The Exhibitor (1950)

staff. Paramount representatives at the screening were Will Price, director of the film, and Jerry Pickman, assistant director of national advertising, pub¬ licity and exploitation, who discussed with General Cates Marine Corps co¬ operation in connection with the release of the film. Maryland Baltimore At a recent meeting of the board of the Variety Club, Tent 19, Rodney Col¬ lier, Chief Barker, a vote was taken to sponsor a plan of group accident and sickness insurance especially available for all Baltimore members. A letter out¬ lining the plan, and showing the costs has been mailed to every member. August 24 was selected as the date on which the annual football game of the Variety Club will be held to help swell the welfare “Heart Fund’’ of the club. The game will be between the Baltimore Colts and Chicago Bears. The cost of tickets are $3.60 and $2.50. A “cover queen” contest was arranged for the stage of the Met by Adam Goelz, manager, two master of ceremonies tak¬ ing part, with prizes valued at $200 offered. . . . Two new projection ma¬ chines and a new screen have been in¬ stalled in the New Essex, owned by A. and L. Cohen. For the first time in a long while, the Morning Sun ran a four-column cut showing a scene from “The Woman On Pier 13,” which illustrated the review by Donald Kirkley. A committee representing the Jewish War Veterans, including Harry Vogelstein, called on Governor W. P. Lane, and “White Flower Week’’ was desig¬ nated by the governor. — Jacques Shellman Brunswick Funeral services for Jules Girden, 51, owner. Imperial, who died suddenly last week, were held at the Zionist Memorial Chapel, New York City. Mr. Girden, for¬ merly a Warner Theatres executive, is survived by a wife, Fritzie, and two children, Eugene and Peggy Ann. Leonardtown “Louisa” was sneak previewed at St. Mary’s. . . . The New also had a sneak preview of “Sunset Boulevard.” . . . Marianne Candella, New and St. Mary’s, will be a contestant in the final selec¬ tion by St. Mary’s County Fair Associa¬ tion committee seeking a “Queen of To’erance” at the county fair. . . . St. Mary’s had a display of a treasure chest and jewels, swords, and sabres for “Treasure Island.”. . . . General man¬ ager K. B. Duke, recently held a special matinee showing of “Treasure Island” for the boys at the Xaverian Brothers Camp Calvert. Clyde Moody and his Virginia Ramb’ers were set to play the New. . . . The Roy Rogers Kids Club has been busy selling buttons to help “National Kids Day” benefit fund foundation. This elaborate front display heralded the recent engagement of RKO’s “Treasure Island,” at the Senate, Harrisburg, Pa. Marlboro Manager Charles Mann, Sidney Lust’s Marlboro, recently played Grandpa Jones and his Grandchildren as a stage attrac¬ tion. Four shows were given. New Jersey Laurel Springs Willis Barries took over the operation of the Laurel from Joe Lange. Pennsylvania Gettysburg Sydney Poppay, manager, S-W Strand, enjoyed a nice quiet vacation near Bar Harbor, Me. Harrisburg Art Feaster, manager, Lemoyne, vaca¬ tioned with his family at Bar Harbor, Me. . . . Nick Todorov, manager. Up¬ town, was in Harrisburg Hospital fol¬ lowing a minor operation. . . . Coincident with the opening of the new Harrisburg municipal parking lot, Sam Gilman, manager, Loew’s, gave away 10 free tickets to owners of cars for a week. . . . Pat Ryan and wife from Sarasota, Fla., were in visiting William Whyte, man¬ ager, Star. . . . Bess Boblitz is new ,at the Star. . . . Gerry Wollaston and Glenn Lazar “got their signals crossed the Frank Shaffer, manager Dixie and Strand, Staunton, Va., appraises the 61pound sailfish he hooked off North Miami Beach, Fla., and landed after a 30-minute fight during his recent vacation in Fla. other night,” commented a local colum¬ nist. Loew’s and the Senate both had sneak previews at the same time. . . . Ira L. Schiffman has had an attractive new candy stand installed by Berio at the National. Catherine Edleblut and Otto Byers, for¬ merly of the Broad, recently joined the Star. . . . Mrs. William Whyte, wife of the Star manager, and son, Billy, spent a few weeks at Wildwood, N. J. , . . Charles Rubinsky, formerly of St. Clair, Pa., is now at his brother Mark’s Uptown. . . . For “Treasure Island,” Glenn Lazar, manager. Senate, staged an extensive promotion. Lazar passed another milestone in life on Aug. 8. 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