The Exhibitor (1957)

30 MOTION PICTURE EXHIBITOR Theatre managers . . . assistant theatre managers . . . theatre advertising and publicity men . . . film buyers . . . film bookers . . . circuit executives . . . maintenance and equipment engineers. IF you* are looking for a job, ... or IF you* are looking for a man, . . . just describe your needs in 25 words or less and send to "The A-MAN Corner." Add your name and address. Names and addresses will be published unless a box number is requested. All such "classified ads" will be published in three consecutive issues and then dropped. If success does not crown an original effort, it can be repeated through a new application after a 60-day interval. This completely new EMPLOYMENT SERVICE is available to AIL theatres without reservation. It is not necessary to subscribe to MOTION PICTURE EXHIBITOR to avail yourself of this service. No other industry trade paper offers itl And it is completely FREEI *A (WO)MAN is also welcome . . . but in this preponderantly male business, she should specify her sex. PROJECTIONIST, experienced, wanted for theatre in Seashore Summer Resort in Southern New Jersey. June 1st to Sept. 15th. Reply BOX A515, c/o M. P, EXHIBITOR, 246 North Clarion St., Phila. 7, Pa. MANAGER-PROJECTIONIST, either or both. 25 years' experience, Pennsylvania licensed, re-locate anywhere with good, secure position. Available two weeks after acceptance, 45 years old. Contact Immediately WALTER M. SMITH, 813 E. 10th Ave., York, Pa. Phone 98-320. (522) THEATRE MANAGER WANTED. Permanent position. Must excel in promotion and exploitation. Send all details, snapshot, references, salary expected, etc. LYON THEATRE CIRCUIT, Franklin, Va. (529) MANAGER WANTED, for Philadelphia, Pa. theatre. BOX A529, c/o M. P. EXHIBITOR, 246 North Clar¬ ion St., Phila. 7, Pa. Address all Tltgk A A/f A M f APTiar / Motion Picture Exhibitor correspondence to f UC KUIIICI J246 N. Clarion St., Philadelphia 7, Pa St. Louis Michael Todd’s “Around The World In 80 Days” was slated to open in the Es¬ quire on June 4. The house was to be closed for a week for installation of neces¬ sary equipment. . . . The fire-damaged Rowe, St. James, Mo., a unit of the Car¬ ney circuit, reopened following complete remodeling. . . . The Green Drive-In, Wichester, Ill., owned by Paul Stehman, completed widening of the screen tower and installation of new booth equipment. . . . Allied Artists branch manager Mau¬ rice Schweitzer announced a trade THEATRE FOR SALE $21,000 Fully equipped — 490 seats — CinemaScope— RCA Sound— Sim¬ plex Projectors — High-Intensity Lamps. Drawing population of 5,000. Brick Building— 2 floors. Second floor can be used for industry. Contact: HARRY A. SNYDER, TREMONT THEATRE TREMONT, PA. Phone: Fireside 5-5976 (Pine Grove, Pa.) or write: H. SNYDER, Pine Grove, R.D. 2, Pa. HENRY FRIEDMAN Realtor and Insurance Specializing in Theatre Real Estate and Insurance (Member Main Line Board of Realtor*) 17 W. Lancaster Ave., Ardmore, Pa. OR 7-3730 THEATRE SEAT COVERS Hayco seat covers for all makes and models of theatre chairs. JACK HAYES SEATING SERVICE ONE MONICA PLACE, BALDWINSVILLE, N. Y. screening of “Love In The Afternoon” in the St. Louis this week. . . . Warners salesman Homer Hisey was a patient in St. Luke’s Hospital. . . . James Frisina, buyer, Frisina Amusement Company, Springfield, Ill., is preparing to defend his Illinois State Golf Championship title in the annual tournament late next month. . . . Robert Hockensmith is the new man¬ ager, Fox Midwest’s Illinois, Jacksonville, Ill., succeeding A. H. Pekarek. Hocken¬ smith formerly managed the Brookside, Kansas City. The Kentucky, Marion, Ky., has been taken over by three employees of the house, Harry W. Gass, L. W. Henry, and R. L. Rogers, from owner W. E. Horsefield. . . . “The Ten Commandments” moved from the St. Louis to the Pageant. Washington Joel Margolis, manager, Loew’s Capitol, reported that all proceeds from the “Boy On A Dolphin” premiere went to Amer George Hoover, international chief barker; Ralph W. Pries, international representative; Aaron Seidler, chief barker, Variety Club, Tent 19, Baltimore, Md.; and Henry Ringling North are seen recently at a meeting which consum¬ mated the bringing of the Ringling BrothersBarnum and Bailey Circus to Baltimore this year under Variety Club sponsorship for benefit of the Heart Fund, AnthBingo Crusade Led By Newspapers Reading, Pa. — Reporting evidence of prize payments as high as $850 in one instance, the two daily newspapers here last fortnight launched a drive against ‘ cash prize” bingo, unlawful in Pennsyl¬ vania, but allegedly being played at Pleasantland Park in Olney Township. Players were reported coming to the games in chartered buses as well as by private automobiles. The newspapers, which had photog¬ raphers on hand, fired a broadside at the park management, the township police, which was standing by without interfer¬ ing, and at district attorney Frederick O. Brubaker’s office. Later, Brubaker issued an order ban¬ ning all bingo playing in Reading and Berks, whether for cash, or merchandise prizes. “This is an immediate cease and desist order,” he said. However, it was reported that the bingo operators were planning to continue bus service for the players as before. The bingo crusade, coming just before the spring primary election, was inter¬ preted in some quarters as a political maneuver. ican-sponsored schools in Greece. . . . Nathan D. Golden, Department of Com¬ merce film chief, left for Europe to at¬ tend the Cannes Film Festival. . . . Clark Davis, film buyer, District Theatres, is recuperating from a cerebral hemorrhage at Emergency Hospital. . . . Mrs. A1 Kane, wife of the United Artists branch man¬ ager, was recuperating from surgery. Plans were made for a sneak preview and cocktail party at the Variety Club last weekend. The annual golf tournament and dinner dance will be held at the Woodmont Country Club on Oct. 11. Sam Galanty, George Crouch, and Albert W. Lewitt are co-chairmen. George Nathan has been appointed by chief barker Mar¬ vin Goldman to serve on the ways and means committee with Frank Boucher and Jack Fruchtman, in the temporary absence of Clark M. Davis. Goldman also has sent a bulletin to the members giving information on the Variety International convention to be held in London in 1958. Christian Defert, 22-year-old Frenchman, recently arrived in Philadelphia on the first leg of a 10,000-mile good-will journey that will carry him through a dozen countries from the Ca¬ nadian border to Peru along the Pan American Highway. He is carrying a print of Columbia's "Fire Down Below" which he will deliver to the President of Peru, and is seen outside the Columbia exchange with his motorcycle. May 29, 1957