The Exhibitor (May-Oct 1945)

Record Details:

Something wrong or inaccurate about this page? Let us Know!

Thanks for helping us continually improve the quality of the Lantern search engine for all of our users! We have millions of scanned pages, so user reports are incredibly helpful for us to identify places where we can improve and update the metadata.

Please describe the issue below, and click "Submit" to send your comments to our team! If you'd prefer, you can also send us an email to mhdl@commarts.wisc.edu with your comments.




We use Optical Character Recognition (OCR) during our scanning and processing workflow to make the content of each page searchable. You can view the automatically generated text below as well as copy and paste individual pieces of text to quote in your own work.

Text recognition is never 100% accurate. Many parts of the scanned page may not be reflected in the OCR text output, including: images, page layout, certain fonts or handwriting.

THE EXHIBITOR NT-7 NEW YORK Subways recently recommended RKO's "The Enchanted Cottage" as the picture of the month, and, above, 10 year old actor in the film, Alec Englander, and RKO sales manager Robert Mochrie are seen looking over a sample car card. GEORGE MASON, manager. Shea's Great Lakes, Buffalo, attended the signing of a citation issued by Mayor Joseph Kelly recently to Jack L. Warner for the production of Warners' "God Is My Co-Pilot." Seated is Mayor Kelly, while standing, left to right, are: Kneeland B. Wilkes, president, City Council; Captain Gerald Rogers, Army Air Force; Edmund Swartzenburg, executive secretary to the* mayor; Captain Mead Simmons, chaplain, Curtis-Wright P-40 field, and Mason. neighborhood take advantage of the gift and many have expressed keen apprecia¬ tion, adding that they have not experienced similar generosity in any other city. Carol Fenyvessy, who has a brother serving in Burma, ‘annie oakleys’ servicemen at the Rexy, and manager Gradon Hodges has made it a practice at the Drive-In ever since the war started. Managers Meredith Cramer, Cameo, and Jack White, Dixie, boosted prices a nickel to 35 cents, same as other Schine houses. . . . Mrs. Florence Belinson, Little, arranged an all-Russian program topped by ‘“The Rainbow,” sponsored by the International Workers Order. . . . Joe Levy, booking chief, was in at Loew’s. Staff Sergeant Joe Appleton, wounded in the Africa area, has been chosen for an important newsreel assignment by the Navy. . . . Former projectionist Harmon J. Smith, now labor representative in this area for the War Labor Board, was elected secretary-treasurer, Central Trades and Labor Council. . . . Ray Seaman, former manager, Dixie, greeted friends while home on furlough. Jay Golden, who saw “Harvey” in New York, reported that in his estimation it’s strictly Frank Sinatra.’ . . . John Feny¬ vessy is instructor at the new midtown evening ground school of the Hylan Fly¬ ing Service in the Capitol building. . . . Glenn Heinrich, manager. Regent, reported candy business in his house set a new record. Francis Barter, Schine insurance chief, called on Rochester houses. — D. R. Syracuse Spencer Steinhurst, assistant manager, Loew’s State, has been advanced to man MAURICE MAURER, Victoria, New York, and Sergeant Joe Louis were snapped at the opening of Monogram's "Dillinger" recently. The champ is seen looking over one of the souvenir journals. ager, Loew’s Strand, replacing Ruth Bol¬ ton, veteran Loew’s employee, who has been called to New York for assignment elsewhere. . . . Elmo Carpenter, former projectionist here, and now in the Navy, stepped into a class by himself when, find¬ ing that his ship had left a foreign port before he was ready to go aboard, chased it in a small boat, and was evidently im¬ portant enough to have the big battle wagon stop to pick him up. About 20 Syracuse exhibitors, managers, and salesmen tendered Ruth Bolton, retir¬ ing manager, Loew’s Strand, a luncheon at the Hotel Syracuse, and presented her with a traveling bag as a token of the high esteem in which she is held by all that know her. Good luck. Howard Cady is the new relief stage hand, RKO-Schine-Keith, replacing Joe Flaherty, who recently passed away. . . . John Burke and William Badowski are new at Keith’s. . . . Harry H. Unterfort, RKO-Schine city manager, and Jay Gold¬ en, RKO city manager, Rochester, were in New York on booking and advertising matters. Rita Connelly is new at Keith’s. . . . Jim Gridley, former ad artist, RKO-Schine houses, is now stationed in Iran with the Army engineers, while his wife, Guida, is working on the RKO lot on the coast. . . . Ruth Corbett, former secretary, RKOSchine-Keith’s, is now in the Glens Falls Insurance Company office, San Diego. . . . Jeanne Eiser, former assistant manager, Keith’s, is now at the Indiana Hotel, Fort Wayne, Ind. Max Yellin and ‘Bob’ Murphy, Buffalo, were speakers at the Seventh War Loan meeting held by local exhibitors and man LARGE DISPLAYS and life size colored cutouts of Yvonne De Carlo, star of Universal's "Salome, Where She Danced," adorned the lobby of Loew's Criterion, New York, recently in advance of playdate. agers at the Hotel Syracuse. . . . Harvey, Jr. (Hige) Cocks, son of Harvey Cocks, former Strand manager, is with the Broad¬ way company of “Life With Father.” . . . Louis W. Schine, Schine Circuit, Gloversville, was a recent visitor in New York. . . . Quoting ‘Jackson’ Flex, Keith man¬ ager, he is “still plugging along,” and, from personal observance, there is nothing in sight liable to interfere with that wellknown ability to carry on. Doubly glad to hear from you, Jack Crowe. We will keep The Exhibitor going to you while with the Pacific Fleet. Hurry home. . . . Note to Harvey Cocks, general manager, Quimby Theatres, Fort Wayne, Ind.: “Don’t look now, but that was a Sandy Pond Northern Pike you heard, and did we hook him?” Donald E. Hines, Cicero, has been ac¬ cepted for general military training. A graduate of North Syracuse High School, he attended Syracuse University radio workshop, and during 1942, he became second assistant manager for Loew’s, Inc., at Loew’s State during Vaughn R. O’Neill’s managership. After two years, he resigned this position for war production work at Remington Rand Corporation. Tonawcsnda Niagara Drive-In recently signed a re¬ newal for Altec Service. White Plains Theatres in Westchester County sold 15,000 War Bonds valued at more than a million dollars during the Sixth War Loan. At a meeting of the Westchester County Theatre War Activities Commit¬ tee at the Roger Smith Hotel last week, the new goal set by the theatre men will exceed their previous record by 40 per cent. Edward P. Hanyen, County War Finance Committee, and other speakers present at the meeting lauded the efforts contributed in the past campaigns by the theatres. More than 25 Westchester thea¬ tre men attended. Figures for the Sixth War Loan showed Loew’s, Yonkers, which cold 1,725 bonds valued at $157,000, and the Capitol, Port Chester, 2.565 bonds valued at $107,000, led the county’s thea¬ tres in bond sales. John Ianiri, Capitol manager, urged that an effort be made. The figures were announced by Joseph DiLorenzo, assistant to J. Russell Emde, chairman of the theatre group. Others ( Continued, on next page ) _ Service for Sound JOE HORNSTEIN has it! May 9, 1945