The Exhibitor (Aug-Nov 1948)

THE EXHIBITOR NT-1 N]i:w$ OF rm BRANCHES Atlanta Charlie Durmeyer, president, South¬ ern Automatic Candy Company, returned after a trip to Florida. ... C. P. Cohen, Lincoln, Key West, Fla. , left after visiting here.... John W. Mangham, president. Screen Guild of Georgia, checked in after a trip. N.E. Savini, special representative, Astor, New York City, was in. ...Mrs. Bernice Warworth, secretary to Arthur C. Bromberg, president. Monogram, is back after a vacation. .. .Pete Rosian, U-I district manager, was in. Three old-timers were seen talking on Film Row, J.E. Laird, manager. Re¬ public; S. Matthews, American Express, and P.H. Savin, Monogram. The three are pals from way back. Seen on Film Row was Bill Griffin, Lyric, Cullman, Ala. ...Marie Pinkston, booking department. Republic, was off for a stay in Florida. In visiting were W. Greene, Prin¬ cess, Albertsville, Ala., and R.E. Hooks, Hooks Theatres Circuit, Alabama ...Jimmy Wilson, Wilson and Moore En¬ terprises, returned after a trip to Alabama. ... Tom Jones, Exhibitor Ser¬ vice, checked in after a vacation. Arthur C. Bromberg, president, and Jimmy Hobbs, branch manager. Monogram, were back from Chicago. ... Jimmy Bello and W.M. Richardson were back from Florida. ... Harvey Smith, manager and coowner. Tower, was back after a trip to New York. Mrs. Rose Lancaster, Astor, returned from a two-week stay in Miami. ... Ralph McCoy, manager. Film Classics, returned to his office after a visit to the Alabama territory. . . . Grover Parsons, Eagle Lion, checked in his office after a trip. Leonard Allen, Paramount publicity chief, was off from the city. ...Film Row-ites hear that Babe Cohen, former manager. Monogram here, now with Screen Guild in New Orleans, is enjoying that city.. .Dolly Davis, daughter of Merritt Davis, branch manager. Repub¬ lic, has been cast in a major role in "Years Ago”, forthcoming dramatic production of the Burnsville, N.C., School of Fine Arts and the Burnsville Playhouse. She is a junior student at the Woman’s College, University of North Carolina, which operates the school and playhouse. Mrs. Rachel Gravely has been added to the force at Monogram. .. .Film Rowites were pleased to hear that their good friend, Jimmy Greenleaf , had been appointed branch manager, UniversalInternational*, Charlotte. He is one of the old timers on the Row here, but has been in Charlotte for anumber of years. Mr. and Mrs. Carlisle, she is with Film Classics, were back from their honeymoon. ... Mrs. Frances Tucker, Co¬ lumbia booking department, was back from a Florida vacation. Shag Jordan, special sales repre¬ sentative, United Artists, was in Florida for a few weeks. .. .Doris \Watson, Wil-Kin Theatre Supply Company, was back at her desk after enjoying the mountains in North Carolina. ... Off on a Florida vacation was Ed Rice, Rebel Poster Exchange. Lamar McGarity, Columbia, became the proud father of a baby girl. . . Ailleen Stevens, Columbia, was expecting the blessed event. Martha Willoughby, Columbia, was hospitalized. .. .Curtis Baucora is back on the job at the Kand B Soda Company, where the film folks hang out.... A flash fire caused from broken film did $1,900 damage at the Strand, one of the Bailey theatres , Decatur Street, The projectionist said the fire started while the film was being run. through the projection machine, broke, and struck the arc. Quick action on his part confined, the fire to the booth. The fire was quickly placed under con¬ trol, and the theatre was in operation again within several hours. Howard Schussler, booker, Lam Amuse¬ ment Company, Rome, Ga. ; Clyde Samp¬ ler, booker, Duncan and Richards, Car¬ rollton, Ga. ; Sidney Laird, Al-Dun, West Point, Ga, ; Ralph Johnson, the Georgia tent showman, and P.L, Taylor, Dixie, Columbus, ca. , were visiting and booking. The love bug hid the row again. This time it is J. Waters, head booker, and Valenie Norris, who were married recently. Both are from Warners. Here's wishing the couple all the best things in life.... Rube Joiner, circuit booker, Warners, resigned tc become a salesman for Republic.... William Richardson, president, Astor, All business in Miami Beach' s down¬ town section came to a rapid halt recently when Lee Taylor and Caroline Eckert, models, promenaded the area in these "Brush” bathing suits in ad¬ vance and on opening dav of Columbia' s "The Fuller Brush Man”. Responsible for this eye-catching promotion were Ed May, manager, Wometco' s Lincoln, Miami Beach, and Sonny Shepherd, managing director, Wometco' s Miami, was off again to Florida. He said he hoped the fish were biting better. Ben Jordan, Monogram’ s s^-ecial sales representative, came by the office to say “hello” for the first time in over a month. ... George M. Jones, Eagle Lion sales representative, left after a sales talk with Grover Parsons. Harry and Caroline Beverly, the Paradise Room photographers, terminat¬ ed their connection there. During their six years at the spot, they made thousands of frierids. ... Denny Denman, manager. Paramount, was vacationing in Florida. ... Merritt Davis, newly appointed branch manager, Republic, was back after a visit to Tennessee. Walter Hickey, former special sales representative for many of the major exchanges, was seen on Film Row look¬ ing much better. ... Mrs. Kate Wright, Monogram Southern exchanges, was back after a trip to New York. ...Buck Roe¬ buck, formerly with Republic and later with Exhibitor Service, returned to his old love, Republic, to cover Ten¬ nessee. Marie Pinkston, Republic booking de¬ partment, is back after her vacation ....Mrs. Ray Collins, secretary to R.L. McCoy, Film Classics, checked in at the office after visiting in Cov¬ ington, Ga. ...Mike Benton, president, WBGE and Southeastern Fair, will have his “Miss Atlanta” contest at the Park soon. Henry Krumm, southern district mana¬ ger, SRO, returned after paying a visit to Charlotte. ... Howard Schuesler, booker, Lam Amusement Circuit, Rome, Ga. , was booking and visiting. Charlotte In the first action of its kind filed in U.S. District Court, the Park¬ in Theatres, Camden, N.J., seek to enjoin further operation of the North 29 Drive-In, located on the Concord Road at the northern boundary of Char¬ lotte. The suit has been filed (as of Aug. 5) by Charles W. Tillett, of the law firm of Tillett and Campbell, re¬ presenting the Park In Theatres, which contends that the Wilkinson Boulevard Drive-In is the only drive-in theatre in Mecklenburg County. Defendants named in the lawsuit, which asks that the defendants be enjoined from fur¬ ther operation of the North 29 DriveIn, and also asks that damages be as¬ sessed, are the ASF Theatre Company, George W. Ferguson, Byron Adams and R.C. Saunders. The drive-in on Wil¬ kinson Boulevard, just beyond the city limits of Charlotte, has been operat¬ ing for a number of years, but the North 29, which is being sued, opened only about two months ago. Bill Cartledge, operator of El Moroco, night spot, returned from Cleve¬ land, New York, and Canada. He picked up a number of new ideas for his club. Cartledge announces that he is arrang¬ ing for a businessmen’ s club lunch, as an addition to the service. Irvin D. Setzer, 47, formerly with National Screen Service, died suddenly August 18, 1948 Southern