The Exhibitor (Aug-Nov 1948)

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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 midAugust. 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 Hadelman. 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 Skolnick, 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. Tassinaro, George Antonik, F. Toth, B. Tomarrow, J. Cossette, Harry Kaplan, Merrick Parrelli, John Lyme, Bud Bachus, 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 unforseen developments. August 11, 1948 New England