The Exhibitor (1951)

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NT-2 EXHIBITOR children, Betty Ann, 7, and David, 9, will join him in June. A Daylight Saving Time measure, in¬ troduced in City Council, will meet with stiff opposition. . . . William Cahill, Los Angeles, has been added at U-I as a salesman, taking the vacancy created when Steve Ward l’esigned. . . . Dick Stafford, office manager and booker, ELC, resigned to go to Montana to sell for Warners. . . . Jack McHillenney, a newcomer to the business, has been hired as a Republic salesman. Seen on Film Row were: Mary Lind, Rifle, Colo.; Dorrance Schmidt, Bridge¬ port, Neb.; L. F. Flower, Bayard, Neb.; John Roberts, Fort Morgan, Colo.; Bern¬ ard Newman, Walsh, Colo., and Floyd Biggers, Scottsbluff, Neb. Des Moines Clyde Nelson reopened the Nation, Lost Nation, la., and plans to operate weekends. . . . G. V. Fleming closed the New Royal, Dunlap, la. . . . Fred Meyer, Clarion, la., has been named manager, Humota, Humboldt, la., succeeding Alva Hopper, recalled into military service. . . . Walter Stolfus resigned as manager, Ritz, Oelwein, la., and Dick Felix, man¬ ager, Grand, Oelwein, will take over temporary management of both houses operated by Central States Theatre Cor¬ poration. Ernie Pannos, Iowa City, la., has pur¬ chased the Uptown, Davenport, la., from Julius Geertz. Pannos has been operating the Coronet, Davenport, showing-foreignmade films. He plans to transfer this type of show to the Uptown and rename the Coronet. The present Coronet house with a new name, will be operated for films designed for children. The Uptown has nearly double the seating capacity of the Coronet. The Cumberland, Cumberland, la., will be remodeled with a new floor, “cry room,” and candy booth. A contest will be conducted to rename the house. . . . The marquee at the State, Lake Park, la., fell to the sidewalk but no one was seriously injured. Kansas City Holy Week services were held at the Avenue under sponsorship of the Kan¬ sas City Ministerial Alliance. ... In Olathe, Kans., the Andrews was pur¬ chased by J. Ward Spielman, owner, Gem, Baldwin, Kans., and Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Henrich, Long Beach, Cal. Mrs. S. C. Andrews is the seller. The theatre will be reopened as the Towne. John F. Truitt, 68, manager, Electric, Kansas City, Kansas, died. An industry veteran, he had managed the Electric since 1935. Surviving are his wife, a daughter, a stepson, and a brother. The RCA Service Company announced the signing of a renegotiated contract with Hubbard and Murphy Theatres, Inc., Raton, N. M., which groups eight houses under a single, overall RCA service and parts plan. Thomas Murphy, secretary, Hubbard and Murphy, Inc., handled the renegotiation and C. W. Wolfe, Kansas City district office, rep¬ resented RCA. Los Angeles E. R. Zorgniotti, Lux, was in. . . . Cecil Jordan long-time capable recep¬ tionist at U-I, reports that the flu bug reduced the staff to skeleton proportions. Georgina Singer, bookkeeper-secretary, Berman Brothers, was back from a jaunt to Las Vegas, Neb. . . . The Rob¬ erto Kronenbergs, Manhattan, are ex¬ pecting a tiny but important addition to their executive staff in late summer. Virginia Kronenberg is showing her new convertible to her neighbors, the proud expectant father’s gift to his happy frau. . . . Sidney Linden, general man¬ ager, Herbert Rosener office, was giving out with a few fine musical notes, in¬ spired by his booking of “Rigoletto” and “II Trovatore” for the Esquire. . . . Lu¬ cille O’Brien, secretary, 20th-Fox, is an enthusiastic weekend gardener. . . . FWC was to close two of its houses, the Tower, Pasadena, Cal., and the Guild, Hollywood. . . . Robert Berkum, Ken, San Diego, Cal., art house, was in proudly escorting his pretty daughter. . . . Dan Sonney, Sonney Enterprises, was taking advantage of the sunny wea¬ ther taking pictures with his new cam¬ era, using his Cadillac with his secre¬ tary perched atop one fender, and being continually heckled by Louis Kude, Thea¬ tre Posters Service. Morrie Sudmin, 20th-Fox office man¬ ager was temporarily without the capa¬ ble assistance of his secretary, who took a leave of absence to have her second baby. . . . Carl Burroughs, Warner’s book¬ er. was at Vet Hospital, Sawtelle, Cal., following a heart attack. He was a pris¬ oner of war in World War II. Milwaukee Gust Jahnke’s Royal opened for busi¬ ness on Easter Sunday. It was formerly Fox-Wisconsin Amusement’s World thea¬ tre. Jahnke took over the lease, and pur¬ chased the building. He is remodeling from sidewalk to screen, and hopes to complete in about a month. The General Charles King Legion Post and auxiliary entertained 500 orphans from the County Children’s home and Catholic, Protestant, and Jewish orphan¬ ages, at the Century. The Florentine Opera Company, which has been giving programs under the sponsorship of the public school board’s recreation department, decided to branch out as a private venture, at least, tem¬ porarily. The step taken was to rent the Pabst to present “La Traviata.” U-I’s Jerry McDonald left for an ad¬ vertising job with The Milwaukee Jour¬ nal. . . . Another move places Beverly Krasno in the U-I steno slot. The feud between the public library and museum has been brought to an end, with the museum given the nod to handle all film rentals. The movies are loaned Lew Herb Reports More L. A. Doings ( As he continues to comment on the Los Angeles scene, Exhibitor represen¬ tative Lew Herb highlights trade activ¬ ities. — Ed.) Other services and supply houses along Film Row include Altec. The organiza¬ tion is headed by Stan Pariseau, division manager, aided by Bob Quinn, credit manager. Several popcorn sup¬ pliers cater to many southern California theatres but only two of these are actually on Film Row. Hunt Pop¬ corn Company, oper¬ ated by Vic Hunt and his son-in-law, Wally Street, supplies the usual popcorn and sup¬ plies, and, in addition, manufacture and sell the Hollywood Servemaster, a popcorn warmer, which has found much favour with exhibitors. This machine is available in several dif¬ ferent models, adaptable to most any lobby space. The Manley Company also maintains an office, headed by W. Herb Turpie, western division manager, supervising sales in the 11 western states. Prior to five years ago, Turpie operated a Screen Ad Company in Dallas, which he sold to Alexander Film Company. Several trucking companies serve the exhibitors. The largest are the Film Transport Company and the Gilboy Com¬ pany. Film Transport was founded by Ben Goldberg in 1919, and operates 10 trucks serving exhibitors on the run to San Diego, as well as Phoenix, Ariz., and the Imperial Valley. Goldberg’s son, Earl, joined the business in 1933, and the firm carries candy, popcorn and other supplies to theatres as well as film. The Gilboy Company, established in 1943, is managed by E. D. Hunter, who is also a partner. It operates seven trucks on local deliveries, in addition to one which makes a daily run to San Francisco. In 1945 it also began han¬ dling film inspection and storage for some of the smaller distribution com¬ panies, and now handles United Artists, Eagle Lion Classics, and the independ¬ ents. In the interests of better service the Gilboy Company operates two shifts, and, in order to handle quick bookings, gives morning deliveries in the Los An¬ geles area. Several other one-truck lines also make deliveries. free to city users, but suburb units must pay. When Arnold Brumm, Ritz, recently presented a special Soap Box Derby film as a part of its special series of Satur¬ day afternoon matinees for school children, sponsored by the PTA, a Soap Box Derby display greeted the youthful fans as they left the theatre. Russ Leddy, Orpheum, Green Bay, Wis., presented lady patrons with an orchid in conjunction with “The Mating Season.’’ Lew Herb April 11, 1951