20th Century-Fox Dynamo (April 18, 1953)

Record Details:

Title:
20th Century-Fox Dynamo
Date:
April 18, 1953
Volume:
20th Century-Fox Dynamo (April 18, 1953)
Leaf #:
00012
Language:
English
Subjects:
Motion Pictures, Film Industry Trade Magazine
Collection:
Hollywood Studio System
Format:
Periodicals
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Published weekly to promote 20th-Century Fox films to American exhibitors.
Date Added:
August 29, 2022
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SHOWMEN, IMPRESSED BY BACK-HOME INTEREST IN CINEMASCOPE, SORE LATTER OPENS NEW HORIZONS Earl I. Sponable, (right), technical di- rector, and Sol Ilalprin, (left), executive director of photography, answer questions of William Brandt, co-owner and operator of the Brandt circuit of New York. Sales Manager W.C. Gehring happily accepts the congratulations of Louis Schine of the national Schine circuit. filing his application for installation of CinemaScope equipment at all theatres on the Brandt circuit. He is pictured with Messrs. Lichtman and Skouras. Si Fabian (second from left) had every top executive of his national Fabian-Warner circuit at the demonstrations of Cinema- Scope. They agreed that what they saw left "no doubt Cinema- Scope does for the movies today what sound did years ago.” hibitors to apply for CinemaScope equipment. He is pic- tured with, left to right: Sales Managers Edwin W. Aaron and Arthur Silvetstone, and producer Eddie Alperson. Spyros D. Skouras, (second from left), head of Skouras theatres in Athens, Greece, was among the score of foreign showmen who flew to Hollywood for the demonstrations. He is pictured with Messrs. Skouras and Zanuck. These four exhibitors from Seattle were among the first to apply for installation. They posed with Seattle branch manager Jack Burk (second from right, back). 217 West Coast exhibitors were at the demonstrations. M.A. Lightman, (extreme left), operator of the nationally famed Malco circuit of Tennessee, has the distinction of being the first showman to order installation of CinemaScope equipment. He is pictured with Assistant Southern Division Manager Paul Wilson, Mr. Aaron and a friend. Former production head, Joseph M. Schenck, (left), whose Magna Theatre Corporation recently announced the new Todd-AO widescreen system and its plan to road-show its pictures starting next year, attended several demonstrations with Mr. Skouras. Page 13