discover America. — H. M. M. INDEX Voi.. 40, No. 15 Aut;. 18, 1948 Section One Editorial . 3 Feature Article — It’s Not The Heat, It’s The Activity . 8, 9, 10 In The Newsreels . 20 People . 17 Production . 25 Release Date Guide Inside Buck Cover The .Scoreboard 24 Trade Screenings . 20 Tip Off On Business 21 Section Two The Servisection . SS-1 — SS-12 1 H [ VoL. 10, No. 15 August 18, 1918 As The Summer Ends If thf.re was any striking note aliout the sninmer, other than the fact that grosses began to approach seasonal normalcy for the first time in several years, it was that a good picture could still buck factors which generally took toll of the hoxoffice. Despite the record, which shows many a house registering the lowest grosses in some time, some pictures managed to hold their own not only with seasonal highs hut with house records. The statement, “There is nothing wrong with this business that a good picture will not cure,” held true as always. There were some surprises. Here and there, an exhibitor who had heard that this or f|iat picture was not doing business, learned, to his surprise, while he played it, that there was still some “gold left in them thar reels.” One of these, for example, was WB’s “Wall¬ flower,” wdiich didn’t make a dent in any records when it played the first-runs. However, we happened to he in a theatre where a sneak prevue was lieing held, and the audience saw “W allflower” before it saw the new show. It easily secured more laughs than the highly-touted prevue. The summer also showed that clean, family entertainment, capably presented, could score at the hoxoffice. MGM’s “A Date With Judy” was an example. In areas whei*e television made its liow, it became evident that where many sets were being installed, the hoxoffice was beginning to feel the effects. Along the eastern seaboard, during the Presi¬ dential conventions, grosses sagged, and where night haseliall was popular, again the competition took its toll. On the whoi.e, however, there is reason for optimism in the fall. Tlie trouble is that we liccame geared to the wartime gross, and although those peaks may never he consistently seen again, there is no reason wliy this Imsiness, supplied with the proper brand of entertainment, can’t again zoom. What is needed is a note of confidence. Circulate that, and it will help reach the goal, a healthy industry. A Jay Emanuel Publication. Founded in 1918. Published weekly by Jay Emanuel Publications Incorporated. Publishing office: 1225 Vine Street, Philadelphia 7, Pennsylvania. New York office: 1600 Broadway, New York 19. West Coast Representative: Paul Manning, 923 Alandele Avenue, Los Angeles 36, California. Jay Emanuel, publisher; Paul J. Greenhaigh, business manager; Herbert M. Miller, editor; James A. Dalton, advertising manager; George F. Nonamaker and Mel Konecoff, associate editors. Rates: Each edition, one year, $2; three years, $5. Please address communications to office at 1225 Vine Street, Philadelphia 7, Pennsylvania. THE SOUTHWESrS MIGHTIEST EVEHT! Aiontete^ )^tocluctloni present HOWARD HAWKS Production RED RIVER starring JOHN WAYNE • MONTGOMERY C 400 theatre day-and-datcl; II FOUR-STATE WORID PREMIERE AUG.26.h engagements ! Directed and Produced by HOWARD HAWKS Released thru UNITED ARTISTS Iiiirm nnriiti.il .n.m.r nn.. HARRY CAREY, Sf.. COLEEN GRAY. JOHN IRELAND HALTER BRENNAN • JOANNE DRD NOAH beery, Jr.. harry CAREY, Jr. . PAUL fix From the Saturday Evening Post story. "The Chisholm Trait", by Borden Chase Screenplay by Borden Chase and Charles Schnee Executive Producer. Charles K. Feidnian The picture that “Racked up a since wee one grosses!’”^ Is ready for Septen "FOREVER AMBER” • Color by TECHNICOLOR • Starring LINDA DARNELL • CORNEL WILDE • RICHARD GREENE and GEORGE SANDERS with GLENN LANGAN, RICHARD HAYDN, JESSICA TANDY, ANNE REVERE, John Russell, Jane Ball, Robert Coote, Leo G. Carroll, Natalie Draper, Margaret Wycherly, Alma Kruger, Edmond Breon, Alan Napier . Directed by OHO PREMINGER • Produced by WILLIAM PERLBERG . From the Novel by KATHLEEN WINSOR • Screen Play by Philip Dunne and Ring Lardner, Jr. • Adaptation by Jerome Cady SEPTEMBER IS YOUTH MONTH - SALUTING YOUNG AMERICA! ^ Reprinted from Variety^ October, 1947/ lie greatest amount of money Variety began ulating first- ates »er run irst-time at CENTURY-FOX THE LUCK , THAT LADY , THE WALLS OF THE IRISH IN ERMINE OF JERICHO TECHNICOLOR Vol. 40, No. 15 August 18, 1948 TO THOSE TIRED OF THE ORDINARY IS THIS SHOT DEDICATED. THE "MERMAID" IS BEING SNAPPED IN ATLANTIC CITY BY A U-INT. CAMERAMAN. It’s Not The Heat, It’s The Activity U-I Decided That Hot Weather Could Be Bucked By Sensational Selling IT’S not often that a film company plans a full scale multiple-film exploi¬ tation campaign during the sweltering summer months, but nowadays the “usual thing” doesn’t hold much significance as a new and vibrant showmanship grows steadily in the trade. One of the most ambitious summer proj¬ ects undertaken in many a season was the campaign put on by Universal-Interna¬ tional on a group of productions which lent themselves to intensive selling. Next month, the company starts to tab¬ ulate returns on its “William A. Scully Month” sales drive, the culmination of two months of powerful advance promotion effort which began with “U-I World Pre¬ miere Month” in July. During that month, four world premieres were set under the direction of John Joseph, director of ad¬ vertising and publicity, and Maurice A. Bergman, eastern advertising and public¬ ity director. Another film was opened in July, and two more bowed in August, thus Ray Schindler and Loo Cotlow, Adventurers Club, N. Y., inspect Mary Ann Reeve, "Tiger Girl", aid¬ ing in exploiting U-Int.'s "Man-Eater of Komaon". giving the distribution organization seven pictures for which to seek the widest pos¬ sible playing time during September. For “Man-Eater of Kumaon”, the com¬ pany returned to good old fashioned bally¬ hoo for the Winter Garden, New York, launching. Atlantic City was an ocean of activity when “Mr. Peabody and the Mer¬ maid” kicked off, aided by exciting beauty contests. “Feudin’, Fussin’ and A-Fight- in’ ” received a great sendoff later, fol¬ lowed by “Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein”. Probably the really ace campaign was the 11-city territorial premiere of Walter Wanger’s “Tap Roots”, with the stars of the production journeying to Philadelphia and other cities during the Democratic National Convention. No angle was left unturned by the hard¬ working U-Int. staff, and the odds are big that the company plus thousands of exhibitors all over the country will benefit from the campaign. THE EXHIBITOR 9 U-Int. distribution execs C. J. Feldman, western division head; Lou Levy, Des Moines manager, and Foster Blake, district chief, welcome Shelley Winters and Joe Besser to Des Moines' bow of "Feudin', Fussin', and A-Fightin'." Campaign for "Man-Eater of Kumaon", New York Winter Garden, was good, and old-timers in the trade rubbed their hands with glee, and mur¬ mured, "We've got showmanship again." This is the movable theatre front. "Tap Roots" had a big territorial world bow centered in Philadelphia, with the stars on hand. Here Van Heflin is made an honorary delegate to the Democratic convention from North Carolina by its Senator Clyde Hoey. Pat Varner, chosen "Miss Mermaid" in the national beauty contest conducted for "Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid", is seen at the Hollywood, Atlantic City, with, right to left, J. J. Scully, U-l; G. Schwartz, U-l; Harry Waxmann. A special screening of "Man-Eater" was held at the Park Avenue for mem¬ bers of the Adventurers Club and Explorers Club. Renowned travellers are interviewed in the lobby by Pat Barned, WJZ, which covered the event. A. H. Blank, president, and G. Ralph Branton, general manager, Tri States Theatres, hosted Marjorie Main, center, and other personalities at a dinner in Des Moines in connection with "Feudin', Fussin', and A-Fightin'." <**, August 18, 1948 U-Int. utilized three models for street ballyhoo on "Tap Roots" in Philadel- pha, tieing in with the Democratic convention. One of the models here pins Boris Karloff, Richard Long, and Julie London autographed copies of the book "Top Roots" in Gimbels Department Store's book section. The featured players of the production also made numerous stage appearances. Earl Wilson down with a badge reading "I'm A Delegate To The World Premiere Of 'Tap Roots' in Technicolor at the Goldman". He seems to like it. Irving Lesser and Seymour Poe, representatives of Walter Wanger, producer of "Tap Roots", greet bogey man Karloff and Long in the lobby of the Goldman. A special midnight screening kicked off the picture. I August 18, 1948 EXCEPTIONAL EXPLOITATION PACKAGE' TO PACK 'EM IN! '‘Undoubtedly the greatest sport picture ever filmed !” ’ —Avery Brundage, President American Olympic Committee TWICE AS THRILLINC SEE: Jungle worfare as poison arrows and venomous darts battle • man’s most modern weapons! SEE: The horrible fate of a python’s) prey... the trushing toils of a slith-i ering monster! SEE: The most owful deat that stalks at night . . . tbi blood-mad black panther! SEE: A beautiful maiden in the hands of the horrible Urubu tribe! SEE: Man against beast in a fight for survival! 12 THE EXHIBITOR M€l KOMSCOFFS MEW YORK WELL, WE’VE really lived now. Last week we flew down to Washington to witness White House ceremonies commemorating the issuance of the Youth Month stamp by President Harry Truman and Postmaster Jesse M. Donaldson. Why, we even got to shake the President’s hand and pass through some of the executive offices at the White House. To start at the beginning, Charley Skouras asked us to be his guest on the occasion and we just managed to make the plane at LaGuardia Airport by the skin of our teeth and that’s no foolin’. Another ten sec¬ onds and we would have been waving “Bon Voyage” from the outside instead of within. Before we could say “Jack Robinson” in Chinese, we were landing at the Washington Airport, whisked to TOA director Gael Sullivan’s hotel suite, thence to the White House, where a guard in¬ spected our invitation and our nice clean set of fingerprints and then we were m. By-passing the House press room, we through Truman’s executive office where he was waiting with a smile and a hand¬ shake, as well as a verbal greeting. Next we came to the portico and rose garden where the ceremonies of the President be¬ ing presented the first sheet of the new stamps by the Postmaster General were recorded for posterity by newsreel and still cameramen and the chief executive in turn made some of the stamp presenta¬ tions to representative youngsters from the nation. The ceremony attended by some 500 guests representing government agencies, youth organizations, the film industry etc., marked the first public ceremony in con¬ nection with TOA’s Youth Month cam¬ paign which will be launched nationally in September. The Postmaster General noted that while the stamp was “a small thing, it speaks and stands for so much — it will carry its message of youth into millions of homes each day.” The President also touching on the re¬ sponsibilities of youth said, “We are work¬ ing for peace not only in our time but for all time. I am as sure of that as I am standing here. We are coming into the greatest age in our history and I wish I were in this class (pointing to a group of boys and girls) instead of the one I am in.” Surrounding the President and the Post¬ master General were Attorney General Tom C. Clark, Senator Alben Barkley, Charles Skouras, national chairman of the TOA Youth Month committee, Ted Gamble and Gael Sullivan, president and execu¬ tive director of TOA. Following the ceremonies, we attended a luncheon hosted by Skouras at the Carleton Hotel attended by Drew Pearson, Harry M. Lowenstein, Oklahoma; Albert Pickus, Conn.; Fred Kogod and Sidney Lust, Washington; Ed Martin, Georgia, Kermit Stengel, Tenn.; Tony Muto, Wash¬ ington liaison, 20th Century-Fox; Joseph De Fiore, Delaware; Maury Miller, New Jersey; Herman Levy, TOA general counsel; Sam Shain, 20th Century-Fox home office director of exhibitor relations; Thornton Sargent, Stanley Prenosil and Henry Murdock, TOA; Chet Bahn, James Jerrauld, Walter Brooks, Andrew Older, and others. Of course we can’t forget Gael Sullivan and his fine job. Sam Shain, who did a fine job escorting press reps to and fro as well as hither and yon, was duly congratulated by Skouras at the luncheon with the latter remarking “Anytime 20th Century-Fox doesn’t want him I and National Theatres will take him.” The flight home was a little bumpy with Skouras beating Gamble at gin rummy, entered the usher’s office and after which went but no one in our group minded. Youth Month really got off to a flying start and it’s bound to wind up on the credit side of the ledger. THIS LION ROARED, TOO: Dore Schary, newly appointed and contracted vice president in charge of production at MGM, held a press confab in Howard Dietz’s office prior to actually taking over his job. And squatting (the only adequate word) on one of Dietz’s leather bucket seats amidst a number of press representa¬ tives, we heard Schary reiterate some of his production policies announced when he took over not so long ago at RKO in a similar capacity pre-H. H. He told us that future plans called for making more pictures per year than here¬ tofore, although he would name no num¬ ber and that films will not be hampered by a restrictive budget, preferring instead to let each feature find its own level, of course, bearing in mind a more confined market, mainly domestic. He estimated that about six more top films would be made over last year, as well as a number (between five and ten) moderately budgeted films, which he labeled as pro¬ gressive or experimental films, a carry¬ over from his RKO planning days. Schary estimated that a good “A” pic¬ ture can gross three million dollars do¬ mestically and as a result as much as $1,600,000 can be spent on its production. He did not entirely discount the foreign market, preferring to believe that some revenue can be extracted from certain remnants overseas. As far as the Latin- American market was concerned, he opined, that this would increase, perhaps not immediately, but in the future. He didn’t plan to buck production costs in any new or novel way, but rather to better prepare scripts and eliminate care¬ lessness. Schary estimated that production costs on the coast were on the downgrade and have been for the past six to eight months. He anticipated that the com¬ pany’s present story backlog would be re¬ examined and probably brought up to date. Commenting on the length of fea¬ tures generally, he thought that there were quite a number that were too long. He insisted, however, that a film should be long enough to tell its story and that pre-production examination can eliminate over-length. Questioned on the subject of television, Schary declined to venture an opinion on what that medium would do to the motion picture, if anything. Neither he nor the (Continued on page 17) Jericho" Opening B'way Highlight New York — Generally average business for this time of year was reported by the Broadway first-runs last weekend. Ac¬ cording to usually reliable sources reach¬ ing The Exhibitor, the break-down was as follows: “KEY LARGO” (WB). Strand, with stage show, claimed $26,000 for Friday through Sunday, the fifth week sure to top $52,000. “ESCAPE” (20th-Fox). Globe had a $16,000 opening week. “MAN FROM TEXAS” (EL). Gotham had an $8,000 opening week. “THE WALLS OF JERICHO” (20th- Fox) . Roxy, with stage and ice show, re¬ ported $80,000 for Wednesday through Sunday, the second week heading toward $105,000. “A DATE WITH JUDY” (MGM) . Radio City Music Hall, with Stage show, garn¬ ered $53,000 for Thursday through Sunday, the second week anticipated at $152,000. “RETURN OF THE BAD MEN” (RKO) . Mayfair reported $15,500 for the second week. “ON AN ISLAND WITH YOU” (MGM). Capitol, with stage show, hit $40,000 for Thursday through Sunday, the third week sure to tally $60,000. “BEYOND GLORY” (Para.) . Paramount, with stage show, took in $95,000 on the second week. “ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN” (U-I) . Criterion had a $22,000 third week. “THE BABE RUTH STORY” (AA). Astor had a $35,000 third week. “SO EVIL MY LOVE” (Para.). Rivoli claimed $22,000 for the third week. “EASTER PARADE” (MGM). Loew’s State reported $35,000 for the seventh week. “MR. PEABODY AND THE MERMAID” (U-I). Winter Garden claimed $24,000 for the first week. New Cadiz Suit Filed Cleveland^ — Emerson W. and Edwin B. Long, Cadiz, O., last week filed suit in U. S. District Court against the Schine Theatrical Corporation of Ohio charging violation of the Sherman and Clayton anti-trust laws. In the suit, similar to one recently filed in Columbus, the plaintiffs ask triple damages of $345,000, attorneys fees, and court costs, claiming that pressure from Schine in Mt. Vernon, O., resulted in the loss of the Memorial lease to the defendant. Buck Continues Tour New York — Frank Buck, accompanied by RKO eastern field supervisor, Harry Reiners, resumed his personal appearance tour last fortnight. First stop was Washington, where “Bring ’Em Back Alive” opened at the Metropolitan on Aug. 4. MPEA Stays In Holland New York — Directors of the Motion Picture Export Association, under the chairmanship of Francis S. Harmon, vice- president, last week decided that MPEA will continue to operate in the Nether¬ lands. August 18, 1948 THE EXHIBITOR 13 Committees Named For Sept. Meeting Chicago — John Balaban and Eddie Zorn, chairman and vice-chairman, respectively, TOA’s general convention committee, last week named 38 members to the reception committee for the two -day sessions to be held on Sept. 24 and 25 in the Drake Hotel. From the exhibitor ranks in the area the following were appointed: W. K. Hol¬ lander, N. M. Platt, and D. B. Wallerstein, Balaban and Katz; Frank Smith, RKO Theatres; Aaron Jones, McVickers; Edwin Silverman, Essaness Theatres; James Cos- ton, Warner Theatres; Jack Rose, Manta and Rose; Arthur Schoenstadt, Schoen- stadt and Sons; Jack Kirsch, president. Allied Theatres of Illinois, and George Kerasotes, vice-president. United Theatre Owners of Illinois. Named from the distributing companies were: James Donohue and J. Harold Stevens, Paramount; Jack Lorentz and Tom Gilliam, 20th Century-Fox; H. Greenblatt and S. Gorelick, RKO; Bill Bishop, W. E. Banford, and W. Devaney, Metro; R. Cramblet and N. Nathanson, United Artists; Sam Horowitz and Harry Mandel, SRO; Ben Lowery, Columbia; Harry Seed and A. J. Shumow, W’arners; Irving Mandel and Ben Eisenberg, Mono¬ gram; Ed. Heiber and Clarence Phillips, Eagle Lion; Max Roth and Ed Spiers, Film Classics; M. Gottlieb and L. Berman, U-I; • W. Baker and A. Fischer, Republic, and Henri Elman, Capitol. Few SEC Changes Revealed Washington- — The SEC repcj^'ted unex¬ citing stock transactions last week for the period between June 11 and July 10, 1948. The breakdown was as follows: Associated Motion Picture Industries: Albert W. Lind acquired 100 shares to add to his 400 already held. Columbia: Abraham Schneider gifted 25 shares of comm.on, retaining 10,028. Paramount: The F. K. Griffis Trust dropped 2.500 shares of dollar common, retaining 3 501 shares. Stanton Griffis, who also has three other trust funds, with 11.800 shares, also owns 9,000 personally. Henry Ginsberg added 500 shares to the 500 he already held. RKO; Howard Hughes acquired 929,020 shares of dollar common. Warners: Jack Warner gave 2,000 shares to the United Jewish Welfare Fund, re¬ taining 418,000 and 21,500 in trust. Major Albert Warner gifted charity with 400 shares, retaining 428,000 plus 21,000 in trust. lA Invades CIO Area New York — lATSE Local H-63, AFL, last week again invaded the territory of CIO’s SOPEG, driving into the union’s ranks at Paramount. A committee of 20, made up of SOPEG and non-SOPEG members, was heading the drive, and Russell Moss is H-63 business agent. SOPEG= is one of the unions which is not complying with the Taft-Hartley law requirements of non-Communist affi¬ davits. About 600 employes are involved.. The lA local had previously fought SO¬ PEG at United Artists. ^'Withhold ASCAP Payments/" Kirsch CHICAGO — Members of Allied The¬ atres of Illinois, Inc., were advised last week by Jack Kirsch, president, to withhold future payments of fees to ASCAP, based upon an opinion sub¬ mitted to Allied by its attorney Thomas C. McConnell. “ASCAP license agreements with theatres,” said McConnell’s opinion, “are illegal, and cannot be used by ASCAP to collect license fees from theatre owners who have signed such agreements.” “It would seem,” he con¬ tinues, “to be clearly indicated that Allied members should not make any further payments to ASCAP because such payments are illegal, and do not afford any protection under the copy¬ right laws. In other words, Allied members receive nothing for their money by continuing such payments, and are now clearly on notice that such payments are illegal exactions.” Concluding, he stated, “I am of the opinion that Allied membeis can safely refuse to pay any further monies under ASCAP agreements, and that the Allied organization can safely recommend such course of action to its members.” Bernhard Drive Set New York — A new sales drive, in honor of Film Classics’ president, named the “Joseph Bernhard Drive,” was announced last week by B. G. Kranze, vice-president and general sales manager. It was placed in effect immediately following the com¬ pany’s international sales meeting this weekend, and terminates on Dec. 4. Prizes will be awarded immediately before Christmas. Nine branches will share in the prizes, which will be based on playdates and col¬ lections on all product, new Cinecolor pic¬ tures, new black and whites, combination reissues such as the Korda Technicolor hits, “Drums” and “Four Feathers,” Real- art re-releases such as “Gung Ho” and “Eagle Squadron,” Goldwyn re-releases, Selznick re-releases. Roach re-releases, short subjects, and serials. Participating in additional awards will be the division manager whose division wins first place. Distribs Get Permission New York — RKO and Loew’s were last week given the right to inspect the books of Rhinehook Theatres and Millerton Amusement Corporation by Judge John C. Knox. The distributors are engaged in percentage fraud suits against the exhibi¬ tor companies covering the period be¬ tween January, 1942, and January, 1948. Loew’s also received a similar grant in its suit against the Stern-Levy Circuit. Mid-Central Allied Meets Cape Girardeau, Mo. — The first regional meeting of the Mid-Central Allied Inde¬ pendent Theatre Owners will be held to¬ day (Aug. 18) at the Colonial Tavern. Charles Niles, Allied ITO of lowa-Neb- raska, is to be a speaker. Scbnifzer, Jack Upped By UA New York — Edward M. Schnitzer and Fred Jack have been upped to the newly created posts of eastern and western general sales managers, respectively, of United Artists Corporation, it was an¬ nounced last week following the resigna¬ tion of Joseph J. Unger. Announcement of the complete re¬ organization of the UA sales structure was made by Paul N. Lazarus, Jr., who, as executive assistant to President Gradwell L. Sears, will maintain policy and ad¬ ministrative supervision of the distributing firm’s sales operations. Jack, former southern district manager, will maintain headquarters in Dallas. Schnitzer will continue to operate from the home office. The former eastern and Canadian division sales manager’s added responsibilities include a projected series of field meetings to acquaint sales person¬ nel with UA’s new hard-hitting sales technique. Lazarus stated that under the new sales setup greater autonomy will be given to individual branch and district managers. Mark Silver has been appointed assist¬ ant eastern general sales manager, it was announced. Silver will act in the capacity of field representative for Schnitzer. With UA since 1934, Silver has succes¬ sively held the posts of salesman, office manager, branch manager in New York and Washington, and district manager, Pennsylvania-Washington area. Abe Dickstein will continue in his pre¬ sent post of executive assistant to Schnit¬ zer. Blumenstock Ends Trip New York — Mort Blumenstock, War¬ ners vice-president in charge of adver¬ tising and publicity, returned last week from the four-city world premiere en¬ gagements of the company’s Technicolor production, “Two Guys From Texas”, in San Antonio, Houston, Dallas and Okla¬ homa City. Each engagement was preceded by an extensive advertising, publicity, radio, and exploitation campaign covering a rad¬ ius of over 80 miles of each city. Stars of the picture, Dennis Morgan, Jack Carson, and Dorothy Malone, made personal ap¬ pearances, and participated in a series of special events that included Governor Jester of Texas, local mayors and other civic dignitaries. Newspaper correspon¬ dents from over 50 outlying cities covered the events, in addition to newsreels, mag¬ azines, and wire services. Colosseum Still Negotiates New York — Negotiations between the Colosseum of Film Salesmen and the major distribs were recessed last week, but were to be resumed again. Interim reports to their groups were to be made by C. J. Scollard, for the com¬ panies, and Mel Keller, for the salesmen. Fabian Acquires Another New York — Reports were current last week that Si Fabian would take over the Strand, Brooklyn, from WB next month. August 18, 1948 U' > fsr * Green, Johnston At lATSE Meeting Cleveland — William Green, president, AFL; Eric A. Johnston, president, MPA A, and Thomas J. Herbert, governor of Ohio, headed the list of speakers at the 39th con¬ vention of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employes and Moving Picture Machine Operators of the United States and Canada at the Hotel Hollenden on Aug. 16-20. The convention was preceded by the general executive board meeting at the same hotel. International President Rich¬ ard F. Walsh presiding. More than 1,100 delegates attended from all parts of the two countries and held 14 district conventions at the hotel prior to the start of the International gathering at the Public Auditorium. President Walsh, pointing out that sponsors of the Taft- Hartley Act gave a distorted picture as to the power of labor leaders, publicly in¬ vited members of the 80th Congress to at¬ tend the convention, and “find that the duly elected delegates are our supreme government.” Joseph D. Keenan, head, labor’s League for Political Education, among the speak¬ ers, gave impetus to the lATSE’s drive for repeal of the law. Problems facing labor on an interna¬ tional scale were to be brought into focus through the presence of Tom O’Brien, a member of the British Parliament and general secretary of that country’s Na¬ tional Association of Theatrical and Kine Employes. Youngstein Still On Tour New York — After completing visits to 16 of the 31 Eagle Lion exchanges through¬ out the country. Max E. Youngstein, vice- president in charge of advertising, pub¬ licity, and exploitation, and captain. Bill Heineman Sales Drive, returned to the home office last week before taking off on the fifth leg of his cormtrywide tour. Youngstein then left for New Orleans and Charlotte to meet with leading ex¬ hibitors and circuit executives in each of those cities, and to appoint local deputy drive captains in each exchange. British Film Withdrawn New York — “Piccadilly Incident”, MGM release, was withdrawn last fortnight by Siritzky-International after a three-day showing at the Elysee when the Sons Of Liberty threatened to throw a picket line around the house. The unit is opposed to the showing of British films in this coun¬ try. Holtz Heads NAVED Chicago — NAVED, in annual conven¬ tion, with an enrollment of 1500, elected Merriam Holtz, Portland, Ore., president; Hazel Calhoun, Atlanta, and Rea Birch, Milwaukee, vice-presidents; Keith South, Minneapolis, secretary-treasurer, and Don White, reelected executive secretary. NY Holds Examination Albany — The New York State Civil Service Commission will hold a written examination on Sept. 18 for the post of motion picture division director. State Department of Education. Carolinas Operators Forming Drive-in Unit CHARLOTTE— R. O. Jeffrees, who operates the Fort Rock Drive-Tn near Rock Hill, S. C., last week invited 121 operators of drive-ins to meet here on Aug. 29 to organize an association for mutual benefit and protection. It is the first move of its kind in the south. EL, SOPEG In Deal New York — Eagle Lion and SOPEG last week signed a 2V2 year contract covering some 65 employes at the film company’s home office. EL recognizes the union as the sole bargaining agent, granting an immediate seven and one-half per cent wage increase and subsequent increases every six months, depending on the com¬ pany’s position, until a total of 15 per cent is reached. Salaries are also subject to a cost-of-living adjustment up or down at six-month intervals. Both the union and EL pledged themselves to jointly “main¬ tain, strengthen, and encourage harmon¬ ious labor relations.” William C. Mac- Millen, Jr., vice-president in charge of operations for EL, signed the pact with Sidney Young, SOPEG prexy, and James Durkin, UOPWA, CIO, inking for the employes. Illinois Okehs "Youth Month" Chicago — Following a board meeting of Allied Theatres of Illinois, Inc., Jack Kirsch, president, announced last week that it wholeheartedly endorsed “Youth Month”, which is being observed through¬ out the nation during September. Local Allied members are being urged to give their fullest cooperation in this movement by making their screens avail¬ able for showing special trailers calling attention to the observance, and generally creating public interest in this commend¬ able civic and community project. WB Declares Common New York — At a meeting of the board of directors on Aug. 5, a dividend of 25 cents per share was declared, payable on Oct. 4, 1948, to the holders of common stock of the corporation of record at the close bf business on Sept. 3, 1948. Charles Skouras Gets Coast "Heart Award" LOS ANGELES — George Jessel was toastmaster for the “Great Heart Award” testimonial banquet on Aug. 16 at the Ambassador’s Cocoanut Grove in honor of Charles P. Skouras. Sponsored by the Variety Club of Southern California, more than 900 civic, business, and industry leaders from Hollywood, New York, Washing¬ ton, Miami, Chicago, St. Louis, and Houston, Tex., attended the affair. Bob O’Donnell, Dallas, Chief Barker, Variety Clubs, International, presented Skouras with the award in recognition of his “unselfish contri¬ butions to community betterment and public welfare activities.” This is the first time the award was made here. NJ Allied Stops ASCAP Payments New York — ASCAP, conciliation, and “Bingo” legislation highlighted the dis¬ cussion of the Allied Theatre Owners of New Jersey last week. George Gould, who reported on the “Bingo” situation, represented the body at the legislative hearing later in Trenton, N. J. Ed Lachman, president, urged that the body set up a conciliation plan to work with 20th Century-Fox along lines re¬ cently established by Allied. Members were advised to withhold pay¬ ments to ASCAP until the situation clari¬ fied itself. An eastern regional meeting was held later, and among those on hand were Sid¬ ney Samuelson, Meyer Leventhal, Jules Rivkin, Irving Dollinger, Wilbur Snaper, George Gold, and Ed Lachman. Reisman Winners Revealed New York — Winners of the Phil Reis¬ man “Beat Last Year Drive” were an¬ nounced last week by RKO as follows: First prize: Peru, Erich Steinberg, man¬ ager; second: Egpyt, Gregory Georgoussy, manager, and third: Siam, William Pal¬ mer, manager. Special “Top Men” prizes for the best individual effort went to T. S. Ananth, assistant to managing director, India; John M. Eddy, manager, Maracaibo, Venezuela; Jose M. Henridques, acting sales manager, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Austin Levy, man¬ ager, Melbourne, Australia; C. E. Mc- Guinness, salesman, Belfast; Armand Pali- voda, manager, Switzerland; Michael Dra- choussoff, publicity director, Belgium; Goesta Friberg, salesman, Stockholm; L. R. File, salesman, London; Don Jellie, salesman, Brisbane; C. P. Lee, sales man¬ ager, Hong Kong, and Ricardo Madrigal, booker, Cuba. Rockne Suit Settled New York — Out-of-court settlement was made last week by a group of de¬ fendants in the Rivoli-Rockne $900,000 treble damage suit against the majors. Settling with Paramount, 20th -Fox, and U-Int., the two theatres have been given opportunity for preferred playing time against competing spots in addition to payment of attorney fees. With the expectations that Warners and United Artists would settle also, it was understood that the suit may continue against Essaness, defendant in the Rivoli case only, and Columbia, defendant in both suits. "Lulu" Okeh In Memphis Memphis — The city’s board of censors last fortnight revised its ruling on Colum¬ bia’s “Lulu Belle,” and the film opened at the Malco on Aug. 12. The board lifted its ban after deletions were made by Co¬ lumbia, censor Lloyd Binford announced. However, according to Binford, the film “will not be shown at any suburban the¬ atre, where most of the children go.” He said that the Malco showing would not be restricted to adults since “that would just make some youngsters lie about their age to get in.” August 18, 1948 THE EXHIBITOR 17 PEOPLE Hollywood — The resignation of J. L. ‘Les’ Kaufman from Universal-Interna¬ tional was announced last week. Kaufman was advertising director for International Pictures prior to its merger with Univer¬ sal, and was previously associated with Republic and Fanchon and Marco. New York — B. G. Kranze, vice-president and sales chief, Film Classics, Inc., last week announced the appointment of Jack Partin as branch manager of the Portland exchange, effective immediately. Partin was formerly a salesman with the Port¬ land branch, and has been with Film Classics for two years. Hollywood — Milton Sperling, president. United States Pictures, Inc., annoimced with regret last week the resignation of Donald Hyde, who, for the past two years, has acted as vice-president and general manager. Hyde’s option was recently ex¬ ercised, and had another 18 months to run. Prior to joining United States Pic¬ tures, he was in charge of the literary department of the William Morris Agency. Washington — The appointment of Mer¬ rill C. Gay, acting associate chief. State Department’s Commercial Policy Divisi n, to coordinate “policy and action on matters affecting commercial motion pictures,” was announced last week. Gay, one time uni¬ versity professor of economics, succeeds I. Wilson Beale. New York — George A. Generalis, form¬ erly head of foreign language publicity for 20th Century-Fox, was last v/eek ap¬ pointed general advertising and publicity manager of the National Herald, Greek- American daily newspaper. London — King George last fortnight conferred the Order of the British Empire upon J. B. L. ‘Jock’ Lawrence, executive vice-president, J. Arthur Rank Organiza¬ tion, Inc., and Rank’s public relations top¬ per in the U. S. The award is in recog¬ nition of Colonel Lawrence’s war services. London — The board of Associated Brit¬ ish Pictures Corporation last week elected Charles J. Latta, former Warner Theatres Albany, N. Y., zone manager, as managing director of the organization. Latta succeeds Max Milder, who passed on recently. D. J. Goodman, was appointed managing di¬ rector, Associated British Cinemas. Scully-Marks Philadelphia — John J. Scully, Jr., form¬ erly of the local Universal-International sales staff, was married on Aug. 7 to Frances Muir Marks, Montgomery, Ala., at the Church of St. Philomena, Lans- downe. Pa. The former Miss Marks served overseas with the Red Cross during WorM War II and Scully, former captain in the field artillery, is credited with 36 months overseas, 24 spent in Nazi prison camps. Scully is the son of John J. Scully, U-I district manager, and nephew of William A. Scully, U-I vice-president. After the wedding trip to Canada, the couple will take up residence in Allentown, Pa , where Scully will head Allentown Theatres, Inc., operating the Transit and Midway. Agnew Resigns As SRO Head NEW YORK — The I'esignation of Neil Agnew as president, Selznick Re¬ leasing Organization, was announced last week. According to an SRO spokesman, Agnew tendered his resig¬ nation some months ago but the official announcement was held up. Agnew, whose departure becomes effective on Sept., 1, had previously been vice-president in charge of dis¬ tribution for Paramount, and joined Selznick in 1944, becoming president three years later. Konecoff (Continued from page 12) company have any specific plans for the medium as yet. His contract runs for fourteen years and his only responsibility will be to the public indirectly and directly to Louis B. Mayer. LUNCHEON AND REPORT DEPT: William F. Rodgers, vice-president in charge of distribution at MGM, the “friendly company,” played host to the trade press at one of his periodic confab luncheons at the Hotel Astor last week, and he announced that his company has adopted a more rigid policy of handling bids for pictures wherever such a situation exists. Namely, he has issued instructions that all bids are to remain sealed until the day following the deadline at which time they will be opened before several wit¬ nesses, who will affix their witnessing signatures to all bids which are then for¬ warded to the home office. By this ruling, it is hoped that any danger of “leaks” will thus be eliminated, although according to Rodgers, none have occurred to date. Touching on this method of doing busi¬ ness, Rodgers stated that he does not necessarily prefer this means of selling pictures. However, locations demand it as the solution and as a result quite a few troublesome problems have been cleared up thusly. He admitted that the company has preferred to split its available pro¬ duct rather than engage in competitive bidding wherever feasible. In some cases where bidding has been in force, Rodgers has had to caution certain exhibitors not to overbid on features, where they were anxious to obtain MGM releases. Rodgers said that his company does not seek bidding, nor solicit it, but rather passes on requests for same from exhibi¬ tors and while not all bidding requests are approved, the majority are granted. At present this operation is being conducted in some 150 situations with the prospect of that number increasing in the future. He reported that many bids are against major circuit operations. Touching on other phases of operation, Rodgers stated MGM is not conducting a campaign to reduce clearances but that the company is rather analyzing and correct¬ ing those situations wherever they need attention. He also stated that MGM and its customers are not in need of a new conciliation plan because its relations with exhibitors have always been on an above¬ board and “open door” basis and friendly up and down the line. He admitted that he would back an industry-wide concilia- RKO Holds NY Meeting New York — RKO’s six-zone meeting held at the Astor last week was presided over by Robert Mochrie, the company’s vice-president in charge of domestic dis¬ tribution. The home-office roll-call in¬ cluded Harry J. Michalson, short subjects sales manager; Charles Boasberg, north- south division chief; Carl Peppercorn, Boasberg’s assistant, and A. A. Shubert, exchange operations head. The New York exchange was represented by Len S. Gruenberg, Phil Hodes, Herman Silverman, William Hartman, John Dacey, Charles Penzer, and Lou Kutinsky. Sam Katz Leaving MGM Los Angeles — The resignation of Sam Katz as executive producer on musicals at MGM was announced last week. With his pact having five-and-one-half more years to go, Katz and the company agreed to terminate the deal so that he can de¬ vote more time to his theatre holdings. Katz’ brother, Harry, who managed the 50-theatre Monarch Circuit in Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio, died recently. It^s A Girl Los Angeles — An eight-pound, six- ounce baby girl, Kathleen, was born to Virginia and Ed Morey, Jr. at St. Josephs Hospital, Burbank, Cal., last fortnight. Morey, an assistant director at Monogram, is the son of the company’s vice-president. The Moreys have a four-year-old daugh¬ ter and a two-year-old son. tion plan, but that he would not change his company’s method, which has worked out well to date. Personally speaking, Rodgers stated that he would like to see the old arbitration system restored to its status in the industry, when everyone seemed satisfied with resulting settlements. Rodgers announced that commencing shortly branch managers would be invited to visit the home offices for conferences and information on the overall operation of the company. He also announced the first selectees for the Executive Training Course to be conducted at the home office. THE METROPOLITAN SCENE: Didya’ see those new “Metro-Goldwyn -Mayer” lions? They’re honeys and we like the slogan that goes with ’em. “Vitamin MGM Puts The Boxoffice Back On The Gold Standard.” . . . The Postmaster in Sham¬ rock, Oklahoma (population 461) did a landoffice business last week when he mailed out 20th Century-Fox’s unusual promotion piece for “The Luck Of The Irish.” Via a Shamrock and a cute note, advertising and publicity director Charlie Schlaifer, a good Irishman, offers the “protective guidance of the Society of Le¬ prechauns Ltd.” against the whammy of Friday the 13th to over 300 editors, pub¬ lishers and critics throughout the country. “Hamlet” has been presented with a spe¬ cial “award for extraordinary merit” by Parents’ magazine. . . . Nomination of officers for the National Television Film Council takes place at Sardi’s tomorrow night at the organization’s meeting. . . . Hennan Weinberg, brother to Max, will be profiled in the September issue of Esquire as “The Man In The Title Role,” wherein his translation of foreign films into read¬ able titles is detailed. August 18, 1948 • ..in the intimate story of Broadway’s most excit¬ ing actress, who played her most enticing scenes OFF STAGE! FREDERICK BRISSON production also starring LEON AMES • FRANK MCHUGH WALTER KINGSFORD • DAN TOBIN Directed by JOHN GAGE • Screenplay by LEO ROSTEN An INDEPENDENT ARTISTS Picture • Released by RKO RADIO PICTURES INDE^DENT PICTUH OPENS AT BROADWAY’S FAMOU, , ii RIVOLI THEATRE, 20 In All Five; London: The Olympic Games. In Addition to the Above: Movietone News (Vol. 31, No. 63) Washington: Communism in U.S. exposed. Dayton, O.: Strike. Missouri: President Truman votes in primary. Washington: Lumber mill fire. News of the Day (Vol. XIX, No. 297) Washington: Communism in U.S. exposed. Paramount News (No. 100) — Washing¬ ton: ’Teen-age “Statesmen” boys forum sees government at work. Universal Newsreel (Vol. 21, No. 167) See “In All Five.” Warner Pathe News (Vol. 19, No. 102) Washington: ’Teen-age “Statesmen” boys forum sees government at work. USA: Birthday fashions for the young set. All American News (Vol. 6, No. 302) Washington, D. C.: President Truman ad¬ dresses special session of Congress. Phila¬ delphia: Progressive Party holds first con¬ vention. New York City; Singer Carol Brice gives tips on how to save money. All American News (Vol. 6, No. 303) New York City: Children attend theatre party at Loew’s Victoria. Richmond, Va.: Heat wave crowds beaches and pools. Pittsburgh: “Sons Of Harmony” quartette give street concert. Kansas City; Iota Phi Lambda holds annual conference. New York City: Councilman Davis speaks after release on bond following Communist roimd up. London: Olympic games. In All Five: London: Olympics highlights. In Addition to the Above: Movietone News (Vol. 31, No. 64) Wash¬ ington: Red Spy hearings. England: Atomic plant at Harwell. France: Movie stars’ night in Paris. Colorado: Wire- walker, 82, crosses Boulder Creek Canyon. News of the Day (Vol. XIX, No. 298) California: Ballet school for toddlers. France: Movie stars’ night in Paris. Ari¬ zona: U.S. giant bombers called back to duty. Paramount News (No. 101) Canada: St. Laurent to succeed Mackenzie King. Greece: National forces advance; king and queen visit battle lines. Universal Newsreel (Vol. 21, No. 168) Arizona: U. S. giant bombers called back to duty. Puerto Rico: Largest private housing project in the world. Chicago: “Queen of Height” contest. Warner Pathe News (Vol. 19, No. 103) Yugoslavia: Danube conference. Arizona: U. S. giant bombers called back to duty. Puerto Rico: Largest housing project in the world. Atlantic City, N. J.: Athos, “the man who stands on one finger”. Texas: Dennis Morgan and Jack Carson guests. Telenews Digest (Vol. 1, No. 32) Ma¬ laya: Jungle troops hunt rebels. Palestine: Jews and Arabs mingle in peace. Indo¬ nesia: The struggle between Dutch author¬ ities and republicans. Australia: Exclusive films from the Papuan Territory. Mexico: Mexico City flooded. Washington: Red spy hearings. New York: D.P.’s from Europe find haven. Washington: Congress ad¬ journs. New Jersey: Exclusive visit to Nudists’ convention. Texas: Southwest sailplane meet. Moscow: Sports festival. Austria: Motorcycle sidecar race. THE EXHIBITOR Money Giveaways Spread On Broadway NEW YORK — Second Broadway house to adopt the policy, Warners’ Strand on Aug. 27 will offer $5000 in prizes when the radio show, “Winner Take All”, is run on the stage four times daily, five on Saturdays, with “Two Guys From Texas” as the screen show. ARBITRATION Appeal Board In the matter of arbitration between Herman Hunt and Maurice Chase, doing business as the Vogue, Wyoming, Spring- field Township, Cincinnati, and Loew’s, Inc., the distributor-defendant recently appealed from the award of an arbitrator in the Cincinnati district. The award of the arbitrator is modified to read as fol¬ lows: “In licenses hereafter entered into by Loew’s, Inc., the maximum clearance which may be granted to downtown first- run theatres in Cincinnati and to the Emery, Reading, O., over the Vogue, Wyoming, O., shall be 35 days after the conclusion of downtown first-run. Costs are assessed one half against the com¬ plainants and one half against the de¬ fendant. The arbitrator’s original award was “There is no substantial competition between the Vogue and Emery. Hence it is awarded that neither the Vogue nor the Emery should have clearance over the other, that the Vogue is entitled to the same availability as the Emery, to wit, 29th day. Costs are equally divided.” Boston In the matter of arbitration between R and W Theatres, Inc , and the five majors and Haverhill Operating Corporation, the arbitrator made the following award last week: “With respect to clearances granted the Strand and Premier, Newburyoort, Mass., over the Strand, Amesbury, Mass., the demand for arbitration is dismissed, The maximum clearance of the Paramount and Colonial, Haverhill, Mass., over the Strand, Amesbury, which may be granted in licenses hereafter entered into by the five major distributors shall be one day. Costs are equally assessed.” An appeal on the above case was filed by the com¬ plainant. In the matter of arbitration between Park Neponset Corporation, the fiv3 majors, and George A. Giles Company’s Elite and Southern, the arbitrator last fortnight made the following award: “The maximum clearance which may be granted in licenses hereinafter entered into by th? five majors to the Gecrge A. Giles Com¬ pany’s Norwood and Guild, Norwood, Mass., over the complainant’s Park, East Walpole, Mass., and the intervening Elite, Walpole, and Southern, South Norwood, shall remain at 21 days, 21 days, and 35 days, respectively, but such clearances shall apply only to pictures shown by either the Norwood or Guild v.dthin 21 days of availability, and all pictures not shown by either the Norwood or Guild within such 21 day-period shall become available to the Park, Elite, or Southern respectively, immediately upon the ex¬ piration of such period. Costs are assessed in equal shares among parties involved. MISCELLANEOUS NEWSREELS TRAVE SCREENINGS RKO — “Mourning Becomes Electra” (Rosalind Russell, Michael Redgrave, Ray¬ mond Massey) and “Bodyguard” (Law¬ rence Tierney, Priscilla Lane) in all ex¬ change centers on Aug. 31; “Station West” (Dick Powell, Jane Greer) and “Design For Death” (Documentary), in all ex¬ change centers on Sept. 1. RKO — “A Song Is Born” (Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo — Technicolor), in all ex¬ change centers on Aug. 23, except Cin¬ cinnati, and Memphis, Aug, 24, and New Haven, Aug 25. A. Schlaifer Mourned Omaha — Funeral services were held last week for A. Schlaifer, pioneer Omahan and father of Charles Schlaifer, director of advertising and publicity, 20th Cen¬ tury-Fox. He passed away when compli¬ cations developed following a fall which resulted in a fractured hip. A leader in the business, civic, and cultural life of Omaha, Schlaifer, who recently observed his 56th wedding anniversary, is survived by his wife, Ziril, and four other sons, Israel, Leo, Nathan, and Morrie. N. J. ""Bingo" Hearing Held Trenton, N. J. — Hearings were under way last week on a referendum in Nov¬ ember aiming for the legalization of “Bingo”. A letter from Mayor Frank H. Eggers, Jersey City, urged a popular vote on the game, while the Rev. Alfred E. Willett, Passaic Valley Methodist Council, asked for the repeal of the horseracing betting law in 1949 if the “Bingo” issue goes to the ballot. Exhibitors are opposing the referendum. Stiefel, Rooney Form Unit Hollywood — The organization of a new company to produce in four different fields was announced last week by Mickey Rooney and Sam H. Stiefel. The company will produce for motion pictures, the stage, radio, and television. Stiefel is a former Philadelphia exhibi¬ tor, and has been Rooney’s business man¬ ager for six years. Detroit The complaint of the Center, Grand Blanc, Mich., has been postponed until Sept. 13 at the request of the Butterfield Circuit. The case involved a number of theatres in Flint, Mich. Meanwhile, the complaint of the Arcade, Middleville, Mich., against two theatres in Hastings, Mich., owned by Al¬ lied Unit President Ray Branch, was settled by agreement, and withdrawn from the tribunal. Cincinnati The arbitrator last week modified an award on appeal by Loew’s giving local first-runs and the Emery, Reading, O., a maximum clearance of 35 days after con¬ clusion of first-runs over the Vogue, Wy¬ oming, O. The original decision directed that neither the complainant. Vogue, nor the Emery should have clearance over the other, with availability to both 29 days after first-runs. August 18^ 1948 r THE EXHIBITOR 21 (The Tip-Off On Business is a record of how pictures are doing in their playdates in various parts of the country. The ratings given the pictures (see key) are a cross section of reports received from the field, and present an analysis of various types of runs. It does not necessarily follow that the rating given constitutes the bttsiness in each individual engagement, hut an honest attempt is made to present a general average. By studying the ratings, which are changed if necessary in accordance with newer information, exhibi¬ tors will be able to determine how to guide themselves in their buying and booking. — Ed.) KEY TO "THE lITTlE MEN" RATINGS: (AUGUST 18, 1948) Swell, topnotch, record-breaking or close to it in all types of housesJ Sil e • • s lAAAA Good, although not breaking the walls down, but solid returns. ilAA The Week's Newcomers THE BLACK ARROW [ (Columbia) £aa MR. PEABODY AND THE [ £aa MERMAID (U-International) | Continuing ABBOTT AND COSTELLO f MEET FRANKENSTEIN (U-I) | £aaa A DATE WITH JUDY f (MGM) 1 Iaaaa A FOREIGN AFFAIR f (Paramount) £aaa ANNA KARENINA f (20th-Fox) Iaa ANOTHER PART OF THE | FOREST (U-International) iA BERLIN EXPRESS I (RKO) £aa BEYOND GLORY ! (Paramount) | lAAA CANON CITY 1 (Eagle Lion) SAAA CORONER CREEK I (Columbia) £aa DEEP WATERS f (20th-FOX) j £aa DREAM GIRL rs A (Paramount) m A EASTER PARADE | (MGM) Saaaa FEUDIN', FUSSIN', AND I A-FIGHTIN' (U-International) £AAA FIGHTING FATHER DUNNE (RKO) r ^^•1 • • WAA HATTER'S CASTLE (Paramount) Saa Just fair, nothing out of the or¬ dinary, returns about average. Disoppointing, way below the[ overage expected, decidedly off. ^ *1 i KEY LARGO f (WB) ^ Ml \iik LULU BELLE f (Columbia) 1 / *1 < iJ MAN-EATER OF KUMAON T (U-International) j £aa MELODY TIME [ (RKO) 1 £j • • • ^A MR. BLANDINGS BUILDS HIS [ DREAM HOUSE (SRO) Ml • • • m ON OUR MERRY WAY [ (UA) I £aa RAW DEAL r (Eagle Lion) I £aa RETURN OF THE BAD MEN [ (RKO) j £aaa SO EVIL MY LOVE [ (Paramount) | iAA SUMMER HOLIDAY I (MGM) Saa TAP ROOTS I (U-International) £aaaa THE BABE RUTH STORY f (Allied Artists) | £aaa THE EMPEROR WALTZ [ (Paramount) I lAAAA THE FULLER BRUSH MAN \ (Columbia) Iaaaa THE NOOSE HANGS HIGH [ (EL) 1 Ml U THE STREET WITH NO NAME | (20th-Fox) iAAA THE TIME OF YOUR LIFE f (UA) 1 iAA THE WALLS OF JERICHO j (20th-Fox) £ , • • • UA UP IN CENTRAL PARK (U-International) • A. 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Attached I find remittance in the amount of $ . . NAME . I TITLE or OCCUPATION . I SHIPPING ADDRESS . August 18, 1948 MAN-EATING MONSTERS! THRILLS AND TERROR AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA! .1^ Get your big exploitation guns loaded for the kind of smashing adventure-spectacle that always packs 'emvin! Ballyhoe^thpse undersea monsters! Circus it and clean uoi , ' ' 'j# y ■**'^'*'*+ * i AN ARTHUR LAKE PRODUCTION starring ARTHUR LAKE LON CHANEY LLOYD BRIDGESERIC FELDARY TANIS CHANDLER • JOHN QUALEN IAN MacOONALD Produced by JAMES S. BURKETT and IRVING ALLEN __x*' >,Directed by Irving Allen Screenplay by Max Trell Adaptation by Forrest Judd e American Magazine Story "SIXTEEN FATHOMS UNDER" by Eustace L. Adams OOlUW’S mi Ansco Color his a liWion nation fnoztnQ al picture coast -1 ;ampa'9” ove'^ A sure-fire money¬ maker. Has strong human interest!" -SHOWMEN’S TRADE REVIEW Highly suspenseful. Excellent color!" -HOLLYWOOD REPORTER A thing of beauty!" -MOTION PICTURE HERALD 24 THE EXHIBITOR Schedule Develops For Chi. TO A Meet Chicago — Samuel, Cardinal Stritch, last week accepted the invitation of Gael Sul¬ livan, executive director. Theatre Owners of America, to open the TOA convention to be held on Sept. 24 and 25 in the Drake Hotel. It is estimated that more than 600 TOA members will be in attendance when the first session is convened. During the two-day meeting, full dis¬ cussions and open forums will be held on such vital industry subjects as television, 16mm. competition, ASCAP, admission taxes, public relations, and the probable effects of the Supreme Court decision in the Paramount case. There will be a dis¬ tinguished panel of guest speakers. The convention will close with the president’s dinner and dance on Sept. 25. Cocktail parties and other entertainment is scheduled for non-business hours. The Variety Club will hold open house during the period, and special events, including a luncheon, entertainment, and fashion show at Marshall Fields departoent store on Sept. 24, have been planned for the women guests. Kirsch Organizes Unit Chicago — Theatre Concession Company, Inc., was organized last fortnight by Jack Kirsch, Illinois Allied Theatres, and Charley Cooper, his partner in the Kirsch Circuit. Joe Weiss is manager. ATLANTIC CITY'S HOTEL of DISTINCTION Devoted to the wishes of a discriminating clientele and catering to their every want and embracing all the advantages of a de¬ lightful boardwalk hotel. Spacious Colorful Lounges — Sun Tan Decks atop — Open and inclosed Solaria — Salt Water Baths in rooms — Garage on premises. Courteous atmosphere throughout. FAMOUS FIESTA LOUNGE RENOWNED FOR FINE FOOD Under Ownership Management EXCLUSIVE PENNA. AVE. AND BOARDWALK ouTootre REFRESHMENT CONCESSIONAIRES from Coast to Coast over Century Nffw Specializing' in Refreshment Service for rORIVE-IN THEATRESi rSPQRTBERViCEr int< Jacobs iftos. EHURST BLDG. : buffalo,.. Y*'' "Stop ASCAP Payments," Exhib Units Advised NEW YORK — Reports from various parts of the country last week indi¬ cated that exhibitor units were urging their members not to pay their ASCAP tax. All members of the Independent Theatres of New England have been advised to stop payments to ASCAP. Ray Feeley, executive secretary, said that the policy should be in effect until the position of exhibitors is clar¬ ified in the situation resulting from the recent decision of Federal Judge Vincent L. Leibell, which declared the collections illegal. Associated Theatre Owners of In¬ diana, Indianapolis, and Allied Rocky Mountain Independent Theatres, Den¬ ver, also urged their members to with¬ hold ASCAP payments. NT Holds Drive Meeting Los Angeles — National Theatres three- day session with division presidents and film buyers was held last fortnight with Charles P. Skouras, president, presiding. Major topic was the forthcoming 13th annual fall drive, which gets under way on Labor Day, and which runs through Dec. 18. Plans for “Youth Month” were discussed, and bonus checks were handed out to division presidents for their per¬ sonnel, bonuses for the last ‘Skouras Showmanship Campaign.” Film buyers held a special session before joining the general meetings. Those present in the buying field were: Eddie Zabel, Cullen Espy, Pete Lundgren, Bert Pirosch, Everett Sharp and Frank Prince, FWC; George Milner, San Fran¬ cisco; Gordon Hewitt, Milwaukee; Frank Christie, Seattle; Lon Cox, Kansas City, and Robert Selig, Denver. Division presidents included: Dick Spier, Dick Dickson, George Bowser, Frank Newman, Frank Ricketson, Harold Fitzgerald, and Elmer Rhoden. "Carmen Doll" Bows New York — The majority of America’s leading toy buyers were present last fort¬ night at a cocktail party and reception given in the Stork Club to introduce the “Carmen Doll”, inspired by Rita Hay¬ worth’s performance in Columbia’s Tech¬ nicolor “The Loves of Carmen”. Wally Gould, W. I. Gould ' Enterprises, acted as host. Guest of honor was Miss Phyllis Ber- quist. Northwestern University graduate studying in New York on a Julliard scholarship, who was selected by John Powers to model the “Carmen Doll”. The model was clad in one of the original “Carmen” costumes. H-W Profit Increases New York— a net profit of $391,025 was reported for a six-month period by Hey- wood-Wakefield Company last week, as against a $345,882 profit for the same period last year. The figure is equal to $5.06 per share of common as compared to $4.32 the previous year. The company’s figures include provision for $100,000 covering abnormal plant costs. THE SCORE BOARD (In this department will be found a rating of pictures screened by Warners, MGM, Paramount, RKO, and 20th Century - Fox under the decree. Complete reviews appear in The Pink Section. — Ed.) MGM “Julia Misbehaves” — Names should help fast-moving comedy. Tele Argument Leads To Injunction New York — The American Broadcasting Company obtained an injunction against the lATSE last week complaining that it was the “innocent party” in a jurisdic¬ tional dispute between the union and the National Association of Broadcast Engin¬ eers and Technicians, an independent union. ABC charged that the dispute threatened to disrupt the premiere of the company’s new television station, WJZ- TV, and was granted a temporary injunc¬ tion by District Court Judge Samuel H. Kaufman, on petition to the National Labor Relations Board. Richard F. Walsh, lA president, in Cleveland at the organization’s annual convention, charged that the NLRB had not solicited his union’s version of the dis¬ pute before applying for the injunction which was effective for five days. Walsh said: “The injimction is so vague and general that we are at a loss to know what to do to protect our rights. The Taft-Hartley Law has already proved itself as making the federal courts the injunction Reno of America. This injunction is based on state¬ ments of one side only, as presented by ABC and an unofficial group, namely NABET. “It was issued without warning to lATSE, and no hearing was accorded to lATSE. Meanwhile, the injunction is in effect, and our organization is prevented from having its day in court, which is basic, the basic subject matter of the suit issue. “The issue at stake is whether our mem¬ bers will be deprived of work to which they are rightly entitled, and whether they can be compelled at the present time to work against their will at a theatre within their jurisdiction for 30 years or more with persons seeking to undermine and destroy long-established conditions of our organization.” "Cinderella" Tieup Set New York — An extensive motion pic¬ ture-radio tieup with “Cinderella Week¬ end”, a daily audience participation show in 10 eastern cities, was announced last week by Charles Schlaifer, director of ad¬ vertising and publicity, 20th Century-Fox. The promotion provides daily air mention for current 20th Century-Fox pictures. Weekly winners from each city will re¬ ceive a trip to New York, where they will visit the Roxy. A special back stage tour will precede their attending the showing of “The Walls of Jericho”, first picture to receive mention. “Cinderella Weekend” is a VIP Service package show. August 18, 1948 TELEVISION New York — Allen B. DuMont Labora¬ tories last week issued a 63-page book entitled ‘ ‘The Cathode-ray Tube and Typical Applications.” This book, prepared by the DuMont instrument division, offers a non-technical discussion of the cathode- ray tube and its functions, and is espe¬ cially intended for high schools, technical schools and colleges, particularly in con¬ junction with the DuMont wall chart on the cathode-ray tube. A copy of both the wall chart and the book may be obtained by any instructor requesting same on school stationery. To others interested in the subject, the primer will be furnished at cost, or 50 cents per copy. Bulk quan¬ tities for school use will be furnished at $2.50 per dozen copies. A RECENT SURVEY of set owners in Mil¬ waukee revealed some interesting facts. Twelve per cent of the city’s 3,780 receiver owners were queried in the poll. Figures indicated that approximately 75 per cent used their private sets every night there was a televising, while public sets were also in use on an average of 75 per cent of the time. Over 90 per cent of those queried indicated that they would rate current WTMJ-TV programs as good or better than they expected when they pur¬ chased their set. It was shown by the poll that 251 of those queried had had children view the televising, while 56 had not. Children’s reaction was overwhelm¬ ingly favorable. The percentage of women viewing television in home installations came to 31.8 per cent, men, 56.3 per cent, and children, 11.9 per cent. At public in¬ stallations, the percentage was, women, 20.1 per cent, and men, 79.9 per cent. Fri¬ days and Sundays were indicated by small margins of percentage as the nights most people had their sets in use. The TELEVISION BOX SCORE as of July 26 indicated that 30 stations were operating, 81 CP’s had been granted, and 299 appli¬ cations were pending. Dallas Suit Filed Dallas — H and B Theatres, Temple, operating the Strand, last week filed suit against the major producers and distrib¬ utors for $41,000. The suit was placed for hearing in Federal Judge William H. At¬ well’s court. Listed as defendants are Interstate, Robb and Rowley, Paramount, RKO, 20th Cen¬ tury-Fox, Warners, Columbia, Universal, and UA. Benefit Aids Ball Players Duluth, Minn. — Families of three base¬ ball players and their manager, fatally in¬ jured in a bus -automobile collision last month, were recipients last week of funds raised through a special showing of “The Babe Ruth Story”. With tickets ranging in price from $5 to $100, a midnight showing of Roy Del Ruth’s Allied Artists cinema biography of the ‘Bambino’ was held at the Norshore. Mrs. Giroux Passes Hollywood — Mx’s. J. F. Giroux, mother of Gecrge R. Giroux, field representative. Technicolor, passed away last fortnight. Interment was in Chicago. THE EXHIBITOR House Committee Readies Hearings WASHINGTON — It was learned last week that when the House Small Business Committee begins its hear¬ ings during September and October in various western cities exhibitors are expected to testify on alleged mon¬ opolistic practices. To be held in federal courthouses for the most part, the schedule lines up as follows: Sept. 3 — Butte, Mont.; 8, Casper, Wyo.; 11, Salt Lake City; 15, Kansas City;, 17, Omaha; 20-21, Minneapolis; 23, Madison, Wis.; 27, South Bend, Ind; Oct. 1-2, Detroit; 5, Louisville, Ky.; Oklahoma City, 8, and Houston, Tex., 12. Others may be scheduled later. "River" Bow Readies New York — Mori Krushen, exploitation manager for United Artists, left for Dallas last week to complete details for the four- state exploitation and publicity campaigns for the day and date openings of Howard Hawks’ “Red River” in more than 300 situations. Krushen will direct the activi¬ ties of fieldmen Claud Morris, Ben Hill, William J. Healy, Julian W. Bowes, and William Howard Waugh, who inundated Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and New Mex¬ ico with “Red River” publicity and ex¬ ploitation material. While in Dallas, Krushen meets with Interstate Circuit and other exhibitors on the opening of the film scheduled for Aug. 26. 25 PRODUCTION Hollywood — Walter Winchell will nar¬ rate a prologue for Paramount’s “Sorrow¬ ful Jones,” Bob Hope starrer, as a tribute to Damon Runyon. . . . The growth of U.S. naval aviation will be the subject of War¬ ners’ “Task Force,” Jerry Wald reining, and Delmer Daves directing. . . . Cham¬ pion Productions, releasing through Allied Artists, bought “Battle Cry” for a large- scale western. Winston Churchill’s daughter, Sarah, was signed by J. Arthur Rank to a fea¬ tured role in “All Over The Town.” . . . Pedro Armendariz, co-star of RKO’s “Fort Apache,” along with Emilio Fernandez and Gabriel Figueroa, director and pho¬ tographer, respectively, on “The Pearl,” formed a company to make films in Holly¬ wood and Mexico City. . . . Irene Hervey resumes her film career in Paramount’s “One Woman,” Alan Ladd starrer. . . . Ron Randell portrays the “Lone Wolf” in Columbia’s “The Lone Wolf And His Lady.” Columbia signed Vera Vague for a series of comedy travelogues. . . . After dying in “Hamlet,” and suffering in “The Blue Lagoon,” Jean Simmons turns comedienne opposite Stewart Granger in Rank’s “Adam And Eveline,” Two Cities production. . . . James Mason’s long awaited first American film will be for Enterprise in “Wild Calendar,” MGM re¬ lease, with Barbara Bel Geddes and Rob¬ ert Ryan also appearing. . . . The femme lead opposite Bob Hope in Paramount’s “Easy Does It” went to Rhonda Fleming. A. Blumenfeld Blumenfeld T hea t) ‘es, San Fraficisco, Cal., says: “THE SERVICE ALTEC PERFORMS ACTUALLY PRESERVES MY ASSETS” ffThere has been a lot of improve¬ ment in what sound does to give the product we show better en¬ tertainment value, and the direc¬ tors on the Coast are exploiting sound more all the time. The re¬ search work the Altec scientists are constantly doing pays off in the new methods the Altec in¬ spector is provided with for get¬ ting the improved sound off the sound track in my theatres. In times like the present, when an exhibitor has to make every effort to keep his patrons from JILTEC Stny/cc COWPORilTlOW 161 Sixth Avenue New York 13, N. Y. being lui-ed away by non-theatre entertainment, the service Altec performs in my theatres actually preserves my assets. It adds to my assurance to know that Altec devotes its efforts one hundred percent to improving my busi¬ ness, and does not spend its energies in other fields.59 Altec Service, knoivn for it ft Rerv- ice “over and above the contract” is a vital ingredient of yonr thea¬ tre's ability to meet successfully the competition of other forms of entertainment. An Altec Service contract is the soundest long term investment an exhibitor can make today. THE SERVICE ORGANIZATION OF THE MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY August 18, 1948 2ii THE EXHIBITOR Park-In Files New Suit Charlotte — Park-In Theatres, Camden, N. J., last fortnight filed suit against the A. S. F. Theatre Company, George W. Ferguson, Byron Adams, and R. C. Saund¬ ers, operating the North 29 Drive-In, on the Concord road near here, charging infringement on the Hollingshead or Park¬ in Patent. Counsel for the plaintiff, Tillett and Campbell, filed in U. S. District Court declaring that the Wilkinson Boulevard Drive-In is the only one in Mecklenburg County licensed to use the patents. More than 100 drive-ins have opened in the Carolinas in the past year, and this is the first infringement suit to be filed. GPEC Reports Profit New York — A consolidated net profit of $292,952 was reported last week by -Gen¬ eral Precision Equipment Corporation for the three months ended on June 30. The MGM Training Course Starts In September NEW YORK — MGM’s executive training course will get started on Sept. 13 when seven men, one branch head, one assistant branch manager, four salesmen, and a booker come here to start the month course at the home office. Principles and policies of the company, home office procedure, and a short Dale Carnegie course in pub¬ lic speaking will be included. In the contingent will be Lou For- mato, Philadelphia branch head; A. B. Padgett, Atlanta assistant branch manager; M. J. Ford, Chicago sales¬ man; H. R. Gaus, Los Angeles sales¬ man; Lou Marks, Cleveland salesman; L. J. Weber, Dallas salesman, and Phil Gravitz, New Haven office manager- head booker. All of them have been Many 16mm. Prints Recovered By FBI New York — It was revealed last week that the Army Motion Picture Seiwice had just received from the coast over 70 16mm. prints of some 66 different feature films recovered from the possession of a mer¬ chant seaman in San Francisco by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the U. S. Attorney in that city. The shipment includes features of all the major com¬ panies and duplicate prints of some of them. Some Army Signal Corps training films and other service films v'ere also recovered. Investigation by the FBI in cooperation with the industry’s Copyright Protection Bureau disclosed the films. The films were from among the thousands turned over by the picture companies to the armed serv¬ ices as the industry’s contribution to the war effort, and included pictures of com¬ panies which do not otherwise release in 16mm. in the U. S. The matter was taken up directly with the Attorney General in Washington by Sargoy and Stein, special counsel for the picture companies in Copy¬ right Protection Bureau matters, as a result of which instructions were issued to the U.S. Attorney in San Francisco to take ap¬ propriate action to recover the prints for the War Department for accounting to the companies concerned. Title to the prints remained at all times with the copyright owners, under the agreement made by the War Activities Committee of the industry with the War Department acting as agent for the army, navy, and other branches cf the armed services, although the prints were technically government property while they remained in the possession of the government. Under the agreement the armed services were required to see that they did not get into improper hands or unauthorized uses, and were to account to the copyright owner for the film either by an affidavit of destruction, or by return to the company. Under the instructions of the U. S. At¬ torney General, the recovered films were turned over to the San Francisco unit of the Army Motion Picture Service, which in turn forwarded them. Colosseum Meetings Near New York — Paramount’s C. J. “Pat” Scollard was last week named chairman of the companies’ committee planning to meet with the Colosseum of Film Sales¬ men for contract negotiations. Scollard’s group consists of Harry Buckley, UA; Joseph McMahon, Republic; Charles O’Brien, Loew’s, and Burton A. Zorn, counsel. Representing the union are Mell Keller, Warners, Portland, Ore.; Frank Flaherty, Columbia, Chicago, and N. M. Provencher, UA, Milwaukee, with David Beznor, Milwaukee, as counsel. Seiznick Films Entered New York — On special invitation of the Italian government, David O. Selznick’s “Duel In The Sun” was last week entered along with other American films in the Venice Festival Aug. 14-Sept. 4. DOS’ “Since You Went Away” and his production of Alfred Hitchcock’s Academy Award winner, “Rebecca,” will be entered in special division of the exhibit. figure, including subsidiaries, is subject to year-end adjustments but includes in¬ come tax provisions. Meanwhile, a divi¬ dend of 25 cents per share on capital stock outstanding, payable on Sept. 15 to stock¬ holders of record on Aug. 25 was an¬ nounced. WHN Becomes WMGM New York — It was learned last week that coincident with the change in its call letters from WHN to WMGM on Sept. 15, the Loew-owned station will lean heavily on the studio’s talent in its programs. The station opens new quarters at 711 Fifth Avenue on that date. The frequency modulation station will be renamed WMGM-FM. A gala show will formally open Loew’s radio outlet. with the company for years. Ya, Loew's-Int. In Deal New York — Loew’s International Cor¬ poration last week announced completion of arrangements for the world-wide distri¬ bution outside of the United States and Canada of educational pictures produced by Young America Films, Inc. The Young America Films series will have sound tracks made in the world’s major languages. Jersey Allied Sets Outing West End, N. J. — The annual outing of the Allied Theatre Owners of New Jersey will be held here on Aug. 24 at the Casino. YOU CAN'T RUN A THEATRE ON GUESSWORK!!! "HOW TO MANAGE A THEATRE" A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO SUCCESSFUL THEATRE OPERATION FIRST EDITION-A sellout! SECOND EDITION-Selling Fast! This book endorsed by theatre and film executives. It tells how to improve your theatre and your business— how to build up poor nights— how to buy and book pictures— how to build or buy theatres with limited finances— explains about picture projection and sound and many other subjects. Price only $5.00 postage prepaid. ORDER TODAY SAM CARVER 15 WEST GRAND AVENUE, HIGHLAND PARK 3, MICHIGAN ORDER TODAY August 18, 1948 THE EXHIBITOR NT-1 N]i:w$ OF rm BRANCHES Atlanta Charlie Durmeyer, president, South¬ ern Automatic Candy Company, returned after a trip to Florida. ... C. P. Cohen, Lincoln, Key West, Fla. , left after visiting here.... John W. Mangham, president. Screen Guild of Georgia, checked in after a trip. N.E. Savini, special representative, Astor, New York City, was in. ...Mrs. Bernice Warworth, secretary to Arthur C. Bromberg, president. Monogram, is back after a vacation. .. .Pete Rosian, U-I district manager, was in. Three old-timers were seen talking on Film Row, J.E. Laird, manager. Re¬ public; S. Matthews, American Express, and P.H. Savin, Monogram. The three are pals from way back. Seen on Film Row was Bill Griffin, Lyric, Cullman, Ala. ...Marie Pinkston, booking department. Republic, was off for a stay in Florida. In visiting were W. Greene, Prin¬ cess, Albertsville, Ala., and R.E. Hooks, Hooks Theatres Circuit, Alabama ...Jimmy Wilson, Wilson and Moore En¬ terprises, returned after a trip to Alabama. ... Tom Jones, Exhibitor Ser¬ vice, checked in after a vacation. Arthur C. Bromberg, president, and Jimmy Hobbs, branch manager. Monogram, were back from Chicago. ... Jimmy Bello and W.M. Richardson were back from Florida. ... Harvey Smith, manager and coowner. Tower, was back after a trip to New York. Mrs. Rose Lancaster, Astor, returned from a two-week stay in Miami. ... Ralph McCoy, manager. Film Classics, returned to his office after a visit to the Alabama territory. . . . Grover Parsons, Eagle Lion, checked in his office after a trip. Leonard Allen, Paramount publicity chief, was off from the city. ...Film Row-ites hear that Babe Cohen, former manager. Monogram here, now with Screen Guild in New Orleans, is enjoying that city.. .Dolly Davis, daughter of Merritt Davis, branch manager. Repub¬ lic, has been cast in a major role in "Years Ago”, forthcoming dramatic production of the Burnsville, N.C., School of Fine Arts and the Burnsville Playhouse. She is a junior student at the Woman’s College, University of North Carolina, which operates the school and playhouse. Mrs. Rachel Gravely has been added to the force at Monogram. .. .Film Row- ites were pleased to hear that their good friend, Jimmy Greenleaf , had been appointed branch manager, Universal- International*, Charlotte. He is one of the old timers on the Row here, but has been in Charlotte for anum- ber of years. Mr. and Mrs. Carlisle, she is with Film Classics, were back from their honeymoon. ... Mrs. Frances Tucker, Co¬ lumbia booking department, was back from a Florida vacation. Shag Jordan, special sales repre¬ sentative, United Artists, was in Florida for a few weeks. .. .Doris \Wat- son, Wil-Kin Theatre Supply Company, was back at her desk after enjoying the mountains in North Carolina. ... Off on a Florida vacation was Ed Rice, Rebel Poster Exchange. Lamar McGarity, Columbia, became the proud father of a baby girl. . . Ailleen Stevens, Columbia, was expecting the blessed event. Martha Willoughby, Columbia, was hospitalized. .. .Curtis Baucora is back on the job at the Kand B Soda Company, where the film folks hang out.... A flash fire caused from broken film did $1,900 damage at the Strand, one of the Bailey theatres , Decatur Street, The projectionist said the fire started while the film was being run. through the projection machine, broke, and struck the arc. Quick action on his part confined, the fire to the booth. The fire was quickly placed under con¬ trol, and the theatre was in operation again within several hours. Howard Schussler, booker, Lam Amuse¬ ment Company, Rome, Ga. ; Clyde Samp¬ ler, booker, Duncan and Richards, Car¬ rollton, Ga. ; Sidney Laird, Al-Dun, West Point, Ga, ; Ralph Johnson, the Georgia tent showman, and P.L, Taylor, Dixie, Columbus, ca. , were visiting and booking. The love bug hid the row again. This time it is J. Waters, head booker, and Valenie Norris, who were married recently. Both are from Warners. Here's wishing the couple all the best things in life.... Rube Joiner, circuit booker, Warners, resigned tc become a salesman for Republic.... William Richardson, president, Astor, All business in Miami Beach' s down¬ town section came to a rapid halt recently when Lee Taylor and Caroline Eckert, models, promenaded the area in these "Brush” bathing suits in ad¬ vance and on opening dav of Columbia' s "The Fuller Brush Man”. Responsible for this eye-catching promotion were Ed May, manager, Wometco' s Lincoln, Miami Beach, and Sonny Shepherd, managing director, Wometco' s Miami, was off again to Florida. He said he hoped the fish were biting better. Ben Jordan, Monogram’ s s^-ecial sales representative, came by the office to say “hello” for the first time in over a month. ... George M. Jones, Eagle Lion sales representative, left after a sales talk with Grover Parsons. Harry and Caroline Beverly, the Paradise Room photographers, terminat¬ ed their connection there. During their six years at the spot, they made thousands of frierids. ... Denny Denman, manager. Paramount, was vacationing in Florida. ... Merritt Davis, newly appointed branch manager, Republic, was back after a visit to Tennessee. Walter Hickey, former special sales representative for many of the major exchanges, was seen on Film Row look¬ ing much better. ... Mrs. Kate Wright, Monogram Southern exchanges, was back after a trip to New York. ...Buck Roe¬ buck, formerly with Republic and later with Exhibitor Service, returned to his old love, Republic, to cover Ten¬ nessee. Marie Pinkston, Republic booking de¬ partment, is back after her vacation ....Mrs. Ray Collins, secretary to R.L. McCoy, Film Classics, checked in at the office after visiting in Cov¬ ington, Ga. ...Mike Benton, president, WBGE and Southeastern Fair, will have his “Miss Atlanta” contest at the Park soon. Henry Krumm, southern district mana¬ ger, SRO, returned after paying a visit to Charlotte. ... Howard Schues- ler, booker, Lam Amusement Circuit, Rome, Ga. , was booking and visiting. Charlotte In the first action of its kind filed in U.S. District Court, the Park¬ in Theatres, Camden, N.J., seek to enjoin further operation of the North 29 Drive-In, located on the Concord Road at the northern boundary of Char¬ lotte. The suit has been filed (as of Aug. 5) by Charles W. Tillett, of the law firm of Tillett and Campbell, re¬ presenting the Park- In Theatres, which contends that the Wilkinson Boulevard Drive-In is the only drive-in theatre in Mecklenburg County. Defendants named in the lawsuit, which asks that the defendants be enjoined from fur¬ ther operation of the North 29 Drive- In, and also asks that damages be as¬ sessed, are the ASF Theatre Company, George W. Ferguson, Byron Adams and R.C. Saunders. The drive-in on Wil¬ kinson Boulevard, just beyond the city limits of Charlotte, has been operat¬ ing for a number of years, but the North 29, which is being sued, opened only about two months ago. Bill Cartledge, operator of El Mo- roco, night spot, returned from Cleve¬ land, New York, and Canada. He picked up a number of new ideas for his club. Cartledge announces that he is arrang¬ ing for a businessmen’ s club lunch, as an addition to the service. Irvin D. Setzer, 47, formerly with National Screen Service, died suddenly August 18, 1948 Southern NT- 2 THE EXHI Bl TOR AE ^ lEW HERB’S SCIUPBOOE Had a little chat with Abe Solomon, head, Independent Theatres, Chattanooga, Tenn. In North Florence, Ala., we stopped around to see H. L. Bobo, manager of the Norwood. Managed to be on hand for an important meeting of Local 269, lATSE and MPMO, in Chattanooga, and the members were good enough to pose for this shot. The local was organized almost 40 years ago. Another pleasant stop in Chattanooga was the Park, where we snapped Jay Sadow, house operator, surrounded by prizes in his "Talking-Man" contest which he was running with great success. . L»a I I I on Aug. 8 of a heart attack. Setzer produced the first “Jaycee Jollies” in 1946. He had worked in theatrical productions all his life. Tom Bailey, U-I salesman, resigned to accept a job with Metro as salesman ... Theatres in Asheville, N.C. , closed completely due to the polio epidemic. Business in Charlotte and other cities in the Tar Heel State dropped off as much as 50 per cent due to the polio. Charlotte theatres have a sign in the lobby, “Children under 16 not admitted because of orders of the Health De¬ partment”. Memphis J.D. Jernigan, branch manager. Screen Guild, will be host to a regional sales meeting on Aug. 20-22 at the Peabody Hotel. Reservations received by Mrs. Jernigan, office manager, in¬ cluded John Mangham, J. S. Carscallen, Kenneth Smith and O.B. Corley, Atlan¬ ta: Scott Lett, John F. White, Jr., and W. G. Drive, Charlotte; John F. Franconi, W. J. Cammer, Conrad Dreher, R.E. Helm, Dan Cole, and Bob Matley, Dallas; E.V. Landaiche and Harold Cohen, New Orleans, and Carr Scott, P.W. Myers, and George Byrd, Oklahoma City. Arthur Greenblat, eastern sales manager, will address the meeting, and there will be a screening of five pic¬ tures - “Return of Wildfire”, “Jungle Goddess”, “Harpoon”, “SOS Submarine”, and the first of the new “Lash” Larue series. Ground has been broken for building beside the highway at Tunica, Miss. , which will include a house for Negroes. At West Memphis, Ark. , ground work is underway on a new showhouse con¬ structed by Zell Jaynes, who owns a house at Truman, Ark. Exhibitors visiting were; L.J. Den¬ ning, Bemis, Tenn. ; Ned Green, May- field, Ky.; Miss Louise Mask, Boliver, Tenn.; John Staple, Piggott, Ark.; Wake Newsum, Marmuduke, Ark.; H.W. Pickens, Carlisle and DeValls Bluff, Ark.; E.A. Patton, Hartford. Hunting- ton and Mansfield, Ark. ; Leon Round- tree, Holly Springs and Water Valley, Miss. , and Miss Ann G. Noble, Leland and Hollandale, Miss. Norman Ayers, WB representative, and Doak Roberts, district manager, visi¬ ted. James Pope, office manager, Columbia, was taking a fishing vacation at Pick¬ wick Dam, Tenn. P. H. Holmes, office manager, MGM, was vacationing in New Orleans with Mrs. Holmes, and Miss Rebecca Scott, contract clerk, was visitine in Nash¬ ville, Tenn. , on her vacation. Gus Haase, head, Gus Haase Realty Company, announced that he will confine his attention to theatre brokerage in the mid-south territory. The company, primarily interested in property mana¬ gement, has been in charge of the M. A. Lightman interests for some time. Haase stated that his plan is to list and sell theatres. Vacationing from his post as head booker at 20th Century-Fox was Leo Wintkler, and the office staff was planning a weekend outing at Nashville Bridge, Tenn. Booking on the Row were: Walter Lee, Little Rock, Ark. , Pinkey Tipton, Manilla, Ark., W.B. Hanunond, Bradford, Ark., C.E. Rice, Brownsville, Tenn., W. R. Tutt, Tunica, Miss.; White Bed¬ ford, Hamilton, Ala. , and Fritz Par¬ ris, Ciarksdale, Miss. Theatre building around Memphis continues to boom. The latest announce¬ ment is that a 750-seat house will be included in a block of buildings underway at Lucy, Tenn. , a village on the outskirts of Memphis. The new house will service the new International Harvester settlement. Al Rothchild, branch manager. Na¬ tional Screen Service, scheduled his and Mrs. Rothchild' s vacation to visit Atlantic City during the “Miss America” contest, and then go on to New York City. The M. A. Lightman family, with M. A. Jr. , and family, vacations in Wiscon¬ sin after a visit to Chicago. . .Bailey Prichard, branch manager. Monogram, attended a branch managers’ convention in Chicago, and Ed Sneed, booker, was visiting in Illinois. Staff members at U-I were coming and going. Richard C. Settoon, sales¬ man, returned to his post, while branch manager R.P, Dawson took off for El Dorado, Ark., and Margaret Irby, clerk and Jean Rimer were on vacation. Changes in the staff left a booking August 18, 1948 THE EXHIBITOR NT-3 booth vacant with the resignation of Jimmy Eikner. Two new contract clerks, James Leesley and Mary Sue Peercey have been added. Nathan Plexer, Waverley, Tenn., and Floyd Peek, Little Rock, were on the Row. . . . Tom Bridge, branch manager. Paramount, was in Dallas. J.G. Miller, owner, announced that the Vanndale, Vanndale, Ark., has been closed. Censored "a little”, and restricted to the Malco, “Lulu Belle”, which was banned by Lloyd T. Binford and the Memphis Board of Censors, was shown on Aug. 12. Binford said that if it were not for children there, would be no need to censor pictures. Following the red flags that were flying at parking meters before one of the hot¬ test contested elections here in many years, Binford even said that child¬ ren would only be made to lie about their age if questioned, so that the picture is going to be restricted to the Malco in hopes that only adults will attend the showing, but child¬ ren who look 18 can get by. It is just one of the many gracious con¬ cessions that were being made. No one had seen a cop mark a parked car for over-parking in a month or more. Red flags were flying in all down¬ town meters where cars were parked before election on Aug. 5. New Orleans Max E. Youngstein, Eagle Lion vice- president in charge of advertising, publicity, and exploitation, and captain. Bill Heineman Sales Drive, was in last week on the fifth leg of his nationwide tour of the company’ s 31 exchange cities. Former Governor Jimmie Davis said he will be leaving for Hollywood shortly to start work on the first of two pictures for Monogram. Ten¬ tative title is "Manhattan Melody.” Victor Meyer, veteran of 44 years in show business, recently retired as city manager, RKO theatres, the Orph- eum and Liberty. Meyer started under the late Tom Campbell at the Tulane. Later, he served as treasurer of both the Greenwall and the French Opera House. From 1921, he devoted his time and talents to the RKO Orpheum and the Liberty. His former assistant manager, John Dostal, has come from Davenport, la., to succeed him. Dostal will have a big slot to fill. Meyers’ manner of giving the public what it wanted was the basis of his coast-to-coast net¬ work of friends. Meyer is going to take it easy from now with khaki pants, sports shirt, his ever-loving wife, Hedy Jacob Meyer, and his four pedi¬ greed English setters. Abe Berenson, secretary-treasurer, Allied Theatres of the Gulf States, is pinch hitting for Maurice Artigues, general manager, while the latter is traveling the territory. Berenson and Artigues have been as busy as the pro¬ verbial bee making housing arrange¬ ments for the forthcoming National Allied convention, scheduled here in November, A busy program has been carded for the delegates in addition to the business sessions. These include a party on a Mississippi river boat, racing at the historic Fair Grounds, tours and entertainment in the French Quarter, cocktail parties, and others. Some entertainment strictly for the fair sex is also being planned. Film Classics moved into the air- conditioned, larger quarters formerly occupied by Joy Houck. The A1 Sacks Films group moved into the former Film Classics suite in the Joy build¬ ing. .. Alberta Schindler, FC secretary, is back from a two-week vacation at Daytona Beach, sporting a “new look” coif feur. ... Branch manager Milton Bureau planed to New York to attend FC’ s annual international sales meet¬ ing. .. .Elaine Lambour resigned as as¬ sistant cashier, Columbia, to go into nurse’ s training at Hotel Dieu. . . . Betty Becker, Paramount booking depart¬ ment, was vacationing at Palm Beach, Fla. .. .Columbia screened “Lost One”, film version of "La Traviata”, at the 20th Century-Fox screening room. . . . Bill Keith, United Artists manager, is back at his desk after touring the territory. ... Mark Sheridan, 20th Cen¬ tury-Fox chief, returned from a similar jaunt. .. .Local F-57, union of all film offices personnel, held closed confab with southern represen¬ tatives. ... Best promotion stunt of the week goes to the Joy. During the showing of “Canon City,” a cell was set up in the front of the house in which Charlie the Mole, transient who received considerable publicity in local press, was dressed as a convict. It attracted plenty of attention. He received a week’s pay, lodging, and a ticket to his home in California for his “stay in solitary.”. ... Ike Katz, owner, Kay Films, was a visitor. Harold F. “Babe” Cohen, formerly with Monogram, is the new Screen Guild manager. ... Jack Luther, Film Classics district manager, stopped off.... The United, new neighborhood house; opened ....Paul Brunet, owner, Dixie, took a pretty bride. . .Claude Keller opened his second house in Eunice, La. This smile on the part of Avron "Boomie” Heller, Wometco' s Lincoln, Miami Beach, along with the presenta¬ tion of a free Fuller brush, greeted the first 100 ladies entering the theatre on the first five days of Columbia's "The Fuller Brush Man”. This was one of the many stunts set recently by Ed May, Lincoln marager, and Sonnv Shepherd, managing di¬ rector, Wometco's Miami, Miami. Because he believes that women handle people better than men do, Paramount-Richards Theatres tycoon E.*V. Richards numbers among his em¬ ployes far more of the “weaker sex”. Richards reveals this in the August issue of American magazine, which pays tribute to Richards as having made a discovery that may revolu¬ tionize the management of motion pictures, and provide a new career for women. The article sets forth that 888 persons whose work brings them in contact with the public are employed by the theatre group. Of this number, 853 are women and 45 men. Forty of the 60 theatres are man¬ aged by women. Conviction that women were more diplomatic and resource¬ ful, and thus, more efficient, than men, came to Richards during the last war, he said. It was then that he staffed his theatres with women because most of the men went to war. “To his amazement,” he stated, "instead of general chaos, his theatres were handled better than ever. ” Tom Nealy, National Screen Service, equipped the new drive-in. The Tiger, at Baton Rouge. La. A number of Film Rowites of New Orleans attended the opening and attendant ceremonies.... Roy Lonlaido, traffic manager for Transway, is recovering from an opera¬ tion at Lakeshore Hospital .... Max Connett, Connett Circuit, Newton, Miss., and A1 Randall, Somerville and Woodville, Miss., were visitors.... Leon Duckworth switched from Darden Popcorn to Manley Popcorn. ... Film Classics screened “Four Feathers” and “Drums”, and they opened later as a double bill at the RKO Orpheum.' Strong marquee names and good pro¬ duct boosted business here, with the turnstiles singing a merry tune for the first time in. several weeks. The free vaudeville attractions at Pont- chartrain Beach, beauty contests, night baseball, and other sports con¬ tinue to keep crowds from the box- office. Showmen will breathe a sigh of relief when the cold months come around. Mrs. Rodney D. Toups, wife of the manager, Loew’ s State, is doing a radio program under the name of “Mary Jewell.” It’s slanted at women. Mrs. Toups has been active in civic en¬ deavors, and is well-known. STATES Alabama BIRMINGHAM Off on vacation was Frank Emerson, Capital. .. .Back home were Frank Mer¬ ritt and Harry Curry, Acme Theatres ...Mrs. Frances Taynes, wife of Ollie Taynes, manager. Lyric, is recovering after an illness. DECATUR The City Council and Charles H. Eyester, Sr. , attorney. Crescent Amusement Company, reached a compromise on the disputed amusement tax, and the appeal to the State Supreme Court was dropped. The city lowered the tax on admission exceeding 30 cents from August 18, 1948 NT-4 THE EXHI BITOR seven to five cents, and also allows a discount of one and one-half per cent for prompt payment of all taxes due from July 1, 1948. Crescent, on its part, agreed to pay the back tax which started on Oct. 1, 1947. The circuit court had previously upheld the city’s right to levy the tax. MIAMI Wometco Theatres announced that it will build three modern drive-ins. Work has begun on the Tropicaire Drive-In, located in the southwest section of greater Miami, west of Coral Gables, and is being constructed by W. L. McComas, Miami Beach, andWood Kirkpatrick, Miami. The site consists of approximately 13 acres of level land at the northwest corner of Bird and Palmetto Roads. A heavy duty mesh or chain link fence will surround the grounds, which will be lined with hedges and tropical vines, thus getting away from the more conventional board or solid fence. The grounds will be lavishly landscaped to give the ap¬ pearance of a park. Construction on the project, estimated to cost more than $150,000, will be rushed. The Tropicaire is said to be the first drive-in to be built in the Miami area since the old Miami Drive-In, owned by E.M. Loew, was built about 10 years ago. Another drive-in, which started almost at the same time as the Mc- Comas-Kirkpatrick project, is being erected by Wometco about 10 miles north of the city. TAVARES The Lake opened with impressive ceremonies at which Mayor E. Irving Burleigh spoke with Mrs. C.B. Tradway, president. Chamber of Commerce; County Judge A.S. Herlong, Jr., and Hugh G. Martin, Sr. , M and M Theatres. Karl Lehmann, secretary. Lake County Chamber of Commerce, was emcee. Manager of the Lake is Bill Stevens. Bill ,P. Cumbaa is district manager for M. and M- in Central Florida, with offices in Lees¬ burg. Georgia HAWK I NSV I LLE The new Thompson, which opened on Aug, 9, is the largest in the well known Martin and Thompson group of theatres, and one of the most beauti- R. F. Branon, RKO' s Charlotte branch manager, recently received a plaq^ue from vice-president Robert Mochrie, right, after the exchange copped fourth j)lace in the company's 1948 Ned Depinet Drive competition. ful houses in the state. The magnifi¬ cent new house has risen from the ashes of the old Princess, which was destroyed by fire more than a year ago. It was the wish of the late Roy Martin, Sr., Columbus, Ga. , that this house be named in honor of his part¬ ner, J.H. Thompson, who has contributed so much to the success of the theatres that are located throughout the state and who served so loyally as president. The city commission declared Aug. 9 a legal holiday, and flags lined the streets of the business section. Ap¬ proximately 100 motion picture execu¬ tives from Georgia, Alabama, and Loui¬ siana were present for the opening, which took place in the evening, L.H. Browning acting as master of cere¬ monies. Following the opening program, a buffet supper was held at the beau¬ tiful home of Mr, and Mrs. J.H. Thomp¬ son, with the visiting film executives, the city commission, and representa¬ tives of local organizations as guests. South Carolina LAURENS Paul C. Posey has opened his new Harlem for colored patronage. ... Jack D. Davis has opened a new drive-in. Tennessee CHATTANOOGA The Brainerd, 1,000 seat house in the Brainerd business and residential district, was officially opened on Aug 4 with features designed for the entertainment and convenience of children as well as adults. The new- house, first in-door theatre in the 40,000-resident Brainerd area, is operated by Independent Theatres. Organized 35 years ago. Independent Theatres now operates 10 hoilses, the Capitol,. Riviera, Park, American, Cameo, and Brainerd, Chattanooga; Ritz, Rossville, Ga. , Rivoli, East Chattanooga; Park,.Trion, Ga. , and Liberty, Chickamauga, Ga. Abe Solomon is president; Jay Sadow, vice-presi¬ dent, and Jay Solomon, secretary. Even babies were remembered in the planning of the new Brainerd, which has a special “cry room” for 15 mothers and their babes-in-arms. The "cry room” opens off the ladies lounge and rest room, and free diaper service is provided. A private party room, seat¬ ing 24 persons, supplements the “cry room” on the second floor. Parties will be catered to by the theatre, and refreshments will be served. Youngsters have their own special drinking fountain, only 22 inches from the floor. The outer lobby has mirrored walls and chartreuse leather wall seats, with green plants in built- in flower beds. Patrons will be served coffee “on the house”) while waiting to enter or leave the theatre. The inner lobby features red leather wall seats and a modern candy and popcorn bar in addition to a soft-drink, machine which serves its product in paper cups. The completely fire-proof building has an adjoining lot to ac¬ commodate 200 automobiles. Direct news broadcasts from WAGC’ s Associated Press wires will be presented each evening. Miss Helen Plemmons, manager, Capitol, downtown Chattanooga, for the past six years, manages the new air-conditioned Brainerd. Gill and Bianculli was the architectural firm for this city’ s newest and most modern theatre, while Collins and Hobbs served as general contractor. LOUDEN The Lake closed due to poor business. JOHNSON CITY George Deavours, former manager. State, Kingsport, Tenn. , moved over as manager, the Liberty, succeeding Louis Hamly, who resigned. A.B. Covey, who has been city manager for Wilby- Kincey Theatres, Kingsport, succeeded Deavours as manager. State, Kingsport. Tampa, Fla,, will never forget Universal-International's "Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid'' after the sensational bit promotion by manager Elmer W, Hecht, Park. Hecht arranged for a 16-year-old "mermaid" from Weekiwachee Spring, Mary Ann Zeigler, to don special fins, which cost U-I $20,000, and glide about in a portable water tank in front of the local Court House as the citizenry watched in amazement. Also present was Nancy Tribble, who doubled for Ann Blyth in some of the film's water sequences. The shots from left to right showt Miss Zeigler perched atop the tank, being carried from the tank after an aquatic performance, and Misses Tribble and Zeigler chatting with onlookers. August 18, 1948 THE EXHIBITOR NT - 1 iVKWS OF THK Isadore Stein, Alba manager, was re¬ storing his health in Pennsylvania mountains. . . . Al Bogatch, Terminal as¬ sistant, resigned to join his wife in California, and enter a new field. He will be missed by B and K staffers be¬ cause of his activities in their ath¬ letic and social affairs. Announcement was made at the 2lst wedding anniversary of Lee Eastman, Varsity manager, Evanston, Ill., that his daughter, Carole Ann, was gradua¬ ted with highest honors from St. Mary’ s, and was awarded a four-year high school scholorship. . . . B and K Employees Club held a golf tournament at White Pines links, with Ted Regelin, Norshore manager, in charge. Leonard C. Utecht, general suburban chairman. Sister Elizabeth Kenny Foundation drive, announced the ap¬ pointment of Sam Krimstein, manager, Olympic, Cicero, Ill., and his assis¬ tant, Chuck Kusak, as co-chairmen. In the Elmwood Park, Franklin Park, Schiller Park, Norwood Park, and Niles section, Johnny Kerzan, assistant manager. North Center, and Nick Butera, assistant manager. Southern, Oak Park, Ill. , are co-chairmen. Lee James Hruby, Luhliner and Booth 4 Star, has been helping out Oak Park. J. Hall, mana¬ ger, Palace, Cicero, has volunteered to work along with Sam Krimstein and Chuck Kusak in the Cicero district. Jimmy Smith, assistant manager. Lake, Oak Park, is doing photographic work for the drive in the 29 towns. Utecht has been reappointed publicity direc¬ tor, Southern District Business Mens Association, Oak Park, for another year... .Gene Langerfeld is back with Essaness C i rc u i t working at the Oriental, in the loon. Alan Edelson, publicist, was in Wes¬ ley Hospital with pneumonia. ... The Vaiiety Club will take over the per¬ formance of “Mr. Roberts” at the Er- langer on Sept. 10 for the benefit of La Rabida Sanitorium. The tryout of selling ice cream bars at the B and K Century was successful, and the sale of product will be ex¬ tended to other theatres, it was learned. However, novelty dolls at the Uptown didn’ t quite prove a successful seller. An estimated loss of $15, 000 was suffered by the Yalta in a fire. Police were seeking a discharged employee on an arson warrant. Wedding bells are to ring for Ann Flaherty, Garrick, and John Howlett, White Way Sign Comjjany. ... Jules Graz- nin, B and K publicist, vacationed on the west coast. ... Margaret Ridgely, Lakeside, was a dancing star until illness forced her to give up her career. Funeral services were held for Leroy Alexander, 56, for the past eight years sales representative for National Screen Service. ... Chuck Nesbitt and Arch Pearson joined the State-Lake staff. .. .Larry Gauthier became a Pan¬ theon assistant. ... Ben Serkowich, Co¬ lumbia, was given a luncheon by the press boys. . . . ASCAP moved to 6 South Michigan Avenue. Harry Potter, Roosevelt manager, is now a proud granddad. His daughter, Marjorie Jean, gave birth to a girl, Leslie Jean, whose first name is in honor of a close friend, Leslie Wal- rath. Uptown manager. ... Ben Adelman, Terminal manager, will be best man at the wedding of his brother, Nate, on Aug. 15. Ralph McFarlane, Ray Thompson, and Dan Starzyinski joined the Chicago staff. ... Services were held here for Dr. Harry Katz, 54, New York City, who died in Michael Reese Hospital. Graduate of the Illinois School of Medicine and postgraduate of colleges in Vienna and Germany, he gave up his practice in 1929 to enter the motion picture business. At the time of his death, he was president of Monarch Theatres, operating in New York, Penn¬ sylvania, Ohio and Indiana. Business men of Brook, Ind. , are constructing a 350-seat theatre. . . . Harold Rixman acquired the State, Nash¬ ville, Ill., from the C.H. Backs, es¬ tate.... Paul Durbin opened his new Od-Re, Bluffs, Ill.... Jack Butler is planning a 750 car drive-in for Dan¬ ville, Ill. The Twin City drive-in is planned by John H. and Joseph W. Barr and George W. Stark for Danville, Ill.... Perry Gay bought the Star, Fremont, Ill., from Jack Hi rons. .. Harry Strong, Strong Electric Company, vacationed in Michigan. Sam Pirtle is constructing a new house at Abingdon, 1 1 1 . . . . Chari es Landau, Landau Theatre circuit head, and his wife, enjoyed a vacation on the west coast. Sam Soible, Riviera manager, took a southern vacation, and Gus Bjelka acted during his absence. ... John Kar- san was made assistant. North Center ....H. E. Rouda, Amo manager, and his wife took a Canadian vacation trip .... James Donohue, Paramount central division manager, took a southern business trip. Paul Rice, his assist¬ ant, was transferred to the New York office, and was succeeded by Irving Wertheimer, formerly Milwaukee office manager. A press preview was given of “Strange Victory”. Mrs. Juniata Creed resigned as mana¬ ger-secretary, Variety Club, and left for a vacation with two sisters at Memphis. Henry A. Spanuth, head. Film studios of Chicago, and manager, “Woman Speaks”, purchased “Broken Chains” cosmopolitan Pictures release. Richard Salkin, Jackson Park, vaca¬ tioned with his family at Lake Brandy¬ wine, Mich. ...H.M. Bessey, executive vice president and E.O. Wilschke, op¬ erating manager, Altec service, were here on business. The Jackson Park scheduled “The Em¬ peror Waltz” for sept. 30. Dallas Interstate has as new manager. Var¬ sity, L. F. McNally, former manager, Wilshire. Taking the vacated post at the latter house is L. J. Mason, pre¬ viously with Interstate at a McAllen, Tex. , house. Denver Altec signed a sound servicing deal with the Ute, Rifle, Colo. Hugh Rennie, salesman for Monogram, was operated on atPresbyterian Hospital ...C.U. Yaeger, president. Atlas The¬ atres, is adding four horses to his racing stables. His horses are current¬ ly racing at Arlington, near Chicago ....Irving Gilmore is building a 500- car drive-in at Greeley, Colo.... Jack Wodell resigned as assistant manager. Paramount, and has been made manager, West Drive-In. As the result of a woman writing a letter to the News wondering why drive- ins are not being used as churches on Sunday mornings, JohnWolfberg immedi¬ ately offered the use of both of his drive-ins to any church. Wolfberg offered to furnish such services as were necessary. Hugh Braly, Paramount district manager, and Harold wirthwein, assist¬ ant to George smith, division manager, were here conferring with C. J Duer, and calling on large accounts. .. .Am— ando Roybal is opening Penasco, N.M., to films by way of a remodeled build¬ ing. Henry Friedel, Metro branch manager, sustained a broken finger in a peculiar manner. Driving along, he noticed some cleansing tissues were blowing about the rear seat. Trying to poke it be¬ tween the cushions, he snapped one of the digits. Seen on Film Row: Claude Graves, Al¬ buquerque, N.M.; R.D. Stanger, Wind¬ sor, Colo. ; John Cabot, Frederick, Colo.; Tom Knight, Riverton, Wyo. ; Esther Cleveland, Newcastle, Wyo.; Mike Joseph, San Luis, Colo. ; Robert Spahn, Mitchell, Neb.; J.H. Roberts, Ft. Morgan, Colo. ; Lloyd Graves, Min- turn, Colo., and Bernard Newman, Walsh, Colo. Milt Overman, Eagle Lion publicity man, is resting up at Grand Lake, Colo. , after putting a world premiere campaign, on “Canon City”, Canon City, Colo. Robert Hill, Columbia branch mana¬ ger, was reporting success in his cam¬ paign to get more fish on his vaca¬ tion, which he was spending on the Gunnison River, western Colorado. August 18, 1948 National NT- 2 THE EXH I Bl TOR Herman Wobber, division manager, 20th Century-Fox, spent a few days conferring with James Dugan, branch manager. Prank Culp, Tabor manager, is re¬ covering nicely following an operation at St. Luke’s Hospi tal . . . . Wil 1 iam Gehring, assistant general sales mana¬ ger, and Buck Stoner, west coast di¬ vision manager, 20th Century-Fox, were in a few days calling on large accounts, and conferring with James Dugan, branch manager. ... Wayne Bauer is put¬ ting a 300-seat theatre in Mancos, Colo. Film Row visitors included; Clarence J. Brase, Holyoke, Colo. , who flew in with his family; Frank Whalen, Deer- trail, Colo.; Doyle Shelton, Pritchett, Colo.; J.R. Smith, Steamboat Springs, Colo.; Mr. and Mrs. B.h. Dickson, Cul¬ bertson, Neb. ; Marlin Butler, Albu¬ querque, N.M. ; Mr. and Mrs. Leon coul¬ ter, Loveland, Colo. ; Elden Menagh, Ft. Lupton, Colo.; R.D. Ervin, Krem- mling, Colo. ; Lloyd Greve, Eagle, Colo., and Roy Steele, Limon, Colo. Des Moines Allied Independent Theatre Owners Of Iowa and Nebraska advised its mem¬ bers not to sign any contract or pay any money to ASCAP as a result of the U.S. District Court decision. Leo F. Wolcott, chairman, also urged members to install I6mm. equipment in their booths, and to make the equipment available for all I6mm. shows in their communities as a means of combatting 16mm. and television. Jerry Bloedow, manager, RKO-Orpheum, received the RKO Theatres showmanship award for his special promotion of “Fort Apache’’. Central States Theatre Corporation announced plans for construction of a 700-car drive-in near Mason City, la. The theatre is expected to cost over $100, 000. The Bel-Air, Davenport, la., opened with two shows nightly with adult ad¬ mission 55 cents, and children over five 14 cents. The theatre represents an investment of over $145,000. Gordon Atland, Waterloo, la. , pur¬ chased the Earl, Earlville, la., from Max Lindley, Clarksville, la. ...H.S. Twedt sold his theatre at Manly, la. , to Paul Kirkham, Kansas city. ...The Galve, operated by businessmen, opened its doors for business. .. Ray Copeland, formerly with Paramount at Kansas Ci ty, resigned to assume management of the new branch office for the savereide Theatre Bookers. Richard Shields has been appointed a salesman for National screen Service at Des Moines. ... Morton Eichenberg, formerly of Omaha, joined U-I as a salesman. ... Madge Goff has been named ledger clerk for Warners. Bernice Dykstra has been named bil¬ ler for U-I, replacing Alice Carpen¬ ter, resigned. Mel Evidon, who re¬ signed recently as Columbia manager, left for Los Angeles and a vacation ....Leo McKeachneay and G. Ralph Branton, Tri-States officials, were taking their annual fishing trip in Canada. Kansas City Paul stonum, manager. Riverside Drive-In, North Kansas city. Mo., ar¬ ranged a deal with the nearby toll bridge management so that patrons can cross the bridge without charge. Los Angeles The vital function of bringing com¬ munity groups together to set up the program for “Youth Month’’ was started here by the TOA at a luncheon meeting hosted by Charles P. Skouras, national Theatres chairman. National Conference on the Prevention and control of Ju¬ venile Delinquency. Southern Califor¬ nia youth leaders joined civic heads in plans for the country-wide campaign in September. Dave Bershon, Southern California chairman, presided at the luncheon. For the local cooperation, Dick Dickson, FWC Southern California district head, set up offices to as¬ sist in every possible way. Support was voiced by local community heads, including the PTA, Paul Williams, general counsel, SCTOA; Ben Waller- stein, Warner Theatres; Rabbi Edgar F. Magnin, and other church dignitar¬ ies; while the Teamsters Union volun¬ teered 100 per cent activity. Before the luncheon, the group of 75 guests were shown "Report For Action’’. The¬ atres will perform the mechanics to assist in every way for the success of the campaign, Skouras said. Ted Gamble, TOA president, flew in from Portland to assist with the event. Olin E. Darby, president. Board of Education, expressed “the laymen’ s’’ gratitude to the motion picture the¬ atre owners. Bob 0’ Donnell and his new bride were here for a brief stay. ... Barnett Film Service set deals for installation of large advertising clocks next to the screen in theatres of Golden State. The annual outing of the Fox West Coast employes will be held on Aug. 27 at Riviera Country Club, with Charles P. Skouras as host. ... Milton Kusell, sales head, SRO, finally worked out a deal with Eddie Zabel, circuit film buyer for FWC, for popular price dis¬ tribution of “Duel” and “Mr. Bland- ings”. While the studio lull takes place, plans go on for the Variety Clubs In¬ ternational-sponsored picture, “Bad Boy”, which stars Audio Murphy, over at Allied Artists. screen Guild will have representa¬ tives from Salt Lake, Portland, Seat¬ tle, and San Francisco at the fifth and last regional sales meeting. . . . Paul Hollister, RKO publicity chief, was here.,.. U-I chief Maurice Bergman flew in to switch plans for advertis¬ ing campaigns on J. Arthur Rank pic¬ tures. Lloyd H. Goad announces he will take over the La Mont from Joe Rogers on Aug. 8.... Police investigation is under way on the “stink bombing” of the two Warner theatres, the Warners Hollywood and Wiltern, Irving Lamm, manager, Ramona and Holly, married Pepi Braunberger. , . . Bill Foy, assistant to R.H, McCullough, Fox West Coast, was off for England for a month to visit his family. Charles P. Skouras is chairman for Greater Los Angeles, with Dick Dick¬ son as his assistant, in presenting the St. John’ s Hospital Guild premiere of Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey on Sept. 4.... Bruce Fowler, FWC, is chairman of the motion picture committee. J. H. Blowitz, manager, Manor, Pitts¬ burgh, was here for a visit. .. .Morris Simpson, Para, comptroller, was en- route to vacation in Alaska. .. Several localites went to Seattle to attend the funeral services for Fred Mercy, Sr. Alex Frieder, president, Frieder Film, Inc. , exclusive distributors of Republic films in the Philippine Is¬ lands, China, and Dutch East Indies, was in with his daughter and Gilbert E. Marcus, comptroller, distributing company. Monogram welcomes Bill Raynor, who joins the advertising staff here after being with RKO in New York.... Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, and “The Bowery Boys” were invited to the Maywood to start off a fund drive for underpri¬ vileged children. Five local houses, two in San Diego, Cal., and one each in Pomona, River¬ side, and Long Beach, Cal., started a contest for promotion in conjunction with “The Dude Goes West”. Patrons were asked to write in 50 words or less why they should like to spend a week at the El Rancho Vegas Hotel. Minneapolis vacations continued to be the main topic of interest along Film row. Va¬ cationers include Elaine Norby, book¬ ing manager’ s secretary. Paramount, in California; Clara Eisenberg, book¬ ers’ secretary, U-I, at Lake Minne¬ tonka. Minn. ; Ruth Gray, stenographer, Columbia, who visited Chicago and Mi¬ chigan; Walter Hoffman, exploiteer, 20th-Fox, off to see the Hollywood studios; Marilyn Benson, clerk, 20th- Fox, visiting at Seattle and Los An¬ geles, and Myrtle Hallman, assistant cashier, 20th-Fox, spending two weeks in Nebraska. ... New on Film Row were Jack Allender, salesman, NSS, Betty Reese, biller, U-I, and Marilyn Reu- ther, stenographer, Columbia. Ben Marcus, Columbia midwest divi¬ sion manager, was in as was Jules Serkowich, Columbia exploiteer, work¬ ing on “The Black Arrow”, Orpheum. . . . Max Youngstein, Eagle Lion vice-pre¬ sident in charge of advertising, pub¬ licity, and exploitation, was in for the Heineman Drive. . . . Every employee of 20th-Fox receives three weeks extra pay’as a result of the exchange’s showing in the Andy Smith Sales Drive. August 18, 1948 THE EXHIBITOR NT-3 Mel Evidon, former Collimbia branch manager at Des Moines and salesman in Minneapolis, joined Savereide Theatre Brokers, with home offices in Des Moines. Evidon will open soon a branch office for the firm in Los Angeles. Savereide also maintains an office here. The Trail, Trail City, S.D., has been closed. ... Maxine Johnson, book¬ keeper, NSS, will be married on Aug. 28 to Everett Kinter. . . . Bob Manske, head. Northwest Theatres Service, booking combine, won first place in the Minneapolis Aquatennial’ s music festival for choral clubs and quartets ....Budd Rogers, Realart director and distribution head, was in for a visit with Don Swartz, Realart distributor. The Variety Club golf tournament at Oak Ridge Country Club had the heaviest crop of golfers in the recent history of the event. Oklahoma City While in for the recent premiere of Warners’ “Two Guys Prom Texas”, Den¬ nis Morgan, Jack Carson, and Dorothy Malone visited patients at the Will Rogers Veterans Administration Hospi¬ tal. Don R. Nicholson, Northside Civic Club president, estimated that the "Blandings Dream House” would provide more than the currently needed $10,000 for the Northwest recreation site fund. The model home, tied in with SRO’ s “Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House”, was charging 50 cents a shot, with all proceeds going to the recreations project, and thousands of tickets were sold before the opening. Omaha Mona Hansen, booker* s secretary, re¬ turned to her job at U-I after a va¬ cation, while Margaret Kahoutek, bil¬ ler, took some time off. ...James Red¬ mond, Falls City, Neb. , manager, Tri- States Theatres, went to Colorado on his vacation. The Ballantyne Company installed all new equipment in Jack McCarthy’ s Louisville, Louisville, Neb., and John Adams’s Boyd, Spencer, la. ..L. Wayne Owen and Raymond L. Schulz or¬ ganized Popcorn Products Company to deal in popcorn, candy, nuts, and vending machines. ... Regina Molseed, 20th Century-Pox office manager, went to Seattle on her vacation trip. Helen Newman returned to Eagle Lion from a vacation to see Marian Piru- cello, contract cleik, go.... Dr. J.F. Palensky Howell, Neb., exhibitor, visited. Hans Nelson, owner, Campbell, Camp¬ bell, Neb., died. Ted Arnold, Pruning, Neb., will run the house, taking over from businessmen who are temporary operators. .. .Mrs. John Edding, owner of a house at Aurelia, la. , sold her Galva, Galva, la. , to Bradley Grimes ....Marie Minarik is the new booking clerk at MGM. James Castle, Paramount exploiteer, visited. ... Walter Jancke, Dent Cir¬ cuit city manager, Lincoln, Neb. , who was stricken with polio, is recovering ....Cecelia wolback became branch manager’s secretary at Metro.... Mr. and Mrs. Joe Peldhans, Schaller, la. , exhibitor, marked their 20th wedding anniversary in Omaha. .. Charles Lorenz returned to shipping duties at MGM. He was injured by a falling film can re¬ cently. Phoenix A local theatre was held up by a lone gunman, the latest victim being the Orpheum, robbed of $2,238.96. The holdup was carefully engineered , the gunman first "casing” the manager’ s office by entering to report a “lost” package. He returned five minutes later, slugged assistant manager Ellis Hapner, then pointed his gun at mana¬ ger Arthur G. Pickett, and forced him to hand over the night’s receipts. The Tucson, Ariz. , Midway was robbed se¬ veral weeks ago, as was the Phoenix, Ariz. , Drive-In. Garfield Anderson opened a new drive- in, his second, near Glendale, Ariz. The theatre has room for 644 cars. Vacationing paramount -Nace execu¬ tives included Vince Murphy, head booker, and George Aurelius, district manager. Dick Smith, Pox west Coast Theatres’ district manager, was also on leave. The Oasis, Ajo, Ariz., was expected to open its doors within a few weeks ...Construction work will shortly get underway on The Glen, Paramount-Nace house, Glendale, Ariz. Costs are esti¬ mated at $100, 000. ... Nick Riggs is the new movie columnist of the Cactus Garden, monthly publication of Arizona State Prison. ..The Pox-Lyric, Tucson, Ariz., celebrated its 25th anniversary by presenting a gardenia to every wo¬ man.... The pox, Phoenix, Arix , cele¬ brated its I7th anniversary on Aug. 11. ...Louis Long, Arizona theatre magnate, is president, Gila Broadcasting Com¬ pany, operator of KYCY, coolidge, Ariz., which went on the air,... The local “dream house”, to be used in ex¬ ploitation of “Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House”, has been finished. Portland The projection room of the Lyric, Prineville, Ore., burned recently, causing damage estimated at $12,000 ....Murray LaPayette, 20th Century- pox publicity man, was in town setting up the campaign on “That Lady In Ermine’’ ....Vic Gaunlett, publicity man for Hamrick -’Evergreen, was vacationing at cold Beach, Ore., where he planed to pan for gold. .. .Hermann Wobber, 20th Century Fox West Coast divisional manager, met with his managers. and Salesmen. ... Marian Crawford, RKO, has been upped to head cashier. ... Al and Bill Fonqan and Ted Gamble were open¬ ing their new drive-in at Eugene, Ore. , the third one they opened in the last few months. Salesmen and managers held a stag dinner in honor of “Pinky” Sheldon, manager. Film Club, who was married. St. Louis A Snobrite screen was won by W.H. Eichiiorn, Roxy, Mounds, Mo., for his suggestion of the name, St. Louis Theatre Supply Company, to be used by Cine Theatre and Exhibitors Supply Companies as the name of the merged company. Owners of the company are Arch Hosier and J. Eldon Peek. Walter Frierdick, second booker, RKO, recently resigned to enter the construction business with his father. Gale Sherwood, Eagle Lion star of “Blonde Savage”, has been appearing as the star in several of the St. Louis Municipal Outdoor Operas. Branch manager Mariner, United Art¬ ists, returned from a week in Memphis ....Helen Pausch, head booker, UA, returned from an enjoyable vacation ....Ralph Cramblet, United Artists district manager, visited. Screen Guild franchise holders Gor- lick and Phillips, were in Chicago. The new Crest, Affton, suburb of St, Louis, opened with the midwest premiere showing of “Canon City”, and the proceeds for the evening went to the American Cancer Society. Anthony Matreci, president. Crest Amusement Company, leased the building, erected at a cost of $250,000. A bill calling for a five percent tax on the daily gross receipts of Richmond Heights’ two theatres (suburb of St. Louis) was introduced before the Richmond Heights Community City Council. The bill must have two more readings before it can be declared law. If three of the four members of the council vote in favor of the bill on the third reading, it IITm become law about Sept. 1. Duggan estimated the tax would mean an addition of $10,000.00 to $15,000..00 a year to the city’ s revenue. He said this would make unnecessary an increase in the property tax. In the proposed ordinance is aprovision under which equal rates would be charged both theatres for licenses. All chance of the five percent municipal amusement tax onSt. Louis’s theatre admissions being reduced was eliminated when, at the special session of the board of aldermen, which con¬ vened recnetly. Mayor Kaufmann failed to mention such a step in his pro¬ gram. Salt Lake City Charles M. Pincus,. manager, Utah, hit the jackpot when a full -page of pictures and story were devoted to anecdotes about him and his life in the show business. Pincus was “Per¬ sonality Of The Week” in The Deseret News. He tied up with The Tribune- Telegram to sponsor a show of cartoons featuring characters on their comic pages. More than 4,000 children turned out, necessitating two shows instead of one. First vaudeville show at a drive-in was the claim of the Twin palls Drive- August 18, 1948 NT-4 THE EXHI BITOR In. The attraction, Walt Schrum and his Colorado Hillbillies, was put on on a special stage above the proj ection booth in the center of the area. Ralph Trathen, general manager. Associated Amusement Company^ which operates the drive-in, said the mikes played through the usual speakers. Sbn Antonio A cooking demonstration and theatre party was held at the Woodlawn in co¬ operation with a department store.... Miss Lila Del Valle, one of Mexico City’ s newest film stars, stopped in briefly en route to her home. Mark Holstein, southern Texas sales¬ man for U-I, is up again following an operation. ... The premiere of the all- Negro film, "The Girl in Room 20”, filmed in San Antonio, was held at the cameo _ Mary Alexander is now cover¬ ing dramatic and theatrical news for The Evening News. .. Milton Linder, Na¬ tional Screen, Service representative from Dallas, sold a complete new set of lobby frames to the Joy. ... Thomas Garcia, assistant manager, Azteca Films, was vacationing in Houston and Laredo, Tex. Audrey Cox, owner. Yucca Drive-In, has come up with a new idea during the current state political campaign. Cox has turned the drive-in over to the politicians a,s a political arena. The entertainment is free and untaxed. The crowd sees a film first, then listens to the politicians, and then sees an¬ other film before going home. Accord¬ ing to Cox, the audience seems to like the idea. Buster Dukette, assistant manager, Kirby, Houston, Tex. , was subbing for manager Raymond Hay, who planned taking a vacation trip. ... "Building For Learning”, a sound motion picture in Technicolor, depicting the old and the modern schoolrooms, had its pre¬ miere showing at Texas AandM College, College Station, Tex. The Port, La Port, Tex. , built at a cost of $75,000, will be ready for opening soon. ... Construction is under way in Houston, Tex. , on a new drive- in, which is being built at a cost of $125,000 on Decker Drive... Paul Nixon purchased the Texas and Linda, Abilene, Tex., fromTom Griff in. .. Roy Starling, Texas and Wing, Grand Prairie, Tex. , has been elected president. Grand Prairie Chamber of Commerce .... H. J. Robinson, owner, Texas, Sanger, Tex. , has been named manager. Rancho Drive- In, which is owned and operated by Lester Dollison, on the highway be¬ tween Sanger and Denton, Tex. ...P. L. Smith, has purchased the 720-car Five Points Drive-In, Lubbock, Tex., from C.R. Ballinger. Smith is also owner. Plains. Son Francisco Jerry Collins, city booker. Fox West Coast, moved over to Golden State and San Francisco Theatres, Inc.^ as booker to fill vacancy made by Stanley Lefcourt, now offiqe manager. Film Classics. Telenews, Oakland, Cal., displayed equipment for large screen television in its first step towards using video when its operation is set for this re¬ gion in the fall.... John Gruchuhin, manager, Verdi, left for a vacation tour. Business and professional group oj. Hadassah, Jewish organization, utiliz¬ ed two films, "Forgotten Children”, and "House in the Desert”, as feature of their regular meeting at Temple Beth Abrahams, Oakland, Cal... Edwin Scheeline, manager, Balboa, returned from a vacation at a Sierra mountain camp. Louis Lurie, San Francisco financier and theatre owner, is expected to back a newmillion-dollar football and base¬ ball stadium in Sacramento, Cal.... Hillsdale, San Mateo, Cal., south of San Francisco, is the site of a local version of the "Blandings Dream House”, built to exploit both the forthcoming RKO picture, and to secure contribu¬ tions to the- Building For Youth Fund. A truck crashing into a power pole near Concord, Cal., recently plunged the Motor-In, Robert L. Lippert drive- in, into darkness. The Motor-In made refunds. ... Ben Stevenson, manager, Daly City, took his vacation. New candy setup at Golden Gate has Jay Golden, division manager, RKO Theatres, taking charge of confection buying,.. Dan McLean, coowner. Embassy, is back at work after a flu bout. . . . Russell Wheeler, manager, Metro, re¬ turned from a vacation spent preparing his new Pacific ocean-view home for construction. Mat Knighton, Irving, Golden State, vas on vacation. A court denial of Redv^ood Theatres’ request to restrain the city of Modesto, 'al . , from collecting an admission cax was upheld by the Third District Court Of Appeal. Redwood operates four houses in Modesto, and claimed that the levy was unconstitutional. The appearance of Pat 0’ Brien aided the Golden Gate’ s showing of "Fight¬ ing Father Dunne”. 0’ Brien was inter- v^iewed over KYA, and was guest of honor at a luncheon in the Palace Hotel for critics. A special screening for 2500 newsboys was held through a tieup with the local papers, who gave extra space to that event. O’Brien was presented with trophys by the Knights of Columbus and the Catholic Youth Organization. Seattle Jack Kloepper, who recently resigned as Northwest manager. Film Classics, acquired an interest in Favorite Films Corporation. Harry Price, general manager, here from San Francisco, ne¬ gotiated the deal, and appointed Kloep¬ per as district manager. Gordon Wallinger, office manager for Favorite Films, is back after an op¬ eration. ... Herman Webber, west coast division manager for 20th Century-Fox, visited Chilt Robinette, branch mana¬ ger. ...Hal Boehme, franchise holder in the Northwest for Astor, returned from Eastern Washington and Oregon. BaT-ney Wolf, western district mana¬ ger, National Screen Service, was here for conferences with Jack Flannery, branch manager, ... Arthur Terrell, National Screen Service, attended the Washington State Federation of Labor convention in Bellingham, Wash. , as delegate from the film exchange local, Evelyn Watters, .Universal - Interna¬ tional, goes to Cleveland, for the lATSE convention, representing front office and back room employes of Dis¬ trict No, 1, including Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana. Mildred Blatt, MGM booker, with the company for 14 years, was married to Ted W. Galanter, west coast exploita¬ tion representative for MGM, in a ceremony performed by Rabbi Rosenberg in Tacoma, Wash, They left next day for San Francisco, where they will make their home at the St. Francis Hotel. ... Agnes Van Rooy, U-I branch, returned after an absence due to the death of her mother. Ben Fish, personal representative for Samuel Goldwyn, was here, ...Dave Kantor, west coast exploitation di¬ rector for RKO, made a trip to Van¬ couver, B.C., accompanied by Russ Mor¬ gan, Northwest representative. . .George De Waide, U-I, branch manager, and his family returned from Oregon, most of which time he spent playing golf....’ Glenn Haviland. Eastern Washington salesman, was in from Spokane. .., Lou Pressler, manager, Warners’ theatres in. Aberdeen and Hoquiam, Wash., was booking. ... Hap Frederick, Eastern Washington salesman for U-I, was here from Sookane. Mel Hulling, western district mana¬ ger for Monogram, has been here from San Francisco conferring with Relph Abbett, branch manager .... Herbert Kaufman, western district manager for SRO, was visiting John Kent, branch manager. ... Pete Higgins, who operates theatres in Bellevue, Kirkland, Lake Burien, and Lake City Wash., is back from a trip to New York. ...J.T. Shef¬ field returned from an Alaska trip..,. Dorothy Holman, accounting department. Paramount, announced her engagement to James Dossett, Tacoma, Wash.... Ed and Mrs. Darby, who opened their new Naches, Naches, Wash., were in.... Jimmy Brooks, booker, 20th Century- Fox, with Mrs. Brooks and the child¬ ren, was back from an outing. Eldon Pollock, Jr., is now operating the theatres in Mt. Vernon, Roy Czer- ney, former Kent, Wash. , exhib, was here from California and Nevada.... Vic Gauntlett, director of publicity for Evergreen Theatres, left for a vacation at Gold Beach, Ore. to spend most of his time there panning gold... Hannah Trager, Paramount, is driving a new car. ... Herbert Kaufman, western district sales manager for SRO, re¬ turned to San Francisco after confer¬ ences with his Seattle branch manager. Max Hadf ield. . . . Joe Rosenf ie.ld,Post Street and Granada, was here from Spokane. / August 18, 1948 ! THE EXHIBITOR Nli:ws OF TIIK BRANCHES Cincinnati Film Row was saddened by the death of one of her most energetic and best loved promotional workers on Aug. 4 when Charles C. Perry, special rep¬ resentative, Paramount, died in the prime of life at the peak of his activities following an operation in Jewish Hospital, at the age of 57. During his convalescence he had been believed well enough to re¬ ceive visitors. His son, studying at military school, had come home to be with his father during the illness. Perry handled Paramount’ s publicity out of Cincinnati and Indianapolis. His career, which included vaudeville performances and production of ama¬ teur shows, stimulated the variety of ideas and skill of execution which were so characteristic of his work. He wrote songs and parodies as a youth, and gradually progressed to the management of theatres, when he became manager of a theatre in Ken¬ tucky. He later held positions with several companies. Six years ago, he came to Cincinnati as a representa¬ tive of Paramount, making an unfor¬ gettable impression on all with his originality and cooperative spirit. Cleveland In the U. s. District Court, Emerson W. Long and Edwin B. Long, Cadiz, 0., lessees of the Memorial, Mount Ver¬ non, 0. from December, 1934 to Decem¬ ber, 1940, entered a suit, similar to the one recently entered in the U.S. District Court at Columbus against Schine Theatrical Company of Glovers- ville, N.Y., four of its New York subsidiaries corporations, and Belpik Theatre Corporation of Ohio charging violations of the Sherman and, Clayton anti-trust laws. The plaintiffs ask triple damages in the total amoupt of $345,000 as well as attorneys fees and court costs, and demand a trial by jury of all issues of the com¬ plaint. The complaint sets forth that Schine, by reason of its enormous buying power, bought more product than it was able to reasonably use; that it bought it at lower terms than available to competitive .exhibitors, that it obtained better rejection terms than competitors, that it mono¬ polized theatre business in Schine- controlled towns, and that the sub¬ sidiaries conspired with each other and with the major distributors to suppress competition in inter-state trade and commerce. Complaint states that the defendants threatened to build a new theatre in Mount Vernon unless the plaintiffs relinquished to the defendants an interest in the Memorial. Refusal by the plaintiffs resulted in construction of a new Schine, the Vqrnon, Mount Vernon, 0. , it is charged. Inability to secure or negotiate for first and second-run product in Mount Vernon, is attributed to the Schine pressure purchasing power. Max Mink, RKO Theatres city mana¬ ger, turned back the clock, and offered on his vaudefilm program a good old-fashioned vaudeville bill with eight variety acts, Theatrical Enterprises, distribu¬ tors of theatre promotions, headed by Jack Gertz, now has in operation three branch offices as well as the main office in Cleveland. The Cin¬ cinnati office is in charge of Harry Young. Ben Stahl heads the Pittsburgh office, while Julius Lamm, former manager. Uptown, Cleveland, and Sid Hollandi until recently, manager, Clinton, Port Clinton, 0. opened an office in Los Angeles. Carolyn Marcus, daughter of Nat Marcus, H and K Company, servicing soft drinks to theatres, was awarded a scholarship to Purdue University, Lafayette, Ind. M. M. Jacobs, owner. Marvel, entered the theatre promotion business with the opening of National Enterprises in the film building. ... Ben L. Ogron, Ohio Theatre vSupply Company, is in¬ stalling Ideal chairs in the Brewster, Brewster, 0., now being remodeled. He also furnished complete Motiograph equipment for Peter Wellman’s new Family Drive-In, Steubenville, 0. , including sound, projection, in-car speakers, and bases. Arnold Weiss, salesman, Ohio Thea¬ tre Supply Company, is back from a cruise in the Gulf of Mexico. .. .Jimny Stecker is back. He joined Ben Ogron’ s Ohio Theatre Supply Company as sales¬ man. Bernie Rubin, head. Imperial, con¬ tracted for distribution of eight "Wild Bill” Elliott western reissues. First will be “The Return of Daniel Boone. ” Reel Film Service, operated by Harry Urbansky, has been designated as dis¬ tributor of a 20-minute subject, ‘26 Characters”, sponsored by the W. A. Schaeffer Pen Company, and available to users of 16mm. films free of charge. Art Young, Paramount uuoKer^ was vacationing somewhere where there are no theatres to be booked. ...; Ger¬ trude Tracy, former manager, Loew’ s Ohio, now managing the Parma, Parma, 0. , is celebrat ing ■ her 20th anni¬ versary in theatre business. Her first job was in Portchester, N.Y. At a luncheon meeting in the club rooms of the Cleveland Motion Pic¬ ture Exhibitors Association, attended by all theatre owners and their mana¬ gers, I.J. Schmertz, chairman. Will Rogers Memorial Hospital Fund Drive, outlined plans to raise $75,000, the amount pledged for this area. Prizes are a late model Cadillac automobile, a mink coat. Government bonds, and such. John J. Huebner, veteran Ohio thea¬ tre owner, sold his Ohio, Marion, to Attending a recent preview of MGM‘s ""Easter Parade", Astor, Cleveland, were, left to right, top to bottom: exhibitor M.B. Horwitz, Washington Circuit, Clejjeland, Mrs.Horwitz, and granddaughter ; Frank Gross, Cleveland exhib; Gordon Boole, MGM records distributor; Arthur Spaeth, the News film critic; Judge and Mrs, Frank Celebreeze; Judge and Mrs. Samuel Silbert; Judge and Mrs. Arthur H. Day; Judge Mary B. Grossman and attorney Nathan Bachner, and district attorney Don Miller and his daughter. The Technicolor picture stars Fred Astaire and Judy Garland, featuring Irving Berlin tunes. August 18. 1948 Mideast NT- 2 THE EXHIBITOR Nate Schultz, Sam Schultz, Nate Mar¬ cus, and Dave Marcus, Cleveland. The new owners now own 10 Ohio theatres, the Almira and Union, Cleveland; Lorain, Lorain; Strand, Youngstown; Quilna, Lima; Strand, Morrison, Co¬ lumbia, and Mount Union, Alliance. Lockwood Jennings, manager, Quilna, has been named district manager to handle both the Lima and Marion houses and to supervise a $50,000 remodeling program at the Marion. Friends of Bob Richardson, recently named manager. Eagle Lion, paid tribute to him at a dinner held in the Hickory Grille. Richardson, a native of Cleve¬ land, has been a salesman for RKO out of the Cleveland office. H.E. Hanson^ who is building a drive- in circuit in South Dakota, has in¬ stalled Molbiltone in-car speakers in the one now nearing completion at Sioux Falls. Molbiltone in-car speakers are manufactured by Theatrecraft Manufacturing Company. Announcement is made of the September wedding of Blair Mooney, son of Mil- ton A. Mooney, who heads the Co-opera¬ tive Theatres of Ohio. The bride-to-be is Gail Jaster. Blair is a Co-op. booker. Irwin Shenker, Berio Vending Com¬ pany, has a large size television set. He won it at the Variety Club golf tournament. Detroit Oscar Gorelick, coowner. Carmen, Dearborn, Mich. , is a candidate for State Representative from Detroit on the GOP ticket. The Rose has been taken over by Harry Pertner, who was a projectionist here 15 years ago, and who has been managing an auto shop since. A restraint against this city’s day¬ light saving ordinance pursuant to a circuit court injunction now generally neglected was filed in the Supreme Court by the Michigan ITO and several independent exhibitors. Also being sought is the restraint on the scheduled referendum on the issue on Sept. 14. tndianapolis While 1,000 persons watched amotion picture in the drive-in at Griffith, Ind., an armed and masked bandit walked into the manager’s office, drew his gun, and ordered Arnold Berger, general manager; Edward Burk- hardt, manager, and William Sobel, advertising manager, to give him their funds. He took all the money from three nights receipts, estimated at $5,000. Representatives of Hohman-Cl inton Corporation, Marion, Ind. , subsidiary of Balaban and Katz, said here they were preparing to exercise the option on a site for a new 1,3000-seat thea¬ tre. Hohman-Cl inton operates the Paramount, but the lease expires on June 30, and corporation officials indicated they would attempt to have a new theatre completed by the time the lease expires. Construction of the new house will give Marion three houses, each with a capacity of more than 1,000 persons. Alberta Wells, assistant shipper. National Screen Service, and Henry Arnold were married at Linton, Ind. They have taken up residence in Tra¬ verse, City, Mich. Thelma French succeeds her. .. .Virginia Wright. Na¬ tional Screen Service, is spending her vacation in Cincinnati, and Rosa¬ lie Stowers has been added to the filing department. ... Carl Harthill, manager. Monogram, and W. K. Embleton, salesman, attended a sales meeting at the Drake Hotel, Chicago. Irving W. Mandel, franchise holder, visited the local exchange on his way to French Lick, Ind. ... Jack Eward, head shipper. Republic, was fishing in northern waters. .. Damon Frank, Photo¬ play, Clay City, Ind., was leaving for Arizona to spend his vacation. . .Gladys Asbury, Pearl, Hymers, Ind., was va¬ cationing in the northern states.... Ted Mandelssohn, manager, U-Int., was vacationing in New York, and was to visit Atlantic City before returning ....Maybelle Allison, Columbia office staff, was vacationing in Chicago.... Dorothy Sherer joined Columbia’ s office staff, replacing Margaret Edwards, re¬ signed. A testimonial dinner and entertain¬ ment was held at the Variety Club, in honor of George T. Landis, former mana¬ ger, 20th-Pox. As a gesture of appreci¬ ation, Landis was presented with a console radio and a parchment scroll carrying the signatures of all present ...Martha McHatton, motion picture re¬ viewer, The Indianapolis News, was sad¬ dened by the death of her father. Harry Watts, Alhambra, Knightstown, Ind. ,' and his family were spending their vacation at Lake Tippecanoe, Ind. . . . Charles Kreighbaum, Arc, Lafay¬ ette, Ind., was recuperating after attending a heart clinic at Mentone, Ind.... John W. Keller, head booker, RKO, was attending the regular man¬ euvers of the National Guard at Camp Atterbury, Ind. ... Carrie Mae LaCross, cashier, RKO, was vacationing in New York. Pittsburgh Plans were coming along last week for the Morris E. Lefko testimonial dinner to be held in the Urban Room of the William Penn Hotel on Aug. 30 to celebrate his promotion to the post of RKO district manager. General chairman is David C. Silverman. As¬ sociate chairmen are John H. Harris, Harris Amusement Company; M.A. Silver, Warner Theatres, and Sam Fineberg, Chief Barker, Tent 1, Variety Club. The general committee in charge of tickets and arrangements includes Harry Feinstein, Warner Theatres; Morris M. Finkel, president. Allied of Western Pennsylvania; Bert M. Steam, Co-operative Theatre Service; Gus Notopoulos, Notopoulos Circuit; William J. Blatt, Blatt Brothers Theatres; Michael Manos, Monessen Amusement Company; John Osborne, Wheeling, W.Va. ; JackMapel, Barney’s, Point Marion, Pa. ; George Sallows, Morgantown, W.Va.; William Finkel, Arcade and Colonial, Pittsburgh; Wel¬ don Waters, 20th Century-Fox; Saal Gottlieb, MGM; Russ Wehrle, Capitol, Braddock, Pa.; Joe Hiller, Hiller Booking Agency; Thomas Troy, William Penn Hotel manager; Ray Woodard, Kay- ton Amusement Company, Franklin, Pa.; Alan Wieder, RKO; L.M. Conrad, Park and Meade, Meadville, Pa. ; Lou Hanna, Hanna Theatre Service, and Leon Reich- blum, LeRich Theatres, Inc. It is im¬ portant that the committee receive reservations and checks as soon as possible since they must guarantee the hotel a definite number of reserva¬ tions. Tickets will be $7.50 per person, including gratuities. All checks and reservations should be ad¬ dressed to David Silverman, chairman, 1809 Boulevard of the Allies. The Variety Club rooms will be open both before and after the dinner. Alexander Theatre Supply Company has a new telephone number, effective immediately. Express 0777. ... Harry Hendel, owner. New Granada, departed for the west coast to resume pro¬ duction activities on his latest picture. Harry drove in order to see the country. Perry S. Nathan, National Screen Service manager, departed for a vaca¬ tion through the New England States ....Toni Armenti, Acme and Franklin Film Service, was spending her annual vacation in Ohio. Dave Kramer, city and main line Eagle-Lion salesman, handed in his resignation to go into the millinery business with his brother in Chicago. Lawrence Carettie, Eagle Lion West Virginia salesman, resigned from that company to resume his salesman activi¬ ties with RKO, with whom he was for¬ merly connected. M.N. “Mike” Shapiro, Hazelwood and Grand, was confined to the Montefiore Hospital for the correction of a slight stomach ailment. Exhibitors affected by the city’ s 10 per cent amusement tax were happy to learn that the American Federation of Musicians decided to launch an all-out campaign for complete repeal of the 20 per cent federal amusement tax. If successful, this will give a lot of relief to these men who are at the present time seeing 30 per cent of every dollar at their boxoffices going into the tax tills. Everett Thorner, United Artists ex¬ ploitation man, was here in the in-^ terest of “The Time Of Your Life.” Sympathies go to LaVerne Einloth, Republic, in the passing of her father ....John Walsh, Fulton manager, de¬ parted once more for Zanesville, 0., where he is engaged in looking after Shea’ s interests. He is not expected back until early in September. The Johnny Zomnirs, he’ s the Eagle Lion sales manager, named the new boy, Richard Michael. August 18, 1948 THE EX HI B I T 0 R NT- 3 Herb Berman, Eagle Lion Erie, Pa., territory salesman, resigned to take up similar duties with another film company. He is a brother of Harry Ber¬ man, Eagle Lion branch manager in Philadelphia. Bill Nesbitt, Eagle Lion booker, was off due to illness, during which time he was confined to bed. Marcia Cohen and Betty Pearlman, Eagle Lion office, are back after their annual vacation. Mrs. Bernard Leaf, Youngstown, 0. , the former Blanche Braff, secretary to Harry Peinstein, Warner Theatres, gave birth to her first child, a daughter, at Youngstown Hospital. This makes Meercy Braff, MGM booker, an aunt. Alex Showe, Theatre Candy Company, and Sidney Soltz, "rhumba circuit", spent their vacation together in At¬ lantic City. Soltz stayed over after Showe departed, but three cold, rainy days in a row changed his mind, and he came back to Pittsburgh to get warm. Out-of-town visitors to Film Row were Mr. and Mrs. Alex Illar, Center, St. Marys, W.Va. ; William “Bill" Habegger, Lincoln, Warwood, W.Va.; Joe Pechick, Menlo, Charleroi, Pa. ; Austin Interrante, Rowland, Philips- burgh, Pa.; John M. Ridilla, Highway, Latrobe, Pa. ; K. J. Erdeky, Wilmington, New Wilmington, Pa. , and Thomas Capuzzi, Princes?, Republic, Pa. George Wheeler, for many years a booker and for the past six years with a Washington, D.C. circuit, cameiback to Pittsburgh to visit with the boys, and say "hello" on his annual vaca¬ tion. A former Pittsburgher, Jules Green, Warner Theatres, who left here to take a new position with an advertising agency in Los Angeles, was a visitor. He announced that he expects to be in the home town oftener because of trips to New York City. A Philadelphia theatrical printing firm has been scouting around for a suitable office location, and will have an announcement to make later. Crown Film Company will soon have a supply of reissued “Wild Bill" Elliotts acquired in a recent deal. Prances Shuttleworth, Art Morrone’ s daughter, has been subbing while Morrone’ s "Girl Friday", Marcella Boden, has been on her vacation. The Variety Club, Tent 1, is planning holding an outdoor sports benefit in the near future for the purpose of enriching the club’ s charity fund. Further announcement will be made later. STATES Indiana EVANSVI LLE Ollie Phipps, Loew’ s, has been, in Saint Joseph’s Infirmary recuperating from an operation. ... E. J. Foote, Loew’s, was in Louisville, Ky., on vacation. Kentucky ADAIRVI LLE Thomas A. Miller is now managing the Adair. LOUISVILLE In a recent official bulletin, Kentucky Association of Theatre Owners advised members to insert a 60-day cancellation clause in any 10-year contracts submitted by ASCAP. Other items covered in the bulletin were data on KATO’ s annual convention on Oct. 27-28 at the Seelbach Hotel and information on the annual convention of TOA at the Drake Hotel,. Chicago, on Sept. 24-25. Guthrie F. Crowe, president, Ken¬ tucky Association of Theatre Owners, added new laurels, being elected Ken¬ tucky state legion commander. Dick Shreve, manager, Switow Amuse¬ ments’ Kentucky, was enjoying the fishing at Kentucky Lake. During his absence, he was relieved by George Jaeggers, Elks, New Albany, Ind. John T. Edmunds, Jr. , assistant to the president, KATO, planned a tour of the eastern part of the state in an effort to contact all exhibitors. Upon returning, he is scheduled to go to camp as a captain in the National Guard Air Force. Out-of-town exhibitors seen on Film Row recently were: A.N. Miles, Emi¬ nence, Eminence, Ky. ; RussellPhillips, Franklin, Greensburg, Ky. ; George Peyton, Gri-ffeth, LaGrange, Ky. ; O.G. Roaden, Alva, Ky. ; M.H. Sparks, Strand, Thompkinsvi lie, Ky. r- Ray Coleman, Veterans, Edmonton, Ky. ; E.T. Denton, Majestic, Owingsville, Ky. , and- Mrs. Irene Marshall, Columbian, Columbia, Ky. Ray Mattingly, The Exhibitor cor¬ respondent and a member of the staff of the Falls City Theatre Equipment Company, spent a week in Chicago at¬ tending the 1948 annual convention and trade show of the National Association of Visual Education Dealers. Ohio COLUMBUS The Old Trail, 1300-seat house in the amusement and shopping center on West Broad Street which houses the National Auto Theatre, is the ninth in the growing Academy Circuit. Of white brick, it is done in stylized Chinese design. The theatre features the new Glycol Vaporizer, which de¬ stroys germs. H. E. Clifford, former manager. National Auto, is Old Trail manager. Harry Simons, assistant manager. Palace, has been promoted to manager. Grand. He succeeds Larry Caplane, promoted to manager, RKO Brandeis, Omaha. Herman Stofle, former assistant manager. Grand, has been named assis¬ tant, Palace, and John Durand, former treasurer. Palace, is assistant-treas¬ urer, Grand. State Tax Commissioner C. Emory Glander warned vendors to keep re¬ cords of sales under 41 cents for the purpose of tax assessments, even though the state sales tax on items under 41 cents has been removed. Glander said merchants would be safer in keeping records than replying on percentage estimates of the tax-exempted sales. Theatre sales of candy, popcorn, and other items are covered by this ruling. Dr. Clyde Hissong, chief state film censor, said he "wouldn’t want to censor news in any way" in replying to complaints on Cincinnati patrons who had protested that the Pox Movie¬ tone newsreel interview with killer Robert Daniels made the slayer a hero. Dr. Hissong pointed out that the reel emphasized that crime doesn’ t pay. The summer home of Arthur M. Holah was included in the layout of Hocking Hills homes which ran in the Dispatch Sunday magazine. ... Harry Schreiber was vacationing in Eastern Maryland . . .Bernard McGraner was on a vacation. P.J. Wood points out in a recent ITO bulletin that there are no signs of reduced admission prices in Ohio in regularly-operated houses. GALION Construction has been started on the new 1300-seat, $300,000 Gallon by Vogel Construction Company, Wells- ville, 0. Six to 10 months will be required for its completion. Henry Fickensher is manager. Theatre will have Bodiform seats, stage equipped for flesh shows and concerts, power room, snack bar, and de luxe rest rooms. MARI ON Sale of the Ohio to Selected Thea¬ tres Company, Cleveland, has been announced by John J. Huebner, presi¬ dent, Huebner Theatres Inc., and N. M. Marcus, president, purchasing company. The new ownership will spend $75,000 in an improvement program at the Ohio. Pennsylvania CANONSBURG, Fred A. Beedle, who, with his brother, Ed, owns the Alhambra and Continental, and who has been a patient at Mercy Hospital, Pittsburgh, for the past month, was finally operated on on July 30. His many friends on Film Row will be very glad to know that he has been improving steadily, and should leave the hos¬ pital shortly. Many of these friends dropped in at Room 830 to cheer him a little while he was on this en¬ forced “vacation". MARQUEES SUPERIOR SIGN SYSTEM, INC ELIZABETHTOWN, PENNA August 18, 1948 NT- 4 THE EXHIBITOR The board of directors of the Kentucky Assocaation of Theatrt Owners recently net in Louisville, Ky,, with the confab followed by a luncheon at the Penoennis Club for menbers of the board and visitors. Shown at left, at the neeting, are, left to right: Colonel Henry J , St i te s , Louisville; Leon Pickle, Henderson, Ky . ; Morris Blacker , Clover por t , Ky , ; E . T , Denton, Owingsville, Ky.; Dennis Long, Louisville; Johnson Musselman, Louisville; Roger Daley, Louisville; W. Freenan Smith, Cadiz, Ky.; Guthrie F. Crowe, LaCrange, Ky.; E.L. Ornstein, Marengo, Ind.; Andy Anderson, Hartford, Ky.; Willard Gabhar t , Har r odsbur g , Ky . ; Char le s R . M i tche ll , Barbourville, Ky . , and Adolph Baker , Owe nsboro, Ky . Seen at the luncheon, at right, are, reading from left, clockwise: Rex Carr, TOC, Cincinnati; Gabhart, Denton, Ornstein, Smith, Crowe, Mit¬ chell, and Joe Isaacs, Cumberland, Ky. ; Louis Wiethe, Cincinnati; Anderson, Baker, and lacker . Huddling in a come r are Pickle, back to camera, and Stites. Crowe will continue as KATO president. Important industry problems were discussed . RENOVO J. J. McFadden, who recently retired from active management of the Rialto, his wife, and a sister returned from a three-week motor trip through Canada and the New England States. His son, George J. is now in complete charge of operations at the Rialto. ROCKWOOD The James Nash, Jr.’s, who operate the Rockne, became the proud parents of a seven-and-a-half-pound baby boy, born at 3 a. m. in the Magee Hospital, Pittsburgh, on July 28. Both Pat Nash and Jimmy, Jr. , as well as the new arrival, Ronald James Nash, are all doing very well. The paternal grand¬ parents are Anne and Jimmy Nash, who operate the Gerard, West View, Pa. ST. MARYS The opening of the Pairview Drive- In, located on the road between here and DuBois, Pa., was indefinitely postponed.- SCOTTDALE The Ruthorn Drive-In, located near here, was the scene of an unusual READ EXTRA PROFITS an exclusive feature every 4th week in THE EXHIBITOR You'll get many helpful hints that will bring you "EXTRA PROFITS" on your candy and popcorn sales. tragedy reported recently in all the Pittsburgh papers. Robert B. Clausner, 11, was found severely injured on the grounds after the last show on July 23. Young Clausner was rushed to the Frick Memorial Hospital, Mt. Pleasant, Pa. , nearby, but was dead on arrival there. Death was caused by a fractured skull. Investigation revealed that a popcorn vendor and buddy of Clausner, Jack Hunter, 15, often let Clausner into the theatre for the last show, and then they would go home together afterwards. Young Clausner slipped into the theatre, and sat on the ground near the foot of an auto ramp by the exit, where he was found lying about 10 feet away, after having been run over by a patron leaving the thea¬ tre. The coowners of the theatre, Robert M. Thorn, R.D. 1, Scottdale, and Donald Ruth, Mt. Pleasant, Pa. , were unaware of the tragedy which had occurred until notified by young Hunt¬ er, who found his pal’s body. Ruth and Thorn immediately called the doc¬ tor, but it was too late. The State Police, who conducted the investi¬ gation, believe the driver failed to realize that the boy had been struck, due to the fact that there is a bump at the bottom of that ramp. SHINGLEHOUSE J. Kenyon Reed, who owns the Shingle- house, in addition to a large radio and music shop, departed forCalifornia with his wife for a summer vacation. WARREN Ben White, newcomer, and a resident of this community, expects to get his new White-Way Drive-In openonAug. 5. All bookings for this situation are being handled by Lou Hanna, The White-Way Drive-In, under the direction of Ben White, who operates a tavdrn near here, was expected to get under way. WINDBER Bert Redfoot, who operates the Arcadia, flew to California on Aug. 3 to be with his mother when she cele¬ brated her 80th birthday. Redfoot al¬ so operates the Central, Central City, Pa. West Virginia FAIRMONT Arthur Pearce, who for a short time managed the Columbia, Sharon, Pa. , for Warner Theatres, is the new mana¬ ger, Fairmont, following the resigna¬ tion of Donn Wermuth, house manager for the past several years. The lat¬ ter, incidentally, received quite a compliment when the afternoon paper there carried an editorial of regret because of his leaving. ... Sid Jacobs, Warner Theatres’ district manager for the West Virginia territory, was in Florida for his annual vacation. PARKERSBURG The son of Charlie Truran, former manager for many years of the Park and Meade, Meadville, Pa. , and who, since his retirement, is now residing in Tucson, Ariz., manages the Strand. Young Truran was a relief manager at the Smoot while the regular manager was on his annual vacation, and now that the Strand isclosed for extensive remodeling, he has taken this oppor¬ tunity to celebrate his recent marriage and his annual vacation with a long visit to Meadville, Pa. , to see his many friends and acquaintances. ST. MARYS This town is now having a real theatre boom, as two new houses are being constructed, one to open in September, and the other in October. The Main, the theatre expected to open first, will have slightly under 600 seats, and will operate under a four-change-a-week policy. It is owned by the Sellers brothers, who are in the electrical supply business. They leased the theatre to Thomas Piatt, who has been projectionist in the Parker for a long time, and in the business for the past 20 years. Piatt’s partner will be Lyle Gault, projec¬ tionist, Virginia, Parkersburg, W. Va. The Virginia is operated by Lou Padolf. The second house, which will be named the Center, is being constructed by, and will be under the ownership of, the present owners of the Robey. Mr. and Mrs. Illar, whose three sons will attend to all phases of booking and management. August 18. 1948 THE EXHIBITOR NT-1 NliWS OF TIUJ Boston CROSSTOWN One of the most extensive publicity campaigns of the season was recently put on for Allied Artists’ “The Babe Ruth Story”, which had its New Eng¬ land premiere at the Keith Memorial. The huge Ruppert sign in downtown Boston carried the film title, open¬ ing date, and theatre name. The Angel Guardian Band paraded down to the theatre on opening day. A huge silk flag in the shape of a ball was sus¬ pended from the theatre. Department stores carried a new Babe Ruth base¬ ball game, and special window dis¬ plays were obtained. Novelty and book stores were furnished with material for co-op. advertising of the picture. Sporting goods shops came in with co-op. window and counter displays. Cigar Institue of America stores tied in on Surrey pipes, while Braves Field and Fenway Park were decorated with display cards plugging the film. Fif¬ teen White Tower Stands were also posted, and distributed 50,000 im¬ printed paper napkins. A special screening and luncheon was held by Herman Katz, Ruppert’ s New England representative, for all sectional dealers. Trade and other screenings were also held. For the children, 1,000 paper gliders were released with 200 of them worth Babe Ruth sou¬ venirs if presented at the theatre. Mayor Curley was presented with a desk set complete with good sized statuette of the “Babe”. All in all. Red King, theatre publicist, and Harry Gold¬ stein, eastern representative,. Allied Artists, had quite a busy time. Eliminations announced last fort¬ night by the Bureau Of Sunday Censor¬ ship were as follows: "Antoine And Antoinette”, parts i to lO. (Deletions; Scene showing man and woman on bed, in part 3. French dialogue, “-and agree¬ able”, in part 4. Scene showing man and woman on bed, in part 5. English captions and accompanying French dialogue, “If I interest you, visit me some night like before,” in part fi. “Figure”, in part 10. Siritzky. “Par Into The Night”, Parts l to 7. (Deletions: Dialogue. “Huh, just see¬ ing how far I could go in a taxi with¬ out anyone driving.”, in part 2j Bell. “Lady At Midnight”, Parts 1 to 7. (Deletions: Dialogue, “That two-timin’ double-cros-oin’ little tramp.!’, in part 3). Eagle Lion. "Night Cargo”, Parts 1 to 7. (Deletions: Dialogue, “Go on home and sew a button on your brassiere.”; dialogue, “Now run along before one of those slips, and gives you something to really cry about.”; cut to flash scene showing women in bathing; dialogue, “One hundred per cent of you, now get out.”, in part 3). Hoffberg. “Romance And Revenge” Egyptian), Parts 1 to 12. (See-“Garan •and Intikaam”) . (Deletions: Egyptian dialogue and corresponding English captions as follows. Dialogue, “He got the girl in trouble.”, dialogue, “The murdered had relations with many wayward girls.”, in part 4. Dialogue, “-my marriage will not alter our re¬ lations.”, in part 12). Albert Rashid. “Shark Woman”, Parts 1 to 7. (Dele¬ tions; Scenes showing native women’ s bare breasts; Scenes showing Saiyu’ s bare breasts, in part 5. Scenes show¬ ing Saiyu’ s bare breadts, in part 6.) Hoffberg. The recent happenings at the Apollo have resulted in closer checkups. Inspectors have been very busy these days checking booths for defective mechanism and faulty motors, and they are especially interested in any motor-driven rewinders. According to Massachusetts law, as found in the Department of Public Safety’s Laws and Regulations Governing the Use of the Cinematograph and Similar Apparatus for Exhibition, rewinding must be done by hand. August 11 was the date of the New England premiere of Monogram’ s “16 Fathoms Deep” at the Modern. Part of the first day’ s rec.eipts were turned over to a children’ s charity, with the Hearst papers plugging it. Regardless of that item which ap¬ peared in this column a few weeks ago, the Esquire is not going to have television, at least not for the present. However, the New England The¬ atres, Inc. , operated by M and P, which owns and operates the Esquire, has had an application in for about a year forapermit to establish a tele¬ vision station in the Esquire build¬ ing, which houses the theatre. The station, if allowed, will occupy another section of the building. Under the auspices of the Lieuten¬ ant A. Vernon Macauley American Legion Theatrical Post, there will be a moon¬ light cruise and dance tonight (Aug. 18). Tickets could be had from Sam Levine, EL; Abe Barry, Columbia; Harry Aaronson, Rialto, and Joe Can¬ tor, Crawford House. Warners’ “Key Largo” opened last week at the Metropolitan to best busi¬ ness in 10 years. The opening was pre¬ ceded by an elaborate advance campaign, highlighted by a “Key Largo Treasure Chest Hunt”, with persons contributing to the local Variety Club’s “Free Movies for Shut-Ins” cause, receiving a key for the chest. Valuable daily prizes were awarded those holding keys which unlocked the trunk. The grand prize was a vacation for two in Florid'a. “Dr. I.Q. ” conducted a quiz to determine the grand prize-winner. Ray Feeley, Independent Exhibitors Inc. , of New England, announced the receipt of a telegram from national headquarters advising all members to discontinue all payments, and to ab¬ stain from making contracts with ASCAP pending clarification of recent de¬ cision handed down in the U.S. Dis¬ trict Court. The Variety Club of New England is sponsoring a football game between the New York Yankees and the Brooklyn Dodgers for the “Jimmy” Fund. The game will be played at Braves Field, Boston, on Aug. 21. A 1949 Ford, a television set, and other prizes will be given away. Ray Feeley, business manager. In¬ dependent Exhibitors Inc. , flew down to New York to attend an eastern regional meeting of Allied units. Incidently, his right hand man, Mrs. Jean Pidgeon, returned from vacation complete with sunburn and that vaca¬ tion look. During her absence. Young Paul, Ray’s son, was observed in the office. Don Alexander Jr. , Alexander Film Company, has his yacht tied up at the South Boston Yacht Club. He is, has been, and plans to be busy entertain¬ ing exhibitors. Eve Krasney, bookkeeper and treasurer. Affiliated Theatres, was vacationing in New York State, FILM DISTRICT Elaine Seaman, clerk at Warners, was at the Kenmore Hospital suffering after an emergency appendectomy. It’s reported that she will be away from the district for about one month. “China Joe” Mansfield, EL publicist, left the district for vacation, Mike Di Angelis, well-known theatre architect from Rochester, N. Y. , ‘was in to do a little visiting before going fishing . Henry Annotti, Uptown, Providence, R.I,, was his cheery self about the district.... Exhib White, Mansfield, Mansfield, Mass., was glimpsed as he hurried by. Colleen Grey, Anne Baxter^ and Cornel Wilde are seen in a rather tense moment during a courtroom sequence from '"'The Walls of Jericho”, 20th Century-Fox. August 18. 1948 New England NT-2 THE EXHIBITOR A national sales meeting of all Monogram franchise holders branch, and district managers was held at the Hotel Drake, Chicago. Herman Rifkin, franchise holder, and Ben Abrams, district manager, attended. Edward Lachman, national franchise holder for Lorraine Carbon, product of Carbons, Inc. , was in recently looking for a distributor. Barbara Copeland, secretary to Harry Browning, M and P, returned from a vacation spent in New Hamp¬ shire, East Concord to be exact. She didn’ t have a sunburn. Ned Beier, Film Classics, Inc., attended the national convention held at the Hotel Astor, New York, and re¬ turned home enthusiastic about new product. Miss Blumenthal, Bill Cuddy, and Al Swerdlove were all visitors in New York recently, when Screen Guild held a screening at the Hotel Warwick. Eddie Comi, Massachusetts Theatre Supply, left for a business trip through New Hampshire and Vermont,... Off for a vacation, and leaving on the same day, were Max Farber, owner. Regal, and Maynard Sickles, salesman. National Screen Service. The two gentlemen, accompanied by their wives, are whiling away their time in the vicinity of Lake George. ..Max Berlone, UA office manager, was on a vacation, Phil Engel, UA, and Joe DiPesa and Jim Shanahan, Loew' s, were taking bows for the publicity stunt that they pulled recently in connection with “The Time of Your Life”. They invited one of the local newspaper men down to Nick’ s Tavern, and then had char¬ acters portray James Cagney and sister. John Derwin, branch manager, UA, arranged a screening of “The Vicious Circle” for exhibitors and sales staff. ... Phil Engel was traveling for “Pour Faces West” and “On Our Merry Way”. James Winn branch manager, UA, Buffalo, visited the exchange recently ....Harry Horgan, Opera House, New¬ port, R.I., was seen making one of his rare visits to the district. . . . Leon Task, Ideal, Milford, Mass., was around. New Haven CROSSTOWN Loew’ s Poll won the championship of the Downtown Theatres League by virtue of winning the playoff soft- ball game with the Loew Poli Bijou on Aug. 8. The score was Loew’ s Poli, 10, Bijou, 8. The Bijou had things pretty much its own way until the sixth inning when the Poli teers banged out seven runs. Prank Esposito, who had been pitching fine ball, was taken out, and John Di Benedetto, one of the allowable outside players, was put in as relief pitcher. However, the score didn’ t change much from then on. Andy Munz did the pitching for the winning Poli team. A banquet, etc. will be iield sometime in September, plans awaiting the return of league director Norman Levinson, College, on vacation. The New Crown, located in the for¬ mer Elks building, now the Adi ey build¬ ing, is scheduled to open soon. The auditorium has been completely reno¬ vated into an attractive 450-seat house, under the management of the Crown Operating Company, chief stock¬ holders being Bob Spodack, Len Samp¬ son, from the Lincoln interests, and the Baileys, who operate the Three “W’ S” (Whitney, Whalley, Westville), It will be a continuous showing house with the picture policy, at present, undetermined. Tony Masella, Poli assistant, set some more dandy tieups for “The Street With No Name”. He also made a deal for a covered wagon for several days to bally “Fort Apache”. ... The new Loew’ s Poli lobby display was eye- appealing, ballyhooing “The Pirate”. Assistant Ray Flynn, Bijou, was a member of the advance National Guards detail which left for Camp Edwards, Mass,... Sid Kleper’ s College had a window and display in a local ap¬ pliance store for “Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House”. The Grand had a giant “Kartoon Festival” for the youngsters. MEADOW STREET Plans were progressing for the MPTO of Connecticut Golf Tournament at Racebrook Country Club on Aug. 24. A nice list of prizes has been col¬ lected. The affair this year is limited to those connected with the industry, and there will be no outsiders. Those who haven’ t notified the committee as to their desiring to attend should contact Herman M. Levy, 152 Temple Street, New Haven, as soon as possible. Harold Donovan, Strand, Seymour, has a 1912 Ford which he uses regularly to bally film at his theatre. This antique received quite a bit of at¬ tention when it visited Meadow Street. The recent death of Calvin J. Kazan- jian, candy manufacturer, brings back stories when he ran the old Garden, which was burned 20 years or so ago. Kazanjian was reported to have started with a tent, and then started the Garden, which was later taken over by the Johnson management. Ted Jacocks, Branford, and Ralph Civitello, Devon, who worked for Kazanjian, can tell more about those days of yore. Hugh Maguire, RKO office manager, did a lot of boating during his va¬ cation. ... Tim O’Toole, former Co¬ lumbia branch manager, left for Florida, where he may live permanently. It is said he was leaving for Fort Lauderdale, Dick Cohen, Monogram, took his va¬ cation. . . “The Babe Ruth Story” is due for plenty of exploitation when it opens in Connecticut around Aug. 25. John Pavone, Monogram branch mana¬ ger, returned from Chicago. ... 20th Century-Fox salesman Jim Van Horn was given a fountain pen by associates previous to his 1 eaving. . . . Phyl is Shelling Lesser, 20th Century-Fox, resigned. She was given a sterling silver remembrance by members of the 20th Century-Fox Family Club.... New at 20th Century-Fox is Edwina Serfel- 1 ippi. . ... Bob Kaufman, 20th Century- Fox, spent his vacation in the Adir¬ ondack Mountains. ... Harold Eskin Enterprises takes over the operation of the Middlesex and Capitol, Middle- town. ... Roberta Abbott, 20th Century- Fox, is quite a golfer. ... The Barnum, Bridgeport, closed so that the new addition could be finished. Walter Silverman, Columbia branch manager, went up to Boston to attend the funeral of his aunt. ... State, Hartford, is due for reopening on Aug. 25 after being closed. ... George Weber, former MGM office manager, now owning the Goldrays Camera Shop, was out on a fishing trip with Morty Rapp, Bridgie Weber, and Nate Lichter, and, instead of tuna, they came back with sea bass. Circuits Loew Poli Poli managers out on vacation re¬ cently included: Morris Rosenthal, Poli, New Haven; Matt Saunders, Poli, Bridgeport, to Chicago for his time off; Lou Cohen, Poli, Hartford, at Westbrook; George Freeman, Poli, Springfield, Mass. , to Hampton Beach, N. H. ; H. H. Maloney, Worcester, Mass.; Paul Klinger, Strand, waterbury, at Lewiston, Pa., and artist Jim Memry to Provincetown, Cape Cod, Ruth Bolton and Charlotte Sitzer were also away. Teen-age fashion shows were set in Waterbury and Bridgeport to bally “A Date With Judy”....L-P Theatres are getting ready for the New Movie season ....Division manager Harry F. Shaw was in Bridgeport, Meriden, Waterbury, and Hartford. ... A new candy stand has been installed at the Palace, Meriden ....Seats have been reconditioned at the Poli, Waterbury and Hartford, Steel structure was started at the new theatre in No rwi ch. ... Joseph Gittleman, student assistant. Palace, Hartford, filled in as assistant when Norman Levinson was on vacation at the College. He also subbed at Bijou for Ray Flynn when this assistant was away on vacation, ... Ernest Emerling, New York Loew ad chief, stopped off. Warner Bros. The annual summer outing of the Warner Club, was held at Ye Castle Inn, Saybrook. Jeanette Shields, Angelo Lombardo, and John Del son were the three active members of the com¬ mittee on arrangements. Connecticut HARTFORD Ernest A. Grecula, assistant to general manager Al Schuman, Hartford Theatre Circuit, vacationed in Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont. George E. Landers, Hartford division manager, E.M. Loew’ s Theatres, was to August 18, 1948 TH E EXHIBITOR NT-3 leave on Aug. 14 for a two-week trip to California, byauto, with Ira Loew, E.M. Loew’ s home office, and Landers’ son, Richard, accompanying. Construction started on a 600-car capacity drive- in at Montville, between Norwich and New London, for E.M. Loew’ s Theatres. Hartford Theatres Circuit: Daniel Schuman, son of Leon Schuman, treasur¬ er, Hartford Theatres Circuit, is en¬ gaged to Miss Bella Katz, Colchester ....Mrs. Kate Treske, Lenox manager, returned from vacation at Lake Amston ....Madelene Ferrer joined the Co¬ lonial. ... George Smith, circuit main¬ tenance director, came home from a vacation, .. Charles Servian, Colonial, returned from a stay on Long Island ....Mike Piccirillo, Center manager, reported completion of interior re¬ decorations. ... Jim Tuffy, Crown mana¬ ger, was busy with plans for instal¬ lation of a new blue glass front. Shulman Theatres moved its head¬ quarters from the Rivoli building to 1731 Park Street, according to Morris Shulman. ... Lou Cohen, Loew-Poli mana¬ ger, was out on a vacation. ... That was a nice birthday party held at the Silver Rail Restaurant by Local 84 for Henrv King, veteran member, lATSE. King noted his 75th birthday. Sam Horwitz, Loew-Poli assistant, reported that Hy Hass was on vacation ....Harry Gibbs, Connecticut Films, was around, .. Harry Hoff, electrician. Strand, was home' from Highlai^d Lake, Winsted. ... Eddie Hagen was named electrician at the Center. MANCHESTER Manager Jack A. Sanson, State, is back at his desk following his vaca¬ tion at Moodus, Fred Riamo, manager. Circle, relieved forSanson during the latter’ s vacation. MIDDLETOWN Leases on the Middlesex and Capitol have been transferred by Daniel and Morris Pouzzner to Harold G. Eskin, New York, with the Pouzzner interests retaining ownership of the Middlesex and Middlesex building. NEW BRITAIN Brookie LeWitt, Glackin and T,eWitt Theatres, revealed plans to build a 1500-seat theatre here in 1949, The spot will be situated “somewhere in downtown New Britain,” according to LeWitt. Stanley Sinski, with Glackin and LeWitt for the past 22 years, has been appointed manager. Strand,' Plain- ville. .. Shirley Nelson has been named aide at G and L’ s Arch Street. Otto Teffs, partner in the State, sold out his interest in adowntown restaurant. He will continue his partnership with Howard K. Richardson, Sr., in the operation of the State, Richardson’ s son , Howie , was graduated from Cushing Academy, Ashburnham, Mass,, and has been enrolled in Nicho¬ las Junior College. Dudley, Mass, Eddie Christiansen, former aide at the Warner, Torrington, was named assistant manager. Arch Street.... Walter Kordak, State house manager, was on vacation, SOUND V I EW Tom Grasso and Herb Jaffee, part¬ ners, New Colony, donated cases of soft drinks to the opening affair of a new local synagogue. WATER BURY Bob Carney, Loew’ s Poll; J. Roger Mahan, Tower; Julia Smith,. State; Paul 0. Klingler, Loew’ s Strand, and John “Chuck” Sirica, Lido, consented to judge the beauty contest which will highlight the annual outing of The Waterbury Republican and American newspapers at Lake Quassapaug, Middle- bury, on Aug. 29... City Clerk William A. Sirica, former Lido manager and the first theatre manager in Connecticut to be inducted into World War II, hopes to have his 1949 four-door Ford delivered by September. . . . J, Roger Mahan, Tower, has been highly com¬ plimented for the new marquee which adorns his air-conditioned Watertown Avenue emporium. • Julia Snith, State, was overwhelmed recently when Tula Exarhou. an inti¬ mate friend, showed her a dazzling sparkler which her big moment pre¬ sented her on her last birthday. . , . Freddie Quatrano, Lido, rented a cot¬ tage for the summer at Bayview, Mil¬ ford, for his lovely wife, Veenie, and son, Richard. A referendum of the residents of the Overlook section on the question of erecting a theatre on Roseland Avenue is asked by J. Roger Mahan, who was recently granted permission by the Board of Aldermen to erect one there. The board approved the request of his wife for a change of zone on property she owns on Roseland Avenue where it is proposed to erect the theatre. A group of opponents to the zoning change have engaged a lawyer to appeal the aldermen’ s decision to Superior Court. ‘I would welcome a referendum of the entire community on whether they want a theatre or not, ” Mahan to Id The Exhibitor correspondent. “I believe if one were held, 90 per cent of the 15,000 residents of the section would vote for it.” ‘Three meetings have been held in the section on the question of the theatre,” Mahan said. “The first was with the president and executive committee of the Overlook Community Club. They ex¬ pressed approval but did not want to go alone on it so asked me to call a meeting at Kingsbury Grammar School. At that meeting, those present voted overwhelmingly in favor of the thea¬ tre. Later, the opponents called a meeting at All Souls’ Episcopal Church but of the 28 present 21 voted in favor of it. I had agreed previously that if at the first meeting at Kings¬ bury Grammar School the majority did not favor it, I would withdraw my application for the zoning change.” State Police Commissioner Edward J. Hickey, Hartford, on Aug, 9 denied a / POPCORN /VI•5: “O *® Z ^ o £* 0 d> o to C JO C >sj^ o ® > “too ;--?U c OX ^ Ecd^a: O ^ ® w o o TJ c ^ o 0*T3-^ W S O «/) S o I'^'x ►- .2* a ® ^ *0-2 J cx 2 o 0“0 ® c >s= O O) • = .<“■ O) > 0£ c UJ o lU O .'-C tt D.ii-D <£- § TJ Q> ® OS_ «< CD ® ja 3 ^ w to u ®-0 5 ^Sjg gsl o w 5 w O lA tA— I CD* CD* O ^ ^ ~ ^ to O ® ^ ^ \y ® O ?“u^ O O ® o'sJ t) . • )“ O tA< ® I C C c 02 S ““I 0)S . c'^cxU O) u O X-* §L! c c^ ■ii D O o d> OK>:S o . 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EXHIBITOR Remember in September to Join in Promoting . . . WHAT TO DO 1. Order FREE accessories from Na¬ tional Screen— Campaign Book, Lobby Hangers, and “A Salute To Youth” trailer, featuring Sammy Kaye’s or¬ chestra and Youth Month song, “I’m the You in the U.S.A.” 2. Decorate marquee and theater. 3. Run all Youth newsreel shots. 4. Book all possible Youth short sub¬ jects. See local exchange managers. 5. Put Youth Month slugs in ads. 6. Enlist support of newspapers and radio stations. 7. Interest civic and church groups, also Rotary. Kiwanis, Community Chest, American Legion, VFW, Lions clubs. Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Campfire Girls, and youth serving agencies in Youth Month activities. 8. Conduct all possible Youth activity in and out of theater with at least four BIG community events. 9. Consult your state chairman. Work with your fellow Exhibitor in making your community YOUTH conscious. ★ A Public Service Program Undertaken by Theatres, radio, press, and civic organizations at the request of Attorney General Tom Clark to combat juvenile delinquency! YOUTH MONTH COMMITTEE CHARLES P.SKOURAS ■ HARRY LOWENSTEIN National Chairman Vice Chairman • SPONSORED BY THEATRE OWNERS OF AMERICA TED R. GAMBLE, President ★ Film Ctcmics' fif»t *®**'®" ^ featured the addresses of B: G; Kranze, left, company yt> general-sales manager, and Joseph Bernhard, president Cinecolor Corporation, both of whom are active m COMBINATION VOLUME 40 NUMBER 16 ^ TWO SECTIONS fSECnOtl ONE IaUGUST 25, 1948 UNOER ONE COVER FROM PUBLICATTON WjTH LOCAL NEWS FORMS iCOWBrNANG THE THIS ISSUE: Recent developments in the Held Provide interesting highlights in CLARK GABLE LANA TURNER Anne Baxter, John Hodiak in ••HOMECOMING" Ray Collins, Gladys Cooper, Cameron Mitchell. IRVING BERLIN'S "EASTER PARADE" (Technicolor). Starring JUDY GARLAND, FRED ASTAIRE PETER LAWFORD. ANN MILLER. i ! i i I i 6 1 SPENCER TRACY KATHARINE HEPBURN VAN JOHNSON Angela Lansbury Adolphe Menjou, Lewis Stone in FRANK CAPRA's ••STATE OF THE UNION.” •‘SUMMER HOLIDAY” (Technicolor). MICKEY ROONEY GLORIA DeHAVEN Walter Huston, Frank Morgan Butch Jenkins, Marilyn Maxwell Agnes Moorehead, Selena Royle. ★ ★ ★ ••BIG CITY” Starring Margaret O'Brien Robert Preston, Danny Thomas George Murphy, Karin Booth Edward Arnold, Butch Jenkins Betty Garrett, Lotte Lehmann. JUDY GARLAND, GENE KELLY in “THE PIRATE" (Technicolor). Waller Slezak, Gladys Cooper Reginald Owen. ESTHER WILLIAMS, PETER LAWFORD RICARDO MONTALBAN JIMMY DURANTE, CYD CHARISSE XAVIER CUGAT in “ON AN ISLAND WITH YOU” (Technicolor). “A DATE WITH JUDY” (Technicolor) Starring WALLACE BERRY JANE POWELL, ELIZABETH TAYLOR CARMEN MIRANDA, XAVIER CUGAT ROBERT STACK. GREER GARSON WALTER PIDGEON in “JULIA MISBEHAVES” PETER LAWFORD, ELIZABETH TAYLOR CESAR ROMERO, Lucile Watson Nigel Bruce, Mary Boland Reginald Owen. MONTGOMERY CLIFT ALINE MacMAHON JARMILA NOVOTNA in “THE SEARCH” “LUXURY LINER” (Technicolor). Starring GEORGE BRENT, JANE POWELL LAURITZ MELCHIOR, FRANCES GIFFORD MARINA KOCHETZ, XAVIER CUGAT. RED SKELTON, BRIAN DONLEVY in “A SOUTHERN YANKEE” Arlene Dahl, George Coulouris Lloyd Gough, John Ireland Minor Watson. “NO MINOR VICES” DANA ANDREWS, LILLI PALMER LOUIS JOURDAN "THE THREE MUSKETEERS" (Technicolor). LANA TURNER, GENE KELLY JUNE ALLYSON, VAN HEFLIN ANGELA LANSBURY Frank Morgan, Vincent Price Keenan Wynn, John Sutton Gig Young. “HILLS OF HOME” (Technicolor). starring EDMUND GWENN DONALD CRISP, TOM DRAKE JANET LEIGH and LASSIE. beats ACATlO^ SHOT-IN-TWE-ARM New Music Hall Record! "A DATE WITH JUDY” (Technicolor) Biggest M-G-M first 2 weeks in Radio City Music Hall history! Every new “play-date with Judy” terrific! For Happy Box-Offices! "ON AN ISLAND WITH YOU” Just what the fans want in romance and music! Swell biz from Coast to Coast ! IRVING BERLIN’S (Tech nicolor) "EASTER PARADE Hold overs! Extended runs! It’s getting bigger and biggeF as its fame and its song hits sweep the nation! Read the Reviews on SOUTHERN YANKEE Here^s a typical review from M, P, Daily: ”Red Skelton raises the roof. If you thought he was a boon to tired theatre-goers in 'Fuller Brush Man’ you’ll be as pleased as the preview crowd was, unanimously, to discover that you ain’t seen nothin’ yet. It’s the fastest, funniest comedy of this or any recent year!'' Ain’t it the dog-gone truth! M-G-M GREAT IN ’48! Parade Ml" (Ihampions sill Ml CENTURY-FOX '“'r-ff..., » 1* <«'•<: 5, VK "j^ Motion Picture Herald Boxoffice Champion for July! MAM rr — r, , ~l : ■' M 1 L- - .^ ■ jj / ^ 1 :■ - ; Boxoffice Champions Coming Up! f Packing them in to the walls in key-city openings! imi m COLOR BY TECHNICOLOR Ohhh ! . . . What she’s doing for showmen who dated her! i , j i " i/ 1 1 *> ! ^ The company that leads the industry in Boxoffice Champions for T8! jjc The ONLY company to make the list EVERY MONTH in ’48! Remember ... September is YOUTH MONTH — Saluting Young America! 7j 1 H { REPORTS indicate that behind the “iron curtain” in Rouinania and Austria, Walt Disney’s “Snow White” is meeting approv¬ al, which might he an indication of the dove of peace getting a chance if it is given a break. ★ MARQUEE CHANGERS, as usual, will her¬ ald the changing of “The Three God¬ fathers” to “3 Godfathers.” VoL. 40, No. 16 \UOIf ,IRCUkATlQ44t August 25, 1948 A QUESTION still unanswered is whether “The Return Of October” will he released in October. ★ A COLORADO drive-in claims “the biggest” on this count. A truck containing 36 hoys drove in, paid |21.60 in admissions, and four speakers were hooked up for the aggregation. ★ AND ANOTHER custom of the business is altered by the advent of the drive-in. Where stage attractions have been introduced in the open-airers, the audience shows its approval by honking its horns, which may lead us to expect the following conversa¬ tion; “I knocked ’em dead last night at the drive-in. I was a horning success.” ★ LATEST NOTE from the world of science is the item from an agricultural depart¬ ment professor who declares that black popcorn pops the whitest. ★ SOMETHING NEW in building goodwill oc¬ curred in an eastern town recently when a theatre, closed for the matinee, allowed its restrooms to he used by those partici¬ pating in a civic carnival. DRIVE-IN OWNERS are meeting to or¬ ganize a national association. Contrary to what might he expected, however, they won’t convene in a drive-in hut in a regular meeting liall. — H. M. M. INDEX VoL. 40, No. 16 Aug. 25, 1948 Section One Editorial . 5 Feature Article — There’s Always A First Time 6, 7 In The Newsreels . 20 People . 16 Picture Page . 18 Production . 18 Release Date Guide Inside Back Cover The Scoreboard . 20 Trade Screenings . 16 Physical Theatre . PT-1 — PT-30 I Brighten The Front What with costs rising so rapidly, it has lieconie iinpossiltle for many a theatre to remodel its front completely, hut there are methods hy which the exterior of the house may he brought up to date. It is revealing no trade secret to declare that most exhibitors believe that their fronts constitute their most important selling avenues, although, glaneing at many of them, as much progress has not been evidenced in th is de|)artment as in other parts of the theatre. For example, some exhibitors still have failed to take advan¬ tage of the attractive plastic letters, available in various colors and sizes, which, through proper use, combine showmanship with better visibility. Using the same color letters, in the same size, becomes unattractive, and definitely hastens a loss of selling values, whereas a colorful, effective marquee salesmanship, with large letters now and again, ean’t fail to improve the merchandis¬ ing scope of the front. Furthermore, there is a guarantee that there is no peeling or chipping, long a hugahoo to the theati’es, lessening the maintenance problem. Combine these assets with those mentioned before, and the result is an opportunity no theatre should overlook. While on the subject, changing the display frames is another good idea. Many we have seen look as antiquated as cigar store Indians, which is a pity when one considers that there are now available frames in beautiful aluminum trim, tarnishproof, needing no further painting or polish. The new show season is about to start, and front changes of these varieties are easy to affect. Certainly no wideawake showman can afford to overlook these opportunities to increase the value of the front of his house. They are well worth looking into. A Jay Emanuel Publication. Founded in 1918. Published weekly by Jay Emanuel Publications Incorporated. Publishing office: 1225 Vine Street, Philadelphia 7, Pennsylvania. New York office: 1600 Broadway, New York 19. West Coast Representative: Paul Manning, 923 Alaridele Avenue, Los Angeles 36, California. Jay Emanuel, publisher; Paul J. Greenhaigh, business manager; Herbert M. Miller, editor; James A. Dalton, advertising manager; George F. Nonamaker and Mel Konecoff, associate editors. Rates: Each edition, one year, $2; three years, $5. Please address communications to office at 1225 Vine Street, Philadelphia 7, Pennsylvania. Section Two SS-D-SS-8 The Check-Up I H { FILM CLASSICS RECENTLY HELD A WORLD-WIDE SALES MEETING IN NEW YORK CITY, AND SHOWN HERE ARE SOME TOP MEN ON THE DAIS. There’s Always A First Time Thoiigli National Sales Meets Lessen, FC Recently Held Its Initial Session ONE of the very first institutions to fall victim to the current retrench¬ ment and tightening due to the economic situation in the film industry seems to be the large-scale national sales meeting. Most film companies seem to feel that sales work can be done as efficiently through regional and district meetings. Hence, the national sales convention seems to have gone the way of all flesh, for the most part. However, when a company is new, it seems logical for it to call together its sales force to impress upon its members the progress being made, and that was what happened recently in New York when Film Classics, Inc., convened for the first time to discuss past accomplish¬ ments and future plans. Joseph Bernhard, president. Film Clas¬ sics and Cinecolor, announced on the first day of the meeting that the new produc¬ Film Classics' general counsel, Herbert S. Stern, listens attentively to what finance expert Dr. Vilem Zwillinger has to say on the matter. ing and releasing company would be a cooperative organization, with profits “shared by all who helped to make them.” Under the new plan, all personnel will share in the profits independent of spe¬ cial sales drives. B. G. Kranze, vice-president and gen¬ eral sales manager, who presided over the three-day meeting, informed the dele¬ gates that territorial increases in busi¬ ness amounted to 70 per cent over mid- February of this year. There was more good news. Eight pro¬ motions were announced, including those of Messrs. Jake Lutzer, Jules K. Chapman, Ralph Peckham, George Lefko, John Mc¬ Kenna, Lou Bernhard, Ed Spiers, and Bob Bernhard. On the whole, the convention left an impression of self-confidence and assur¬ ance. Standing on a platform like that built at the convention, Film Classics cannot help but achieve success. 6 I THE EX T .1. ' ■ r B IS ^ . Mm cl 1 George Watdman, eastern division manager; Joseph Ende, comptroller; Jules K. Chapman, assistant general sales head, and I. H. Allen chat at the meeting. A newer company. Film Classics, is moving full speed ahead. H I B I T O R 7 Seen in a huddle over finances were, left to right, Edwin Van Pelt, Willis McDonald, and Milton Gettinger. The new company has many problems to iron out. Get-togethers at the convention helped solve many of them. An anecdote changes hands. Leavitt Bugie, right, branch sales manager, Cincinnati, and general s'- les head B. G. Kranze make sure that neither misses the latest in a funny story. Most of the jokes were good. At the reception before the dinner, seen, left to right, were John Consentino, Sam Sobel, Ed Spears, Eugene Arnstein, and George Lefko, among the many FC men who came to the meeting from all parts of the United States. Smiling, Bob Ableson, Joseph Bernard, Karl Herzog, Willis McDonald, and A. Pam Blumenthal hold a confab. The entire convention was full of little pauses which brought groups into corners to talk over their problems. It's coffee, conversation, and cantaloupe for, from left to right, Samuel Wheeler, Sanford Gottlieb, Hyman Wheeler, and Fred Franks. Product of Film Classics was c'iscussed, including many of the company's reissues. Bill Shartin, Al Zimbalist, veteran advertising and publicity executive. Bob Ableson, Syd Gross, and George Waldman share some interesting chitchat. Shartin seems to be more interested in the camera for a moment. At the dinner, shown in full swing, the delegates to the large sales meeting take time out from business for a friendly meal. At the same time, the sales executives from various parts of the country talked over conditions, August 25, 1948 rBlACR arrow 10\J\S 7eenp'»v tiV ’’prarrrbrwWT W'/TOCK :Ubb,ooRoo«o_ouo^^^^^^ production ED^^!^RU 10 THE EXHIBITOR Mf C KOMSCOFFS N€W YORK THERE’S a new theatre game of skill in the process of being launched currently. It’s called “Puzzle-Bank,” and it is sponsored by Enterprise House, headed by Curtis Mitchell, former Paramount advertising-publicity director, and his associates, including Leon Moss, Mervin Hauser, and William Powell. It has been cleared by interested government agencies, including the Post Office Department, the Depart¬ ment of Justice, the Federal Trade Commission, and the Federal Com¬ munications Commission and placed in the non-lottery class, the sponsors declare. The game is designed on both a local and national level with participating theatres receiving an area license. During the week, theatre audiences fill out entry blanks which usually ask the identity of a film from a printed scene and the identity of the characters shown therein, plus the completion of a given sentence. On the night of the local contest, four winners will be chosen by a locally-designated judge, and they will be given the opportunity of answering a prepared question different for each contestant. The winner collects the local jackpot, and is then given a chance at the national prize by an im¬ mediate phone call from the stage, which is usually hooked up to the theatre’s loud¬ speaker system. The call goes to the head¬ quarters of Enterprise House, where the contestant is asked to identify a screen personality or other prominent person via a jingle or rhyme. He is given 20 seconds to reply, and, if he wins, he can collect as much as $5000 in merchandise as the national jackpot. If the national prize is won, it is im¬ mediately replaced by a similar prize so that other theatre contestants are eligible. Thus, there is no limit on the number of winners weekly. Mitchell stated that the game would have its initial tryout in some 25 houses in New England, and other theatres are being contacted nationally. Incidentally, if the prize is not won in any one week, it will be increased so that the prize the following week will be greater. Cost to theatres is broken down as fol¬ lows: franchises will go for four cents per seat per week per theatre, and trailers will be rented at $1 per week. A pressbook is supplied plus a weekly contest kit which contains 1,000 free entry forms, questions and answers envelopes, weekly contest bulletin, publicity and exploitation bulle¬ tin, etc. Additional entry forms may be purchased for any week as required at $6.50 per 1,000. FLOTSAM AND JETSAM: We saw Paul Henreid the other day when he was at the Hampshire House, and, aside to the gals, he looks prettier off screen than on. He told us that he likes playing the part of a producer as well as an actor on the screen, which he does in Eagle Lion’s “Hollow Triumph.” He believes that “A” pix can be turned out reasonably with proper preparation, reporting that “Hollow Triumph” was turned out in 25 days at a cost of $600,000. His goal in life is to form a corporation with a revolving fund to produce two pictures continuously annu¬ ally with profit-sharing by creative talent involved. . . . Didya read about that survey conducted by Hofstra College among 137 television-owning families and 137 non- telcvision-owning families, and where it was found that owners of television sets have cut their movie-going by 20 per cent. Night club attendance has been cut 42 per cent, while sports attendance has not been affected at all. . . . Didya also read that producer Walter Wanger would fight British film quota via American banks. who would be utilized as intermediaries in the present dispute? PRIZE ENTRY DEPT.: Universal-In¬ ternational may not know it, but it has a potential entry for the Academy Awards in “An Act Of Murder,” with Frederic March, Edmond O’Brien, Florence Eld- ridge, Geraldine Brooks, Stanley Ridges, etc. THE METROPOLITAN SCENE: Vin¬ cent Trotta’s daughter, Maria Vincenza, wi'l be married to Harold Douglas Hall on Aug. 28. Pop is art director for National Screen Service. . . . More than 450 radio stations have requested copies of the special 13-minute recording made by U-I featuring Jack Pearl as Baron Munchausen telling his famous story about a mermaid. It’s a plug for “Mr. Peabody And The Mermaid.” ... As a result of the work in “Jenny Lamour” and other French films, David O. Selznick has signed director Henri-Georges Clouzot to direct a film. . . . Didya notice Betty Grable on the cover of the current (Aug. 19) Time magazine plus the lengthy profile in the pic section? . . . Paramount played host to scientists, lawyers, industrialists, psy¬ chiatrists, psychologists, etc., at a special showing of its “Night Has A Thousand Eyes.” ... It was denied that USO-Camp Shows was being revived. Veterans Hos¬ pital Camp Shows is still handling vet¬ erans’ entertainment, and it has sched¬ uled 10 new units for the road. . . . Abe Feinberg has again commenced booking stage shows for Fay’s, Providence, R. I., when the “live” policy is resumed on Sept. 3. . . . Better pressbooks are out on “The Lady In Ermine,” “A Foreign Affair,” and “Beyond Glory.” , . . Herman Weinberg, brother to MGM’s Max, will be profiled in the September issue of Esquire as “The Man In The Title Role,” where in his translation of foreign dia!ogue into English titles, lor film imports is detailed. . . . The Reconstruction Trading Corporation has engaged Nathan Cy Braunstein to stream¬ line and edit “Fort Santiago,” the first Philippine produced motion picture since liberation. It details guerilla activity. Jock Lawrence Honored New York— Jock Lawrence, executive vice-president, J. Arthur Rank Organ¬ ization, Inc., was last week awarded the Order of the British Empire by King George, in recognition of his war services. The citation named Lawrence as Honorary Officer of the Military Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire. Caravan Moving To Indianapolis INDIANAPOLIS — National Allied’s Caravan committee will move its headquarters here from Philadelphia sometime before Jan. 1, it was learned last week. 'Vitfair Opening, Strong On B'Way New York — Led by Radio City Music Hall and the Capitol, Broadway first-runs last weekend reflected average business for this time of the year. According to usually reliable sources reaching Thii Exhibitor, the breakdown was as follows: “KEY LARGO” (WB). Strand, with stage show, hit $23,000 for Friday through Sunday, with the sixth week heading to¬ ward $45,000. “ESCAPE” (20th-Fox). Globe claimed $7,000 for the second and last week. “THE WALLS OF JERICHO” (20th- P'ox). Roxy, with stage show, claimed $82,000 for the last six days of the third week. “A DATE WITH JUDY” (MGM) . Radio City Music Hall, with stage show, gar¬ nered $93,000 for Thursday through Sun¬ day, with the third week bound to top $152,000. “RACE STREET” (RKO). Mayfair re¬ ported $31,000 for the opening week. “BEYOND GLORY” (Para.). Para¬ mount, with stage show, took in $70,000 for the third week. “ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN” (U-I). Criterion had r $17,000 fourth, and final week. “MR. PEABODY AND THE MER- MAiD” (U-I). Winter Garden reported $15,000 for the second week. “SO EVIL MY LOVE” (Para.). Rivoli claimed $22,000 for the sixth week. “EASTER PARADE” (MGM). Loew’s State anticipated $30,000 for the eighth week. “PITFALL” (UA) . Capitol, with stage show, hit $70,000 for Thursday through Sunday, with the opening week sure to top $100,000. Griffith Case Delay Asked Oklahoma City — The Department of Justice last week requested that the Griffith anti-trust proceedings be delayed until Nov. 1. A new special assistant At¬ torney-General has been assigned to the case. Federal District Judge Edgar S. Vaught will hear the motion on Sept. 7. Memphis House Closes Memphis — After 22 days of picketing by the local projectionists union, Walter L. Sawyer, owner, DeSoto, closed the house last week. Sawyer opened the theatre on July 24, and operated the projectors, himself, claiming he could not afford to hire a projectionist. No Agnew Successor Yet Hollywood — David O. Selznick an¬ nounced last week that SRO would not make any immediate replacement of Neil Agnew as president. Selznick added that Milton Kramer, SRO board chairman, “has been gradually assuming many of the executive functions.” August 25, 1948 THE EXHIBITOR 11 Walsh Reviews lATSE's Progress Cleveland — Richard F. Walsh, head, lATSE, told last week’s convention that television is the lATSE’s chief problem, and that college trained television tech¬ nicians were not union minded. As to theatre television, however, he said the four walls of a theatre are traditionally lATSE. He said progress was being hamp¬ ered by the Taft-Hartley Act. Walsh suggested separate wage scales for 16mm. projection so as to better com¬ pete with non-unionists in this field. He predicted a keen battle to gain jurisdiction in the video field. The International lATSE opened its 39th biennial convention at the Public Auditorium with approximately 1200 dele¬ gates in their seats. The big event of the first day’s session was a message deliv¬ ered by American Federation of Labor President William Green. Ernest Schwartz, president, Cleveland Motion Picture Exhibitors Association, and chairman Harland Holmden exchanged compliments on the amicable manner in which theatre matters are, and have been settled for the past 20 years. To Schwartz, Holmden attributed the capacity to under¬ stand the problem of both labor and man¬ agement, while Schwartz attributed to Holmden, International vice-president and business manager. Local 160, “vision and willingness to arrive honestly and fairly at a just conclusion of mutual problems.” President Walsh’s report, read by Paul Smith, Butler, Pa., took up most of the 'i'uesday meeting period. Walsh called for substantial increased social security payments, a reduction of the retirement age from 65 to 60 years, and for a pension plan, details of which are still under consideration. The 16mm. field is wide open for organ¬ ization, and Walsh advised locals to go after it. But to begin with, he suggests that 16mm. projectionists admitted into the lATSE be confined to 16mm. projec¬ tion, and that their wage scale be con¬ sidered separate so as to compete success¬ fully with non-union projectionists in this field. Television is the lA’s biggest headache, according to the president’s report. This is because it comes under the Taft-Hartley law. “Many technicians are recruited from radio broadcasting stations or from the ranks of engineering school graduates, who are often disposed to vote for no union. “Nevertheless, we have been successful during these two years in winning col¬ lective bargaining elections for 100 per cent of the technical jobs at Philco’s Television Station WPTZ, Philadelphia; at the Phil¬ adelphia Inquirer’s WFIL-TV, at the Du¬ mont station, WTTG, Washington, and at Paramount’s KTLA, Los Angeles.” Resistance to organization of television projectionists, Walsh attributes to the “competition and confusion in the field.” But when it comes to television in the¬ atres, President Walsh has no doubts. “We concede no jurisdiction there to anyone. We claim the four walls and all within them. That jurisdiction is traditionally ours. We will battle to preserve that jurisdiction no matter how long it takes. Baltimore Exhibs Sued By Distribs BALTIMORE, MD. — Six motion pic¬ ture distributors filed separate per¬ centage fraud suits last fortnight in the U. S. District Court. Actions were filed by Universal, 20th Century-Fox, RKO, Columbia, Warners, and United Artists. Defendants in one or another of the suits are the Windsor Theatre Com¬ pany, the Monroe Theatre Corpora¬ tion, the Victory Theatre Corporation, the Fremont Amusement Corporation, Morton H. Rosen, and Morris R. Olet- sky. Theatres named in the complaints are the Windsor, Monroe, Fremont, and Victory. R. Dorsey Watkins, of the Baltimore law firm of Piper, Watkins, Avirett, and Egerton, is the attorney for each plaintiff, with Sargoy and Stein, New York, as of counsel. and no matter how tough the conflict may be. We are not the ones to begin a fight, but we have never run away from a fight against us, and we will not run away from this one.” Following a brief intermission, mem¬ bers were called to order to see a motion picture depicting the history of the lATSE. The 28-minute short introduced the pres¬ ent president, Walsh, shown conversing with John C. Williams, first lATSE presi¬ dent, played by Herbert Rawlinson. To¬ gether they review the outstanding events in the growth of the union with flashes of photos of men who assisted in its growth. The film, made by contribution of the efforts of Hollywood specialists, is a permanent record of the lATSE. At the conclusion, President Walsh announced that 16mm. prints are available to all unions, and he urged that all lATSE mem¬ bers see the picture. Tom O’Brien, NATKE general secre¬ tary and MP, in an address at the lATSE convention, asserted that his members would rather have state control than com¬ mercial supervision. O’Brien called for a joint international council, with members taken from all in¬ dustry levels in order to hasten a solution of present difficulties. Walsh later explained the jurisdictional dispute in Hollywood, and said that a third serial report would be presented at the next convention. Other activities included the reading of reports of the meeting of the general executive board, the show¬ ing of a film on the AFL industrial show in Milwaukee, and the honoring of the memory of Babe Ruth by silent prayer. Resolutions, elections, the report of the president, and an address by Edward Arnolds was also featured at the confab. Mich. Allied Readies Meet Detroit — Allied Theatres of Michigan announced last week that its annual con¬ vention would be held on Aug. 30-Sept. 1 at the Book Cadillac Hotel. William Ains¬ worth, National Allied president, and Abram F. Myers, Allied general counsel and board chairman, are leading speakers. The annual banquet will be held in the Arabian Room of the Hotel Tuller. Reservations Climb For VC D.C. Dinner Washington — R. J. O’Donnell, Interna¬ tional Chief Barker, Variety Clubs Inter¬ national, last week expressed himself as being particularly pleased at the response to the call for the annual mid-year Con¬ ference which will be held here from Sept. 16-19. The local committee, headed by Carter Barron and Nate Golden, report reserva¬ tions already in from John H. Harris, International Big Boss; R. J. O’Donnell, William McCraw, executive director; Marc Wolf, Indianapolis; Charles E. Lewis, A. K. Rowswell, Pittsburgh, chairman, Humanitarian Award committee; Irving Mack, Chicago; Murray Weiss, Boston; Arthur Robinson, Detroit; Sam Switow, Louisville, Ky., and Indianapolis; William K. Jenkins, Atlanta; Jack Rose, Chicago; Herbert Boshoven, Grand Rapids, Mich.; Barney Pitkin, New Haven; George Hoover, Miami; Roy Wells, Dayton, O.; Dewey Michaels, Buffalo; Allen Moritz, Cincinnati; William O’Donnell, Dallas; Herbert Kohn, Memphis, and Luis Montes, Mexico City. Two matters of importance will be acted upon at the conference, the John H. Harris recommendation for the erection of a statue to Father Flanagan in Boystown, Neb., and the recommendation that Var¬ iety take over in its entirety the operation of the Will Rogers Hospital, Saranac Lake, N. Y., changing its name to the Variety Club Sanitarium, and underwriting a percentage of its operating costs along with the support of the motion picture companies, the circuits, and individual tents around the country. On the night of Sept. 16 a dinner party will be tendered Mr. and Mrs. O’Donnell, to which all the tent delegates, officers, and special guests will be invited, and on Sept. 18 the Humanitarian Award dinner will be held in the Staffer Hotel to pre¬ sent the 1947 award to Secretary of State Marshall. Conn. Houses Shift New York — The Community Amuse¬ ment Corporation, a newly formed cor¬ poration with offices at Hartford, Conn., has leased, and will operate the Daly, Hartford, Conn., and the Plainfield, Plain- field, Conn. Dimitris Petrou is the president of the corporation, with John Calvocoressi as treasurer and Bernie Menschell as secre¬ tary. Both Calvocoressi and Manschell were associated with Skouras Theatres as managers in the Queens area of Long Island. Calvocoressi managed the Skouras Jackson, Jackson Heights, L. I., and Men¬ schell the Broadway, Astoria, L. I. Cleveland Backs Drive Cleveland — A local Will Rogers Me¬ morial Hospital drive was launched at an industry luncheon in the Cleveland Motion Picture Exhibitors Association clubrooms last week. The hospital’s needs were out¬ lined, and I. J. Schmertz, area chairman for the drive, spoke, as did Ernest Schwartz, CMPEA head. The drive will end on Dec. 22 at an all star performance, with all theatres, including first-runs, agreeing to run a special trailer in the meantime. August 25, 1948 RKO Presents DORE SCHA In Charge of Produ< Produced by NAT HOLT- Directed by EDWIN L. Ml Screen Play fay MARTIN R RKO RADIO y BROADWAY ENGAGEMENT AT BRANDT’S MAY! I ime Bookie King tagged for rubout! . . . Homicide Ace" on the murder spot! . . . Dark-Haired Dish the decoy in **buy or die” ultimatum by ’"protection” racketeers! — Rough, rugged action to make your blood run hot — and cold ! THEATRE! 14 THE EXHIBITOR Conn, Houses Named In Anti -Trust Suit New York — A $1,620,000 anti-trust suit was filed in U. S. District Court last week by Prudential Theatres Company, Inc., with theatres in New Canaan, Conn., and Darien, Conn., against Paramount, UA, U-I, Columbia, Monogram, Eagle Lion, and New England Theatres, Inc. It is alleged that the defendants con¬ spired to the fixing of a uniform and un¬ reasonable system of clearance in re¬ straint of trade, conspiracy in setting up unreasonable preferred playing time, and unlawful “double clearance.” The damages sought include $1,170,000 straight triple damages plus $450,000 triple damages for “damage to properties of plaintiffs” and elimination of all allegedly unlawful clearances for Darien, New Canaan, Norwalk, and South Norwalk, Conn. The complaint states that New England Theatres operates houses in which Para¬ mount has a 50 per cent or more interest. The clearance dispute of Warners, Loew’s, RKO, 20th Century-Fox, and SRO with Prudential Theatres Company and Playhouse of New Canaan, Inc., owners and operators of houses in New Canaan and Darien, was settled. Loew’s, 20th-Fox, and SRO will now eliminate clearances in South Norwalk and New Canaan, while Stamford and New Canaan clearances will be terminated by RKO and Warners. The distributors were originally charged with fixing uni¬ form and unreasonable clearances in re¬ straint of trade, unlawful preferred play¬ ing time, and illegal “double clearance.” Music Halls Sold Los Angeles— Sol Lesser and Sherrill Corwin last fortnight purchased 50 per cent of United Artists’ interest in the four Music Hall theatres, and all the interest of Joe Blumenfeld went with the deal. Along with the local houses goes the United Artist, San Francisco. Some time ago it was announced that negotiations had fallen through. Then Jay Sutton and A1 Galston renewed their agreement for operating these theatres. This contract, made for three years, will be assigned to Lesser and Corwin, who are planning to buy another house here. The Hollywood Music Hall will be en¬ larged, and may possibly be turned into a first-run house comparable to the Pan- tages, which is but a few blocks down the Hollywood Boulevard. The theatre now seats but 600, while it is the intention of the new owners to more than double the seating capacity to 1300. PI Profit Up New York — In a report to stockholders of Pathe Industries, Inc., Eagle Lion parent company, it was divulged last week that the average weekly revenue of EL in the 24 weeks ended on June 12, 1948, had increased by 133 per cent. Pathe’s net profit for the first 24 weeks of this year was indicated at $627,957, an increase of $512,986 over 1947. Young at¬ tributed the gain in weekly gross income to a sales policy placing emphasis “on the selling of its product to the circuits which control large numbers of first-run the¬ atres in key cities.” Companies, MPAA Ask SWG Case Dismissal NEW YORK — Seven motion picture companies and the Motion Picture As¬ sociation of America last week served notice on the U. S. District Court, Southern District of New York, of their intention to ask the Court on Sept. 14 for an order dismissing the Screen Writers Guild case. The motion, filed on Aug. 13, holds that the complaint “does not set forth a short and plain statement of the claims alleged therein and the grounds upon which this court’s jurisdiction de¬ pends, and that the averments of said complaint are not simple, concise, and direct.” As an alternative, in the event the court denies the order for dismissal of the Screen Writers Guild complaint, the defendants petition the court for an order striking certain allegations from the complaint, on the grounds that they are “redundant, immaterial, and impertinent.” Several months ago the Screen Writers Guild filed an action seeking to enjoin the motion picture com¬ panies from adhering to their an¬ nounced policy not to hire known communists. McConnell Protests Run Chicago — An appeal against Federal Judge Igoe’s decision, which permitted “The Emperor Waltz” to run for four weeks downtown, was filed last fortnight in the District Court of Appeals by Thomas C. McConnell, attorney in the Jackson Park case, which brought about the decree limiting Loop showings for first-runs to two weeks. McConnell contends long runs do not conform with the Jackson Park decree. In arguing for more than two v/eeks for “The Emperor Waltz,” attorneys for Paramount and B and K stressed the great cost of the picture and said that the public was entitled to see it to best advantage in a long downtown run. In arguing against the longer run, Mc¬ Connell said that if it were permitted it would open the way to many similar pleas for other films. Wolfe Cohen Upped New York — Warners over the weekend announced the appointment of Wolfe Cohen to the presidency of Warner Broth¬ ers International Corporation, succeeding the late Max Milder, who died two weeks ago. Until now, Cohen has been vice- president, Warner Brothers International. Cohen has been in the industry since 1918, starting in Toronto. On the opening of Warner offices in Canada nationally, he took charge of the St. John branch in 1925. Later, he was transferred to Winni¬ peg, Man., as branch manager with super¬ vision over Calgary, Alta., branch. In 1936, Cohen became Canadian district manager for Warners in charge of branches in Tor¬ onto, Montreal, St. John, Winnipeg, Cal¬ gary, and Vancouver. He was appointed vice-president, Vitagraph, Ltd., in 1941. In 1944 he was made vice-president, War¬ ner Brothers International. L/-/ Schedules 24 Top Pictures Hollywood — Universal - International’s production, distribution, and home office executives last fortnight concluded a series of studio meetings and announced officially that the forthcoming annual production program would include 24 top-budget pictures, including six Techni¬ color productions. Details of the 24 pictures were outlined by Leo Spitz and William Goetz, U-I’s production chiefs. The Technicolor attrac¬ tions will include “Bloomer Girl,” “Ad¬ ventures Of Sam Bass,” “Bagdad,” “Toma¬ hawk,” “Sierra,” and “Streets Of Cairo.” Among the other projects are “Harvey,” “Night Watch,” “Amboy Dukes,” “Come Be My Love,” “Paradise Lost — 1948,” “Air Crash,” “Life Of Riley,” “The Gay God¬ dess,” “Illegal Entry,” “The Fatal Step,” “It Gives Me Great Pleasure,” “Ma And Pa Kettle,” “Arctic Manhunt,” “The West¬ ern Story,” “Shoplifter,” “Salem Frigate,” and “Homicide Squad.” In addition to the conferences, the exec¬ utives viewed such recently completed productions as “Rogues Regiment,” star¬ ring Dick Powell, Marta Toren, and Vin¬ cent Price; “Family Honeymoon,” starring Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMur- ray; “Criss Cross,” starring Burt Lan¬ caster, Yvonne De Carlo, and Dan Dur- yea; “The O’Flynn,” starring Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.; “The Unafraid,” starring Joan Fontaine and Burt Lancaster; “Black Velvet,” in Technicolor, starring Ann Blyth, and Howard Duff, and George Brent; “Mexican Hayride,” starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello; “Countess Of Monte Cristo,” starring Sonja Henie, and “You Gotta Stay Happy,” starring Joan Fontaine and James Stewart. Discussions were also held concerning the American distribution of the J. Arthur Rank productions, including “Hamlet,” “The Blue Lagoon,” in Technicolor, “The Passionate Friends,” “Christopher Colum¬ bus,” in Technicolor, and a number of other productions. Atlas Sells Para Common New York — Atlas Corporation reported last week that it had sold 20,500 shares of Paramount common stock in the six- month period ending on June 30 The stock sale by Floyd Odium’s investment trust represented a reduction of $365,000 in Paramount interest so that Atlas now holds $1,150,000 worth. With the recent RKO sale. Atlas has re¬ duced its film holdings by $8,030,165. As of the date of the report. Atlas held film stocks worth $2,185,602, representing about five per cent of its entire common stock portfolio of $40,164,388. NJ Allied Outing Cancelled New York — Edward Lachman, presi¬ dent, Allied Theatre Owners of New Jersey, announced last week that in def¬ erence to the Will Rogers Memorial Luncheon held on Aug. 24, Allied Theatre Owners of New Jersey had cancelled its annual summer outing, which was to have been held at the West End Casino, West End, N. J., on the same date. August 25, 1948 iaias:s. 50fo " S.“.Vri TECHNICOLOR MOTION PICTURE CORPORATION HERBERT T. KALMUS, PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER 16 THE EXHIBITOR PEOPLE New York — Following the resignation of Clement S. Crystal as vice-president, Paramount International Theatres, Lou Lazar was named last week to succeed him. Lazar resigned as general manager of operations, Schine Circuit, several years ago to become identified with Para¬ mount, and was on Crystal’s home office staff a short while before being assigned the Paramount houses in France and Bel¬ gium, with headquarters in Paris. Illness caused his return to the U. S., but he re¬ joined the company actively recently. San Francisco — Harry Price, Realart’s franchise holder for San Francisco, Port¬ land, and Seattle, announced last week that Jack Klepper is handling sales for the Washington and Oregon territories, and Jack Bettencourt for northern California. Klepper was formerly sales representa¬ tive for Screen Classics in the north¬ west territory. New York — Morey Goldstein, Allied Artists-Monogram general sales manager, last week announced that the company has engaged the services of Nicky Goldham- mer as western sales manager. Goldham- mer was formerly western sales manager for Eagle Lion prior to which he was a district manager for RKO. Dallas — Don Cole last week resigned both as special representative in Texas for Screen Guild and Oklahoma manager for Favorite Films of Oklahoma, thus ending his affiliation with the John L. Franconi enterprises. Cole also disposed of stock interests in a few affiliated firms in the Franconi organization. la. -Neb. Unit Meets Des Moines — Two regional meetings were held last fortnight by the AITO of Iowa and Nebraska. M. L. Dickson was host to southeastern Iowa exhibitors at the Mt. Pleasant Golf and Country Club. Directors H. E. Reh- field, Bloomfield, la., and Mrs. Carl Par¬ sons, Keota, la., attended this meeting. The next day, 34 exhibitors met at Red Oak, la. A screening committee was formed with J. P. Lannon, West Point, Nebr., chairman. Among AITO officers attending were A. C. Myrick, Lake Park, la., president; J. P. Lannan, West Point, Neb., vice-president; E. G. Huhnke, Omaha, Neb.; Howard Brookings, Oakland, la., and Robert Hutte, Osceola, la., all directors. Charles Niles, Anamosa, la., secretary. National Allied, attended both meetings. Regional meet¬ ings are scheduled for Norfolk, Neb., and Decorah, la., next month. There will be a one-day fall convention in Omaha dur¬ ing October. Charles Skouras Honored Hollywood — Charles P. Skouras was awarded the Great Heart Award of the Variety Club of Southern California last week in recognition of his humanitarian activities. The presentation was made at a banquet attended by more than 900 leaders of gov¬ ernment and every branch of industry. The club was congratulated by the key¬ note speaker at the ceremonies, Joseph M. Schenck, 20th-Fox. ^^Good Sam'^ Clearances Rapped By Allied Unit RED OAK, lA. — Members of the AITO of Iowa and Nebraska, meeting here last fortnight, passed a resolution “warning each member to use extreme caution before licensing of showing RKO’s “Good Sam” for the following reasons: “The Salvation Army is put to ridicule and The Protestant Church is put in a bad light.” The body also passed a resolution claiming that there was a definite attempt to set up illegal clearances by a print shortage in Omaha and Des Moines. Crouch Named To D.C. WB Post Washington — Harry Kalmine, president- general manager, Warner Brothers The¬ atre Circuit, at a meeting last week an¬ nounced the appointment of George A. Crouch as zone manager in the Washing¬ ton territory. Crouch, who succeeds the late John J. Payette, will have jurisdiction over 45 theatres in D. C., Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia and Pennsylvania. New York ex¬ ecutives present included: Stewart Mc¬ Donald, treasurer; Rudolph Weiss, chief, real estate department; Frank Marshall, chief, buying department, and Harry Goldberg, head, advertising department. Crouch, who was chief booker and assistant to Payette, started in the business in 1908, with the late Harry M. Crandall, then operating an open-air theatre. When Crandall merged with the Stanley Com¬ pany of America in 1923, and later with Warners, Crouch was retained as booker. Upon the expansion of the Washington Circuit into Maryland and Virginia, Crouch was made chief booker and assist¬ ant to Payette. EL Execs In Confab Hollywood — William J. Heineman, Eagle Lion vice-president in charge of distribution, arrived last week for a con¬ fab on 1948-49 product with President Arthur B. Krim, Max E. Youngstein, vice- president in charge of advertising, pub¬ licity, and exploitation, and studio pub¬ licity director Sam Israel. EL, ASCAP Deal For Performing Rights HOLLYWOOD — Negotiations were entered into last week by Eagle Lion and ASCAP for performing rights to music in films as well as setting fees on a fixed percentage basis. Deals for some films were already made by EL music department head Irving Friedman, and call for pay¬ ment of from 25 to 75 per cent of synchronization rights. Until the final disposition of the recent decree of New York District Court Judge Vincent Leibell, payment for performing rights will be held back. Columbia made a deal for perform¬ ing rights on “The Jolson Story,” while other studios are waiting for Judge Leibell’s decision. TRADE SCREENINGS RKO — “Mourning Becomes Electra” (Rosalind Russell, Michael Redgrave, Ray¬ mond Massey) and “Bodyguard” (Law¬ rence Tierney, Priscilla Lane) in all ex¬ change centers on Aug. 31; “Station West” (Dick Powell, Jane Greer) and “Design For Death” (documentary), in all ex¬ change centers on Sept. 1. 20th -Fox Profit Shows Slight Drop New York — Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation and all subsidiaries in¬ cluding National Theatres Corporation and Roxy Theatre, Inc., last week reported a consolidated net profit after all charges for the 26 weeks ended on June 26, 1948, of $6,894,659. After deducting dividends on prior preferred and convertible pre¬ ferred stocks, the consolidated net profit amounted to $2.37 per share on the 2,769,- 097 shares of common stock outstanding. The consolidated net profit after all charges reported by the corporation for the comparable 26 weeks of 1947 was $8,401,778, which after deducting pre¬ ferred dividends, amounted to $2.91 a share. The board declared a quarterly cash dividend of $1,121/2 per share (or the equivalent in sterling at the rate of ex¬ change on date of payment to holders of record residing in the United Kingdom) on the outstanding prior preferred stock of the corporation, payable on Sept. 15, 1948, to the stockholders of record at the close of business on Sept. 1, 1948. A quarterly cash dividend of $.371,4 per share (or the equivalent in sterling at the rate of exchange on date of payment to holders of record residing in the United Kingdom) on the outstanding convertible preferred stock of the corporation has been declared payable on Sept. 25, 1948, to stockholders of record at the close of business Sept. 3, 1948. A quarterly cash dividend of $.50 per share (or the equivalent in sterling at the rate of exchange on date of payment to holders of record residing in the United Kingdom) on the outstanding common stock of the corporation has been declared payable on Sept. 25, 1948, to stockholders of record on Sept. 3, 1948. For the second quarter ended June 26, 1948, the consolidated net profit after all charges was $3,967,817. After deducting dividends on prior preferred and con¬ vertible preferred stock, this amounted to $1.37 per share of common stock. The profit for the first quarter of 1948 was $2,926,842. The profit for the second quarter of 1947 on a comparable basis was $2,504,175, equal to $.84 per share of common stock. 20th-Fox Sets Sept. Meet New York — General sales manager Andy W. Smith, Jr., announced last week that 20th Century-Fox will hold a domes¬ tic sales convention at the Drake Hotel, Chicago, on Sept. 8, 9, 10, and 11. The convention will be attended by all U. S. branch managers, the company’s five division managers, and their divi¬ sional assistants, as well as corporation executives and domestic distribution de¬ partment heads. August 25, 1948 Not Since "Lost Weekend” Has ‘There Been So Much Advance W' irf f ^ \ ' About Any Motion Picture! < ( “IVe listened to ‘SORRY, WRONG NUMBER’ on the radio — IVe read it as a novel — now IVe just seen it on the screen — and it’s left me breath¬ less. It’s truly an electrifying experience, and in my opinion Barbara Stanwyck’s performance de¬ serves a nomination for the Academy Award.” —JOAN CRAWFORD SORRY, WRONG NUMBER is without a doubt one of the best suspense dramas I’ve seen. Burt Lancaster gives a great performance, and Barbara Stanwyck is positively magnifi¬ cent. It won’t surprise me in the least if Barbara wins herself the Oscar which she has so well deserved.” —ray milland In her career, Barbara Stanwyck has given performance after performance of Academy Award caliber. In ‘ SORRY, WRONG NUM BER,’ how¬ ever, as the pathetic, terror -ridden Leona, she surpasses even herself.” —LORETTA YOUNG No. 1 Of A Series 18 THE EXHIBITOR m. BABE RUTH STORY” IN WORLO PREMIERE; RKO DRIVE MNMERS HONORED RKO Rocky Mountain district manager Al Kolitz, who was first in the 1948 Ned Depinet drive, congratulates Giff Davison, left, manager, winning Salt Lake City branch, and Joseph Emerson, manager, Denver branch, which won third prize, at a recent get-together. David Niven and his wife recently stopped off in New York City en route to England. Niven has just completed his role in the Samuel Goldwyn produc¬ tion, "Enchantment", which RKO will release. Monogram International president Norton V. Richey, right, recently played host to Rafael Ramos Cobian and Juan Menendez in his New York office when the two were in town. Menendez, left, is vice-president, Compania Cinematografica Cubana, while Cobian, second from right, is president, Cobian Theatres, Inc., Cobian-Marti, Inc., San Juan, Puerto Rico; Compania Cinematografica Cubana, and Compania de Peliculas Onerazan, Havana. Also on hand was Hilda Llodio, second from left, assistant to the Latin American supervisor of Monogram International. On hand at RKO's fifth and final zone meeting which was held in San Francisco recently were, left to right; seated, A. A. Schubart, Harry Michalson, Robert Mo'hrie, vice-president, Walter Branson, J. H. MacIntyre, Harry Gittleson, standing, Giff Davison, Joseph Emerson, Dick Lange, Joseph Smith, E. A. Lamb, Al Kolitz, O. H. Wat¬ son, and Harry Cohen. It was at this confab that winners in the 1948 Ned Deoinet Drive were announced. A recent Chicago confab found William Hollander, Balaban and Katz ad-publicity director, discussing campaigns on Eagle Lion's "Mickey" and "Canon City" with Max E. Youngstein, EL promotion head. The West Point Military Academy recently had its own special "Academy Award dinner" at the institution, with Paramount coming in for a goodly share of the honors in recognition of the company's faithful portrayal of West Point life in "Beyond Glory". On hand to accept the plaudits was president Adolph Zukor, who is seen here with his wife, and Cadet John Saxon, who appeared in the film and received an award, and Saxon's date. The recent world premiere of Allied Artists' "The Robe Ruth Story", Astor, New Cummins and her escort, Henry Roger; Mrs. E. A. Schlicht, A. Steel and hit York, marked a new high in gala openings, v/ith celebs from all walks of life wife, film star Pamela Britton, and E. A. Schlicht. The shot at right shows the putting in appearances. Pictured here from left to right are: screen star Peggy elaborate marquee, as well at the milling throngs watching the arrivals. August 25, 1948 Artist with chintz and Chippendale. •• WHEN this room says “home, sweet home” to movie-goers, it also speaks in praise of its creator — the man who dressed the set so understandingly. For his was the feeling for fabrics and furniture that gave the set its “lived-in” look . . . that made it so truly convey time and place, and catch the spirit of the actors’ roles. Whether an interior is modern or medieval, penthouse or “poverty row,” the set dresser’s artistry makes its atmosphere authentic. An important contribution, this — and one that is reflected to the full by faith¬ ful photographic reproduction . . . un¬ failingly provided by Eastman’s famous family of motion picture films. EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY ROCHESTER 4, N. Y. J. E. BRULATOUR, INC., DISTRIBUTORS FORT LEE • CHICAGO • HOLLYWOOD CHICAGO 20 THE EXHIBITOR MISCELLANEOUS NEWSREELS IN All Five: New York City: Babe Ruth dies. Wash¬ ington: Truman opens Youth Month cele¬ bration. In Addition to the Above: Movietone News (VoI. 31, No. 66) New York City: Russian teacher ordered to testify. Long Island Sound: Simulated air-sea rescue. Madrid: Tyrone Power visits. Akron, O.: Soap Box Derby. Mary¬ land: Water skiing. News of the Day (Vol. XIX, No. 300) Long Island Sound: Simulated air-sea rescue. New York City: Russian teacher ordered to testify. Palestine: New clashes. St. Ignace, Mich.: Tribute to ferry service (Detroit only). Amsterdam, Holland: Woman Olympic star welcomed. Akron, O.: Soap Box Derby (except Detroit). Paramount News (No. 103) Hiroshima: Three years after atom bomb. Palestine: New clashes. Long Island Sound: Simu¬ lated air-sea rescue. Amsterdam, Holland: Woman Olympic star welcomed. Universal Newsreel (Vol. 21, No. 170) Washington State: Bumper wheat harvest. Akron, O.: Soap Box Derby. Palestine: Latest news. France: Canoe jousting. New York City: Olympic heroes come home. Warner Pathe News (Vol. 20, No. 1) Washington: Spy probe. Akron, O : Soap Box Derby. Northfield, N. J.: Babe Zahar- ias wins National Open. Amsterdam, Hol¬ land: Woman Olympic star welcomed. Long Island Sound: Simulated air-sea rescue. Telenews Digest (Vol. II, No. 33) New York and Washington: The case of the Russian teachers and House Un-American Activities Committee hearings. USA: Meat strike hits butchers. Akron, O.: Soap box derby. Philippines: Rebels refuse sur¬ render. Poland: Monument to be built in honor of heroes of Warsaw ghetto. Ger¬ many: Last PW’s return from Great Brit¬ ain. New Zealand: Floods. London: Track meet. Newark, N. J.: Pro football pre¬ season exhibition game. In All Five: London: New thrills from the Olympics. In Addition to the Above: Movietone News (Vol. 31, No. 65) The strange case of the Soviet teachers; Ex- U.S. Government officials deny red espion¬ age charges. Goshen, N. Y.: Hambleton- ian trotting classic (except Chicago and Los Angeles). (Chicago only) Babe Did- rikson and Lloyd Mangrum capture Tam O’Shanter titles. (Only Los Angeles) Damon Runyon Memorial Handicap at Del Mar. News of the Day (Vol. XIX, No. 299) The strange case of the Soviet teachers; Ex-U.S. Government officials deny red espionage charges. Paramount News (No. 102) The strange case of the Soviet Teachers; Ex-U.S. Gov¬ ernment officials deny red espionage charges. Universal Newsreel (Vol. 21, No. 169) Niagara Falls: A century of friendship between U.S. and Canada. West Branch, la.: Hoover visits birthplace. Lugano: Swiss mark 667th birthday. Long Beach: Kids on beach outing. Tampa: Mermaid displays technique. Judge Coxe Named To Statutory Court NEW YORK — Chances that the gov¬ ernment’s trust suit hearings will go on as scheduled on Oct. 13 were im¬ proved with the appointment last week of District Judge Alfred C. Coxe as the third member of the statutory court which will conduct the hearings. Judge Coxe replaced Judge John Bright, who died after the court gave its initial decision. Two other judges to serve with Coxe are Circuit Judge Augustus Hand and District Judge Henry W. Goddard. Warner Pathe News (Vol. 19, No. 104) The strange case of the Soviet teachers; Ex-U.S. officials deny red espionage "charges. Goshen, N. Y.: Trotting. All American News (Vol. 6, No. 304) London: Olympic games. Wilberforce, O.: The Wilberforce University Choir. Peters¬ burg, Va.: Annual doll contest. Kansas City: Home and church remodeled by blind preacher without help. Chicago: 19th annual Bud Billiken Day. NATIONAL LEGION OF DECENCY Aug. 19, 1948 Unobjectionable for General Patron¬ age: “Cowboy Cavalier” (Mono.) ; “Fight¬ ing Ranger” (Mono.) ; “Luxury Liner” (MGM) ; “Marshal Of Amarillo” (Rep.); “Miraculous Journey” (FC) ; “Music Man” (Mono.); “The Shanghai Chest” (Mono.); “Station West” (RKO) ; Unobjectionable FOR Adults: “Man From Colorado” (Col.) ; “Rope” (WB); “Smart Girls Don’t Talk” (WB) ; “Stage Struck” (Mono.) ; Objec¬ tionable IN Part: “The Saxon Charm” (U-I). Note: Change in Classification — “Passionelle” (French) (Distinguished i Films). Classification changed from “C”‘*' to “B” due to revisions made. This, how¬ ever, only is applicable to prints exhibited in the U.S. and its possessions, the Philip¬ pine Islands, and Canada. NATIONAL BOARD OF REVIEW Aug. 14, 1948 Selected Features: “The Gentleman From Nowhere” (Col.); “Larceny” (U-I); “Station West” (RKO). Eastman Earnings Up New York — Eastman Kodak Company last week reported 1948 semi-annual sales of $192,480,338, a 25 per cent increase over the $153,581,750 for the same period last year. Net earnings during the half were $28,017,724, or $2.24 per common share. This compares with $20,299,661, or $1.62 a share for the corresponding time in 1947. All figures apply to the parent company and wholly-owned subsidiaries in the western hemisphere. The company’s semi¬ annual period includes the 24 weeks ending on June 12. Kopfstein In "Copa." Deal New York — Jacques Kopfstein, execu¬ tive vice-president, Astor, last week con¬ summated a 16mm. distribution for the Sam Coslow production, “Copacabana,” a United Artists release. UA is still re¬ leasing the film in 35mm., and Astor’s 16mm. release date commences in May, 1949. The deal is for the entire world. WE SCORE BOARD (In this department will he found a rating of pictures screened by Warners, MGM, Paramount, RKO, and 20th Century - Fox under the decree. Complete reviews appear in The Pink Section. — Ed.) PARAMOUNT “Isn’t It Romantic” — Mild program. MGM “Luxury Liner” — Good program. WB “Rope” — Has the angles. "Southland Newsreel" Bows Des Moines — It was announced last week that “Southland Newsreel” is the title of a series of 10-minute motion pic¬ ture short subjects “or, by, and for the .south” now being booked by theatres in southern states. Showings will start in early fall. Each fall and early winter issue of Southland Newsreel will feature coverage of outstanding southern football games, including Bowl contests, as well as other sports and news events. Southland Newsreel is produced by Tele-Visual Productions, with headquar¬ ters in the Atlanta-Biltmore Hotel, At¬ lanta, and studios in New York, Chicago, and Des Moines. Director-producer is Burton B. Jerrel, who also produces “Tele- Topics.” Distributors are now booking the series in Washington, Charlotte, At¬ lanta, New Orleans, Memphis, Indian¬ apolis, and St. Louis. U-I Squadron Starts New York — A “flying squadron” of Uni¬ versal-International advertising, public¬ ity, and exploitation executives will visit approximately 20 key cities beginning this week on advance promotion plans for “One Touch Of Venus,” Maurice A. Bergman, U-I eastern advertising and publicity director announced. The squadron will consist of Bergman, A1 Horwits, eastern publicity manager, and Charles Simonelli, eastern exploitation manager. Reade Opens Drive-In Woodbridge, N. j. — Walter Reade’s drive-in near here, the first of 27 planned by the circuit, opened last week, with a 950-car capacity, it may be enlaiged later to take care of 100 more. Julius Daniels, Reade city manager, is supervising and Samuel Shumer, former manager. Strand, has been transferred to the drive-in as manager. Edward Moroz, former assistant. Majestic, succeeds Shumer at the Strand. Macdonald-Pearson Salt Lake City — Phyllis Ann Pearson and Wallace Dale Macdonald, son of Karl Macdonald, vice-president, Warner Brothers International, in charge of sales for Latin America, were married here on Aug. 19. Forbes Covers Drive-Ins New York — The Aug. 15 issue of Forbes magazine carries an editorial article on drive-in theatres, which should prove of interest to those in the industry inter¬ ested in this type of operation. August 25, 1948 Devoted Exclusively to the THEATRE STRUCTURE — its Design f Construction, Furnishings, Maintenance and Specialized Equipment — with a Special Section Devoted to Drive-In Theatres VoL. Ill, No. 9 August 25, 1948 THEATRE 1 jioAri BENNETT : SECRET beyond: 1 THE DOOR r 1 The New WAGNER SHOCK-PROOF TRANSLUCENT COLORED LETTERS are made of the new plastic material which is 60% stronger than any pre¬ viously used by anyone. 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See Our Exhibit at the TESMA Show, Jefferson Hotel, St. Louis, Mo., Sept. 28'29-30, Booth Nos. 47 and 48. v'ai Now, Is The Hour ... As the average theatre owner or circuit executive contemplates the close approach of the hig Labor Day weekend, bringing with it the return of his family from summer camp and summer cottage, he has more to think about then the bundle of dough that will he necessary to re-equip the kids for their fall return to school. Just as his own family is returning to their normal home routine, thousands of his regular patrons and potential patrons in every walk of life also are either returning or at least settling- down to the shortening days of Fall and Winter in the more closely knit family circle. Starting to fade are the lush green days of fishing, swimming, boating and shady picnics. The baseball leagues are coming down the stretch in the final third of their season. Planned vacations at seashore and mountain lake will end in a few short weeks. Summer is nearing its end. Now, this seasonal change won’t react in an immediate up¬ turn in the nation’s theatre admissions. Experienced showmen know from the past that the upturn is a gradual though steady one that doesn’t reach its important volume until the autumn rains and colder weather pull the cork on all hut indoor entertainment. But the turn is at hand! And, if there is any remodeling, re¬ decorating, refurbishing or re-equipping to he done in preparation for the coming season, now is the hour when it must he started. While this ANNUAL FALL BUYERS CATALOG issue was planned only recently and marks an objective rather than an ac¬ complishment, its timing is keyed to the seasonal turn. In the years that follow, it is planned to develop the catalog theme to the point where it, coupled with a companion ANNUAL SPRING BUYERS CATALOG issue will furnish the constantly growing, and nearly 10,000 subscribers to this j)eriodicaL with a handbook of helps on design, construction, maintenance, management and equipment sources that will prove invalual)le at these seasonal turns. In this first effort will he found an vqi-to-date recently checked list of all specializing theatre supply dealer stores. As the specialists who serve the theatre industry, it has always been the recommen¬ dation of this publication that they should he the first to he con¬ sulted about any changes or purchases. This recommendation is again repeated and re-emphasized. But don't put it off! NOIF, is the hour! PHYSICAL THEATRE. A sectional department of THE EXHIBITOR, pub¬ lished every fourth Wednesday by Jay Emanuel Publications, Inc., 1225 Vine Street, Philadelphia 7, Pennsylvania. 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POSITION _ - I PHYSICAL THEATRE DEPARTMENT of THE EXHIBITOR PT-3 August 25, 1948 ' / /■ No other item of theatre equipment is winning patron approval that compares with that accorded E A L CHAIRS The deep spring cushioned comfort, the con¬ venience of easy retractability, and the safety fea¬ tures of this pre-eminent chair are appreciated by everyone. So far ahead mechanically . . . offering so many EXCLUSIVE advantages, the Ideal Slide-Back chair affords more than six inches of smooth, effort¬ less, horizontal retraction with no humps, jarring or disturbance to those behind — provides 100% more passing space, with conventional spacing, 32" back to back. Eliminates necessity of standing to permit passing. There are no sharp edges to bump shins, no pinching hazards. Full length die formed steel back panel entirely covers seat cushions. The Ideal Slide-Back is the only chair of ANY TYPE that affords 100% safety in emergencies. Unoccupied seats automatically silently slide back, rise and lock into posi¬ tion; automatically disengaging when lowered for occupancy. The Slide-Back is also extremely popular with maintenance people. No adjustments or lubrication are required and there is no understructure to hamper cleaning. Easily installed without specialized mechanics, the Slide-Back is adjustable to all conditions and inclines. Available in a variety of models, end standards and upholstering. CONVENTIONAL TYPE SEATING FOR BALCONIES WITH HIGH RISERS SUPPLIED ON THE SAME ORDER WITH SLIDE-BACK CHAIRS. See Our Exhibit at the TESMA Show JEFFERSON HOTEL St. Louis, Mo. September 28-29-30 Booth Nos. 72 and 73 S&ld 9HA£^fiendeni VUeai^e IDEAL SEATING COMPANY of GRAND RAPIDS SEATING IN THE MODERN MANNER PHYSICAL THEATRE Volume III Number 9 August 25, 1948 During this happy period, off and on, we’ve been mulling over stories by newspapermen in Berlin and the alarums of a number of business analysists. Until lately, campaign voices and a bull market have jollied us into a fuzzy view of these cogent observers’ doleful pro¬ nouncements on the “Berlin showdown . . . our Munich . . . the coming struggle for the Ruhr . . . etc. But now that the international picture is more cheering, temporarily anyway, the net effect has been to increase our anx¬ ieties. We understand better than we did the terrifying nature of the true cleavages between the Cominform plan and the Marshall plan. With a recession already well underway throughout the movie industry — as in most all other so-called “luxury lines” — simply because family budgets are pinched by high prices to a point where the “non¬ necessities” must go, talk of war is a hell of a note. And so are plans for allocations, prior¬ ities, rationing, and inventory, profit and worker controls — all tighter and less vol¬ untary than last time. To more and more persons-in-the-know, or to those who think that they are, including Walter Win- chell, war seems inevitable sooner or later. Old Miracle Man In fact, to counteract the ideas that Winchell has put into our heads, we’ve had to step up our daily dose of pheno- barbital and to summon into emergency consultation our old miracle man, “Gen¬ eral Repair,” (page 8) on the precautions that the afflicted theatreman should be taking right now — war or no war. At the eleventh hour, we’ve gotten hep to the fact that the defense program is now more than 14 billions (and that a year hence it will probably be 20 billions) , and that — in addition to the shortages this program will impose — yet more will re¬ sult from the Marshall plan, lend-lease, and essential civilian needs. Things are tightening up slowly because military or¬ ders are getting started slowly. We took our biggest set back, incident¬ ally, when we learned that the old seer, Roger W. Babson, is so convinced that a third World War is inevitable and that it will be an atomic war, he has moved his institute from near Boston to Eureka, Kansas, and renamed it Utopia College. The buildings, small and scattered, are connected by underground passages. Bab¬ son advises everybody he meets to put at least five per cent of his money into dia- August 25, 1948 Arrangements committee of the Theatre Equipment & Supply Mfgs. Assoc, convention at St. Louis, Sept. 27, 28, 29 and 30, seated, I. to r. — Thomas James, chief barker, and Ray G. Colvin, president. Theatre Supply Dealers Assoc., both of St. Louis; Roy Boomer, secy .-treasurer. Theatre Equipment & Supply Mfgs. Assoc., Chicago; Fred Wehrenberg, president, MPTOA, and Robert Tolan, president, Tol-Pak Co., both of St. Louis; standing — Morris Landau, convention manager; Charles Blood, sales, Star Mfgr. Co.; C. A. Shock, sales. Balder Electric Co.; William Moran, sales. Star Mfgr. Co.; Gregory Lucy, sales, Jefferson Hotel; Henry Weiss, Typhoon Air Conditioning Co.; Robert Seat, advertising, all of St. Louis. The Pinch Destiny May Give You A Hotfoot If You Aren’t A Canny Fall Buyer monds as sure-proofs against inflation and as “negotiables in every part of the world at all times.” Out of Touch? No! We found, as we knew we would, that shrewd old General Repair wasn’t out of touch with what was going on in the world, and that — quick as ever to adapt himself to any contingency — he already had resolutely gone about laying in for his circuit what he hoped were adequate stockpiles of necessities that will be more dear if not completely unobtainable a few months hence — war or no war. The old party told us that, in his opin¬ ion, the best hedge was a set of emergency grates for the oil burner in case you will have to switch over to coal. As even the Eskimos must know, there will be a spec¬ tacular clamor for steel in a couple of months, even with the average cost up $10 to $11 to most users. Your steel needs will come in some¬ where after freight cars, farm machinery, petroleum equipment, some building ma¬ terials, Marshall plan, military orders, big corporation stockpiling, lend-lease, atom, and new ships. So order those castings, grates and all other sections of cast iron boilers immediately, for autumn delivery. It is hard common sense, too, the Gen¬ eral reminded us, to stash away as soon as possible anything made of aluminum. copper, lead, zinc, tin, and other metals — including paints, projection carbons, spare parts for projection heads, and copper for rewinding motors, especially this last. The price of one of these items, lead, by the way, has gone up 20 per cent in recent weeks! Since late summer is the best time any¬ way to get in your best licks fixing up the outside, go in more extensively this year than ever before for touching up signs, painting all around, and seeing to it that all roofing is securely hammered down. General Repair also related his discov¬ ery that rows and rows of toilet tissues and paper towels in the basements of his theatres give him a sense of security that these stocks at supply dealers do not inspire. Full of Crises To have to buy a lot of stuff that you don’t need now or be denied it later is a bitter choice. But the lives of all business¬ men during this unsettled stretch of his¬ tory are full of crises and of opportunities that knock but once, if they bother to knock at all. Somehow, somewhere, you’ll have to raise your maintenance ante this fall, and lose no time about it either. Just to help you to ease up on the extra revenue that will be required, we’re running in this number a buyers’ guide to theatrical manufacturers and supply dealers. PHYSICAL THEATRE DEPARTMENT of THE EXHIBITOR PT-5 AFFIXED TO BALCONY, TRYOUT RCA TV PROJECTOR IS USED SUCCESSFULLY AT THE FOX. Television By A Knockout Jersey Joe Takes The Count In Ep oclial Telecast Demonstration ON the night of June 25, 1948, the Fox Theatre in Philadelphia rang with noisier cheers than had ever been heard in that old motion pieture citadel. Right there on Market Street, Joe Louis and Jersey Joe Walcott were slugging it out for the heavyweight championship of the world. They were joined in titular pugilism for the private benefit of a lot of big figures from 30th Century-Fox, RCA, and the Republican National Convention, as far as anyone could see. The moment Jersey Joe went down from the blows at New York’s Yankee Stadium, he went down on the screen at the Fox. The cheers were not entirely on this account. A more dramatic victory was recorded by a younger, lustier champ than Joe Louis. Television proved once and for all that its scope was not bounded by clubs, bars or the private parlor. The upstart champ, which a recent authoritative survey predicted would have a phenomenal 910,000 TV receivers in operation by year’s end and 3,000,000 by 1950, laid low the superstition that the interpolation of spot tele-events might not pan out so well in distant movie houses. The happy event at the Fox marked the first inter-city television program. Packed With Dynamite The knockout packed more dynamite than that: the reproduction of the first theatre-size, 20-by-15 feet, television images (more than six times as large as any previously reproduced) on a motion picture screen, and of the first “high bril¬ liant” theatre-size TV pictures. The telecast, incidentally, was seen via direct projection methods. Intermediate film is still in its formative stage. The projector, an experimental RCA model, achieved the “high brilliant” effect by means of a 42-inch spherical mirror and a 36-inch aspherical correcting lens. This made it the largest Schmidt type projec¬ tor in the world, save for the 72-inch Schmidt telescope atop Mt. Wilson. The throw of the Schmidt equipment is 40 feet. This is sufficient to permit mount¬ ing of the projector in the balcony of some theatres, as at the Fox. (Ceiling mounts have been mentioned as a possi¬ bility) . The special projection tube, optical system, power supplies, and con¬ trols all are contained in a fairly compact unit. Though big figures in the movie and tele industries, such as Spyros P. Skouras, president of 20th Century-Fox Film Corporation, and Frank M. Folsom, exec¬ utive vice-president of the Radio Cor¬ poration of America, eyed the spectacle at the Fox speculatively, the demonstration was fraught with excitement and antici¬ pation. The telecast was preceded by the showing of the feature film, “Give My Re¬ gards To Broadway.” Rousing Success Deciding that on the whole what they had seen was a rousing success, Mr. Skouras and Mr. Folsom sounded these triumphant notes: Mr. Skouras: “Through the magic of television every seat in Philadelphia’s Fox Theatre was transformed into a ringside seat at New York’s Yankee Stadium. We feel extremely proud in having presented this trail-blazing demonstration of the public service which may issue from the marriage of these arts.” Mr. Folsom: “The development of this projector represents the very latest meas¬ ured step in a carefully planned long- range program of research, development and experimentation. This exploratory program was undertaken to determine where and how television may best serve the various branches of the motion picture industry and the patrons of motion picture theatres.” The next move, according to officials of 20th Century-Fox, RCA, and Warner Brothers, who last summer joined in a contract to go on and upward with tele¬ casts in movie houses, will be the delivery of an intermediate film theatre-television system. Work on this is reported to be already nearing completion. Using special film which can be rapidly developed and projected, the system pro¬ vides for making motion picture film di¬ rectly from the images on the television tube in the projection booth. Such a setup, as Mr. Folsom said, will afford an oppor¬ tunity to fit the film into the theatre schedule as convenient. Roof Pickup The program at the Fox was arranged with the cooperation of the National Broadcasting Company and Philco through their relay system. The pickup by NBC’s New York tele station WNBT was trans¬ mitted over this microwave relay between New York and Wyndmoor, a Philadelphia suburb, and from there to the theatre by a microwave link set up for the occasion by RCA engineers. This special link beamed the fight from Wyndmoor to a receiving unit on the roof of the Fox. With the signing of the tri-company contract last summer, new vistas have been opening steadily in the field of the interpolation of tele clips into movie pro¬ grams. The initial development was a large screen projector reproducing tele¬ vision images eight-by-six feet. After numerous private demonstrations for representatives of 20th Century-Fox, the 48 square foot pictures were shown last fall in Atlantic City at the National Asso¬ ciation of Broadcasters Convention. Full-screen, 20 by 15 feet, television pictures of the Louis-Walcott fight — successfully projected at the Fox — were operated from this remote control and main amplifier rack, setup in the regulation projection booth of the Philadelphia theatre. PT-6 PHYSICAL THEATRE DEPARTMI&NT of THE EXHIBITOR August 25, 1948 ate the f inest made/ Be sure the lamps you buy have a proven per¬ formance record . . . will stand up without constant, expensive, replacement of parts. Investigate the reputation, history and integrity of the maker. Be sure that he will be there to furnish parts and render service when you need them. Demand a list of users and then ASK the men who own them. Remember that Strong has been steadily engaged in mak¬ ing projection arc lamps for over a quarter of a century. 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I was surprised. “General,” he said gloomily, “night and day for two weeks I’ve been going over this damn plant trying to find where I’m losing Freon . . . “Yes, I used a Halide torch, but I don’t get a green flame.” (A Halide torch is an acetylene burner that gives off a blue flame until it comes in contact with Freon vapor. Then the flame turns bright green. The vapor is drawn into the torch through a rubber tube, which is placed at points of oil leakage around pipe lines and compressor. Water and air leaks are not too hard to find — but refrigerant leaks are, as you shall see. Freon, incidentally, isn’t hay to lose). “Okey, Joe, I’ll be right over,’’ I said cheerfully. I always try to give these guys the feeling that nothing stops me, that I can always fix ’em in a jiffy, even though they themselves might have to sweat over the problem night and day for two weeks, as Joe said. I arrived on the scene, alertly took my coat off, and went to work — and ran head on into a stone wall. I checked the entire system for leaks and discovered several. But at none could I get that tell-tale green flame. Joe regarded me sorrowfully and shook his head. I felt that I must be slipping and underneath was ready to scream. I dropped into a chair, teetered back, and lit a cigar. I wanted to give the impres¬ sion that I merely had to figure this one out at a distance. I got to fiddling with the torch, which was still in my hand. Suddenly, I per¬ ceived that the burner was minus its copper element, the thing that makes the flame turn green in contact with Freon. I had come through — once again! That’s why I say I’ve got hind-sight wisdom this time. « August, too, is a fitting moment to go into the matter of roofs and outside touch- up jobs. These should be done before the first frosts set in. Very often theatremen are too engaged with the front to worry about the roof. A good front will give the illusion that everything’s shipshape inside. But ramshackle roofs allow water to seep through and to ruin good decorating jobs before you know what’s happened. Even more important, wet plaster is likely to fall onto the heads of the audience. This has caused quite a few minor panics. Speaking of panics, deteriorated fire- escape and exit-door apparatus will add to the emergency in the event that there is confusion. With the confidence of a man who has been in the same occupation for a long time, I will say that my experience proves that a really-well operated theatre has to keep a weekly inspection report, a form rigidly followed throughout the house by the inspection people. Once a month, the manager must get himself out and around the structure to reassure himself that the place is getting the proper kind of inspection. * * * * Lots of money has been spent to stop roof leaks without stopping the leaks. Ex¬ pensive roofing materials have been laid down to discover that, after all, the water was coming in only through copings and scupper holes or from without the joints of rain conductors. Leaks can best be discovered on days of heavy and continuous rains up in the attic of a house. Bear in mind, though, that the hole in the roof may not be directly above the point where the leak shows. The mention of holes in the roof re¬ minds me to remind you to be sure to remind your house people not to use sharp-edge instruments to remove debris, snow or ice from roofs. Last winter, many roofs, laid down only the summer before, were chopped and hacked to the point where holes were opened up. These holes can be repaired, yes, but they are a source for moisture to seep through and to get under the roof¬ ing. This causes blisters to show up later on. In such cases, many roofing contrac¬ tors consider their guarantee broken. At the risk of being redundant, I will add, because of its importance, the fact that all rain conductors should be provided with screens to stop the larger pieces of debris from entering the pipes. "FILMS OF THE WORLD FESTIVAL" was conducted with 16-mm. equipment, with an Ampro projector backed up with Junior High arc lamp by the Strong Electric Corporation. Festival was at Chicago's Surf. NEW GIMMICK? One thing leads to another and now that television paints a picture on its screen, motion pictures are rumored to have taken a leaf out of the same book. A gentleman named Fred Waller, of Huntington Station, N. Y., is said to have translated the earth-shaking television idea into a projector that sweeps films onto a huge curved screen. If that’s so, the narrow movie screen of today might be broadened to occupy half the wall space of a theatre, and be as much as a full half-circle in extent. The projector might scan its light beam over the screen by means of an oscillating or rotating mirror. If rotating, the mirror might be several-sided. Since scanning provides all the shutter effect needed, the film should flow continuously. “Another revolution in motion pictures like the one wrought by the coming of sound is due if the newly-patented invention wins its way into the industry,” our informant enthuses. In the belief, too, that this might prove to be more than another gimmick and that, anyway, it was high time show business was shaken out of its sedate design for living, we tried to extract from Waller a brief account of his inspiration. In return, we got a communication bearing the name of The Vitarama Corpor¬ ation which set down the pronouncement: “Please be advised that the first steps of this development will soon be processed to the point of demonstration. At that time we will be very happy to give you more definite information.” PT-8 PHYSICAL THEATRE DEPARTMENT of THE EXHIBITOR August 25, 1948 catch the full detail and color of the picture on the screen. Use “National” high-intensity projector car¬ bons in your lamp houses. There’s no premium to pay for this top-flight, box-office insurance. The term " National” is a registered trade-mark of NATIONAL CARBON COMPANY, INC. Unit of Union Carbide and Carbon Corporation I'NH 30 East 42nd Street, NewYork 17, N. Y. Division Sales Offices: Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Kansas City, New York, Pittsburgh, San Francisco The brilliant white light from the crater of a “National” high-intensity, posi¬ tive projector carbon is just about the best box-office insurance you can get. Why.? Because it is the brightest and most perfectly color-balanced man-made light in the world and insures that your moving pictures will be clearly seen and enjoyed by every person in the house. No matter how exciting the film plot, your patrons won’t be satisfied unless they 21st in a Series of Studies on Design, Construction and Equipment of Theatres Auditorium Remodeling Will Require Drastic Changes Music-Hall Boxes Will Bow Out While Modern Wall Acoustics Bow In 1 he theatreman will have to yield more points to the designer in the auditorium than anywhere else. For reasons that are plain to see, auditorium rehabilitation will involve the heaviest expenditures. Rickety chairs will bow to superlatively comfortable modern chairs; ancient floors to new floors; 29-inch row spaces to 34- inch spaces (with the loss of a possible 100 seats) ; music-hall boxes to no boxes at all; busily ornamented walls to suave, acoustically-treated ones, and so forth and so on. The designer might even find it nice to round out with a new ceiling. Professional remodelers invariably bracket auditorium overhaul with new seating and sight lines in the firm con¬ viction that these twin factors of theatre comfort “will without any doubt produce the greatest return on the investment of any single improvement that might be made in a theatre remodeling job.” Here then is an exhaustive analysis of all the things that can be done to make the heart of the house a better place in which to relax. It’s up to the individual theatreman to decide how much he can incorporate for the figure that he has in mind. Spalled and Cracked If new seating is to be put in, the floors will probably have to be renewed It will make no difference whether they are wood or concrete. Old concrete floors will be found to have been drilled for new seat bolts on former occasions and, conse¬ quently, to be spalled and cracked. Very often they were improperly constructed in the first place. In old theatres, too, it will be found that seat rows are spaced altogether too closely for comfort. Where new uphol¬ stered seat backs are put in, additional space between rows is mandatory. This will result in the sacrificing of some seats. On the orchestra level, under no circum¬ stances should seat rows be set up that are less than 32 inches back to back, and in the mezzanine or balcony less than 33 inches. Many conscientious operators, finding that it pays, today insist on seats being installed at not less than 34 or .36 inches between rows, even though it means the loss of as many as 100 seats in the over¬ all count. This, naturally, is a matter which should receive very serious con¬ sideration. Management must decide just how far it wants to go in providing the ultimate in comfort for patrons. Especially where the theatre was orig¬ inally designed with a full stage, it will be found advisable, and not too costly, to extend the seating area forward. Thus by cutting back the stage and leaving only the required area for speakers, screen and small stage setting, a minimum require¬ ment of 22 feet from the first row of seats to the back stage wall may be gained. Ideal Sight Lines However, should this change be made, it will probably be necessary to replace most of the orchestra floor in order to create ideal sight lines because of the new screen location. This situation, neces¬ sitating intelligent study, will in most in¬ stances result in the development of a reverse curve for the orchestra floor. The proper construction of such a floor is outlined in a previous chapter, headed, “New Construction.” In old-time houses, steps at front exits are prevalent. During floor remodeling, with proper study, these dangerous exits may often be improved upon. A new floor installation will oftentimes open up an opportunity to get rid of old heating pipes buried beneath the floor. More than likely, they will be found to be in a state of deterioration, because they were laid down without protection. Should it be found necessary to replace the pipes in approximately the same position, a trench large enough for ready access should be dug to hold them. The trench might well be used, too, for the recir¬ culation of air required by the air condi¬ tioning system. Also, a new floor installation provides a chance to lay conduit and wire for aisle lights to the location of the seat ends. Aisle lights should be put in with any new seating layout. Standees In designing a seating layout, space for standees should be provided if pos¬ sible, behind the last row of seats. The space should be separated by an attrac¬ tive, substantial standee rail. This might result in the sacrificing of some seats, but most theatremen have found that such an arrangement produced more ticket sales than if the space were occupied by perma¬ nent seating. Especially is this so at the¬ atres where the heaviest attendance occurs on weekends, with more customers dur¬ ing that period than can be immediately accommodated with seats. Since the auditorium front or proscen¬ ium is the most conspicuous, this area is the next most important consideration of a remodeling undertaking. Many old- fashioned houses are setup with proscen- (Continued on page 16) Wall and ceiling ornamentation of this old concrete theatre in Fresno, California, was painted and retained during a $72,000 remodeling job at the 1142-seat Esquire this year. The walls and ceiling were painted magenta and yellow green to harmonize with the magenta and yellow gold of the stage drapes. Modern chairs with aisle lights and a new carpet were put in, a fine example of points made in the accompaning article. PT-10 PHYSICAL THEATRE DEPARTMENT of THE EXHIBITOR August 25, 1948 T. E. S. M. A. (Theatre Equipment and Supply Manufacturers’ Association, Inc.) Extends to all THEATRE OWNERS, CIRCUIT EXECUTIVES, THEATRE ARCHITECTS and Allied Tradesmen a ^ ery sincere invitation to attend the THIRD ANNUAL TESMA TRADE SHOW to be held at the Jefferson Hotel, St. Louis, Mo. on SEPTEMBER 28, 29, 30, 1948 where you may inspect the latest developments in large screen theatre television, materials, furnishings, equipment and supplies for the modern theatre and drive-ins and meet with and discuss your mechanical problems and requirements with the men whose business it is to serve you. • For hotel accommodations address Miss Jeanette Riordan Reservation Dept. Jefferson Hotel, St. Louis, Mo. This space contributed by The Exhibitor Clint Ezell, manager, Florida State's Arcade, Jacksonville, who is a member of a well-known southern theatrical family. His father, John, was formerly in the business at Atlanta; his uncle, Claude Ezell, operates in Texas. Clint, who quit Atlanta in 1935, came to Jacksonville a year ago from Vero Beach. H. L. Denman, Jr., has got what it takes to forge ahead in theatre business. In ten years, he rose from an usher at the Fox, Atlanta, to his present eminence as manager of that house, which is the largest in the south, seating some 4600. Denman, a hard worker himself, worships the memory of F. D. Roosevelt. of: each issue of PHYSICAL THEATRE d^igf^ to give a "curtain call'' to the many worthy and industrious industryites who seldom receive public acclaim. MANAGERS, ASSISTANT MANAGERS, PROJECTIONISTS, CASHIERS, and OTHER IMPORTANT THEATRE EMPLOYEES with years of Industry Service to their credit are invited to submit "on-the-job" pictures and data for consideration and possible future use in this Department. is a continuing regulaV Department Don Shaw, manager, Sky-Way Drive-In, Chatta¬ nooga, is an old hand at roadside movie opera¬ tion. He operated in Ohio and on the west coast. The ladies are represented by Miss Helen Ple- mons, manager, Capitol, Chattanooga, one of Abe Solomon's houses, operating for Independent Theatres, with Chattanooga as headquarters. George A. Allen, manager, Ritz, Macon, formerly associated with the Pal Amusement Company and the Martin Circuit, who has been operating in Macon for the last year and a half. Grady Cofer, manager, Rialto, Macon, knows theatre business from the bottom up. At 14, he started selling popcorn and has since worked virtually all the Macon motion picture houses. August 25, 1948 INVENTOR AT ODDS WITH REVENUERS 'Xryptix'^ Numbering System Might ^Xonfuse" Them Willis Vance, operator of four theatres in and around Cincinnati, Ohio, is a reso¬ lute man. For years he’s been engaged in a battle with the Bureau of Internal Revenue for permission to make his ticket numbering system, called Cryptix, avail¬ able to the trade. But the Washington civil servants with authority to grant or withold the required permits are taking a bureaucrat’s delight in making him wait around even longer, he contends. Fourteen weeks ago, he launched a new attack. All he won was the indirect word that the bureau’s “only objection to Cryptix is that it might open the door to less meritorious numbering systems.” The central figure in Cryptix, incident¬ ally, is a pocket-size converter, which converts code letters on tickets into num¬ bers. Merely by placing a pencil point in a slide hole opposite the letter shown on a ticket and running the slide up to stop position, the converter gives you the number on the ticket. Presto! Magico! Eureko! There are six slides to accom¬ modate six figures. Cryptix is the best method to keep grosses a private business matter and out of sight of competitors, Vance is certain. Unfair Charge The revenuers’ “letter of the law inter¬ pretation of regulations” he construes to stem from a suspiciousness on the part of the civil servants in regard to the possible application of the system as a means to “confuse” them as tax collectors. Vance considers this charge unfair. “It has always been my objective to protect the bureau’s interest in tax con¬ trol,” he wrote them recently, “for I know that I can never get the department’s approval of a system that would not lend itself to ease of accurate control and ad¬ ministration. “I am certain that Cryptix numbering fullfills the requirements. The Govern¬ ment’s most satisfactory guarantee of this is simply that while theatres are tax con¬ scious, theatremen are first, last, and al¬ ways interested in their stake in the amusement dollar. “It goes without saying that the the¬ atres, as tax collectors, will not chance losing eighty cents of a dollar in order to protect twenty cents in taxes collected. Theatremen are always looking toward protecting their own money first. There would be no interest in Cryptix by the¬ atres if it would not protect their cash, which in turn creates an automatic tax control.” Thus matters stand. Vance has called on 835 theatres throughout the country for support in his plea for a test case on Cryptix. He says that he has received “a favorable reaction from a great percent¬ age” of these. He, himself, has put the system to work in his theatres and in some 26 others in the Ohio region. For Thorough Coverage Of Happenings In Your Area Read THE EXHIBITOR. more than 3,000 major U.S. theatres use "Voice of the Theatre” SPEAKER SYSTEMS Only the best in sound is a sound investment today. The best is “Voice of the Theatre” — proved superior to all other speaker systems by impartial acoustical measurement tests— witnessed by the leading scientists of the motion picture industry. ☆ ☆☆☆☆☆☆ There is a “Voice of the Theatre” speaker system for every size theatre. Ask your supply dealer for information about modernizing your present system with “Voice of the Theatre”. “Voice of the Theatre” speaker systems are supplied as standard equipment by most leading theatre sound system manufacturers. 161 Sixth Ave., New York 13, N. Y. 1161 N. Vine St.. Hollywood 38, Calif. . iA.’..' i I* P FACE LIFTING? jVou" spend so much time in your theatre^ you may overlook t the fact^ that i^is *’dlfed*'. Take^ajlook at it! Are the chairs modern and comfortable? Is the carpk new-looking and soft wV underfoot? Are the draperies restful and in harmony with the decorative scheme ?j , No!", moderniza ^ tion is indicated — now — before the fall ^ A ■ season starts. Call your National Branch! Let the Na¬ tional man assist you in selecting ^ CARPET An inviting auditorium^ assures better patronage! NATIONAL THEATRE SUPPLY DivitiAn •! Noti*nol • • Elyd«>prlh.ln< August 25, 1948 PHYSICAL THEATRE DEPARTMENT of THE EXHIBITOR PT-13 Astounding Plastic If you flopped into the chair pictured here 100 times a day for 25 years, you’d never faze it. At least that’s what the ’Viking-Artline Corporation’s stunt at the American Fur¬ niture Mart, Chicago, would seem to prove. A 200-pound weight was slammed onto the seat more than a million times, “with negligible effect on the plastic up¬ holstery and on the seat construction.” The Wear Test The plastic was the extraordinarily re¬ silient vinylite, which also demonstrated its remarkable weather-resistant quality in another exercise. This time the up¬ holstery was subjected to a continuous play of water. The Water Test Building With A Spray Gun A new building material called Pyrok which can be sprayed onto wire mesh up to eight inches thick has been developed in London. It is made from Portland cement, lime and vermiculite — a type of mica. The material can be blown onto vertical or horizontal surfaces. There is no need to wait for one coat to dry before adding the next. Owing to the resilient action of vermiculite, it does not crack like normal plaster. Moreover, Pyrok is absorbent, so that no sweating occurs in the most muggy weather. — Science Digest. Electronic Barker Business poor? Folks pass you by? No sales at the candy stand? Get yourself a voice. Cheap, durable, persuasive, efficient — guaranteed free from tantrums, temperament and union con¬ sciousness. The St. Louis Microphone Company has a robot that’s so persuasive it sold over a ton and a half of hot dogs for its grocer- owner in one weekend. The U. S. Navy Recruiting Service has put its talents to its own uses. Think what the electrically impelled voice of a St. Louis Robot might do toward “standing room only” for today’s and next week’s pictures, and for chocolates and lolly pops. “Yah-yah-boom-boom, dah-dah-boom- boom, deee-deee-deee-deee-whaaam! Step right inside ladies and gentlemen and see ‘Tarzan and the Mermaids.’ There’s fresh popcorn in the foyer ...” Or, at show break; “Come back and visit Tuesday night when we are showing ‘Key Largo’ with Bogart!” “The tricks the robot can do are limited only by the ingenuity of the operator,” the makers say, “for it can record and play back at auditorium volume — either auto¬ matically or by electric eye — advertising jingles and announcements, complete radio and dance programs, interspersing them with the owner’s message.” The St. Louis Robot will run you $385. Marquisette Curtain A heavy marquisette curtain of Fiber- glas for theatre and home use has been put on the market. It is framed here by a drape of rose chenille swag and multi-colored cotton jabot. The curtain is the first number in a new line of “fire-safe, rot-proof” curtain and drapery fabrics being developed by the Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation. Others will be ready soon. The new line bears the name, “Coron- ized,” which is explained to mean that fabrics woven of Fiberglas yarns have been provided with “permanent soft-feel and good -draping characteristics. The process involves subjecting the fabrics to a series of treatments under intense heat, by which a permanent, relaxing crimp is given to the yarns.” The fabrics may be hand or machine washed, or dry cleaned. No ironing, stretching or framing is necessary. The marquisette curtain may be had in a range of pastel shades, including white, off-white, eggshell and peach. Pretty Spot GoldE is pushing a new spotlight, called the “Hi-Liter.” Its power is from 100 to 150 watts. The compact, two-pound light, with its brown baked-enamel finish, may be used in visible parts of a display, and may be mounted anywhere, the makers emphasize. It has full 360 degree tilt and beam adjustable from spot to flood. Other features are: removable panning handle and base, for convenience; three- inch lens and double-walled lamp hous¬ ing, for cooling, and eight-foot extension cord. The price is $10, less lamp. PT-14 PHYSICAL THEATRE DEPARTMINT of THE EXHIBITOR August 25, 1948 "O eauty and safety are combined by Perfo in colorful rubber mats with real distinction. Severe wear means nothing to these mats — they are made to deliver years and years of service. Individually designed Perfo corru¬ gated and perforated rubber mats can include your theatre name or mono¬ gram. We handle complete installation, in¬ cluding the metal dividers between mat strips and the beveled metal edg¬ ing. Our drafting department will gladly furnish detailed drawings from your measurements or archi¬ tectural drawings. Mail the coupon today, or consult your nearest theatre supply dealer. PERFO MAT & RUBBER COMPANY 320 West 56th Street, New York, N. Y. Please- send me your estimate for Perfo Rubber Mats. Enclosed are measurements and design of lobby. Name . Theatre . Street . City . . State.. P€RfO &■ l^uLLer Co. yu, n y 320 WEST 56th STREET PHONE: PLaio 7-5370 ^peciaiidli in er to WJL Inaudible Fan Regarding his client’s product, the copy writer for an air-circulator admits that he is hard put to describe “such ephemeral a quality as silence.” He hopes that we will bail him out with words, because he thinks that “the most startling feature of this client’s product is its almost complete inaudibility. “We think that advantage is desirable,” he goes on. “Consequently, we believe that your readers will be interested in the Roto Beam.” Well, the client, Max Weber, is said to have achieved this ephemeral quality through the use of a propeller which cre¬ ates twin air beams, one a fast moving, tight current, the other a large, free¬ wheeling flow. The differential in pressure between the currents causes the whole body of air in a room to move induc¬ tively. Thus is provided draftless ventilation. The 15-pound, pedestal-type Roto Beam “uses no more electricity than most light bulbs,” and the 52-watt motor “requires practically no maintenance.” Bobtail Fountain The Liquid Carbonic Corporation, Chi¬ cago, recently announced the addition of a new six-foot, six-inch Bobtail Fountain to its line. The new unit incorporates three basin sinks, 10 by 14 by 12 inches deep, with two combination, swing faucets. It will be available in either single or double station, with provision for the addition of a third draft arm. The new Bobtail Fountain may be secured in self-contained or remote models. The company also offers a new 24-page catalog on its 1948 line of soda fountains and luncheonette equipment. This booklet is complete with pictures, descriptions of features, and specifications of all stand¬ ard units. It is a helpful guide in plan¬ ning a new fountain installation. Copies may be secured by writing to the firm, 3110 South Kedzie Avenue, Chicago 23, Illinois. Here 's Your Biff DOUBLE FEATURE in Saieiy Theatre men everywhere rely on Dayton Safety Lad¬ ders for maximum safety and convenience. Ideal for your marquees — perfect for those odd jobs. Daytons are constructed of tested airplane spruce and reinforced with rigid steel supports to give great strength and lightness of weight. Sizes 3 feet to 16 feet in height with Standard Rubber Safety Shoes at no extra cost. Write today for Bulletin No. 7E DAYTON SAFETY LADDERS QUEEN FIRE EXTINGUISHER SAFETY SUPPLIES 2337 GILBERT AVE., CINCINNATI 6, OHIO August 25, 1948 PHYSICAL THEATRE DEPARTMENT of THE EXHIBITOR PT-15 S.O.S. SACRIFICE SALE! Plenty of Really Fine Equipment to Choose from ‘Standard Simplex Mechanisms, rebuilt like new from . $195.00 Simplex Double Bearing Movements, brand new . 61.20 ‘Century "C" Mechanisms rebuilt like new . 395.00 ‘Superior "A" Mechanisms, brand new. list $695, our price . 475.00 Brenkert BX-40 Mechanisms, like new (used only 12 times) . 395.00 ‘Strong IKW Arclamps & rectifiers. rebuilt like new, per pair . $575,00 ‘Strong Mogul A Arclamps & 6 tube 50 amp 220 volt 3 phase rectifiers, rebuilt like new. per pair . 695.00 Latest Brenkert Econarc lamps 4 30 amp Benwood Linze rectifiers used sparingly — like new. per pair . 395.00 The S,0.S. Rebuilding Process mtifinc _ new hardened and ground lUCUlia parts throughout* plus labor by master mechanics with 20 years back¬ ground* plus 24 hr. test under actual thea- tre conditions. Absolute 12 months guaran¬ tee covers everything. Repairing at low flat rates — loaners furnished — quick service, too! S. 0. S. CINEMA SUPPLY CORP. Occupying entire building 602 WEST 52nd STREET NEW YORK 19, N. Y. Auditorium Remodeling {Continued from page 10) ium boxes, which, of course, are value¬ less in a movie house, except as dirt catchers. Their removal will give the de¬ signer a chance to change the entire appearance of the proscenium. This might be accomplished with plaster and decora¬ tive painting, and again by covering the area with drapes which tie in with the stage setting. In this connection, without undue strain on the budget, it is always possible to enlarge or otherwise alter the proscenium opening, either by actual reconstruction or by the tasteful use of decorations and draperies. Next we come to the side walls, which, Jn all probability, will have to be treated acoustically. Should these walls require no structural changes, their plaster orna¬ mentation being in a good state of repair, the smartest thing to do will be to de¬ velop an appealing scheme of painted decoration. The old colors might be dis¬ carded and some of the ornamentation painted out. Acoustical Treatment Typical auditorium walls are divided into panels by the masonry or steel sup¬ ports for the roof, with some piaster or wood mouldings forming borders. These mouldings may be removed, and the entire surface between the pilasters and above the wainscot given an over-all treatment of paint. If acoustical treatment is indi¬ cated, a fabric might be stretched over that. At this time, there is much objection to the use of fabric on auditorium side walls for the reason that laws require it to be flameproofed at least once a year. If this operation is not carried out carefully, the results are spotty. Especially is this true wherever the fabric is not thoroughly cleaned before spraying. Another legitimate objection to fabric panels is the fact that they are difficult to keep clean, an expense to keep up. To the present time, however, no really satisfactory substitute for fabric has been found, since to make the acoustical treat¬ ment effective such material must be porous and at the same time decorative. There are, of course, now on the market acoustical boards and tiles of metal, pierced to allow the penetration of sound waves. But their effect is hardly theatri¬ cal, nor is their installation particularly adaptable to the situation. Acoustical plaster, and also other prod¬ ucts which can be blown on the walls are available, and will take care of the acous¬ tical problem satisfactorily, but do not take care, very satisfactorily, of the deco¬ rative or maintenance problems. The fact remains that any acoustical treatment is conducive to dirt absorption and will be¬ come less and less effective as the pores fill with dirt. Doesn’t Hold If acoustical plaster or similar product is used, careful consideration must be given to the type of paint employed and to its application. Only a paint recommended by the maker of the acoustical treatment should be used, which will most gener¬ ally be a cold water non-bridging paint. Though some manufacturers claim that their particular product can be painted with ordinary lead and oil paint without affecting the sound absorbing qualities, this does not hold and extreme care should be taken if such products are used. To break up the monotony of a plain side wall treatment, consider, if you will, the installation of a feature panel, which might be lighted dimly by concealed lights. Also, the wall might be covered with special paint to stand out when a black light or infra-red bulb is thrown on it. These last are available at all the¬ atre supply houses with the necessary fix¬ tures for mounting either above the ceil¬ ing or in other concealed locations. Painted Ceilings Now we come to the ceiling. As previ¬ ously brought out in this series, the condi¬ tion of the ceiling, of its supporting struc¬ ture, and plaster ornamentation should be investigated by qualified persons, and if found to be in a safe and sound condition, a decorative painting, which will tie in with and accentuate the decorative scheme throughout the auditorium, should be applied. In many cases, the original ceiling will be found to have a well-designed motif and well -executed plaster ornament, which will need only cleaning followed by freshening with one coat of paint. Often¬ times, the ornamentation may have been originally treated with gold leaf or dutch metal, which might merely need cleaning to bring out its original luster. Should the ceiling paint be in good con¬ dition, showing no signs of peeling be¬ cause of roof leaks, one coat of paint might well do the trick and serve the pur¬ pose as well as two or three coats Some people have the mistaken notion that it is necessary to apply two or three coats to produce a first-class painting job, but with an auditorium ceiling, which is far removed from the possibility of actual contact or close observation, the desired effect can often be obtained by cleaning and then applying one coat with a second coat where required. The old plaster, unlike new work, will not need a sealer coat. Nor will plaster require paint as a preservative. Hence the application of more paint than is actually necessary is a waste of money and time. In order to get by with one coat of paint, however, it will be necessary to thor¬ oughly clean the surfaces to be painted. Some painters prefer to apply the first coat while dusting, painting in what dust will, stick and letting the balance fall where it may. Where none of the original work is to be retained, this may prove to be just as satisfactory and certainly less expensive than cleaning thoroughly and using less paint. Air Cooling Boom The air-conditioning industry is ex¬ pected to reach a record business volume of more than $235,000,000 this yeai’. Equipment sales and installation con¬ tracts hit an all-time high in May and June, and back orders indicate that the year’s total will exceed the record-break¬ ing volume of last year by at least 30 per cent, a survey reported on July 25 in The New York Times shows. Confidence was expressed of a continued upward trend. PT-16 PHYSICAL THEATRE DEPARTMENT of THE EXHIBITOR August 25, 1948 Glass Roofs Remarkable Versatility of Glass Includes Roof and Wall Insulation SINCE the end of the war there has been a practically boundless application of glass to all manner of technical, industrial and commercial usages. These include -a glass to stop the super¬ heat of huge arc lamps, to make lacy curtains, to provide a reflective surface for a new theatre screen, and to insulate the roofs of buildings. The remarkable record of glass is due chiefly to a gigantic manufacturing con¬ fraternity that has put millions into re¬ search and development. A while back, to its varied collection of glasses, the Pitts¬ burgh Corning Corporation added “Foam- glas.” Like all spun glass, Foamglas is mois¬ ture proof, fireproof, verminproof, light weight and durable, and therefore — with the inclusion of millions of inert air cells — ideal as an insulating material. And that’s just what the new “PC” entry is, an in¬ sulation for roofs, walls, ceilings, indus¬ trial equipment, tanks, and piping. It comes in slabs of sealed-in air and has the distinct attraction of remaining unaffected by any stray water that might seep through to it. Nor will it soak up moisture from the air. In fact, Foamglas floats on water as buoyantly as cork. No Nesting Place Further, glass does not absorb or emit objectionable odors. Nor does it furnish food and nesting material for rodents and other pests. It is rigid enough to support its own weight in any kind of wall con¬ struction without danger of crushing or packing. It will even serve as a self-sup¬ porting partition, if not as a load-bearing wall. The slabs, 12-by-18 inches across and either two, three, four or five inches thick, are laid in accordance with regular roof¬ ing procedure, which might include the application of felts impregnated with either coal tar pitch or asphalt. When necessary, the slabs may be cut and shaped on the job. They are ideal for insulating flat-deck roofs, with slopes not exceeding from two inches to one foot. A finished, built-up roofing is applied over the glass. At theatres in the process of going up, the same glass slabs can be put in as core wall insulation. JOHN FLAHERTY, chief operator of Louisville's Strand Theatre, inspects the amplifiers for the new Motio- grc.ph-Mirrophonic sound system recently installed. Altec's amplifiers for the speakers are at the right. NINE DAYS^ WONDER Here slabs of two-inch Foamglas are being laid as roof insulation on the steel deck of the new Commerford Theatre, in Clarks Summit, Pa., and a four-ply built up roofing applied over that. The job covered a 15,000 square-foot area. Hot bitumens and roofing felts also were used. For The Benefit of any perspiring the¬ atre manager who might think a reminder of last winter inappropriate at the moment, this chilly scene is presented for its thera¬ peutic as well as more practical implica¬ tions. A few months ago, the sidewalk at the Covedale was something of a nine days’ wonder in suburban Cincinnati, which shared with the rest of the country the nastiest winter in years. No matter how recurrent the blizzards, the pavement at the Covedale remained miraculously free of snow and ice, a model of good housekeeping in an otherwise disor¬ ganized neighborhood. This was the astounding result of pre¬ cautions taken the summer before, when snow removal was most properly consid¬ ered. By autumn, the Covedale manager was secure in the knowledge that, however icy the winter, he would not be shoveling snow or be running the risk of having members of his clientele and passersby breaking their necks in front of his place. The secret of the manager’s success lies buried in the pavement itself. Nearly a thousand feet of pipe, welded together in the form of a grid, are embedded in the concrete. The network of wrought iron pipes is connected to a water heater in the building. A pump forces hot water through the system. An anti-freeze solution pre¬ vents the water in the pipes from freezing when the system is turned off. August 25, 1948 PHYSICAL THEATRE DEPARTMENT of THE EXHIBITOR PT-17 The last word in modern generator appearance AUTOMATIC DEVICES CO. 1035 LINDEN ST. ALLENTOWN, PA. Export offitc 220 W. 42nd St. N. Y. C. The New STABILARC Motor Generator FOR YOUR NEW THEATRE STUB ROD CONTROL BOX Records what happens between box office and door — every minute, every Kour, every day! Pays for itself in very short order! AUTOMATICKET^^I^Jt^SYSTEMS Covered by U. $. Pots, ond Pots. Pend. For complete information write to: gTneral register corporation 36-20 Thirty-third Street, Long Island City 1,N.Y. O* TH[ AUTHORIZED JUPPIY DEALER IN YOUR AREA. Theatre Supply Dealers of the U. S. COMPREHENSIVE LISTINGS OF NAMES ADDRESSES, PERSONNEL and the Areas Served ALABAMA THE QUEEN FEATURE SERVICE, INC., 1912 V2 Morris Ave., Birmingham 3. Tele¬ phone: 3-8665. PERSONNEL — Manager: Miss Vivian Harwell. Salesmen: Lewis A. Waits, Russell L. Tyler. AREA SERVED — ■ Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi, Georgia, Northern Florida. ARIZONA ARIZONA FILM SUPPLY CO., 33 W. Con- gress St.. P. O. Box 5447. Tucson. Telephone: 3082. PERSONNEL — Geo. K. Diamos. Geo. N. Diamos, Spirro Diamos, Nick Diamos. AREA SERVED — Arizona. CALIFORNIA MIDSTATE THEATRE SUPPLY, 1906 Thomas, Fresno 3. Telephone: 3-2455 PER¬ SONNEL — Owner: Paul Wallace. Field Serv¬ ice: W\ W. Williams. General Manager: Harry V ictor. BRECK PHOTOPLAY SUPPLY CO., 1969 S. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles 7. Telephone: REpiihlic 3151. PERSONNEL — Manager: J. E. Maguire. Counter: Stanley Gray. Shop: Louis Krenz. AREA SERVED — Southern California and Arizona. JOHN P. FILBERT CO., INC., 2007 S. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles 7. Telephones: PArkway 1196-97-98. PERSONNEL— Pres.; John P. Filbert. Sec.-Treas.: John P. Filbert, Jr. Manager: Don M. McLaren. Salesman: Bob Boretta. Machinist : Mack Lunt. Ship¬ ping Dept.: Robert Peterson. Bookkeeper: Ida K. Marshall. Stenographer : Sarah Levith. MOTION PICTURE ACCESSORIES CO., 2200 S. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles 7, Tele¬ phone: PArkway 2894, PERSONNEL — Owners: James B. Dabney and James B. Dabney. J. AREA SERVED — Western and Coast states. PROJECTION EQUIP. & MAINT. CO., 1975 S. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles 7. Telephones: REpublic 0711, Rochester 0711. PERSON¬ NEL — Owner and General Manager: Louis M. Wutke (Emergency Phone WAlnut 0584). Store Manager: Earl F. Graff (Emergency Phone Federal 4491). AREA SEUVED — • So. Calif, and Arizona. NATIONAL THEATRE SUPPLY, 1961 S. V ermont Ave., Los Angeles 7. PERSONNEL — Manager: Lloyd C. Ownbey. Assistant Manager: M. Bundy Smith. Office Man¬ ager: E. Braun. Salesmen: Glenn Slipper, Jack Hessick, Weldon Girard. AREA SERVED — ■ Southern California, Arizona, Southern Nevada. B. F. SHEARER COMPANY, 1964 S. Ver¬ mont Ave., Los Angeles 7. Telephones: Ro¬ chester 1145 — (Night) Brighton 04901 — Pleasant 15261. PERSONNEL — Manager: Barclay W. Ardell. Salesmen : C. L. Russell, Ed Rudd, Lloyd M. Honey, Henry Grussing. Counter Man: Stanley H. Lay. AREA SERV ED — Southern California, Arizona, New Mexico, Southern Nevada. RIDDELS THEATRE SUPPLY, 1543 Fifth Ave., San Diego. NATIONAL THEATRE SUPPLY, 255 Gold¬ en Gate Ave.. San Francisco 2. Telephone: MArket 1-4171. PERSONNEL — Manager: Heaton Randall. AREA SERVED — Northern California, Nevada, Southern Oregon. W ALTER G. PREDDEY , 187 Golden Gate Ave., San Francisco 2. Telephones: UNder- hill 1-7571-2 — (Emergency Night) BAyview 1-5749. PERSONNEL — Owner: Walter G. Preddey. Manager : Robert O. Bemis. Sales¬ men : Mr. Ryan, H. C. Graywood. AREA SERV^ED — California, Nevada, Oregon, Ari¬ zona, Hawaii, Alaska. B. F. SHEARER COMPANY, 243 Golden Gate Ave., San Francisco 2. Telephone: UN- derhill 1-1816. PERSONNEL — Manager: H. I, Tegtmeier. Salesmen: Wesley Rosen¬ thal, Gordon Morris, Eddie Albin. Counter Man: T. L. Shearer, Jr. AREA SERVED — Northern California, Nevada, Southern Ore¬ gon, Hawaii. C. R. SKINNER MFC. CO., 294 Turk St., San Francisco. WESTERN THEATRICAL EQUIPMENT CO., 337 Golden Gate Ave., San Francisco 2. Telephone: Hemlock 8302. PERSONNEL — President and Manager: Harry Sarber. AREA SERVED — California, Nevada, Idaho, Arizona, Utah. COLORADO GRAHAM BROTHERS, 546 Lincoln St., Denver 9. Telephone: TAbor 5467. PER¬ SONNEL — Owners: J. M. and H. W. Gra¬ ham. AREA SEUVED — Colorado, New Mex¬ ico, Wyoming, Nebraska, and Black Hills of South Dakota. NATIONAL THEATRE SUPPLY, 2111 Champa St., Denver 2. Telephones: Tabor 0201 — (Emergency Night) Race 0392. PER¬ SONNEL — Co-Managers: Jasper J. Morgan and Joe B. Stone. Salesman: J. Richard Lutz. AREA SERVED — Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming, Western Nebraska, Eastern Mon¬ tana, and Black Hills of South Dakota. SERVICE THEATRE SUPPLY CO., 2054 Broadway, Denver 2. Telephones: Alpine 1597— (Day .and Night). PERSONNEL — Ted and Elsie Knox. AREA SERVED — Den¬ ver Film Territory. WESTERN SERVICE & SUPPLY, 2120 Broadway, Denver 2. Telephone: KE 8041. PERSONNEL — President: H. M. McLaren. Manager: S. R. Langwith. Office Manager: Jean Gerbase. AREA SERVED — Colorado, Wyoming, Nebraska, S. Dakota, New Mexico. CONNECTICUT LOU PHILLIPS THEATRE SUPPLIES, INC., 130 Meadow St., New Haven 10. Tele- PT-18 PHYSICAL THEATRE DEPARTMENT of THE EXHIBITOR August 25, 1948 phones: 74579 — (Emergency Night) 54774, PERSONNEL — Owner: Louis Phillips, Pres. Manager: George Coinden, Secty. and Treas. AREA SERVED — Connecticut. NATIONAL THEATRE SUPPLY, 122 Mea¬ dow St., New Haven 10. Telephone: 5-7371. PERSONNEL — Manager: William J. Hutch¬ ins. Salesman : Frederick Dandio. AREA SERVED — Connecticut. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ELMER H. BRIENT & SONS, INC., 12 “H” Street, N.E'., Washington 2. Telephones: Dis¬ trict 5905-6, Wisconsin 1453. PERSONNEL — President & Gen. Mgr.: Elmer H. Brient. Vice-Pres. & Sales Mgr.: “Bob” Brient. Sec.- Tres. & Service Dept.: Ted C. Brient. Office Mgr.: “Jerry” Barbar. Air Conditioning Engr.: C. L. Rakow. Sales & Decorating: Kurt Sherrod. Foreman — Installations & Shop: Robert GoIIahon. AREA SERVED — District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia, Northeastern W. Virginia, Two southern counties in Delaware. BEN LUST THEATRE SUPPLY CO., 1001 New Jersey Ave., N.W., Washington 1. Tele¬ phones: NA 5376 — (Emergency Night) DE 5758. FLORIDA SOUTHEASTERN THEATRE EQUIP. CO., 625 W. Bay Street, Jacksonville. Telephones: 4-3443 — (Emergency Night) 5-8280-W. PER¬ SONNEL — President and General Manager: J, B. Dumestre, Jr. Assistant General Man¬ ager: Fred Bearden, Jr. Manager: William H. Murphy, Jr. AREA SERVED— Florida. JOE HORNSTEIN, INC., 714 N. E. First Ave., Miami 36. Telephone: 2-7596. PER¬ SONNEL — Owner: Joe Hornstein. Manager: Hal Hornstein. Counter Man: E. Gilliam. AREA SERVED — Southern States. UNITED THEATRE SUPPLY CORP., 110 N. Franklin St., Tampa 1. Telephone: M-3045. PERSONNEL — Pres, and Treas.: Ray Bus¬ ier. Secretary: Edna L. Worth. Service En¬ gineers: Huey Marsh, William Bell. Counter Man: S. W. Smith. AREA SERVED — Florida, South Georgia, Cuba and tbe Bahamas. GEORGIA DIXIE THEATRE SERVICE & SUPPLY CO., 1014 N. Slappey Drive, Albany. SOUTHEASTERN THEATRE EQUIP. CO., 203 Lucky Street, N.W., Atlanta 1. Tele¬ phone: CYpress 0461. PERSONNEL — Presi¬ dent and General Manager: J. B. Dumestre, Jr. Assistant General Manager: Fred Bear¬ den. Jr. Manager: J. B. Dumestre, HI. AREA SER\ ED — Southern States. CAPITAL CITY SUPPLY CO., INC.. 161 Walton St., N.W., Atlanta 3. PERSONNEL— President and Manager: O. J. Howell. Vice- President: Walter H. King. Secretary and Treasurer: L. V. King. AREA SERVED— Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, Florida, Miss¬ issippi. NATIONAL THEATRE SUPPLY, 187 Wal¬ ton St., N.W., Atlanta 3. Telephone: Lamar 8486. PERSONNEL — Manager: J. C. Brown. Assistant Branch Manager: R. M. Goldsmith. Salesmen: J. G. Thigpen, J. O. Jetton, W. H. Hutt. Jr. AREA SERVED — Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Tennessee. Vorlac BRAND MAINTENANCE PROBLEM THEATRE FLOOR ENAMEL UNPARALLELED CONCRETE FINISH! • FIRE RETARDANT • LONG WEARING • WASHABLE ABRASION RESISTANT SURFACE MANUFACTURED BY f THE VORAC COMPANY , Distributed by L - wv Rutherford, N. J. NATIONAL THEATRE SUPPLY Divitiort of Notional • Simplox * Bludworfh. Inc. WHEREVER APPEARANCE AI^NEATNESS V-ounf ! you’ll see LINTEX COLLARS & FRONTS Progressive Chains and Independents have found that Lintex Collars and Fronts are conven¬ ient and economical. These collars and fronts are made from specially processed paper with a linen finish. When soiled they are thrown away. No laundry problems with Lintex. Made in wing or turn¬ down styles, f fonts in plain or P.K. Photo Courtesy RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL NEW YORK CITY, N. Y. REVERSIBLE COLLAR CO. Ill PyiNAM AVENUE CAMBRIDCE, MASS. No. 100 fOOOlfll • Available Notv • With or Without COOLING EQUIPMENT Send for Folder V^IGT Company THEATRE LIGHTING SPECIALISTS Designers • Manufacturers Illuminating Engineers 1649 N. BROAD ST., PHILADELPHIA 22, PA August 25, 1948 PHYSICAL THEATRE DEPARTMENT of THE EXHIBITOR PT-19 DEWEY MICHAELS— President, Michaels’ Theatres, Buffalo, New York — says: “For the past eighteen years RCA Service has successfully maintained the excellent sound quality we have en¬ deavored to provide for the patrons of our theatres.” To get the benefits of RCA Service —write: RCA SERVICE COMPANY, INC., Radio Corporation of America, Camden, New Jersey. CHANGEABLE SIGNS CHROME METAL EDGES 12" X 8", $6.00; 14" X 9", $6.50 100 M?" PLASTIC LETTERS EXTRA LETTERS . ADMISSION $3.00 PER 42 100 1 ADULTS FED. TAX 00 TOTAL 50 ' 2 1 SEE !T iCHILDREN FED Tlx 04 AT YOUR TOTAL 25 DEALERS 1 L. BAHN CO., 123 W. Canton St. BOSTON 18, MASS. TYPHOON AIR CONDITIONING CO. GOOLiaC and HEATIIG STSTEMI (t all TYPES Philadelphia, Pa New York. N- Y JILTEC SCRVICE CORPORATION The service organization of the motion picture industry MURALS • DECORATING • DRAPERIES Inquiries Invited! n 0 V £ L I Y 1 1 SCENIC STUDIOS, INC. 32-34 W.60TH ST., New York 23, N. Y. SOUTHLAND EQUIPMENT CO., 183 Wal- ton St.. N.W., Atlanta. WIL-KIN THEATRE SUPPLY, INC., 150 alton St., N.W., Atlanta 3. ILLINOIS ABBOTT THEATRE EQUIPMENT CO., 1309-13 S. Wabash Ave.. Chicago 5. Tele¬ phones: HArrison 7-7573-74, HArrison 7- 5720-21 (Emergency Night) TR 4-7070, KI 5-9572. HU 3-6510. PERSONNEL— Oiener: Harold Abbott. Manager: Erwin J. Peterson. Salesman : Spero L. Kontos. AREA SERVED —Ill inois and Indiana. DROLL THEATRE SUPPLY COMPANY, 925 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago. E. E. FULTON CO., 902 S. Wal)ash Ave., Chicago 5. ACADEMY THEATRE SUPPLY CO.. 1235 S. Wabash Ave.. Chicago 5. Telephones: Webster 7268 — ( Einergencv Night) Went¬ worth 3520. PERSONNEL— S. Chernoff. J. B. Rubin. 1. S. Stacel. AREA SERVED — Illi¬ nois. Indiana. MOVIE SUPPLY COMPANY. Ltd.. 1318 S. abash Ave.. Chicago 5. Telephone: HAr¬ rison 7-1447. PERSONNEL — Onners: S. S. and M. A. Behrend. AREA SERVED — Mail Order: L. S. A.. Canada, Central and South America. NATIONAL THEATRE SUPPLY, 1325 S. Vabash Ave.. Chicago 5. Telephone: WA- hash 2-8266. PERSONNEL — Manager: R. P. Rosser. Jr. Salesmen : M. L. Morrison, R. A. Jansson. O. C. ^ ells. Engineer : W. C. Cra¬ mer. AREA SERVED — Illinois, Northern Indiana, Eastern Iowa. INDIANA EVANSVILLE THEATRE SUPPLY CO., 1738 E. Delaware St., Evansville 11. Tele¬ phones: 3-7534, 3-7092. PERSONNEL — Owner and Branch Manager: David J. Stumpf. District Sales: Wilford A. Jarboe. Salesmen : H. Lyons, A. Smith. AREA SERVED — Indiana, Kentucky, Southern Illi¬ nois. GER-BAR. INC., 442 N. Illinois St., In¬ dianapolis 4. Telephone: Li. 1727. PERSON¬ NEL — B. Hopkins. S. Perk, M. Hopkins, F. Leas. J. Archer, K. Miller. MID-WEST THEATRE SUPPLY CO., 448 N. Illinois St., Indianapolis 4. NATIONAL THEATRE SUPPLY, 436 N. Illinois St., Indianapolis 4. Telephones: Lin¬ coln 4517 — (Emergency Night) IMperial 0325, TAlbot 6490, TAlbot 5126. PERSON¬ NEL — Manager: B. N. Peterson. Salesmen: S. Smith, J. F. Bommerscheim, W. D. Thom as. Counter Man: R. O. Muenster. AREA SERVED — Indiana, Kentucky. •PROJECTION EQUIPMENT CO., Union City. Telephone: 661. IOWA DES MOINES THEATRE SUPPLY CO., 1121 High St., Des Moines 9. Telephone: 3-6520. PERSONNEL — Oivners: A. E. Thiele and R. G. Faulds. Manager: A. E. Thiele. Salesmen: R. G. Faulds and H. N, Sutton. AREA SERVED— Iowa. NATIONAL THEATRE SUPPLY, 1102 High St., Des Moines 9. Telephones: 4-2322 — (Emergency Night) 5-4162, 5-7182, 5-1326. PERSONNEL — Manager: A. C. Schuyler. Salesmen: H. W. Loeffler, M. D. Henninos. AREA SERVED— I owa. Eastern Nebraska, Southern South Dakota. KANSAS SOUTHWEST THEATRE EQUIPMENT CO., 1181/^ W. Douglas Ave., P. O. Box 2138, Wichita 1. Telephone: 2-2153. PERSONNEL — Owner and Manager: C. D. Peck, Projec¬ tion Maintenance: J. O. Buckles. Sound En¬ gineers: R. G. Van Sickle and B. E. Swart. AREA SERVED — Kansas, Missouri, Okla¬ homa, Arkansas, Texas, New Mexico. KENTUCKY UNIVERSAL SOUND MOVIE CO., Cal¬ houn. Telephone: 2262. AREA SERVED— Mid-West. South. FALLS CITY THEATRE EQUIPMENT CO.. 427-29 S. 3rd St., Louisville 2. Tele¬ phone: Jackson 7559. PERSONNEL — Otcner: W. E. Carrell. Manager: J. Ray¬ mond Mattingly. Salesmen: W. E. Carrell, H. Chari es Wells. Counter Man: Harry \^'oodson. Service Man: Frank H. Riffle. AREA SERVED — Kentucky, Southern In¬ diana. Southern Ohio, Northern Tennessee. HADDEN THEATRE SUPPLY CO., 209 S. 3rd St., Louisville 2. Telephones: JAckson 0477 — INight Phone), Highland 6577. PER¬ SONNEL — Owner: J. Stoner Hadden. Sales Manager: A. V. Sheckler, lATSE-MPO. Office Manager: E. Blaydes. AREA SERVED — Kentucky, Southern Indiana. LOUISIANA ALON BOYD, 6015 Tulsa Ave., Shreveport 72. DELTA THEATRE SUPPLY, 214 S. Liberty St., New' Orleans 13. Telephone: Raymond 5772. PERSONNEL — Owner and Manager: John F. Elzey. Salesman: Pat Elzey. AREA SERVED — Louisiana, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, part of Arkansas. ELECTRICAL SUPPLY CO., 201 Magazine St., New Orleans 8. HODGES THEATRE SUPPLY CO., 1309 Cleveland Ave., New Orleans 13. Tele¬ phones: CAnal 5293 —( Emergency Night) CEdar 2763. PERSONNEL — President: W. A. Hodges. Salesman: Paul German. AREA SERVED — Louisiana, Southern Miss¬ issippi, Southern Alabama, Northern Florida. NATIONAL THEATRE SUPPLY, 220 S. Liberty St., New Orleans 13. Telephone; Jlavmond 4455. PERSONNEL — Manager: T. W. Neely. AREA SERVED— Louisiana, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi. MARYLAND J. F. DUSMAN COMPANY, 2021 N. Charles St., Baltimore 18. PERSONNEL — Manager: Henry C. Dusman. AREA SERVED— Wash¬ ington Film District. NATIONAL THEATRE SUPPLY, 417 St. Paul Place, Baltimore 2. Telephones: Mul¬ berry 8266, Mulberry 8267. PERSONNEL— Manager: N. C. Haefele, Belmont 0076. AREA SERV^ED — Maryland, District of Col¬ umbia, Virginia. MASSACHUSETTS CAPITOL THEATRE SUPPLY CO., 28 Piedmont St., Boston 16. Telephones: Li¬ berty 6797 — (Emergency Night) Arlington 7731 — Parkway 0808-W. PERSONNEL — President and General Manager: K. R. (Ken) Douglass. Treasurer: Frank Gray. Salesmen: W. (Bill) Hawkins, Don Picker- PT-20 PHYSICAL THEATRE DEPARTMiENT of THE EXHIBITOR August 25, 1948 ing, Don Falco, . (Bill) Spear, Ken Doug¬ lass, Jr. Counter Man: Jack Weisnian. AREA SERVED — Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Maine, Vermont, New Hamp¬ shire. JOE CIFRE. INC., 44 Winchester St., Bos¬ ton 16. Telephones: Liberty 2-0445-46. PER¬ SONNEL — Joseph S. Cifre, President and Treasurer — (Night Telephone) PResident 3-1799. Ernest J. Comi, General Manager. (Night Telephone) BLuehills 8-6855. Emil A. Franzi. Storekeeper. (Night Telephone) PRospect 8-5355. Hubert E. Jenkins, Sales Department. (Night Telephone) LAsell 5-6396. Albert 1. Goldman, Service Depart¬ ment. (Night Telephone) GArrison 7-5861, Joseph L. Mulkeen. Shipping Department. AREA SERVED — All New England States. INDEPENDENT THEATRE SUPPLY CO., INC., 28 Winchester St., Boston 16. Tele¬ phones: Liberty 0051 — (Emergency Night) Ken. 8995 — All. 1693-W. PERSONNEL — Manager: E. K. Hosmer. Salesman: R. Quint. Counter Man: J. B. Devlin. AREA SERVED — Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massa¬ chusetts, Rhode Island. NATIONAL THEATRE SUPPLY, 37 Win¬ chester St., Boston 16. STANDARD THEATRE SUPPLY CO., 78 Broadway, Boston. THEATRE SERVICE & SUPPLY CO., 18 Piedmont St., Boston 16. MICHIGAN AMUSEMENT SUPPLY CO., 208 W. Mont¬ calm St., Detroit. “ERNIE” FORBES THEATRE SUPPLY, 210-14 W. Montcalm St., Detroit. Tele¬ phones: CAdillac 1122-23 — (Emergency Night) Webster 4-9080. PERSONNEL — Owner: Ernest H. Forbes. Salesmen: Howie T. Forbes, Joe Burnett. AREA SERVED— Michigan. McArthur theatre equipment co., 454 W. Columbia St., Detroit 1. Telephone: CAdillac 5524. PERSONNEL — Owner: Geo. McArthur. Counter Man: James McArthur. AREA SERVED— Michigan. NATIONAL THEATRE SUPPLY, 2312 Cass Ave., Detroit 1. Telephone: CAdillac 2447. PERSONNEL — Manager: C. Williamson. Salesman: Lewis Burmeister. Counter Man: Jerry Boehm. AREA SERVED — Michigan. UNITED THEATRE CAMERA & SUPPLY CO., INC., 2501 Cass at Henry, Detroit 1. Telephones: WOodward 2-6053, 2-6054. PER¬ SONNEL — D. D. De Forge, L. E. Martin, A. F. Martin, G. E. Barge*. AREA SERVED — Michigan MODERN THEATRE SUPPLY CO., 320 Douglas St., Grand Rapids. RINGOLD THEATRE EQUIPMENT CO., 106 Michigan St., N.W., Grand Rapids 2. Telephones: GL 4-8852 (Night) 3-2413. PERSONNEL — Owner and Manager : H. J. Ringold. AREA SERVED — Michigan. MINNESOTA ELLIOTT FILM & THEATRE EQUIP¬ MENT CO., 1110 Nicollet Ave., Minneapolis. Telephones: Geneva 4219 — (Emergency Night) Walnut 1900. PERSONNEL— Ouner: Fred A. Hoffman. AREA SERVED — Minne¬ sota, North and South Dakota, Northern Wisconsin. Designed and built by specialists to assure longy trouble-free service. Two basic sound systems — one for theatres of 1,000 and another for theatres of 2,000 scats — the output of which may, by the addition of power amplifiers, be brought up to serve theatres up to 6,000 seats. Your choice of any model Altec-Lansing ‘'Voice of the Theatre” or Motiograph loudspeaker equipment. The Motiograph sound reproducer is based on designs of Electrical Research Products Division of Western Electric Company. s PROOF HAND! that nothing but the finest sound is good enough • • • that better sound means better boxoffice • • • that quality sound costs less over the years when you install See Our Exhibit at the TESMA SHOW, Jeffer¬ son Hotel, St. Louis, Mo., September 28- 29-30 — Booth Nos. 42 and 43. moDERn THEATRE MARQUEE SIGNS COLD CATHODE LIGHTING DESIGNERS AND MANUFACTURERS 1464 MAIN ST. BUFFALO 9, N. Y. STEWART R. MARTIN— Treas¬ urer and General Manager, Embassy Newsreel Theatres, New York City, and Newark, N. J. — says: “Good sound is as important as a good news shot. We use RCA Service to keep our sound operating at peak efficiency.” To get the benefits of RCA Service —write: RCA SERVICE COMPANY, INC., Camden, New Jersey. PHYSICAL THEATRE . . . edited by the staff of the inimitable Annual Authority . . . THEATRE CATALOG STAGE DECORATING and DRAPERIES that are ''Out-Of-This-World!'' Inquiries Invited! n 0 V E LTY I I SCENIC STUDIOS, INC. 32-34 W. 60TH ST., New York 23, N. Y. CHANGEABLE SIGNS and 5 PLASTIC INSERTS CHROME METAL COVERED $5.95 Extra Inserts 80c INEXPENSIVE GOOD LOOKING PRACTICAL See it at your dealer ASSOCIATED TICKET & REGISTER CO., INC. 346 W. 44th Street New York 18, N. Y. August 25, 1948 PHYSICAL THEATRE DEPARTMENT of THE EXHIBITOR PT-21 FOSTER THEATRE SUPPLY. 39 Glenvvood Ave., Minneapolis 3. FROSCH THEATRE SUPPLY. 1111 Currie Ave., Minneapolis 3. Telephone: Bridgeport 1166. PERSONNEL— On ner: M. E. Froscli. Manager : Henry Miller^ Hy. 1753. AREA SERVED — Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Northern Iowa, Northern Wisconsin, Northern Michigan. serv ce LaVezzi Machine Works 4635 W. LAKE ST. CHICAGO 44, ILL. . . . for the finest in Projector Parts, Intermittent Movements, Gears, Spe¬ cial Parts. Available through Theatre Equipment Dealers everywhere. I I SCENIC STUDIOS, INC. 32-34 W. 60TH ST., New York 23, N. Y. DECORATORS • DESIGN ARTISTS Used by better re¬ pair shops in all countries of the world. Replacement parts for CENTURY Model K and Simplex type mechanisms — sold to all serv¬ ice and supply stores. CENTURY PROJECTOR CORP. NEW YORK, N.Y. PAINTING and DECORATING Siipevlative Installations Evevy where ! n n V PITY II U ■ C L 1 1 SCENIC STUDIOS, INC. 32-34 W. 60IH ST., New York 23, N.Y. MINNEAPOLIS THEATRE SUPPLY, 78 S. 12th St.. Minneapolis 4. Telephones: BRidge- port 3306 — (Emergency Night) ALdrich 7586, DUpont 3936. PERSONNEL — Co- Owners: C. C. Creamer, R. C. Lahti, R. E. Lundquisl. AREA SERVED — Minnesota, North and South Dakota, North-West Wis¬ consin. NATIONAL THEATRE SUPPLA', 56 Glen- wood Ave., Minneapolis 3. Telephones: Main 8273 — (Emergency Night) Walnut 4127, Locust 9477. PERSONNEL — Manager: A. T. Crawmer. Sales and Service: H. P. Hansen. AREA SERVED - Minnesota, North Dakota, Western Wisconsin, Eastern South Dakota. WESTERN THEATRE EQUIPMENT EX- CHANGE. 45 Glenvvood Ave.. Minneapolis 3. Telephone: Geneva 2066. PERSONNEL — Owner and Manager : George Kopman. Salesman: H. Kopman. Counter Man: Thomas Ziminernian. AREA SER\ ED — Minnesota. South Dakota. North Dakota, Northern part of Wisconsin, and part of Iowa. MISSOURI MISSOURI THEATRE SUPPLY CO.. 115 W. 18th St.. Kansas City 8. Telephone: GR. 2864. PERSONNEL — Owners: Mrs. Maxine and J. Eldon Peek. Manager: L. J. Kimbriel. AREA SERVED — Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska. NATIONAL THEATRE SUPPLY, 223 W. 18th St., Kansas City 8. Telephones: HAr- rison 3256 — (Emergency Night) Jackson 8082. PERSONNEL — Manager: Arthur de Slefano. Office Manager: C. Ray Green. Order Desk: Carl Whitney. Counter Man: Tom McNeil. Representative : Ned S. Busher. AREA SERVED — Kansas, Western Missouri. SHREVE THEATRE SUPPLY CO., 217 W. 18th St., Kansas City. Telephone: HArrison 7849. STEBBINS THEATRE EQUIPMENT CO., 1804 Wyandotte St.. Kansas City 8. Tele¬ phones: GRand 0134 — (Emergency Night) DRexel 2791. PERSONNEL— Monoger: C.H. Badger. C. P. Pearce, M. Mabry, J. J. Gillis. AREA SER^ ED — Kansas, Missouri, Okla¬ homa, Nebraska. “ERKER’S”, 610 Olive St., St. Louis. Telephones: CHestnut 9410 — (Emergency Night) Rosedale 2257. PERSONNEL — Owners: Erker Bros. Optical Co. Manager: H. G. Lihou. AREA SERVED— Mail Order. MID-STATES THEATRE SUPPLY. INC.. 3142 Olive St., St. Louis 3. Telephones: FRanklin 0999 — (Emergency Night) Park- view 7349, Parkview 0026. PERSONNEL — • Owners: M. S. Gottlieb and Harold Block. AREA SERVED- -Eastern Missouri, South¬ ern Illinois, part of Kentucky, part of Ar¬ kansas. NATIONAL THEATRE SUPPLY', 3212 Olive St., St. Louis 3. Telephones: NEwstead 6350, 6351 — (Emergency Night) — EYergreen 4533. PERSONNEL— M«/i«ger; W. C. Earle, Salesmen: W. A. Guinan, W. C. Earle, Jr., H. H. Hoff. Counter Man: J. W. Rust. Serv¬ ice Man: J. J. Schrempp. AREA SERVED — Illinois, south of Springfield; Missouri, east of Jefferson City; Southwestern Kentucky. ST. LOUIS THEATRE SUPPLY CO. ( Form¬ erly Cine Theatre and Exhibitor Supply Companies), 3310 Olive St., St. Lcuis 3. Telephones; JEfferson 7974-75 — (Emergency Night) EDwardsville 900. PEIRSONNEL — Manager: Archie H. Hosier. Office: Joe Newsham. Salesmen: Don Wyrick, Bob Amos. AREA SERVED — Central and South¬ ern Illinois, Missouri, East of Jefferson City, and Southwestern Kentucky. NEBRASKA THE BALLANTYNE CO., 1707-11 Daven¬ port St., Omaha 2. Telephones: Jackson 4444, Jackson 4445 — (Emergency Night) Walnut 9557. PERSONNEL — Manager: R. S. Ballantyne. Office Manager: J. R. (Bob) Hoff. Chief Engineer : 1. M. Brown. AREA SERY ED — All states through independent supply dealers. METROPOLITAN SCENIC STUDIOS, INC., 1611 Davenport St.. Omaha. Tele¬ phone: Atlantic 6568. QUALITY THEATRE SUPPLY CO., INC., 1515 Davenport St., Omaha 2. Telephones: At. 7253 — (Emergency Night) Glendale 3902. PERSONNEL — Owners: Carl and Lynn White. Manager: Carl White. Secre¬ tary: Hazel White. Salesman: Wilbur Gran¬ ville. Counter Man: Carl White, Jr. AREA SERY ED — Nebraska, Western Iowa, South¬ ern South Dakota. THE WESTERN THEATRE SUPPLY CO., 214 N. 15th St., Omaha 2. Telephones: At¬ lantic 9046 — (Emergency Night) Kenwood 1232. PERSONNEL— Oicner; F. A. Van Husan. Manager: E. N. Epley. Engineer : H. Coyne. Counter Clerk: Wm. H. Morgan. Secretary : Rose Robinson. AREA SERVED — Nebraska, Iowa, South Dakota, North Da¬ kota, Missouri, Kansas. NEW JERSEY CLARK THEATRE SUPPLY', P. O. Box 835. Ashury Park. PERSONNEL— Oicner ; G. B. C. Clark. Motion Picturi Engineer AREA SERVED— Mail order. NEW MEXICO EASTERN NEW MEXICO THEATRE SUPPLY CO., Box 1099, Clovis. Tele¬ phones: Clovis 1430 — (Emergency Night) Clovis 790. PERSONNEL — Manager: E. R. Hardvt^ick. AREA SERY ED — Eastern New Mexico, West Panhandle of Texas. NEW YORK ALBANY THEATRE SUPPLY CO., 1046 Broadway, Albany 4. Telephones: 5-5055 — (Emergency Night) 2-5359. PERSONNEL— Owners: John Bylancik. Jack McGrath. Salesmen : T. McGrath. E. Bylancik. J. Decker. Manager: Jack McGrath. Counter: J. Lewis. AREA SERY ED — New Y ork State, Y ermont. Massachusetts. EMPIRE THEATRE SUPPLY CO., 1003 Broadway, Albany 4. Telephones: 5-9507 (Emergency Night) Troy 8928-J. PERSON¬ NEL — Owner and Manager : E. L. Crown- ingshield. AREA SERY ED — East through Berkshire County, Mass., north to border, south to Poughkeepsie, west to L'tica. NATIONAL THEATRE SUPPLY'. 962 Broadway, Albany 4. Telephone: 5-1479. PERSONNEL — Manager: W. J. Hutchins. Assistant Manager: Walter Thatcher. Sales¬ man : W. Thatcher. AREA SERY ED — Cen¬ tral New York. PT-22 PHYSICAL THEATRE DEPARTMENT of THE EXHIBITOR August 25, 1948 auburn theatre equipment CO., 5 Court St.. P. O. Box 112, Auburn. Tele¬ phones: 695 — (Emergency Night) 1439. PERSONNEL — Owner: F. W. Spreter. Man¬ ager: M. E. Dawson. Salesman : C. Conners. Counter Man : E. Dean. AREA SERVED — New York State. BECKER THEATRE SUPPLY CO.. 492 Pearl St., Buffalo 2. Telephones: Cl. 7276 — (Emergency Night) Pa. 5333. PERSONNEL — Manager : Albert Becker. AREA SER^ ED — Western New York State. BICKFORD BROTHERS CO., 1209 Broad- way, Buffalo 12. Telephones: Fillmore 1209 — (Emergency Night) East Aurora 1213. PERSONNEL — Manager: M. E. Pickrell. Assistant Manager: M. J. Downey. AREA SERVED — Western, Central and Upper New York State, except Albany — New York City area. NATIONAL THEATRE SUPPLY, 500 Pearl St., Buffalo 2. Telephone: Washing¬ ton 1736. PERSONNEL — Manager: V. G. Sandford. Salesman: G. R. George. AREA SERVED— Western New York State. UNITED PROJECTOR & FILM CORP., 228 Franklin St., Buffalo 2. Telephones: Washington 8022-8023. AREA SERVED — Western New York State. AMUSEMENT SUPPLY CO., INC., 341 W. 44th St., New York 18. Telephones: Circle 6- 0850— (Emergency Night) IN. 2-6991. PERSONNEL — Manager: Joseph J. Pear. Salesmen: Harry E. Pear, Jack Halpern, Sid¬ ney Sherman. AREA SERVED — • Southern New York, New Jersey, Connecticut. CAPITOL MOTION PICTURE SUPPLY CORP., 630 Ninth Ave., New York 18. Tele¬ phone: PLaza 7-4510. PERSONNEL — Presi¬ dent: Ben Perse. Vice-President: Harry Perse. Service Man: Vincent Paolillo. Sales¬ men: Lou Brown, Jack Schaeffer. Counter Man: Sam Ochs. AREA SERVED — Southern New York State, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Ohio. CROWN MOTION PICTURE SUPPLIES CORP., 346 W. 44th St,, New York 18. PERSONNEL — Owner: Julius H. Katz, President. Salesman : Wallace J. Katz. AREA SERVED — New York, Northern New Jer¬ sey, Connecticut. EMPIRE INSTRUMENT MFG. CO., 607 W. 51st St., 3rd Floor, New York 19. Tele¬ phone: PL 7-0443. PERSONNEL — William Moenter, Donald Rogers. AREA SERVED — Export. JOE HORNSTEIN, INC., 630 Ninth Ave., New York 19. Telephones: Circle 6-6285 — (Emergency Night) ESplanade 6-5698, Con¬ way 9034, GEdney 4-0850, BOulevard 8-2964, ILlinois 9-3065. PERSONNEL — Owner: Joe Hornstein. Manager: George Hornstein. Salesmen: M. D. Faige, Julian Norwich, Milton Hornstein, Robert Lissner. Counter Man: Claude Scott. Service Man: H. Schwartz. AREA SERVED — Eastern States. INTERNATIONAL VARIETY & THE¬ ATRICAL AGENCY, INC., 220 W. 42nd St., New York 18. Telephone: Wisconsin 7- 8626. PERSONNEL — President: M. A. Schlesinger. Products Sold: Purchasing Agents for African Consolidated Theatres, Ltd. NATIONAL THEATRE SUPPLY, 356 W. 44th St., New York 18. Telephone: Circle 5-6900. PERSONNEL — Manager: Allen G. Smith. Sales Manager: Bernard Klied. Salesmen: M. Balm, S. Leschner, R. Rohal- do, H. Plunkett, Win. Nafash. AREA SERVED — Greater New York City, South¬ ern New York, Northern New Jersey. S.O.S. CINEMA SUPPLY CORP., 602 W. 52nd St., New York 9. Telephones: LO. 4-5100 — (Emergency Night) SE. 3-6875. PERSONNEL — Manager : J. A. Tanney. Salesmen: Oscar Lightstone, Vincent Stri- anse, Dominic Capano. Counter Man: Jos¬ eph Miranda. AREA SERV ED — Mail Order, entire U. S. A. STAR CINEMA SUPPLY CO., 459 W. 46th St., New York. PERSONNEL — Owner: S. Tanney. Shop Manager: L. Wohlsein. Traf¬ fic: D. Marsh. Secretary: A. Okens. AREA SERVED — Mail Order, U. S., Export. K. STREUBER & LACHICOTTE. 1819 Broadway, New York 23. Telephone: COl- umbus 5-8591. PERSONNEL — K. Slreuber, W. B. La Chicotte. AREA SERVED— Ex¬ port to the World. CENTRAL N. Y. THEATRE SUPPLY CO.. 215 Crawford Ave., Syracuse 3. Store: 210 N. Salina St., Syracuse 2. Telephones: 25761 — (Emergency Night) 72-6372. PERSON¬ NEL — Herbert M. Canter, Reuben C. Can¬ ter. AREA SERVED — Central & Northern New York from Albany to Buffalo. NORTH CAROLINA BRY ANT THEATRE SUPPLY CO., 227 S. Church St., Charlotte 1. Telephones: 2-4242, 4-5620 — (Emergency Night) 3-9635, 5-4054. PERSONNEL — Manager: Frank M. Strange. AREA SERVED — North and South Caro¬ lina. DIXIE THEATRE SUPPLY CO., 324 S. Church St., Charlotte 1. Telephones: 2-4343 — (Emergency Night) 2-3039. PERSONNEL — Owner: J. B. Erskine. AREA SERVED^ — North and South Carolina. SOUTHEASTERN THEATRE EQUIP. CO., 209 S. Poplar St., Charlotte 2. Telephones: 4-3093-94 — (Emergency Night) 4-1804, 3-1801. PERSONNEL — President and Gen¬ eral Manager: J. B. Dumestre, Jr. Assistant General Manager: Fred Bearden, Jr. Man¬ ager: W. P. (Bill) White. AREA SERVED — North and South Carolina. THEATRE EQUIPMENT CO., 220 South Poplar St., Charlotte. Telephones: 22722, 49427. THEATRICAL ENGINEERING CO., 2941 Chelsea Drive, Charlotte. NATIONAL THEATRE SUPPLY, 304 S. Church St., Charlotte 1. Telephones: 7753, 7754 — (Emergency Night) 5-3062, 2-1971, 7050. PERSONNEL— Manager; W. G. Bol¬ ing. Salesmen: R. D. Turnbull, A. R. Cos- krey. Counter Clerks: W. M. Collins, J. W. Harriss. Cashier: Mrs. Edna Mills. Billing Clerk: Peggy Gordon. AREA SERVED — North and South Carolina. STANDARD THEATRE SUPPLY CO., 222 S. Church St., Charlotte. Telephones: 3-4525, 4-4780. PERSONNEL— Oicner; Phil Wicker. Manager: Garland Haire. Sales¬ man: Charles Duncan. Counter Man: Don¬ ald Swett. AREA SERVED— North and South Carolina, Southern Virginia. (Continued on page 27) MRS. L. R. ROBERTSON— Owner, Lucas Theatre, Dallas, and Pix Theatre, Fort Worth, Texas— says: “We never have unexpected repair and replacement head¬ aches with RCA Service. Regular checkups keep equip¬ ment performing at its best.” To get the benefits of RCA Service — write: RCA SERVICE COMPANY, INC., Radio Corporation of America, Camden, New Jersey. GET THIS STRAIGHT! ONiY rm UGHT COUNTS Regardless of how fine your projection equipment, or how much light your lamps de¬ liver, you cannot have a good picture without a good screen, for the quality of your picture is dependent upon the light which is RE¬ FLECTED by the screen to the eyes of your patrons^ For the guaranty of a beautiful picture, perfect sound transmission and faithful color reproduction use the world's finest screens. §uper-^6 nhite vinyl phistic coeited DIFFUSIVE SCREEN Assures picture brilliance for every seat. Mold and fungus-proof. St/per ocalite V W CRYSTAL BEADED SCREEN Increases picture brilliancy 33-1/3%. Flame¬ proof. Write for free literature. VOCALITE SCREEN CORPORATION ROOSEVELT, N. Y. Upholstery Leatherette — All Colors Durable — Flexible — Washable Specially priced at 80c per yard— 37" width. Proportionately low prices for wider widths. Write— MANKO FABRICS CO., INC. 29 W. 26th Street, New York 10, N. Y. Samples sent on request. UNUSUAL and OUTSTANDING DRAPERIES, WALL COVERINGS that Magnetize your theatrel Inquiries Invited! n n V F 1 T Y n U f C L 1 1 SCENIC STUDIOS, INC. CO -34 W. 60TH ST., New York 23, N. Y. August 25, 1948 PHYSICAL THEATRE DEPARTMENT of THE EXHIBITOR PT-23 If you are planning or operating a Drive-In Theatre... OUR 15 YEARS’ EXPERIENCE IS AVAILABLE As the pioneers of the drive-in theatre industry, Park-In Theatres, Inc. has developed a "know-how” in this business that can make a real contribution to your success. Our experience proves that we have actually saved many of our licensees considerably more than the total of our licensing fee over a period of years. If you are planning a new operation in an unlicensed terri¬ tory, our free engineering service can make savings of as much as two-thirds of the earth-moving cost and can provide fin¬ ished working drawings for screen towers, box offices, projec¬ tion booths and other essential units. This new concave screen tower, designed for faithful and more brilliant picture repro¬ duction, has been developed for prefabrica- tion and national distribution. It is a tcurrent example of continuing engineering .study by Park-In Theatres, Inc. For theatres already in operation, we can be of material assistance in acquainting you with the improved lighting and screen equipment and more efficient sound systems which have been developed from our engineering research activity. If you are not familiar with our licensing arrangements under the pioneer drive-in theatre patent*, we suggest that you communicate with us promptly. We will be happy to explain our complete service. PARK IN THEATRES. Inc. 840 Cooper Street Camden. New Jersey *U. S. Patent 1.909,537 »ltIVE.lX TIIKATRK!^ SECTION SAMPLE OF MILES OF NEON THAT GLOWS NIGHTLY AT ROADSIDE MOVIES FROM COAST TO COAST. Everybody And Their Kids Go To These Spots When They Can Movies were nttle more than a flash in the pan before D. W. Griffith de¬ cided to stake “The Birth Of A Nation.” Its smash success showed how rightly he had sensed a public need. The drive-in theatre was just another novelty in the world, too, and petters’ paradise — before the public found that it was just what it needed in this motorized age. That was only yesterday. Today, the picture below shows how substantially this novelty is paying off. The impressive line-up can be duplicated hundreds of times over along highways from here to Kokomo. The British speak of the new industry as a drive-in theatre “craze.” Maybe so, but it is of the gold-plated variety. The owners spare no expense to capture the public fancy — and dollar. Above is just a sample of the miles of neon art which is glowing nightly from coast to coast, this piece in Texas. Families Mostly Representative statistics label the occu¬ pants of the 300-odd cars visible in the lower shot as mostly family groups. The youngest members, after taking in a series of animated cartoons, have dropped off to sleep in the back seat, maybe, while their parents concentrate on one of the two feature films, picked with an eye to the family trade. The after-dark vista is so distinct be¬ cause the theatre area is lighted by man¬ made moonlight — background lights high on a pole. The projection room at the right throws its beam to the screen and next door the concession stand gives off a mass of light away from the audience. The panorama was shot from the screen tower. ILLUMINATE A NEW AMERICAN SPECTACLE. HERE ON THE NEW JERSEY FLATS MAN-MADE MOONLIGHT HIGH ON A POLE HELPS TO August 25, 1948 PHYSICAL THEATRE DEPARTM/ENT of THE EXHIBITOR PT-25 YOUNG MAN IN A HURRY! The sales manager of a New Jersey iron works put togclher a routine piece on a structural steel drive-in screen tower that he had helped to engineer for the May 5 issue of PHYSICAL THEATRE. It marked Sales Manager Edward Lewin's, President Harry Diamond’s and the Elizabeth Iron Works’ first foiTiial venture into the motion pic¬ ture supply stream. It was their idea jart to wet their toes. Wham! Overnight they were shoved head-on into the middle ot that stream. Ever since, they've been up to their ears in orders. Wires, phone calls and visits started to flow in from theatremen and architects interested in drive-ins in Memphis, Philadelphia, New York, Hartford, Cleveland, Youngstown, Boston, Chi¬ cago, Cincinnati, Dallas, Atlanta, Pittsburgh, Detroit and Minneapolis. Trips had to be made and planes met. And, of course, everyone wanted his tower shipped “two weeks be¬ fore last.” One really anxious mo¬ ment came when “Woodie” Bress- ler wired that he was taking off in his own plane from Dayton, Ken¬ tucky, and would land in Elizabeth where there is no landing strip! Until Bressler called for a lift from Newark Airport, Lewin prayed. Besides a tightening steel shortage, this smash success has posed a number of problems for Lewin, some of them personal. He’s busier than a bird dog keeping things flushed within a 200-mile radius of Elizabeth with customers the company has had for 41 years, and burning up the runways keeping those get- together dates with drive-in men. “Gosh! When will I catch up?” he asks, frantically. PRE FAB SCREEN TOWER Recent Purchasers of Pre-Fab Screen Towers BRESSLER DRIVE-IN Dayton, Ky. EASTERN DRIVE-IN Totowa, N. J. LOEW DRIVE-IN New London, Conn. LOEW DRIVE-IN Springfield, Mass. READE DRIVE-IN Woodbridge, N. J. SHORE DRIVE-IN Collingswood Pk., N. J. STARLITE DRIVE-IN Gloucester, N. J. STARLITE DRIVE-IN Chicago, III. for Drive-In Theatres Here's the "new look" in screen towers for any drive-in. The ELIZABETH IRON WORKS Pre-Fab Screen Tower with exclusive "SEE-LINE" Vision that eliminates "keystone" is efficient, economical and distinctive. Costs Less Permanent construction. No rot¬ ting or warping parts to be re¬ placed. Economical erection in 6 days or less. All-Steel Engineered and designed to withstand a 100 MPH gale. Minimum Maintenance Walkway at top and back of screen. Monorail system simpli¬ fies scaffolding and servicing. *PRE-FAB SCREEN TOWER — an EXCLUSIVE product of — Esthetic Lines Sturdy, tal harmonize , tapering lines that with any landscape. Available in 3 Sizes Overall Surface Car (Including Masking) Capacity No. S38-38 X 49 ft. 350- 400 No. S44-44 X 60 ft. 450- 650 No. S52-52 X 72 ft. 650-1000 Portable May be taken down and re¬ assembled if location is changed. ELIZABETH IRON WORKS > , 'STRUCTURAL STEEL ENGINEERS— FABRICATORS— ERECTORS / Mailing Address: P. 6. Box 360, ELIZABETH, N. J. STRONG MAKES POWERFUL DRIVE-IN RECTIFIER Four-Tube Set Designed For Single Phase Current Keeping abreast the needs of drive-in theatres. Strong Electric Corporation has developed a new 60-to-80 ampere, four- tube rectifier for use with high intensity arcs where only single phase power is available. For the reason that the huge screens of drive-ins tax lighting equipment to the utmost, this product, type 28910, has been designed to produce power beyond the normal requirements of the largest the¬ atres, the company says. The maximum operating load is sufficiently below, the capacity of the 20 ampere tubes to result in long tube life. Transformer types provide adjustment to compensate for line voltage variations, from 200 to 250 volts, and for full com¬ mercial amperage requirements from the largest to smallest Suprex carbons, the makers add. The complete assembly com¬ prises two transformers, tube sockets, and manually operated current control handle. This last actuates an eight-point rotSry switch, which is used to vary the current even when the arc is burning. Drive-Ins Help RCA The rapid emergence during the last several months of the drive-in theatre as a major motion picture medium has been good for business at the RCA Service Company, officials say. More than 100 roadside movies from coast to coast are now under contract to it for sound serv¬ ice and parts replacement. Motiograph Equips Motorena A drive-in theatre with a slightly dif¬ ferent twist to its name, Motorena, has opened in North Federal Street, Denver, Col., Fred C. Matthews, of Motiograph, Inc., Chicago, announces. His company supplied a complete line of equipment. Strong Mogul high-intensity arc lamps also were put in. PT-26 PHYSICAL THEATRE DEPARTMENT of THE EXHIBITOR August 25, 1948 i» VoNtTE S SHOW |b mtONtT* swoa Back of thoie Inviting DlliVI*ti Theatre Marquees f itifit 1 ■ OEPCNDABLE PROJECTORS, AMPLIFIERS, IN-CAR SPEAKERS They come back again and again to see Hollywood's finest productions at their projected best — with DeVRY'S. (Cojitinued jrom page 23) WIL KIN THEATRE SUPPLY, INC., 229 South Church St., Charlotte 2. Telephones: 8620 — (Emergency Night) 45915. PERSON¬ NEL — Branch Manager: W. F. Harris, Sr. Sales Manager: C. W. Fortson. General Manager: Nash Weil. Salesmen: Panny Cobb (Eastern N. C.), W. J. Harris, Jr. (South Carolina). AREA SERVED — North Carolina, South Carolina. STANDARD THEATRE SUPPLY CO., 215 E. Washington St., Greensboro. Telephones: 6165, 6166 — (Emergency Night) 7281, 8022. PERSONNEL — Owner: Phil Wicker. Man¬ ager: Lawson Rankin. Salesmen: J. W. Markham, Lloyd Parson. Counter Men: George Underwood, James Harper. AREA SERVED — North and South Carolina, Southern Virginia. THEATRE EQUIPMENT CO., Ill Edwards Place, Greensboro. PERSONNEL — Presi¬ dent: R. O. Holland. THEATRE SUPPLIERS, INC., 304-306 S. Davie St., Greensboro. NORTH DAKOTA McCarthy theatre supply co., 641/2 N. 5th St., Box 32, Fargo. Telephones: 7801 — (Emergency Night) 23037, 25111, 33041. PERSONNEL — Owner: Gene McCarthy, Auditor: E. T. McCarthy. Counter Man: Don De Jong. Service: Bob Wigner. AREA SERVED — Western Wisconsin, Minnesota, North and South Dakota, Montana, North¬ ern Wyoming. OHIO AKRON THEATRE SUPPLY CO., 1025 N. Main St., Akron. Telephones: WA. 1818 — (Emergency Night) WA. 2480. PERSON¬ NEL — Owner: Harry P. Jones. Counter Men: Robert E. Jones, John Comeriato. AREA SERVED — Northeastern Ohio. STANDARD THEATRE SUPPLY CO., 3461 Franklin St., Bellaire. MID-WEST THEATRE SUPPLY CO., INC., 1638 Central Parkway, Cincinnati 10. Tele¬ phones: CH. 7724, 7725 (24 Hour Service). PERSONNEL — H. B. Snook, President, J. P. Ware, Vice President, T. M. Fisher, Secretary-Treasurer, Woodie Bressler, J. Chas. Clickner and Tom Stallings, Salesmen. Ed. Novak, Counter Man. AREA SERVED — S. Ohio, Kentucky, S. West Virginia and Indiana. NATIONAL THEATRE SUPPLY, 1637 Central Parkway, Cincinnati 14. Tele¬ phones: Main 6580-81. PERSONNEL — Man¬ ager: J. H. Kelley. John Knoop, Jr., James A. Conn, W. A. Davis, Clifford M. Larkin. Helen Gehl, Ruth Wagner. AREA SERVED — Southern Ohio, Southern West Virginia, Eastern Kentucky. CLEVELAND PROJECTOR CO.. 1723 E. 86th St., Cleveland 6. Telephone: RAndolpli 6076. GENERAL THEATRE EQUIPMENT CO., 1745 E. 23rd St., Cleveland. NATIONAL THEATRE SUPPLY, 2128 Payne Ave., Cleveland 14. Telephones: PRospect 4613 — (Emergency Night) Long- Acre 7608. PERSONNEL— Manager; F. J. Masek. Salesmen: Earl King, Robert Cas¬ per. Counter Man: Glenn Jerome. AREA SERVED — Northern Ohio. OHIO THEATRE EQUIPMENT CO., 2108 Payne Ave., Cleveland 14. August 25, 1948 OLIVER THEATRE SUPPLY CO., INC., E. 23rd and Payne Ave., Cleveland 14. Tele¬ phones: TOwer 1-6934-35 — (Emergency Night) ACademy 5362. PERSONNEL — Manager: M. H. Fritchle. AREA SERVED — Northern Ohio. AMERICAN THEATRE SUPPLY, 165 N. High St., Columbus. THE DAYTON FILM, INC., 2227 Hepburn Ave., Dayton 6. Telephones: Randolph 2191- 92-93. PERSONNEL — President: R. F. Poorman. Vice-President: Arthur W. Kemp. DAYTON THEATRE SUPPLY CO., Ill Volkenand St., Dayton 10. Telephone: Ken- more 5821. PERSONNEL — Owner and Man¬ ager: Charlie D. Wall. AREA SERVED— Southwest Ohio, Eastern Kentucky. SHELDON THEATRE SUPPLY, 1420 Can- field Ave., Dayton. AMERICAN THEATRE SUPPLY CO., 519 E. Broadway, Toledo 4. THEATRE EQUIPMENT CO., 109 Michi¬ gan St., Toledo 2. Telephones: ADams 8107-8. OKLAHOMA W. R. HOWELL, 12 S. Walker St., Okla¬ homa City 4. Telephones: 3-1961 — (Emer¬ gency Night) 3-5274. MISSOURI THEATRE SUPPLY, 708 W. Grand Ave., Oklahoma City. NATIONAL THEATRE SUPPLY, 700 W. Grand Ave., Oklahoma City 2. Telephones: 2-0203 — (Emergency Night) 58-2476. PER- .SONNEL — Manager: J. 1. Watkins. Sales¬ men: Howard Wortham. Tom Dyer. Store and Office Manager: Hugh B. Ginn. AREA SERVED — Oklahoma and Panhandle of Texas. Increasingly — in the."States,” Canada and throughout the world — Exhibitors are building bigger "box office” with new DeVRY "12000 Series” theatre equipment. Whether you are planning a new operation — standard or drive-in — or considering modernization of your present equipment, it will pay you to learn more about DeVRY equipment today. Before you buy, get the facts on new DeVRY IN-CAR SPEAKERS. DeVRY CORPORATION NAME _ 1111 Armitage Ave., Chicago 14, 111. Please rush information on ADDRESS _ _ "12000 Series" Projectors: □ "12000 Series" Amplifiers: CITY _ STATE- □ IN-CAR Speakers ZONE FOR THE PERFECT SHOW (ndoors or Out . . 7^ ...YOUR BEST BUY See the DeVry Exhibit in Booth No. 58, TESMA Trade Show— September 28-29-30, Jefferson Hotel, St. Louis, Mo. PHYSICAL THEATRE DEPARTMENT of THE EXHIBITOR PT-27 OKLAHOMA THEATRE SUPPLY CO., 623 W. Grand Ave., Oklahoma City 2. Tele¬ phones: 7-8691 — (Emergency Night) 5-9726. PERSONNEL — Otvners: .1. Eldon Peek and Maxine Peek. Counter Man: M. F. Bailey. AREA SERVED — Oklahoma, Panhandle District of Texas, Western Arkansas. OREGON PORTLAND MOVING PICTURE MA¬ CHINE CO., 916 N. W. 19th Ave., Portland 9. Telephone: BEacon 8710. PERSONNEL — Owner: Pete Saho. B. F. SHEARER CO., 1917 N. W. Kearney St., Portland 9. Telephones: ATwater 7543 — (Emergency Night) Aloha 6401, Garfield 7603. PERSONNEL— E. C. Holland, H. L. Thomas. AREA SERVED — Oregon. Sonth- ern Idaho. THEATRE UTILITIES SERVICE CO., 1987 N. W. Kearney St.. Portland 9. Telephones: T.J. VERMES— Partner, Yale, Nor¬ wood and Y orktown Theatres, Cleve¬ land, Ohio — says: “RCA Service has meant uninterrupted shows for at least 15 years. I wouldn’t be without it.” To get the benefits of RCA Service —write: RCA SERVICE COMPANY, INC., Radio Corporation of America, Camden, New Jersey. FOREST MFC. CORP.,9-11 W.PARK ST., NEWARK 2,N. J. ■ n| rn "THIRD DIMENSION" AULl K MULTIPLE SIZE SILHOUETTE LETTERS and Exclusive "REMOVA-PANEL" Glass-in-Frame Unit* ADLER SILHOUETTE LETTER CO. 302IW,36thSt., Chicago 1451 B'way.N.Y.C. OUTDOOR REFRESHMENT CONCESSIONAIRES from Coast to Coast over Vi Century N}?'»« 1-JUSetti y i fA.' O”' stO MANUFACTURED BY INTERNATIONAL PROJECTOR CORPORATION • BLOOMFIELD, NEW JERSEY THE EXH I Bl TOR NT-1 XKWS OF THF BRANCHES Atlanta Office manager Don Hassler, Astor, checked in, back from Florida with the Mrs.... Mrs. Rose Lancaster, Astor,_ returned from Miami. Mrs. Thelma Haglund has been ap¬ pointed head booker, U-I..^.Off for a stay in New Jersey on vacation was Mrs. Claudia Linker, Screen Guild. John W. Mangham, president. Screen Guild; J.S. Carscallen, Ken Smith, andO.B. Corley, sales representatives, returned from Memphis. Henry Hammond, Memphis sales repre¬ sentative, Monogram, was in the hos¬ pital for a checkup. ... Jack Barrett, Florida sales representative, was still hospitalized but reported doing nicely. Max E. Youngstein, vice-president. Eagle Lion, was a visitor, and gave the boys a real pep talk on the Bill Heineman drive. Youngstein is captain. Also down were Herman Beiersdorf, southeast division manager, and south¬ ern district manager Grover Parsons. Attending the meeting were Addie Addison, branch manager; N. J. Cal- quhoun. Jack Galloway, George M. Jones, Bob Tarwater, and Ernest Camp. A luncheon was held with independent and circuit owners after the meeting. Ralph McCoy, Film Classics branch manager, returned from a trip to New York City. ... Ike Cohen, formerly with film exchanges here and now in thea¬ tre business in New York City, was in visiting. Off on his vacation from Astor was Robert Howell, head shipper, who went over to Montgomery, Al a. ... Forman Rogers, heading “Quiz Night” and a theatre owner in Alabama, was in.... N. H. Waters, Sr., and son, Dick, Waters Theatre Circuit, Birmingham, Ala., was on Film Row visiting, as was Mack Jackson, Alexander City, Ala. Addie Addison, Eagle Lion' s special publicity chief, is back after visit¬ ing in Louisiana. .. .Mrs. Ruth Ranson has been added to the Astor staff. Film Rowites were sorry to hear that Jack Barrett, Florida salesman. Mono¬ gram, suffered a heart attack recently in Fort Myers,- Fla. , but were glad to learn that he was now recovering nicely. Seen on Film Row recently were Harry Hardeman, Community, Trion, Ga. ; Al Rook, formerly with Columbia, and W. 0. Anderson, Duluth, Duluth, Ga. . . . Itaoul Lotos, recently appointed special sales representative. Southern Auto¬ matic Candy Company, left for a trip to Tennessee, accompanied by Charlie Durmeyer, president. Claude Ezell, Dallas, Texas, was in on a visit. ... Walter Morris, the Ten¬ nessee showman, was booking and visit¬ ing. ...N.E. Savini, Astor New York special representative, left exchange to visit other territories. ... Mrs. Wyoline Stradley, Monogram, went to Florida on vacation Seen on Film Row were John Thomp¬ son, Pal Amusement Company, Vidalia, Ga. ; Harry Whitestone, formerly of Fair-Mount, Ga. , now traveling in Georgia under tent, andMose Liebowitz, Grand Amusement Company, Chattanooga, Tenn. Screen Guild vacationists included Roy Hall, booking department, and Betty Howell. ... C. S. . Pitman, Pitman, Gadsden, Ala., was visiting. ... Dick Keating, formerly in the booking de¬ partment, Paramount, has been trans¬ ferred to the Albany branch. Mrs. Cleo Shingler, Buena Vista, Buena Vista, Ga. , was in visiting. . . . Charlie Moore and Jimmy Wilson, Moore and Wilson Enterprises, returned after a trip.... Nat Williams, Interstate Enterprises, Thomasville, Ga. , was visiting. Seen on Film Row were Jay Soloman, Independent Theatres, Chattanooga, Tenn. , and Dusty Rhodes, head, booking department, Georgia Theatres. .. .Con¬ gratulations go to Joe Pieldman, for¬ mer salesman. Screen Guild, on his new business venture. We are sure that any enterprise which he enters will be a big success. TRADE SCREENINGS ATLANTA RKO (195 Luckie) Aug. 31. 10:30, “Mourning Becomes Electra"; 2:30, "Bodyguard”. Sept. i. io:30, "Station West”; 2:30, “Design For Death.” CHARLOTTE RKO ‘(308 South Church) Aug. 31, 2:00, “Mourning Becomes Electra”; 3:30, "Bodyguard.” Sept, i, 2:00, “Station West”; 3:30 “Design For Death.” MEMPHIS RKO (151 Vance) Aug. 31, 10:30, “Mourning Becomes Electra”; 2:30, “Bodyguard” Sept. 1, 10: 30. “Station West”; 2: 30, "Design For Death”. NEW ORLEANS RKO (200 S. Liberty) Aug. 31, 10:30. "Mourning Becomes Electra”; 2:30, “Bodyguard.” Sept, i, io:30, “Station West”: 2:30, "Design For Death.” A special sales meeting was called by Arthur C. Bromberg, president. Monogram Southern Exchanges, after his return from Chicago. Those attend¬ ing were Hal Jordan, branch manager, Charlotte; Henry Glover, Memphis; Bailey Prichard, Memphis, and Atlanta sales representatives Ben Jordan and Jimmy Campbell. Talks were made by Bromberg and Jimmy Hobbs, Atlanta branch. Luncheon was served at the Biltmore. p’lorence Chamblee, head. Monogram accounting department, returned after a trip to Florida. ... Pete Rosian, southern district manager, U-I, re¬ turned to Cincinnati, and F.J. Mc¬ Carthy, U-I sales manager, returned to New York City after installing Jim Frew as new branch manager. Don Mitchell, formerly of WCON, joined the sales force at WGST. . . . Jimmy Bello, Astor special sales re¬ presentative, is back after enjoying the Florida sunshine _ william Rich¬ ardson, Astor, is also back from Florida, Emily Franco, secretary to 0. S. Barnett, office manager. Monogram, resigned. .. On a visit to O.S. Barnett, Monogram office manager, were his daughter and grandchildren from St. Louis, Mo. Martin and Thomt^son Theatres recently opened its Thompson, Hawkinsville, Ga. , and W. F. Daniels, chairman. City Corranis- sion, proclaimed Aug. 9 "Thompson Day” in honor of J.n. Thompson. At left, Roy Martin, Jr., E. D. Martin, and Thc^pson Eoint out the memorial plaque dedicated to the late well-known showman, Roy E. Martin, Sr. At right. City Commissioners . T. Clark, W. F. Daniels, and P. R. Ridley present the official proclamation to Thompson as part of the ceremonies. August 25, 1948 bouthem NT-2 THE EXHIBITOR t>rAfGM eiisrotiiRs/ - 'WffliirSOtt-ftErtUflUTOJi, Micitcy fooiiy t Donuw { IT CAH! ftj DQNl V ' fc,AlC.M cusiomRS/ Y JtrfiwuTOU) Aii Donirvy ■"IS i-HfeoMii Hfiiit ’( vuntf s I saw a neat display in the Atlanta MGM office. Here Charlie Turner and J iin ' St an t on pose beside a board featuring soine of their forthcoming attractions. The plug really brough’' results. Met Roy Avey, general manager, Community Theatres, Atlanta, in his office in the 10th Street. Snai’ped some of the gang at the Atlanta MGM office: left to right C. F. Kessnich, \\'. E. Hopper, J. L. Stanton, A. R. Padgett; rear left to right, J. Johnson, J. Allen, B. Capps, and Ed Bendler Visited Hugh Prince, assistant general manager, Co-At-Co Thea¬ tres, located in Atlanta. In the city visiting and booking were: Harry Whitestone, the Georgia showman; Ralph Johnson, Georgia tent showman; Sidney Laird, Al-Dun Amuse¬ ment Company, West Point, Ga. ; Edd Duncan, Duncan and Richards Circuit; O.C. Lain, Lam Amusement Company, Rome, Ga. , P.L Taylor, Dixie, Columbus, Ga. J and Paul Engler, Engler Theatres, Birmingham, Ala. The premiere of wait Disney' s “Me¬ lody Time", Paramount, was helped by a tieup with the Yancy Company, RCA Victor record distributors. Over a dozen window displays in color were set up, and all radio stations coop¬ erated in plugging tunes. An effective mailing piece was sent to the entire mailing list. Seen on Film Row were: John T. Ezell, former manager of several major ex¬ changes; Luckie Stein, Stein and Floyd Circuj.t, Florida; Nat Williams, Interstate Amusement Company, Thomas- ville, Ga. ; Colonel T.E. Orr, Orr Amusement Company, Albertsville, Ala., and Hap Barnes, the Alabama and Ten¬ nessee drive-in man. Howard Waugh, who was once manager of the Old Howard, now the Paramount, for a brief period about 25 years ago, was in beating the drums in behalf of “The Time Of Your Life." John Stembler, legal eagle for Georgia Theatres, was around recalling days when he was an assistant D. A. in Miami.... It was happy birthday for Ike Katz, president, Katz Film Ex¬ change. ... Film Rowites were sorry to hear that Abe H. Borisky, for many years a theatre owner in Chattanooga, Tenn. , was seriously hurt in Marion, 0. He sustained a broken arm, several fractured ribs and bruises. He is now a partner with Sunshine System. Back on the job after spending his vacation at Jacksonville Beach, Fla. , wab Spencer Pierce, 20th Century-Fox exploitation chief .... C. E. Croom, manager. Wake, Raleigh, N.C., will look after the Tower here while Har¬ vey Smith vacations in New York City ...Mrs. Mary Roberts has been appoint¬ ed house supervisor. Tower, the only local theatre employing anyone in this capacity. Charlotte Plans were launched for the organi¬ zation of an association of drive-in theatre operators in the Carollnas, and a meeting on the proposal was called for Aug. 29. Robert 0. Jeffress, Charlotte, owner. Ft. Rock Drive-In, between Rock Hill, N.C. , and Ft. Mill, N.C. , is backing the movement, and has sent out letters to theatre owners in the two states. “Such an organization is needed to protect the interests of drive-in theatre operators," he said. “Several bills are being prepared for the next meeting of legislatures of both states, which, if passed, will severely hamper these theatres." As¬ serting that "the time has come" for drive-in operators to band together to protect their interests, he said “there are now 129 drive-ins in the states, most of which were opened within the past year or so. It is a new move¬ ment in the carolinas and I think we should have an organization." The Brookdale drive-in for colored patronage near here wifi be ready for opening within the next few weeks. Spot has capacity for 350 - cars. ... RKO sales representative Bill Sims was called to Ripley, Tenn., for the funer¬ al of his father-in-law, R.G. Anthony. Memphis Memphis exhibitors and business men continue to build new theatres. Archi¬ tect’ s drawings have been completed for a new showhouse for Walter Parham, owner. Royal. It will be built across the street from the Royal, a 56 by 154 foot building, costing $75,000. Pour Film Rowites combined a vacation and business trip which took them to Cleveland for the national convention of film exchange employes, Aug. 16-20. Bill Scruggs, RKO, and prank Davis, U-I, represented Local B55, and Dennis Duke, booker, Columbia, and Jimmy Fly, booker, MGM, represented the office workers of the union at the convention. Miss Emma Cox, the popular exhibitor of Osceola, Ark. , was getting a big welcome on the row after a serious illness, following which she fell, and broke her arm. She said it will take more than a broken arm to keep her home. Mr. and Mrs. Dave Plexer were visit¬ ing their son in Camp Thunderburg, Minn..,. Joy Beasley replaces Joy Ann Worthy, Ritz, and “Sweet Pea" Beasley August 25, 1948 THE EXHIBITOR NT- 3 has taken over management of conces¬ sions, according to manager Joe Simon. Promotions at U-I moved John Gannon from contract clerk to booker, and a newcomer, James Lesley, took over the contract desk. Margaret Irby, general contract clerk, was vacationing. Miss Louise Mask, Boliver, Tenn. ; W.R. Lee, Heber Springs, Ark., and Leon Roundtree, Water Valley, Miss., were booking at Paramount. Mrs. Lenora Rahm, office manager. Republic, with her husband and daugh¬ ter, was spending her vacation in New Orleans. .. Irvine Bryant, biller, 20th Century-Pox, was vacationing at Day¬ tona Beach, Fla. Booking on the Row were: N.b. Pair, Summerville, xenn. ; W. H. Gray, Ruther¬ ford, Tenn.; Mrs. H.H. Pitch, Erin, Tenn.; Paul Glenn, Fisher, Ark.; Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Fielder, Steele, Steele, Mo.; C.A. Gilliland, Semo, Steele, Mo. , and Gordon Hutchins, and Floyd Peek< Little Rock, Ark, L.A. Mitchell, office manager. Mon¬ arch Theatre Supply, was vacationing in Texas. .. .N.b. Blount, manager, at¬ tended the opening of the new drive-in at Nashville, Tenn. , for which Mon¬ arch furnished equipment. Miss Ophelia Gaulding, booker, MGM, returned from a vacation in London, where she visited friends. She reports a smooth air trip over and back, as well as an interesting two weeks. Exhibitors on the Row included. Bill Kroeger, Portageville, Mo.; Tom Ford, Rector, Ark., R.R. Clemmons, Adams- ville, Tenn.; W.O. Taylor, Dresden, Tenn ; John Mohrstadt, Hayti, Parma and Hayti, Mo.; L.N. Hines, Bay and Nettleton, Ark., and C.A. McGowan, Moorehead, Miss. Prank Owen, booker, Warners, was va¬ cationing at Lake Geneva, Wis. STATES Alabama 61 RMI NGHAM In for a visit was Jack Ahearn, manager. United Theatres, Detroit. W.J. Coury, manager, Ritz, won one of MGM’ s honor awards for his exploi¬ tation of “State Of The Union”. . . . Bickey Covey, former manager. Strand and Temple, and now with Wilby-Kincey in Kingsport, Tenn. , was in fora visit . Also in for a visit from Knox¬ ville, Tenn. , was Aubrey Couch. Theatre Service has purchased a lot here, and will build a large warehouse upon it. DECATUR The Crescent Amusement Company, Nashville, Tenn., suit against this city, appealed to the Alabama Supreme Court several weeks ago, was dropped when City Council and its attorney reached a compromise on a disputed amusement tax which formed a basis for the suit. The city agreed to lower the tax on admissions exceeding 30 cents from seven cents to five cents, and to give a discount on one and one- half per cent for prompt payment of all tax due from July i, 1948. cres¬ cent agreed to pay the back tax, 'ac¬ cumulating since Oct. i, 1947, date of the levy, at the compromise rate. When tried in Circuit Court, the city' s right to levy the tax was upheld. Florida BOYNTON The new Boynton will open late in September. FERNANDI A C.E. Beach has opened his new Ham, seating 1,000. GAINESVILLE Kenneth Barfield will soon start work on his new drive-in near here. The open air spot will cover 15 acres, and will have space for 400 cars. LARGO Douglas Thrall says that he hopes to have his new Largo open soon. The house cost about $30,000. Ml AM I Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Corbett returned from a trip to Venezuela. ... Al Weiss, Jr. , manager, Olympia, is back after a trip to New York City. ... Appointed general manager of M and M Theatres in Florida is Bill A. Cumbaa, formerly manager, Valeria, Inverness, Fla. He will make his headquarters in Lees¬ burg, Fla. Mrs. Rosalie C. Condon has been appointed as new manager, Inver¬ ness. Mrs. Lillian Claughton, coowner, Claughton Theatres, announced the forthcoming opening of the Trail, TaMIAMI Trail. This newest addition will seat 900-1000 patrons. Joseph Hagerty, assistant manager, Tivoli, left on a vacation in Marion, Ind. , the home of his parents. .. .Para¬ mount Theatres had many changes. Bill Dock, manager, Dade, was made manager. Boulevard, and Dave Gowan is his re¬ placement at the Dade. For John Friant, Beach, assistant manager is the newest job, after leaving the Boulevard. Harold Griffin is the new assistant manager. Boulevard. Bemie Schaft, strand entrepeneur, was off to Rochester, N. Y. , for his vacation-rest and Loren Stiles, relief manager, was taking his place. ... Phil Masters, Rosetta manager, has taken his leave to New York, while Joe Fryer, assistant manager, will act as manager in his stead. Carl Delay, student as¬ sistant, will sub for Fryer, while this vacationing bug is biting every¬ one. “Kernel” Myers, Wometco confection department, is “corn-vinced” his va¬ cation is what he needed. Two theatres under construction for the Branscome Circuit will be ready for the season, it was announced by E.E. Branscome. The Coral Way Drive- In, between 69th and 70th Streets, is expected to be in operation on Nov. i. A theatre at West Dixie Highway and 126th Street, North Miami, will open about Dec. 15. The Essex, one of the largest in Greater Miami, with more than 1,000 seats, and now under construction in Hialeah, has been added to the wometco Circuit under a lease just signed’ by the theatre owners and Essex Invest¬ ment, Inc. The Essex is the fourth addition in less than a year. Three large parking areas will service the air-conditioned theatre. Edwin T. Reeder prepared the original plans for the theatre. Special care is being given to the acoustics. The MUyfair, being only one block from Biscayne Bay, affords many fishing pleasures, or so manager Mitch Ruben- stein says. The Troupers Club of Wometco is having an all-out drive for new mem¬ bers, with numerous parties and func¬ tions being planned - Ruth Holliday, Wometco home office, took her vacation- holiday, and returned. Jack McKinnon, assistant manager, Miami, has all his plans well in hand, the plans for the Miami aides’ big masquerade ball at the Variety Club headquarters. Harry Kronawitz, floor manager, is assisting ^ith the plans, and committees have started their work. The party will be a “beeg ’ un” since the Miami has 35 aides plus. Miami’ s Tent 33, Variety Club, en¬ tertained the 35 “Radio Queens” at the headquarters in the Alcazar. ... WTVJ, through Robert Venn, was still ap¬ pealing for a hearing in Washington from the FCC. Colonel Mitchell Wolfson, Miami Beach, Wometco Theatres, arrived last week from Montego Bay, Jamaica. Colonel and Mrs. Wolfson, their daughter, Frances, and their son, Louis, have been traveling in Latin America for the last month and a half. Phil Masters, manager, Rosetta, had Little River agog with a contest for selecting a local gal for the title of “Miss Little River”. Joseph Fryer, his assistant, says the interest is keen, and through the generosity of merchants, the qwards are worth striv¬ ing for. The eve of Aug. 20 was the grand finale with a stage show of pro¬ fessional talent followed by the coro¬ nation of the lucky gal. Variety Club members are popular with their friends these days as Paramount’ s George Hoover and Dan Pitch are doing such a good job spark¬ ing up the Saturday night parties. The Olympia stage show usually turns out en masse. Manager Bill Dock, Dade, was anti¬ cipating his vacation, and planned trips to Detroit and New York. ...Nat Bernstein, president, Bernstein Cir- cuit^andhis son, 'Bob, have been adding miles to their log books with trips to New York and Chicago. ... Edward Bramson, assistant, Cineman^was “Mr. Big” while manager Harry Brown took his vacation. .. Tom Kestler, assistant. August 25, 1948 NT-4 THE EXHIBITOR Coral, was enjoying iiis time out, and manager Fred Pope was to take off then. A victim of a recent stickup was Waite:. Toemmes, Harlem. ... The Mayfair and Cameo had a radio tiein while screening "The Fuller Brush Man”. The radio show, "Breakfast at the Ver¬ sailles”, gave away Fuller brushes. Manager Tom Manning, Boulevard, is back on the job after a vacation.... Labe Mell, Wometco, was busy doubling as relief manager, state. Town, and Capitol. ... Dana Bradford, manager. Grove, was having a session at the hospital, and, in his absence, Dick Treccase, assistant, Tower, did the honors. The Variety Club* s very popular bartender, “Mr. Nelson”, was accepting congrats on the birth of a son. The staff of the Miami was planning a huge masquerade ball. Details are a deep, dark secret. . .Lief Shaw, Miami, was off for a holiday. ... Rom Rayfield, house manager, Miami, also took off... Mitch Rubenstein, manager, Mayfair, was doing advance publicity for “The Black Arrow”, with 24 inch cutout let¬ ters pinned to the stage curtain. Saturdays at 10 a.m. , things really start humming at the Dixie, which started a “Jack and Jill Birthday Club”. The highlight is the drawing for the bicycle. "Bozo” and assistant manager Walter Leech are on stage during the party. Leech says the at- , tendance is pyramiding. At the Strand, manager Bernard Schaft also has big doin' s at the Saturday a.m. program, it includes a quiz program over WMBM, "Kiddie Round- Up”, me’ d by personable “Uncle” Dick Parker. Dick Qersley, assistant, says that the adults are sneaking in, too. Cash awards amounting to about $50 weekly are the prizes, and the inno¬ vation is scheduled for a 13 week run. Hal Kopplin, Wometco’ s advertising director, is forgetting the time-clock for a month. ... Irate Chamber of com¬ merce on the Florida keys have pro¬ tested the “slur” on the climate in “Key Largo”. Claughton Theatres announced a new show place, the Circle, Miami Springs, Fla., on which construction is planned immediately. Seating capacity will be approximately 1000.... A deluxe touch at the new Trail, Coral Gables, Fla. , will be the hand painted curtains and side drapes. The prominent artist, Mabel Buell, Palm Beach, Fla., is doing the unusual work. The originality of the finished effect is the incorpora¬ tion of the gathered folds of the cur¬ tains in the finished design. (In the Aug. ll, 1948 issue of THE E^IBITOR, mention was made of Para¬ mount Enterprises’ planned construc¬ tion of a 1000-seat house in Miami Springs, to be called the Spring. The names of several architects were given. Kemp, Bunch, and Jackson, Jackson¬ ville, Fla. , are the only architects for this project, and they are not as¬ sociated with any other architect. This should clear the record. -Ed.) Howard Wallace, manager, Sack Amuse¬ ment Enterprises, and Tom Fox, owner. Hanger, Atlanta, are shown as they re¬ cently discussed and planned exploita¬ tion campaigns for new programs. A new drive-in will be constructed by E. E. Branscome. W.L. McComas won his case in court, and will start work on his new drive- in near Tropical Park, The owners of the race track had protested to the county commissioners that the open air theatre would hurt their business. FO RT PI ERCE The Ritz closed. ST. AUGUSTINE Carroll Lord, former manager. Lyric, Daytona Beach, Fla., has been appointed manager, Jefferson^ replacing James Gumble, who moves over to Gainesville, Fla. ST. PETERSBURG Theatre owners and their representa¬ tives throughout Florida joined forces with local exhibitors in a protest against the city’s proposed tax on admissions. Spokesmen against the pro¬ posed tax are Boliver Hyde, repre¬ sentative of independent theatre owners, and O.L. Cartwright, Florida State Theatres representative. They contend such a tax would work a hard¬ ship on lower income groups. A recent meeting held in the mayor’s office to protest the tax was of no avail. What has been termed a "tricky” occupa¬ tional tax has been passed by Coun¬ cil. This makes it obligatory for each theatre in the city to pay a tax of $25 for each 100 seats or fraction, Shown above is a sketch of the new Thompson, which Martin and Thompson recently opened in H aw ki ns v i lie, Ga. One of the most modern theatre buildings in the state, the new house has a 1000-seat capacity, and will serve as home office headquarters. TALLAHASSEE A permit has been granted to Talla¬ hassee Enterprises for, anew drive-in. ZEPHTEH I LLS The Zephye closed due to poor busi¬ ness. Georgia CARROLLTON Daniel L. Benson, Atlanta, assumed his duties here as WLBB commercial manager Mississippi GRE ENS V I LLE Free motion pictures are being shown in the various city playgrounds. North Carolina ALBEMARLE The Stanley, closed for renovations, held its formal reopening on Aug. 12. It has been completely renovated and redecorated, with new seats having been installed on both the main floor and the balcony. New drapes for the stage also have been installed, as have new lighting fixtures. A new carpet has been laid in the foyer, and the rest rooms have been tiled. The front also has been redecorated. Murphy Ragsdale is manager. ASHEVILLE Asheville theatres, closed recently by health authorities due to a polio epidemic, reopened on Aug. ll as health officers lifted restrictions on adult activities and gatherings. However, restrictions remain in effect on persons under 16. GREENSBORO A new theatre to be known as the Starr will be constructed within the next few months. MOREHEAD CITY Dr. N. Thomas Ennett, county health officer here and in Beaufort, N. C. , has written a letter to managers of the seven theatres operating in Car¬ teret County asking that they not ad¬ mit children during the current polio epidemic in the area or else to re¬ quest a note from their parents giving them permission to attend. The letters were written after Sunday schools and Bible schools complained that they were closed to children, but that children still were attending movies. South Carolina GREEN SVI LLE . A $125, 000 house with seating capa¬ city for 700 will soon be started in the Lewis Plaza development here, ac¬ cording to Heyward Morgan, president. Star Theatre, which will £>perate the house. Tennessee BRAI NERD Jay Solomon, Independent Theatres, Chattanooga, Tenn. , announced the opening of the new 1,000 seat house with parking space for 200 cars. Helen Plemons, who, for the past six years, was manager. Capital, Chattanooga, is managing. August 25, 1948 THE EXHIBITOR NT-1 NKWS OF THIS Chicago Marshall Napshun was made Apollo assistant manager, ... Glenn Partlow purchased the Plaza, Monona, la.... Mr. and Mrs. J.D. Graham bought the Park, Clayton, Ill., fromL.C. Peterson. The deposition of jack Rose, trea¬ surer, Indiana-Illinois Theatres, was taken by attorney Seymour Simon in the suit brought by Louis B. Philon, owner. Liberty, Michigan City, Ind., for first-runs. ... Abraham W. Brussell, attorney for De Luxe in its anti- trust case, was given until Sept. 27 by Federal Judge Campbell to file an ad¬ ditional brief. Nick Butera, assistant manager, Es- saness southern. Oak Park, Ill., re¬ signed to join the medical division of the Army Air Forces. .. Jimmy Smith, assistant manager. Lake, Oak Park, re¬ turned from vacation. Leonard Utecht, manager, Essaness Lake, Oak Park, Ill., completed plans for a series of morning kiddie shows to be run in the fall with the coop¬ eration of the local parent- teachers association and church, civic, and women’ s groups. The Co-operatives Clubs of Oak Park and River Forest, Ill., called a spe¬ cial meeting to award Leonard Utecht, manager, Essaness Lake, Oak Park, for his fine work in the recent Sister Elizabeth Kenny Drive to fight polio. Leo Goldman acquired the Cuba, Cuba City, wis. • The Oriental is conducting on its stage "Search for ‘Miss America’ in Chicago. ... G. E. Bertsch and his son, Peter, bought the Lyric, Farina, Ill., from J. Robert Barrel, Louisville, Ill. Ray Ryan, whose business has been successful drilling for oil, has gone into the motion picture business with his pal, Bruce Cabot. Ryan purchased the rights to "Blackjack”. Jack Eckhardt, former 20th-Fox chief booker, was promoted to special sales representative. ... Sam Chernoff, Aca¬ demy Theatre Supply Company owner, was appointed representative in this ter¬ ritory for Lorraine Carbons, Boonton, N.J. An early morning fire which started in the projection room of the Irving, and spread to two adjoining stores, caused $2, 500 damage. . . . Bob 0’ Donnell, ex-Chicagoan, now a leading theatre operator in Texas, went to the Mayo Clinic for a check-up. An unusually small film footage was inspected by the censor board during July, totalling but 395,000 feet re¬ presented by 86 pictures. There were two rejections, “The Betrayal’’, a French Micheaux, and “The Body Beau¬ tiful”, Road Show Attractions, inc. , which had been previously rejected under the names of "Damaged Goods” and “The Price of Sin”. Two were pinked “The King’s Jester”, Italian, and “Blonde Ice”, Film Classics Dallas Paul Rozenburg replaces Jack Elm- blad as shorts booker, Metro. The latter is now with Texas Theatre Ser¬ vice. .. Bob Hall iday, booker, Warners, was transferred to the Albany office, replaced by Vincent Graham, formerly short subjects booker. Dora Grace took over Graham’s duties. ... Walter Hansen, booker, left RKO, and returned to 20th-Pox. . . . Jake Webb sold his house in Bandera, Tex. , to Charles Knauf. . . Forrest White sold his interest in the Lagow to Ernest Armbruster. His partner and brother, Walter Arm¬ bruster, is office manager for U-I. Charles J. Freeman, head of stage show booking for Interstate Circuit, had as his guests his two sons, Char¬ les "Dink” Freeman, Jr. , comedian for the Starlight Opera Company, Fair Park, and John M. "Bud” Freeman. Besa Short, on leave of absence from Metro’s short subjects publicity dept, in California, was entertained at a luncheon by her former short sub¬ ject staff of Interstate Circuit, Sally Eason, Marilou Smith, and Vir¬ ginia Lyne. ... Charlqs J. Freeman, In¬ terstate Circuit, announced that the Majestic reopening will be with the stage production, "Oklahoma”, on Sept. 27. L.J. "Shine” Mason, former McAllen, Tex. city manager for Interstate, is now manager, Wilshire. Boots McNally, former manager, Wilshire is now at the Varsity. ... Micky Work, formerly with the Majestic staff, has been given his first managerial assignment at the Knox. The former Rio, Brownsville, Tex., has been remodeled and reopened by the Leon Circuit as the Grande. . . . War¬ ners’ Dorothy Malone, Dennis Morgan, and Jack Carson were in for "Two Guys From Texas. ” Guy Madison and Florence Bates made personal appearances in connection with "Texas, Brooklyn, and Heaven.” Melvin Douglas was in Dallas looking' over the duplicate of the house featured in "Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House.” Denver The annual golf .tournament and pic¬ nic of the Rocky Mountain Screen club will be held at the Park Hill Country Club on Aug. 30, with activities get¬ ting under way when the golfers tee off at 9 a.m. This will be followed by numerous contests, with the major event of the afternoon being the game between the exhibitors and distribu¬ tors. The evening will be taken up by the awarding of prizes, dinner, and dancing. Tickets are $3. 50. Tom Bailey is general chairman, and Robert Hill is president. Cy Lee and Paul Rothman, owners, Starlight Drive-In, Colorado Springs, Colo., believe they have made the largest mass sale of tickets, at least to people who paid the price without advance notification. A truck from the Stratton Home for Boys drove up loaded with 36 youths, paid the adm/ission price of $21. 60, were escorted to a stall, and four speakers were hooked up. Small-time chiselers are working a new ticket racket. It has been dis¬ covered they have been pasting to¬ gether two ends of torn tickets, placing the result under a good one, and palming it on the doorman during a rush. They have even tried it with two such counterfeits. More than 1,000 attended the two Sunday morning church services held at the East and West Drive-Ins. Such services will be held as long as the weather permits. A lady wrote to The News, and wondered why such a church service would not be feasible. So John Wolfberg at once offered the use of the East and West to the Denver Coun¬ cil of Churches. Various ministers de¬ liver the sermons. Isaac Weiner, treasurer. Pox Inter¬ mountain Theatres, resigned and went to California to enter another business. He is succeeded by Harry Green, film* statistician, whose job goes to Henry Fischer, film payment. Marvin Catch- pole, service department, resigned, and went to Montana to be purchasing agent fora firm. Weiner and Catchpole were tendered a fareweTl breakfast by the division headquarters crowd, and given farewell gifts. Farewell re¬ marks were made by Frank H. Ricketson Jr., president; Robert Selig, his as¬ sistant, and Mel Glatz, head, service department. Dan Thyne opened his 400-seat $55,000 Wells, Cheyenne Wells, Colo. Ross Bluck is film buyer-booker as well as manager. Tom Brennan, city manager, Laramie, Wyo. , Pox Intermountain Theatres, was named “Showman of the Charles P. Skouras Drive.” Brennan was named by Prank H'. Ricketson, president. Pox Intermountain Theatres, and the balance was tipped in Brennan’ s favor by a “Mercy Benefit” he staged to aid those burned out in a Laramie fire. The af¬ fair raised $50,000, and was instru¬ mental in getting homes for people as well as buildings in which firms could set up business again. Ricketson called attention to the nation-wide publicity received, and that it was “proof positive of the industry’ s unselfish desire to be of public ser¬ vice.” Robert Patrick opens his 560-seat Grand. Des Moines The Iowa State Safety Department entered the visual education field in an effort to cut down the highway August 25, 1948 National NT-2 THE EXHIBITOR death toll, and made up a series of six one-minute films offered to nearly 250 theatres. The department has 40 prints of each of the six films. The Strand switched to first-runs, making the fourth downtown house operated by the Tri-States Theatre Corporation to show first-runs. . . . Barbara Rogers, secretary to Art Stolte, Tri-States district manager, will be married on Aug. 29 to Norman Anthomi. . . . Mike Lee, Central States head booker, is reported improving from his recent illness although still unable to return to his work, ...G. Ralph Branton, Tri-States, has been named temporary chairman, Des Moines City Safety Council. The Iowa, Winterset, la. , has been sold by the Kerr Circuit to D. C. Kennedy, recently resigned manager, MGM. Kennedy alsp owns the theatre at Adel, la. ..The Star, Mason City, la., closed down during August for re¬ model ing. ... The Paramount is being remodeled. ... John P. Broderick leased the Royal, Dunlap, la., from Richard Koester. . . The new Grand, Eldora, la., increased its prices five cents on adults. The house is operated by Leo Wolcott, chairman of the board, Allied- Independent Theatre Owners of lowa- Nebraska. . . . John V. Dostal, manager, Orpheum, Davenport, la. , for the last five years, has been appointed city manager, Orpheum Theatres, New Orleans. The theatre at Diagonal, la., has resumed operation again after the town council rescinded its action banning Sunday shows. C.W. McMurphy closed it last April after the town council ordered that Sunday showings be dis¬ continued. The council met recently, and granted permission for the Sunday shows, and said a new ordinance per¬ mitting them would be drawn. Los Angeles Local 150 celebrated its 40th anni¬ versary with a late party staged at the Chase Hotel, Santa Monica, Cal. Exhibitors attended the special affair, which had a midnight supper with dancing and entertainment. On the guest list were: Charles P. Skouras, George Bowser, R.H, McCullough, Josephy Tuopy, Bruce Fowler, and other circuit district managers from PWC and inde circuits. Harry Vinnicof was in chg,rge. A new auto-theatre opened at 5353 Sepulveda, Inglewood, Cal. The Studio Drive-In, _ which has Exhibitors’- Ser¬ vice in charge of buying and booking, is the name of the house. Jack Katz, formerly of Chicago, is now the new booker in Eagle Lion.... Local civic leaders were invited to join Latin stars for a western pre¬ miere of “The Pearl” at the Palace under sponsorship of the Comite de Beneficincia Mexicana, Inc. Bell International Studio^ filed a complaint with the National Labor Re¬ lations Board charging the lATSE with unfair labor practices. Producer Jack Gilsen, Hollywood studio, says the lATSE staged a work stoppage during filming of a I6mm. television movie. The labor group denies the work-stop- page charge, and said that it is on good terms with Gilsen. Rodney Pantage had a plan for give¬ aways via wired music machines which he controls locally. The state Board of Equalization turned down his idea to offer prizes to patrons who drop coins into the slots. Lyle Fry, formerly with the Metro publicity department, resigned to take over the job as manager. Ambas¬ sador, located in the Ambassador Hotel ....A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Steffner. The father is western divisional sales manager for CBS. Jack Mandell, former French distri¬ butor and exhibitor, opened offices on Film Row to handle foreign films. Hugh Braly, Paramount western dis¬ trict manager, and assistant, Harold Wirthwein, were back from Salt Lake City and Denver. ... L. J. Heedwohl has taken out a 90-year lease on the’ Bel¬ mont building. Long Beach, Cal. Joseph Unger, UA sales head, was oc¬ cupying offices at the local exchange ....Ruth Doyle, merchandising secre¬ tary to Vic Adams, FWC, was off to Portland, her old camping grounds, on her vacation. Minneapolis Attorneys for Ben Berger in his test case of the legality of the ASCAP theatre collections for music copy¬ right performance are readying pre¬ sentation to federal district court of the decision Of a New York district court in declaring ASCAP a monopoly, and halting theatre “music tax” col¬ lections in an injunction order. The so-called Berger case, involving four Berger Circuit houses, and the Avalon, owned by Mrs. Jessie Jensen, White Bear Lake, Minn. , has been under ad¬ visement by Federal Judge Gunnar Nord- bye for several months. The village council of Golden Valley, Minneapolis suburb, granted a permit to J.R. Powers and H.F. Williams, Minneapolis, to. build a theatre in the village. Powers and Williams pur¬ chased land and a recently-built garage, which will be remodeled into a theatre to seat 800 persons. There will be a parking lot for 350 cars. North Central Allied prepared a protest to the home office of RKO following issuance by the township of Bloomington, Minneapolis suburb, of a theatre building permit to Wendell Bjorkman, an RKO salesman. The village is unincorporated, and a theatre license is not required. NCA asks RKO to state its position with regard to salesmen competing with its customers. James Necerlander, son of David Nederlander Detroit, has been named manager -'“um. The Nederlander fam¬ ily has Deen in theatre business 35 years, and operates legitimate thea¬ tres in Detroit, Chicago, and Toledo, 0. , and recently purchased the Lyceum. The house will be switched to an ex¬ clusive legitimate policy. ..The name. Cedar, has been selected for the new neighborhood theatre being built by Nathan Shapiro and Ben Berger in the Seven Comers district. Richard Dorfer, projectionist, Wayzata, Wayzata, Minneapolis suburb, for eight years, was killed when a light seaplane in which he was riding crashed. ... Melvin Turner has been promoted from head booker at MGM to the sales staff. He is replaced by Raymond Haberland. ... Robert Henny purchased the interest of Gertrude Woskie in the Colby, Colby, Wis, . . . The license committee of the Minneapo¬ lis council approved the application of Robert Hazel ton to operate the Princess, east Minneapolis house. The lease and license held by the late Roy Secrest expire on Aug. 29. Hazelton and Marvin Mann bought the Princess property several months ago.... Joe Floyd expects to have his Star-Lite Drive-In, Sioux Falls, S. D. , in opera¬ tion by mid-September, opening with accommodations for 50 cars this fall, and increasing capacity by 250 cars next years. Oklahoma City The Tinker Drive-In, Midwest City, Okla. , opened. R.L. 6arton is owner. There are accommodations for 500 cars, with the spot located on SE 29, just west of Midwest City. The Redskin, Wetmjka, Okla., opened. House is owned and operated by Cecil Duncan. Lester Lloyd, manager. Home, attended the wedding of his son, James Lloyd, to Miss Helen Ditson in Joplin, Mo. Melvin Douglas, one of the stars of “Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House”, made personal appearances at the house. Northside Civic Club officials, spon¬ sors of the open ho-use, reported a total of $5,682 contributed by house visitors toward development of a school recreation project. Plans for a drive-in with a 500-car capacity were announced last week by Lewis Long, who said the cost was ex¬ pected to top $100,000. The theatre will be erected outside the Yucca courts, where Long has bought 12 acres. He said the theatre should be ready for several months operation this year. Omaha Top Eagle Lion executives visited Ed Cohen, manager. They included Max Youngstein, Milt Overman, publicity man, ^d Herman Beiersdorf. .Jlay Brown, Harlan, la. , exhibitor, was vacation¬ ing. in nortjiern Iowa. Mark SCO bell Wagner, S. D. , exhibi¬ tor, died suddenly 13 months after the death of his brother of the same causes. ... Tony Goodman, Eagle Lion office manager-booker, lost out in the semi-finals of the Omaha Publinks golf tournament. He is a brother of Johnny Goodman, former national champ¬ ion. ... Charles Knickerbocker, former 20th Century-Fox salesman in Kansas City, became a 20th-Fox salesman in the local exchange. August 25, 1948 THE EXHIBITOR NT-3 His son bested U-I manager H.B. Johnson when it came to fishing on their vacation bn the St. Clair River, Minnesota, where Wisconsin and Min¬ nesota meet. .. Carl N. Johnson, Grand, Red Oak, la., made a rush trip to Hud¬ son, S.D. , where his mother was ill. Then he turned around, and took his son to the Junior Chamber of Commerce national youth golf meet in Lincoln, Neb.... Elmer Kugel expected to open his new State, a quonset building, at Holstein, la. The Ballantyne Company announced that it now carries its own complete line of Lightmaster rectifiers for low and high intensity lamps. ... Bill Wink, Warners salesman, entered an Omaha hospital. ... The new Valley, Valley, Neb. , opened. . . . Henry Saggau, Denison, la. , exhibitor, returned from Minnesota. His son. Bob, former Notre Dame football star, accompanied. Cliff Sherron sold his Crest, David City, Neb., to Charles cook, and went to California for a while.,.. The Ri- voli, seward. Neb., has been remodeled by Elmer Tilden. . . . Fred Waring has been signed for a one-night stand in the Orpheum. ... Tri-States Theatres booked four road shows into the Omaha, A short change artist flim-flammed the cashier of the Corby, Omaha.... Art Sunde, manager of the new theatre in Pappilion, Neb., nearly had a watery opening. He had to sandbag the front of the house a few days before the inaugural when rain sent a nearby stream out of its banks. Pickets are versatile in western Nebraska. Three Midwest Amusement Com¬ pany houses in Scottsbluff, Neb., have been picketed a month as an upshot of union-management difficulties. Each Tuesday night, one of the house plays a Spanish movie. Many farmers in the area are Mexican. One Tuesday night, the regular picket took a night off. He had a Mexican stand-in. The next Tuesday night, the regular picket was back with a placard stating the Union cause in Spanish. Phoenix The Fox, which celebrated its I7th birthday anniversary as a Phoenix showplace, was gifted with a beautiful five-tier birthday cake by its next door neighbor, a bakery. The cake was displayed in the lobby, and attracted considerable attention. The Studio, formerly the Coolidge, Coolidge, Ariz. , opened in the same building occupied by Coolidge’ s new radio station, KCKY. The reopening debut featured a stage show highlighted by addresses. The house is managed by Foy Tarrington, with Charley Roberts as assistant manager. Roberts formerly was with the Gila, Safford, Ariz. Thirty boys and girls competed in the final last week on the stage of the El Rey, Glendale, Ariz. , for the title of “Mr. Glendale, Jr.,” and “Little Miss Gl endale”. The two win¬ ners compete in Tucson, Ariz. , with winners in other Arizona communities for a trip to Hollywood and a chance at the “Little Miss America’’ and “All American Boy” titles, which carry with them a contract in the movies. The Screen Childrens Guild is the na¬ tional sponsor of the contest, with support coming from Leonard’ s, the El Rey, and The Glendale News. The Lowell, Bisbee, Ariz., was the scene of an auction sponsored by the Lions Club. Admission to the theatre was free during the auction, with all proceeds of the sale being earmarked for the club’ s campaign to aid the visually handicapped. The Oasis, Ajo, Ariz., managed by Mrs, Blanche Franck, closed, giving way to a new house which will be opened as soon as its newly arrived air con¬ ditioning equipment has been tested and approved. Portland Hugh Braly, district manager. Para¬ mount, and Harold wirthwein, assistant to the division manager, G. A. Smith, were in.... Ben Fish, Samuel Goldwyn publicity, was in to work with Russ Morgan, RKO publicity. ... John Howard, western division manager, RKO, was in town to find office spaces. ... Don Myrick, formerly with Republic, and son of Frank Myrick, Rio, was in from Eugene, Ore., to visit friends, and to run the Rio while his father was vacationing. The second annual Film Row golf tournament was held at Oswego Country Club. The Cleo Morelocks, Cottage Grove, Ore; Donn Radabuaghs and Eino Hemmila, Roseburg, Ore; Lloyd Wood, Coquillo, Ore.; Earl Baltazar, Reeds- port. Ore. ; Stan Smith, Irvington, Portland; the McKevitt family, Newport, Ore. ; Milt and Flossie Odem, Redmond, Ore.; “Dutch” Stever, Gilchrist, ore., along with many of Portland’s Film Row, were in attendance for the two- day tournament, which ended with a dinner-dance and awarding of the prizes on the second day. St. Louis A committee for “Youth Month” has been organized by exchanges, with Gordon Halloran, 20th-Fox, chairman, and Clarence D. Hill, Columbia, co- chairman. A meeting at which the com¬ mittee was organized was addressed by Fred Wehrenberg, TOA board chairman and president MPTO of St. Louis. Maury Edgar, former 20th-Fox sales man, is now with Eagle Lion, and will cover the Missouri territory. Louise Noll, cashier, and Joyce Kinney, sec¬ retary to'the manager, EagleLion, were spending a vacation in Denver. Dorothy Mott, switchboard operator. Eagle Lion, left to be married. When several patrons of the Fox and Missouri got a sudden whiff of foul air, they decided they’ d rather miss part of the show than try to sit it out. Investigating, President James Arthur learned that vandals had poured stench fluid on the floors, leaving behind quart sized cardboard cohtain- er& A deordoraht was quickly spread, and patrons returned to their seats with¬ in five minutes. Arthur said that when the first complaint was received at the Fox, he thought the trouble was in the air-conditioning system. Five minutes later, he said, he received a call from the Missouri, and was told the same thing had occurred there. Police investigated. Branch manager Mariner, United Artists, returned from a meeting in Chicago. ... French Miller is a. new salesman at United Artists, and covers the state of Missouri. Seen on Film Row recently were; exhib Collins and wife, De Soto, Mo.; exhib Temborious, with theatres at Breeze, Lebanon, and Palestine, Ill. ; Bob Johnson, Fairfield, Ill.; Albert Butler, Hillsboro, Ill., and Lee Nor¬ ton, Sullivan, Ill. In anticipation of “Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House”, the John Gross Construction Company built the “Blandings House” in Clayton Gardens at 337 North Forsythe Boulevard. Salt Lake City Eagle Lion’ s Utah-made “The Big Cat”, will have its world premiere here when it is released, Arthur M. Jolley, Eagle Lion branch manager, announced. Jolley said several stars are ex¬ pected to be in Salt Lake for the event. The Salt Lake Motion Picture Club’ scheduled its fall golf tournament for Sept. 8 and 9, with a Calcutta on the former day and the tournament on the latter. Prank Soule, manager of branch operations and assistant treasurer. Eagle Lion, was a Salt Lake visitor. Son Antonio In to do bookings for Spanish Lan¬ guage films were Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Munter, Eagle Pass, Tex. ; Hiram Parks, Lubbock and Brownfield, Tex.; Narcisco Guerra, La Grulla, Tex. , operator of a 16mm. house; Mrs. Antonia V. Montalvo, operator of a 16mm. house at Santa Elena, Tex. ; Mr. and Mrs. Ramiro T. Ramirez, New Roxy, Port Isabel, Tex., and Arnaldo Ramirez, Rio, Mission, Tex. ... Lawrence Bernard, manager. State, returned from a Louisiana va¬ cation. ... Other vacationers included Sidney Schaenfield, Aztec, andChester Nunn, treasurer, Texas. ..! Leon Glass¬ cock, head, Glasscock Theatres cir¬ cuit, was spending his vacation with his wife and family of three children in Rockport, Tex. The New, Colmesneil, Tex., has been taken over by its original owner, Charles L. Dossey. The house was sold several months ago to R.H. Furlong, who paid part cash, and gave a note for the balance. Furlong went to court. The court held that the note had to be paid by Furlong, and that the equip¬ ment had to be sold, if necessary, to pay it. Dossey recovered the house in working out the final settlement. . . . Bob and Pat Moran opened the Pioneer Drive-In, Plainview, Tex. ... Construc¬ tion has begun at Houston, Tex. , on August 25, 1948 NT-4 THE EXHIBITOR the $100,000 Brunson of East Texas Theatres, Inc., named in honor of H.E. Brunson. The theatre is part of a $300,000 program of the circuit. Theatre owners throughout the Stute are paying increased attention to the possibility of Texas municipalities levying a tax on theatre tickets. According to present Texas law, citieS' are prohibited from levying special taxes on business, and Texas legisla¬ tion would have to be passed to author¬ ize any tax on ticket sale. Exhibitors were warned to be on the lookout for any action by a city or town or by the lawmakers at the state capitol, Austin, Tex. Son Francisco Progress is being made on the re¬ building of the Nevada, Reno, Nev. Reopening has been set for late this month or early in September. Henry Pine will be manager. Board elections for officials in the California Theatre Owners Associa¬ tion was tops on that organization’ s schedule of business when it met at the Variety Club quarters with 100 delegates in attendance. San Francisco was host to the theatre owners’ annual conference to elect officers, and draw up procedures for the coming season. Hans Richter, creator of surrealis¬ tic movies, was in for the opening of “Dreams That Money Can Buy", Clay, Herbert Rosener’ s recently renovated art house. Al Dunn, manager, Orpheum, had such a crush of small fry with his opening of U-I’s “Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein” he was forced to abandon his schedule to get them all into the house. Dunn called in his organist, Don Anderson, to play during the de¬ lay, delighting the youngsters who crowded around Anderson to watch his acrobatics at the big organ. Rex Stevenson and David Bolton, owners, Trans-California Theatres, Inc., were petitioning the San Mateo Planning Commission for a re-zoning classification of a 50-acre tract near the San Francisco County line which they wish to convert into a new drive- in area. On wide Junipero Serra Drive, the region is now considered a resi¬ dential area, but, according to Steven¬ son, the commission has been granting commercial interests the right to build, thereby opening up the new region. Marilyn “Sugar” Sahner, secretary, 20th-Fox exchange, who barely missed being on the swimming team, saw the Olympic games after all because of the campaign conducted by Gene Newman of her office. Film Row folk cooperated in raising funds to send the swim star to London. The subdivision set up at Hillsdale, San Mateo County, for the exploitation of “Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House," Fox, expanded into a five- million dollar garden apartment pro¬ ject. Civic leaders have been called into the Variety Club's campaign to build a nursery home for blind babies. Dr. J.C. Geiger, Director of Publ ic Health; Frank G. Belcher, director of J.D. and A. B. Spreckels Company, and Parker S. Maddux, president, San Francisco Bank, were appointed to head the com¬ mittee working with Abe Blumenfeld, Chief Barker, Variety and Neal East, chairman. Heart Fund. SARTORIAL NOTE: Edict by Russ Whee¬ ler, manager, Metro, that all bobby- sock patrons must tuck in their shirt tails before entering his theatre created wide notice in local news¬ papers. ... W. C. Gehring, assistant sales manager, 20th-Fox, made a swing around company’ s western branches. . . . Jerry Zigmond, manager. Paramount, va¬ cationed at Denver. ... John Ettlinger, publicist. Paramount, moved to a posi¬ tion connected with television in Los Angeles. Keith Hawks, assistant manager, Alexandria, returned from vacation leave. ... Prank Galvin, manager, Fair¬ fax, Oakland, Cal., is back at work after a triptto St. Louis, his home town, which he had not seen for 20 years.... Roy Cooper, film buyer. Golden State Circuit, returned from his vacation stay at his country re¬ treat in the Santa cruz mountains. Harry Rice, publicist. Embassy, re¬ turned to his desk after a Hollywood visit. ... Glenn Ford and Evelyn Keyes headed a Columbia location group who shot scenes here. .. George Glass, vice president, Screen Plays, Inc. , headed a group of the company’ s executives here for the western premiere of “So This Is New York’’, United Artists. Seattle Ford Brasher, former Northwest exhi¬ bitor at Lewiston, Idaho, and who has been in California for several years, sold his theatre interests in the south, including a new drive-in at san Diego. ....Ben Randall, theatre operator at Orinda, Cal., was on the Row on his way to Orcas Island, Puget Sound, for a vacation. ... Mr. and Mrs. prank L. Newman, Jr., returned from California accompanied from JjOS Angeles by their daughter, Joyce. . .Jack Gre;gory, Altec, and Tom Shearer, B. P. Shearer Company, attended the annual Film Row golf tournament in Portland. Oscar Nyberg, managing the Fox, Spokane, Wash., for Evergreen Theatres, has been transferred to the Orpheum, Portland, r Alton Robbins, Orpheum, goes to Eugene, Ore., to succeed Harold Wyatt, leaving the organization.... John Vallin, auditor for Eagle Lion, is back after an absence of several months. .. .John Danz, head, sterling Theatres, entertained Film Row execu¬ tives and their wives at his summer home on Lake Washington. .. Dutch Tram¬ mel, a former familiar figure on The Row, joined the shipping department of B. F. Shearer Company. . . . Frank L. New¬ man, Sr. , president. Evergreen Thea- atres, and Frank X. Christie, buyer, were in Los Angeles. Whitey Swadener, operating theatres on the far-away island of Guam, was on The Row with greetings from George Dorough, an army motion picture booker formerly in this district, but now in Guam. ...Don Beckwith, son of Keith Beckwith, North Bend, Wash., exhibitor, is home from South America and service as an assistant engineer on a McCor¬ mack liner. He bought a car in New York, and drove here. His wife, still in Montevideo, is to follow him shortly. . . . Harold Murphy, manager, Egyptian and Neptune, University district, on va¬ cation, planed to visit his son, Dixon, manager for Midstate Amusement Company and his son. Jack, with the Rank of America in san Francisco. His assist¬ ant. Roland Russe, was in charge dur¬ ing his absence. ... Tony Hartford, salesman. National Screen Service, re¬ turned from three weeks in Montana. Ralph Abbett, branch manager. Mono¬ gram, nursed an infected hand. He barked it on an outboard motor. . . . Jimmy Starr, motion picture editor. The Los Angeles Herald-Express, was here on vacation as house guest of Lou Greenfield, who threw a big cocktail party for him at the Greenfield home, Lake Washington. ... Whitey Merwin, former exhibitor at Burlington, Wash., but now of California, was on The Row renewing old acquaintances. . . .Return¬ ing from a trip to Spokane were Carl Mahne, Washington district manager. Evergreen Theatres; Bob Hasse, pur¬ chasing agent, and Lowell Parmentier, merchandise manager. Carl Miller, salesman, Universal- International, left with his wife and daughter on a motor trip to Southern California. .. .Marie Reynolds, Para¬ mount accounting department, was on vacation. . . George De Waide, Universal - International branch manager, is driv¬ ing a new car. State Out-of-Towners on The Row in¬ cluded: George B. Divis, Brewster, Francis Glenfield, Tacoma, booking again for the Cameo and Shell after an absence ofayear-and one-half travel; E.S. Olsen, Port Blakeley; A. G. Pese- chia, Eatonville; Ray Gardner, Grand Coulee, and Ben White, Paulsbo. Jack Kloepper, Northwest manager for Film Classics, resigned, and has been succeeded by William Shartin, several years ago, branch manager for Warners. Shartin arrived accompanied by Sam Wheeler, western division mana¬ ger, from Cal if orn ia. . . . Vi rgini a Oehler, booking secretary for the Midstate Amusement Company, Walla Walla, Wash. , came to Seattle for a simiMr* position with the Jensen and von Herberg office. Al Harris is now booking for J. and V....The Liberty was closed for 10 days for remodeling. Three former Northwest exhibitors were renewing ties. Ford Brasher, for¬ merly of Lewiston, Idaho, was here from California with Mrs, Brasher. He has been operating a drive- in near San Diego, Cal. Eldon Pollock, Sr. , pioneer exhibitor at Mt. Vernon, Wash., who is retired and who spends his winters in California, is here visiting a son at Shelton, Wash, August 25, 1948 THE EXHIBITOR NT - 1 XliiWS OF thf: BRANCHES Cincinnati Monogram star Johnny Mack Brown will make his first personal appearance tour through Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia when he visits 23 cities during September. He leaves for his extensive eastern tour following his next western. RKO has been mourning the death of Dorothy Fisher, 43, who worked as a biller for 27 years. Although she had been ill the past two years, she seemed on the road to recovery when an operation brought a sudden turn for the worse. The company had kept Dorothy Fisher on its rolls under sick leave, and she was still con¬ sidered an employe even though her illness had prevented any participa¬ tion in company activities. During the two years, she had been in and out of the hospital, and her case never was completely diagnosed. The entire office force felt a sense o.f loss. Others on Film Row have been vic¬ tims of illness. Recovered and back on the road is Derek Sydney, National Screen Service salesman, who suffered a heart attack. His territory covers West Virginia and Kentucky. ... Joe Mercurio, National Screen Service shipping department worker, had to go to Branch Hospital for tuberculosis, and expects to be there six to nine months. ... Pete Niland, Columbia sales¬ man, who has been in the business for 33 "years, resigned his sales position before ill health curbs his activities. Jane Everett, reporting for National Screen Service, announced that office manager Mahlmann was on vacation for two weeks. ... Cora Molettieri, Natio¬ nal Screen Service, was in Philadel¬ phia. She is secretary to division manager \yilliam Bein, who went to st. Louis and Chicago. Wilbur Hetherington, booker, RKO, enjoyed one week’s vacation. .. .Marie Klag, RKO cashier, enjoyed her vaca¬ tion in Hot Springs, Ark.... Ruth Becker, RKO secretary to the office manager, was vacationing in New York. Terry Stenger, secretary to Lev Bugie, Film Classics branch manager, spent her recent vacation at swimming pools. ... Film Classics cashier Miss Georgia Brasfield left for a month in California . Film Classics booker Al Hope resigned. Columbia’s Pete Niland was the guest of honor at a Variety Club dinner on Aug. 16 in honor of his long service in the industry. He received as a gift a set of fishing tackle. Mort Perlman is Columbia’ s Cincinnati salesman filling the vacancy left by Niland’ s retirement. Columbia’ s district manager, Sam Galanty, was in. ... Columbia booker- stenographer charlotte Rosskopf re¬ cently lost her sister, Helen, ancj re¬ ceived sympathies from Film row.... Mrs. Ann Claus, switchboard operator, Columbia, resigned to concentrate on homemaking. ... Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Nordman enjoyed a vacation in Wiscon¬ sin with fishing as the major activity. Nordman is a bookkeeper for Columbia, and Mrs. N. is a shipper for Midwest. They got some fish all right, but are not telling any good fish stories. Mrs. Vrank Gratch, nee Thelma zel- lerman. Paramount, returned from her honeymoon which followed the Aug. 7 wedding. Nuptials had been postponed owing to the illness of the bride' s sister. Helen Davis, Paramount booker, spent the last two weeks of July on vacation ....Tom Henderson began as an appren¬ tice booker at Paramount. .. .Paramount also has a new shipper, Frank Fisher, who replaced Jack Nau. Nau has gone to work for the Wessel Film Delivery service. The usual exhibitors have been along Film Row, including woodrow Thomas, Mt. Hope, W. Va. ; Fred Krimm, Dayton, 0. ; Roy Wells, Dayton, 0., and B- Washnansy, who has drive-ins in Day- ton, but headquarters in Cleveland. Mary Weller, Warners’ stenographer, is taking short trips during her va¬ cation. .. John Eifert, Warners’ sales¬ man, was out of town on business.... Etta Kuhlman, stenographer, Warners, is taking her vacation in two sections. She took short trips to Indiana during her first week’ s respite, and looks forward to another holiday in Septem¬ ber. .. .Helen Turner, clerk, cashier’s department, Warners, spent her vaca¬ tion at a summer resort along Lake Erie. ... Warners’ booker, Ted Langen- bahn, was vacationing with his mother in New York. The U-I office force was surprised when Helen Eberhart returned from va¬ cation, and announced she had been secretly married since May 13. The charming girl with the low, melodious voice is secretary to branch manager Irving Sochin. and will continue to Seen above is Harris Dudelson, who was recently named Eagle Lion branch manager in Cincinnati. Dudelson en¬ tered the industry in 1925 with United Artists, and resigned the post of D A Cleveland branch head to acc^t the new post with Eagle Lion Films. work for a while. Sam Ciron is the lucky bridegroom and we do mean lucky because she has the admiration of all her fellow-workers because of her cap¬ tivating personality. Cleveland The lATSE national executive board meetings held prior to the opening of the National lATSE convention consumed most of every day. But the evenings were devoted to pleasure. Hosts in¬ cluded the Akron, 0. , locals, 48 and 364, which entertained with a corn roast at McDougall’ s Farm nearby Rich¬ field; Cleveland’s four locals, 160, 27, 209, and 756, with a dinner at the Theatrical Grille, and New York’ s 10th district with a dinner at the same place. Oldest member attending was George W. Ormston, 86, a member of Local 33. He joined the union in 1886 when it was called Knights of Union Labor, and had a membership of 30. He went to California to build the scenery for Sid Grauman’ s Million Dollar Thea¬ tre, and is now employed by Grauman at the El Capitan, Los Angeles, Jimmy Wright, son of Warner Thea¬ tres’ assistant zone manager Dick Wright, was home from attending Cul¬ ver Military School summer camp. Major Films Company, operated by Paul Bonaiuto and Herman Deutschman, closed a deal with Kroger Babb, presi¬ dent, Hygienic Productions, for the national distribution of TMom and Dad” on 16mm. film. It will be roadshown, presented with a lecturer and a nurse, following the policy used with the 35mm. version. Bookings are available. “How to Pitch”, short subject made here by Bob Feller, and distributed internationally by Bob Snyder and Manny Stutz, Realart Pictures, will be shown to men in all branches of the U. S. Service, TheU.S. Motion Pic¬ ture Services bought 60 prints of the subjects. Max M. Jacobs, who last year bought the Ridge, sold it to Matt Feichtmeier. The ESsick and Reif $500,000 de luxe theatre under construction at Lay- field and Lander Roads was nearly com¬ pleted, and an Aug. 26 opening date was set. John Newkirk, manager, was planning an elaborate premiere cam¬ paign. The Essick and Reif Circuit has also started work on its new Madi¬ son. Located opposite the old Madison, it will have 1500 seats, and will be in the $300,000. When Jack O’Connell completed the $50,000 remodeling of the Madrid, Port Clinton, 0., he will call it the Port. ... Horace Abrams opens his new Wicliffe, 0., Drive-In on Sept, l, and on that same date. Jack Armstrong expects to open the new Bowling Green, 0., Drive-In. Oscar Ruby, Columbia branch manager, had as a visitor Irving Sherman, as¬ sistant manager of branch operations. MikeLesnick, accountant. Associated Theatres Circuit, has an important date in New York on Aug. 28. That’ s August 25, 1948 Mideast NT- 2 tHE EXH I BITOR when his son, Richard, former Film Classics booker, will be married to Bernice Cassell, East Orange, N, J. , at Hajnpshire House. Nate Marcus, H and K Company, an¬ nounces an increased demand for re¬ freshment dispensers in theatres of this area. Recent installations have been made in the Circle, Embassy, and Jennings here, and in the Columbia, Morrison, Strand, and Mount Union, Alliance, 0. H.L. Lance installed new Brenkert 3X-62 projectors in his Diana, Ritt- man, 0. Equipment was purchased from the Oliver Theatre Supply Company. Emery Downs, 66, manager, Knicker¬ bocker, back in 1912 when it was the finest theatre in the city outside of the downtown houses, died. Under his management all of the Spitalny Broth¬ ers, H. Leopold, Phil, and Maurice, conducted the orchestra. At the time of his death, he was an adjuster for the Bing Furniture Company. Surviving are his wife, Elizabeth, and two brothers. Ted Barker, Loew' s Theatres, re¬ ceived honorable mention and an MGM “Good News” record album in the re¬ cent MGM “Good News” record album- window display contest. Detroit The new Auto City Theatres ac¬ quired the Newman Circuit. Included in the deal are the Jefferson, Oliver, and Sheridan, on the east side. David Newman, head, Newman Circuit, remains in the business as legal and public relations counsel. Cooperative Thea¬ tres of Michigan. The Auto City or¬ ganization is headed by Arnold Wisper, who was general manager, Newman Cir¬ cuit. A second drive-in in the Lansing, Mich., area was opened in Millett by the American Education Film Society, Clarence M. Miller, secretary. The spot has accommodations for 300 cars, and has two loud speakers erected on a 24-foot high screen tower. The thea¬ tre is located opposite the Millett school on Highway M-78. Arthur Eiman will assist in the management of the theatre, which has been named the Starlight Parking. Earl J. Hudson, president. United Detroit Theatres, and Leo Fitzpatrick, television director for the circuit, returned last week from New York. . . . Rufus Shepherd, manager, Broadway Capitol, recently underwent an ap¬ pendectomy at Women’s Hospital.... Hyman Bloom, manager. Mercury, was fined $100 and placed on six months probation for permitting more persons than allowed by fire regulations to enter the theatre. It was learned last week from Lansing, Mich., that a recommendation was made by the committee on civil liberties of the State Bar of Michigan that the state attorney general’s office and all local prosecutors “vigorously en¬ force” Michigan’ s present anti-dis¬ crimination law, which forbids the The happy expressions on the faces of Mr. and Mrs. Foster Lane, owners, new Lane, Williamsburg, Ky. , are probably due to the capacity crowd which attended the formal opening festivi¬ ties of the house recently. The thea¬ tre seats 620 on a one-floor plan. barring of anyone by reason of race from public places. Enactment of leg¬ islation prohibiting racial discrimi¬ nation in hiring of state and local government employees was also recom¬ mended by the committee. The committee further reported that it had considered a fair employment practices act, but that a majority of its members voted against recommending such legislation in the belief that a law forcing em¬ ployers to hire help irrespective of race, creed, or national origin would abridge eitiployers’ right of freedom of contract. Indianapolis A plan to combat juvenile delinquency by use of the motion picture is being completed here, and will go into operation in September. The plan calls for free shows featuring selections from the Children’ s Film Library. Promoters of the plan are Marc J. Wolf, Indianapolis, and Donald Schulman, who organized similar projects suc¬ cessfully in other cities. Construction of a $160,000 theatre at 3733 North Keystone Avenue by C. Everett Greer was vetoed by the City Zoning Board after 30 residents of the area protested that it would bring increased traffic hazards and noise to the neighborhood. Greer indicated he would appeal the board’ s decision tn Circuit Court. Carl Miller, shipping clerk and counterman, Mid-West Theatre Supply, who recently returned from Petersburg, Alaska, announced the birth of a baby boy born on April i.... Robert Meyer resigned his post at Affiliated Theatres, Inc., to accept the position of head booker, 20th-Pox. ... George Heliotes, Rialto, Ft. Wayne, Ind. , cooperated/extensively during the Bill Scully Drive by increasing his ad¬ vertising quota. ... Harvey Cocks, gen¬ eral manager, Quimby Theatres, Ft. Wayne, Ind. , was vacationing at his summer home at Glen Cove, L.I. Irving Tamler, former exhibitor, is building a new East Side Drive-In on U.S. Road 52, at the intersection of Road 9, near Fountaintown, Ind.... Fred Sorrells, manager. Vogue, redeco¬ rated the marquee, and was making ex¬ tensive changes in the auditorium. . . . B.L. Nickbarg, Liacoln, and his wife were vacationing in Chicago. Al Borkenstein, Wells, Ft. Wayne, Ind. , was fishing at Lake Wawasee, Ind.... Owen Yetter is building a new drive-in at Co rydon, Ind... Carl Niesse, Vogue, was confined to his summer home at Lake Wawasee with a recurrence of a leg injury, suffered in an auto accident about a year ago ...Alex Kalafat, Gala, Garrett, Ind., spent several days in Chicago booking and buying for his Lans, Lansing, Mich... Jerome Heinlen is the new manager. Arcade, Gas City, Ind. ... Mildred Grubb, Columbia office staff, was spending her vacation in Petersburg, Ind., and Springfield, Ill. Before returning, she attended the meeting of F-23, AFL office employes in Cleve¬ land. Jeanne LaDuke, 10-year old Mount Vernon farm girl, is preparing to em¬ bark on a movie career. She won a featured role in a forthcoming film and a long-term contract in competition against 12,000 other young 4-H Club girls. Her first picture wil? be “The Green Promise. ” James Haney, Austin, Versailles, Ind., installed a new lighting system ....J.B. Robinson, Majestic, Spring- field, Ky. , was f ishing. . . . Paul Sanders, Alhambra, Campbel Isville, Ky. , is making plans for building of a new drive-in. Michael Dellacona, student booker, U-Int. , joined the regular army. ..Mrs. Helen Wise, contract clerk, U-Int., was spending her vacation at home,... Patricia Klein, stenographer, U-Int. , was suffering from a sinus infection .... Irving Levinson, booker, Warners, was spending his vacation in the Wis¬ consin lake regions. ... Claude McKean, manager, Warners, spent several days in Chicago visiting the Gregory of¬ fices, and later in the week called^ on exhibitors in Louisville, Ky. , and Evansville, Ind. ...Ed Campbell, open- airs, Indiana and Kentucky,.. was vaca¬ tioning at Benton Harbor, Mich. ...Al Chew, booker. United Artists, spent his vacation at Lake Tippecanoe, Ind. National Caravan headquarters com¬ mittee accepted the invitation to move its headquarters to Indianapolis. The move will take place before Jan. i ....Eva Dillihay, inspectress. Re¬ public, was spending her vacation in Tennessee. ... Angel ia Geloff, is the new contract clerk at Eagle Lion, and Pat Rauck is the new stenographer. . , . The Indianapolis Variety Club held a special meeting at the Paramount screening room to formulate plans for the annual golf tournament on Sept. 20 at the Broadmoor Country Club. Veren Schwartz, National, Louis¬ ville, Ky. , filed an appeal in the Fifth and Walnut, Inc., case versus film distributors in the U.S. Court of Appeals. ... Frank Paul, manager. Lyric, was vacationing. .. Joseph Gutz- weiler, Jasper, Ind. , was released from St. Joseph’s Hospital, Louis¬ ville, Ky. , after spending several weeks there under observation. His August 25, 1948 THE EXH I Bl TOR NT -3 condition has improved. ... Mrs. Mary Wehrling, managers' secretary, 20th- Fox, Was saddened by the death of her husband, Clarence A. , who passed away on Aug. 13 in his home at Lynd- berg Highlands. Exhibitors visiting Film Row during the week included; _W. P. McGovern, Ritz, Loogootee and Odon, Ind. ; Floyd Morrow, Drive-In, Louisville, Ky. ; William Connors, Marionair Drive-In, Marion, Ind. ; Fletcher Brewer, State, Windfall, Ind.; Walter Weil, Weil, Greenfield, Ind.; Curtis Butler, Liberty, Muncie, Ind. ; Roger Scherer, Mailers Circuit, Ft. Wayne, Ind. ; Bruce Kixmiller, Colonial -Indiana. Bicknell, Ind.; R.L. Hudson, Sr., and Jr., Richmond, Ind., and Mrs. V.E. Burkle, Rialto, Fortville, Ind. Pittsburgh Ed Hinchy, head, Warners’ playdate department, was in. Out-Of-Town Visitors: Silvio Inno- centi, Verdi, Belle Vernon, Pa. ; Bill Weiss, Capitol and Liberty, McKees¬ port, Pa. ; Alvin Seiler, Vox, Ligonier, Pa.; E.T. Beedle, Alhambra and Con¬ tinental, Canonsburg, Pa. ; George Otte, Capitol, Wheeling, W. Va. ; Max Bloomberg, Rivoli, Beaverdale, Pa.; Harry Ho roff, Rex, Portage, Pa., and Joseph Zana, Penn Theatre, West Taren- tum. Pa. Marshall W. Peterson, president of the corporation which operates the Palace, Johnsonburg, Pa. , and the Palace, Union City, Pa,, was enjoying a four-week tour of Canada with his wife and another couple. Alexander “Alex” R. Showe, Theatre Candy Company and Showe Confections, has been receiving congratulations upon his engagement to Miss Janet Evelyn Lehrfeld, Philadelphia. From all indications, it was a whirlwind courtship and romance, as he had known of the young lady for some time but had only met her early this sum¬ mer. Congratulations. Ruth Liss, National Screen Service, announced her engagement to Raymond Tairowski. At the same time, Dan Cupid made up the mind of Ruthie Horo¬ witz to announce her engagement to Elkan Rosenberg, Squirrel Hill. Con¬ gratulations to both Ruthies, with an additional comment that the love bug has sure made a lot of progress at National Screen Service this past year. Warners’ Model was broken into, and robbed of change. The total amount of the loot was less than $25. It was revealed this week that plans for industry participation in Penn¬ sylvania Week, Sept. 26-Oct. 2, are progressing rapidly. Mrs. Edna R. Carroll, chairman, motion picture division, “Pennsylvania Week”, was recently guest of the western members of the division at a luncheon meeting in Pittsburgh at which time arrange¬ ments for the film industry’ s part in the project were completed. Loew’ s, Inc., will handle the addressing of 1500 envelopes which will contain a letter from Mrs. Carroll to exhibitors in the state, as well as a list of county chairmen of the general com¬ mittee and a return post card on which the theatreman can indicate his par¬ ticular type of cooperation. The letter is dated Sept, l, and will be followed five days later by a package which will go out to each exhibitor. Included in the package will be the Department of Commerce broadside des¬ cribing “Pennsylvania Week”, a press book giving specific suggestions to each exhibitor, and attractive lobby advertising, paid for by the com¬ mittee. State-wide newsreel coverage is expected with David 0. Selznick, native Pennsylvanian, representing the committee in the news issues of Sept. 7 and 9 in urging participation in the week, while the Sept. 14 and 16 reels will have Governor James H. Duff, presenting his views on the project. The committee will also plug ‘Tennsylvania Week” in all its regular advertising, giving the campaign added state-wide coverage. STATES Kentucky BARDSTOWN The construction of Hahn and Bur¬ nette’ s new drive-in is progressing, the spot will be ready for opening on Sept. 1. FRANKFORT According to an announcement by Mayor Arthur C. Jones, padlocking would be resorted to if theatres did not strictly enforce the polio ban against children. An order against these under 18 attending public gather¬ ings was issued. GEORGETOWN Ray Toepfer, Blue Grass Drive-In, is contemplating construction of another theatre. He also plans considerable improvements in his present operation. LEXINGTON J.B. Johnson announced .plans for the construction of a 500-car drive-in to be located just outside of Payette CX)unty on the Lexington-Nicholasville Road. LOUl SVILLE William D. Hudson, 45, projectionist, was killed when thrown rrom his motor¬ cycle when he apparently lost control of it on a curve near Hanover, Ind. Hudson, who had worked at various local theatres for the past 20 years, was last employed at the Scoop, but at the time of his death was returning to report for work at the Dixie Drive-In, Dixie Highway. Out-of-town exhibitors seen on Film Row recently were: Bobby Marshall, Co¬ lumbia, Columbia, Ky. ; C. K. Arnold, Arco, Bardstown, Ky. ; E.L^ omstein, Rialto, Marengo, Ind.; Homer wirth. Crane, Crane, Ind. ; Lewis Baker, Star, West Point, Ky. ; Louis Chowning, New Washington, New Washington, Ind. ; C. 0 . Humston, Lyric, Lawrenceburg, Ky. ; Luther Knifley, Art, Knifley, Ky. ; Victor Weisenberger, Swiss, Tell City, Ind.; L. R. smith, Pekin, Pekin, Ind., and Gene Lutes, chakeres Theatres, Frankfort, Ky. Michigan GRAND RAPIDS The trade mourned the death of John U. Lefebre who came here to manage the FOX. Ohio COLUMBUS Earl J. Graham, former manager. Wal¬ nut Hills, Cincinnati, has been mana¬ ger, Maj estic. ... Robert P. Alexander, former staff member. National Auto Drive-In, has been appointed manager, same theatre. He succeeds H. E. Clif¬ ford, new manager. Old Trail. Two business sessions daily will be held at the convention of the inde¬ pendent Theatre Owners of Ohio to be held on Sept. 14 and 15 at the Deshler- Wallick Hotel. A banquet will be held on Sept. 14. Rev. Donald H. Tippett, one of the original chaplains of the Columbus Variety Club, Tent 2, has been appointed a Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Los Angeles. Claude Belknap, southern, spent his vacation in Washington and New york ....The Palace and Grand discontinued their joint phone switchboard. ... A seven -room house valued at $22, 500 was selected as the ‘dream house” here in connection with the showing of “Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House”, Palace. Ttie home was shown to the public Shown at the recent ATOI convention at French Lick, Ind. , are seated, left to right, Benny Berger, North Central Allied; Andy Smith, general sales head, 20th-Fox, and Pete Woods, secretary, ITOofOhio. Standing, left to right, are Sam Shain, public relations head, 20th-Fox; Trueman Renbush, prexy, ATOI; William A. Carroll, secretary, ATOI; Tom McCleaster, branch manager, 20th-Fox, and Marc Wolf, who is the popular treasurer and convention chairman, ATOI. August 25, 1948 NT-4 THE EXHIBITOR during the run. prizes totaling $50 were awarded to persons whose keys, obtained from the Palace, opened the door of the dream house. Joseph R. Jones, president. City Council, and acting mayor, and Carlton Hartley, publisher. The Hilltop Record, were honor guests at the opening of the Old Trail, ninth in the Academy Circuit. I.C. Hutcheson, manager, Alhambra, announced that the North Side neigh¬ borhood is for sale. Likewise the Oak- East Side neighborhood is for sale... H.J. Saunders, manager, Goodale, said that he plans to resume a seven-night- a-week schedule in September. During the summer the Goodale has been opera¬ ting on all nights except Wednesday and Thursday. Harold Goodin, student assistant, Ohio, resigned. ... The RKO Palace in¬ stalled its new upright sign, replac¬ ing the former sign dismantled in spring. DAYTON The three per cent admission tax brought in $64,015 to the city’s cof¬ fers for the first six months of 1948. The full year will probably see $140,000 collected, according to the City Commission. GROVE CITY Kenneth Hill, manager. Grove, re¬ ceived his dollar bill back from Walter Winchell, who broadcast an offer to bet 115 to 1 that Dewey would beat Truman in the November elections. WW said the offer was merely a "rhetori¬ cal joke”, and not meant to be taken seriously. LANCASTER Herbert C. Kneller, 50, theatre man here for the past 34 years, died un¬ expectedly following a heart attack. At the time of his death, he was Broad manager. He had also served as mana¬ ger, Palace and Lyric, Lancaster, 0. Leo Kessel and his wife returned from a trip West. In Central City, Colorado, they ran into Fred Oestrei- cher, Loew’s publicist from Columbus, also on a western vacation trip. Wl LMINGTON Kroger Babb, president. Hygienic Productions, Inc. , departed for New York City in his private airplane for a series of conferences concerning foreign distribution of “Mom and Dad”. Completing its first week of one- nighters in southern Ohio towns, 'The Best Is Yet To Come”, the newly con¬ ceived two-hour stage production is reported to have done well. The Sep¬ tember unit of “The Best Is Yet To Come” has already been booked for three weeks of one-nighters. Towns played were Lancaster, Chillicothe, St. Marys, Kenton, Washington C.H. , Delaware, and Wilmington, all in Ohio. Pennsylvania BEAVER FALLS Bob Higgins, who manages the Rialto and State, Rialto Amusement Company, Robert R, Richardson, newly appointed Cleveland branch manager for Eagle Lion, is congratulated by EL eastern division sales manager Milton Cohen at a recent special meeting where product and sales were discussed. collapsed at his home, and was immed¬ iately rushed to the Beaver palls Hospital, where he was operated on for appendicitis. Even though it was an emergency operation, he came through in fine style, although he will be confined to the hospital for a period of several weeks before being dis¬ charged. BRADFORD The remodeled Grand, renamed the McLean, reopened with gala festivities on Aug. 12. This Shea circuit house, now strictly a first-run, compares favorably with any new theatre being built today. The Dipson interests are spending huge sums of money to make their New Bradford one of the largest and most beautiful of all the show places in Western Pennsylvania. Hayes Garbarino, district) manager, said the changes which have already been made and others that are in the process should be really something very unusu¬ al. BROCKWAY Joe Kosco is reported making radi¬ cally new and somewhat revolutionary changes in the interior decorative scheme of the Brockway. changes in the setting of the screen are also a unique innovation. Photos will be made available with technical des¬ criptions of all changes. CLARION Joe Birocco, manager, Garby, rushed his wife to the hospital. CLEARFIELD Tony Colose, is studying plans where¬ by he can move tlie outer lobby doors to tne street line, and make other extensive lobby alterations that will increase the capacity of this theatre and add to its attractiveness. On Aug. 7, Mae E. Shively, general manager, Mid-State Theatre Circuit, with headquarters in this town; Phil Thompson, son of the president of the theatre group, and two other persons received serious injuries in a head- on auto collision near Easton, Pa. Miss Shively was en route to Allen¬ town, Pa. , accompanying Miss Joyce Woolridge, the lovely 18-year old Clearfield County winner in the choice for the “Miss Pennsylvania” entry in the “Miss America” beauty pageant and mvB scmNmes CINCINNATI RKO (12 E. 6th) Aug. 31, 8:00 p.m. ; “Mourning Becomes Electra”: 9:30D.m. , “Bodyguard”; Sept, i, 8:00 p.m., “Station West”; 9:30 p.m., “Design For Death”. CLEVELAND RKO (2219 Payne) Aug. 31, 10:30, “Mourning Becomes Electra”; 2:30, "Bodyguard”; Sept, l, 10:30, “Station West”; 2:30, “Design For Death.” DETROIT RKO (2310 Cass) Aug. 31, 10:30, “Mourning Becomes Electra”; 2:30, “Bodyguard”; Sept. 1, 10:30, "Station West”; 2:30, “Design For Death.” INDIANAPOLIS RKO (517 N. Illinois) Aug. 31, i:00, “Mourning Becomes Electra”; 3:45, “Bodyguard”; Sept, l, i:00, “Station West”; 2:30, “Design For Death.” PITTSBURGH RKO (1809-13 Blvd. of Allies) Aug. 31, i:30, “Mourning Becomes Electra”; 3:30, “Bodyguard”; Sept, l, i: 30, “Station West”; 3:30, "Design For Death. ” contest. Also accompanying her were the contestant’s mother, Mrs. Orvis Woolridge, and Violet Peters, a rela¬ tive of the family, in addition to Thompson. After leaving Miss Woolridge at Allentown, the party drove on to¬ ward Easton on personal business, and, while trying to avoid a collision with a car ahead, which had made a sudden stop, the Shively car collided with a fast-moving truck approaching from the opposite direction. Miss Shively’ s five-passenger Nash Sedan was completely wrecked, and the four new tires were tom to pieces. Thomp¬ son was confined to the Easton Hos¬ pital with three broken ribs, while Mrs. Woolridge and Miss Peters were taken to the same hospital suffering from severe contusions and internal injuries. Miss Shively refused hos¬ pitalization, but suffered from face and head cuts and also contusions of the legs, arms and back, and, upon her return to Clearfield, had a complete set of X-rays made, following which she insisted upon resuming her duties. Pennsylvania State Highway patrolmen informed Miss Shively that within the last two years seven persons have been killed at the exact spot where her accident happened. NORTH EAST Ken Blakeley, owner, local Keller and Grand, Westfield, N.Y. , and who also recently acquired ownership of the Ripley Inn Hotel, located on Lake Erie, North East, Pa. , has become such an airplane fan that he charters a j)lane from an airport located near the hotel, and flies across Lake Erie into Canada occasionally, Wesf Virginia RONCEVERTE After suffering a leg injury re¬ cently, J.C. Shanklin, president. Motion Picture Theatre Owners of West Virginia, was confined to bis home. August 25, 1948 THE EXHIBITOR NT-1 XIDWS or THK CROSSTOWN Publicity and charity walked hand in hand recently on Boston Commons, Warners’ , through its publicist. Art Moger, and his capable assistant, Joan Mansfield, had prepared in conjunc¬ tion with the Variety Club, a pro¬ gram which would bring financial aid to Variety’s charity drive. Free Movies For Shut-ins, and, at the same time, promote “Key Largo”. A large bandstand was erected on the commons. In front of it was placed a goodly sized gilded trunk bearing the in¬ scription, “Key Largo” Treasure Chest. Strategically placed in the vicinity of the trunk were small containers to be used as receptacles for donations to the charity above mentioned. Any¬ one donating received a small key to the trunk. If the key when inserted into the lock opened the trunk, the lucky person would pluck from within an envelope which contained a descrip¬ tion of his or her prize. The grand prize was a trip to Atlantic City, with expenses paid for a weekend. Among the other prizes were: Columbia record album, autographed baseballs, leather cigarette cases, compacts, a dozen pairs of lady’ s shoes, a dozen pairs of sun glasses, a beaded dress, boxes of candy and chewing gum, and guest tickets for ‘Key Largo”, Metro¬ politan. All indications pointed to a very successful affair, even though Miss Mansfield had sore feet from the escapade. FILM DISTRICT AT U-I: Alice Foley, booker-steno¬ grapher, was recuperating from an ap¬ pendectomy. ... Jud Parker, salesman, recently had a frigidaire delivered to his home in Sharon, Mass. This was the prize he won for being the leading salesman inthe east at the completion of the first part of U-I’ s presidential sales drive. AT UNITED ARTISTS: Jean Flatly, contract clerk, was off on a vacation ....Mark Silver, assistant eastern general sales manager, visited recently for a meeting with John Dervin and staff to discuss re leases. ... Phi 1 Engel, publicist, and Marian Herbert were joined as one on Aug. 18. The couple honeymooned in New Hampshire ....Betty Carroll, secretary to John Dervin, left the exchange to enter a convent. . . . Marcella Routtenburg, switchboard operator, was married on Aug. 11. Her new name is Mrs. Joseph Liebermaii. The office came through with a gift for the newlyweds AT METRO: Marie Coleman, biller, was spending her vacation at the Town House, Falmouth, Mass.... Also on va¬ cation was Ken Prichett, another one of those people who fill the news¬ papers with black crayon marks.... Maurice N. Wolf made a visit to Nor- Winner of the "The Time Of Your Life” script reading contest, Alan Grossman, Boston, is shown here recently re¬ ceiving the James Cagney Trophy from UA branch manager J. J. Dervin. Gross- man was one of more than 60 con¬ testants who entered the contest. and Arlington, Mass. Also added to the rapidly growing list of Affiliated customers were the State, Brighton, Me. , and the Lincoln, Quincy Point, Mass. Tom Donaldson, EL’ district manager, was away on an extended business trip in which he attended a sales meeting in New York and then stopped at the exchange in New Haven. ... Cl ayton Eastman, district manager, UA, re¬ signed. Dave Marshal, attorney. Film Ex¬ change Transfer, passed away. He was the brother of Sam Marshal, also con¬ nected with Film Exchange Transfer. Harry Smith, booker, RK0„ spent his vacation in Grey, Me.... Sara Laurie, Columbia, took a trip up or down the Saguenay River. wich. Conn. , and Bridgeport, conn. While in these cities, he delivered several speeches to service groups. AT EL: Ralph Griffin, booker, was missing from his customary desk, en¬ joying a vacat ion. ... There was a special screening of “Hollow Triumph”. AT RKO: Dick Dobbyn, bo9ker, was the subject of much razzing when he missed the question put to him on Jerry O’Leary’s fan interview at Braves Field. He was so sure of his baseball I.Q. , that he advised the entire film district beforehand to listen in to the program. . .Also there’ s the question of what happened to a certain photograph. MGM held a trade screening of “Luxury Liner”. ...UA screened “Olympic Caval¬ cade” for exhibitors and staff Loyd Bridghan, State, Presque Isle, Me., and Uptown, Dover, N.H. , was ob¬ served making his monthly inspection of the distr ict. ... Herbert Brown, Victoria, Greenfield, Mass., paid one of his infrequent visits to the ex¬ changes .... El ihu Glass, Majestic, West Springfield, Mass., was seen around. Affiliated Theatres, Inc., signed up for servicing the Arthur Viano Cir¬ cuit houses in Sommerville, Mass. , A neat stunt for "Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein”, was set recently when Lou Cohen an-d Sam Horowitz, Poli, Hartford, Conn., had a boy dressed in a skeleton suit walk across the stage while a green spot picked him out During the act, the rest of the house was dark. John Markle, advance man for UA, was a visitor. . . .Frank Perry, Orpheum, Foxboro, was seen making one of his periodic tr ips. ... Char ley Brooks, Opera House, Ashland, Me. , was in again. ... Frank Le Page, Millanocket, Millanockct, Me., paid one of his in¬ frequent visits to the district.... Ansel Sanborn, who lives in Sanborn- ville, N.H. , operates the Memorial, Wolfboro, N.H., was also observed in town, his first trip in some time.... Another visitor from up north was Bill Harwood, Avon, Hartland, Me. Incident- ly, his theatre closed for reseating .... Sheppard Lifschetz and Earl Bracey, Community, Mechanic Falls, Me. , were seen around the district. NATIONAL MOVIE HOUR HYBRID POPCORN POPCORN MACHINES BOXES • SALT • BAGS* SCOOPS NATIONAL THEATRE SUPPLY B BOSTON • NEW HAVEN • ALBANY August 25, 1948 New England NT-2 THE EXH I Bl TOR New Haven CROSSTOWN When Norm Levinson, College assis¬ tant, was in the midwest, he stopped in to see Frank Manente, former Poli assistant, nowmanager of a Loew house in Ohio. .. Franklin Ferguson,. Whalley, promoted so much interest among the youngsters that they came to see the “Superman’’ serial at his house in costume. This was the preliminary to the big “Superman” costume contest in September. . . .Fletcher Ferguson, son of Whitney manager Truman Ferguson, enters his third season of athletic directorship at Collegiate School, Joseph Gittleman, student assistant. Palace, Hartford, was doing relief assistant managership work at the Bijou for Ray Flynn, .assistant, away on vacation and maneuvers with the National Guardsmen at Cape Cod, Mass. Miss Grace Martine, Bijou, is contem¬ plating marriage. ... Florence Nutcher, Bijou, returned after a vacation spent in New York. ...New at the Bijou is Mrs. Ruth Haas. ...Jim Darby, Para¬ mount, planned spending his vacation in Boston and on Cape Cod, Mass. . , . Ken Fields, Rivoli, returned from his vacation. ... Abel Jacocks, East Haven Capitol, continues to have good luck with his f ishing. . . . Jack O’Connell, Roger Sherman, assistant, was a vaca¬ tionist. ... H. Cohen, Dixwell, went down to Maryland to see his folks on his vacation. ... Attorney Lawrence C. Caplan, Fishman Theatres, returned from a rainy vacation spent at Cape Cod,... Tony Masella, Poli assistant, lined up quite a bit of promotion for “The Pirate” when manager Morris Rosenthal was away. Among angles set were six music windows and counters, radio contest, three boys dressed as the Marx Brothers parading around town giving out 2000 bags of peanuts with imprinted copy, and a story on youngsters dressed in ‘Pirate” cos¬ tume coming to the opening day per¬ formance. The Dixwell had another kiddie show. Glenn Langdon booked into the For¬ rest, West Haven, for a three-day stand. Tony Terrazano, and his asso¬ ciates planned a fine ballyhoo program. Morris Rosenthal, Loew’ s Poli, re¬ ceived honorable mention and an MGM “Good News” record album in the recent MGM “Good News” record album-window display contest. MEADOW STREET Lew Ginsberg, Amalgamated Theatres, went up to Lake George and Saratoga, N.y. for his vacation. ... Sonj a Shin- dell, Connecticut Theatre Candy, was on vacation. .. .The new driver at Con¬ necticut Theatre Candy is George Wright. ... Among the golfers preparing for the Motion Picture Theatre Owners Golf Tournament at Racebrook were Joe Markoff, Lew Ginsberg, Arthur Greenfield, Morty Katz, and others, .. . Harry Wenzel, National Screen Service, went up to Laconia, N.H., for his vacation. . . .Gloria Tomasino, daughter of Mike Tomasino, White Way, New and at the beaches. He recently re¬ ceived a notice to the effect that he would go into New York for a month’ s executive training course. Condolences go to Columbia branch manager Walter Silverman on the re¬ cent death of his aunt in Boston _ _ Columbia executive Harry Rogovin vi¬ sited. ...The North Haven Drive-In is expected to be opened about Labor Day ....Work is progressing on the E.M. Loew Drive-In on the New London-Nor- which road. . , . It was reported that Duly, Hartford and Plainfield, have been sold to New York interests, and oneration will change soon. Connecticut HARTFORD A party of three was enroute to Los Angeles on a vacation. The party in¬ cluded George E. Landers, Hartford division manager, E.M. Loew’ s Thea¬ tres; his son, Richard, and Ira Loew, special circuit home office represen¬ tative. James Tuffy, Crown manager, started new alterations, to include a blue glass front, lobby, etc. The North Main Street Businessmen’ s Association has been formed in down¬ town Hartford, with its purpose to promote new ways and means of bringing new trade into the North Main Street area. Fifty merchants are cooperating, with future plans including a co-op. ad campaign in newspapers. First meet¬ ing was held at .the Center. Mike Pic- cirillo, manager, has been named tem¬ porary chairman. A permanent body of Haven, leaves for France for a teach¬ ing-learning assignment on Sep. 11. Angelo Tomasino, a son, planned an Italian Riviera vacation from his 20th Century Fox dutiesoverseas. . . . Strand, Thompsonville, hadwork done, and also changed form 40 x 60 displays to 30 x 40 arrangements. Down in Stratford, A1 Pickus had his theatre improved, and changed his displays from 30 x40’ s to 40 x 60’ s. . . Latest rumor has it that the new theatre and store deal in South Meri¬ den may be turned into just a drive- in set-up, ... Music Box, New Britain, was due to reopen. ... New Colony, Soundview, was reported scheduled for its closing on the Labor Day weekend ....Phil Gravitz, Metro office mana¬ ger, spent his vacation in New York When Margaret Tilley, assistant mana¬ ger, Centre, Hartford, Conn., was recently married to Bill Madigan, house policeman, a party was given for t hem by manager Michael E. Piccirillo, Shown here are Mr. and Mrs, Madigan and two of their personal friends. ^miUi aim; X X ' S' At a tiein stunt benefiting the Free Movies For Shut-ins drive, and usin^ the Warner picture, "Key Largo", as a jump-off point, George Curley, Director of Public Celebrations, Boston, is shown here as he recently gave the key to the city to Lew Valentino, who is the well-known "Dr. I. Q. " of radio fame. These kids are being treated to free popcorn at a recently opened playground in Boston through arrangements by press agents Phil Engel, UA, and Joe diPisa and Jim Shanahan, Loew' s Theatres, Boston. The kids really enjoyed themselves. August 25, 1948 THE EXHIBITOR NT-3 TRAVE SCREENINGS BOSTON RKO (122 Arlington) Aug. 31, 10:30, ‘Mourning Becomes Electra”; 2:30, ‘Bodyguard”. Sept. 1, 10:30, “Station West”: 2:30, "Design for Death”, iicjf! nnvcjU RKO (40 Whiting) Aug. 31, 10:30, “Mourning Becomes Electra”; .2:30, “Bodyguard”. Sept. 1, 10:30, “Station West”; 2:30, “Design for Death”. Linda Darnell and Cornel Wilde face each other for the showdown while Marjorie Rambeau looks on in a scene from 20th Century-Fox's, "The Walls of Jericho." officers will be elected at another meeting. Ted Harris, managing director. State, closed for the summer, announced plans to reopen with “The Babe Ruth Story”. Theatre will resume its regular f ilm-vaudevil le policy on Sept. 10. During the summer, the theatre has been undergoing interior renovations. Extensive advance plugging was used for “A Date With Judy” by manager Lou Cohen and assistant manager Sam Hor- witz, Loew’ s Poli, with the line, "You’ve got a date with Judy”, utilized in merchant window displays and ad¬ vance newspaper advertising. For the March of Time short, “The Case of Mrs. Conrad”, Cohen and Horwitz held ad¬ vance screening at theatre for local medics, newsmen, etc. Beach, Cal. Rose and conn at one time operated night clubs, skating rinks, and the Cinema City, Sound View, John Doran has been promoted at the Center. .. Douglas Amos, manager, Lock- wood-Gordon-Rosen’ s Webb, Wethersfield, is getting ready for foreign product again in September. House will resume showing of foreign films on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Ernie Grecula, assistant to A1 Schu- man, general manager, Hartford Theatre Circuit, had an oldtime friend come in from Utica, N.Y. Jesse Marcus, veteran theatreman, and Mrs, Marcus were here. ... Douglas Amos, Webb, Wethersfield, reported aide William Quatrowski resigned to join the Marine Corps. . , . John McCarthy has been named house policeman. Center. Jl/lattle POPCORN H MACHINES "Genuine Manley Supplies SAM HORENSTEIN Ntw England Bepresentotive * * * Off; c* and Showroom. . . Hancock 7itl9 U5 Church St. Botton Work has started on the construction of a 1, 000-seat theatre on the Meriden- Wallingford town line. Associated in the project are Nick Kounaris and Paul Tolls, partners in the 700-seat New¬ ington, Newington, and George Ulyssis, New Britain. The Warner Theatres’ New England zone will hold its annual managers’ meeting on Aug. 31 at the Racebrook Country Club, Orange. About 45 New England theatre managers will attend, in ad¬ dition to Harry Kalmine, circuit pre¬ sident and general manager; I.J. Hoff¬ man, zone manager; Henry L. Needles, Hartford district manager, and other executives. William Rose, for many years a part¬ ner with Sydney Conn in Conrose Enter¬ prises, Inc., left to live in Long Sam Horwitz, Lou Cohen’ s able as¬ sistant at Loew- Poli, had a nice gag for “Abbott and Costello Meet Franken¬ stein”.' He had ayoung fellow, wearing a skeleton costume, walk across the stage. Vacation memos: Charlie Cahill, Colonial, is back from New York; Min¬ nie Hecker, \ Strand; Charles Atamian, Strand, and Hugh Campbell, Central, West Hartford, also returned. Johnnie Patmo, assistant to Walter B. Lloyd, Allyn, is making plans to vacation in Vermont, in September. Francis Morin, Regal, will spend time off next month at Atlantic City, N.J. Lou Cohen, Loew’ s Poli, received honorable mention and an MGM “Good News” record album-window display contest. In the Heart of the Film District JOSEPH DOBESCH Associates, Inc. 116 Broadway, Boston, Mass. 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Fred Greenway, Loew-Poli Palace manager, got a number of street bally- noo gags working on “Drums” and “Four Feathers”. . . .Harry F. Shaw, Loew-Poli division manager, came through, and said that construction of the circuit’ s WEEKLY PHTY CASH SYSTEM (SPECIFY ITEM NO. B.S. 9) • These specially designed 3x5 inch Petty Cash Slips require a counter signature of approval and are numbered consecutively so that accurate records can be kept of each individual expenditure. There are 100 slips to each pad. • The specially designed envelopes are for use oniy once each week in listing each individual slip and computing the weekly total expended. All slips listed on a particular envelope should then be inserted in it for safekeeping; and the envelope filed for future reference. • There can never be any later question of a particular disbursement, for the actual receipt is always on hand and easily located. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: 1 TR (52 ISSUES) $2 00 FOREIGN - $5 00 All sales prepaid. Please send check, money order or stamps with order. Sold under money back guarantee ALL SALES LIMITED TO THEATRES WHICH SUBSCRIBE TO "THE EXHIBITOR” THE EXHIBITOR ^BOOK SHOP JAY EMANUEL PUBLICATIONS, INC. 1225 Vine Street, Philadelphia, Pa. newest link, al400-seater in Norwich, is under way. The circuit is busy these days on the openings of "Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House”. Locally, Lou Cohen, Loew-Poli, and Fred Greenway, Loew-Poli Palace, and staffs are tie- ing up stunts for the Sept. 8 opening at the Loew-Poli. NEW LONDON ‘Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House” was given a big buildup locally by Nick Brickates, Garde manager. A "Dream House” was built, with local merchants cooperating with displays, etc. John Petrowski is new assistant, the Garde. Nick Brickates, manager. Garde, re¬ turned there from Old Orchard Beach, Me,, where he vacationed. .. Fred Now¬ ell, projectionist, Capitol, andbusi- ness agent. Local 439, is back on the job following a vacation. Massachusetts LYNN The four Swampscott, Mass. , resi¬ dents who would erect a new theatre at Fisherman' s Beach, encountered a difficulty. The site for the new the¬ atre is in a business district, now occupied by stores in old structures, but the land at the rear, where a parking area for 200 cars was proposed, is in a residential area, and ,the Supreme Court has decreed that spot rezoning for the benefit of a single purpose is illegal. A town meeting will have to rezone a large section to cover the law. Manager George Lougee, Olympia, motored to Cape Cod on his vacation. . . . Henry Misiura spent two weeks on a farm at Stoughton, Mass., and Eugene Foster, staff, took an'auto trip to Nova Scotia, Jack Manson, Waldorf, was taken ill with a heart attack at the start of his vacation a month ago, and has not returned to duty. The Auditorium is presenting “Sid’ s Country Store” and an auction on Tues¬ day nights. ..Ed Kalloust, projection¬ ist, anil family will spend September in California. Rhode Island PROVIDENCE J.G, Samartano, Loew’ s State, re¬ ceived honorable mention and an MGM “Good News” record album in the recent MGM “Good News” record album-window display contest. Vermont MONTEPELIER Homer Skeeles sold his Strand, and is going out of the business. Richard Cody, who bought the property, is ex¬ pected to continue the theatre’ s opera¬ tion. Variety Club NEW HAVEN TENT 30 Chief Barker Barney Pitkin called a meeting for the discussion of quarters. August 25, 1948 THE EXHIBITOR NT-1 Ni:WS OV THK Del-mar-va Ml LFORD The first in a series of five talent shows “Opportunity Knocks”, was pre¬ sented on the stage of Schine’ s New Milford. DistHct Of Columbia Washington Claiming that a $150,000 treble damage anti-trust suit filed against them in June by the Center, Centreville, Md. , did not state a valid cause of h.ction under the anti-trust laws, two theatre-owning salesman last week asked for dismissal of the suit. The salesmen, Charles Wingfield and P.B. Klein, were charged by the center with getting better pictures at their houses in Church. Hill, Md. , and Chestertown, Md. , because of the pair’ s “in” as salesmen. John G. Broumas, energetic general manager, Sam Roth’ s Valley Enter¬ prises Theatres, is developing an ‘‘in’’ with one of the most potent tal¬ ent pools. Western High School, This public school has already produced Jane Greer and Bill “Scoop” McClure, as European cameraman for Warner Pathe, The latest to enter the film industry is the Broumas find, 17-year old Richard Hardy Irwin, Washington’ s youngest theatre manager. The general manager “discovered” the youth several months ago when Hardy came to Broumas’ office to ask for cooperation on a benefit showing. Hardy’s request was granted. Impressed with the youth, Broumas offered Hardy the manager’ s job of the suburban McLean, McLean, Va. The kid accepted, -and was placed in a three-week trial run. The trial was nassed, A film rental library has been es¬ tablished for the Veterans of Foreign Wars FilmDistribution Service through Sherman Plan, Inc., and the Film Cen¬ ter of Washington, D.C., Inc. A1 Sherman, President, Sherman Plan, Inc., has completed negotiations with Toby Chandler, president, Film Center, whereby the latter library will act as the exclusive rental agency for a selected number of 16mm. films in¬ tended for distribution to the 14,750 posts and auxiliary chapters of the VFW of the U.S. Neil Kimball, director of public relations, VFW, aided in the negotiations. The Sherman Plan, Inc. , also plans to set up a similar rental film library with the National Rifle Association, to make available motion pictures on outdoor sports ac¬ tivities to the 5,000 clubs of the famous American rifle organization. Motion picture producers andadvertis- ing agencies are invited to submit films directly to the VFW preview and the NRA film preview committee, which meet regularly on the second and fourth Mondays of each month at the offices of Sherman Plan, Inc,, Victor building. Harry M, Kalmine, president and general manager, Warner Brothers The¬ atres, and Harry Goldberg, advertis¬ ing-publicity director, Warner The¬ atres, were in. Arguing that no ruling has been handed down in the Paramount case re¬ quiring it go get rid of any house, the Stanley Company, Warner subsidiary, last week moved to dismiss the suit to push it out of the jointly owned MacArtl;ur by *K-B Amusement Company. The statement of the U.S. Supreme Court, that it is unlawful for any of the “Big Five” to jointly own a the¬ atre with an independent if the inde¬ pendent would otherwise own the house itself, was the basis of the K-B suit. However, Stanley countered with the argument that no judgment in the Para¬ mount case can oe final until the New York court proceeds further into the case, and makes a decision in line with the U.S. Supreme Court ruling. The two-year-old suit by the Harford Theatre Company, Baltimore, against the Rome and Durkee Circuits of the same city and the eight major distri¬ butors was settled last week with United Artists the only company fail¬ ing to reach an agreement. The pact iismisses damage claims, and revises the clearance arrangement which pre¬ vailed previously. Harford originally charged that it was forced to play 14 days behind Durkee’ s Boulevard and Waverly and Rome’ s Apollo because of the buying power of the two circuits. The settlement calls for availability of product to the Harford seven days after the opening of the fi,rst neigh¬ borhood engagement in Baltimore. The case against UA will be argued in the fall, while stipulations to dismiss the suit against the other seven com¬ panies were filed here. The original suit called for $90,000 in damages, and was filed in May, 1946. Charles Stofberg, THE EXHIBITOR correspondent, hauled down the first grand prize of the annual Fishing Fair at Chesapeake Bay on Aug., 15, snagging 15 vanities of fish in Chesapeake Bay. Fishing with Stofberg were Carter T. Barron, Jr.; Sidney Lust, owner. Lust Circuit; JackBlank, Variety Club barker; Phil Lustihe, popular local sportsman, and Dave Posnick, Bonat’ s Planning for the TOA general conven¬ tion to be held at the Drake Hotel, Chicago, on Sep. 24 and 25 are John Balaban and Edward Zorn, general chair¬ man and vice chairman, respectively. Cafe proprietor. The entire group was aboard Rhodie Langley* s “Annie B” for the weekend. Young Barron took down four second place prizes and one third place prize for the largest fish caught in several categories. The Federal Works Agency last week turned down a third proposal for lease of the Old Belasco. The rejection was announced by Wallace Cohen, attorney for Joseph Curtis, New York, one of the original bidders. While declining to divulge contents of the bid, Cohen admitted that he sought to have the government assume “limited responsi¬ bility” in event it cancels the lease in less than the proposed 10 years. Controversy on this point led to re¬ jection of the original two bids. Cohen, however, emphasized thatCurtis,- nephew of Harry Cohn, president, Co¬ lumbia, plans to ‘continue to look until we find a place where we can put up a nondiscriminatory theatre.” In the meantime, certain groups are known to oe in negotiation with the management of the Strand, Ninth and D Streets, N.W., as well as with owners of property in Alexandria, Va. , ■which is 10 miles away from the city, with the view of establishing a legi¬ timate theatre there. The only legi¬ timate theatres now operating are those at Catholic University and George Washington University, neither of which are available for commercial use. The capital city is now making plans for two huge events in 1949 and in 1950. The first big event, of course, is the inauguration on Jan. 20. 1949, Shown here at recent special dedication ceremonies for the new "louth Month” stamp are, from left to right. Postmaster General Jesse M. Donaldson; Ted R. Gamble, TOA president; President Truman; Charles P. Skouras, chairman, "Youth Month" Committee, and finally United States Attorney-General Tom C. Clark, August 25, 1948 Wasnington NT-2 THE EXHIBITOR for which adequate plans are already being formed, and which will include a number of prominent theatre people of our city. Second, an event which will be a continuing function is the celebration in 1950 of the 150th anni¬ versary of the founding of the Nation' s Capital in Washington. Serving as executive officer for this important assignment is Carter T. Barron, whose appointment was made by the President, and approved by the U.S. Senate. Assisting Barron will be Edward Boy¬ kin, who has been named manager. PARAMOUNT: Mrs. Constance Scarbro, picture report department, resigned. She and her husband are moving away ....Mrs. Jack Bryan, wife of the Bal¬ timore zone salesman, went to Doctors Hospital for a serious operation.... Booker Pat Newbury left to become a gentleman farmer. He is going to man¬ age an 1100-acre estate down in ol' Virginny. METRO: The sole vacationer from the office was Bernice Cooke, booker’s clerk, enjoying herself at Cape May, N.J....Dot Pfluger, formerly of the cashier department, gave birth to a seven pound girl on Aug. 4.... Martha Bothwell is wearing a diamond on that third finger, left hand.... New in the office is Gloria Boswell. ... Dorothy Boggs, contact department, left re¬ cently to await a visit from the Stork. Kroger Babb, president. Hygienic Productions. Inc. , appointed Floyd manager in the Washington area, Rich¬ ard Hardy Irwin, 17, McLean, McLean, Va. is shown here taking a ticket from a patron, Maxine Stueloken. Lewis, veteran New York theatre oper¬ ator, in charge of the local opening of Hygienic’ s "Mom and Dad” at the Dumbarton. Russell Stewart, MGM’ s publicity department, was in conferring with naval officials on the world premiere of "The Secret Land.” RKO: Joe Brecheen, branch manager, was in Richmond, Va. ...Bj.ll Preger, publicity chief, and salesman, Albert Grover were sporting Pontiac cars.... Enjoying vacations were: Jesse Smith, head booker; cashier Agnes Turner, and head biller, Helen Paulson.... Incidently, Joe Cushner is daily work¬ ing with rod and reel. ... Washington branch winners of the Ned Depinet Drive were Homestead Knox, A1 Pol- liard, and Harry Kahn. ... Girls in the office tossed a shower for Minnie Garber, who will walk down that middle aisle on Sept. 5. UNITED ARTISTS: Mark Silver, dis¬ trict manager, promoted to assistant to the eastern division sales manager, is now • operating out of the home of f ice. . . . Jane Harrell returned to the office from a vacation. ... Lois Menne was on vacation. ... Our contact at United Artists, Jean Drill, was thrilled over seeing Ted Williams hit a home- run. FILM CLASSICS: Charlie Mendelson still traveling around, was in Nor¬ folk. .. .Harold Levy was in Baltimore ....Filin Classics had a first-run at the Columbia, "Drums” and “Four Feathers”. ... In the office recently were Cecil Ward, George A. Gibbs, Baltimore, and Bill Birzendine. SCREEN GUILD: May Peldihan, our con¬ tact at Screen Guild, enjoyed a love¬ ly luncheon given by the ladies of the Variety Club. . . .Donald Chabah' was in the Roanoke, Va. , area, visiting Martinsville, Roanoke, Gainsville, etc.'. ..Russ Wheeler was in Baltimore. REPUBLIC: Doris Smith, nontract clerk, was vacationing. ... Jake Flax, branch manager, was in Norfolk; Va. ....Richard Lester, shipper, was en¬ joying his vacation. EQUITY: Only news around the office was the addition of two new employees, cashier Caroline Nassau and assistant cashier Dorthee Brotman. Both girls came from National Screen. Service, and both seem happy. MONOGRAM: Cashier Dorothy Brookbank was on a vacation WARNER THEATRES: John Marcon, mana¬ ger, Metropolitan, created a mild boom in the cigar industry following the birth of his daughter, Pamela Leigh, six pounds, 11 ounces. She checked in at the hospital on July 31, while the Metropolitan was showing “Raw Deal”, came home from the hospi¬ tal while proud pop was showing “Bring ’Em Back Alive, ” and started receiving her due share of family attention as “Embraceable You” went, on the Met screen. .. Peggy Andrews andKen Guggen¬ heim, contact, were vacatio-ning..,Jane Zink, advertising and publicity, /de¬ parted on vacation with an airy wave of the hand and no announced itinerary. Returned vacationers Anna Teti, con¬ tact, and Lyle Selby, advertising and publicity, checked in from Atlantic City and Miami Beach, respectively - Larry Snoots, manager, Sheridan, was reported in the hospital for a minor operation on a troublesome nerve. .. .Marjorie Kitmiller has taken over her new duties as secretary to Earl Yates, contact. Dorothy Psira, who formerly occupied the position, has just become a mother, and expects to have her hands full of other things than typewriters and shorthand pads. K-B THEATRES: If General Manager Boucher appears crabby it is only be- ANNUAL GOLF TOURNAMENT and DINNER DANCE VARIETY CLUB Tent No. 11 MANOR CLUB FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1948 (This space contributed by THE EXHIBITOR) August 25, 1948 TRAVE SCREENINGS RKO (932 New Jersey) Aug. 31, 10:30, “Mourning Becomes Electra”, 2:30, “Bodyguard”. Sept. 1, 10:30, “Station West’’: 2:30, ‘Design for Death”. cause he attended several crab feasts lately. ... Marvin Golman, K-B execu¬ tive, feels sure that he ran into more difficulties than Mr. Blandings when he built his “Dream House”. If the roof doesn’t fall in or something else happen, he will have a house warming sometime in September.... Tommy Rosa, K-B manager, was vaca¬ tioning at Atlantic City. He had his wife along. LOEIWS: Big news was Loew’ s “A Date With Judy” contest. In a tie-up with The Hecht Company, Loews held this contest to determine which Washington ’teen-ager has the looks and style to represent the nation’ s capitol in the national contest to select a ‘Teen Queen”. The local winner received a dreamy gown from the Hecht Company, and will go to New York to be photo¬ graphed, and to compete with other city winners. The national winner will have a number of nice things hap¬ pen to her. ., John Smithson, publicity office, Loews Washington theatres, was in Spartensburg , S.C . Mrs. Duty, Carter Barron’s secretary, was vacationing in Gatlenburg, in the Great Smokies. ... Irving Martin, mana¬ ger, Columbia, went to Germany for his vac at ion. . . . Jac k Poxe spent Aug. 15 fishing at Franklin Manor on Chesapeake Bay. He stayed from 10 a. m. to 5 p.m. , and caught 12 fish. Maryland BALTIMORE Robert T. Marhenke, Hiway, arranged a midnight spook show with Dantini in person on the stage with his ghost and zombie show and “The Ghost of Frankenstein” on the screen. Edward wyatt, Capitol, miraculously escaped being injured recently when the machine he was driving and a truck collided, and about $200 of damage was done to his machine. In traffic court, Wyatt was exonerated of any fault. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Libauer, in-laws of Stanford Cohan, son of Louis A. Co¬ han, New Essex, Essex, Md, , are spend¬ ing a few months in Miami Beach, Fla. I.M. Rappaport arranged for a spec¬ ial midnight horror show at the Hip¬ podrome when he presented Dr. Neff’ s Madhouse of Mystery on the stage with feature picture. Mrs. Caroline White, Capitol, was on vacation. William Procter, Capitol, celebrat¬ ed his birthday recently, undone week later he was attacked by two men while going home, knocked on the head, and his check book and some change taken. Delegates to the lA convention in Cleveland from Local 181 were Carroll Bayne and Samuel Issacson. THE EXH I Bl TOR Shown here is Mark Silver, who was recently appointed Eastern general sales manager, United Artists. He has been with UA since 1934, and rose to his present position with the com¬ pany from the post of office manager. Lee Vogelstein, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Vogelstein, Baltimore Poster Company, was married to Miss Shirley Pearlmutter on Aug. 21, and tho couple then went on a honeymoon trip to Miami, Fla. The marriage of Linwood Stocks, Linden, and Miss Phyllis N. Katz on July 14 has been announced. They went on a honeymoon trip to Delaware. O.D. Weems, Chief Barker, Variety Club, Tent 19, was selected to be one. of those to inspect the “Dream House”. This netted him a picture in The News- Post. Jacques She liman CUMBERLAND E.B. Barnett, Altec engineer, along with National Theatre Supply repre¬ sentatives, Baltimore, were working night and day for an early opening of the first area drive-in, being con¬ structed six miles from here.... The Embassy, Darnell theatre, played Chief Thundercloud and his stage troupe. . . . Ray Light, manager, Darnell’s Mary¬ land, held a one-day stand of Art Mooney’ s orchestra. HAGERSTOWN John Miller, manager, Henry’s, en¬ joyed a cruise of the Carribbean and northern South America. ‘He took movies ....Dick Keyton, formerly at the Acad emy, is at the Maryland for the sum- This clever lobby display stunt was used recently in connec t ion wi th MGM' s "A Date With Judy", Loew' s Oapitol, Washington, fhe local winning "Queen" was given an opportunity to participate in a national contest. NT-3 mer. ... Patrons of the Colonial, being renovated following a fire, protested in newspapers the removing of murals painted by John Nicholson. LEONARDTOWN The town’s volunteer* fire depart¬ ment carnival helped boost business at the New. People attended the thea¬ tre as well. Owner manager, Kenneth B. Duke Sr. , St. Mary’s, comn) eted the installation THEATRE OWNERS and MANAGERS It is IMPORTANT that you send us a copy of your program each week, no later than Tuesday. In this way, we can best serve you. Someone, maybe the booker, or perhaps yourself might forget to record a booking. By sending us a copy of your program, we will be able to check any mistakes. Please continue to wrap and ad¬ dress properly your return ad¬ vertising so that it can be delivered to the right exchange. IMPORTANT Don't put your return film in the lobby until all your patrons have left after the last show. HIGHWAY EXPRESS LINES, INC. 1638 Third Street, N.E. Washington, D. C. 236 N. 23rd Street Philadelphia 3, Pa. MEMBER NATIONAL FILM CARRIERS, Inc. JACK SEIDMAN ; : ! BERNARD SEIDMAN Paramount Decorating Co., |nc. STAGE SEHINGS ; DRAPERIES CARPETS : PAINTING AND DECORATING 311 Norih 13lh Street Philadelphia, Pa. August 25, 1948 NT-4 THE EXHIBITOR of air-conditioning. An essay contest was held by St. Mary’ s to exploit “Big City” with the theme, “Why I would like a trip to the big city.” Children 12 to 16 years were eligible with the essays judged by public school teachers. Two boys and girls will re¬ ceive awards by Leonardtown’ s Mayor Abell Longmore, and will receive a trip to Washington, D.C., in company with Kenneth B. Duke and his wife. During the showing of Allied Art¬ ists’ 'The Babe Ruth Story”, New, manager Ray Trumbule arranged for the members of Leonardtown baseball teams to be present in baseball regalia, and act as house staff at the theatre. New projectionist Paul Hampton, who has been vacationing at his home in Naples, Tex., is back on the job. He will move to the Park, Lexington Park, when the new house opens. Mr. and Mrs. E.P. Trumbule, Pitts¬ burgh, Kans. , parents of New manager Ray Trumbule, paid him a surprise visit. ...A motor in the New’s cooling system caught fire but the blaze was extinguished by the volunteer fire department before much damage resulted. Grorge Morgan Knight, Jr. , THE EX¬ HIBITOR correspondent in Southern Maryland, has just published a new edition of his successful book, 'How To Write and Publish That Song in Your Heart. ” LEXINGTON PARK The Park, Jack Pruchtman’ s new house here, was set for opening on Aug. 26. To show his appreciation to the con¬ struction gang in getting the theatre ready in time, Pruchtman gave them a stag party on the stage. SOLOMON'S ISLAND The D. and L. recently held a bene¬ fit for the Solomon’s Island Baseball Club. Virginia CHARLOTTESV I LLE A municipal amusement tax went into effect here on Aug. 15. The measure, which was enacted in June by City Council, imposes a five per cent levy on all admissions to theatres, sport¬ ing events, circuses, and other places of amusement and entertainment within the city limits. University of Virginia athletic events are exempt since they take place within the university grounds, which is state property, and outside the jurisdiction of the city, although lying within the city limits, HARRISONBURG City Council has adopted a 10 per cent amusement tax ordinance after a motion to postpone action until the incoming Council takes office on Sept. 1 was defeated. The tax was opposed by theatre interests. Coun- cilmen insisted the revenue is needed in the city operations, and the amount has been set up in the budget. RICHMOND D.H. Covington, Ashland, opened his new theatre recently, andAllen Brown, A cocktail party was given to the Hollywood press recently to into- duce them to Rossano Brazzi, center, handsome new Italian star under con¬ tract to David 0. Selznick. Also on hand were Valli and the Italian con¬ sul for Los Angeles, Mario Profili. Brookland manager, and Ben Somma, Henrico manager, we re on hand. .. . Archie Bryant, State staff, was vaca¬ tioning down on the river. ... District Theatres’ Globe has been closed for several months. ... Tom Golden, Amelia manager, and his family went to Nor¬ folk and Ocean View. ... Cecil Ward opened a new drive-in in Bassett.... Pred Putnam, former local manager, and now manager. Strand, Port Arthur, Tex. , was due in on his way to New York for a vacation. Stewart Tucker, State manager, and his family returned from a vacation in Yellowstone Park, . . . A1 len Brown took his family down to Urbanna for a bit of f ishing, ... Hunter Perry closed his Jefferson, Charlottesville, for several weeks. ... George Peters gave a sneak prevue of “A Date With Judy” at Loew’ s. ... Ernest Milburn, United Artists exploiteer, was in working. ... N. E. Townsend is the new owner, Hampton, Norfolk. ... Bud Dugan is the new publicist for the Roth Circuit. ... Counterfeit bills are be¬ ing circulated in this area, and all theatres have been notified to be on the lookout for same. The $10 bill, series of 1934 C, bear the numbers 1177, 1157 or 1098 in tiny print on the back and inside the border at the right, and the $5 bill, a Richmond Reserve Lincoln, in the center of the left circle has a “G” instead of an “E”. Edith Lindeman, movie editor. The Times Dispatch, recently warned her readers of a racket by which a Holly¬ wood outfit is apparently soliciting talent through the mails. The com¬ pany writes its victims asking for photos SO' that they can be typed in the event Some studio has need for them. After receiving the photo, the company writes a letter seeking a $10 membership fee. “Richmond, Your Home Town”, is the title of a 30 minute short being pro¬ duced locally and sponsored by the Pabian-Wilmer and Vincent Theatres for a fall showing at the Colonial. The filming has been going on for about two weeRs, and will show glimp¬ ses of the city’ s schools, churches, industries, civic clubs, and commer¬ cial centerjs. The picture has the co- KISY CITY BALTIMORE BALTIMORE (22) - Mayfair 'Rose of Washington Square” (20th-Pox); Times and Roslyn, “King of the Gamblers” (Rep, ) : ■ “Racketeers” (Inde. ) ; Century, “The Pirate” (MGM); Keith’s, “Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid” (U-I); New, “The Walls of Jericho” (20th-Pox); Town, 'The Babe Ruth Story” (AA); Hippodrome, “Return of the Bad Men” (RKO): Stanley, “Life With Father” (WB). operation of the Richmond Chamber of Commerce. Camera work is under the direction of Charles Wecker, with a commentary by'Bill Stern. David J. Mays, Richmond Amusement Federation, and Morton G. Thalhimer, Neighborhood Theatre, Inc. president, recently protested the current five per cent admissions tax before the Tax Study Commission, jclaiming that the amusement business is the only one receiving special taxes in the city. Among the points made by Mays and Thalhimer were that receipts were off from last year. Thalhimer said the levy will retard further activity in construction, Harry Marrow, RCA service inspector, stopped in for a visit. ... Miss Dorothy Allamong, Liberty aide, was spending her vacation in Greenville, N.C., accompanied by her parents and brother . . . .Newton B, Carskadon’ s Music Hall and New Keyser will be attractively decorated exteriorly for the annual West Virginia State Fireman’s Con¬ vention. Variety Club TENT II Carter T. Barron and Sam Galanty, co-chairmen. Variety Club Ways and Means Committee, held a luncheon-meet¬ ing of the football committee on Aug. 16 to go over arrangements for the annual charity football classic in Baltimore. The teams this year will be the Washington Redskins and the Chicago Bears. ... Sara Young, captain, women’ s committee, the Variety Club welfare awards program, had a luncheon at the Carlton Hotel on Aug. 17 for the ladies who will assist in the pro¬ gram. ... Local Variety Club members are looking forward to the*mid-year con¬ ference of Variety Clubs, Internation¬ al, which will be held in Washington on Sept. 16-18, climaxed on Sep. 18 with the Humanitarian Award Dinner. Secretary of State George C. Marshall will be on hand at the Statler Hotel to receive the Humanitarian Award, and many prominent local, national, and international figures will be present ....The following were approved by the Variety Club membership committee for membership in Tent 11: Gordon William¬ son, talent producer and director, DuMont Television; Jules Huber, mana¬ ger, film and traffic, DuMont Tele¬ vision: Dan Holland, president. Auto¬ matic Fountains, Inc. , and Robert J. Enders, president, R.J. Enders, adver¬ tising. August 25, 1948 THE EXH I Bl TOR NT-1 This friendly group, left to right. Max Wallach, Orpheum, New York; Charles Penzer, Ann Levy, RKO, and Irving Dashkin, Savoy, Jamaica, L. I., was seen at RKO' s recent New York trade showing of the film, "Rachel and the Stranger". NKWS or THK New York City CROSSTOWN Proceeds from the recent world pre¬ miere of Allied Artists’ “The Babe Ruth Story” at the Astor netted $6875 as donation to the Babe Ruth Founda¬ tion, it was revealed last week by AA head Steve Broidy. ... Jerry Hoffman, publicity director. Independent Ar¬ tists, who has been visiting here to work on “The velvet Touch”, returned last week to Hollywood. ... Through ar¬ rangements completed last week with Dublin Films Ltd. , “My Hands Are Clay”, new Irish feature, will be released in North and South America by Hof fberg Productions, Inc. David Horner, Film Classics foreign sales manager, left last week for a tour of the Caribbean territory.... Harold Mirisch, vice-president. Allied Artists, returned to Hollywood last week following conferences. Joseph Harris, board chairman and treasurer, Realart Pictures, Inc., sailed last week for Europe, accompa¬ nied by Martin Ross, president. Film Highlights, 16mm. film distributor. . . Dick Powell, star of RKO’ s “Station West”, arrived last week from Holly¬ wood. ... Marilyn Maxwell returned last week from London, following an appear¬ ance with Jack Benny troupe. Paul Henreid, producer-star. Eagle Lion’s “Hollow Triumph”, was in last week for conferences with william J. Heineman, EL vice-president in charge of distribution. Harold Mirisch, vice-president. Allied Artists, returned to Holly¬ wood following conferences.... Howard Dietz, MGM vice-president and director of publicity, advertising, and exploitation, left by plane for Paris last fortnight. Special Vacation Note: Up at Green Mansions, the camp is still agog over the impact made by three local gals during their stay. Setting a roaring social pace were Bunny Frank, RKO; Arlene Soldinger, Eagle Lion, and Bernice Fried, Century Theatres, all of whom found it pretty tough getting back to such mundane considerations as company product or day and date runs. Incidentally, the birthday party for EL’ s Miss Soldinger was really some¬ thing to write home about. New Jersey KEARNY Skouras Circuit, in partnership with Murray Stahl, acquired a 21-year lease on the 1,267 seat Lincoln, for¬ merly operated by Warners and Haring and Blumenthal until the lease ex¬ pired early this month. The Lincoln makes the fourth in a group of New Jersey theatres now operated jointly by Stahl and Skouras, the others being the Rivoli, Rutherford; Rex, East Rutherford, and Regent, Kearney. Berk and Krumgold, theatrical realtors, arranged the Lincoln deal. NEWARK A proposed municipal amusement tax designed to produce $1,500,000 a year was abandoned by the Newark City Com¬ mission. The proposed tax, under plans originally announced, would have been placed on admissions to all amusements from movies to prize fights. PERTH AMBOY Walter Reade’ s Majestic will emerge next fall with a smart new white stucco exterior, modern new angled marquee, greatly enlarged and refur¬ nished lobby, and new television lounge. New projection equipment has already been installed. New York State ALBANY Charles A. Smakwitz, Warner Thea¬ tres’ zone manager, planed to Wash¬ ington to attend the funeral of John J. Payette. . . . Irwin Ullman, son of Saul J. Ullman, Fabian Upstate gener¬ al manager, is coach of tennis and other sports at a summer camp.... Leo Rosen, general manager, Hellman-Fabian Drive-Ins, resigned, replaced by Leo Young, former district manager, Ralph E. Snyder Theatres, and most recently RKO publicity man, Albany and Buffala Leon Einhorn, Albany. architect, who designed the Mohawk and Saratoga drive-ins, is designing the car thea¬ tre which Harry Lazarus is building outside Pittsfield, Mass. ... Prank Cahill, Warner Theatres’ sound depart¬ ment, New York, conferred with Charles A. Smakwitz, Warner Theatres’ ... David Miller, U-I district manager, accom¬ panied by Joe Gins, Buffalo branch manager, was in for conferences, as was A1 Herman, Eagle-Lion district manager. Dore Schary, MGM vice-president in charge of production, left last week for the coast following conferences... Paul Kamy, MGM exploitation depart¬ ment, left last week for a vacation attending the Bread Loaf Writers’ Con¬ ference, Middlebury, Vt. ... Leonard Hirsch, home office assistant to Rudy Berger, MGM southern sales manager, left for a Beach Haven, N.J., vaca¬ tion. Clark Gable, Spencer Tracy, and Howard Strickling, MGM studio pub¬ licity head, arrived from Europe last week enroute to the coast.... The Manhattan skyline cycloramas in “The Velvet Touch”, Independent Artists RKO release, Rivoli, were recently given a third-dimensional effect through the use of the tiniest neon signs ever made. The flashing signs, none more than three inches long, appear to be miles away from the viewer. (The motion picture industry was represented by many of its leaders at the recent White House ceremonies in Washington dur ing wh ic h't ime President Truman dedicated the new "Youth Month" stamp. Inspecting an Enlarged facsimile of the stamp are: kneeling, left to right, Herman Levy, TOA general counsel, and Georgia MPTO vice-prexy, E. P. Martin; standing, left, Harry H. Lowenstein, national vice-chairman, "Youth Month" Committee; Charles P. Skouras, national chairman, YMC, and Kermit C. Stegel, representing TTA: standing, right, Ted R. Gamble, prexy, TOA; Albert Pickus, representing the Connecticut TOA, and Maury Miller, prexy, New Jersey Chapter, Theatre Owners of America. August 25, 1948 New York NT- 2 THE EXH I Bl TOR John Reed King and Maury Amsterdam were among the guest entertainers at the Ten Eyck Hotel ball room. .. . Dick Keating, Atlanta, is Paramount’ s new assistant booker. ... Major Albert War¬ ner, vice-president and’ treasurer, Warners, spent several days -at the Grand Union Hotel, Saratoga. ... Larry F. Mahar, Warner Theatres’ bookkeeper, was guest on The Camera Clinic, a weekly program over WROW. Film Row vacationers were: Loew’ s, Martha Hoffman, cashier; Columbia’ s Sylvia Steinberg, cashier; U-I’s Honor Flint, clerk and A1 Marchetti, office manager and booker; Dan Houli¬ han, 20th Century-Fox branch manager; Sid Sommer, manager, Warners’ Troy; Warner Theatres’ Jim Cole, Walter King, Agnes Egan, and Larry Maher. BUFFALO Henrietta Schmitz, sister of Metro shorts booker Sally Hornaday, an¬ nounced her engagement to James Hon- raday, brother of the latter’ s husband. The wedding takes place at St. Mar¬ tins Rectory, Langford, on Oct. 2. Sally Hornaday will be her sister’s bridesmaid. Jack Mundstuk, MGM’ s branch manager, and his entire staff held their annual picnic at Dunkirk with a dinner at the Dunkirk Country Club. A1 Pierce, Shea’s Bellevue, Niagara Falls manager, returned from a vaca¬ tion in New York with his daughter after showing her the sights, her first trip to the city. On hand at the recent trade showing of MGM' s '"Easter Parade", Lloyd Mills' Midtown, Buffalo, were, left to right: Myron Gross, Schine booker* Mrs. Robert Hayman, Marian Gueth, secretary, MPTO of New York State and The Exhibitor's area correspondent; Robert C. Hayman, Strand and Cataract, Niagara Falls, and Jack Mundstuck, local branch manager, Metro. The film is now playing aroAind. Orchids go to H. W. Eastwood, manager, Hollywood, Gowanda, for his effective exploitation of RKO' s '"Fort Apache'' during its recent run. Shown here are two Indian girls from the Gowanda reservation, who sold Indian baskets, beads, tom toms, and tomahawks in the lobby; and aides George Masser, Joan Ondus and Eastwood, all appropriately clad in attractive old-fashioned costumes. Colonel James E. Guilfoyle, wife, Marion (Lafayette), and daughter, Cynthia, returned to Erie, Pa. , after spending their annual vacation at the home of yours truly. In the annual Shrine golf day tourn¬ ament, staged by Ismalia at the Brookfield Country Club, of which Elmer Winegar, Vogue, is Potentate', George Gammel, Gammel Circuit, and Charles Taylor, Shea publicity di¬ rector, were two of the participants. Bob Dame, Shea’ s Teck manager, wife, and baby returned from his annual vacation spent in the south. Charles Kosco, 20th Century-Fox branch manager, is back on the job after a trip to St. Anne DeBaupre and Gaspy Bay. ... Eileen Shea, bookers’ stenographer. United Artists, was in New York on vacation. ... Wally Allen, 20th Century-Fox exploiteer, was in in advance of 'The Walls of Jericho’’, Shea’s Great Lakes. ... Paramount’sEd Wall was expected in to work on “A Foreign Affair’’, Shea’ s Great Lakes. Bill Brereton 'westernized’’ his cam¬ paign on Columbia’ s ‘Coroner Creek’’. The lobby of Basil’ s Lafayette looked akin to a corral, 10-gallon hats hung from each chandelier, and there was a huge stuffed horse, in full saddle gear, catching the eye of all theatre goers at its commanding post. The theme was carried even further, with a western stagecoach, drawn by horses, sporting a cowboy in full regalia. carrying the engagement news in ban¬ ners posted on its sides. Radio, too, carried a “west-of-the-Rockies’’ touch, with disc jockeys playing western music, tieing in with the engagement. Several radio .contests of western content also proved effective. A tie- up was made with Bantam Books result¬ ing in posting of Empire Distributing Company’ s trucks. Taxis carried ban¬ ners on their backs with playdate news. ROCHESTER H. Graden Hodges, manager, Rochester Drive-in, announced formation of Em¬ pire Drive-in Theatre, Inc., to build Warners recently held 'a meeting of its Latin American chiefs at the New York home office and seen, left to right, seated, are James V. O' Gara, Pacific; Peter Colli, Caribbean; Michael Sokol, Mexico; Ary Lima, Atlantic, standing, G.R. Keyset, foreign advertising-publicity head; Wolfe Cohen, Warner International vice prex y and Earl Macdonald, vice pre¬ sident and Latim American sales chief. a new drive-in this fall in the Empire Boulevard area. Last spring, Hodges and Elmer Ellis sold out their quar¬ ter interests in the Central Drive-in to their partner, William Tishkoff, reportedly for around $40, 000 apiece. Jack Boyd, Embassy, reported that Murray Briskin of New York had leased the theatre beginning on Sept. 1. Briskin already owns the Murray, local neighborhood house. Dave Hamill was back in town, and preparing to move td Chicago. Wally Allen, 20th-Pox exploiteer, was in to help launch campaigns for “That Lady in Ermine’’, Paramount, and “The Walls of Jericho’’, RKO Palace, reported business improving in the first-run houses. Neighborhood exhibs said it was better, too, in those theatres. Mildred Lighthouse, Little, has to pick her dresses with care these days because some colors clash with the lobby walls, newly decorated in char¬ treuse. Summer sprucing up in this house was completed except for re¬ covering the seats. Sam Weisenborn, Sun, spent five days fishing in the Thousand Islands area. ...Ray Ferigno, Grand, returned from a motor trip to Washington with his family. ... Robert Morrison, assis¬ tant, was honeymooning. , , . Jack Boyd, Embassy, said he expected to stay in the amusement business, and had a number of projects cooking August 25, 1948 THE EXH I B I TOR NT- 3 This eye-catching tiein was recently planned and planted by Harold Martin, Loew' s, Syracuse, in connection with the run of "Coroner's Creek", showing the Marguerite Chapman enlargement publicizing the picture. The display was featured in a window of the Ann Lewis Shoppe and attracted much attention. TRADE SCREENINGS ALBANY RKO (1052 Broadway) Aug. 31, 10:30, “Mourning Becomes Electra”; 2:30, “Bodyguard”, Sept. 1, 10:30, “Station West”; 2:30, “Design For Death”. BUFFALO RKO (498 Pearl) Aug. 31, 10:30, “Mourning Becomes Electra”; 2:30, “Bodyguard”; Sept. 1, 10:30, “Station West”; 2:30, “Design For Death”. NEW YORK CITY RKO (630 Ninth) Aug. 31, 11:00, “Mourning Becomes Electra”; 2:30, "Bodyguard”, Sept. 1, 11:00, "Station West”; 2: 30, “Design For Death”. John Fenyvessy, back from visiting his twin grandsons in Chicago, re¬ ported son, Stanley, had been pro¬ moted again. ... William Flannigan, Em¬ bassy jewelry concessionnaire, took Herb Gaines, Warners; George Sussman, Pamo, and Jerry Lipow, Film Classics, to the Batavia races, and Lipow came back high man. Manager Glenn Heinrich, Capitol, parked a Crosley station wagon in the lobby preparatory to a sponsored giveaway. ... Kenneth Cobb, Schines’ Cameo, was credited with an excellent job of newspaper promotion for the local houses. ... Norman Wolk, Riviera, back from vacation, wished he had another week to rest up.... Morris Monroe, is the ace Schine neighbor¬ hood promoter locally. The Eastman mezzanine was remodeled to provide offices for the Rochester Civic Music Association, previously quartered in adjoining Kilbourn Hall ....Al Koff, manager, Murray, planned to delay his vacation until nearly Christmastime because of construction work this summer, including a new lobby heating connection. Projectionists’ Corner: Fred Boek- hout and Al Tindal journeyed to Cleve¬ land, along with Mike Mungovan, stage¬ hands, to attend the international convention of those organizations.... Wesley Hall was back from a Canada fishing trip.... A tree grew on the Embassy roof, but Epicure-Horticul¬ turist Bill Palmanteer replaced it with a crop of onions. ... Fred Trost, who began cranking a projection mach¬ ine by hand in the old Bijou Dream back in 1910, said both Calvin Born- kessel and Al Florack predate him in the business. ... Wilford Jones had daughter, Linda, auditioned for tele¬ vision during his New York vacation ....Henry Gruss, back from Arizona, was doing relipf work. ... Walter Knopf is program chairman, assistant editor, and one of the most active members of the Pinnacle Association. -D.R. SCHENECTADY Gloria Dawson, Erie, was back at the same old stand after a vacation tr ip .... Oscar Myers, State, was smiling athis friends again after re¬ turning from vacation. ... Anne Bene- quista, Dolores Benequista’ s aunt, was back at the candy counter at the State after a brief summer-time rest. Frank Finch, electrician. State, was all set to leave for wh«t Moe Klein termed ‘a well-deserved rest. He seldom takes a vacation”. Guy Graves, Fabian city manager, reported things were quiet through his five houses. Moe Klein reported new soft-drink dispensers had been installed in both the State and Erie... Phil Rapp, mana¬ ger, State, was expected back from a vacation. SYRACUSE Dorothy Babcock is new at Schine’ s Paramount. ... Joe La Bella, Paramount, is undecided between the army and navy, ... Charles E. Kurtzman, Loew’ s northeastern division manager, after being in Syracuse at Loew’ s State for one week while manager Harold Mortin was on vacation, is now spending his va¬ cation at his summer home. VESTAL Eugene Minier, Wyalusing, Pa., opened his new Vestal. Equipment installed is new Motiograph AA projectors, Motiograph Mirrophonic Sound with "Voice of the Theatre” horn. Strong Mogul lamps and Strong 80 ampere rectifiers, and Ideal slide-back chairs, all furnished through Vincent M. Tate Theatre Equipment, Forty Fort, Wilkes-Barre, Pa, Barney Balaban, President, Paramount, is greeted at Tave r n-On-t he-Gre en. West Point, N. Y. by Major General Max¬ well D. Taylor at the dinner prior to the recent showing of Paramount's "Beyond Glory", produced at thePoint. YONKERS Harold Freeman, local theatreman, while at Kernans’ Westshore Hotel, East Sabago, Me,, went fishing every day, and apparently didn’ t have much luck, although equipped with all the latest rods and reels and his ability as a fisherman. He would go out early in the morning, and would not return until late in the afternoon, but' no¬ thing happened until he came into the dining room with three big salmon. That evening, the fish was served to all of his friends in the dinipg room with all the fanfare that goes with it. Afterwards, it was learned that the three fish were supplied by the chef, and the best Freeman caught was a Minnow. COMPLETE MARQUEE service DESIGN — FABRICATE INSTALL MONROE SIGN CORP. Since 1921 Stainless Steel — Vitrolite — Porcelain THEATRE FRONTS Drive-In Tiieatre Attraction Signs 253-9 Hackensack St., E. Rutherford, N. J. Tel. Rutherford 2-8200— Passaic 2-4600 READ EXTRA PROFITS an exclusive feature every 4th week In THE EXHIBITOR You'll get many helpful hints that will bring you "EXTRA PROFITS" on your candy and popcorn sales. August 25, 1948 Nr-4 THE EXH I B I TOR Charles A. Smakwitz, second fran right, who was recently appointed zone man¬ ager of Warner Theatres, Albany territory, is shown here receiving the con¬ gratulations of Harry Rosenquest, film department exec.; Harry Kalmine, vice- president and general manager, Warners, and Harry Goldberg, ad-pub director. llYlillSir THIS NEW YORK; It has been the necessary practice of this column to devote a great percentage of its space to the larger exchanges, and, in so doing, not give full coverage to the smaller e x- changes, excepting for some tidbits of infor¬ mation. For that reason, we are inaugurating a new policy whereby we will frequently fea¬ ture the smaller ex¬ changes on the street, their plans and their product, in this para¬ graph. We will begin with Bell, under the guiding hands of the Kulick brothers, Bert, Larry, and Sid. A few of their films include ‘TVo Greater Sin”, an exploitation show produced by Eddie Golden, and dealing with social hygene problems; “Far into the Night”, now play ing upstate territory, and due for a New York debut in Sep¬ tember; “Champagne Charlie”, an Eng¬ lish import, in the midst of a Park Avenue stay at this writing; and a new all -adventure exploitation show, ‘‘Africa in the Raw” and “Killing to Live”. Also in readiness are six new Sunset Carson westerns and eight “Wild” Bill Elliott reissues. MGM: Lou Allerhand, salesman, was on vacation. ... Trudy Seaman Thatcher, bookkeeping department, was feted at a luncheon prior to her departure. She also celebrated her birthday. . . . Howard Levy, salesman, was enjoying a sojourn, accompanied by rod and reel ....Norman Starr, bookkeeping depart¬ ment, was back after a vacation. . . . Stella Cosmos, billing department, was back from a vacat ion. ... Dave Klein, booker, is giving his all for the Giants’ cause. U- INTERNATIONAL: Hal Rosen, booker, Sandra Gordon, secretary, and Walter Bernard, cashier, were back from vaca¬ tion. . . .Fred Mayer, head booker, Fran¬ ces Geach, filing clerk, and Nat Gold¬ berg, branch manager, were vacationing ....Bernice Rosenfeld has been added as typist. ... Fred Mayer paid a visit to his son, Jon, at Camp Monterey, Mass. While the latter was vacation¬ ing, the combine of Mel Sherman and Harvey Reinstein filled in. EAGLE LION: Fay Starr, booker, was looking very happy after a week at the Nemerson Hotel, sporting a new watch from the one and only. ... Evelyn Gottlieb is secretary to the branch manager. ... The Bill Heineman drive is going along on all cyl inders. ... Edith Stamm, booking department, is moaning the blues since her boy friend, a mem¬ ber of the army reserve, left on man¬ euvers. RKO: A host of birthday cdlebrants included Nancy Diorta, bookingdepart- ment; Melanie Miller, Maragret Moore, Sue Mullen, Hannah Gannon, film room. and Gloria Friedman, booking depart¬ ment. ... Jean Slade, booker, was vaca¬ tioning in the Catskil Is. ... Annette Rappaport, booking department, was back from a vacation. ... Gloria Fried¬ man, booking department, set the date, Feb. 3.... Edith Feig, filing clerk, proudly announced her engage¬ ment, and was sporting a flashing new watch. UNITED ARTISTS: Sue Hork, secre¬ tary, received birthday greetings.... Johnny Hogan was back after a vacation ....Tony Agoglia, booker, was brown as a berry after a vacation at East Hampton, Conn. . . .Johnny Hogan and Norman Letarde, film room, will each take the fatal step. NATIONAL SCREEN SERVICE: Sylvia Koch, union treasurer, returned from a vacation. ... Lill ian Tousky is the new comptometer operator. ... Florence Goldstein, accounting department, was back after a two-week vacation in Butler, Pa. ... Herman Nadler, adver¬ tising department, was vacationing in the Thousand Islands. (Looking for Florence, maybe?) PARAMOUNT: Richard Magan, booking department, was welcomed back from a vacation. ... Kitty Flynn, booker, was in the midst of a so j ourn . . . . Anne Brown Hammel, secretary, resigned. . . . Winifred Haas has been added as ledger clerk.... The staff heard from Ruth Richardson, resting comfortably in the hospital .... Rose McConnell, head shipper, was off on a vacation. MONOGRAM: Jack Graver, print booker, was on vacation. .. Jean Pollenz, book¬ ing department, returned from a vaca¬ tion. ... Paul ing Gibbs, booking de¬ partment, was to traipse down the aisle on August 22, and honeymoon in the White Mountains. . .Eleanor Swedlow, secretary, was welcomed back from vacation while Marie Bingham, tele¬ phone operator, had her bags packed in preparation. 20TH CENTURY-FOX: Minnie Smith, cashier's department, resigned to head for the coast. ...Bob Anderson, film room, is the proud papa of a baby boy, Stephen, tipping the scales at a weighty eight pounds, 12 ounces.... Bess Goldstein Allen, secretary, was on the ailing list.... Ann Jones, sec¬ retary, left on a vacation to the Poconos. . . . Bob Schmalzbach was vaca¬ tioning in Canada. RAMBLIN’ ’ROUND: Pr inc ipal’ s duo, ‘‘Ex-Champ” and “Mutiny on the Black- hawk”, will tour the Metropolitan RKO circuit beginning on Sept. 7. .. Murray Weiss, formerly with Paramount, became Principal’s booker, replacing Adeline Ginsberg .... Rosalyn Trachtman, A1 Bondy’ s secretary, was to waltz down the aisle on Aug. 22.... Janet Rosen¬ thal, Monogram’s home office print department head and former exchange booker, will take the fatal step on Aug. 26. ...Timely Pictures will handle the area distribution of the combo, “Big House For Girls’ and “The Bad One. ” Les Sugarmam August 25, 1948 XKWS OF rnii Philadelphia Crosstown Lewen Pizor, UMPTO president, an¬ nounced last week that Robert Glenconner had been retained as secretary by the organization, the local affiliate of the TOA. Pizor also emphasized that all theatres may cooperate in the “Youth Month” program in September, whether in the organization or not, and that lobby hang¬ ers, displays, trailers, etc., are now avail¬ able at National Screen Service. The “Youth Month” campaign has also its spe¬ cial stamp, support from many national organizations, and, with radio, press, and other assistance, looms fair to be a big institutional endeavor, he declares. Roy Rogers, Republic western star. Dale Evans, Trigger, and Rogers’ rodeo will play the Arena from Sept. 2-11. Paramount’s “A Foreign Affair” was given a sneak prevue at the Goldman last week. A sneak preview of UA’s “Texas, Brook¬ lyn and Heaven” was held last week at the S-W Circle. Vine Street It was revealed this week that plans for industry participation in Pennsylvania Week, Sept. 26-Oct. 2, are progressing rapidly. Mrs. Edna R. Carroll, chairman, motion picture division, “Pennsylvania Week,” was recently guest of the western members of the division at a luncheon meeting in Pittsburgh, at which time arrangements for the film industry’s part in the project were completed. Loew’s, Inc., will handle the addressing of 1500 envelopes which will contain a letter from Mrs. Carroll to exhibitors in the state, as well as a list of county chairmen of the general committee and a return post card on which the theatreman can indicate his particular type of cooperation. The letter is dated Sept. 1, and will be followed five days later by a package which will go out to each exhibitor. Included in the pack¬ age will be the Department of Commerce broadside describing “Pennsylvania Week,” a press book giving specific suggestions to each exhibitor, and attractive lobby ad¬ vertising, paid for by the committee. Statewide newsreel coverage is expected, with David O. Selznick, native Pennsyl¬ vanian, representing the committee in the news issues of Sept. 7 and 9 in urging participation in the week, while the Sept. 14 and 16 reels will have Governor James H. Duff presenting his views on the project. The committee will also plug “Pennsylvania Week” in all its regular advertising, giving the campaign added state-wide coverage. Paul Henreid visited the Eagle Lion ex¬ change and The Exhibitor offices last week. . . . Gloria Berger, one of The Exhibitor secretaries, announced her forthcoming marriage to George Spirt. The ceremony will take place at Brith Israel Temple on Sept. 26. . . . Ben Belsham, edi¬ torial assistant. The Exhibitor, resigned last week. Rosetta Saunders, National Film Service secretary, had her piggy bank robbed of between $700 and $1,000 last week. She THE EXHIBITOR Industryifes Hear EL Heads At Lunch Philadelphia — Nearly 100 film men met at the Warwick Hotel on Aug. 17 as guests of Eagle Lion to hear vice-president W. J. Heineman and eastern division sales chief Milton Cohen speak of the company’s plans, and also to meet Paul Henreid, pro¬ ducer and star of “Hollow Triumph,” which had its world premiere at the Astor, Reading, and Senate, Harrisburg, later in the week. Also on hand from the home office was veteran executive Jerry Pickman, while present as well on the dais were Mrs. Edna R. Carroll, chairman. State Board of Censors; Lewen Pizor, UMPTO head; Sid¬ ney Samuelson, Allied general manager; Ted Schlanger, Stanley-Warner zone chief, Harry Berman, EL branch head, and Jay Emanuel, toastmaster. Heineman and Cohen discussed product and trade relations, while Henreid, who made an excellent impression, mentioned some problems in connection with the production of the film. The first official EL function in the territory, the affair was voted one of the best. found the large plaster pig shattered when she returned to her mid-city apartment. B. G. Kranze, vice-president and gen¬ eral sales chief. Film Classics, was in at the local exchange last week to prepare for the premieres of the company’s Cinecolor specials, “Sofia” and “Miraculous Journey.” Dave Moliver, Principal Films, who is handling Hygienic Productions’ “Mom And Dad,” reported SRO at its opening at the Palace, Atlantic City, N. J. Police were called when crowds broke windows of the cashier’s booth, and literally broke down the doors trying to get in. . . Con¬ dolences are extended to Columbia booker Joe Flood upon the death of his mother. Columbia circuit sales manager Lester Wurtele was on vacation last week. . . . Ben Rosenthal, Columbia booker, and Johnny Sloan, Columbia head shipper, were other vacationists last week. Rosalie Henkey, clerk in the shipping department at 20th Century-Fox, got her¬ self married last week. . . . Mrs. Regina Green, formerly a booking clerk at United Artists, gave birth to a son on Aug. 13. The baby has been named James Patrick. . . . Marcia Akman, RKO clerk, was on a Canadian trip. . . . Emily Purdy, RKO assistant cashier, was another on vacation last week. . . . Addie Gottshalk, RKO office manager, weekended in Washington, D. C. . . . Joe Quinlivan, Warners’ book¬ ing clerk, was on his summer time off. . . . Mary Scully, Warners’ cashiers’ depart¬ ment, was likewise enjoying her vacation. . . . Dan Feeney, Warner shipper, was also on his vacation. Bill Doyle, U-I salesman, was in a minor (all except the expenses) automobile smash-up last week. . . . Dave Titleman, MGM booker, spent part of his vacation moving into his “Dream House.” . . . Mrs. Benny Harris, American Film, is now much improved from a lengthy illness, and was seen around the exchange again last week. Harry Brillman, Screen Guild, is offer¬ ing a reward for return of an inscribed garnet ring that he lost last week on Vine Street between 13th and Broad. . . . Jack NT-1 Engel, branch manager. Screen Guild, be¬ came the proud father of a girl baby born on Aug. 17 at Women’s Hospital. The Engels have another child, also a girl. . . . Last week marked the 17th anniver¬ sary of Atlantic Theatres. Congratula¬ tions to Ben Amsterdam and I. Epstein. . . . Edwin A. Aaron, assistant general sales manager, MGM, was in town last week. . . . Ben Tolmas, former 20th Century-Fox salesman, entered Graduate Hospital for observation last week. Circuits Stanley-Warner Marion Rosenfeld, Paul Gastello’s sec¬ retary, left the company after six years. She intends to take a much needed rest and vacation before making further plans. Some of her co-workers got together on a little gift. Louise Heisler, Dave Stadler’s secretary, moves down to the fourth floor to fill the vacancy, while Vella Finberg, moves from the billing department to the vacancy left by Louise. A new girl, Mil¬ dred Dubois, rounds out the circle. Freida Koren, booking department, was given a surprise shower at her home by her sister. She stayed in town to see a movie, and came home to all the festivi¬ ties. Reesa Cooper, Lou Davidoff’s secretary, added another year last week, and wouldn’t even eat any birthday cake be¬ cause she’s on a diet. . . . Jerne Green¬ berg, glamour girl, booking department, was given her mother’s diamond dinner ring for her birthday. . . . George Lawson, the artist, almost had to make a trip back to his home in Merchantville, N. J., last week when he got into the office, and dis¬ covered he had forgotten his glasses. Luckily, his wife saw them after he left, and brought them in town. The Ben Blumbergs, he’s manager. Up¬ town, took a short trip up to Rochester, N. Y., last week. . . . Fay Wolf, Louise Heisler, Jack Brodsky, and Dave Stadler took Ellis Shipman out to lunch to help celebrate his birthday. Jay A. .King, Jj-., manager, Yorktown, visited Florida on his vacation with his wife and daughter, and was the guest of Herb Elliott at the Variety Club in Miami. The Kings also visited Herb Effinger, but found that he was in Phila¬ delphia. Delaware Wilmington A. Joseph DeFiore, manager. Park, was at the White House in Washington, D. C., for the launching of “Youth Month.” Dr. John O. Hopkins, manager. National, was a delegate to the Republican State Convention in Dover. . . . Willard Wil¬ son, National, attended the Elks conven¬ tion in Cincinnati. . . . Hewitt Bundy, projectionist. National, while vacationing in Buffalo, was called back by the death of his father-in-law. . . . Genevieve Rudd, National, spent a weekend in Media, Pa. On vacation were Robert E. Diem, assist¬ ant manager, Loew’s Aldine; Louis M. Martin, assistant manager, S-W Warner; Mike Jabluszewski, projectionist, S-W Grand, and Jim Tambourelli, projectionist, S-W Savoy. . . . Back from vacation were Dorothy Cieplinski, S-W Grand; Marg- garet Carson, S-W Savoy, Frank Eckert, projectionist, S-W Savoy, and Leonard Wright, projectionist, S-W Arcadia. — Henry L. Sholly, August 25, 1948 PHILA. NT-2 THE EXHIBITOR We will pick up and deliver your trunks, for your summer stay at the Seashore. THE WILL ROGERS MEMORIAL DRIVE DESERVES YOUR SUPPORT NEW JERSEY MESSENGER SERVICE 250 N. Juniper Street PHILADELPHIA LO. 7-4822 LO. 7-4823 MEMBER NATIONAL FILM CARRIERS, INC PROGRESSIVE ELECTRIC CONSTRUCTION CO., Inc. 240 N. 13lh STREET • PHILADELPHIA 7, PA. THEATRE INSTALLATIONS and MAINTENANCE JACK SEIDMAN : ; ; BERNARD SEIDMAN Paramount Decorating Qo., |nc. STAGE SETTINGS ; DRAPERIES CARPETS PAINTING AND DECORATING 311 Norih 13lh Street Philadelphia, Pa. A( promotion for the recent run of Eagle Lion's "The Noose Hangs High", Astor, Reading, EL ex- ploiteer Max Miller and manager Lester Stallman set a large tiein sign next to the clock behind the popular fountain of the local Peoples Drug Store. New Jersey Trenton Patrons at the Greenwood last week continued to witness the show unaware of a basement fire. When George Roberts, assistant manager, discovered the blaze, and found he was unable to extinguish it himself, he called the fire department by telephone. Firemen arrived without bell¬ ringing or siren-blowing, put out the fire, and left without disturbing the patrons. Former State Senator William C. Hunt, operator of theatres in South Jersey, pub¬ lisher of The Leader, Wildwood, N. J., and president of the Chamber of Com¬ merce of that seashore city, made a strong argument for defeat of the Reiffin A-518 measure to legalize “Bingo” in New Jersey. Senator Hunt declared that the issue was one of morality, and also called attention to the provisions of the Reiffin Bill, which would permit the professional racketeer to move in and make “Bingo” playing a big time gambling proposition. George Gold, Newark, representing the Federation of Theatres of New Jersey, declared the bill excluded theatres from conducting “Bingo.” He advocated amendments to the measure such as : No playing for cash prizes, a limit of $10 value on merchan¬ dise prizes, and a compulsory requirement of licensed societies and organizations to file reports yearly or every six months, showing receipts and expenditures, par¬ ticularly the amount given to charity. His amendments did not suit the “Bingo” ad¬ vocates, who plainly showed they favored cash money prizes, nothing else. A really "nutty" bit of bally did plenty of good recently for the reissue of the "Nutty" Marx Brothers' film, "A Night at the Opera", Loew's Regent, Harrisburg. Assistant manager Bill Blankenship arranged this tieup, which offered guest tickets to the first 30 persons guessing the closest to the actual number of nuts in the window. TRADE SCREENINGS RKO (250 N. 13th) Aug. 31, 10.30, “Mourning Becomes Electra”; 2.30, “Body¬ guard”; Sept. 1. 10.30, “Station West”; 2.30, “Design For Death.” Pennsylvania Chester Elmer L. Cassidy, chief projectionist, Warner, West Chester, was chosen as president of lATSE Local 516; Robert Hunter, projectionist. College, Swarth- more, was named vice-president; K. E. Young, Manor, Norwood, was reelected treasurer; Jack Mullen, Boyd, Chester, was chosen recording secretary, .and Rob¬ ert Byers, Congress, Marcus Hook, was reelected business agent. Bill Morgan, district manager, Stanley- Warner, who has his office in the Stanley, is enjoying a well earned vacation. . . . Ray Powell, manager, Warner, West Chester, feels quite rested after spending his vacation in Washington, D. C., and New York City. The Rialto, West Chester, is undergo¬ ing a paint and general face uplifting prior to its reopening. Last winter’s fire caused considerable damage. . . . James Restucci, chief projectionist, Stanley, is convalescing at home after a serious operation. . . . Poss Jones, manager, Washington, is quite chesty these days having become a proud grandfather. . . . Jack Mullen, recording secretary. Local 516, was attending the lATSE convention in Cleveland, and plan¬ ned to continue on through Canada on a motor trip with his family. Clifton Heights A drive-in is being built on Baltimore Pike, near here. Grading started last fort¬ night. Ownership has not been revealed, although it is reported that Park-In The¬ atres, Inc., is interested. Harrisburg Paul Henreid made three personal ap¬ pearances at the Senate in connection with “Hollow Triumph.” Audrey Long, Eagle Lion actress, added feminine charm to the program. Arrangements for the stars’ visit were completed by manager Bob Sidman. . . . While Frank Buck was here in connection with “Bring ’Em Back Alive,” he dined with several hundred members of the Boys’ Club, and met Governor Duff, other state officials, and municipal authorities. He made a radio broadcast, and attended a press confer¬ ence. Buck suggested that a municipal zoo be erected here to house animals native to Pennsylvania. Lancaster It was learned last week that this city intended to pass an ordinance to “impose a tax of one cent for every 10 cents' or fraction thereof of admission to any amusement within the city; but would not include for taxation any amusements for the benefits of religious, educational, or charitable organizations, veterans’ or¬ ganizations, or police or firemen’s pension funds.” If passed by City Council, the ordinance would also prescribe for the issuance of annual and temporary amuse¬ ment permits, filing reports and collecting and paying the tax by persons conducting the amusements, and prescribing penalities for any violations. Lebanon Title to the State property has been transferred in a deed recorded in the Leb- August 25, 1948 THE EXHIBITOR NT-3 I i This attractive tie-up on fall fashions was promoted in a Harrisburg store recently by assistant manager Spike Todorov, State, for Paramount's "Dream Girl." anon court house from the Had! a The¬ atres Corporation, Lancaster, to the Chetco Theatres Corporation, also of Lan¬ caster. The consideration, $13,500, is be¬ lieved to have been only part of the price paid for the property. The building in¬ cludes two retail stores, in the front of the structure, and four apartments on the upper floor. Employes of the Comerford Theatres attended in a body the funeral of Pierce N. Bross, former Comerford employe, who died at his home here. He was a veteran of the First World War. The pallbearers, all theatremen, at services in St. Mary’s Catholic Church, were Warren Steely, John Shultz, Earl Small, Albert Spayd, Raymond Hurst, and John Neidig. Pottstown William Bauer, a 21-year-old man said to have been feuding with members of the Hippodrome staff, was fined $10 and costs by Justice of the Peace Raymond C. Kelley. A 16-year-old aide in the the¬ atre testified that Bauer, after asking him if he was an aide in the “Hipp,” struck him when the boy replied that he was employed in the theatre. Ammon L. Mauger, assistant manager, said that Bauer has been annoying patrons by putting his feet on the backs of their seats. Mauger said frequent warnings failed to get re¬ sults. Bauer entered the place later, and started a new row, Mauger charged. The man was arrested later outside the theatre, by a patrolman. Pottsville Presiding in Schuylkill County Orphans’ Court, Judge G. E. Gangloff handed down a decree distributing the estate of Robert E. Bossier, motion picture owner and op¬ erator in Valley View. The estate, $68,867, is subject to inheritance taxes of $6,968 and federal taxes totaling about $14,000. Bossier left a widow and a number of nieces and nephews. Judge Gangloff ob¬ served in his decision that Bossier ap¬ parently prepared his will without legal advice, with the result that the court “had Ki: Y Cl l Y Philadelphia (13) — Aldine, “The Black Arrow’’ (Col.) ; Boyd, “Life With Father” (WB) ; Capitol, “Big Town Scandal” (Para.), “The Counterfeiters” (20th-Fox); Earle, “The Fuller Brush Man” (Col.) ; Fox, “A Date With Judy” (MGM) ; Gold¬ man, “Tap Roots” (U-I); Karlton, “So Evil My Love” (Para.) ; Mastbaum, “The Babe Ruth Story” (AA) ; Stanley, “Key Largo” (WB) ; Stanton, “Return Of The Bad Men” (RKO). Wilmington, Del. (15)— Rialto, “Sum¬ mer Holiday” (MGM) ; Loew’s Aldine, “Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House” (SRO) ; Warner, “The Fuller Brush Man” (Col.) ; Queen, “Bring ’Em Back Alive” (RKO) ; Arcadia, “Key Largo” (WB) ; Grand, “Border G-Man” (RKO), “Lil’ Abner” (Inde.) . Reading (21) — Loew’s, “The Paradine Case” (SRO) Warner, “Life With Father” (WB); Strand, “Adventures Of Casanova” (EL); Ritz, “Escape” (20th-Fox), “Tor¬ nado Range” (EL) ; Astor, “Hollow Tri¬ umph” (EL) ; Embassy, “The Street With No Name” (20th-Fox) . difficulty in ascertaining the testator’s in¬ tent.” Complicating the case, Mrs. Marie E. Bossier, the widow, filled an election to take against the will, making the will null and void, as far as the widow is concerned. She is, therefore, entitled to one-half of the net estate. In addition to the $68,867, the deceased had set up two trust estates, one of $37,022 and another of $13,350. The widow is beneficiary of the trusts. Having taken against the will, the court ruled that the widow is entitled to half of the value of each trust, as well as one -half of his other estate. Three churches are given $500 each, and after several bequests of One of the noteworthy bits of promotion in advance of Universal-International's "Tap Roots", Astor, Reading, featured comely localite Carletta Berger, who passed out charms to passerby. The candy wrapper bore appropriate co'py promoting the film. Bee the IDEAL "Streamliner" Theatre Chairs A COMPLETE LINE OF SAMPLES ON HAND AT: Vincent M. Tate Theatre Supply . John P. Morgan Co., Inc. AUTHORIZED DEALERS 1618-20 Wyoming Avenue 260 N. 13th Street Forty-Fort, Wilkes-Barre, Pa, Philadelphia 7, Pa. 7-2096 IMMEDIATE DELIVERY LO 4-0226 THEATRE OWNERS and MANAGERS It is IMPORTANT that you send us a copy of your program each week, no later than Tuesday. In this way, we can best serve you. Someone, maybe the booker, or perhaps yourself might forget to record a booking. By sending us a copy of your program, we will be able to check any mistakes. Please continue to wrap and ad¬ dress properly your return ad¬ vertising so that it can be delivered to the right exchange. IMPORTANT Don't put your return film in the lobby until all your patrons have left after the last show. HIGHWAY EAPHESS LINES, INC. 236 N. 23rd Street Philadelphia 3, Pa. LOcust 4-0100 MEMBER NATIONAL FILM CARRIERS, Inc. “SUPOWITZ .^>Arcliitect FOR ' - MOREBEAUTIFULPOST-WARTHEATRES _ _ Telephone PEnnypacker 5-2291 * * 246 S. 15)h Sf., Philadelphia, Pa. DAVID E. BRODSKY ASSOCIATES INTERIOR DECORATORS 242 N. 13th Street • Philadelphia 7, Pa. PAINTING • DRAPERIES • MURALS STAGE SETTINGS • WAIL COVERINGS August 25, 1948 NT-4 THE EXHIBITOR $1,000 each to relatives, the will gives 58 shares in the estate, after the widow’s share is deducted, to 35 individuals, rela¬ tives of Bossier. Bossier also held in his safe 31 U. S. bonds, five for $500 each, the remainder $100 each. As another person is named on each bond, the court ruled that the persons named on each bond will receive the bonds, but that they are sub¬ ject to state and federal taxes. Reading A contest for the honor of being crowned as “Reading’s ’Teen Queen” was launched by Larry Levy, Loew’s manager, in a tieup with Read’s Department Store “Hi-Shop,” a section devoted to articles for high school girls. The tieup preceded the showing of INC. Theatre Equipment and Supply Dealers PARTS AND REPAIRS FOR ALL TYPES OF PROJECTORS AND OTHER EQUIPMENT Offics Phon*: Em*rfl*n-rating comedy hi headed for the better returns— 92m.— see March 17 Issue— (Technicolor)— (821). TARZAN'S NEW YORK ADVENTURE-MD-Johnny Weiss¬ muller, Maureen O'Sullivan, John Sheffield— Average reissue has the angles— 71m.— see April 28 issue— (823). TARZAN'S SECRET TREASURE-MD-Johnny Weissmuller, Maureen O'Sullivan, John Sheffield— Reissue should attract series' fans— 80m.— see April 28 issue— (822). THREE DARING DAUGHTERS-CMU-Jeanette MacDonald, Jose Iturbi, Jane Powell— Entertaining entry— 115m.— see Feb. 18 issue— Leg. t B— (Technlc^er)— (817). TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION ACT OF VIOLENCE— Van Heflin, Robert Ryan, Janet Leigh. BARKLEYS OF BROADWAY, THE— Ginger Rogers, Fred Astaire, Oscar Levant— (Technicolor). BEST THINGS IN LIFE ARE FREE, THE-James Mason, Robert Ryan, Barbara Bel Geddes— (Enterprise). BRIBE, THE— Robert Taylor, Ava Gardner, Charles Laugh¬ ton. COMMAND DECISION— Clark Gable, Walter Pidgeon, Van Johnson. HILLS OF HOME— Edmund Gwenn, Janet Leigh, Tom Drake — (Technicolor). KISSING BANDIT, THE— Frank Sinatra, Kathryn Grayson, J. Carroll Nalsh — (Technicolor). LITTLE WOMEN— June Allyson, Margaret O'Brien, Eliza¬ beth Taylor— (Technicolor). NUMBER'S RACKET: THE STORY OF TUCKER'S PEOPLE- John Garfield, Beatrice Pearson, Thomas Gomez— (Enterprise). PERSONAL TOUCH, THE - Lionel Barrymore, Lucille Bremer, Edward Arnold. SECRET GARDEN, THE— AAargaret O'Brien, Claude Jarman, Jr., Dean Stockwell. SECRET LAND— Commentary by Robert Montgomery, Robert Taylor, Van Heflin— (Technicolor). SUN IN THE MORNING-Jeanette MacDonald, Lloyd No¬ lan, Claude Jarman, Jr.— (Technicolor). 3 GODFATHERS— John Wayne, Pedro Armendariz, Mae Marsh— (Argosy)— (Technicolor). TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALL GAME-Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Esther Williams— (Technicolor). THREE MUSKETEERS, THE— Lana Turner, Gene Kelly, Van Heflin— (Technicolor). WORDS AND MUSIC— Judy Garland, Mickey Rooney, June Allyson— (Technicolor). Monogram (1946-47 release* from 601 up; 1947-48 release* from 4701 up) ANGEL'S ALLEY— CD— Leo Corcey, Huntz Hall, Billy Bene¬ dict-Better entry in the series— 67m.— See Feb. 4 l*sue-(4708). BACK TRAIL— W— Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Hatton, Mildred Coles— Just another western— 53m.— see Aug. 18 issue. CAMPUS SLEUTH-MYCM-Freddie Stewart, June Prelsser, Warren Mills— For the lower half— 57y2m.— see March 31 lssue-(4713). COWBOY CAVALIER-WCMU-Jimmy Wakely, 'Cannon¬ ball' Taylor, Jan Bryant— Okeh series entry— 54m.— see Sept. 1 issue. CROSSED TRAILS — W — Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond a Hatton, Lynne Carver— Routine— 53m.— see May 12 4 lssue-(4755). DOCKS OF NEW ORLEANS-MYD-Roland Winters, Victor ' Sen Young, Mantan Moreland— Routine 'Chan' entry 64m.— see March 31 issue- (4712). FIGHTING MAD— MD— Leon Errol, Joe Kirkwood, Elys* Knox— Good Palooka entry— 75m.— see Feb. 4 issue— (4709). FRENCH LEAVE— CMD— Jackie Cooper, Jackie Coogan. Renee Godfrey— For the lower half— 64m.— see April 28 i*soe-(4714). FRONTIER AOENT—W— Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Hatton, Reno Blair— Below average western— 56m.— see June 9 issue— (•4756). I WOULDN'T BE IN YOUR SHOES-MD-Don Castle, Elyse Knox, Regis Toomey— Mild meller for the lower half —70m.— see May 12 issue — (4716). JINX MONEY-MYC-Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, BeMy Cald¬ well-One of the better series entries— 68m.— see June 9 issue — (4717). JOE PALOOKA IN WINNER TAKE ALL-MD-Joe Kirk¬ wood, Elyse Knox, William Frawley— Good "Palooka" — 64V2m.— see Sept. 1 issue. LAND OF THE LAWLESS — W— Johnny Mack Brown, Roy- ' mend Hatton, Christine Mclntire— Average western— 59m.— see Moy 28 issue— (671). MICHAEL O'HALLORAN-D-Scotty Beckett, Allene Roberts, Tommy Cook— Interesting dualler should oppeal most to nabes, small towns— 79m.— see July 7 issue— (4719). MUSIC MAN— DMU— Phil Brito, Freddie Stewart, June Preisser— Tuneful dualler— 66m.— see Aug. 4 issue. OKLAHOMA BLUES-MUW-Jimmy Wakely, 'Cannonball' Taylor, Virginia Belmont— Good Wakely— 56m.— see April 28 issue- (4761). OVERLAND TRAILS— W— Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Raymond Hatton, Virginia Belmont— Better than over- ' age for the series— 58m.— see AAarch'31 issue— (4751). PARTNERS OF THE SUNSET-MUW-Jimmy Wakely, Dub Taylor, Christine Larson— Routine series entry— Mm.— see Juno 9 issue— (4765). RANGE RENEGADES — WMU — Jimmy Wakely, Jennifer Holt, 'Canonball' Taylor — Fair western — 54m. — see July 7 issue — (4766). ROCKY— OD— Roddy McDowall, Edgar Barrier, Nita Hunter— Above average outdoor film should have good appeal— 76m.— see March 3 issue— (4705). SIGN OF THE WOLF-ACD-Michael Whalen, Grace Brad¬ ley, Darryl Hickman— Reissue for the dualler*— 69m. —see Sept. 3 issue— (471 1). 16 FATHOMS DEEP-AD-Lon Chaney, Jr., Arthur lake, Tanis Chandler— Colorful entry ha* plenty of selling angles — 82m. — see June 23 issue— (Lake)— (Ansco- CoTor)-(4801). SHANGHAI CHEST, THE-MYD-Roland Winters, Mantan Moreland, Deannie Best— Okeh series entry— i65m.— see July 21 issue— (4718). SONG OF THE DRIFTER-MUW-Jimmy Wakely, 'Connon- ball' Taylor, Mildred Coles— Typical series entry— 53m.— see March 3 issue— (686). STAGE STRUCK — MYD — Kane Richmond, Audrey Long, Conrad Nagel— For the lower half— 70m.— see May 26 issue— (4715). TRIGGERMAN—W— Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Hatton, Virginia Carroll— Routine— 56m.— see Aug. 4 issue— (4752). WOLF CALL— OMD— John Carroll, Movita, Peter George Lynn— Reissue for the lower half— 61m. — see Moy 28, '47 l**o*-(619). TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION DEVIL'S PASS— Johnny Mock Brown, Raymond Hatton. FIGHTING RANGER, THE— Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Hatton, Christine Larson— (4753). GALLANT TEXAN, THE — Jimmy Wakely, 'Cannonball' Taylor. CALL OF THE CACTUS— Jimmy Wakely, 'Cannonball' Taylor, Christine Larson. GOLDEN EYE, THE — Roland Winters, Victor Son Young, Mantan Moreland— 69m.— (4720). HIGH TENSION— Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Helen Parrish. INCIDENT— Warren Douglas, Jane Frazee, Joyce Compton. IRON DUKES— Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Frankie Darro. JOE PALOOKA IN THE BIG FIGHT-Leon Erroll, Joe Kirk¬ wood, David Bruce. KIDNAPPED— Roddy MacDowall, Dan O'Herlihy, Sue England. MURDER LOVES COMPANY— Leo Gorcey, Bowery Boys. MY BROTHER JONATHAN— Michael Denison, Dulcie Gray, Ronald Howard— (Engl ish-made)—(Pathe). RANGERS RIDE, THE— Jimmy Wakely, 'Cannonball' Tay¬ lor, Virginia Belmont. SHERIFF OF MEDICINE BOW— Johnny Mack Brown, Ray¬ mond Hatton, Evelyn Finley. SILVER TRAILS — Jimmy Wakely, 'Cannonball' Taylor, Christine Larson— 53m.— (4763). SMUGGLERS' COVE-Leo Gorcey, Hunts Hall, Gabriel Dell— 66m. TRIGGERMAN— Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Hatton, Virginia Carroll— 56m.— (4752). Alli«d Artists (1947-48 releases from AA-1 up) BABE RUTH STORY, THE-BIDMU-Wllliam Bendix, Claire Trevor, Charles Bickford— Topnotch— 106m.— see Aug. 4 issue— (AA-10). DUDE GOES WEST, THE-WC-Eddi* Albert, Gale Storm, James Gleason- Highly entertaining western comedy —87m.— see May 12 issue (AA-8). HUNTED, THE— D— Preston Foster, Belita, Pierre Watkin— Interesting drama has the angles— 83m.— see Feb. 18 is*ue-(AA-5). PANHANDLE— WD— Rod Cameron, Cathy Downs, Reed Hadley— High-rating western should attract wide attention— 85m.— see Feb. 4 Issue — (AA-7). SMART WOMAN— D — Brian Aherne, Constance Bennett, Barry Sullivan- Attractive programmer has name* to help— 93m. — see March 31 issue— Leg.: B— (AA-6). THE EXHIBITOR AUGUST 25, 1948 THE CHECK-UP Servisectien 3 TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION LAST OF THE BADMEN— Barry Sullivan, Majrorle Rey¬ nolds, Broderick Crawford. STRIKE IT RICH— Rod Cameron, Bonita Granville, Don Castle. WHEN A MAN'S A MAN— Guy Madison, Rory Calhoun, Gale Storm. Paramount (1946-47 releases from 4601 up; 1947- 48 releases from 4701 up; 1948- 49 releases from 4801 up) ALBUQUERQUE — W — Randolph Scott, Barbara Britton, George 'Gabby' Hayes— Okeh for the outdoor fan*— 90m.— see Feb. 4 issue— (Cineeolor)— (4709). BEYOND GLORY-D-Alan Ladd, Donna Reed, Tom Neal- Ladd starrer will get the dough— 82m.— see June 23 issue— (4726). BIO CLOCK, THE— D— Ray Milland, Charle* Laughton, Maureen O'Sullivan— Milland draw will help fa«t- moving meller— 95m.— see Feb. 18 issue— (4713). BIO TOWN SCANDAL-MD-Philip Reed, Hillary Brooke, Stanley Clements— For the lower half— 62m.— see June 9 issue— (4722). CAOED FURY— MD— Richard Denning, Shiela Ryan, Buster Crabbe— Oood entry for the dualler*— 60m.— see March 3 issue— (471 1). CRUSADES, THE— AD— Loretta Young, Henry Wilcoxon, Ian Keith— Reissue is packed with angles— 126m.— see June 9 issue— (3508). ^ DREAM OIRL— CD— Betty Hutton, Macdonald Carey, Patrle Knowles— Will depend on Hutton draw— 85m.— see May 26 issue- Leg. B— (4721). EMPEROR WALTZ, THE— CMU— Bing Crosby, Joan Fon¬ taine, Roland Culver— Should land in the higher grosses- 106m.— see May 12 Issue— (Technicolor)— (4720). FOREION AFFAIR, A— CD— Jean Arthur, Marlene Dietrich, John Lund — Topnotch — 1 16m. — see June 23 Issue- Leg.: B-(4724). HATTER'S CASTLE— MD— Robert Newton, James Mason, Deborah Kerr — Mediocre British entry — 100m. — see April 28 issue — (English-made)— (4718). HAZARD— CD— Paulette Goddard, Macdonald Carey, Fred Clark— Names will make the difference- 95m.— see March 31 Issue— leg. i B.— (4716). ISN'T IT ROMANTIC - ROMDMU - Veronica Lake, Mona Freeman, Mary Hatcher— Fair program— 87m.— see Sept. 1 issue. MR. RECKLESS — MD — William Eythe, Barbara Britton, Walter Catlett— For the lower half— 66m.— see March 3 lssue-(4712). NIGHT HAS A THOUSAND EYES-MD-Edward G. Rob¬ inson, Gail Russell, John Lund— Absorbing entry — 81m.— see Aug. 4 issue— (4803). SAIGON— MD— Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, Donald Dick- Typical Ladd show— 94m.— see Feb. 4 issue — (4710), 'SAINTED' SISTERS, THE— C— Veronica Lake, Joan Caul¬ field, Barry Fitzgerald— Entertaining comedy— 89m.— see March 31 issue — (4714). SHAGGY — OD — Brenda Joyce, George Nokes, Robert Shayne- Good family entry for the dualler*— 71m.— see April 28 issue- (Cineeolor)— (4717). SO EVIL MY LOVE-MYD-Ray Milland, Ann Todd, Ger¬ aldine Fitzgerald— Names will have to carry slow- moving drama— lOS'Am.— see June 9 issue — (English- made)-(4723). SORRY, WRONG NUMBER— MD— Barbara Stanwyck, Burt Lancaster, Ann Richards— Names will make the dif¬ ference— 89m.— see Aug. 4 issue— (4801). SPEED TO SPARE — MD — Richard Arlen, Jean Rogers, Richard Travis— For the lower half— ^m.— see March 3 issue— (4715). WATERFRONT AT MIDNIGHT-MD-William Gargan, Mary Beth Hughes, Richard Travis— Okeh meller for the lower half— 63m.— see May 26 Issue- (4719), TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION ACCUSED, THE— Loretta Young, Robert Cummings, Wen- . dell Corey. CONNECTICUT YANKEE, A— Bing Crosby, Rhonda Fleming, Sir Cedric Hardwicke— (Technicolor). DAUGHTER OF DARKNESS-Anne Crawford, Slobhan Mc¬ Kenna— (English-made). DISASTER— Richard Denning, Trudy Marshall, Damion O'Flynn-60m.-(4806). DYNAMITE-VirgInia Welles, William Gargan, Richard Crane. FROZEN GOLD— Robert Lowery, Russell Hayden. GREAT GATSBY, THE— Alan Ladd, Betty Field, Macdonald Carey. HEIRESS, THE— Olivia do Havilland, Miriam Hopkins, Sir Ralph Richardson, Montgomery Clift. MY OWN TRUE LOVE-Phyllis Calvert, Meivyn Douglas, Wanda Hendrix. NOW AND FOREVER— Claude Rains, Macdonald Carey, Wanda Hendrix. ONE WOMAN— Alan Ladd, Donna Reed, June Havoc. PALEFACE, THE— Bob Hope, Jane Russell, Samuel 2. Hinds —(Technicolor)— (4807). SEALED VERDICT— Ray Milland, Florence Marly, John Ridgely— 83m.— (4804). SORROWFUL JONES-Bob Hope, Lucille Bail, Mary Jayne Saunders, SPECIAL AGENT— William Eythe, Laura Elliot, George Roevos STRANGE TEMPTATION-Ray Milland, Audrey Totter, Thomas Mitchell. STREETS OF LAREDO— William Holden, Macdonald Carey, Mona Freeman— (Technicolor). TATIOCK MILLIONS, THE-Wanda Hendrix, John Lund, Barry Fitzgerald— (4805)'; WHISPERING SMITM-Alan Ladd, Brenda Marshall, Robert Preston— (Technicolor). mo (1946-47 releases from 701 up; 1947- 48 releases from 801 op; 1948- 49 releases from 901 up) ARIZONA RANGER, THE-W-Tim Holt, Jack Holt, Nan Leslie— Good western- 63m.— see April 14 Issue— (S14). BERLIN EXPRESS — MD — Merle Oberon, Robert Ryan, Charles Korvin— Documentary-type meller Is exciting screen fare— 86m.— see April 14 Issue— (815). BIST YEARS OF OUR LIVES, THE-D-Myma Loy, Frederic AAordt, Dana Andrews, Teresa Wright— This rate* among the best— 172m.— see Nov. 57, '46 issue— (Ooldwyn)-Leg,t B-(751). BRING 'EM BACK ALIVE-TRAV-Frank Buck-Exploltatlon reissue is packed with selling angles— 65m.— see May 26 issue-(818). DESIGN FOR DEATH-DOC-Produced by Theron Worth and Richard O. Fleischer; narrated by Kent Smith and Hans Conreid— Thrill-packed documentary- 48m.— see Feb. 4 issue— (907). FIGHTING FATHER DUNNE -CD -Pat O'Brien, Darryl HIckmcm, Una O'Connor— Pleosant program— 93m.— see Moy 12 Issue— (816). FORT APACHE— MD — John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Shirley Temple— Soldiers and Indians show should get the dough- 127m.— see March 31 issue— (Argosy)— (870). GOOD SAM— C— Gary Cooper, Ann Sheridan, Ray Collins -High-rating comedy— 1 14m.— see Aug 4 issiue— (Rainbow)— (962). GUNS OF HATE-W-Tim Holt, Nan Leslie, Richard Mar¬ tin— Routine— 62m.— see May 26 Issue— (819). I REMEMBER MAMA— D— I rerve Dunne, Barbara Bel Ged- des, Oscar Homolka— Topnotch— 134m.— see March 31 issue— (868). IF YOU KNEW SUSIE-CMU-Eddio Cantor, Joan Davis, Allyn Joslyn— Cantor-Davis draw will make the dif¬ ference— 89m.— see Feb. 18 issue— (811). MELODY TIME— CAR— Roy Rogers, Sons of the Pioneers, Ethel Smith, Buddy Clark — Should find plenty of popular appeal— 75m.— see May 26 Issue— (Disney)— Technicolor— (991 ). MIRACLE OF THE BELLS, THB-D-Fred MacMurray, Valli, Frank Sinatra— PIcturIzation of best-seller will land in the higher grosses— 120m.— see March 17 issue— (Lasky-MacEwen)— (869). MOURNING BECOMES ELECTRA - D - Rosalind Russell, Michael Redgrave, Raymond Massey— Play picturiza- tion will ne^ special handling— 153m.— see Nov. 26 Issue— (865). MYSTERY IN MEXICO-MD-William Lundlgan, Jacqueline White, Ricardo Cortez— Entertaining dualler— 66m.— see July 7 issue— (822). PEARL, THE— D— Pedro Armendarlz, Marie Elena Marques, Fernando Wagner— Powerful drama for class and specialty houses— 77m.— see March 3 issue— (Mexican- made)— (867). RACE STREET— MD— George Raft, William Bendix, Marilyn Maxwell— Good Raft entry— 79m.— see June 23 issue -(821). RACHEL AND THE STRANGER-DMU-Loretta Young, Wil¬ liam Holden, Robert Mitchum— Interesting drama has names to help— 92m.— see Aug. 18 issue. RETURN OF THE BADMEN-W-Randolph Scott, Robert Ryan, Anne Jeffreys— Average western ha* the ongles —90m.— see May 26 issue— (817). TARZAN AND THE MERMAIDS-OD-Johnny Weissmuller, Brenda Joyce, Linda Christian— Exploitation show has the usual angles— 68m.— see April 14 Issue- (Lesser) -(813). TIMBER STAMPEDE-W-George O'Brien, Mariorle Reynolds, Chill Wills— Satisfactory western reissue — 60m.— see Feb. 4 issue— (886). TWISTED ROAD, THE-ROMD-Cathy O'Donnell, Farley Granger, Howard Da Silva— Well-made drama will need plenty of push— 95m.— see July 7 issue— (820). VARIETY TIME— MUC— Jack Poor, Edgar Kennedy, Leon Errol I— Fair tsovelty offering for the lower half— 59m.— see Aug. 18 issue— (902). VELVET TOUCH, THE-D-Rosalind Russell, Leo Genn, Claire Trevor— Will depend on the name draw— 97m. —see July 21 issue— (Independent Artsist)— (872). WESTERN HERITAGE-W-Tlm Holt, Nan Leslie, Richard Martin— Good western— 61m.— see Feb. 4 issue— (812). TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION BALTIMORE ESCAPADE— Robert Young, Shirley Temple, John Agar. BLOOD ON THE MOON— Robert Mitchum, Barbara Bel Geddes, Robert Preston. BODYGUARD— Lawrence Tierney, Priscilla Lane, Stev# Brodle. BOY WITH GREEN HAIR, THE-Pat O'Brien, Robert Ryan, Barbara Hale— (Technicolor). BROTHERS IN THE SADDLE-Tim Holt, Richard Martin, Carol Forman. ENCHANTMENT — David Niven, Teresa Wright, Evelyn Keyes— (Goldwyn). EVERY GIRL SHOULD BE MARRIED— Cary Grant, Franchot Tone, Diana Lynn. GUN RUNNERS— Tim Holt, Richard Martin, Martha Hyer. HEADING FOR HOLLYWOOD - Leon Errol, Nan Leslie, Steve Brodie. INDIAN AGENT— Tim Holt, Richard Martin, Nan Leslie. INTERFERENCE — Victor Mature, Lucille Ball, LIzabeth Scott. JOAN OF ARC— Ingrid Bergman, Jose Ferrer, Georgs Co I our is— (Sierra )— (T echn icol or) , JUDGE STEPS OUT, THE— Ann Sothern, Alexander Knox, George Tobias. LONG DENIAL, THE— Meivyn Douglas, Maureen O'Haro, Gloria Graham*. MR. JOSEPH YOUNG OF AFRICA— Terry Moor*, B*n John¬ son, Robert Armstrong— (Arko). OUTLAW VALLEY- Tim Holt, Richard Martin, Martha Hyer. ROUGHSHOD— Robert Sterling, Claude Jarman, Jr., Gloria Orahame. SONG IS BORN, A— Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo, Steve Cochran— (Goldwyn)— (Technicolor). STATION WEST— Dick Powell, Jane Greer, Agnes Moore- head. TARZAN'S FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH— Lex Barker, Brenda Joyce, Albert Dekker. WEEP NO MORE— Joseph Cotton, Vallf, Spring Bylngton. WINDOW, THE— Barbara Hale, Arthur Kennedy, Bobby Driscoll. AUGUST 25, 1948 THE EXHIBITOR Republic (1946-47 releases, from 601 up; 1947-48 releases from 701 up) BOLD FRONTIERSMAN, THE-W-Allon 'Rocky' lane, Eddy Waller, Roy Barcroft— Good western— 60m.— see May 12 issue— (754), CALIFORNIA FIREBRAND - MUW - Mont* Hale, Adrian Booth; Paul Hurst— Good western— 63m.— see April 14 issue— (Trucolor)— (654). CAMPUS HONEYMOON-C-Lyn Wilde, Lee Wilde, Adele Mara— Pleasing dualler for the lower half— 61m.— see Feb. 4 issue— Leg.: B— (703). CARSON CITY RAIDERS-W-AIIan 'Rocky' lane, Eddy Waller, Beverly Jons— Routine— 60m.— see June 9 Is¬ sue— (755). DAREDEVILS OF THE CLOUDS-MD-Robert Livingston, Mae Clark, James Cardwell— Okeh for the duallers —60m.— see Aug. 4 issue— (716). EYES OF TEXAS— WMU— Roy Rogers, Lynne Roberts, Andy Devine— Standard Rogers— 70m.— see Aug. 4 issue — (Trucolor)— (732). GALLANT LEGION, THE-MUW-BIIl Elliott, Adrian Booth, Joseph Schiidkraut— Good western— 88m.— see June 9 issue— (715). HEART OF VIRGINIA— D— Janet Martirr. Robert Lowery, Frankie Darro— For the lower half— 61m.— see April 14 issoe-(707). INSIDE STORY, THE— CD— Marsha Hunt, Charles Wlnnln- ger, William Lundlgan— Average programmer— 87m.— see April 14 issue— (705). I, JANE DOE— D— Ruth Hussey, John Carroll, Vera Ralston —Names should help programmer— 85m.— see May 26 issue-(7i0). KING OF THE GAMBLERS - MD - Janet Martin, William Wright, Thurston Hall— For the lower half— 60m.— see June 9 issue— (709). LIGHTNIN' IN THE FOREST-CMD-Lynne Roberts. Donald Barry, Warren Douglas— For the lower half— 58m.— see April 14 Issue — (706), MADONNA OF THE DESERT-OMD-Lynne Roberts, Don¬ ald Barry, Don Castle— For the lower half— 60m.— see March 3 Issue— (704). MARSHAL OF AMARILLO- W-Allan 'Rocky' Lane, Mildred Coles, Eddy Waller— Good Western— 59m.— see Aug. 18 issue. NORTHWEST OUTPOST-DMU-Nelson Eddy, Mono Mas¬ sey, Joseph Schiidkraut— Names and music should sell this— 91m.— see May 14 issue — (615). OKLAHOMA BADLANDS- W-AIIan 'Rocky' Lane, Eddie Waller, Mildred Coles— Routine western — 59m.— see March 17 issue— (753). OLD LOS ANGELES-MUW-WIIIiam Elliott, John Carroll, Catherine McLeod— One of the better Republic offer¬ ings — 87m.— see April 28 issue — (708). SECRET SERVICE INVESTIGATOR - MD - Lynne Roberts, Lloyd Bridges, George Zucco — Okeh meller for the duallers— 60m.— see June 9 issue— (7ii). SLIPPY McGEE—MD— Donald Barry, Dale Evans, Tom Brown— For the lower half— 65m.— see Feb. 4 Issue— (702). TIMBER TRAIL, THE— MUW— Monte Hale, Lynne Roberts, James Burke— Average western— 67m.— see July 7 issue— (Trucolor)— (656). TRAIN TO ALCATRAZ— MD— Donald Barry, Janet Martin, William Phipps— Okeh meller for the duallers— 60m. July 21 issue-(712). UNDER CALIFORNIA STARS - MUW - Roy Rogers, Jane Frazee, Andy Devine— Fair Rogers sntry— 70m.— see May 26 issue— (Trucolor)— (731). TO BE RiVIEWBD OR IN PRODUCTION ANGEL IN EXILE— John Carroll, Adele Mora, Thomas • Gomez, CIMARRON TRAILS-AHan 'Rocky' Lone, Eddie Weller. CODE OF SCOTLAND YARD-Oscar Homolka, Derek Farr, Muriel Pavlow— (713). DENVER KID, THE-Allan 'Rocky' Lane, Eddy Waller, Carole Gallagher. DESPERADOES OF DODGE CITY-AIlan 'Rocky' Lane, Eddy Waller, Mildred Coles. DRUMS ALONG THE AMAZON-Oeorg* Brent, Vero Ral¬ ston, Brian Aherne. FAR FRONTIER, THE— Roy Rogers, Andy Devine, Gail Davis— (Trucolor). GRAND CANYON TRAIL- Roy Rogers, Andy Devine, Jane Frazee— (Trucolor). HOMICIDE FOR THREE-Warren Douglas, Audrey long, Lloyd Corrigan. MACBETH-Orson Welles, Roddy McDewell, Jeanette Nolan. MOONRISE— Dane Clark, Gall Russell, Ethel Barrymere— (Feldman-Grant) — (714). NIGHT TIME IN NEVADA-Roy Rogers, Andy Devine, Sons of the Pioneers— (Trucolor). OUT OF THE STORM-Jimmy Lydon, Lois Collier, Richard Travis. PLUNDERERS, THE— Rod Cameron, Ilona Massey, Adrian Booth— (Trucolor). RECOIL— William Wright, Janet Martin, Willlom Henry. RED PONY, THE— Myrna Loy, Robert Mitchum, Louis Cal- hern — (Feldman-Mllestone) — (Technicolor). ROSE OF THE YUKON-Myrna Dell, William Wright, Steve Brodie. SON OF GOD'S COUNTRY-Monte Hale, Paul Hurst, Pamela Blake. SONS OF ADVENTURE— Russell Hayden, Lynne Roberts, Gordon Jones. WAKE OF THE RED WITCH— John Wayne, Gail Russell, Gig Young. Screen Guild (1946-47 releosM from 4604 up; >947^8 releases from 4701 up; (1947-48 Herald releases from X-1 up] MIRACLE IN HARLEM— MYMU— Sheila Guyse, Stepin Fet- chit, Hilda Offley— Good all-Negro meller— 71m.— see Aug. 18 issue— (Sepia)— (X-3). PRAIRIE, THE-HISD-Lenore Aubert, Alan Baxter, Russ Vinson— For the lower half— 68m.— see Sept. 1 issue. RETURN OF WILDFIRE, THE— W-Richard Arlen, Patricia Morison, Mary Beth Hughes— Pleasing program— 79m. see Sept. 1 issue. Servltectlon 4 THi CHECK-UP TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION DEAD MAN'S GOLD-Lash La Rue, Al St. John, Peggy Stewart. FRONTIER PHANTOM-'Lash' La Rue, Al 'Fuzzy' St. John, Nancy Saunders. HARPOON— John Bromfield, Alyce Louis, James Card- well-(4804). JUNGLE GODDESS— George Reeves, Wanda McKay, Armida— (4802). LAST OF THE WILD HORSES— James Ellison, Jane Frazee, Mary Beth Hughes— {82m.). MARK OF THE LASH-Lash La Rue, Al St. John, Peggy Stewart. MOZART STORY, THE— Hans Holt, Winnie Markus, Irene V. MeydendorfF— (4805). OUTLAW COUNTRY-'Lash' La Rue, Al 'Fuzzy' St. John, Peggy Stewart. SHEP COMES HOME— Robert Lowery, Lanny Reeves. THUNDER IN THE PINES— George Reeves, Ralph Byrd— {62m.). SRO MR. BLANDINGS BUILDS HIS DREAM HOUSE-C-Cary Grant, Myrna loy, MeIvyn Douglas— High rating— 93m.— see April 14 issue. TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION IF THIS BE MY HARVEST-Valli, Robert Mitchum, Louis Jourdan. PORTRAIT OF JENNIE— Jennifer Jones, Joseph Gotten, Ethel Barrymore. 20th Century-Fox (1947 releasee from 701 up: 1948 releases from 801 up) ANNA KARENINA— D— Vivien Leigh, Ralph Richardson, Kleron Moore— Heavy English drama for class spots —111m.— see April 28 issue— (English-made)— (Korda) -(820), ARTHUR TAKES OVER-C-Lois Collier. Richard Crane, Skippy Homeler— For the lower halt- 63m.— see April 14 issuo-(Wurtzel)-(817). BELLE STARR— MD— Randolph Scott, Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews— Names will help reissue— 87m.— see July 7 issue— (830). _ CALL NORTHSIDB 777— MD— James Stewart, Richard Conte, Helen Walker— Good documentary-type entry— llOVim.— see Feb. 4 Issue— Leg.: B— (805). CHALLENGE, THE — MD — Tom Conway, June Vincent, Richard Stapley — For the lower half— 68m.— see Feb. 18 issue-(Reliance)-(807). CHECKERED COAT, THE-MYD-Tom Conway, Noreen Nash, Hurd Hatfield— For the lower half— 67m.— see July 21 issue — (Belsam)— (825). COUNTERFEITERS, THE-MYMD-John Sutton, Doris Mer¬ rick, Hugh Beaumont— Good entry for the duallers— 73m.— see Juno 23 issue— {Reliance)—(819). DEEP WATERS — D — Dana Andrews, Jean Peters, Cesar Romero— Pleasant drama has names to attract— 85m. —see July 7 issue — (821). ESCAPE— D— Rex Harrison, Peggy Cummins, William Hart¬ nell— Import will need soiling— 78m.— see June 9 is¬ sue— (English-made)— (822), FIGHTING BACK— CD— Paul Langton, Jean Rogers, Gary Gray— For the lower half— 61m.— see July 21 issue — (Wurtzel)-{828). FRONTIER MARSHAL— W— Randolph Scott, Cesar Romero, Nancy Kelly— Mild reissue — 71m.— see July 7 issue -(831). FURY AT FURNACE CREEK-MD-Victor Mature, Coleen Gray, Glono Langan— Fair programmer— 88m.— see April 14, Issue— (815). GAY INTRUDERS, THE-C-John Emery, Tamara Gova, Leif Erickson— Entertaining above average dualler— 68m.— see June 23 issue— (Seltzer)— (840). GIVE MY REGARDS TO BROADWAY-CMU-Dan Dailey, Charles Winninger, Nancy Guild — Pleasing entry should ride into the better money— 89m.— see May 26 issue— (Technicolor)— (827). GREEN GRASS OP WYOMING - OD - Peggy Cummins, Chorles Coburn, Lloyd Nolan— Good entry for the rural and small town sectors— 89m.— see May 12 issue —(Technicolor)— (818). HALF PAST MIDNIGHT-MD-Kent Taylor, Peggy Knudsen, Joe Sawyer— Fair who-dun-it for the lower half— 69m.— see Feb. 18 issue— (Wurtzel)— (808). IRON CURTAIN, THE— MD— Dana Ancfrews, Gene Tierney, June Havoc— Topical entry offers wealth of telling opportunities— 87m.— see May 26 issue— (816). LET'S LIVE AGAIN-C-John Emery, Hillary Brooke, Tay¬ lor Holmes— For the lower half- 67m.— see March 17 issue— (Seltter)—(813). MEET ME AT DAWN-C-William Eythe, Stanley Holloway, Beatrice Campbell— AWnor Import— 89m.— see March 31 Issoe— >(EitglIsh-mc*de)— (812). MINE OWN EXECUTIONER-PD-Burgess Meredith, Dulcie Gray, Michael Shepley— Absorbing import hat re¬ stricted appeal— 105m.— see June 23 issue— (English- made)— (Korda) — Leg.: B — (824). ROSE OF WASHINGTON SQUARE-MU-Tyron’e Power, Al Jolson, Alice Faye— Reissue will benefit from name draw— 86m.— see July 7 issue— (832). SCUDOA-HOOl SCUDDA-HAYI-D-June Haver, Lon Mc- Callister, Walter Brennan— Very good entry, especi¬ ally for small town and rural spots— 95m.— see March 17 issue— (Technicolor)— (811). SITTING PRETTY— C— Robert Young, Maureen O'Hara, Clifton Webb — High-rating comedy— 84m.— see March 17 issue- (810). SLAVE SHIP— MD— Wallace Beery, Mickey Rooney, Eliza¬ beth Allan— Names will help reissue — 92m.— see July 7 issue — (833). STREET WITH NO NAME, THE-MD-Mark Stevens, Rich¬ ard Widmark, Barbara Lawrence— Very good meller— 91m.— see July 7 issue— (823). THAT LADY IN ERMINE-CMU-Betty Grable, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Cesar Romero— Will depend on the Grable draw— 89m.— see July 21 issue— (Technicolor) (Leg. B)-(836). 13 LEAD SOLDIERS— MD— Tom Conway, Maria Palmer, Helen Westcott— For the lower half— 67m..— see April 14 issue — (Reliance)— (814). WALLS OF JERICHO, THE-D-Cornel Wilde, Linda Dar¬ nell, Anne Baxter— Good filmiiation of a best-seller also hos names to sell— 106m.— see July 21 issue— (826). WINNER'S CIRCLE, THE— OD— Johnny Longden, Morgan Farley, Jean Willes— Fair dualler— 70m.— see July 7 issue — (Polimer)— (829). YOU WERE MEANT FOR ME-MUD-Jeanne Crain, Dan Dailey, Oscar Levant— Should bring in the dough — 91m.— see Feb. 4 issue— (802). TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION APARTMENT FOR PEGGY— Jeanne Crain, William Holden, Edmund Gwenn— (Technicolor). BONNIE PRINCE CHARLIE— David Niven, Margaret Leigh¬ ton, Will Fyfe — (English-made) — (Korda) — (Techni¬ color). BUNGALOW— Tom Conway, Margaret Hamilton— (Belsam). CANADIAN PACIFIC-Randolph Scott, Jane Wyatt, J. Carroll Naish— (Cinecolor). CHICKEN EVERY SUNDAY - Dan Dailey, Alan Young, Celeste Holm. CREEPER, THE— John Baragroy, Onslow Stevens, Janis Wilson— (Reliance)— (839). CRY OF THE CITY— Victor Mature, Richard Conte, Betty Garde. DOWN TO THE SEA IN SHIPS-Richard Widmark, Cecil Kellaway, Dean Stockwell. FAN, THE — Jeanne Crain, George Sanders, Madeleine Carroll. LOST ILLUSION, THE— Michele Morgan, Ralph Richardson, Sonia Dresdel— (English-made)— (Korda). LUCK OF THE IRISH, THE— Tyrone Power, Anne Baxter, Cecil Kellaway— 99m.— (837). MISS MINK OF 1949— Jimmy Lydon, Richard Lane, Lois Collier— (Wurtzel). MOTHER IS A FRESHMAN— Loretta Young, Van Johnson, Rudy Vallee— (Technicolor). NIGHT WIND— Charles Russell, Virginio Christine, Gary Gray— (Wurtzel). ROAD HOUSE— Ida Lupino, Cornel Wilde, Celeste Holm. ROSE OF CIMARRON— George Montgomery, Rod Cam¬ eron, Ruth Roman— (Alson). SAND — Mark Stevens, Coleen Gray, Rory Calhoun — (Technicolor). SNAKE PIT, THE-Ollvia de Havilland, Leo Genn, Mark Stevens. THAT WONDERFUL URGE— Tyrone Power, Gene Tierney, Reginald Gardiner. THIS WAS A WOMAN— Sonia Dresdel, Emyrs Jones, Bar¬ bara White — (English-made). THREE WIVES— Jeanne Crain, Linda Darnell, Jeffrey Lynn. TROUBLE PREFERRED— Peggy Knudson, Charles Russell, Lynne Roberts— (Wurtzel). TUCSON— Jimmy Lydon, Penny Edwards, Charles Russell —(Wurtzel). UNFAITHFULLY YOURS-lInda Darnell, Rex Harrison, Rudy Vallee. WEST OF TOMORROW-Kristino Miller, Arthur Franz, Mickey Knox— (Seltzer). WHEN MY BABY SMILES AT ME-Betty Grable, Dan Dailey, Jack Oakie— (Technicolor). WINSLOW BOY, THE— Robert Donat, Margaret Leighton— (English-made)— (Korda). YELLOW SKY— Gregory Peck, Anne Baxter, Richard Wid¬ mark— (Technicolor). United Artists ADVENTURES OF DON COYOTE, THE - W - Richard Martin, Frances Rafferty. Marc Cramer— For the lower half— 65m.— see May 14 issue — (Cinecolor) — (Comet). ARCH OF TRIUMPH— D—Inprid Bergman, Charles Boyer, Charles Laughton — Highly-touted entry should hit the spot witn femmes— 1 14m.— see March 3 issue— (Enterprise)- (Leg.t B.). DEAD DON'T DREAM, THE-MYW- William Boyd, Andy Clyde, Mary Sawdon— Good 'Hopalong Cassidy'— 62m.— see Sept. 1 issue— (Hopalong Cassidy). FOUR FACES WEST — WD- Joel McCrea, Frances Dee, Charles Bickford— Unusual western should attract plenty of attention— 90m.— see May 26 issue— (Enter¬ prise). HERE COMES TROUBLE (LafP-Time-Part 1)-C-Bill Tracy, Joe Sawyer, Emory Parnell— Mild comedy for the lower half— 50m.— see April 28 Issue— (Roacb)—(Cine- color). KINGS OF THE OLYMPICS-PART l-DOC-The 11th Olym¬ pic meet covered by 600 cameramen; narrated by Bill Slater; edited by Joseph Lerner and Max Rosen¬ baum-Good entry for sport spots— 60m.— see Feb. 4 issue— (Germon-made). LAFF-TIME— See Here Comes Trouble, Who Killed Doc Robin. MAD WEDNESDAY— C— Harold Lloyd, Frances Ramsden, Jimmy Conlin— Word-of-mouth should help delightful comedy— 89m.— see Sept. 3 issue— (Sturges). MAN OF EVIL— D— James Moson, Phyllis Calvert, Wilfred Lawson— Satisfactory Ertglish drama for class houses —89m.— see Feb. 18 issue— (EnglIsh-mode)—Leg.: B. MIRACLE CAN HAPPEN, A-see On Our Merry Way. ON OUR MERRY WAY-(A Miracle Can Happen)-C- Burgess Meredith, Paulette Goddard, Fred MacMur- ray— High rating comedy- 107m.— see Feb. 18 Issue— (Bogeaus-Meredith)— Lag.: B. PITFALL— MD— Dick Powell, Lizabeth Scott, Jane Wyatt- Intriguing meller— 85m.— see Aug. 18 issue— (Regal). RED RIVER— OD— John Wayne, Montgomery Clift, Joanne Dru—Topnoteh— 125m.— see July 21 issue— (Monterey). SILENT CONFLICT-W-Willlam Boyd, Andy Clyde, Rand Brooks— Fair series entry— 61m.— see April 14 issue— (Hopalong Cassidy). SO THIS IS NEW YORK-C-Henry Morgan, Rudy Vallee, Virginia Grey— Entertaining comedy will need selling — 79V2m.— see May 26 issue— fEnterprIse). TEXAS, BROOKLYN AND HEAVEN - C - Guy Madison, Diana Lynn, James Dunn— Average program comedy —76m.— see Aug. 4 issue— (Golden). TIME OF YOUR LIFE, THE-CD-James Cagney, William Bendix, Jeanne Cagney— Fine picturization of hit ploy — 109m.— see June 9 issue— (Cagney). URUBU— AD— George Breakston, Yorbe Coplen, all-Native Cast— Exploitation show has the angles— 65m.— see Sept. 1 issue. VICIOUS CIRCLE, THE— D— Conrad Nagel, Fritz Kortner, Reinhold Schunzel— Mild drama for the duallers has some angles to offer— 77m.— see June 9 issoe — (Wilder). WHO KILLED 'DOC' ROBBIN-{Laff-Time-Part 2)-C-Vir- ginia Grey, Don Castle, George Zucco— For the lower half— 50m.— see May 26 issua—(Roach)— (Cinecolor). » TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION ADVENTURES OF THE CISCO KID-Duncan Renaldo, Leo Carillo, Barbara Billingsley— (Krasne). ANGRY GOD, THE— Alicia Parla, Casimiro Ortega— (Mex¬ ican-made)— (Fullcolor)—(Peskay). ATLANTIS, THE LOST CONTINENT-Maria Montez, Jean Pierre Aumont, Dennis O'Keefe— (Nebenzal)— Leg.: B. BLONDES UP— The Marx Brothers, Ilona Massey, Vera Ellen— (Pickford-Cowan). COVER UP— William Bendix, Dennis O'Keefe, Barbara Britton— (Nasser). FALSE PARADISE - William Boyd, Andy Clyde, Rand Brooks— (Hopalong Cassidy). FLESH AND BLOOD— Madeline Carroll— (Comet),- GAY AMIGO, THE— Duncan Renaldo, Leo Carillo— (Krasne). GIRL FROM MANHATTAN, THE— Dorothy Lamour, Charles Laughton, George Montgomery— (Bogeaus). HIGH FURY — Madeleine Carroll, .Ian Hunter, Michael Rennie— (Peak). INNOCENT AFFAIR, AN— Fred MacMurray, Madeleine Car- roll, Charles "Buddy" Rogers— (Nasser). LITTLE PRINCE. THE — Feature length cartoon— (Harmon¬ ising). LUCKY STIFF, THE — Dorothy Lamour, Brian Donlevy, Claire Trevor— (Amusement Enterprises). MY DEAR SECRETARY-Laraine Day, Kirk Douglas,Keenan Wynn— (Popkin), OLYMPIC CAVALCADE-(King* of the Olympics- Part II) —60m.— (Westport). OUTPOST IN MOROCCO— George Raft, Akim Tamiroff, Marie Windsor— (Star). SENOR BADMAN— Leo Carillo, Duncan Renaldo, Barbara Billingsley— (Krasne). SINISTER JOURNEY-William Boyd, Andy Clyde, Rand Brooks— (Hopalong Cassidy). STRANGE GAMBLE — WilliaiTi Boyd, Andy Clyde, Rond Brooks— (Hopalong Cassidy). VENDETTA— George Dolenz, Faith Domergue, Nigel Bruce -(California). WAR PATH— George Montgomery, Ellen Drew, Philip Reed— (Small). Universal-International (1946-47 releases from 601 up; 1947-48 releases from 624 op) ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN-C-Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Lenore Auberf— One of the better Abbott and Costello entries— 83m.— see July 7 issue — (664). ALL MY SONS— D— Edward G. Robinson, Burt Lancaster, Mady Christians— Engrossing drama promises heavy grosses— 94m.— see March 3 issue— (Leg.: B)— (657). ANOTHER PART OF THE FOREST-D-Fredric March, Dan Duryea, Ann Blyth— High calibre— lOdVitm.— see April 28 issue — (660). ARE YOU WITH IT?-CMU-Donald O'Connor, Olga San Juan, Martha Stewart— Entertaining programme^- 90m.— see March 31 issue— Leg.: B. (656). BAD SISTER— D— Margaret Lockwood, Joan Greenwood, Ian Hunter— Import has femme angles— 90m.— see June 23 issue — (English-made)— Leg.: B— (663). BLACK BART— OMD — Yvonne De Carlo, Dan Duryea, Jeffrey Lynn— Should get the business— 80m.— see Feb, 4 issue — (Technicolor)- (653). BROTHERS, THE-D-Patricia Roc. Will Fyffe, Moxwell Reed— Good English drama for the class houses— 90m. see May 26 issue — (English-made- (Prestige). CASBAH—ROMDMU— Yvonne DeCarlo, Tony Martin, Peter Lorre— Remake of 'Algiers' should prove attractive boxofflce— 94m.— see March 17 issue— Leg.: B— (655). CORRIDOR OF MIRRORS— D— Eric Portman, Edana Romney, Joan Maude— Above average import for the art houses— 96m.— see July 7 issue— (English-made). DEAR MURDERER— MD— Eric Portman, Greta Gynt, Dennis Price— Below average British import— 90m.— see Moy 26 issue— (English-made)— (658). END OF THE RIVER, THE-MD-Sabu, Raymond Lovell, Eva Hudson— Import will need selling— 80m.— see July 7 issue— (English-made)— (Prestige). FEUDIN', FUSSIN', AND A-FIGHTIN' - CMU - Donald O'Connor, Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride— Will depend upon names— 78m.— see June 23 issue— (665). HAMLET— D— Laurence Olivier, Eileen Herlie, Basil Sydney — Powerful picturization of Shakespeare's work should prove strong grosser in many areas on special handling basis— 153m.— see July 21 issue— (English-made). HOLIDAY CAMP-C-Flora Robson, Dennis Price, Jack Warner— Entertaining British offering— 97m.— see Feb. 4 issue— (English-made— (Prestige), JASSY— D— Margaret Lockwood, Patricia Roc, Dennis Price -Moderate English offering for class houses— 96m.— see Feb. 18 issue— (English-made)— Leg.: B— (Techni- color)<»(654). LARCENY— MD— John Payne, Joan Caulfield, Dan Duryea —Good meller— 89m.— see Aug. 18 issue— (669). LEHER FROM AN UNKNOWN WOMAN-ROMD-Joan Fontaine, Louis Jourdan, Mady Christians— Femme appeal will make the difference— 86V2m.— see April 28 issue— Leg.: B. (659), MAN-EATER OF KUMAON - AD - Sabu, Wendell Corey, Joanne Page— High-rating exploitation show is packed with selling angles— 79m.— see June 23 issue— (666). MIKADO, THE-MU-Kenny Baker, John Barclay, Jean Colin— Reissue should have appeal for class spotsr- 90m.— see May 26 issue— (English-made)— (Prestige)— (Technicolor). AUGUST 25, 1948 . THE EXHIBITOR THi CHECK-UP Servis«ctlon 5 MR. PEABODY AND THE MERMAID - CFAN - William Powell, Ann Blyth, Irene Hervey— Better-than-average comedy has names to help— 89m.— see July 21 issue -(667L NAKED CITY— MD— Barry Fitzgerald, Howard Duff, Doro¬ thy Hart— Topnotch meller— 95m.— see Feb. 4 Issoo— (651) . RIVER lADY— AD— Yvonne Do Carlo, Rod Cameron, Dan Duryea— Program— 78m.— see May 26 Issue— (Techni¬ color)— (661). — TAP ROOTS— D— Van Heflin, Susan Hayward, Boris Kar¬ loff — Topnotch drama — 109m. — see July 7 issue — (Technicolor)— (668). UP IN CENTRAL PARK - CMU - Deanna Durbin, Dick Haymes, Vincent Price- Will depend on nome draw— 87m.— see June 9 issue— (662). TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION ACT OF MURDER, AN— Fredric March, Edmond O'Brien, Florence Eldridge. BLACK VELVET— Ann Blyth, George Brent, Howard Duff — (Technicolor). BLANCHE FURY— Valerie Hobson, Stewart Granger— (English-made)— (Technicolor). BLUE LAGOON, THE— Jean Simmons, Donald Houston, Noel Purcell— (English-made)— (Technicolor). CHRISTOPHER COlUMBUS-Fredric March, Florence Eld¬ ridge, Francis L. Sullivan— (English-made)— (Techni¬ color). COUNTESS OF MONTE CRISTO, THE-Sonia Hente, Mi- chael Kirby, Olga San Juan. CRISS CROSS— Burt Lancaster, Yvonne DeCarlo, Dan Duryea. DAYBREAK— Ann Todd, Eric Portman, Maxwell Reed— (English-made). DEVIL IN THE FLESH (Le Diable Au Corps)-MichelIne Presle, Gerard Philipe— (French-made). DULCIMER STREET— Richard Attenborough, Fay Compton,_ Alastair Sim— (English-made). FAMILY HONEYMOON -Claudette Colbert, Fred Mac- Murray, Rita Johnson. FOR THE LOVE OF MARY-Deanna Durbin, Edmond O'Brien, Don Taylor, Jeffrey Lynn. GOOD TIME GIRL- Jean Kent, Herbert lorn, Dennis Price (English-made). ^MEXICAN HA^'k'JJE— Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Virginia Grey. MY HEART GOES CRAZY - Sid Field, Greta Gynt, Tessie O'Shea— (English-made) — (Technicolor). O'FLYNN, THE— Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Helena Carter, Richard Greene. ONE NIGHT WITH YOU-NIno Martini, Patricia Roc, Bonar Colleano, Jr.— (English-made). ONE TOUCH OF VENUS-Robert Walker, Ava Gardner, Dick Haymes. PASSIONATE FRIENDS, THE-Ann Todd, Trevor Howard, Claude Rains— (English-made). ROGUE'S RBO(MENT-Dick Powell, Marta Toren, Vincent Price. SAXON CHARM, THE— Robert Montgomery, Susan Hay¬ ward, John Payne— 87m.— Leg.: B. SNOWBOUND— Robert Newton, Dennis Price, Mila Parely -(English-made). THREE KIDS AND A QUEEN - Fred Brady, Mary Morris, Beverly Simmons. UNAFRAID, THE— Joan Fontaine, Burt Lancaster, Robert Newton. WOMAN HATER— Stewart Granger, Edwige Feulllere— (English-made). YOU GOTTA STAY HAPPY— Joan Fontaine, James Stewart, Eddie Albert. Warners (1946-47 releases from 601 up; 1947-48 releases from 701 up) ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD, THE-COSMD-Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Claude Rains— Technicolor re¬ issue has the names and angles— 102m.— see March 3 issue— (Technicolor) — (718). APRIL SHOWERS— CMU— Jack Carson, Ann Sothern, Robert Alda— Show biz entry will depend on the names— 94m.— see March 31 issue— (719). BIG PUNCH, THE -MD- Wayne Morris, Lois Maxwell, Gordon MacRae— Neat programmer— 80m.— see Jurre 9 issue-(727). EMBRACEABLE YOU— D— Dane Clark, Geraldine Brooks, S. Z. Sakall— Interesting programmer— 80m.— see Aug. 4 issue — (732). FIGHTING 69TH, THE-D-James Cagney. Pat O'Brien, George Brent— Reissue has the names and angles— 79m.— see April 28 issues— (723). FLOWING GOLD— OMD— John Garfield, Frances Farmer, Pat O'Brien— Names will heip fair reissue— 82m.— see July 7 issue — (730). GOD'S COUNTRY AND THE WOMAN-OD-George Brent, Beverly Roberts, Barton MacLane — Mild reissue— 71m. —see July 7 issue— (729). I BECAME A CRIMINAL— MD— Sally Gray, Trevor Howard, Griffith Jones- Interesting import- 78m.— see Feb. 18 issue- (English-made)— Leg.:B— (717). JEZEBEL — MD— Bette Davis, Henry Fonda, Margaret Lind¬ say— Reissue has the names to help— 93m.— see Nov. 26 Issue— (710). KEY LARGO— MD— Humphrey Bogart, Edward G. Robin¬ son, Lauren Bacall— High-rating thriller— 101m.— see July 21 issue- (731). LIFE WITH FATHER-CD-lrene Dunne, William Powell, Elizabeth Taylor— Picturization of topnotch play will be omong top gressers— 1 18m.— see Sept. 3 issue— * (Technicolor)— (702). MY GIRL TISA—— 104m.-see April 14 issue-(721). WOMAN IN WHITE, THE-MYD-Alexls Smith, Eleanor Parker, Sydney Greenstreet— Interesting entry has names to help— 109m.— see May 12 issue- (724). TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION ADVENTURES OF DON JUAN, THE-Errol Flynn, Viveca Lindfors, Robert Douglas— (Technicolor). CLEOPATRA ARMS— Jane Wyman, David Niven, Wayne Morris. DECISION OF CHRISTOPHER BLAKE, THE-Alexls Smith, Robert Douglas, Cecil Kellaway. FIGHTER SQUADRON - Edmond O'Brien, Robert Stack, Henry Hull— (Technicolor). FLAXY MARTIN— Zachary Scott, Virginia Mayo, Dorothy Malone. FOUNTAINHEAD, THE— Gary Cooper, Patricia Neale, Kent Smith. y GIRL FROM JONES BEACH — Ronald Reagan, Virginia Mayo, Eddie Bracken. HOMICIDE— Robert Douglas, Helen Westcott, Robert Alda. HOUSE ACROSS THE STREET, THE-Wayne Morris, Janis Paige, Bruce Bennett. JOHN LOVES MARY— Ronald Reagan, Jack Carson, Patricia Neal. JOHNNY BELINDA — Jane Wyman, Lew Ayers, Charles Bickford. JUNE BRIDE— Bette Davis, Robert Montgomery, Betty Lynn. LOOK FOR THE SILVER LINING-June Haver, Ray Bolger, Gordon MacRa^(Technicolor). MY DREA.M IS YOURS— Jack Carson, Doris Day, Lee Bow¬ man— (Technicolor). NIGHT UNTO NIGHT-Viveca Lindfors, Ronald Reagan, Osa Massen— (84m.). ONE LAST FLING-Alexls Smith, Zachary Scott, Douglas Kennedy. ONE SUNDAY AFTERNOON— Dennis Morgan, Janis Paige, Dorothy Malone— (Technicolor). SERENADE— Ann Sheridan, Dennis Morgan. SMART GIRLS DON'T TALK— Bruce Bennett, Virginia Mayo, Robert Hutton. SOMEWHERE IN THE CITY-Edmsnd O'Brien, Viveca Lindfors, Virginia Mayo. SOUTH OF ST. LOUIS— Joel McCrea, Zachary Scott, Alexis Smith— (Technicolor). UNDER CAPRICORN — Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotton, Michael Wilding— (Transatlantic)— (English-made). UP UNTIL NOW— Ronald Reagan, Viveca Lindfors, Claude Rains. WHIPLASH— Dane Clark, Alexis Smith, Zachary Scott. YOUNGER BROTHERS, THE-JanIs Paige, Wayne Morris, Bruce Bennett— (Technicolor) Miscellaneous (Address of producers and distributors will be furn¬ ished on request). BOB AND SALLY— ED— Gloria Marlen, Ralph Hodges, Rick Vallin— Exploitation show— 71m.— see June 23 issue— (Social Guidance). CHRIST THE KING— BID— Jose Cibrian, Jose Bavlera, Au¬ rora Walker— Good religious offering for non-com¬ mercial outlets— 75m.— see March 31 issue- (Mexican- made)— (Barry-Simpex). CITIZEN SAINT — DOC — Jed Prouty, Loraino MacMartin, Walter Butterworth— Religious offering has restricted appeal— 68m.— see June 23 issue— (Elliott). DREAMS THAT MONEY CAN BUY-FAN-John Bittner, John Latouche, Valerie Tie— Unique art house offering —84m.— see May 26 issue— (Films Int. of America)— Leg.: B. FIGHT NEVER ENDS, THE-MD-Joe Louis, Ruby Dee, The Mills Brothers- All-Negro entry with Joe Louis should draw well— 64m.— see March 17 issue— (Alexander). GREAT BETRAYAL, THE-DOC— Produced by Idea Films. Narration by W. S. Gailmor— Good documentary foi the specialty houses— 72m.— see June 25 issue— (Screencraft). IRELAND TODAY— DOC— Michael Shannon, Julie Conway- Satisfactory entry for the Irish neighborhoods— 80m. —see July 7 issue— {lrish-American)—(Kodachrome). KILLER DILLER—MUC— Dusty Fletcher, George Wiltshire, Butterfly McQueen— Okeh for the Negro spots— 73m. —see July 7 issue— (All-American). NIGHT AT THE FOLLIES, A— MU— Evelyn West, Rene Andre, Pat O'Shea— Novelty picturization of bur¬ lesque show for censorless spots— 48m.— see Aug. 18 issue— (Excelsior). STORY OF LIFE, THE— ED— Joseph Creehan, Wanda Mc¬ Kay, John Parker — Educational sex film requires special selling— 62m.— see Aug. 4 issue— (Crusade). STRANGE VICTORY — DOC — Virgil Richardson, Cathy McGregor, Sophie Maslow — High-rating documen¬ tary will need selling— 73m.— see Aug. 4 issue— (Target). Foreign (Address of producers and distributers will be furn¬ ished on request). ANGELINA— D— Anna Mognani, Nando Bruno, Ave Ninchi -High-rating Italian entry— 90m.— see May 12 issue — (Italian-made)— (English titles)— (President). ANTOINE AND ANTOINETTE— D— Roger Plgaut, Claire Maffei, Noel Roquevert— High rating- 88m.— see May 12 issue— (French-made) — (English titles) — (Sirltrky- Int.)— Leg.: B. BLIND DESIRE— DMU-Jean-Louis Barrault, Edwige Feuil- lere, Jean Wall— Mediocre French import— 88m.— see June 23 issue — (French-made) — (English titles) — (Discina Int.). CHAMPAGNE CHARLIE— MUC — Tommy Trinder, Stanley Holloway, Betty Warren— Entertaining British Import for the duallers— 71m.— see Sept. 1 issue— (English- made)— (Bell). CONFESSIONS OF A ROGUE — CD— Louis Jouvet, Suzy De¬ lair, Annette Poivre— Good French entry- 91m,— see April _ 28 issue— (French-made)— (English titles)— (Dis¬ tinguished). CRIME AND PUNISHMENT-D-Hampe Faustman, Gunn Wallgren, Sigurd Wallen— High>rating Swedish im¬ port — 105m.— see March 31 issue— (Swedish-made)— (English titles)— (Film Rights Int.). DAMNED, THE— D— Henri Vidal, Florence Marly, Kurt Kronefeld— High-rating French Import— 104m.— see May 26 issue — (French-made) — (English titles) — (Discena Int.). DAY OF WRATH— D—Thirkild Roose, LIsbeth Movin, Sigrid Neilendam— Slow-moving Danish drama for the art houses- 97m.— see May 12 issue- (Danish-made)— (English titles)- (Schaefer). DIE FLEDERMAUS— MUC— Marte Harell, Johannes Heesters, Willi Dohm— Good German entry for the art houses— 96m.— see May 12 issue— (German-made)— (English titles)*-(Arfkino). ETERNAL MELODIES - BIDMU - Gino CervI, Conchita Montenegro, Luisella Beghi— Fair Italian import— 95m.— see March 3 issue— (Italian-made)— (English titles)— (Grandi). FARREBIQUE— DOCD— Conceived and produced by Georges Rouquier. with a French farm family as performers— Unusual French import for the art houses- 90m.— see March 3 issue — (French-made)— (English titles)— (Siritzky-Int). FIRST OPERA FILM FESTIVAL-MU-Tito Gobbi, Pina Mal- carini, Vittorio Diofredi— Unique offering for the specialty spots— 95m.— see June 23 issue— (Italian- made)— (Classic). FRIC-FRAC— CD— Fernandel, Arletty, Michael Simon— En¬ tertaining adult fare— 90m.— see June 23 issue— (French-made)— English titles)— (Oxford)— Leg.: C. FRIEND WILL COME TONIGHT, A-D-Michel Simon, Madeleine Sologne, Louis Salou— Better-than-average French offering — 90m. — see Aug. 4 issue— (French- made)— (English titles)— (Lopert). GELOSIA—D— Luisa Ferida, Roldano Lupl, Elena Zareschi -Average Italian import— 87m.— see May 12 issue— (Italian-made)— (English titles)— (World-Wide). HENRY IV— D— Osvaldo Valienti, Clara Calamai, Luigi Pavese — Entertaining — 92m. — see March 17 issue- (Italian-made)— (English titles)— (Superfilm)— Leg.: B. ILLEGALS, THE-DOC-Tereska Torres, Yankel Mikalo- witch— Documentary-type drama has limited appeal — 77V2m. — see July 7 issue — (Palestinian-made) — (Mayer-Burstyn). LYSISTRATA— CD— Judith Heizmeister, Paul Kemp, O. W. Fischer— Mediocre German offering— 85m.— see July 7 issue — (German-made) — (English titles) — (Distin¬ guished). MARIUS— CD— Raimu, Pierre Fresnay, Charplis— Excellent French import— 125m.— see May 26 issue— (French- made)— (English titles)— (Siritzky Int.). MR. ORCHID— MD-Noel-Noel, Nadine Atari, Jose Arthur —Good import — 93m. — see May 12 issue— (French- made)— (English titles)— (Lopert). MURDERERS AMONG US-D-Hildegard Knef, Ernst Bor- chers, Arno Paulsen — Suspensefut tale of postwar Berlin — 84m. — see Sept. 1 issue — (German-made)— (English titles)— (Artkino). NOT GUILTY— MD— Michel Simon, Jany Holt, Jean Debu- court— High-rating French import— 94m.— see May 26 issue— (French-made) — (English titles) — (Lelarge-Ari- ane)— Leg.: B. PORTRAIT OF INNOCENCE-CD-Louiso Carletti, Gilbert Gil, Pierre Larquey— Good French offering— 86m.— see June 23 issue — (French-made) — (English titles) — (Siritzky-Int.) RAVEN, THH—MYD— Pierre Fresisay, Pierre Larquay, Noel Roquevert— French import rates high— 90m.— see March 17 issue — (French-made) — (English titles) — (Westport Int.). RAZZIA— MD— Paul Bildt, Elli Burgmer, Walter Gross- Good German-made offering for the art houses— 94m. —see July 7 issue— (German-made)— (English titles)— (Artkino). REV^OE — D— Anna Magnani, Gino CervI, Luisa Poselli— Good Italian import— 66m.— see Dec. 10 issue— (Italian-made)- (English titles)— (Distinguished). ROOM UPSTAIRS, THE — ROMD — Marlene Dietrich, Jean Gabln, Jean d'yd— Above average import— 86m.— see Juno 9 issue— (French-made)— (English titles)— (Lopert). SHOWTIME — DMU — Richard Greene, Ann Todd, Peter Graves— Minor English entry— 90m.— see June 23 issue — (English-made)— (English Films). SON OF THE REGIMENT-D-Yura Yankin, Alexander Morosov, Gregory Pluzhnik— High-rating Russian im¬ port — 75m. — see Moy 12 issue — (Russian-made) — English titles)— (Artkino). SPRINO—CMU— Lubov Orlova, Nikolai Cherkassov, Nikalal Konovalov— Good Russian comedy— 104m.— see April 28 issue — (Russian-made)- (English titles)— (Artkino). THEY ARE NOT ANGELS-DOCD-Pierre Blanchsr, Ray¬ mond Bussieres, Jean Wall— Excellent French entry— 123m. — see July 7 issue — (French-made) — (English titles)— {Siritfiky-lnt.)—Leg.: B. TRIUMPH OF YOUTH-DOC-The Athletic and Youth Clubs of Soviet Russia— Good filler for the art housee— 44m. —see June 23 issue— (Russian-made)— (Artkino)— (Color). VILLAGE TEACHER— D— Vera Maretskaya, Dmitri Sagal, Vassili Maruta— Fair Russian entry— 97m.— see July 21 issue— (Russian-made)— (English titles)— (Artkino). WELL DIGGER'S DAUGHTER, THE — D — Raimu, Fernandel, Josette Day— Excellent French entry— 120m.— see Oct. 16 issue— (French-made)— (English titles)— (Siritzky-ln- ternational)— Leg.: B. WHERE WORDS FAIL— ROMDMU - Enrique Muino, Italo Bertini, Linda Lorena— Fair Spanish entry— 63V'2m.— see Sept, issue — (Spanish-made) — (English titles) — (Lopert). WHO KILLED SANTA CLAUS— CMD— Harry Baur, Raymond Rouleau, Renee Faure— Mediocre French Import- 95m. -see May 26 issue— (French-mado)—(EngIish titles)— (Film Rights Int.). AUGUST 25, 1948 THE EXHIBITOR Servisection 6 THE CHECK-UP The Shorts Parade (Additional listing of 1946-47 shorts product will be found on pages 2225, 2226, 2227, 2244, 2245, 2303, 2304, 2305, 2404, 2405, and 2406 of The Pink Section, another regular service of THE EXHIBITOR. The number opposite each series designates the total announced by the com¬ pany at the beginning of the season. Uncompleted 1946- 47 and 1947-48 series will appear until ended.— Ed.) £ z S i 2 0 .2 QC 9657 (Apr. 29) 9658 (June 3) 9659 (Aug. 12) ? No. 7— rm Looking Over A Four-leaf Clover . G No, 8— Manana . G No, 9— California Here I Come . (Ratings: E— Excellent; G— Good; F— Fair; B— Bad.) FILM NOVELTIES (12) 01 ,£ c c 3 “O c •-i “I 0)0. £-E o z s s i & s s 91/201. 2376 10V2m. 2413 9m. PASSING PARADES (6) K-971 (Dee. 20) Miracle in A Cernfield (Technicolor) . E K-972 (Jan. 10) If Can't Be Done . E K-973 (Jan. 24) Goodbye Mis* Turlock . G K-974 (Feb. 7) My Old Town . G K-975 (June 19) Souvenirs of Death . G e E 8m. 2312 10m. 2337 10m. 2342 9m. 2342 10m. 2428 o' Z o □ _«) 0) Q£ 9421 9422 9423 9424 9425 9426 9427 9431 9432 9433 9434 9435 9436 9437 9438 9439 9440 9120 9140 9160 9180 9451 o o Q « ¥t 1 0) *2 c e u > tS <2-E Columbia Two Reel COMEDIES ASSORTED AND ALL-STAR (20 (Oct. 9) Wedding Belle (Schilling-Lane) . F 17m. 2287 (Nov. 13) Should Husbands Marry? (Herbert) . F 17m. 2302 (Jan. 29) Silly Billy (Burke) . F 18m. 2351 (Feb. 19) Two Nuts In A Rut (Schilling and Lane) . F 18m. 2360 (Apr. 15) Tall, Dork and Gruesome (Herbert) . F 16m. 2375 (May 13) Crabbin' in the Cabin (Vernon and Quillan) . F 18m. 2413 (June 10) Pardon My Lamb Chop (Schilling and Lane) . B 17m. 2422 (Sept. 4) Rolling Down To Reno (Von Zell) . G IBVam. 2262 (Sept. 18) Hectic Honeymoon (Holloway) . F 17m. 2271 (Nov. 20) Wife To Spare (Clyde) F 16m. 2302 (Dee. 18) Wedlock Deadlock (DeRita)G 16m. 2328 (Dee. 25) Radio Romeo (Von Zell) F IZVam. 2351 (Jan. 15) Mon or Mouse (Holloway) F 18m. 2351 (Mar. 11) Eight-Bail Andy (Clyde) F 17V2m. 2369 (Apr. 29) Jitter Bughouse (De Rita) G 17m. 2393 (May 27) The Sheepish Wolf (Von Zell) . F IZ’/zm. 2413 (June 24) Flat Feat (Holloway) . F IZl/tm. 2436 SERIALS (3) (Sept. 4) The Sea Hound . G 1 Sep. 2241 (Dec. 18) Brick Bradford . O 15ep. 2311 (Apr. 1) Tex Granger . O 1 Sep. 2369% SPECIAL FEATURE SERIAL (July 15) Superman . E 15ep. 2428 SPECIAL (1) (Jan. 15) A Voice I* Born . E 20'/im. 2271 THREE STOOGES (8) 9401 (Sept. 11) Brideless Groom . G 16V2m. 2262 9402 (Oct. 30) Sing A Song of Six Pants F 17m. 2287 9403 (Dec. 11) All Gummed Up . F 18m. 2302 9404 (Jan. 8) Shivering Sherlock* . G 17m. 2375 9405 (Feb. 26) Pardon My Clutch . F 15m. 2351 9406 (Mar. 4) Squareheads of the Round Table . F 18m. 2360 9407 (May 6) Fiddler* Three . B 17m. 2393 9408 (July 8) The Hot Scot* . G 17m. 2436 One Reel COLOR FAVORITES (8) (Re-releases) (Technicolor) 9601 (Oct. 30) Dream* On Ice . G 6V2m. 2271 9602 (Nov. 20) Novelty Shop . F 6V2m. 2303 9603 (Dec. 18) Dr. Bluebird . F 8m. 2302 9604 (Jan. 22) In My Gondola . F 7V2m. 2329 9605 (Feb. 19) Animal Cracker Circus ... G 7m. 2336 9606 (Apr. 8) Bon Bon Parade . G BVzm. 2375 9607 (May 6) House That Jack Built . F 7m. 2393 9608 (July 15) The Untrained Seal . F 7V2m. 2436 COLOR PHANTASIES (8) 9701 (Nov. 6) Kitty Caddy . F 6m. 2287 9702 (Fob, 5) Topsy Turkey . F 6i/im. 2352 9703 (June 3) Short Snorts On Sports ... F 6V'2m. 2422 COLOR RHAPSODIES (8) (Technicolor) 9501 (Sept. 11) Swiss Tease . F 6m. 2263 9502 (Dee. 4) Boston Beany . G 6m. 2302 9503 (Mar. 18) Flora . . . G 7m. 2352 COMMUNITY SINGS (12) (Series 12) 9651 (Sept 4) No. l-LIndo . G 10m. 2243 9652 (Oct. 2) No. 2— April Showers . C 9m. 2271 9653 (Nov. 6) No. 3-P#g O' My Heart G 9m. 2303 9654 (Dec. 4) No. 4— When You Were Sweet Sixteen . G 9V2m. 2328 9655 (Jan. 8) No. 3-Feudin' & Fightin' G 10V2m. 2352 9656 (Feb. 12} No. 6-Clvtlization . O 10m. 2360 9901 (Nov. 27) Aren't We All . F lOVam. 2328 ( . ) Candid Microphone . E 10m. 2437 SCREEN SNAPSHOTS (12) (Series 27) 9851 (Sept. 4) Hollywood Cowboy* . G 91/2m. 2243 9852 (Oct. 9) Laguna, U. S. A . G 9V2m. 2303 9853 (Nov. 27) Out of This World Series G 9m. 2328 9854 (Dee. 18) Off The Air . F 10m. 2328 9855 (Jan. 22) Hawaii In Hollywood . G 10m. 2361 9856 (Mar. 18) Photoplay Magazine's Gold Medal Awards . G 9V2m. 2376 9857 (Apr. 1) Smile* and Styles . G 9V2m. 2376 9858 (May 6} Hollywood Honor* Hersholt . O 8m. 2393 9859 (June 10) Hollywood Party . G 9m. 2422 9860 (July 8) Hollywood Friars Honor . George Jessel . G 9V2m. 2437 THRILLS OF MUSIC (12) (Series 2) 9951 (Sept. 18) Boyd Raeburn and Orchestra . G 11m. 2263 9952 (Oct. 30) Claude Thornhill and Orchestra . G 11m. 2271 9953 (Nov. 13) Leeuona Cuban Boys . G lOVam. 2297 9954 (Dec. 11) Skitch Henderson and Orchestra . G 10m. 2352 9955 (Jon. 15) Charlie Barnet and Orchestra . G lOVam. 2393 9956 (Mar. 25) Ted Weems & Orchestra G lOI/im. 2361 9957 (June 10) Gene Krupa and Orchestra F 10m. 2422 9958 (July 22) Tony Pastor and Orchestra 10m. PETS SMITH SPECIALTIES (10) S-951 (Sept. 6) Football Thrills No. 10 E 10m. 2250 S-9S2 (Oct. 18) Surfboard Rhythm (Technicolor) . G 9m. 2263 S-953 (Nov. 8) What D'Ya Know? . G 9m. 2281 S-954 (Dec. 13) Have You Ever Wondered? . G 10m. 2303 S-955 (Jan. 10) Bowling Trick* . E 9Vtm. 2312 S-956 (Feb. 7) I Love My Mother-In-Law, But . G 8m. 2337 S-957 (Mar. 20) Now You See It (Technicolor) . O 9m. 2361 S-958 (May 29) You Can't Win . F 9m. 2393 S-959 (July 17) Just Suppose . F 9m. 2444 ( . ) Football Thrills No. 11 ... G 8m. 2444 Monogram Two Reel (Ansco Color) 4741 (May 30) Climbing the Matterhorn ... E 21m. 2249 Paramount Two Reel MUSICAL PARADE FEATURETilES (6) (Technicolor) FF7-1 (Feb. 27) Samba Mania . G 18m. 2336 FF7-2 (Apr. 9) Footlight Rhythm . G 19m. 2369 FF7-3 (June 25) Gypsy Holiday . F 19m. 2414 FF7-4 (Aug. 6) Tropical Masquerade . G 16m. FF7-5 (Oct. 1) Big Sister Blues . WORLD OF SPORTS (12) 9801 (Sept. 25) Cinderella Cager* . G 9V2m. 2263 9802 Oct. 23) Ski Demon* . G 9m. 2287 9803 (Nov. 13) Bowling King* . G 10m. 2306 9804 (Dec. 25) Navy Crew Champions G 10m. 2328 9805 (Jan. 29) Rodeo Thrill* and Spill* G 9Viim. 2361 9806 (Mar. 11) Net Marvel* . G 9m. 2377 9807 (May 13) Champions in the Making F SVam. 2407 9808 (June 17) No Holds Barred . G 9m. 2423 9809 (July 15) Aqua Zanies . F 9m. 2437 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Two Reel SPECIALS (4) A-901 (Mar. 27) Drunk Driving . F A-902 (Apr. 24) Going To Blaze* . E On* Reel CARTOONS (16) (Technicolor) (T-J — Tom and Jerry) On* Reel GRANTLAND RICE SPORTLIGHTS (10) R7-1 (Oct. 3) Riding The Wave* . G 10m. 2281 R7-2 (Oct. 31) Running The Hounds . G 11m. 2287 R7-3 (Nov. 28) Five Fathom* of Fun . O 10m. 2306 R7-4 (Dee. 5) Step, Look And Guess 'Em G 10m. 2312 R7-5 (Jon. 16) AH American Swing Stars G 10m. 2337 R7-6 (Feb. 20) Double Borrelled Sport . G 10m. 2342 R7-7 (Mar. 26) Big Game Angling . G 10m. 2361 R7-8 (Apr. 30) Riding Habit* . G . 10m. 2377 R7-9 (June 11) Big League Glory . E 10m. 2414 R7-10 (July 30) Her Favorite Pools . G 10m. 2444 NOVELTOONS (8) (Polacolor) P7-1 (Dec. 5) Santa's Surprise . G 9m. 2303 P7-2 (Jan. 9) Cot O' Nine Ail* . G 7m. 2313 P7-3 (Feb. 13) Flip Flap . G 8m. 2360 P7-4 (Mar, 19) We're In The Honey . G 8m. 2360 P7-5 (Apr. 9) The Bored Cuckoo . G 8m. 2375 P7-6 (Apr, 23) There's Good Boo's Tonit* G 9m. 2376 P7.7 (May 7) Land Of The Lost . E 7m, 2385 P7-8 (June 4) Butterscotch and Soda . G 7m. 2414 (1948-49) (8) 21m. 2360 21m. 2384 W-931 (Sept. 20) Slap Happy Lion . G 7m. 2281 W-932 (Sept. 27) The Invisiole Mouse (T-J)... F 7m. 2256 W-933 (Dec. 6) King Size Canary . F 7m. 2297 W-934(Jan. 31) The Bear and the Bean .. G 7m. 2336 W-933 (Mar. 211) What Price Fleadom . F 6m. 2352 W-936 (Apr. 24) Make Mine Freedom . G 9m. 2376 W-937(May 1) Kitty Foiled (T-J) . E 7m. 2384 W-938 (May 15) Little 'Tinker . G 8m. 2413 W-939 (June 26) The Bear and the Hare ... F 7m. 2422 W-940 (July 17) The Truce Hurts . G 7m. 2444 W-941 (Aug. 7) Half-Pint Pygmy . 7m. FITZPATRICK TRAVELTALKS (6) (Technicolor) P8-1 (Sept. 3) The Mite Makes Right . P8-2 (Sept. 3) Hector's Hectic Life . P8-3 (Sept. 3) Old Shell Game . P8-4 (Sept. 3) Little Red School House . P8-5 (Sept. 10) Hep Cat Symphony . P8-6 (Oct. 1) Lost Dream . PACEMAKERS (6) K7-1 (Oct. 3) It Could Happen To You G 11m. 2281 K7-2 (Nov. 14) Babies, They're Wonderful G 11m. 2287 K7-3 (Jan. 2) Bundle From Brazil . G 11m. 2313 K7-4 (Mar. 12) Musical Miracle . 6 11m. 2361 K7-5 (May 28) A Model I* Born . G 7m. 2403 K7-6 (July 30) Neighbor To The North . G 13m. 2437 T-911 (Nov. 29) Visiting Virginia . G T-912 (Dec. 13) Cradle Of A Nation . G T-913 (May 8) Cape Breton Island . G T-914 (July 31) Chicago, the Beautiful . G GOLD MEDAL REPRINT CARTOONS (Technicolor) W-921 (Nov. 22) Goldilocks and the Three Bears . F W-922 (Dec. 20) The Fishing Bear . F W-923 (Feb. 14) The Milky Way . E W-924 (Mar. 27) The Midnight Snack . F W-925 (Apr. 24) Puss 'N' Toot* . G W-926 (June 12) The Bowling Alley Cat ... F MARTIN BLOCK'S MUSICAL MERRY-GO-ROUNDS (4) M-981 (Feb. 14) No. 1— Freddy AAartIn and Keenan Wynn . B M-982 (Apr. 24) No. 2— Tex Benek* and Orchestra . G M-983 (June 26) No. 3— Ray Noble and Buddy Clark . . . G M-984 (July 17) No. 4— Les Brown and Virginia O'Brien . . G 9m. 2281 10m. 2297 9m. 2438 10m. 2444 (7) 11m. 2289 8m. 2311 8m. 2342 9m. 2360 7m. 2393 8m. 2428 10m. 2342 10m. 2352 11m. 2422 10m. 2444 POPEYE CARTOONS (8) (Polacolor) E7-1 (Dec. 19) All's Fair At The Fair G 8m. 2302 E7-2 (Jan. 30) Olive Oyl For President;. ..G 7m. 2313 E7-3 (Feb. 27) Wigwom Whoopee G 8m. 2360 E7-4 (Mar. 26) Pre-Hysterical Man G 7m. 2376 E7-5 (June 18) Popeye Meets Hercules ...,G 7m. 2414 E7-6 (July 30) A Wolf In Sheik's Clothing F 8m. 2444 E7-7 (Aug. 27) Spinach vs. Hamburgers ... F 8m. E7-8 (Sept. 3) Snow Place Like Home .... POPULAR SCIENCE (6) (Magnacolor) J7-1 (Oct. 17) No. 1-Radar Fishermen .. G 10m. 2281 J7-2 (Dec. 26) No. 2— Desert Destroyer* G 11m. 2303 J7-3 (Feb. 20) No. 3— Streamlined Luxury G 10m. 2337 J7.4 (Apr. 2) No. 4— Fog Fighter* G 10m. 2376 J7-5 (May 21) No. 5-The Big Eye G 10m. 2393 J7-6 Aug. 6) No. 6— The Flying Wing . ..G 10m. SCREEN SONG (8) (Polacolor) ^ X7-1 (Dec. 26) The Circus Comes To Clown . G 7m. 2312 THE EXHIBITOR AUGUST 25, 1948 THE CHECK-UP Servisection 7 • . i £ i & i i s s • 1 c C • — C 0)0. • QC • S . at D 0 c oc a..= X7-2 (Jan. 23) Base Brawl . . G 8m. 2337 X7-3 (Feb. 20) Little Brown Jug . . G 8m. 2337 X7-4 (Mar. 12) The Golden State . . G 8m. 2360 X7-5 (Mar. 19) Winter Draws On . . G 7m. 2360 X7-6 (June 4) Sing Or Swim . G 7m. 2414 X7-7 (July 16) Camptown Races . G 8m. 2444 X7-8 (Aug. 20) The Lone Star State ... . F 9m. X8-1 Y7-1 Y7-2 Y7-3 Y7-4 Y7-5 Y7-6 17-1 L7-2 L7-3 '7.-4 '"-6 (1948-49) (8) (Sept. 17) Readin', 'Ritin' and 'Rhythmetic . SPEAKING OF ANIMALS (A) (Oct. 3) Dog Crazy . G (Nov. 14) Ain't Nature Grand . F (D^c. 12) Monkey Shines . G (Feb. 6) Home Sweet Home . F (Apr, 16) 'Tain't So . F (June 18) As Headliners . G UNUSUAL OCCUPATIONS (A) (Magnacolor) (Nov. 7) No. 1— Hula Magic . G (Jan. 2) No. 2— Bagpipe Lassies ... G (Feb. 13) No. 3— Mocfern Pioneers ...,G (Apr. 16) No. 4— Nimrod Artist . .'G (May 14) No. 5— Feather Fhiery . G (Aug. 13) No. 6— Aerial Hot Rods . G 11m. 2281 10m. 2287 9m. 2306 10m. 2337 10m. 2376 10m. 2414 10m. 2281 11m. 2313 11m. 2361 10m. 2376 10m. 2393 16m. RKO Two Reel ^ EDGAR KENNEDY COMEDIES (6) 83401 (Nov. 21) Mind Over Mouse . F 17m. 2311 83402 (Jan. 2; Brother Knows Best . F 17m. 2336 83403 (Feb. 6) No More Relatives . F 18m. 2351 83404 (May 14) How To Clean House . F 18m. 2403 83405 (June 25) Dig That Gold . F 17m. 2436 83406 (Aug. 6) Home Canning . 16m. LEON ERROL COMEDIES (6) 83701 (Jan. 16) Bet Your Life . G 14m. 2336 83702 (Mar. 5) Don't Fool Your Wife . F 18m. 2360 83703 (Apr. 9) Secretary Trouble . F 17m. 2403 MY PAL (4) 83201 (Oct, 31) My Pal . G 22m. 2262 83202 ( ) Lost Pal . RAY WHITLEY MUSICAL WESTERN REISSUES (4) 83501 (Sept. 5) Molly Cures A Cowboy . F 19m. 2256 83502 (Oct. 10) Musical Bandit . F 16m. 2280 83503 (Nov. 14) Corralling A School Marm F 20m. 2319 83504 (Dec. 19) Prairie Spooners . G 13m. 2328 , SPECIALS 83901 (Dec. 12) Football HighlighH of 1947 . 0 19Vbm. 2302 841 ( . ) Louis-Walcott Fight . G 21m. 2302 83601 (Apr. 1) Twenty Years of Academy Awards . E 18m. 2369 83801 (Apr. 23) Basketball Headliners Of 1948 . G 18m. 2384 842 (June 26) Louis-Walcott Fight No. 2 G 19m. 2422 THIS IS AMERICA (13) 83101 (Nov. 14) Border Without Bayonets E 16m. 2286 83102 (Dec. 12) Switzerland Today . E 18m. 2311 83103 (Jan. 9) Children's Village . E 19m. 2319 83104 (Feb. 6) Operation White Tower ... G 18m. 2336 83105 (Mar. 5) Photo Frenzy . E 16m. 2352 83106 (Apr, 2) Funny Business . E 18m. 2369 83107 (Apr. 30) Democracy's Diary . E 17m. 2384 83108 (May 28) Crime Lab . E 17m. 2403 83109 (June 25) Letter To A Rebel . G 16m. 2428 83110 (July 23) Sport's Golden Age . G 17m. 2436 One Reel FLICKER FLASHBACKS (7) 84201 (Oct. 24) No. 1 . G 10m. 2281 84202 (Dec. 5) No. 2 . G 9m. 2319 84203 (Jan. 16) No. 3 . F 9m. 2337 84204 (Feb. 27) No. 4 . , F 9m. 2361 84205 (Apr. 9) No. 5 . F 8m. 2385 84206 (May 21) No. 6 . F 9m. 2437 84207 (July 2) No. 7 . G 9m. 2438 JAMBOREES (7) (Re-Releases) 84401 (Sept. 5) Enric Madriguera and Orchestra . F " 8m. 2256 84402 (Oct. 3) It's Tommy Tucker Time ... F 8m. 2281 84403 (Oct. 31) Johnny Long and His Orchestra . G 8m. 2287 84404 (Nov. 28) Duke Ellington and His Orchestra . G 9m, 2319 84405 (Dec. 26) Jerry Wald and His Orchestra . G 9m. 2328 84406 (Jan. 23) Ray McKinley and His Orchestra . F 8m. 2328 84407 (Feb. 20) Dick Stabile and His Orchestra . G 8m. 2337 SPORTSCOPES (13) 84301 (Sept. 19) Ski Holiday . G 8m. 2271 84302 (Oet. 17) Golf Doctor . G 8m. 2271 84303 (Nov. 14) Quail Pointers . G 8m. 2287 84304 (Dec. 12) Pin Games . G 8m. 2312 84305 (Jon. 9) Racing Day . G 8m. 2319 84306 (Feb. 6) Sports Coverage . G 8m. 2337 84307 (Mar. 5) Teen Age Tars . G 9m. 2361 84308 (Apr. 2) Doggone Clever . G 8m. 2385 84309 (Apr. 30) Big Mouth Bass . F 8m. 2437 o Z S s s i s S o .? -i •! ~ C 0)0. S.£ 3 (D— Donald c -