The Exhibitor (1951)

NT-4 EXHIBITOR ing her not to press a buzzer as she reached for the $1 stack of bills. He escaped in an old model car. Carroll Shaw Trowbridge, UA branch manager here for eight years and a member of the company since its begin¬ ning, died of a heart ailment. . . . W. E. Shippley sold the subsequent-run Gem to Consolidated Theatres of Utah for $100,000. Bob Brady continues as manager. San Antonio A1 Reynolds, general manager, Ezell and Associates, announced the installa¬ tion of the new Electroaire air purifiers. . . . Ken McClure has been named as city representative to interest Holly¬ wood film companies to come here to make films. Among the out-of-town exhibitors in to book were: Frank Trevino, Ideal, Pearsall, Tex.; T. L. Harville, Star, Orange Grove, Tex.; Lew Bray, Inter¬ state Theatres Circuit manager, Rio Grande Valley, Harlingen-San Benito, Tex.; Francisco Zapata, Zapata, Sinton, Tex., and Julian Suarez, Mexicano, Odessa, Tex., and Tropical, Midland, Tex. Showings of “Main Street Girl” at the Hi-Park Drive-In were cancelled, ac¬ cording to Carlton H. Weaver, manager. The cancellation came after Police Com¬ missioner George M. Roper had threat¬ ened action following complaints made to Mrs. Harold Gee, president, San Antonio Motion Picture Advisory and Reviewing Board. Edward Stockton Thompson has been transferred from Port Arthur, Tex., to Conroe, Tex., where he will manage two theatres operated by the Jefferson Amusement Company. He was manager, Sabine, Port Arthur. T. L. Dickey has been named to replace Thompson. Dick¬ ey was formerly at Overton, Tex. John Lynch, a city policeman at Gal¬ veston, Tex., charged that he lost his part-time job directing traffic at the Oleander Drive-In, Galveston, because the local sheriff, Frank L. Biaggne, re¬ fused him permission to carry a gun, thereby rendering him unable to per¬ form his duties at the drive-in. Neal Main has been named assistant manager, Majestic. He was formerly with the Warner Circuit at Erie, Pa. . . . Eph Charninsky, head, Southern Theatres Company, is up following a short illness. . . . The Uptown went to a double feature policy, cutting admis¬ sion prices. . . . Robert Mann, formerly with 20th-Fox, is the newly appointed city manager, Statewide Drive-In The¬ atres. . . . Kem Lemke, formerly public¬ ity director, Josephine, joined the staff of the King Drive-In, San Marcos, Tex., according to Jerry Ebeier. Tommy Bridge, Paramount, was in. . . . Maurice Gleaves, manager, Texas, returned from his vacation. San Antonio will be the scene of a Mexican movie to be produced by Jacques A. Jaccard, executive producer, Texas Pictures Consolidated. Nacho Torres, general manager, Zaragoza Amusement Company, has been ap¬ pointed contact man to choose many members of the cast. San Francisco COMPO’s Arthur L. Mayer won the support of San San Francisco’s show¬ men when he spoke to a crowded Vari¬ ety Club audience. At the speakers’ table with Mayer were Rotus Harvey, president, PCCITO; L. S. Hamm, presi¬ dent, California Theatres Association; Herman Wobber, western division man¬ ager, 20th-Fox; Neal East, Paramount manager; George Hickey, west coast sales manager, MGM, and C. V. Taylor, general manager, T and D Jr. Enterprises. Bob Goodfried rejoined the Sherrill Corwin organization as publicity and advertising director. . . . Romance bloomed in the San Francisco Theatres, Inc., Circuit with the marriage of Elema Civoli, Metro, and Harding man¬ ager Jack Britton. . . . Sidney Cohen and Fullerton Biers have become ship¬ pers at National Screen Service. . . . Phil Zenovitch, owner-manager, State, Petaluma, Cal.; A1 Adolph, Pinetree, Klamath Falls, Cal., and Bruno Vicarelli, Sunnymount Theatres, were visi¬ tors. . . . Bill Lanning, head booker, Republic, was back from his vacation. . . . Ben Levin and H. S. Levin, General Theatrical, were back from vacations. . . . Word was received of the death of Jack Dalpey in Salinas, Cal. Dalpey was with Metro many years ago in San Francisco, and more recently had been office manager, MGM, Los Angeles. . . . Auditor John Ash completed his work at MGM, and is now at the Portland exchange. . . . John Coyne, MGM as¬ sistant manager, was vacationing. Also vacationing was head contract clerk Sadie Markowitz. . . . Robert Clark, Paramount sales manager, was expected back. . . . Paramount office manager M. S. Anderson was on a two-week re¬ serve training trip. . . . James McBride, Golden State Theatre administrative office, was confined because of illness. . . . Marion Burns, 20th-Fox assistant cashier, was away on vacation. . . . Harry Rice, manager, Embassy, was resting. . . . Jack Diamond, U-I ex¬ ploited’, has been in assisting North Coast publicist Anne Belfer with “Bright Victory.” ... A fire of $1,500 damage started at the El Rey, Oakland, Cal., when film burst into flames in the projection room. It was extinguished within .30 minutes. . . . The 499-seat Pablo, operated by Fox West Coast, San Pablo, Cal., closed. . . . M. Spencer Leve, northern division manager, Fox West Coast Theatres, made the follow¬ ing managerial changes : William O’Neill, former manager, Grand Lake, Oakland, Cal., has been transferred to the Tower, that city, replacing Ralph Silva, resigned; Jack Lucy, manager, Parkway, Oakland, Cal., has taken over management of the Grand Lake, and J. Fredericks returned to FWC as man¬ ager, Fox and Hyde, Visalia, Cal. . . . Max Bercutt, Warner publicity man, had a novel way of inviting the press to attend a dinner in advance of “Captain Horatio Hornblower.” When “Warpath” opened at the Para¬ mount, The San Francisco News Junior Page editor conducted a contest in con¬ junction, and manager Earl Long fur¬ nished free tickets to contestants which entitled them to the Paramount free morning theatre party. Seattle Exhibitors and distributors turned out in large numbers to hear Arthur Mayer, executive vice-president, COMPO, at a luncheon in the Olympic Hotel. The annual golf tournament of the Northwest Film Club was one of the most successful in its history. Partici¬ pating were 124 golfers, and the at¬ tendance at the dinner dance in the eve¬ ning was approximately 200. Joe Basil, Sunset Drive-In, Olympia, Wash., won the low gross competition. B. F. Shearer won the Joshua Green silver trophy for low net. He also won the first flight low net. Other winners were: second flight, Michael Forman; third flight, Gene Groesbeck; low gross and men’s guest flight, Howie Odell, University of Wash¬ ington football coach ; women’s competion: low gross, Mrs. John Hamrick; low net, Mrs. Lowell Parmentier; sec¬ ond low net, Naomi Garcia, and door prize, Mrs. Arthur Slater. Herbert Sobottka, Hamrick Theatres, was master of ceremonies. George Smith, western division man¬ ager, Paramount, stopped here on his way to Alaska. With Mrs. Smith, he sailed for two weeks in Alaska. Thirty Evergreen managers from Oregon and Washington attended the annual meeting and the launching of the 16th national fall drive. The busi¬ ness session was presided over by Frank L. Newman, Evergreen president. . . . The Arthur Slaters moved into their new home at Bellevue, Wash., Lake Washington. . . . A. T. Murray, U-I, was here for a meeting with George de Waide, branch manager, and staff. . . . Ed Resnick, Eastern Washington salesman, 20th Century-Fox, resigned, and left for Pasadena, Cal. He came here last spring from Minneapolis. The new Northgate, Northgate com¬ munity project, will be ready for open¬ ing in September. The house, built by John Danz, Sterling Theatres, will seat approximately 1,500. . . . L. A. Gillespie and family were leaving on a motor trip to Alaska. . . . Ralph Hayden, Paramount office manager and a captain in the Naval Reserve, spends his vaca¬ tion with Uncle Sam. . . . Glenn Haviland returned from a swing through Eastern Washington for 20th CenturyFox. . . . State exhibitors on the Row included: A1 Fernandez, Clallam Bay; Norman Andrew, LaConner; Chester Weaver, Onalaska; Bud Barnett, Grayland; Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Darby, Naches, and Mr. and Mrs. Goodrich, Everson. August 15, 1951