The Exhibitor (1950)

EXHIBITOR NT-;{ Lew Herb, EXHIBITOR traveling representative, recently took the above photos during a visit to Paramount exchange, Pittsburgh, and at left are: bookers Melvin Mann, John Navoney, and Joe Escher, while at right are: branchmen R. E. Caskey, Harry Passarelle, Charles Mergen, Harold Henderson, and, seated, David Kimmelman.’ Mid-West Theatre Supply Company, Inc., installed the air-conditioning and heating plant. The house will have 400 seats. All circuits in Indiana and most in¬ dependent theatres are booking Warner product for “Jules Lapidus Week,” Oct. 10-15, inclusive. Visiting exhibitors on Film Row were: Floyd Morrow, drive-in, Shively, Ky. ; Eary Payne, Switow Circuit, Louisville, Ky. ; Nick Paikos, Diana, Tipton, Ind. ; E. E. Smith, Devon, Francisville, Ind.; Joe Million, Veedersburg, Ind., and Fred Wagoner, Rees Plymouth, Ind. Marc T. Wolf, Chief Barker, Variety Clubs International, announced his Sep¬ tember activities as follows: Sept. 8, COMPO meeting, Washington, D. C.; Sept. 14, Toronto, Canada, to present a charity citation award to the Toronto tent; Sept. 16, in Philadelphia, to meet with the convention committee, Victor H. Blanc, chairman; Sept. 18, in Cin¬ cinnati, to attend the testimonial dinner in honor of A1 Moritz; Sept. 29, the testimonial dinner for Guy Craig, for¬ mer Columbia exchange manager, In¬ dianapolis, and Sept. 22-23-24, the meeting of the Will Rogers Hospital Board at Saranac Lake, N. Y. The ban¬ quet scheduled this week at Oklahoma City was postponed. Pittsburgh Tony Latella, Miami and Temple, Springdale, Pa., returned from a vaca¬ tion in New York City. . . . John Scott, for many years associated with National Screen Service, had been thought dead for several years. It now develops that he is very much alive, living in Western Europe working for the ECA, and ^s married to a German girl. Bill Mack, National Screen Service salesman, spent the Labor Day weekend with his family in Syracuse, N. Y. Seen on Film Row were: John Golder, Jam Handy salesman; John Malone, Cheswick, Pa.; Alex Mussmano, Natro¬ na, Pa.; Bunny Lieberman, Barnesboro, Pa.; Dave Fineman, Rankin, Pa.; Bob Lieber, Paramount, Braddock, Pa.; Pa.; Thomas Zaimes, Penn, West Taremtum. Pa.; Harry Myers, YMCA, “Carp” Carpenter, Times, Braddock, Wilmerding, Pa.; Dave Hamburg, Hazelv ood. Pa.; Ike Browarsky, Hippo¬ drome, Beaver, Pa., and Linden, Pitts¬ burgh; John Biordi, Majestic, Elwood City, Pa.; Milton Antonopolis, Olympic, Turtle Creek, Pa.; F. E. Hasley, Ter¬ race, East Pittsburg, Pa.; Max Arnold. Maple Drive-In, Circleville, Pa., and Harry Rachielle, Sharpsburg, Pa. Jack Blum, 20th Century Fox home office, was a visitor, conferring with branch manager A1 Levy. Joyce Fineman, daughter of the Archie Finemans, McKee, was married to Harold, Jr., son of the Harold Fields, who own theatres in Minnesota and Iowa, at the William Penn Hotel. The Fields will make their home in New Haven until the son graduates from Yale, where he is taking a post graduate course. Many friends from film row attended the ceremony. Mr. and Mrs. William Finkel, Arcade and Colonial, returned from a visit with their daughter in Teaneck, N. J. . . . The John Walshes, Fulton, returned from an extended vacation in Newport, R. I. . . . Mrs. Perry Nathan, wife of the National Screen Service manager, is back after a visit to her home in Colorado Springs, Colo. Bert Steam, head. Cooperative Book¬ ing Service, returned after visiting Mrs. Steam in Miami, Fla. . . . “Miss Ice Tea for Two” and “Miss Hot Tea for Two” were in publicizing “Tea For Two.” . . . Columbia brought in Petty models and Janis Carter to nlug “The Petty Girl,” and entertained the critics and radio crowd at a lunch. Ralph T. Kettering was named mana¬ ger, New Nixon, by Gabe Rubin. Ketter¬ ing is a veteran of the theatre, once owning the Adelphia, Chicago, and re¬ cently managing the Music-In-TheRound show at the Chicago Fair. Jim Thorpe, former 20th Century Fox saleman, is back in harness as the West Virginia salesman for United Ar¬ tists, replacing Jack Bellman, who re¬ signed. . . . Pittsburgh will be the scene next month of the annual meeting of the Variety Clubs. C. J. Latta will come from London, England for the meeting. Representatives from all the tents in this country, Canada, England, and Mexico will attend the meetings. S. Sylvan Simon, who made good as 4 director, has signed a contract which forbids him to put anv of his money in any theatrical entemrise so he is investine in a ball bearing business locally with a cousin, Richard Simon. Stanley Kramer, producer of “The Men,” visited on behalf of promoting his film. Loew’s Penn. . . . Armand Pepin, manager, Orpheum. McKees Rock, Pa., has been transferred to the Shea houses in Conneaut, O. He is being replaced locally bv Rav MacNealy. Strand, Cam¬ bridge, 0., also a Shea operation. Marlin Way, son of A. P. Way, Du¬ bois, Pa., was in a Pittsburgh hospital for a spinal operation. His brother, Al¬ bert, has been a patient in another hos¬ pital here for many months. . . . Ralph Felton, Spotlight 88 Drive-In, had a gigantic fireworks display for the Labor Day crowds. Many local exhibitors have signed up for a promotion diamond hunt arranged in connection with a jeweler. A bowl of hundreds of imitation diamonds and three real ones are put in the theatre lobby, with every patron having a chance to take a stone. They then take the stone to the jeweler, who advises him if it is real or not. Every body from leaders of the city government to the local teen-age colum¬ nist turned out to meet “Miss Hot Tea For Two,” Camille Williams, and “Miss Iced Tea For Two,” Ann Zikar, when the actresses from the cast of “Tea For Two” visited on their cross-country tour. “Sekatary Hawkins,” teen-age club columnist. The Pittsburgh Press, inter¬ viewed the girls, and helped them serve tea to the men at the printing presses. City Treasurer James Kirk, on behalf of Mayor David L. Lawrence, accepted a gold tea for two service, and presented the “Tea For Two” girls with the key to the city. Radio stations WJAS, KQV, WPIT, and KDKA covered the special events. A press party at the William Penn Hotel, covered by all Pittsburgh newspapers and radio stations, was the climax of the day, capped by the girls’ visit to the Stanley. John Zomnir, ELC sales manager, was transferred to San Francisco. Joe Callahan, UA salesman, has been promoted to branch manager in New Haven, it was announced last week. Kentucky Louisville J. E. Elliott, Jr., Cardinal, Hodgenville, Ky., advised of his engagement to Miss Freda Thompson. . . . Les Grewell, Altec, engineer, was off duty on vaca¬ tion. His duties were taken over by Ken Kaiser. Out-of-town exhibitors seen recently included: Tom Speer, Monroe, Monroe City, Ind.; Don Steinkamp, Dream, French Lick, Ind.; R. H. Robertson, Ma¬ jestic, Springfield, Ky. ; Luther Knifley, Art, Knifley, Ky. ; A. N. Miles, Emi(Continued on next page) September 13, 1950