The Exhibitor (1951)

EXHIBITOR NT-3 Ruleville, Miss.; C. J. Collier, Shaw, Miss.; Leon Rountree, Water Valley, Miss.; Whyte Bedford, Hamilton, Ala.; Jimmy Singleton, Marked Tree, Ark.; Paul Bradley and Paul Shaffer, Marked Tree, Ark.; C. R. Grey, Prescott, Ark., and Mrs. J. C. Noble, Leland and IIolandale, Miss. Miss Grace Law, inspectress, and J. E. Nelson were married on March 5. Warners — Miss Frances McBride, cashier, ill for some time, returned fully recovered. New Orleans Oscar Morgan, general sales manager, short subects and Paramount News, was in on a business trip. The Silver City, Alexandria, La., was sold to Bernie F. Rosenthal by Silver City Theatre, Inc., Mrs. C. L. Hayne, president. The theatre will be operated by Rosenthal and his sons, Bernie F., Jr., and Arnold Jack, and will be re¬ modeled and redecorated. Walter Titus, Jr., division manager, Republic, visited. . . . Bill Thomas, Re¬ public sales representative, Mississippi, is driving a new company car. . . . Mr. and Mrs. I. Oberlin, Ritz, Natchez, Miss., visited with film buying and booking rep¬ resentative J. G. Broggi. John Dolos assumed operations of the Marion, Marion, La., by purchase from B. J. Green. . . . Mr. and Mrs. John Caldwell and wife, Strand, Farmersville, La., made the rounds. . . . L. C. Huval, Pines, Maplewood, La., sprang a sur¬ prise visit. March 17 belonged to St. Patrick and shure it also belonged to Jack Auslet, even tho’ not a son of the Ould Sod, with the whole “Kit and Kaboodle” on hand to celebrate his 75th birthday. John “Slim’’ Grainger, office manager, Columbia, was home on account of eye trouble. . . . Mr. and Mrs. A1 Randall, Woodville, Miss., was in. J. T. Harris, representative, Western Adventure Pictures, visited Joy Thea¬ tres, Inc. , . . Mrs. Gladys Smith, form¬ erly with Realart, joined Eagle Lion Classics as cashier replacing Alberta Schindler, who joined Realart-Masterpiece as bookkeeper-cashier. Paramount — Foster Notard, office manager, and Frank Musso, assistant cashier, will report to active duty in the air force on April 1. Hotard is a veteran of World War II, holding the rank of captain since 1940. Exhibitors visiting were: A. W. Vowell, Liberty and Lakeview Drive-In, Tay¬ lorsville, Miss.; F. G. Pratt, Jr., Vacherie, La., and his manager Harold Dacey, Fun, Lockporc, and Gayle and Rex, Raceland, La.; G. L. French, Men¬ denhall. Miss.; James Corlin, New Scott, La., and A. Harry Conrad, Broussard, La. Recent reopenings were the Scott, Scott, La., which James Corlin, new owner, renamed the New, and the Florence, Miss., which Roy Walthrop said he would operate on a weekend basis. Hon' re Tate reported that workmen are busy rebuilding his Roxy Lawtell, La., for an early April opening. The old Roxy was destroyed by fire. 20th-Fox — Yvonne Blanchard, secre¬ tary to manager William Briant, set her wedding day for April 15 at the Church Of The Little Flower. She will wed Dickie Sallinger. She will resume her secretarial work. Tom McElroy, Shreve¬ port, La., and Roy Walthrop, Florence, Miss., were callers. Mrs. Henry Lazarus left for a visit in New York. . . . Milton Dureau, general manager, Real Art-Masterpiece, is back after a visit with Bijou Amusement buyer Sprott, Nashville, Tenn. F. Paul, associate owner, Avenue, was on an extended business trip in New York. . . . Maxine D’Arcourt, booker, and Miss Landry, secretary, Pittman Thea¬ tres, Inc., motored to Baton Rouge. . . . A. W. Vowell was in buying and booking for his Liberty and Lakeview Drive-In, Taylorsville, Miss. George Pabst left for New York to j:in other ELC branch managers and home office officials for a meeting. . . . Roy Pfeiffer, Baton Rouge, La., was in to arrange bookings for his Istrouma. . . . Harold Blanchard, Napoleonville, La., visited Joy Theatres, Inc. John Williams, chipper as ever, was in merchandising and setting in dates for his Lamar and State, Jackson, Miss. Realart Masterpiece — In calling were A. L. Royal, Meridian, Miss.; Hank Jackson, Hattiesburg, Miss.; Jack O’Quinn and daughter, Echo Drive-In, New Iberia, La., and Joy Theatres, Kap¬ lan and Kinder, La.; Weldon Limroth, Rester and Giddens Circuit, Mobile, Ala. Judge Walter B. Hamlin issued an order temporarily halting the opening of a theatre at 2201 Hibernia Street due to a dispute over a building permit. Irma Atkinson is back at work in Monogram’s inspection department after an absence of several days. She is happy to be about again without undergoing an operation, the doctor’s first prescrip¬ tion. . . . President Joy N. Houck, Jov Theatres, Inc., took to the air on a busi¬ ness trip to New York City. Mrs. Maggie O’Brien’s hip injury, suf¬ fered in a fall in her home, proved fatal. She died on March 20. After funeral services, her remains were taken to Kent¬ wood, La., her birthplace, for burial. She is the mother of Hazel Gordon, Republic. Mayor Lew Langlois, New Roads, La., has a well organized calendar of official duties. He arranges it to allow him to make his weekly visits here in the in¬ terest of his Alamo, and to assist his son with his theatre in St. Francisville, La. Holy Week of the Lenten season showed a noticeable slowing down of visiting exhibitors. Among those who visited were: O. C. Shannon, Idle Hour Drive-In, Yazoo City, Miss.; Don George, Don Theatre Circuit, Shreveport, La. ; Boo Siegler, Dcme Drive-In, Hattiesburg, Miss.; A. J. Rosenthal, Joy and Silver City, Alexandria, La.; Ira Phillips, Moreauville, La.; William Butterfield, Teche and Rustic, Ruston, La.; Floyd Murphy, Strand, Vicksburg, Miss.; Lew Langlois, New Roads, La.; Milton Guidry and E. R. Sellers, Yam Drive-In, Opelouses, La.; Andrew Orkin, Amite, Jackson, Miss., and F. G. Pratt, Jr., Vacherie, La. O. C. Shannon, Idle Hour Drive-In, Yazoo City, Miss., was here for a confab with buyer booker J. G. Broggi. Goodwyn J. Broggi, 17-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Broggi, and a senior at St. Paul’s College, Covington, won first honors in the Sixth District American Legion oratorical contest held at Southeastern Louisiana College. His topic was “The Four Freedoms.” On March 30 he will compete in the finals at McNeese State College, Lake Charles, La. His father runs the J. G. Broggi Theatre Representative buying bookingexchange. Paramount-Gulf Theatres, Inc., re¬ cently disposed of two more theatres, in compliance with the decree. The Capitol, Monroe, La., was sold to Jackson and Deas, Inc., and the Empire, Mobile, Ala., was acquired by Giddens and Rester Circuit. Both new manage¬ ments assume operations on April 1. Effective on May 1, Theatres Service Corporation will buy and book films for J. W. Illsey’s New Rebel and Ritz, Co¬ lumbia, Miss. Nick Lamantia has con¬ tracted with them to represent him in the buying and booking of films for his Ritz, Bogalusa, La. The Capitol, an all-colored theatx-e, which opened its doors cn Easter Sunday, is equipped with RCA sound and pro¬ jection. Raymond Gremillion, South¬ eastern, made the installation. Sam Pasqua, Gonzales, La., and Sor¬ rento, La., is reported on the mend after illness. John Schaffer, City film delivery and pick-up service, is visiting with his daughter and family, the P. J. Eichornes, Memphis. . . . Don George, Shreveport, La., was able to take his place in the president’s chair at the recent ATOOGS board meetings. Due to illness in the March 28, 1951