The Exhibitor (Aug-Nov 1948)

NT2 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, Middlesboro, 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 MidWestern 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. Hallberg, 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, 20thFox; 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, Cannelton, 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, 20thFox, was spending her vacation at home ....James ‘’Jim” Keefe, 20th-Fox exploiteer, 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, Connersville, 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, MoodyDickinson 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, Sewickley. 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 Cellendar, 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