The Exhibitor (Aug-Nov 1948)

NT2 THE EXHIBITOR Leonard Pearlman, former Warner salesman, is now in the Pittsburgh office... WB head booker, EthelRisdon was vacationing. Branch manager Harry Martin, Uni¬ versal International announced the promotion of two staff members, Ike Ehrlichman moved up from booker to salesman, and George Trevett was ele¬ vated from assistant shipper to a member of the booking staf f. ... Bertha Durst, secretary to Harry Martin, U-I, was honeymooning, and was expected back to the office soon. ... Visiting in town were Spud Query, Lincoln, and King Coal Circuits down in Marion, Va. .... Also in was exhibitor Thomson, Central, Hampstead, Md. ..Doris Smith, Republic, daughter of RKO’ s Jess, was vacationing. EAGLE LION: The big news around this exchange is “how long will it take us to move”. This office is definitely slated to move into the NSS offices at 920 New Jersey Avenue, if. and when, NSD takes over tne new buildthe the latter part of this year.... Over to Baltimore went branch manager Fred Rohrs to visit with Iz Rappaport, Hippodrome. ... In Fredericksburg, Va. , to confer with Ben Pitts was salesman Curtis Hildebrand and to Woodstock and the Newmarket, Va, , area was Russell Ricker. ... Jean Weinbrenner, contract clerk, is looking forward to a vaca¬ tion in Florida, ... Franci s Rader, part time employee, will leave soon to go back to school at Dumbarton College for Women. FILM CLASSICS: Ralph DeBurgos, for¬ mer coast guardsman, is no longer with this company. He said adieu to the film business, ... Max Cohen, branch manager, travelled to Balti¬ more to meet with the exhibitors there on the Will Rogers memorial Fund.... Charlie Mendelson, salesman, was tour¬ ing the Clinch Valley sector.... Visiting was Leonard Gordon, Palace, Newport News, Va..... Alice Grant, secretary to the branch manager, is sporting the latest in hairdos. ... One of the Company’ s production units is here filming a pix on the State Depart¬ ment. . . . “Gung Ho” is doing remarkable biz down at the National, Richmond, Va. , office sources relate, and the Loew’ s Valencia, Baltimore, will play “Drums”, May Feldman, Screen Guild, spent a weekend with her friends in New York ....The new cashier at Equity Films is Caroline Nassau, who succeeded Marguerite Williams. ... The new em¬ ployee is Dorothy Brotman, general office aide.... All guns are set for Equity’ s big “Fred Sandy Anniversary Drive”, which begins on Sept. 15, and ends on Dec . 31. Ann Hanower has taken good hold of her post at Kay Film, and should win many of her friends to that office. She is no stranger to the Row, She succeeded Pat Taylor who just returned from a Florida trip to take up house¬ hold duties. ... Joe DeMaio visited with the accounts down in Norfolk, Va. , in the interest of Kay Film..,. Visiting the Irv Hanowers were Mrs. H*s sister, Lee Colbe, and friends from Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. Steve LaValle. From Monogram: Branch manager Jack Safer spent a week in New York meeting with home office folks. ... The cashier is Dorothy Brookbank now. . . .Thanks to Jeanette Samaniego for the office reportsfor The Exhibitor .... Gloria Gearhart is the new face here, and Betty Hoover is doing nicely as sec¬ retary to the branch manager. NSS: This office will move sometime in the future to its own building in the vicinity of 9th and L Streets, N.W. , not too far removed from Film Row. The announcement concerning the move will be made by the branch mana¬ ger, George Nathan, at the time the final details have been completed.... The new salesman here is Maurice Levin, who replaced Milton Lindner when that lad left for the Dallas office... Capable Ernestine Bandel, office mana¬ ger, postponed her vacation plans until the office moves to its new lo¬ cation. ... Helen Rosenthal is making plans for a December wedding. ... Helen Benson is eagerly awaiting the ar¬ rival of a new member o-f the Benson clap. . .George Nathan was in Fredericks¬ burg, Va. Ed Hinchey, head, Warners home of¬ fice playdate department, was in. The first annual outing of the Val¬ ley Welfare Club was held on Aug. 29 at the Massanutten Caverns, Va. , the first recreational activity of Sam Roth’ s Valley Enterprises, Inc., Theatres employees organization. Or¬ ganized a little over a year ago, the organization is solely of, and for, the employees. The major portion of the club’ s income results, from the 10-cent service charges made on all theatre passes and the 25-cents a month dues. In addition to having picnics such as the one at the Caverns, the club also grants gratuities when children are born or a death occurs in the employee’s immediate family. The club also loans or grants funds to members during financial emer¬ gencies. Lurty C. Taylor, VE district manager, social activities committee, was in charge of the outing arrange¬ ments. Houses operated that day with a skeleton staff. Theatres in the VE Washington's Gend Fond, left, is shown featuring Russel Jondreau on his "Going Native" review. Russel's parents at one time traveled the Keith Circuit as Boucher and Owens. circuit include the State and Strand, Harrisonburg, Va. , and the Grottoes, Broadway, Shenandoah, and Elkton and McLean in the Virginia towns of those names . Donahue and Coe, Inc. , New York ad¬ vertising agency,, announced last night the establishment of a branch office* in Washington, D.C. The new unit, to be located in the National Press building, is to be managed by J. Ray¬ mond Bell. Bell has been a member of the agency’s New York staff for the last year-and-a-half . He is wellknown in Washington, where he was public relations and advertising di¬ rector for Capital Airlines, and for many years publicity and advertising director, Loew’ s Theatres. Both ad¬ vertising public relations accounts will be serviced out of this new of¬ fice. The agency also maintains a branch office in Atlanta. Projectionists’ Corner: Local 224 members on vacation included: L.S. Spurr, Kennedy; Tommy Rodda, Village; J.R. Levy, Avenue Grand; W.W. Curtin, Senator; H. M. Bierley, Jr., York;J.H. Lehman, Capitol, and R. Grimes, Apex ....Will Altec permit Charley Horvat to keep his new home in Rockville? G. C. Ornstein, Altec, was on vacation to relatives in Pennsylvania. ... There is a possibility of Altec installing telephones in sound engineers’ cars for contact on the road. ...C.L. Prof¬ fitt, Atlas, returns to work after three weeks in the hospital for an operation. ... R. Grimes, Apex, vaca¬ tioned in Nantucket, Mass. Wonder if it was as wet there as D.C.? Ask him. Columbia Chatter: Sam Galanty, mid¬ east division manager, was visiting his exchange boys around the circuit, loudly , shouting about “The Loves of Carmen”. ... Branch manager Ben Caplon came back from a trip down south.... Ethel Finney, Sam Galanty' s secretary, was waiting patiently for her vacash ....Cashier Anne Snyder was wearing that “why did I ever leave California” look. ... Alice Sauber spent her vaca¬ tion at home this year, and ditto Pat Rams. .. .Sally Zeoli was doing her bit again by joining up with the ladies gang of Washington to sell those VC books. ... Anna Cline, inspectress, was cutting capers instead of film when she joined her husband at Atlantic City. .. Margaret Cain joined her hubby at Ocean City, Md.... Tibbie Minnish and Mary Petrone attended a crab feast party. ... Tessie Bruacker still won’t disclose anything new to this humble scribe. . .Tommy Linkins was back after a vacation. Bill Nelson pinchhit for him, and a capable job, too.... Sid Zins, publicity boy, came back from his honeymoon after driving over 2500 miles, which included Montreal and Quebec. .. .Ruth Wottitsky spent a nice vacash at Tamareck. ... Bessie Murdock, inspectress, became a grandmother. Audrey is the baby’s name.... Erma Quickel, biller, is looking great in her new facial sunburn with legs to match. .. .Claude Ringer, head shipper, was showing off with pix of his nice corn f ields. . . . Maizie Louise Weaver, new typist clerk, was trying hard to convince everyone that she is the September 1, 1948