Showmen's Trade Review (Oct-Dec 1943)

22 SHOWMEN'S TRADE REVIEW October 9, 1943 ★ ★ REGIONAL NEWSREEL Continued * * who has helped many a Hollywood star tone up his or her voice — John Boles, to name one — is moving out to the West Coast permanently to teach stars and starlets on the MGM and Twentieth Century-Fox lots. Two hundred employes of the Motion Picture Engineering Co. were denied a five-cent-an-hour raise by the regional War Labor Board last week. INDIANAPOLIS Mrs. Jennie Tomlinson, mother of Marjorie Main, motion picture actress, died September 30 at her home here. She was 74 years old. Miss Main was notified of her mother's death at the MGM studio. Columbia's latest picture, "Sahara," was previewed for an invitational audience in B. F. Keith's Theatre Monday night. Following the preview, Guy Craig, manager of the local Columbia exchange, was host at a cocktail party in the Variety Club rooms. Butler University here has gone Hollywood for at least a day or two. Newsreel companies have taken films of the detachment of the college training group which will be shown on the screens of motion picture theatres throughout the country. The local plant of the RCA-Victor division of the Radio Corporation of America has won the Army-Navy production "E" award, according to advice from Army and Navy undersecretaries last Friday. No date has been set for the ceremonies. V. U. Young, Gary exhibitor, has gone to Ontario, Canada, to fish and hunt. It is his annual vacation trip. Oscar Kueschner, who has been in poor health for some time, has gone to the West Coast for a much needed rest. During his absence, Harry Markun will attend to his duties at the Indianapolis Co-operative Theatres, Inc., office. Mrs. Dolores Bowman is the new accountant at the Paramount exchange here. Ruth Smith, a veteran inspectress employed at Paramount exchange, has decided to resign and take up housekeeping. L. J. McGinley, Universal exchange manager, spent several days in Chicago the past week on business. Charles Rich, Warners' district manager, arrived here on Tuesday and remained through Wednesday, in conference with Claude McKean, manager. Richard Frank, United Artists manager, was called to New York City by the serious illness of his father. Fred Doughty, widely known in state theatrical circles, and recently manager of a theatre in Winchester, Ind., has been inducted into the armed forces at Ft. Benjamin Harrison, and assigned to the public relations department. Harvey Cocks, manager of the Quimby Circuit, Ft. Wayne, was called to Glen Cove, L. I., by the death of his father. F. J. Barry, Columbia home office representative, arrived at the local exchange during the week and will remain here for several weeks auditing the books. Seen along Film Row and at various exchanges during the week were : Paul Meloy, Shelbyville; Roy Harrold, Rushville; Stanley QUICK SERVICE! Fyou can^ ' still get ^ QUALITY WORK! SPECIAL TRAILERS FREE! DATE STRIP CATALOG o» All Kinds 141 1327 SO. WABASH CHICAaO Cooper, Brazil ; Herbert H. Johnson, Madison ; Myers Flater, Bloomfield ; John A. Schwin, LaGrange, and Sam Neall, Kokomo. Indianapolis motion picture fans purchased a total of $181,474 in war bonds to see the premiere of James Cagney's latest picture, "Johnny Come Lately," Wednesday night at Loew's Theatre. MEMPHIS Two showmen, Rochester and W. C. Handy, visited Memphis during the Third War Loan drive, and assisted the Negroes in selling more than $2,000,000, which sustained their record of being the most patriotic colored community in the United States, which they achieved last Spring when they bought $1,000,000 in the Secend War Bond drive. Columbia exchange has several newcomers, beginning with the office manager, Marvin Godwin, from Des Moines, who succeeded Norma Williams, who has been made secretary to the branch manager. Rachel Callis replaces A. M. Cone as cashier. Mr. Cone resigned. The new assistant booker is Clifford Wilson. New York executives visiting the office last week w&re : Irving Hanover, auditor, and Jimmy Gillespie, ex-pleitation man. Student Booker James Pope has been called to the Colors, and left for Ft. Oglethorpe last week, and old employes were welcoming Mrs. Margine Roach, former secretary to the branch manager, who is back on a visit. James Rogers, branch manager of Columbia, entertained the personnel at his home last weekend. Rebecca Scott, MGM contract clerk, left for a vacation in Nashville last week, and the office force welcomed Arthur Sterling, auditor from New York. Out-of-town visitors at Republic exchange last week were : Claude Gentry of the Ritz and Lyric theatres, Baldwin, Miss., and Orris Collins, of the Capitol Theatre, Paragould, Ark. NEW YORK The Warner exchange held a special screenina of the two-reel Technicolor "Women at War" last week for Lt. Mary Stewart, of the 2iid Service Command, Wacs, who was accompanied by a group of fellow officers. Congratulations were very much in order this week to Paramount Branch Manager Henry Randel and Sales Manager Mvron Sattler for the part they played in the WAC participation in the Bond Drive. Charles Harris is the new checking supervisor at MGM, replacing Dave Klein, who is now a booker. Pfc. Abe Ludicar, formerly manager of the Manhattan on West 110th Street and the York on Second Avenue, was around film row this week. He has a l!i-dav furlough from OCS training at Sioux Falls, Iowa. The Russian Embassy has turned over to Paramount the disnlav material recently shown at the Museum of Modern Science in Radio City. Taken from the battlefield at Stalinerad, it is made up of German uniforms, p-nns, diaries. Iron Crosses, and other souvenirs. This material will be made up into t'-aveling displavs that will be available to exhibito'-s plaving the documentary special, "The City That Stopped Hitler — Heroic Stalingrad." Douglas Perk, recently resigned as office nianaeer at MGM. is now in the same position for Universal in Cincinnati. Harry Seed, former Warner district manaeer here who was sent to Chicago as midwest district manager, writes that he received the traveling bag from his New York pals safely GETS BIG-TOWN WELCOME. Roy Rogers, arriving in New York f:r his appearances as star of the World's Championship Rodeo at Madison Square Garden, found Gotham ready with a welcome. The Republic star was a hit at a celebration to him in Brocklyn, at an appearance at the Stage Door Canteen, at a party in his honor Tuesday, was received at City Hall by Mayor LaGuardia — all even before he began his engagement as King of the Cowboys at the Garden. and that he misses them very much. It's mutual, Harry. New faces of 1943 in the Paramount contract department: Florence Lane, Marylin Gravitz, and Agnes Bartell. Ted O'Shea (Marine Corps), son of E. K. O'Shea, MGM's eastern division sales manager, dropped in to see friends at the exchange last week. With the sales drive on shorts just completed, the boys at Warners are now awaiting prizes in the form of Bonds. Moe Rose, MGM New York booker, and Sue .Armand, secretary to N. J. Branch Manager Ben Abner, back from vacations — but not so tanned as earlier vacationers. Monogram made the big trek last week-end from the first floor of the Film Center Building to the ninth floor, northwest corner. Visitors from next door neighbor, Columbia, and other exchanges were dropping in all last Monday to offer congratulations and best wishes. Mike Norchese is now head of the 20th Century-Fox shipping department, succeeding John Weinberg, who has retired. Speaking of startling bond rallies in small communities, Joe Flicker, operator of the Seaside Theatre, Somers Point, N. J., a town of less than 2000, reports a bond sale in a rally last Friday night of $57,695. There were only 404 seats in the house and 472 bonds were sold. Leon Goldberg, who leaves for Hollywood Monday to become studio manager for RKO Radio, was luncheon guest of honor at the Hotel .A.stor Wednesday. Among those present were : N. Peter Rathvon, Richard C. Patterson, Jr., Ned E. Depinet, Malcolm Kingsberg, Edward L. Alperson, Fred Ullman, Robert Mochrie, Gordan Youngman, J. Miller Walker, A. E. Reoch, Al Dawson, William H. Clark, Harold J. Mirisch, S. Barret McCormick, Harry Mandel, W. B. England, and many others. OMAHA Harold Johnson, branch manager of the Universal exchange, recently spoke to the Y.M.C..\. boys club on the subject of "entertainment." Carleton Kadell, now with NBC, is a former usher at the Brandeis Theatre here. Roy Brewer, operator at Grand Island, Nebr., and state president of the Nebraska Federation