The Exhibitor (1953)

NT-4 EXHIBITOR out that the film has the endorsement of the Lancaster County Civil Defense Council. Lebanon George T. Spang, lawyer and thea¬ trical manager, died. He headed the family partnership owning the Fisher Academy of Music, now a large theatre, and was president for 40 years or more of the Outdoor Advertising Company. Linden Tri-State Buying and Booking Ser¬ vice, Philadelphia, is no longer handling S. W. Royer’s Harvest Moon Drive-In. William Elliott is performing these services. Muncy Co-Operative Theatre Service, Pitts¬ burgh, will no longer buy and book for the Starlite Drive-In. The owners, R. Brehm and C. Derrin, will handle the buying and booking. New Egypt The New Egypt closed. Reading The Mount Penn Fire Company, owner, Majestic, Mount Penn, Pa., was notified that it will have to pay $352 taxes this year, the first year the com¬ pany’s realty was taxed. However, the county tax board notified the company that a part of the tax, the county levy, may be exempted next year. Applica¬ tion may then be made for exemption from borough and school taxes, also. The Strand, Paul H. Esterly, man¬ ager, is all set for 3-D. . . . Loew’s, Larry R. Levy, manager, booked Slater, the hypnotist, for a full week, three times daily, excepting Saturday, when he will appear four times. The Astor, J. Lester Stallman man¬ ager, scheduled a series of midnight Friday “chiller shows.” . . . LeRoy J. Keeney, formerly employed by his father, Cornelius G. Keeney, veteran manager, was graduated at the head of his class in air turret system mechanics in the Lowry Air Force Base School, Denver. Young Keeney has been as¬ signed to Langley Field, Va. Harry Friedland, Majestic, Mount Penn, Pa., is holding “talent night” shows on Wednesdays. Tamaqua J. W. McLaughlin, manager, Majestic, formerly operated by the late J. V. Schreck, now has the house on lease, and is doing the buying and booking himself. Virginia Richmond Equipment was installed in the Colonial for the 3-D featui'e, “Bwana Devil.” . . . Arlie Brooks, NTI sound engineer, was supervising the installa¬ tion of 3-D equipment in the Byrd, State, and Capitol, with the first feature to be shown in May. It will be Columbia’s “Fort Ti.” Equipment has also been Herbert J. Bennis, former MGM branch manager in St. Louis, recently suc¬ ceeded Jerome Adams as Washington, D. C., branch manager. bought from National Theatre Supply for other NTI out-of-town installations. John Kase, Charlottesville city man¬ ager, NTI, was in town with Bill Crummett, manager, Ridge Drive-In, and Walter Crawford, concession manager, Ridge. . . . Joe Brecheen, RKO branch manager, was here for conferences with Sam Bendheim, Jr., general manager, NTI. . . . The Pitts Drive-In, Fredericks¬ burg, was scheduled for reopening. . . . Our old friend, John C. Caldwell, Appomattox, brought his wife in for treatments. ... Joe Rosen, 20th Foxmanager, was a visitor. . . . Earl Taylor, Highway Express representative, Fred¬ ericksburg, was in on an emergency delivery of a print of “The Mississippi Gambler” for the State. . . . Olmstead Knox, RKO salesman, was in. ... Joe Oulihan, owner, Wardley, Callao, leased the Warsaw. Oulihan also operates a house in Mathews. Bill Flannagan, just out of the army via Camp Pickett, is now manager, Ashton, Arlington. He worked at the Grand on weekends while stationed at Camp Pickett. Good luck. . . . Grayson Gosney, South Boston manager and photographer, was a visitor. Just re¬ covered from the flu, he said that Carring¬ ton Waddell was still sick abed. . . . Philip Gerard, U-I, New York, dropped in on his way back to the big city after During the recent “March of Dimes” in Washington, D. C.. the theatres gave away a car, and in charge for the show¬ men was A. Julian Brylawski, Warner Theatres, and head District of Columbia Motion Picture Theatre Owners. Seen, left to right, are, Brylawski, Com¬ missioner F. Joseph Donohue, polio drive chairman, and Harry Davidow, The Hecht Company department store. TRADE SCREENINGS Philadelphia RKO — (250 North 13th) March 19, 10:30, “The Big Frame” (Mark Stevens, Jean Kent) (Made in England); 2:30, “Split Second” (Stephen McNally, Jan Sterling, Alexis Smith). Warners — (230 North 13th) March 25, 2, “By The Light Of The Silvery Moon” (Doris Day, Gordon MacRae, Rosemary DeCamp) (Technicolor). MGM — (1233 Summer) March 31, 2, “The Story Of Three Loves” (Leslie Caron, Farley Granger, James Mason, Pier Angeli, Kirk Douglas) (Techni¬ color). vacationing. . . . Carmel Lively is an addition to Sam Pulliam’s staff at the Grand. Judson Williams, former manager for Coulter and Somma, now a patient at the Kecoughtan Government Hospital, was in calling on all his old friends. . . . Mrs. Gertrude Peace, assistant man¬ ager, Venus, was vacationing down in South Carolina, with Margaret Terrell filling in for her. . . . We were sorry to hear of the serious illness of the mother of Mrs. Eva Garrett, Capitol. . . . All theatres cooperated with the Red Cross in running trailers, and displaying flags and posters. . . . Horace Woodburn, former assistant manager, Grand, now in the army, was home on leave before going overseas to Germany. . . . Sam Pulliam, Grand manager, has been presenting WRNL’s Bob Williams on his Saturday midnight shows. . . . Jack Stone erected a new marquee sign at the WRVA Theatre. . . .Joe Vog*el and Orville Crouch, Loew’s Theatres officials, were in just ahead of the first 3-D pre¬ sentation at Loew’s. Morton G. Thalhimer, Jr., announced the winners in the recent popcorn sales contest among the NTI theatres. Receiv¬ ing first prize was Ober Boyd, manager, Capitol. Mrs. Edith Crowder, attendant, also received a prize. Second prize went to the Jefferson, Charlottesville, Henry Hall, manager, and Gertrude Failes, assistant. Attendants Mrs. Florence Dunn and Miss Juanita Angeli also shared in a prize. Third place prize went to Tom Connell, manager, Westhampton, with his attendants, Mrs. Clara Keeton and Sam Glenn, also receiving prizes. Fourth prize went to the State, Stewart Tucker manager, and Gordon Culley, assistant manager. Mrs. Julia Elliott and Mrs. Alma Pettus, attend¬ ants, also received prizes. — S. T. Variety Club Tent 13, Philadelphia The tent will hold a “hard times” night at the clubrooms on March 21. Everyone is asked to come dressed in their “oldest,” with prizes to be awarded for the best “hard times” costumes. A good time is guaranteed. . . . “Come Back, Little Sheba” was screened through the courtesy of Paramount. March 18, 1953