The Exhibitor (Jun-Oct 1939)

20 Waterbury Manager ED FITZPATRICK, Loew-Poli, at¬ tended a recent managers’ meeting held in New Haven for the division. ROBERT WITTY is the new addition to the Loew-Poli staff. State manager JULIA SMITH put over a sock campaign on "Bachelor Mother" — her activities including the distribution of novelty cards, a hilarious baby-carriage ballyhoo, GINGER ROG¬ ERS fashion layout in local paper, extensive teaser campaign in advance, plenty of art and copy in local dailies, etc. MIKE SIRICA, Capitol manager, visited the exchange. ED FITZPATRICK and assistant GEORGE LOUKIDES are busy planning a huge trylon and perisphere display in the Loew-Poli lobby. JIM FINNEGAN, Loew-Poli stagehand, has just returned from a trip to Maine. MRS. MARIE MURPHY, Loew-Poli, sustained a broken wrist in a fall. JOSEPH SULLIVAN, popular Loew-Poli door¬ man, is the proud uncle of a baby boy. On a recent day off, BILLY SIRICA, Lido, visited his newly acquired sister-in-law in Boston. MAINE Portland CHELSEA A. WALDRON and GEORGE GOULD, business agent and president Local 45 8, journeyed to Boston on business. NATE PRESS, assistant manager. State, is en¬ joying vacation breezes. PAUL WILEY, Boston’s Si-Mi, was in. Second week of Sunday movies since the law was passed gave all local theatres capacity houses, with tourists and vacationists from surrounding beaches and lakes swarming into town. Restau¬ rants and other amusement places all reported ex¬ cellent business. A. J. MOREAU, Jr., son of A. J. MOREAU, district manager, M. & P. Theatres, Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont, celebrated his fifth birthday July 31. His parents gave him a big party. Maine Publicity Bureau is starting a drive throughout Maine to raise enough funds to put on a bigger than ever campaign in 1940 to bring vacationists to Maine. HARRY BOTWICK, State manager, and JOHN DIVNEY, Maine manager, are on the Cumberland County committee for the project. MRS. FRED STONE, wife of the manager, Portland, is acting as cashier there while MISS MARIAM ARMSTRONG, regular cashier, is on vacation. BILL FIELD, manager, Empire, visited the Strand Hunting room and playing the machine for game of skill with the first shot made a score high enough to win a pass to the Strand. Did Strand manager LEO YOUNG have to come ac ross? MR. and MRS. LARRY HERMAN, Boston, of that city’s Ralph E. Snider Theatrical Enterprises’ Booking Office, were guests in Portland of MR. and MRS. LEO YOUNG. Strand manager Young proudly showed the visitor his collection of more than 200 miniature dogs. It’s Young’s entertain¬ ment coup. Leo, by the by, is a great lover of dogs. He has two beautiful white Eskimo Spitzes, Lucky the powerful and his son Lucky, Jr. Seats at the Strand and Empire are being reno¬ vated. MAUDE MOSHER, graphologist, will be a fea¬ ture at the Strand. Beginning Sunday she will be in the lobby of the theatre to analyze movie patrons’ handwriting. She will broadcast from the lobby of the theatre every day at 12.45 P. M. and Sunday at 5.45 P. M. over WGAN. She’ll be at Boothbay at SAUL HAYES’ theatre for three days before coming to Portland, and before that she was at Loew’s, Boston. MISS PEARL LEVECQUE, cashier, Maine, is on her vacation. THE EXHIBITOR Maine changes its opening dates to three pro¬ gram a week, opening Sunday, Wednesday and Friday. Colonial has closed dov/n for repairs and will rema.n dark until some time in August. SAM DAVIDSON, representative, Cameo Screen Alliance, Boston, was a visitor, explaining new premium gifts for premiums to managers. He also vis. ted the Saco Open Air. MASSACHUSETTS Brockton So great was the "carriage trade” interest in "Mr. Chips” picture that manager J. JOSEPH CAHILL, Brockton, found it necessary to put extra g.rl on answering telephone calls. HARRY W. FIELDS, supervisor of checkers for Loew’s Inc., was a recent visitor to Brockton. THOMAS A. KELLEY, manager, Rialto, back from vacation. He also attended the annual out¬ ing of southeastern d. strict of M. and P. theatres held at Plymouth. He was accompanied to out¬ ing by MRS. KELLEY. During his absence, Rialto was in charge of second man HORACE W. BEALS. Also at the M. and P. outing of WILLIAM E. SPRAGG’S distr.ct at Plymouth was manager J. JOSEPH CAHILL and MRS. CAHILL and as¬ sistant manager ALEC HURWITZ and MRS. HURWITZ, Brockton. Assistant manager HORACE W. BEALS, Rialto, is back from vacation on the Cape. Annual outing of some 5 000 city kids to Bos¬ ton ball game was greatly enlivened by snappy loud speaker announcing by manager MORRIS PERLSTEIN, Modern, who donated sound truck. Manager Perlstein makes this donation annually. BURT CAMPION, stage manager, Brockton, has been vacatoning at Camden, Maine. Manager J. JOSEPH CAHILL, Brockton, vaca¬ tioned in Milwaukee. ALEC HURWITZ held the re. ns during Cahill’s absence. Manager MORRIS RALBY, Park, boosted Mon¬ day give-away idea to now include 20 prizes on Saturdays. JAMES NELLIGAN, doorman, Brockton, is back from World’s Fair vacation. JULIUS CONVISER and JOHN LOFTUS, Standard Theatre Supply Company, Boston, and WILLIAM E. SPRAGG, district manager, M. and P., were in Brockton putting final touches on plans for the installation of new seats at the Brockton. Seats will be the first of its kind to be installed in New England and are identical to those in the model Esquire, Chicago. Fall River NATE YAMINS’ Empire closed for a couple of week’s renovating. MISS ROSELLA M. FLEMING, cashier, Park, forsook blessed singleness July 29 and married VICTOR G. AUCLAIR, Providence, at St. Pat¬ rick’s Church, Fall River. MISS ELLEN McCOMB is substituting as cash¬ ier, Durfee. JIM McNAMARA, manager, Park, is vacation¬ ing on Cape Cod and at the World’s Fair. Manager JOE BEAN, Durfee, arranged neat tie-in of hurricane souvenir pine chairs and tables in connection with ladies give away on dishes. Attractive display in lobby was through coopera¬ tion of a furniture company and State Forest Warden GEORGE MONTLE, who secured pine boughs from State Forest, Foxboro. MISS VIVIAN SHERMAN, cashier, Strand, is vacationing. CHARLIE FEINBERG, manager, Capitol, is on vacation. MISS PEGGY CULLEN, jolly cashier, Durfee, is on a two weeks vacation which she is spend¬ ing touring to Canada and visiting the World’s Fair in New York. LOU BAILEY, head usher, Durfee, returned from vacation with good coat of tan. Remodeling and renovation of Empire, NATE YAMINS, operator, are progressing rapidly. Pres¬ ent plans call for reopening about September 1. In meantime, manager WALTER BIGELOW and assistant manager JOHN BOGAN are enjoying a vacation. Clinton THOMAS KILCOYNE, Strand, is having his annual vacation. ROBERT DONNELY and MISS MARY CONNORS have returned to their duties. Fitchburg Manager EDWARD HALEY, Fitchburg, put on a good campaign in behalf of "Goodbye, Mr. Chips.” MERLE GILKS, Worcester, is subbing in E. M. Loew’s Universalist Marlboro. Modern, managed by ALFRED F. WINSTON, and Marlboro, managed by JAMES T. McMANUS, entertained hundreds of boys at special performances during Boys Week. Haverhill M. and P.’s Paramount, closed July 21 for the summer season. Laivrence Manager HARRY FURST, Palace, is back from a vacation spent at Sebago Lake, Maine, with MRS. FURST and daughters. Additional remodeling work at CHRIS McHALE’S Broadway includes new lobby frames. Star, NICK BOSCKETTI, manager, is award¬ ing bicycles to boys and girls as part of a "neigh¬ borly” program. BERTHA FOLEY, cashier, Star, vacationed. Back from vacation: FRED CHAMPY, Palace, who visited New York World's Fair; DAVE WEINERMAN, Palace, who was at Old Orchard Beach, and BEN GRUBER, assistant manager, Broadway. MAX MELINCOFF, Warner district manager, was in, saying KING ALDRICH, Warner sound engineer, was recovering from a recent illness. JIM O’LOUGHLIN, manager, Strand, Amesbury, found discretion better part of valor re¬ cently when he found a drunk sitting in his parked car. O’Loughlin was going to drive Broadway manager CHRIS McHALE and MRS. McHALE home, but the drunk refused to leave the car. After much argument, O’Loughlin said, "If you were a gentleman, you’d get up and give a lady your seat.” Whereupon the drunk left the car. Add popular theatremen: DICK DALTON, Methuen. North Adams BERNARD PAINE, E. M. Loew’s Mohawk, leaves August 10 for Panama. Palmer Three Thorndike juveniles were arrested charged with breaking and entering the Palmer, managed by MICKEY MARTONE. Pittsfield Word was received of the death in Palm Beach, Florida, of JOHN S. WHISTLER, 70, who formerly operated the Lyric, now Strand here, and was at one time a candidate for Mayor. Springfield Genial LOU COHEN, Hartford, is managing Loew’s Poli this week and next as GEORGE and PAULA FREEMAN vacation at Hampton Beach, New Hampshire. Cohen has spent two weeks each summer at Springfield for several years, and for the past three days there has been a steady stream of visitors renewing friendships. August 9, 19)9