Boxoffice (Oct-Dec 1940)

houses being erected at Falmouth, Mass., near Camp Edwards are not government owned. The name of the operator has not yet been disclosed. Harry Segal, head of Imperial Pictures, is due to return to Boston from the Coast where he has been booking . . . “Torso Murder Mystery” and “The Face at the Window,” distributed by Sam Levine and Marcel Mekelburg, were booked into the Trans Lux in Boston on a first-run basis. Eddie Myerson returned this week to his position of manager of the Davis Square in Somerville. He has been managing the Lynn open-air unit there for E. M. Loew. Sam Shouboff, manager at the Brookline Village Theatre for the Levenson circuit, played a three-reel epic of Brookline and Brookline people. Eddie Ducey, film district photographer, filmed the feature which lasted some 30 minutes. It was heartily received by patrons of the theatre. The Capitol Theatre in Lawrence, which was to have been sold at an auction, was granted a two-week stay under present ownership. At the end of that time, it is expected that the theatre will be sold. Lawson Daniels, manager of E. M. Loew’s Capitol in Pawtucket, is busy handling stage shows at the house. P. Edward Comi. owner of Theatre Service & Supply Co., was visited by his brother and family from Vermont. The Comi family has been associated with theatres in Vermont for many years, operating out of Montpelier. Sam Levine and Marcel Mekelburg of Northeastern Film were in New Haven and New York on a business trip. The Cinema Club held a meeting at the Smorgasbord Restaurant on Broadway to elect officers for the coming year. E. G. Comi, until recently on the road for National Theatre Supply, has assumed his new duties as office manager for that concern. R. D. Hammill is replacing Comi as New England salesman. Kaddigan Substitutes for Barrows on MIT Series Boston — The projection machine and its operation were explained by James Kaddigan, projectionist at the Paramount exchange, who filled in as guest speaker for Thad Barrows on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology “Theatre Management” educational series. Barrows, chief projectionist at the Metropolitan here, was called out of town by a convention of projectionists on the west coast. Next meeting of the series conducted by Arthur L. Tuohy is planned for November 18 with Ted Fleisher as guest speaker. Heiiner Signs Circuit for New Giveaway Plan Boston — Roy E. Heffner has recently concluded a deal with M&P Theatres Corp. on the new plan, “Good Will Award,” which he is distributing throughout New England. It will be inaugurated at the Strand in Dorchester, the Wollaston in Wollaston, the Fairmount in Hyde Park, and the Paramount in Ft. Fairfield, Me. Fred Husson is putting the new giveaway in the Empire Theatre in Whitman, Mass. To "Arizona" Debut Hartford — George E. Landers, manager of E. M. Loew’s, left Wednesday by plane for Tucson, Ariz., to attend the world premiere there on Friday of Columbia’s “Arizona.” From there he will go to Hollywood as the guest of A1 Duffy, formerly a writer for the Hartford Courant and now a scenarist for 20th-Fox. Purchases Buxton Villa WiLLiAMSTOWN, Mass. — Ml’S. Cole Porter, wife of the song writer, has purchased Buxton Villa, 200-acre country home of the late Rt. Rev. Robert Lewis Paddock of New York. JT WAS a good job that A1 Clarke, Edward Fay and Jack Carroll did on Gloria Jean’s personal appearance at the Majestic last weekend. A band and a big turn-out of school kids. Girl Scouts, etc., were at the station to meet the starlet with a parade to City Hall where she, her mother and her former school teacher were welcomed by Mayor Collins. At the theatre Gloria had Joseph Spaziano and his orchestra, formerly at Fays, accompanying her songs, and Fred Friendly, Providence advertising agency executive and radio announcer, did the m. c. honors. Teachers’ Institute holiday last Thursday and Friday found Manager George French and Publicist Bill Morton of the RKO-Albee alert. Mailing list sent out prior to Institute dates announced the show at Albee to 4,200 teachers in the state. Business drawn from the visitors in the first hour Thursday more than paid for expense of mailing, says Manager French. Phillip H. Lavine, formerly associated with Phil Smith circuit, has been made general manager of Associated Theatres, Inc., circuit and was in town last Friday with former General Manager Ralph E. Snider. District Manager George Cronin accompanied the pair on a round of the circuit houses here. Expect Delay in Opening Of Westville Theatre New Haven — The Bailey Bros., operators of the new 732-seat Westville Theatre, believe opening of the new house might be delayed a few days beyond the expected November 20 date. Samuel Bailey, who will manage, reports that the opening will be in the form of an open house — a free continuous one and one-half hour show of selected shorts. Ansel N. Sanborn Elected To Governor's Council Concord, N. H. — Ansel N. Sanborn, owner of film theatres in Carroll county, was elected as a member of the Governor’s Executive Council in the national and state election of November 5. Besides being a well-known exhibitor, Sanborn has had long experience in public office, having served as speaker of the House at the last session of the state legislature. In another councillor contest, Stanley James of Nashua, formerly prominent in theatrical circles, was defeated by a slim margin. Both Sanborn and James were Republican candidates. Red Cross Chairman Springfield, Mass. — George W. Coleman, manager of the Arcade, has been appointed chairman of the theatre managers’ division of the local chapter of the Red Cross. Into Acer Boston — “Hit Parade of 1941,” Republic Pictures feature, opened first run in Boston at the Metropolitan, largest New England theatre. 'ssvw •Nioisoa • xaraxs xNowaaw of-re snoimiHXE ONviDMa Atasi HOJ NOIJLVZINVDUO ONVIDSIS A13N ANVdWOO AlddnS 3illV3Hl lOlldVO 1N3IOL133 — NH3aOIAI — 1V0I1AIONO03 }soo aiji piiHl-auQ }» uoiiDuiuinm spiiijx-oAAj. ..laiONY AH3A3 NOEi 1833 S.lVHl ONIIHOIl lN3DS3HOm3 NH3a01A[ S,II S3SOd -and 3aj.v3Hi 33aYa3iA[nNNi ao3 ina. — S310NV snoa3wnN iy W3i -SAS oNiiHon anoA 33s SNoaivd BOXOFFICE :: November 16, 1940 57