The Exhibitor (1951)

EXHIBITOR NT-1 BRANCHES Cincinnati Ray Moon, 20th-Fox division manager, and his assistant, Arnold Monnett, at¬ tended a local sales meeting. Other ex¬ ecutives in included Sam Galanty, Washington, D. €., Columbia district manager; L. E. Goldhammer, Monogram eastern sales manager, and Moe Dudelson, UA district manager. Ted Barker, Loew’s Theatres, Cleveland, recently had this pretty girl give away French crullers on Cleveland streets to plug MGM’s “An American in Paris.” Recent business trips were made by Louis Wiethe, president, Wiethe Thea¬ tres, to New York City; Jack Finberg, UA branch manager, to Pittsburgh, and Edward Salzberg, president, Screen Classics, to Chicago. Joe McNight, well-known along Film Row, is the new Lippert salesman in Kentucky and West Virginia. . . . Frank Weitzel is a new Monogram .booker. . . . Rosemary Meyer, secretary to Howard Roudebush, U-I office manager, has been promoted to head, contract department. . . . Ann Wyer, U-I billing clerk, and Helen Leisgang, TOC clerk, resigned. Betty Thorn, secretary to Phil Fox, Columbia branch manager, was ill. . . • Laura Finney, 20th-Fox head inspec¬ tress, suffered a broken finger. . . . Private First Class William Woodruff, stationed at Sampson Air Base, Geneva, N. Y., spent a furlough with his mother, Mrs. Margaret Woodruff, Lippert office manager. Recent visitors included: Harry J. Knight, George Pekras, and Jack Need¬ ham, Columbus, O.; Louis Velas, Cam¬ bridge, O.; Hank Davidson, Lynchburg, O. ; Fred Donahue, New Boston, O.; John Hewitt, Bethel, O.; Mr. and Mrs. Nat Turberg, Hamilton, 0.; A. D. Curfman, Westerville, O.; John Gregory, Dayton, 0.; H. E. Bennett, Circleville, O.; Dor¬ man Law, Roseville, O.; Robert Dinkle, Raceland, Ky.; James Denton, Owingsville, Ky.; Jack Hoffman, Greenup, Ky.; Frank Mandros, Cabin Creek, W. Va.; Julian Silberstein, Huntington, W. Va.; J. W. Thomas, Oak Hill, W. Va.; John S. Joseph, Salem, W. Va., and Manny Marcus, Indianapolis. Cleveland It’s a boy, Gerald Paul, for the Tom Roberts. Dad is head shipper, RKO. Because of the new arrival, dad and mom have sold the florist shop which Mrs. Roberts attended. Two outdoor theatres closed, the local Fairview Outdoor Theatre, and the Belvedere Drive-In, Painesville, O. The Hazlewood Drive-In, Chardon, O., is open weekends. Margaret Macsay, Republic head booker, had an office party for her assistant, Lee Stacel, who reports for army duty. . . . Ray Moon, 20th-Fox district manager, and his assistant, Arnold Monette, held a conference in the office branch. It is reliably understood that National Film Service Corporation has made a deal with United Artists which guaran¬ tees UA $35,000 in discounts on weekly bills covering a period from Oct. 1 to Jan. 1, 1952. Independent film shippers who are members of National Film Ser¬ vice Coi-poration claim the deal was made by NFS officials without consulting them. Because of this, they are challeng¬ ing the authority of officials who made the deal, and claim they will seek redress in the courts, if necessary. The alleged discount of from five percent to 20 per¬ cent on the weekly bills is costing each independently-owned film delivery service company as much as $60 a week, it is said. Letters to NFS Corporation asking for an explanation of the deal have, according to reports, remained un¬ answered. Manager John Newkirk turns his Beachcliffe over for church services every Sunday morning at no cost whatsoever to the church, and says this is the best good will advertising he has ever done. Keefe Brasselle, featured in Paramount’s “A Place in the Sun,” recently visited Coshocton, O., with the “Movietime, U.S.A.” tour, and addressed high school students, visited theatres, and gave news¬ paper and radio interviews. Seen with Brasselle, center, are the managers who were in charge of the “Movietime” promotion in Coshocton, Richard Hershman, Pastime; James Salmans, Sixth Street; Bill Bachert, Star, and Frank Gilffen, Skyway. Brasselle is an Ohioan. Nat Freiberger, manager, Astor, added the title of grandfather when a son was born to his daughter, Mrs. Renee Komito, in Washington, D. C. His other daughter, Joan, a member of the 20thFox secretarial staff at one time, will be married on Nov. 18 to Albert Pollen. Jane Powell, in addition to appearing at Loew’s State, took time out to auto¬ graph her records in the new Higbee Music Shop. The Variety Club comes to life again this week when its new quarters in the Carter Hotel will be officially dedicated. Since the sale of its Euclid Avenue clubhouse last spring, the club has been inactive. Any patron not satisfied with the show at the Falls, Cuyahoga Falls, O., may have his money back upon request. M. B. Horwitz, head, Washington Circuit, of which the Falls is a unit, inaugurated this policy as a good public relations gesture. Bernard Rubin, head, Imperial, which distributes Realart, and Mrs. Rubin are combining business and pleasure in a trip to New York. . . . Max Lefkowich, president, Community Circuit, and Mrs. Lefkowich went to New York to attend the National Allied convention. Sandor Klinger, 80, pioneer theatre owner, died of a heart attack. One time operator of a liquor store, he acquired the Alvin, a downtown house playing silent pictures. At the time of his retire¬ ment about 10 years ago, he owned the Ritz and Ambassador with his partners, Oscar Stotter and Morris Berkowich. Jane Toth, secretary to Warner branch manager Jerome Wechsler, handed in her resignation with announcement of plans to concentrate on family life. She will be succeeded by Maty Lou Weaver, back from a three-and-a-half year stay at the Will Rogers Hospital. Yarro Miller, Warner office manager, and Mrs. Miller recently celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary. It was also the occasion of the celebration of their son’s 17th birthday. . . . Jack Gertz, head, Jack L. Gertz Enterprises, oiled his gun, and planned to be off to do some deer hunting in Pennsylvania. Detroit The Hollywood “Movietime” celebri¬ ties were all greeted personally by Governor Williams in the corridor of the State Capitol building, Lansing, Mich., before hundreds of people on the capitol steps. The Lansing High School band led a parade through the main streets with the governor and two visit¬ ing actresses, Cindy Garner and Yvette Dugay, riding in open convertibles. USED THEATRE CHAIRS • Refinished or as they are • Large selection to choose from JOHN P. MORGAN CO., INC. 317 N. 13th ST., PHILA. 7. PA. LO 4-0226 October 31, 1951 MIDEAST