The Exhibitor (Aug-Nov 1948)

THE FXHI BITOR NT 1 XKWS or mil New York City CROSSTOWN Officers and members of the Adven¬ turers’ Club of New York attended a showing of Prank Buck’s "Bring ’Em Back Alive” reissue at the Republic last week where Buck greeted his fellow-adventurers in person. The New York State Youth Commission is again making use of films in its anti-delinquency fight. "Families First”, produced by RKO Pathe, and being distributed through 20th Century Fox, is being used throughout the state. Previews were held here and in Albany, Rochester, Syracuse, and Buffalo, and were attended by civic officials, educators, clergy, social workers, and the press. The film is designed to focus attention upon the importance of family life, and to promote a better understanding of the causes of juvenile delinquency and bahavior problems. New York is said to be the first state to use films to acquaint the public with present day youth problems and their answers. Last year, “Children in Trouble” was produced and viewed by six million people. The Theatre Owners of America had given high endorsement to the film. Berk and Krumgold, rneatre realty specialists, last week announced they had consummated a lease for the 1800 seat New Delancey. The lessee corpora¬ tion is headed by Joseph schapiro and Morris Goldman, who have already com¬ menced a complete rehabilitation of the theatre. The lessor corporation is Lanroc Operating Corporation. B. G. Kranze, vice-president and general sales manager. Film Classics, left for Chicago last week. ... David D, Home, foreign sales manager. Film Classics, returned last week from a tour of Caribbean outlets, where he set up distribution arrangements for the company’ s new product. . . . Harry M. Kalmine, president and general manager, Warner Theatres; W Stewart McDonald, vice-president, Warner Theatres, and Harry Goldberg, advertising-publicity director, theatres, returned from Washington last week. Russell Stewart, MGM’ s home office publicity staff, returned last week from Washington, where he conferred with Navy Department officials on the world premiere of “The Secret Land” . .Leonard J. Hirsch, home office as¬ sistant to Rudy Berger, southern MGM sales manager, got back last week from a Beach Haven, N.J. , vacation. A fall wardrobe from the Namm and Oppenheim Collins stores in Brooklyn will become the prized possession of Brooklyn’ s “Most Heavenly Miss” when her selection is made final at RavenHall Park on Sept. 18. United Artists and A. Edward Golden, producer, “Texas, These old-fashioned lobby gadgets, including the Abbott and Costello "Scare Meter" and the laboratory equipment from "Frankenstein", were recently used at Loews' Criterion, New York, in connect ion wi th UniversalInternational' s production "Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein^'. Brooklyn, and Heaven” will also watch closely the career of the winning con¬ testant as she is put through a model¬ ing course at the Barbizon School. Other valuable prizes, including a 17jewel fashion award Helbros watch and cash benefits, are being offered contestants seeking the title, judges include Golden, Russell Patterson, Robert Merrill, Ed Zeltner, and Helen Fraser. The contest will be concluded at Ravenhall Park in time for Brook¬ lyn’ s “Miss Heavenly Miss” to join the Golden Jubilee Mardi Gras parade on the Coney Island boardwalk. Contestants may obtain entry blanks from UA or Ravenhall Park or from the Strand, Brooklyn, where the premiere showing of “Texas, Brooklyn and Heaven” will take place on Oct. 1. Paramount’s “Night Has A Thousand Eyes” was given a pre-release screen¬ ing to about 125 distinguished guests of John W. Darr, president. Institute of Public Relations, Inc., last week at a dinner held at the Waldorf-Astoria ....Edward G. Robinson, accompanied by his wife and son, arrived last week from Europe. Sol A. Schwartz, RKO Theatres vicepresident and general manager, last week made a “July Stunt of the Month Showmanship” award to Harold Heller, manager, RKO Dyker, Brooklyn, for his “Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House” treasure chest idea. The award was a showmanship certificate and a check Frank Buck, center, author of RKO' s "Bring ' Em Back Alive", is shown here recently at New York' s Pennsylvania Station discussing the interest of Lions International in The New York ilerald-Tribune's Fresh Air Fund. for $25... Joseph Bernhard, president. Film Classics, inc. , and Cinecolor Corporation, left by plane last week for Hollywood for conferences. Jacques Chabrier, American repre¬ sentative, Pathe Cinema, and president, U. S. subsidiary of this company, ar¬ rived last week after a seven-week trip to Prance. ... I. E. Lopert, presi¬ dent, Lopert Films, with Mrs. Lopert sailed for Italy and Prance. In Italy, he will attend the Venice Biennial Film Exposition. Richard Powers, head, MGM’ s studio music department, was in town last week for home office conferences..., Mitchell Rawson, MGM’ s publicity de¬ partment, was vacationing at Saratoga Springs, N. Y, Bernard Garay, Arnold Salge, and Sigmund Mike head Geritone Company, new foreign film distributing agency, which has some Hungarian, Rumanian, and German films lined up for fall release, it was revealed last week, Rugoff and Becker News: Shirley Sussman, booker, received birthday greetings, and left on a vacation.... Gloria Rutlin, assistant bookkeeper, celebrated her sixth wedding anniver¬ sary on Aug. 17. . . Sam Lesiger, Tuxedo, Brooklyn, is the proud papa of a second son, and was walking the floor on vacati on .... Edward Sacks, Rugby, Brooklyn, was enjoying a vacation. Prank B. Libasco, real estate agent, interboro, was off on a vacation.... The Interboro office received a thorough paint job. Independen't Theatre Service News: Richard Dollinger, son of Irving, buyer, flew home after a summer at the University of Mexico .... Harry Lowenstein, Cort, Newark, N. J. , re¬ turned from a trip through the New England area, ... Sidney Stern, New, Elizabeth, N. J. , was welcomed back from a trip to Maine. ... Janet Garmeiser, telephone operator, clippered to Bermuda on vacation. . . , Edmond Feld¬ man, son of Lucius, Strand, Newark, N. J. , who recently copped an art award at Syracuse University, was commission¬ ed to do an oil portrait of a wellknown auto magnate. ... Ben Brosky, Liberty, Irvington, N. J. , returned from a vacation at Atlantic City..., Charles Mazur, Denville, Denville, N. J. , was vacationing in Atlantic City. ... Lou Martin, Majestic, Pater¬ son, N.J., recently flew to Philadel¬ phia to see_ his son.... Joe Siccardi, Liberty, Plainfield, N. J. , was suffer¬ ing from an impacted wisdom tooth. . . . Joe Ornstein, booker, was back on the job afteraweek at his Rockaway home. Larry Urdang, general sales mana¬ ger, Lewis Productions, resigned to concentrate on free lance advertising. Bob McLaren replaced. The wedding of Marie Antoinette Raftery, daughter of former UA Presi¬ dent Edward C. Raftery, to Matthew Leon Coneys took place last week at Our Lady Queen of Martyrs R.C. Church, September 1, 1948 New York