The Exhibitor (Jun-Oct 1939)

26 THE EXHIBITOR EVERY WEDNESDAY THERE WILL BE A NEW ISSUE OF THIS PUBLICATION COMPLETE IN COVERAGE SERVICE AND A LAST MINUTE REPORT ON WHAT'S DOING IN THIS INDUSTRY OF OURS Plymouth personnel defeated the Olympia, 5 to 1, and Elm Street beat the Olympia, 10-9. BILL GOULD for Plymouth and WALTER SULLI¬ VAN for Elm Street. Another cribbage tournament is in full swing backstage at Plymouth, with contenders in¬ cluding manager RALPH McGOWAN, manager LAWSON DANIELS, Olympia; DICK OWENS, assistant manager, Plymouth; CHET GAYLORD, JOE SHEA, DINNY SULLIVAN, PAT FOLEY, JIM MAHONEY. HERB BLOOM, manager, Ware, Beverly, visited the Family. LAWSON DANIELS and DICK OWENS at¬ tended an E. M. LOEW’S managers’ meeting in Boston. NEW HAMPSHIRE Claremont For his efficient services in directing the Clare¬ mont school safety patrols during the Magnet fire, WAYNE CHAPMAN, 17, senior, Claremont High School, is enjoying a trip to Washington. Chapman’s trip is his reward for the manner in which he directed the patrols in rendering service to the firemen and police during the theatre fire. East Jaffrey E. VANNEY is doing a nice job of remodel¬ ing his 3 75-seat Park here. Keene FRED SHARBY’S Scenic had air-condition¬ ing installed recently. Tilton JOHN BRUNO, Opera House, has installed a cooling system. RHODE ISLAND Centerdale TED ROSENBLATT’S son has the whooping cough. Cranston MATT REILLY, Palace, has been ill of a recent heart attack. BEN PICKETT, Playhouse, Providence, formerly of Community, Dedham, Massachusetts, is relieving. East Greemvich JOSEPH STANZLER in from New York to manage the Greenwich for new lessees, Artcraft Pictures. East Providence Portuguese-American social group cancelled scheduled performance of "The Birth of a Na¬ tion’’ at Phillips Street Hall when representa¬ tives of the Society for the Advancement of Colored People protested to town police author¬ ities. Narragansett Damage by the hurricane and highwater to the Casino is being undone by a crew of work¬ men engaged by the lessee and manager of the summer resort house, MEYER STANZLER. Water ruined the seats on the orchestra floor and Stanzler is having 5 50 rebuilt seats installed. Casino also is being completely redecorated and provided with new drapes. Projection and sound equipment escaped damage in the storm. Stanzler expects to open the house for the sum¬ mer season the first week in June. Providence JAMES FAY is up and about now after his long illness but it will be some weeks before he gets back to the theatre. Reserved seat premiere of "The Mikado” at Albee was a sell-out. ROY MAHER, veteran doorman, Carlton, is in Rhode Island Hospital for an operation. GEORGE M. COHAN and DENNIS F. O’BRIEN were in town for closing performance of Brown University show "Savior Fair” which they attended with EDWARD M. FAY. Son of ART IONETTI, Columbia, has been ill. South Kingston Definite announcement that Theatre-by-theSea, Matunuck, would re-open for summer legit season was made by the owner. VERMONT Barre Magnet still holds a "Pay Nite” every Wednes¬ day. Fair Haven Injuries allegedly sustained while attending the Fair Haven are the basis of a $5 000 negligence suit entered in Rutland County court by JACK GRANT against CHARLES W. ORR, theatre operator. Grant sets forth in his writ he sus¬ tained his injuries while descending stairs leading to the theatre balcony last November 2 5 and through negligence, acclaimed of the theatre management. Middlebury Corsages were given to mothers and sisters by the Campus as a feature of Mother’s Night per¬ formance Mother’s Day. Montpelier Fifty-three contracts have been filed in the secretary of state’s office here under the require¬ ments of a new law relating to the use of copy¬ rights and public performing rights in musical compositions and dramatic-musical compositions. Contracts so far filed involve motion picture the¬ atres, radio stations, hotels and restaurants, Law requires that persons selling, licensing the use of, or disposing of, for use in the state, performing rights to musical compositions which have been copyrighted, must register in the secretary of state’s office. Proctor MRS. D. C. MOODY, Ruthland, wife of an independent sound service engineer formerly as¬ sociated with RCA, now operates the town hall theatre, purchasing the operating rights from FRANK DEAN. She has adopted a policy of showing "proven pictures.” Waterbury EDWARD EMMONS, who closed the Lyric, is now associated with his mother, MRS. LEON EMMONS, owner Bijou, Morrisville. ANDREW TEGU, who operates a chain of theatres in Lyndonville, Morrisville, Woodsville, New Hampshire, now operates the only theatre in Waterbury, the Rialto. Winooski Projectors and booth equipment at the Strand has been overhauled. GEORGE LaV ALLEY is the manager. "SLIM,” Strand operator, has re¬ turned to work after weathering an attack of pneumonia. May 24, 19)9