The Exhibitor (Aug-Nov 1948)

THE EXHIBITOR rff-3 Seen at the recent Variety Club golf tournament, Tent Q, Pittsburgh, were "Dolly" Baker, Moody-Dickinson Circuit, who shot the low score, 74, and won first prize; second from left, George G. Corcoran, left, and Joseph Gellman, right, both of the MPTO of western Pennsylvania; Harold V. Cohen, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette film and drama critic, who ceime in on No. iB just as the storm broke; and Maurice Spitalny, music director of KDKA. The tourney was a big success. A large turnout of exhibitors in¬ dustry leaders, and well -withers were in attendance at the Morris E. Lefko testimonial banquet held at the Wil¬ liam Penn Hotel. The occasion was in celebration of Lefko' s recent pro¬ motion from the position of Pitts¬ burgh manager of RKO to dis¬ trict manager for the same company for the following territories.* Detroit, Cleveland, Cincinnati, and Indianapolis. Hatton Taylor, Harry Walters, and Russ Brentlihger, of the above cities, attended to honor their former fellow branch manager. Stanley Jacques, Cincinnati, was unable to attend. Heading the list of important out of-towners was Nat Levy, eastern division sales manager, to join in paying honor on the big night. All the exchange personnel at RKO joined with Morris Lefko in an in¬ formal dinner party held in downtown Pittsburgh. The Variety Club is now canvassing its members concerning the progress in the distribution of tickets on the car giveaway. Here is a reminder to all exhibi¬ tors using Route 19 entering and leaving Pittsburgh from the north. The Duquesne Way Tamp is now open vor automboile traffic after being closed for several years, and all drivers coming into Pittsburgh over the Manchester Bridge will be forced to turn down the ramp because a bar¬ rier has been erected at the south end of the bridge, where it meets the traffic entering and leaving the Point Bridge. Drivers who are headed north, and approach the Manchester Bridge in the old way, will be forced to go over the Point Bridge and down Carson Street to the West End Bridge, which is being re-surfaced, only two lanes and congested for several weeks, in order to get to the North side to Route 19 and so on north and northeast. The Variety Club committee in charge if Camp O’Connell instigated a plan whereby members were invited to visit the camp, and become acquainted with the camp an4 its surroundings, and, at the same time, enjoy a nice swim in the pool. It was possible to do this due to the fact that some boys had finished their stay, and had al¬ ready gone home and the following week’ s groups of boys would not ar¬ rive until later. In this manner, quite a few members of Tent 1 and their families became well acquainted with the camp’ s activities. STATES Kentucky CAMPBELLSVI LLE Paul Sanders, head, Sanders Thea¬ tres, announced plans for the con¬ struction of a 400-car drive-in to be built just outside of Campbellsville on the Lebanon Highway. While plans have been completed, and construction will start at once, the theatre will not be ready for opening before next season. The new enterprise will be named Paula after Saunders’ younger daughter. Sanders Theatres’ now con¬ trols the Cozy and Alhambra. ELIZABETHTOWN Bob Enoch’s new drive-in near here will be called the Star-Lite. It will not be opened until next season, al¬ though construction has already begun on the project. Enoch, who heads the Elizabethtown Amusement Company, also controls the State and Grand. The Star-Lite will have aSOO-car capacity. FRANKFORT Mayor Jones lifted the ban against children attending public gatherings which had been in effect here since July 20 as an anti-polio measure. Movies, playgrounds, and other public gathering places had been affected. LOUISVI LLE ‘One World Or None” was scheduled for showing in five Kentucky cities under the auspices of the local chap¬ ter of United World Federalists, Inc. Showings were scheduled for Mount Sterling, Winchester, Paris, Frank¬ fort, and Lexington. A charter has been granted to South¬ way Movie Parks, Inc. , with capital stock of $10, 000. Incorporators are Ben Hopkins and Mary L. Hopkins, Indianapolis, and F.L. Sieveking, New Albany, Ind....A number of local neighborhood theatres increased ad¬ mission prices from 26 cents for adults and 12 cents for children to 30 cents for adults and 15 cents for children. Out-of-towners seen on Film Row re¬ cently were: Roland Foster, Bloom, Bloomfield, Ky. : W.H. Hahn, Bardstown Drive-In, Bardstown, Ky. ; J.B. Dale, Clay, Celina, Tenn. ; A. N. Miles, Emi¬ nence, Ky. ; C.O. Humston, Lyric, Lawr enceburg, Ky.; Oscar Hopper, Arista, Lebanon, Ky. ; R.L. Harned, Empire, Sellersburg, Ind.; George Lindsey, Lindsey, Brownsville, Ky. ; Reach McAllister, Theatair Drive-In, Jeffersonville, Ind.; G.M. May, Dream, Corydon, Ind. , and Robert Enoch, Elizabethtown Amusement Company, Elizabethtown, Ky. New Motiograph Model “AA” projectors and Strong high intensity lamps are to be included in the new equipment to be installed in the Parkland, owned by Wally Greer. Edgar Barnett, a dealer in general merchandise, has purchased equipment for his new theatre, which he expects to have in operation by Sept. 10. Included in the installation are Holmes projectors, and Strong lamps and rectifiers, with Altec Lansing speakers. The equipment was furnished and installed by Falls City Theatre Equipment Company, Louisville, Ky, VIRGIE Pharoah Johnson added new popcorn concession equipment at his Virgie. Ohio ARCANUM Rex, one of the oldest film houses in Ohio, is being given a complete remodeling by its owners, the Chan¬ cellor brothers. COLUMBUS The New Corpus Christ! Roman Catholic Church to be constructed here will have several architectural features modeled after theatres including a covered entrance similar to a marquee, loud speaker system with hearing out¬ lets for the deaf, and a mothers’ chapel with glass curtain so that small children may be brought to church without disturbing the rest of the worshipers. Plans also call for MARQUEES 9Y SUPERIOR SION SVSTI, M INC. tllZABETHTOWN PENNA September 1, 1948