The Exhibitor (1951)

EXHIBITOR NT-1 ICliWS OF THE BRANCHES Cincinnati John B. McCullough, Motion Picture Association, gave an instructive talk on “Conservation of Raw Stock and Film” at a meeting of office managers, head bookers, head shippers, and head inspec¬ tors of exchanges. McCullough is visit¬ ing exchanges throughout the country. Variety Wives staged a very success¬ ful benefit dessert bridge party in the clubrooms in the Netherland Plaza Hotel for the “Heart of the Variety Club Fund.” Mrs. J. S. Ambrose served as general chairman, with Mrs. Vance Schwartz and Mrs. William Onie as her assistants, and Mrs. Harry Nemo as ticket chairman, under appointment by Mrs. M. D. Dennis, president. A1 Sugerman, H. and S. Theatre Cir¬ cuit, with Lee Hoffheimer as his partner, opened an office at 1064 Livingstone Street, Columbus, O., to represent Realart in that city and surrounding territory. The U-I Social Club gave a shower for newlywed Betty Morrell Biederbeck, booker’s stenographer, in the Fountain Square Hotel. . . . Tri-State BookingService, Bill Borack, manager, is hand¬ ling the booking and buying for Lilly Schneider and Dave Miller, Mur DriveIn, Parkersburg, W. Va. Warren Corbus, former manager, sub¬ urban Esquire, is now managing the suburban Mariemont, and Harry Pond, formerly of the Cozy, Cedarville, 0., has been appointed manager Esquire. . . . George “Bud” Gillian, formerly with Warners, is now booking manager for Schine. William A. Meier, Paramount branch manager, attended a division meeting in Pittsburgh. . . . Stanley C. Jacques, RKO branch manager, was in Louisville, Ky. . . . Selig Seligman, general manager, Northio, and Murray Baker, head bookerbuyer, were in Cleveland. Carroll Puciato, Realart executive visited here and in Indianapolis. . . . William Bein, National Screen Service district manager, and salesmen Der^k Sidney and William Filger attended a sales meeting in Chicago. . . . Albert Glaubinger, ELC branch manager, at¬ tended a meeting in New York City. Visitors included: Ted Pekras, Col¬ umbus, O.; F. E. Gross, Crooksville, 0.; Ray Stout, Bill Luibell, and Francis Rafferty, Springfield, O.; Floyd Price, Newark, O.; E. C. Harvey, New Boston, 0.; Bob Cannon, Cambridge, 0.; George Turkulas, Hamilton. O.; Duward Duty, Marietta, O.; Bill Gillan, Lancaster, O.; Joe Scanlon, Zanesville, 0.; Charles Will¬ iams, Oxford, 0.; A1 and Bill Thal Mike Simon, right, Paramount’s Detroit branch manager, presents a certificate to William Connor, Dearborn, Mich., entit¬ ling him to a 10-day all-expense paid trip to Hollywood, one of the top prizes in Detroit’s recent $20,000 movie contest sponsored by all of the city’s theatres^ heimer, Logan, W. Va.; Fred Helwig and E. R. Custer, Charleston, W. Va.; Frank Allara, Mattawan, W. Va.; William Cain, Jr., Paintsville, Ky. ; Bud Hughes and Frank Carnahan, Manchester, Ky.; Ray Toepfer, Winchester, Ky.; Walter B. Hannah, South Shore, Ky. ; J. C. Weddell, Lawrenceburg, Ind.; Mrs. Frances Wessel, Carrollton, Ky., and Frank Nollan, Ashland, Ky. Cleveland In refusing to review a taxpayers’ suit challenging the legality of Cleve¬ land’s licensing ordinance, the Ohio Su¬ preme Court has upheld Common Pleas Judge Frank J. Merrick and the Court of Appeals. Although the unanimous decision of the three courts provide that the ordinances involved are void in the Eighth Appellate District, namely Cuy¬ ahoga County, legal opinion is that sim¬ ilar laws in other localities would be similarly upset wherever they would be challenged. License Commissioner Stan¬ ley Nemec had testified in the hearings that of the $10,000,000 annual “Bingo” take, less than three per cent ever was turned over to the charity which was supposedly sponsoring the games. Mayor Thomas A. Burke had all “Bingo” operators notified that their licenses are void, and that operations should cease at once. He also asked that his previous¬ ly prepared anti-“Bingo” ordinance be prepared for introduction in City Council. Milton A. Mooney, head, Co-operative Theatres of Ohio, which he organized more than 10 years ago, is expanding his activities, and opening a branch office in Buffalo to buy and book pictures for exhibitors in that area. Bill Twigg has resigned as Cleveland city salesman for Warners to become manager of the Buffalo Co-op office, which already has signed service contracts with 16 driveins and 11 other theatres. The industry loses one of its familiar members when Tony Laurie leaves the Columbia booking desk to join the Prudential Life Insurance Company in a sales capacity. Before joining Col¬ umbus, Laurie had been with Warner Theatres. Some 75 Variety Club members checked in at the Theatrical Grill for the dinner honoring Irwin Shenker, outgoing Chief Barker, and Abe Kramer, new club head. Shenker was presented with a wrist watch by Jerry Wechsler, in charge of the affair. Guest speakers included Judge Arthur Dey and Judge Samuel Silbert. Mrs. C. H. Brewer, president, Motion Picture Council of Greater Cleveland, Mrs. Norma Wolff, member, Board of Education, and Albert Young, director of public relations, Public Library were elected as judges in the $1000-NEWS movie contest. When the judges have made their decisions, it is expected that Dorothy Hart, here on a visit to her parents in Shaker Heights, will make the presentation. Bernie Wander resigned as manager, Shore. He plans to return to New York. . . . Max Jacobs closed his National Enterprises office, and is said to be devoting his time to the sale of a special type restaurant equipment. Sid Zins, Columbus promotionist, was in conferring with Warners’ J. Knox Strachen on a “Valentino” campaign. U-I midwest distribution executives recently met John Davis, general manager for J. Arthur Rank, at the company’s second of three regional sales meetings at the Hotel Drake, Chicago. Starting at the left, and going around the table, are: Mannie Gottlieb, Chicago; Charles Feldman, general sales manager; Leroy Miller, Minneapolis; Bob Wilkinson, Dallas; Henry H. Martin, Dallas; James Frew, Atlanta; William Blum, Cincinnati; Sam Oshry, Indianapolis; Dave Goldman, Milwaukee; Ted Reisch, Chicago; Lou Berman, Chicago; Jack Langan, Kansas City; Harry Hynes, St. Louis; Irv Weiner, Omaha; C. R. Ost, New Orleans; Charles Hudgens, Oklahoma City; Richard Settoon, Memphis; Ben R. Katz, Chicago; Lou Levy, Des Moines; Foster M. Blake, western sales head; I. M. Sochin, special film division; A. E. Daff, director of world sales, and Davis. March 28, 1951 MIDEAST