The Exhibitor (1950)

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NT-2 EXHIBITOR During his recent trip through the mideast territory, Lew Herb, EXHIBITOR tra¬ veling representative, took the above shots of Werner Lund, left, western Pennsyl¬ vania circuit operator, seen reading his favorite trade paper in the Lou Hanna booking office, Pittsburgh, and right, Weldon Waters, general manager. Co-op., Pittsburgh, with Leatrice Vaupel, Lorraine Myers, and Beverly Elovis in the office. ule. Bob Ledyard, TV station, WEWS, will act as master .of ceremonies. Gertrude Swee, for many years in¬ spectress for Columbia, died. Surviving are her mother, Mrs. Morris Sv/ee ; two brothers, Louis, manager, Stillwell and Bedford, Bedford, 0., and Joe, who used to be in film distribution, and two sis¬ ters, Mrs. Rae Berenson and Mrs. Sylvia Finkle. Tragedy struck in the home of Frank Masek, National Theatre Supply man¬ ager, when his daughter, Mrs. Viola Masek Reid, died at St. Luke’s Hospital following the birth of her first child, a son, named Robert J. Reid, Jr. In .addi¬ tion to her husband and parents, she is survived by a brother, William, and three sisters. Defroif Irving Sochin, sales head, UniversalInternational special films division, was in Detroit from New York. The drive-in is the big news in Mich¬ igan this year. Numerically, ozoners have increased from 38 last year to 55 this year, with more scheduled for con¬ struction. In Detroit, Community Thea¬ tres, run by Adolph and Irving Gold¬ berg and their uncle, Charles A. Komer, capitalize on the trend. They operate 15 theatres, of which four are ozoners. Recently they opened the Bel-Air, the only drive-in located inside the Detroit city limits. Realizing the pulling power of the family entertainment factor of the ozoners. Community Theatres spends nearly as much thought and care on the free playground facilities as it does on the direct revenue-producing end of the business. A tax axe is poised over the heads of independent exhibitors. The state un¬ employment compensation commission has ruled in the case of Irving Katcher, owner, Willis, that he owes three per cent of his payroll for the last three years. Independents in Michigan have considered themselves exempt from this tax liability. Most have no more than six employes, and so consider themselves under the minimum of eight required for unemployment tax liability. In a written statement to Katcher, however. Max M. Casselman gave the commission’s view that any adult earning as little as 25 cents a week is an employe, and since July, 1949, this applies also to minors. Furthermore, an employe working Sat¬ urday and Sunday is to be counted as working in two different weeks. This takes in the youngsters hired as week¬ end ushers. Complicating the tax picture still further, Casselman wrote that if an employe is on leave of absence or on vacation, he is counted as an employe for the entire period, and his relief man is also counted. This could easily mean that the independent would be counted with eight different employes for one job. If a projectionist took a week’s vacation, and the union assigned a dif¬ ferent relief man for each night, it would add up to eight. Considering the commission’s stand as arbitrary in view of the special working conditions of theatres, Katcher is considerng all pos¬ sible methods of appeal. 20th-Fox’s “No Way Out” has been approved for showing in Detroit by the police censors. . . . Dennis R. Vanes, prominent Coldwater, Mich., theatre owner for the past 50 years, died after an illness of eight weeks. . . . Saul Korman reopened his Columbia with an all-colored burlesque revue. . . . The United Artists, operated by United De¬ troit Theatres, has been taken over by the Charles Skouras interests. . . . Fred Newman, Courtesy, purchased a home. . . . Jack Krass reports that his new Arc will be opened in mid-October. . . . Robert Tilley, booker, RKO, is leaving for the army. . . . Adolph Goldberg and Charles Komer, Community Theatres, reported capacity crowds attending their new Bel-Air Drive-In. the only one located in Detroit’s city limits. . . . Robert Lenox, 20th-Fox booker, was va¬ cationing in Canada. . . . Alice Gorham, publicity and advertising director. United Detroit Theatres, was on vaca¬ tion. Charles W. Snyder, executive secre¬ tary, Allied Theatres of Michigan, an¬ nounced that plans for the 31st annual convention of Allied were completed. The convention will take place on Sept. 25 and 26, with the Book-Cadillac Hotel as main headquarters. Fred Annand, manager. Crest-DriveIn, under construction in East Lansing, Mich., said that construction was de¬ layed due to heavy rain and plenty of mud. Bettv Hutton recaptured her old home town in a two-day .appearance at the Michigan State Fair. On her first day in town. Miss Hutton bounced all over Detroit meeting people. She visited the city rooms of Detroit’s three daily pa¬ pers, met Governor G. Mennen Williams, rode with him in the parade opening the Fair, and met civic and industrial lead¬ ers bv the dozens. She took time out of the flurry to s-ab awhile with Mike Simon, Detroit branch manager. Para¬ mount, and Jim Sharkey, Co-operative Theatres of Michigan. No cuts were made in August, ac¬ cording to the report of the censor’s bureau of the police department. Over 88,000 feet were reviewed including foreign films. No theatre fronts were ordered changed. Indianapolis Sam Abrams, Realart salesman, was stricken with a heart attack. He is pro¬ gressing and resting comfortably in the Methodist Hospital. The directors of Associated Theatre Owners of Indiana, Inc., held their first fall meeting in the Indianapolis Ath¬ letic Club. The usual luncheon proceeded the meeting. Tx’ueman Rembusch, presi¬ dent, presided. . . . Robert Meyer, head booker, 20th-Fox, has been called to active duty in the reserves. Jack Van Borssun, Savoy and West, Terre Haute, Ind., was confined by in¬ fluenza. . . . Kenny Maurice and family, Wabash, Clinton, Ind., were vacationing with his uncle, J. B. Stine, Garfield, Terre Haute, Ond., at Manocqua, Wise. . . . Rosemary Kamp is the new contract clerk at U-I, and Maxine Harris is a new typist. T. W. Buxton, LaDon, Roachdale, Ind., has taken up residence at his farm after a complete remodeling and moderniza¬ tion of the premises. . . . The Lyceum, Terre Haute, Ind., is being prepared for reopening by Carl Jeffrey, staging a comeback in the business. The house has been shuttered. Mrs. M. A. Wood, Best, Terre Haute, Ind., was vacationing. . . . Peter Rosian, district manager, U-I, Cincinnati, was a business visitor here confabbing with Sam Oshry, manager. . . . Virgil Jones, booker, Warners, is touring the north¬ eastern part of the country and parts of Canada. . . . The first fall business meeting of the Colosseum will be held on Sept. 30 in the Hotel Antlers. The regular luncheon will precede the meeting. E. L. Stamp, who operates theatres in Delphos, 0., the Capitol and Star, is putting the finishing touches on his East 30,700-car drive-in between Fort Wayne and New Haven, Ind., on U. S. Road 30. The Warren County Theatre Corpora¬ tion, Inc., is completing its Zeno, Wil¬ liamsport, Ind. The stock of the concern was raised and subscribed for by the citizens of Williamsport. Desmon S. Abel is the president, and Raney H. Shannon is secretary and treasurer. September 13, 1950