The Exhibitor (1951)

EXHIBITOR NT-3 Ansel Sanborn, exhibitor from Wake¬ field, N. H., is serving as Republican majority floor leader in the state’s House of Representatives, and is pic¬ tured recently at the State House, Con¬ cord, with Senator Charles F. Hartnett. Circuits Loew Poli Lou Brown, publicity director, was on a week’s vacation. . . . Dave Kauffman, artist, returned from winter sports. . . . John DiBenedetto, Poli, Worcester, Mass., was shifted to the Poli, Bridge¬ port, as acting manager to fill the vacancy when Bob Ritzert resigned. . . . The Poli, Worcester, Mass., received attention with its talent broadcasts from the stage. Connecticut Bristol For a promotion stunt on “Toma¬ hawk,” manager Vic Morrelli, Bristol, offered fx’ee admission to the first 25 patrons showing up with an Indian head penny. Hartford Lou Cohen, manager, Loew-Poli, and Fred R. Greenway, manager, Loew-Poli Palace, are promoting the following message via 24-sheets: “Yes! There are Lots of Good Movies . . . and you can see them week after week, at Loew’s Poli and Loew’s Poli Palace. . . .” Ray T. McNamara, manager, Allyn, offered guest tickets to “September Affair” for the 10 longest lists of film titles incorporating the name of a month. . . . Rather than keep his marquee empty during the winter months, Paul W. Amadeo, Pike Drive-In, has been dis¬ playing a number of promotional mes¬ sages on the highway marquee. H. F. Shaw, division manager, and Lou Brown, ad publicity chief, Loew-Poli Circuit, presided at a meeting of area managers at the Loew-Poli, those in attendance being: Lou Cohen, Loew-Poli; Fred R. Greenway, Loew-Poli Palace; Joe Boyle, Loew-Poli, Norwich; Bob Carney, Loew-Poli, Waterbury, and Mor¬ ris Mendelsohn, legal department. . . . Lou Cohen, manager, and Norm Levin¬ son, assistant, Loew-Poli, had a number of tie-ups with restaurants on “The Mudlark.” Sarah Nelson, Crown, tripped to Flor¬ ida. . . . Frank Quinlan, assistant man¬ ager, Bushnell, was ill. . . . Jim Doran, student assistant, Loew-Poli, enlisted in the air force. . . . Seymour Kroopnick, former publicist, Center, went into the army. . . . The Colonial lost Arthur Fisk to the armed forces. Robert Leighton is new at E. M. Loew’s. . . . Two Loew-Poli Palace aides, Donald Willey, and Edward Parents, went into the army. . . . Tom di Lorenzo, son of the late Anthony diLorenzo, for many years partner in Daly Theatre Corporation, married Madlyn Fontana. . . . Lee McIntyre is new at the Regal. Willard B. Rogers, president, Will Rogers Drive-In Theatre Corporation, re¬ signed as president, Hartford Symphony Society. . . . Paul Papa, ex-assistant to manager J. F. McCarthy, Strand, went to work for the State Motor Vehicles Department. Albert Shulman, Shulman Theatres, and Mrs. Shulman are vacationing in Guatemala. Middletown On vacation at West Palm Beach, Fla., are Mr. and Mrs. Sal Adorno, Sr., Adorno-Middletown Theatres. Montville Bruno Weingarten, general manager, Norwich-New London Drive-In, got back from a vacation trip to Florida. Newington Manager George Hudak, Newington, is driving a new car. New London One of the best public relations ges¬ tures was handled by Nick E Brickates, manager, Garde, when a Red Cross bloodmobile unit was stationed in front of his theatre. He offered passes for blood donors. Nick E. Brickates, manager, Garde, tied-up extensively with milk companies for “The Milkman.” . . . Manager Walter T. Murphy, Capitol, was appointed dis¬ trict chairman, 1951 Cancer Drive. Torrington The Warner, managed by Jack Scanlan, Sr., increased adult admission prices to 60 cents. Windsor Bill Daugherty, manager, LockwoodGordon-Rosen’s Plaza, returned from a vacation stay in Florida. Maine Portland Harold L. Cail, columnist on The Eve¬ ning Express, in giving a good plug to “I’d Climb The Highest Mountain,” also put in a good word for the industry in general, which local theatremen certainly appreciated. Massachusetts Lynn Frank N. Kelley left the Merrimack, Lowell, Mass., to manage the Colonial, Four of the Sioux Indians traveling through key cities to help promote U-I’s “Tomahawk,” pose with industryites during their recent visit to New Haven, and seen at rear, from left, are Ed Lynch, manager, Roger Sherman; Ar¬ thur Greenfield, U-I branch manager; Jack O’Connell, assistant manager, Roger Sherman, and David Miller, tech¬ nical director of the film. In front are Chief John Sitting Bull, Mrs. Black Elk, Chief Black Bear, and Ben Black Elk. The Indians have been making a tour of key cities of the nation, with the results showing plenty of boxoffice interest created for the U-International feature. Jane Wyman, starred in MGM’s “Three Guys Named Mike,” is shown at the re¬ cent Foreign Trade Association luncheon in Los Angeles as she received from Netherlands consul Adrian Hartog an award for her contributions to inter¬ national good will and understanding. The actress also accepted for producer Jack L. Warner a scroll honoring him for furthering democratic principles of international relations. Standing at right is E. D. Peralta, FTA president. At a recent special sales meeting of 20thFox personnel at the company’s Boston exchange are seen Edward X. Callahan, center front, district manager, flanked on his left by Boston branch manager Jim Connolly, and right by New Haven branch head Ben Simon, and salesmen, bookers, and other company personnel. February 28, 1951