The Exhibitor (Jun-Oct 1939)

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NEWS OF THE TERRITORY "UNION PACIFIC.” When manager J. J. Ca¬ hill (center), Brockton, Brockton, Massachusetts, who trod the vaudeville boards for years, went to Boston recently to meet the actors who made this Paramount picture, he himself was the center of attraction, having stolen the show from players William Henry, Evelyn Venable. "WUTHERING HEIGHTS.” When Mrs. Frank¬ lin D. Roosevelt plugged the United Artists pic¬ ture in an interview with a Worcester (Massa¬ chusetts) Telegram reporter, manager Harold Maloney, Loew’s Poli, put the quote where it could not be missed. GOLFERS. George Somma, Republic shipper; Norman Wrisley, theatre premiums, get afew golf po.nters from Ralph Civitello. They took enough time out from their conversation to pose for The Exhibitor’s roving camerman. daring! unbelievable! thrilling! THE WINNAH. Shown here are the chief features of a lobby display which was only a small part of the exploitation campaign through which manager Randolph Miller, Strand, New Britain, Connecticut, won first prize of $100 in Warner Brothers borderline picture-selling contest. Incidentally, the job also netted him another $50 for the most business contest in his district that week, the one before Christmas. Award was made this month. ' as, y| fH 1 V 1 J G* i ! i. pBj || J Mi A — * "If I ‘fm 1 ■ 1 I H "WUTHERING HEIGHTS.” One of the most unusual window displays was secured by Louis A. Brown, substituting for Joseph DiPesa, for Loew’s State and O'rpheum, Boston, on this United Artists picture. Set up in the window of Jordan Marsh and Company, this full window consisted of three of the original gowns from the picture, together with numerous stills and the proper theatre credit. Store thought so much of the display that they broke their three-day rule and let the display stay for a full week. "UNION PACIFIC.” Paramount’s touring players aboard the Union Pacific special train visited Massachusett’s Governor Staltonstall during the train’s stop in Boston. From left to right, they are Margaret Roach, Evelyn Luckey, Sheila Darcy, Judith King, Anthony Quinn, Evelyn Venable, Luana Walters, Bill Pine (associate producer on "Union Pacific”), Patricia Morison, William Henry. In the center Robert Preston and the governor have just discovered they both come from Newton, Massachusetts. May 17, 19)9