The Exhibitor (Aug-Nov 1948)

THE EXHIBITOR NT-3 Leonard Smith, newly appointed area MGM records distribution manager, pre¬ sented discs of '"Judaline", from '"A Date With Judy", to Metro branch reps in Washington following a sales promotion confab. Pictured above are salesman Pete Prince, Smith, salesman Sidney Eckman, branch manager Jer ry Adams, sales¬ man Fred Rippingale, and of f ice manager Joseph Kronman, happy to get the records. town lawyer, and contractor and builder, M.M. Dean, Hollywood. SALISBURY A hearing on a special commission’ s recommendations on closing a part of a public alley' leading from Market Street, near South Division Street, is scheduled at City Hall on Aug. 16. Closing of the alley is being con¬ sidered at the request of the Schine Chain Theatres, which is planning to build a 1,880-seat theatre on its property adjacent to the alley. The commission that investigated the costs of closing the alley, composed of Arthur W. Boyce, Oscar G. Davis, and George W. Tilghman, submitted its report to council estimating damages to six of seven properties bordering the alley at $4,037.75. Benefits to two of the seven properties, the com¬ mission reported, would be $4,250, which amount would be collected by the city. SOLOMON' S ISLAND The D. andL. recently played “Short Brothers’ Stage Show’’ for its only appearance in the territory. UPPER MARLBORO Sidney Lust’ s Marlboro played the live talent show of Cecil Campbell and his Tennessee Ramblers, and, ac¬ cording to manager Clifton Buck, a good crowd was attracted. WALDORF Ike Weiner’s Waldorf, which has long maintained a parking lot next to the theatre and a telephone question and answer service at the theatre, has found that these services have paid off. Virginia RICHMOND Motion pictures of Virginia’ s scenic and historic charms were shown 3,455 times to audiences totaling 1,876,078 people during the six months ended on June 30, it was reported recently by the State Department of Conservation and Development. This represents an increase of 1,160,714 over the com¬ parable audiences for these films in the first six months of 1947. Demands for the films were said to have been so great that 2,336 requests were turned down. Efforts are now being made to get additional prints of the most popular films. Melvin Walton, Brookland staff, went to Virginia Beach with the Na¬ tional Guard. . .Gladys Kinnikin, Brookland staff, vacationed in Denver visiting her mother .... Eva Garret, Capitol, spent her vacation down in Charles City County. Lena Stevenson is back at the Capi¬ tol Berio candy counter after illness ....Geneva Smith, veteran Byrd em¬ ployee, visited Northern New York State and Canada with a group of friends*. ... Albert Burton, Byrd staff, vacationed on the Potomac River. River, had tough luck when his car broke down and had to be towed into West Point... Mrs. Earl Bergener, wife of the Highway Express representative, was in Johnson-Willis Hospital. William Gentry, Byrd staff, went with the National Guard to Camp Pendle-ton. . . .Gertrude Coulter, veteran Byrd staffer, was vacationing. .. Bob Shore, Byrd staff, joined the navy, and went to Buckroe Beach for a short vacation before being assigned to duty. ...Wil¬ liam Pierce and John Palmer, Byrd service staff, in the U. S. Naval Re¬ serve, will go to Bermuda on a cruise ....Bernice Ballard, State, left with her children for a short visit to the mountains. ... David Murr, Byrd, spent his vacation in New York. ... Albert Nimmo, Grand assistant manager, ioined the National Guard. ... John Wooley and Joe Sprill are additions to John Zenner’ s staff at the Westhampton. . . Mary Falkerson and Ruth Parsley are the new candy girls at the State. ... Dorothy Hall, Westhampton, visited Norfolk. George Peters, Loew’ s manager, held a special screening prior to the reg¬ ular showing of the MGM short, “Going to Blazes.” The audience was composed of officials of the Fire Prevention Bureau as well as representatives from each of the city’s fire engine companies. LAWRENCEVILLE Work on the proposed new theatre here will get under way at an early date, Harry Roth, district manager, Pitts-Roth Theatres, announced. The vm a CAMUr MACHINt to a complete You'll get the RIGHT equipment for your theatre/ plus the RIGHT' kind of service, when you let Berio handle sales at the "second box office". Thirty years' experience has taught us how to get maximum re¬ turns for every location. And you'll have more time free for the right kind of showmanship that builds record grossest “Shag” Saunders, Ponton, was still 333 S. BROAD ST., PHILADELPHIA 7, PA. Gut sick . Howard Powers, Colonial, vacationed at hi^ cabin on the York — — — — — — —— — August 11, 1948