The Exhibitor (1952)

EXHIBITOR NT-i JIBWS OF THB BRANCHES Atlanta Niblack-Gordon Corporation has taken over the Lincoln, Orlando, Fla., from Florida State Theatres. . . . Margaret Robertson is in the booking' department of United Artists. . . . Lessie Swaebe, manager, Montgomery Drive-In, Savan¬ nah, Ga., had a slight stroke. . . . Mrs. Walter Brackin said that her new 300car drive-in in Ozark, Ala., would open about April 1. . . . The Dixie, Headland, Ala., closed. John Kirby, WB sales executive, wishes to thank all his friends for their good wishes during his recent convalesence. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Strange, owners, Charlotte Theatre Supply, Charlotte, wei’e in for a visit with Oscar Howell, Capital City Supply. John H. Stembler, executive vice-presi¬ dent and director, Georgia Theatre Com¬ pany, was named to the board of direc¬ tors, Home Building and Loan Association. A proposed ordinance requiring thea¬ tres to give the city censor advance notice of their showings has been dropped. The Library Board warned, however, that exhibitors must voluntarily cooper¬ ate with the censor or expect a tightering of laws. Some 21 theatre owners appeared at a public hearing to protest the proposed ordinance. They charged that the law, if passed, would require “too much paper -work” and unnecessary reporting of many second-run films already approved by the censor. Private Jack H. Lancaster, son of Mrs. Rose Lancaster, Astor, and Miss Charlotte Noeless Powell will be married soon. The Row wishes the new couple nothing but pretty pictures on the film of life. E. Edwards, Bank of Chickamauga, Ga., has taken over the Liberty. . . . Philis Harden, formerly with Film Classics, is with National Screen Service. . . . Hugh Howell, formerly with National Screen Service, is in the hospital follow¬ ing an accident. . . . The mother of the Jordan boys died after illness. . . . The new Star-Lite Drive-In, Wauchula, Fla., owned by the Floyd Theatre Circuit, opened. Wylie Harden, Columbia, resigned. . . . At MGM, Betty Backus is secre¬ tary, Betty Farris is the new recep¬ tionist, and new in the booking depart¬ ment are Jim Corbett and Charlie Anderson, replacing Ed Bender and Buddy McCook. Ollie Williamson, district manager, Warners, is back after illness. ... It was happy birthday to Alice Williams, Republic. Edward Bendler, head booker, MGM, has been promoted to salesman. Samuel McCook, who has been in the bookingdepartment for several years, has taken over Bendler’s former duties. “Copper Is Scarce” Memphis Eighteen houses now have a special reduced rate for teen-agers, amounting to almost 40 per cent. Student indentification cards are being used, 15,000 cards having been mailed to students from 12 up to seniors in high schools. The cards expire on May 31, but may be renewed. Cards are good at the Luciann, Malco, Madison, Memphian, Normal, Rosemary, Roxy, Skyvue Drive-In, Summer Drive-In, Crosstown, Hollywood, Airway, Bellevue Drive-In, Bristol, Idlewild, Lamar Drive-In, Lamar, and Linden Circle. Columbia — Katherine Moxley, cashierclerk, was in Methodist Hospital for surgery. . . . Imogene Martin is the new information clerk. . . . Visiting were: Leon Rountree, Water Valley, Miss., and Joe Wofford, Uporia, Miss. New drive-ins scheduled to open were The Chief Drive-In, Cleveland, Miss., and the Skyvue, Fort Smith; Pines, Pine Bluff, and Skyvue, and Starlight, both Jonesboro, all in Arkansas. MGM — Vera-Ellen visited, and held interviews with the press and radio. . . . Miss Betty Dillard, New Albany, Miss., is the new booking clerk. . . . Mrs. Doris Whitney, booker, was vacationing. Paramount — ^Exhibitors calling in¬ cluded: Alvin Tipton, Caraway, Ark. . . . Mrs. H. A. Fitch, Erin, Tenn.; G. H. Goff, Parsons, Tenn.; Mrs. A. J. Agar, Green¬ ville, Miss.; H. C. Langford, Lambert, Meet Year Neighbor V. H. “Cy” Bridges, New Orleans city sales r-epresentative and assistant to the manager, Loew’s, was born on Feb. 3, 1890, and reared in Palestine, Tex. His entry into show business dates back to the days of drama and vaudeville, and still in his 'teens he held the reins of Palestine's legitimate showcase, later going into exhibition. In 1916, when he mar¬ ried the former Mon¬ ica Praetorius, he took up his abode in 1918, he entered the as poster clerk for Metro, and, after several months, be¬ came shipping clerk. In December, 1919, he started his career as sales represen¬ tative, later becoming territory salesman covering Louisiana, Mississippi, western and southwestern Alabama, and East Texas, advancing to his present position, which he has held for more than a score of years. The Bridges have four children, who have presented them with 10 grand¬ children. Miss.; Frank Patterson, Junction City, Ark., and Orris Collins, Paragould, Ark. Wake Newsum, former owner, Dixie, Marmuduke, Ark., sold the theatre to Thomas E. Smith. 20th-Fox — Bill Kroger, Portageville, Mo.; C. L. Bonner, Pine Bluff, Ark., and S. W. Anderson, West Helena, Ark., were in. Anderson announced the open¬ ing of his Airview Drive-In. . . . Also around were Paul Meyers, Lexington, Miss.; Don Landers, Harrisburg, Ark.; Gene Higginbotham, Leachville, Ark.; W. D. Wringer, Lake City, Ai'k.; Buck Renfro, Holly Grove, Ark.; J. K. Jami¬ son, Jr., McCory, Ark., and Bill Ruffin, Jr., Covington, Tenn. An Edison Picture, was shown in 1896 on Motiograph’s first projector, the Optigraph. In 1908 Motiograph’s Model “lA” was used for projecting “Uncle Tom’s Cabin’’. In 1916 the Model "E”, was putting Griffith’s “Intolerance” on screens. The Model “F” projected Rudolph Valentino’s “The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse”; the Model “H”, in 1923, for “The Covered Wagon”; the Model “HU”, in 1935, for “The Informer” and, in 1936, the Model “K” for “Mutiny on the Bounty”. Motiograph has really grown up with the movies. Many of these old Motiographs, still running, give promise of even more years of service. It seems you simply can’t wear them out ! Now, with 54 years of know-how built in, the Motiograph is still unmatched. That’s why theatre men today just naturally turn to Motiograph, the outstanding name in projectors, for the best— the last development in projectors . . . THE MOTIOGRAPH MODEL ^^AA" WIL-KIN THEATRE SUPPLY, INC., 150 Walton Street, N.W., Atlanta 3, Ga. WIL-KIN THEATRE SUPPLY, INC., 229 South Church Street, Charlotte 2, N. C. New Orleans. In distribution field JJarc/i 5, SOUTHERN