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Screen star Joan Blondell arrived from Hollywood last week following the completion of “For Heaven’s Sake.”
Lunch-time crowds in Times Square last fortnight were treated to the un¬ usual spectacle of an impromptu openair entertainment in front of Loew’s State, where MGM’s ‘‘Three Little Words,” opened its New York premiere. A cavalcade of colorful floats joined forces with Arlene Dahl, Harry Ruby, and Helen Kane. After the Broadway reception, the New Show Season floats, manned by a bevy of lovely models in colorful costumes, left to visit all of the 68 Loew theatres in Greater New York where they were welcomed by dignitaries in each locality.
The Hyde Park Auto Vision Theatre on Route 9 and Hyde Park under the operation of Philip Eisenberg and Sid¬ ney F. Cohen opened. The car capacity is 480, and the Liggett-Florin Booking Service is handling the buying and booking. . . . The Alben, Brooklyn, is now being operated by the Fil’s Operat¬ ing Corporation. . . . Officers of the St. Cloud Amusement Corporation operat¬ ing the 500-seat Sparta, Sparta, N. J., which opened this week are: Harvey B. Newins, president; Irving Wormser, vice-president, and Warner Mendel, sec¬ retary-treasurer. Elmer Hollander is handling the booking and buying.
Darryl F. Zanuck, vice-president in charge of production for 20th CenturyFox, arrived from the west coast last week en route to Europe. Zanuck left immediately for Washington to confer with Defense department officials.
Pincus Sober, Loew-Metro legal de¬ partment, left last week to attend the Congress of the International Amateur Athletic Federation at Brussels, Bel¬ gium, as American delegate. . . . How¬ ard Dietz, MGM vice-president and di¬ rector of advertising, publicity, and ex¬ ploitation, returned from the coast, while Tom Gerety, MGM home office advertising and publicity department, and Mike Simons, sales department, re¬ turned from their vacations last week.
The Philharmonic-Symphony Orches¬ tra, under conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos, will appear at the Roxy for two weeks beginning on Sept. 1, the Phil¬ harmonic-Symphony Society of New York and 20th Century-Fox announced last week. The engagement has been ar¬ ranged in order to bring good music at low prices to new audiences, and, at the same time, to increase the period of em¬ ployment for the 104 members of the Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra. This will mark the first time a major sym¬ phonic organization has been heard in
Drive Starts For UJA Payments
NEW YORK — Fred J. Schwartz and Sam Rosen, joint chairmen, New York amusement division. United Jewish Appeal, last week announced that, following a meeting of the general executive committee of the UJA, an intensive drive will be in¬ stituted to hasten the collection of pledges. The joint chairmen made it clear that the campaign has been progressing very satisfactorily, with the single exception that cash re¬ demption of pledges has been com¬ ing in slowly.
Emphasizing the need for immedi¬ ate money in hand, the joint chair¬ men issued a strong appeal to those who have made pledges to redeem them in cash, and to those who are contemplating pledges to do so at once, and if possible to submit cash along with their pledge.
a motion picture theatre as a feature presentation of the program.
Janet Frimeth, secretary to Charles Simonelli, U-I executive in charge of national exploitation, left last week for a vacation trip in Hollywood. . . . Irving M. Sochin, sales head, U-I special films division, was in Buffalo last week.
Lex Barker returned last week from his six-week African film safari as star of Sol Lesser’s “Tarzan’s Peril” for RKO release.
‘‘Quo Vadis” bulletin boards were in¬ stalled last week in 42 Loew local thea¬ tres, the first of 400 such boards to be installed in American theatres. Posted on them from now until American re¬ lease of “Quo Vadis,” will be pictures and stories covering day-by-day progress of the company in Rome, Italy.
First Loew theatre man to be called to the colors last fortnight was Frank Miller, assistant manager, Loew’s Com¬ modore, a captain in the Army Air Force Reserve.
H. Clay Miner, Century Board Chairman, Mourned
NEW YORK— The trade last fort¬ night mourned the death of H. Clay Miner, Fort Pierce, Fla., chairman of the Board of Century Circuit, Inc., who died at Greenwich Hos¬ pital, Greenwich, Conn., after a long illness. He was 84.
Born in Brooklyn, he was the son of Henry C. Miner, member of the 54th Congress and famed theatrical producer. After graduating from Friends’ Seminary, New York City, he was active for many years in the management of the Miner Thea¬ tres, and was later one of the found¬ ers of the Century Circuit.
Surviving are his widow, the for¬ mer Mary Blun; his son, Henry C. Miner, Jr.; and three grandsons, William R. Miner, Henry C. Miner, III, and Thomas H. Miner.
Louis S. Lifton, director of advertis¬ ing and publicity. Monogram, left last week tor Hollywood. While here, he set the American press preview of Ivor Noveilo’s ‘'The Dancing Years,” released in this country by Stratford, Monogram subsidiary.
Messmore Kendall, president, Capitol, and Mrs. Kendall left last week tor a two-week Canadian fishing trip while Florence Husted, his secretary, flew to Hollywood for a stay as the house guest of Miriam Hopkins. . . . Howard Dietz, MGM vice-president and director of ad¬ vertising, publicity and exploitation, re¬ turned last week from a two-week visit to the studios.
Luigi Luraschi, head of censorship. Paramount studio, arrived last fortnight by plane after several weeks’ visit to Paris, Rome and London, on a combined business and pleasure trip.
The Negro Actors’ Guild of America last week presented an award to Darryl F. Zanuck for his production, “No Way Out.” Linda Darnell, star of “No Way Out,” accepted the award for Zanuck from Noble Sisgle, president, Negro Actors’ Guild of America.
The New York Post and Home News published a major portion of the script of Darryl F. Zanuck’s production of “No Way Out” last week. This is the first time that the paper has used an actual film script in its weekly feature section, and rather than fictionize the powerful screenplay, 20th Century-Fox granted permission to use the actual working script.
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Sal Costa, former manager. Globe, has taken over the management of the Cameo, South Orange, N. J. Other changes due to the closing of the three Warner houses are the transfer of Adolphe Finkelstein, from the Haw¬ thorne to the Roosevelt, Union City, N. J.; Frank Plowman, from the Cameo, South Orange, N. J., to the Franklin, Nutley, N. J. . . . Tom Arrants, Savoy, resigned from the company.
Jack Barrett, manager, Wellmont, Montclair, N. J., and his family are on a trip through the Carolinas and other southern stages.
Morton Bratter, manager, Milburn, spent his vacation in Miami Beach, Fla., visiting his brother, Sam, and his neph¬ ews, Morton and Sidney. . . . Robert Os¬ borne, assistant manager, Stanley, Jersey City, N. J., spent his vacation in Miami Beach, Fla. . . . Ed Kane, manager, Stanley, Jersey City, N. J., ran a page cooperative ad in The Jersey Journal to exploit “Fifty Years Before Your Eyes.” . . . Bob Phillips, manager. Union, Un¬ ion, N. J., had a large gun display in a sporting goods store with the showing of “Winchester ’73.” . . . Fay Radler, short subjects booker, Warner Brothers’ Jersey office, w'as vacationing in the Catskill Mountains.
August 23, 1950
NEW YORK