The Exhibitor (Aug-Nov 1948)

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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 walkin 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 StevensonDave 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 vicepresident, 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, Dayton, 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, UniversalInternet 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