Showmen's Trade Review (Oct-Dec 1949)

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SHOWMEN'S TRADE REVIEW, October 1, 1949 REGIONAL NEWSREEL 23 Artists executives, were in town last week for conferences with Manager Leonard Mintz. . . . Screen Actor Dennis Morgan was in Pittsburgh for several days this week, accompanied by his wife, mother and father. Morgan sang at the Sunday evening benefit in Syria Mosque for the Jewish Women's Council. George Cochran, 'Republic sales representative and former business manager of the Allied Motion Picture Theatre Owners of Western Pennsylvania, was in Brooklyn, N. Y., last week to attend the funeral of his mother. PORTLAND Evergreen President Frank L. Newman, Sr., was in Los Angeles recently. . . . Andy Olson, former operator of the Hope at McConner, has returned from Salt Lake City. . . . Ray and Dorothy Ackles of Spokane were local him row visitors ; others were Mrs. Charles O'Connell from Black Diamond; Ray Graham Elma, Billy Conner, Glenn Spencherm, Les and Cora Theuerkauf from Tacoma, and George Vlaid from Port Orchard. Outlook is for fine business for the rest of the year in the Pacfic Northwest. Prediction is based on Harvest of Hits scheduled for area first-runs. All Evergreen theatres in Spokane and the Inland Empire heralded the event with anniversary weeks, starting with the Fox which opened in Spokane 18 years ago, and the Orpheum and State, both of which opened two years later. James Kendall, a former assistant manager of the Coliseum, Seattle, died recently in Portland. BUFFALO Paramount Switchboard Operator Shirley Schneider was married last week to John Mitri ; the couple is on a motor honeymoon. . . . Margaret Collins, secretary to Eagle Lion Manager Al Herman, resigned to be married on Oct. 1. . . . MGM Contract Clerk Connie Porrecca is back on the job following her marriage to Albert Deney. Marriage of Janice Schuchert to Republic Salesman Michael Jusko took place Oct. 1. . . . Twentieth-Fox Booker Eddie Jauch is vacationing and Bill Graham is selling and promoting Fox films. . . . Paramount Salesman John Good, hospitalized with polio, is reported doing fine. . . . Paramount Manager Mike Simon is celebrating Salesmen and Bookers' Week in the "Gold Rush of '49" drive. The Buffalo Variety Club members voted to buy the building, the second floor of which it has occupied for many years. . . . The Schine Geneva at Geneva has added vaudeville to its program. . . . Robert T. Murphy, managing director of the 20th Century Theatre, said he would add vaudeville this week, Meyer Balsom, former conductor of the Shea Buffalo orchestra, is conducting the Century pit band. . . . Manager Paul Field of the Rochester Capitol has shifted from one change of program weekly to two. Peter Becker, son of Becker Tfieatre Supply President Al Becker, has joined Screen Guild as salesman. . . . The Rochester stagehands union won an eight per cent wage increase for members working in film theatres and a 30 per cent books for those working in legitimate theatres. . . . Shea Circuit Superintendent of Buildings Ed Frank has returned from vacation CALL HIM COLONEL! John Wayne (right), who, by odd coincidence, is currently starring in Republic's "The Fighting Kentuckian," has been appointed a Kentucky Colonel. Guthrie Crowe, member of the executive committee of Kentucky Governor Earl Clement and prominent exhibitor leader, is seen above presenting Wayne with the membership scroll at the studio. ing at 'his Wanakah estate. . . . Charles J. Meade, 75, a veteran lithographer and father of Shea Theatres Publicity Manager Edward F. Meade, died following a long illness. Burial was at Pine Hill. BOSTON Paramount Publicist Arnold Van Leer is back from vacation. . . . John Dervin of Monogram's foreign relations department in New York weekended here with his family. . . . Angelina Maney, former Metropolitan Theatre secretary and now with the local Bonwit-Teller store, returned from six weeks in Chicago. . . . Theatre Owners of America President Sam Pinanski fiew to New York for a brief conference with theatre owners there. . . . Boston Impresario Frank Wright returned from visiting relatives in Baltimore. Al Margolian has been reappointed publicity director of the Astor by new Managing Director Louis Rrasnow. . . . Loew's Poli Theatres General Manager Harry Shaw was here from New Haven last week. . . . Loew's Theatres Head Booker Joel Levy called on film district friends here. . . . P'hil Engel, formerly with United Artists, is doing special exploitation in this area for 20th-Fox. . . . Helen Shribmann, daughter of the late Charles Shribmann, will wed a Suffolk University professor this Winter. The Neiet England Weekly, started recently with 50,000 circulation and with apparent sound backing, suddenly folded. . . . Last of the county fairs which have cut in on theatre attendance, was that at Great Barrington, this Bigger Business Chicago's population is 3,632,532, according to the latest population estimate of the U. S. Bureau of Census and Chicago University's community inventory, an increase of seven per cent since the last census. With 300 theatres, including seven drive-ins, in operation, the population figure gives more than 10,000 of the population per theatre. The metropolitan area, which includes six surrounding counties, has a population of 5,300,000, an increase of 10 per cent. week. Business at other county fairs has beenfrom 30 to 70 per cent greater than last year. Intake at the Marshfield Fair was $482,106; at Brockton, $424,509; at Weymouth, $422,015, and at Middleboro, $280,908. The New England School of Art is featuring in its current course the making of motion pictures and animated cartoons — the first complete course of its kind in the east, it is stated. . . . Members of the Boston Variety Club have offered active help in the Community Fund drive. . . . Donald Angier, 49, a 'heavy investor in theatre properties, died of a heart attack at a reception in Marion, Mass. WASHINGTON Committees have been appointed for the Variety Club Tent No. ll's 14th annual dinner dance at the Statler Hotel on Nov. 19. Chief Barker Jake Flax heads the committee which includes : Dinner Dance Co-Chairmen : Morton Gerber and Wade Pearson ; General Co-Chairmen : Sam Galanty and Carter T. Barron ; Welfare Awards: Fred S. Kogod; Program Advertising: Archie D. Engel; Publicity and Printing : Samuel N. Wheeler, Hardie Meakin, Lou Janof, Bill Hoyle, Jack Foxe, Frank La Fake, Sol Kullen ; Entertainment : Arnold Fine, Joel Margolis, Hirsh de La Viez, Maxim Lowe ; Tickets : Glenn Norris, Dr. Sylvan Danzansky, Art Jacobson, Jerry Adams ; Personnel : Harry F. Bachman, Harry Coonin, Gus Lynch ; Decorations : Herbert Sauber ; Music : Morgan Baer, and Sidney's Music ; Souvenirs : Herman Paris, Robert Mittman, Caibot Feldman, Paul Rich ; Budget and Expenses : James Sandford, John O'Leary ; Seating : Nathan D. Golden, Ben Caplon, Paul Rich; Welfare Gifts: I. S. Burka, Milton S. Kronheim, Joseph Zamoiski. MGM Office Manager Joe Kronman and Mrs. Kronman, celebrated their 20th wedding anniversary, . . . Loew's Capitol Theatre will have a midnight "Spook Show" on Oct. 7. . . . Edith Fellows, Hollywood starlet, was on Loew's Capitol stage for a week's engagement during the run of "You're My Everything." ATLANTA Lavon Fowler has been appointed general manager of the State, Tampa, Fla., replacing Curtis H. Miller, who becomes general manager of the Claughton theatres in Miami and Tampa. . . . Screen Guild Salesman Ed Hayes' appointment as office manager of the local exchange was announced by President John W. Mangham on his return from New York. Hayes replaces Ken Smith, who quit the company to engage in business in Tampa. Eddie Foster, formerly with the Knoxville Drive-In, Knoxville, Tenn., was named SG salesman. Mr. and Mrs. E. N. Claughton of the Claughton theatres in Miami, their son and daughter, are back in Miami from a New York visit. . . . Mr. and Mrs. Arthur C. Bromberg (Monogram Southern Exchanges) are back from a vacation at Sea Island, Ga. . . . Oscar Oldknow has returned to the west coast after a visit here. . . . Jack Elwell (Dixie Drive-ins) returned from visiting circuit's under-skyers in Florida . . . John T. Ezell, former Warner manager here but now located at A'ero Beach, Fla., visited Atlanta friends. . . Kay Exchanges Harry and Ike Katz returned from a New York business trip. Mrs. Betty Holliman and her {Continued on Page 24)