The Exhibitor (Aug-Nov 1948)

NT2 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, Selznick; 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 Nakahian, Ludlow, Mass. The outfit is building adrive-in in the North HavenWall 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, LoewPoli, and missus heading for Middletown on a two-week’ vacat ion; Rube Lewis, Loew-Poli Palace, to Slatersville, 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 LoewPoli 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 19461947, 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