The Exhibitor (1951)

NT-2 EXHIBITOR Mrs. Sigrid Arne, president, American Newspaper Women’s Club, also on the benefit committee. Don Prince, eastern publicity director, RKO, was in on the first of a series of personal visits Prince plans to make to key city newspapers and radio stations. The Flower observed its first anniver¬ sary. Suburban Bank’s Fred Lutes pre¬ sented a plaque to manager Waggaman. On two days, all children accompanied by their parents were admitted free. Says general manager Frank Boucher, “We’re a family theatre first of all.” The “World Brotherhood Dinner” sponsored by the National Conference of Christians and Jews had many show¬ men helping to make the affair a gala occasion. Mrs. Verna D. Linzel, executive director, enlisted the aid of the follow¬ ing showmen: George A. Crouch and Frank La Falce, Warner Theatres, and Orville Crouch, Loew’s. Tables were taken by the Motion Picture Association of America, the Variety Club, and the Motion Picture Theatre owners. Clara Taylor, head inspectress, was back after being out with an eye ail¬ ment. . . . When the Variety Club and Film Row started classes, Mrs. Sara Young headed the committee. RKO — Robert E. Mochrie, vice-presi¬ dent and general sales manager, was in to inspect the new offices. . . . Margaret Pryar had a birthday with a birthday cake to sample. . . . Bob Gruver, Glen Burnie, Md., visited. Paramount — Helen Schultz, contact clerk ; Ida Green, cashier, and Peanuts Lee, assistant cashier, attended the Variety Club luncheon at the Shorqham, and Mrs. Green came home with a twopound box of candy. Republic — A1 Landgraf, office mana¬ ger-booker, had an operation on his nose but is getting along very well. . . . Nayard Madden, salesman, made a visit to the Pitts Circuit. . . . Bill Wilson’s wife, Yvonne, is in the hospital. He is head shipper. Twentieth Century Fox — Booker’s ELC clerk Leona Weedon was ill. . . . Mrs. biller. -Berendine Barnell is a new . . 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MGM — Alice Clarke, inspectress, is proud of her brother, Wellner Streets, Washington Times Herald staff photog¬ rapher, who was the grand prize winner in the eighth annual photo contest of the White House News Photographers Association. Streets was awarded the grand prize by President Truman. . . . Cashier clerk Elizabeth Dlackstock was recently married to Russel Spalding. . . . New members are: Margaret Con¬ nelly and Mary Suznazick, Rudy Berger’s office; Kathleen Thorne, cash¬ ier’s office, and Ruth Weidner, inspec¬ tion department. . . . Dot Small of the contract depai’tment, sick for some time, is coming along nicely. It was a terrific turnout for Variety Club, Tent 11, at the National Press Club for the Brotherhood-Valentine annual dinner. Approximately 400 were in attendance. Herman Lowe, in charge of the program, did a fine job along with Chief Barker Morton Gerber. Attorney General J. Howard McGrath introduced the key speaker, Supreme Court Justice Tom Clark, and Gerber presented a corsage to A. Julian Brylawski’s mother as a Valentine gesture. Max Miller, ELC, was in town workingon “They Were Not Divided,” Play¬ house, and “So Long at the Fair,” Trans¬ lux. The American premiere of the for¬ mer honored the United States Armor Association. Delaware Wilmington Repeal of Delaware’s “racial discrimi¬ nation” laws as they apply to public places of entertainment and refreshment and public carriers is sought in a bill submitted to the State Senate, Dover, Del. The measure was handed in by Senator Dudley Crossley as part of the Democratic Party’s platform. Similar measures have been introduced in the General Assembly in the past but have not been passed. “The Man About Town” column in The Journal-Every Evening reported sidelights on the recent Warner annual meeting, covered by the paper’s able John S. Spruance, Jr. “The meeting,” Spruance wrote, “was a big event for Henry L. Sholly, local columnist and news gatherer on matters of corporate finance. Henry’s big moment came when he left his seat to whisper something to (Former Federal) Judge (Hugh M.) Morris. The judge beamed, and put a fraternal arm around Sholly ‘Ah, yes!’ he announced to the stockholders. ‘I’ve just been reminded, ladies and gentle¬ men, that there are theatre passes avail March 7, 1951