The Exhibitor (1951)

NT-2 EXHIBITOR Buffalo Local F-9, Front Office Exchange Em¬ ployees, IATSE, announced the election of Francis McDonough as president. Other officers are Bertha Kemp, vicepresident; Josephine Genco, business agent; Anne Wagner, recording secre¬ tary; Margarite Onions, financial sec¬ retary; Richard Carroll, sergeant-atarms, and Barbara Hartman, Mildred Block, Gertrude Nigro, and Florence Kiley, trustees. Buffalo is the latest city to join in the nationwide celebrations of “Doris Day’s Day,” scheduled in key cities in conjunc¬ tion with playdates of “Lullaby of Broadway.” Tribute to Miss Day received full cooperation of disc jockeys, who highlighted the star’s recordings of Col¬ umbia Records’ “Lullaby of Broadway” album. The trade mourned the death of vet¬ eran exhibitor James A. Wallingford, 65. He was a member of the Variety Club. Geneva Mark L. Sanders is now managing the Seneca Drive-In, owned by the Seneca Drive-In, Inc., Louis Drew, president. Mrs. Sanders is handling the drive-in concession for Tri-States Automatic Candy Corporation. The Sanderses were formerly with the Dipson Circuit. Rochester Some 30 children 12 years old wrote to the editor of The Rochester TimesUnion complaining over the theatres’ jump from children’s prices all the way to adult rates at that age, now 70 cents downtown. They want in-between stu¬ dent prices. The editor, however, wasn’t very sympathetic, urging them to wait until pictures reached the neighborhoods. Robert Carbone voided 37 tickets stolen from the cashier’s window by a sneak thief, who pushed away the metal plate guarding the aperture. . . . Schine theatres featured Clarabell, from the “Howdy Doody” television show. . . . The Rochester duPont arranged five pri¬ vate showings of “The duPont Story” at the Dipson-Lyell for employees, families, and friends. Loew’s, with 20 cartoons for 20 cents, and the RKO Palace, a similar number at two bits, competed on different days for the Easter holiday morning trade. . . . Manager Joseph DeVitt reopened the Embassy. Projectionist William Ingram, vice¬ commander, Coast Guard Association, attended a conference of leaders in Mil¬ waukee. . . . William Palmanteer’s daughter was married recently. . . . Louis Goler, chairman, VFW inductee committee, arranged a vaudeville show to provide cigarettes for boys going into the service. — D. R. Syracuse The Astor, operated by City Enter¬ tainment Corporation of New York, be New York — April 1 was the opening day of the “Grad Sears Drive,” at United Artists. The drive, honoring the vice-president, will run for nine weeks ending on June 2. MGM — Frances Papprello is back after the flu. . . . Gene Katz, print depart¬ ment, was relaxing on a Florida vaca¬ tion. . . . Film inspectress Louise Brunetti was accepting birthday congratula¬ tions. . . . New typist is Helen Jean Barnett. U-International — Booker Tom Goff was back after being ill. . . . Harry Fellerman completely recovered from a recent operation. . . . The office is buz¬ zing about “Up Front.” Columbia — Booker Freda Laurie is back after a Florida vacation. . . . Maria Larson is the new film examiner. . . . Booker Lenny Saver tied the knot, and is now honeymooning in Bermuda. . . . Saul Trauner, branch manager, is re¬ laxing on a Florida respite. . . . (That red face you see is due to the fact that in the March 21 issue, booker Katherine Becker was represented as having a son came the first deluxe theatre in central New York to install and use Muzak in the lobby and lounge. Ed Linder is man¬ ager. Mr. and Mrs. Harry H. Unterfort, he’s the Schine zone manager, were visit¬ ing in New York City. . . . Dick Feldman, former manager, Schine’s Paramount, is doing all right in his new business ven¬ ture as local representative of a Wall Street investment house. Charles Gallagher is the new student assistant at Schine’s Paramount. . . . Mrs. Charles Graziano and son, Michael, are arriving soon from Chicago to help the genial Paramount manager feel at home in the new apartment. . . . All music houses in town were plugging “Doris Day Day,” aiding manager Sol Sorkin, RKO-Keith’s, sell “Lullaby of Broadway.” In a contest sponsored by WSYR to find the longest list of words that can be made from “Sugarfoot,” the returns were piling up fast, and manager Sol Sorkin, RKO-Keith’s, will be hard put to determine the winner of the Consolette TV receiver, a WSYR promotion, to be awarded some lucky patron. — J. J. S. White Plains Localite Mrs. Julian Olney and Wil¬ liam W. Howard, vice-president, RKO Theatres, jointly announced that ar¬ rangements have been completed where¬ by Mrs. Olney’s future concerts and other stage attractions will be presented at the RKO Keith. This is in keeping with the RKO Theatres’ circuit wide policy of making its playhouses available for out¬ standing stage attractions. enlisting in the Naval Reserve. Actually, Mrs. Becker has no son but two charm¬ ing daughters, one of whom is studying to be a nurse. The son, in the Naval Re¬ serve, however, was Jerry Bernstein, whose mother, Kitty Bernstein, is a mem¬ ber of the Columbia staff. Abject apolo¬ gies are offered all the way down the line. — Ed.) Monogram — Harold Wirthwein, west¬ ern sales manager, was in. . . . Jack Farkas had a grand time at his nephew’s wedding. . . . The contract department’s Mary Taglianetti was back after illness. ELC— Secretary Ruth Tannenbaum re¬ turned after being ill. . . . Executives George Waldman and John McKenna at¬ tended the meeting at the home office. . . . Marilyn Silverman was a year wiser on April 2. . . . Salesman Ira Michaels’ wife presented him with a new daughter, over six pounds. . . . Irving Renner, Endicott Circuit, was around. . . . Book¬ er Myron Starr took his wife to the Hotel New Yorker to celebrate her birthday. United Artists — Exhibitor Tom DiLorenzo, Plaza, Freeport, L. I., was around. . . . Secretary Joan Roche, on a Florida holiday, had rainy weather. 20th Century-Fox — Richard Miller, box office statement department, starts his matrimonial adventure on April 7. The young couple will honeymoon in Bermuda. . . . Secretary Bess Allen is back after the flu. . . . Film examiner Rose Levine was on vacation. . . . Han¬ nah Zimmerman, secretary, is back after being out ill. . . . Matilda Newman, film inspectress, was ill. . . . Office manager’s secretary Lillian Gordon was married on March 17. . . . Film examiner Dorothy Nelson is on a brief respite. Bookers’ Biog — Head booker Fred Mayer has been associated with Univer¬ sal-International for many years. He started in the U-International film lab¬ oratory at Fort Lee, N. J., and was transferred to the New York exchange, where he held the position of accessory manager for many years. Mayer then went into the booking department, where he eventually moved to head booker. Al¬ ways active in the industry, he is now serving as first vice-president, Motion Pictures Bookers Club. He has one son, John. Living in Elmhurst, L. I., Mayer has for years been actively engaged with the Coordinating Council, an organiza¬ tion whose main object is to prevent juvenile delinquency. At present, he is chairman. Ramblin’ ’Round — Ruth Feinstein, booker, Century, left. . . . Booker Estelle Lampell, formerly of Prudential, joined at Century. . . . RKO assistant cashier Anne Mazzei celebrated her birthday. . . . Nayfack announced that it has made a deal with Capital, Philadelphia, for two French films, “Francois Villon” and “Fantastic Night.” . . . Favorite branch manager, Irving Wernick will celebrate a birthday on April 8. . . . The bad weather accounted for that rather quiet meeting of the Bookers Club. . . . Frank Muscato, Island Circuit, left for a Flor¬ ida respite. — Arnold Farber April 4, 1951