The Exhibitor (Aug-Nov 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 boxoff 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-Kincey 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 20acre 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, semifabricated 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 Jackson, 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