The Exhibitor (1951)

NT-4 have a referendum on the measure was taken under advisement. Melvin J. Fox, owner, Criterion; William Wright, Jr., manager, and Sidney K. Heilbron, an agent of the theatre corporation, were to be given hearings on charges of vio¬ lating the 1877 blue laws which pro¬ hibit Sunday activities. Pennsylvania Cross Keys Nick Power, Key, recently started a series of “Talent Hunt” nights which have proven quite a boxoffice attraction and a community service project. The feature is running for a five-week period, with U. S. Savings Bonds going to winners. Gettysburg Paul Dougherty, projectionist, Majes¬ tic, marked his 25th anniversary in the business. He began at the Strand in 1926, and transferred to the Majestic in 1927, where he has continued since, ex¬ cept for 20 months spent in the army during World War II. Harrisburg Mark Rubinsky, owner, Uptown, was a recent sojourner at Miami Beach, Fla., BLUMBERG BROS. INC. Theatre Equipment and Supply Dealers Everything for the Theatre PARTS AND REPAIRS FOR ALL TYPES OF PROJECTORS AND OTHER EQUIPMENT Office Phone: Emergency Nite Phone: LOmbard Welsh Valley 3-7240 3-7241 4-4920 4-5368 1305-07 VINE STREET PHILADELPHIA 7, PA. ‘David €. BRODSKY Associates THEATRICAL INTERIOR DECORATORS 242 N. 13th Street Philadelphia 7, Pa. PAINTING • DRAPERIES • MURALS STAGE SETTINGS • WALL COVERINGS WANTED: Experienced Refrigeration-AirConditioning man having knowledge of heat and general maintenance for theatres. Air Mail Special Delivery qualifications and salary expected to: BOX 82 EXHIBITOR, 1225 Vine Street, Philadelphia 7, Pa. PHILADELPHIA SIGN COMPANY SIGNS-MARQUEES 305 BROWN STREET, PHILADELPHIA, PA EXHIBITOR This make-believe Klansman drew plenty of attention to the recent run of Warners’ “Storm Warning,” Stanley, Baltimore, Md., as he paraded through Baltimore shopping districts and business centers. along with a group of Colonial Country Club members. . . . Ira L. Schiffman reports “The March of Dimes” collec¬ tions of $415.10 at his Rialto and $202.65 at his National. Pat Ryan writes friends from Gulf Shore Trailer City, Fla., that he enjoys reading the local news in Exhibitor. Ryan is enjoying good health and the Florida sunshine. For “The Jackpot,” D. S. Blosser, manager, Hill, Camp Hill, Pa., arranged a tieup with the Sherwin-Williams Paint Company in which 500 copies of the company’s booklet on home decorations were given away. Lebanon Henry A. Otto, president, Eastern Enterprises, Inc., which included the Mt. Gretna, Mt. Gretna, Pa., died in a Harrisburg, Pa., hospital. PottsviSle More than a hundred boys and girls, members of the school safety guides’ patrol, were guests at a Saturday after¬ noon showing of the Capitol. The affair was arranged by the Pottsville police force as a reward to the boys and girls for excellent service they have given the police in guarding street crossings near school buildings. Reading The Shillington, Joseph Shverha, Shillington, Pa., is offering free parking service. During the recent run of “The Prince of Peace,” Ritz, Reading, Pa., manager Eugene Plank hosted groups of orphans, several hundred of whom are seen above. Virginia Richmond Early returns from the questionnaire sent out by the Virginia Motion Picture Theatre Association indicate that less than a third of the theatres in the state have increased admission scales in the past two years. Increased scales were reported by 31 of the first 100 theatres returning the form. The same group of houses, representing first-and subsequent runs, indicated that all but seven have their own extra profits sections, with 54 operating their own, and 39 leasing them to outside firms. Philadelphia Variety Club A working organization to handle the campaign for the 15th annual convention of Variety Clubs International from May 9-12, is all set, according to state¬ ment of Victor H. Blanc, general chair¬ man of the convention. Blanc has sur¬ rounded himself with what he calls his steering committee, Ted Schlanger, Jack Beresin, James P. Clark, Jay Emanuel, Everett C. Callow, Harold D. Cohen, Edward Emanuel, Michael Felt, Louis J. Goffman, Jack H. Greenberg, David Supowitz, and Bennett E. Tousley. Edward Emanuel will act as liaison officer, Goffman will be in charge of legal affairs, and Greenberg is treasurer. Greenberg has appointed Herbert Baylson, Cecil Felt, William Blumberg, and Sidney Samuelson to assist him. Carry¬ ing out of the campaign has been broken down into five divisions. Mike Felt, in charge of operations, has appointed to assist him Mo Wax, Clint Weyer, Cecil Felt, Mitchell Panzer, Oscar Neufeld, Ben Biben, Sam Alesker, and Louis Molitch. Schlanger will be responsible for the grand banquet. Callow is his assistant in charge of all details. Harry Biben and Harold Seidenberg will look after the entertainment while the men in charge of the technical side of getting the Ken Murray television show on the screen will be Harry Freedman, William A. MacAvoy, Harry Romain, William C. Goodwin, David O. Peterson, Elmer O. Wilschke, Abe Freeman, and Meyer Lewis, Laying out the program of events, and seeing that the events are carried out, will be under the direction of Cohen. Assisting him will be George T. Beattie, Cecil Felt, Freedman, Meyer Lewis, Ralph W. Pries, Milton Rogasner, and George Sobel. Jay Emanuel is chair¬ man, journal committee, and he has appointed as his aides Robert Adleman, Herbert M. Miller, and Paul Greenhalgh. Publicity is being handled by a committee under the chairmanship of James Ashcraft, who has appointed as his general assistants Mike Weiss and Ed Gallner. Helping in the details of the work will be Robert Pryor, George Nonamaker, John Scheuer, Leonard Matt, William A. Banks, Irving Blumberg, Milton Young, William Brooker, Ed Rosenbaum, George Fishman, Max Miller, and Richard Mayers. Representa¬ tives from every state will attend the convention, it is hoped. “The Mating Season” was screened through the courtesy of Paramount. March 7, 1951 r . S\ . . ' : Id