The Exhibitor (1954)

NT-4 EXHIBITOR EYKIXG THE New York — With some successful TV appearances behind her and other spots coming up, Frances Taylor, Columbia contract department, is .now opening her own studio for instruction in interpretive dancing. Each Monday and Thursday between 8 and 9, Miss Taylor will con¬ duct her class at the Rehearsal Center. She already has some filmites registered for the course, but there is still room for other aspirants. Paramount — The new addition to the accounting department is Connie Fucci. . . . A number enjoyed themselves at the Bookers’ Club theatre party. Return¬ ing home after the play, biller Ruth Richardson discovered her house ran¬ sacked by thieves. 20th-Fox — Feature biller Lilly Cah.n celebrated her natal day. . . . Seymour Cohen was back after a stay in the hospital. . . . News booker Henry Unger was grieved by the death of his sister. Favorite — Congratulations are in order for booker Gloria Korn Finkleman, a mother-to-be. United Artists — Home office auditor Fred Franke assumes the office manager position left open when Myron Starr moved into the sales department. Tom McCue, acting office manager, returned to the cashier department. . . . Bookers’ secretaries Vana Smith and Harriet Handler added another year. . . . Office assistant Dave Nathan boasts of a 247 bowling score. . . . Bookers’ secretary Betty Miranda was still ailing. . . . Also on the sick list were statistician Rosalind Filler, salesman Myron Starr, and secre¬ tary Joyce Gallione. Bonded — A1 Tompkins returned to help at the busy inspection department. . . . Inspectress Minnie Cohen was still ailing. . . . Mae McGee has been made head inspectress. RKO — Brooklyn booker Vito Sperti was saddened by the death of his father. . . . Boxoffice clerk Phil Heydeck was asked to return for another reading for the road company of “The Caine Mutiny Courtmartial.” . . . The cashier depart¬ ment’s Sadie Castanza was top girl in the bowling league with a score of 195. . . . Phil Hodes, former branch head, is working with the New York Film Board of Trade compiling information for the new directory. . . . Former exchange projectionist Oscar Kanter was visiting after a Florida vacation. . . . Secretary Ruth Hirsch attended the dedication dinner on the opening of a new school. . . . Steno Anne Massina was ill. . . . Speaking at a luncheon given by the Queens women’s division, United Cerebral Palsy, Bud Giles, boxoffice department, advised employers to give victims a chance for useful work. Columbia — John Brown, new in the boxoffice department, hails from Rhode This diving suit display which was bor¬ rowed from the Naval Depot, Bayonne, N. J., was recently used to good effect by N. Kessler, manager, Dewitt, Bay¬ onne, in connection with 20th Fox’s “Beneath The 12-Mile Reef." Manager Arthur Manfredonia and Robert Deitch, SW Circuit publicist, recently created this unusual “throne’’ in addi¬ tion to the usual front for Warners’ “His Majesty O’Keefe,’’ Stanley, Jersey City. N. J. George Sanders, soon to be seen in the role of King Richard, the Lion-Hearted, in Warners’ CinemaScope production, “The Talisman,’’ recently entertained ABC-TV Paramount Theatre executives and wives on the set in Hollywood. Seen from left to right are Mr. and Mrs. Lee Goldenson, Mrs. Jules Seder, Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Zigmond, Mr. and Mrs. J. Krier, Sanders, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Hendry, Mrs. Ed¬ ward Hyman, Bernard Levy, Edward Hyman, and others. Island, where he graduated from a drama school. ... A group from the office got together for the Nat King Cole birthday ball at the Savoy Ballroom. . . . Booker Marty Perlberg received birthday cards. . . . Head booker Sam Feinblum was ill. . . . The new typist is Madeline Riccio. Allied Artists — Booker Hank Feinstein had a birthday party for one-month MGM recently celebrated the beginning of the second year’s run of “Lili” at the Trans-Lux, 52nd Street, New York City, with a benefit show for the North Shore Hospital, Manhasset, L. I. Seen cutting the birthday cake is Leslie Caron, and surrounding her, left to right, are Jinx Falkenburg; Tex McCrary; MGM’s Frances Lane; Harry Brandt, head, Trans-Lux Theatres; Si Seadler, MGM advertising manager; and Hans Barnstyn, manager, Trans-Lux, 52nd Street. old daughter Sheryl Ann. . . . The office has been painted. Republic — Jarad Millan, 16mm sales¬ man, was on a trip. . . . Officeites got together for lunch with former employ¬ ees Lynn Turonsky and Sylvia Hiller. . . . Booker Dave Bass was back after illness. U-I — Marvin Friedlander returned from the service and rejoined U-I as assistant booker. . . . Cashier Walter Bernard was ill. . . . Also on the sick list was clerk Florence Bartaw. ... A number of officeites attended the Bookers Club party compliments of U-I. MGM — In line for birthday greetings are inspectress Louise Brunette on March 25 and biller Leila Rodriguez on March 27. . . . Booker’s assistant Barbara Schwartz underwent extensive examina¬ tions at Bellevue Medical Center. Ramblin’ ’round — Hy Gardner, assistant to A1 O. Bondy, and wife Doris became the parents of a seven pound daughter, Randie Sue, at Jewish Hospi¬ tal, Brooklyn. . . . Sid Kulick, president, Bell, was back from a trip. , . . Fabian Circuit booker Bernie Meyerson was back from Florida. . . Brandt head booker Lou Wolfe was headed south for a Florida respite. . . . Also in Florida at Vero Beach was Ed Fabian, Fabian Circuit. — J. A. D. March 24, 1954