The Exhibitor (1951)

NT-2 EXHIBITOR May 1, a cocktail party will be given under the auspices of the JapaneseAmerican League, Mike Masaoka, direc¬ tor, attended by official Washington and members of the diplomatic corps. Look magazine will cover the cocktail party as a special event. A series of screenings have already been held for the State and Defense Departments and the Ameri¬ can Nisei. Following the Washington premiere, the 16 geishas will be divided into four groups which will make ap¬ pearances in Baltimore, Md., Richmond, Va., Norfolk, Va., etc. A special showing of “Modern Arms and Free Men,” based on the book by Vannevar Bush, was held for top gov¬ ernment officials and the press under the sponsorship of the Committee on the Present Danger. The showing was at the Carnegie Institution of Washington, of which Dr. Bush is president, preceded by cocktails and a buffet supper at the Institution. The Committee on the Pres¬ ent Danger is a nonpartisan group of private citizens interested in furthering the defense of the United States and the free world. “Modern Arms and Free Men” has been produced by “The March of Time.” Should any profit result, the author’s share of the profits will go to the Vannevar Bush Trust, a non-profit scientific and educational trust dedicated to the advancement of science. Warner Theatres — Wade Hampton Skinner, Jr., secretary to zone manager George A. Crouch, received “Greetings” from the President as a member of the Naval Reserves, and will report shortly at Willow Grove, Pa. . . . George A. Crouch, James Root, L. R. Ribnitzki, and George Werner were among those attend¬ ing the party given by Paramount in honor of Thelma Ritter, in town for “The Mating Season.” . . . Frank Marsh¬ all, from the New York office, was in. . . . The flu caused Ruby Smith, contact department, to be out for a few days. . . . George Page, manager, Beverly, became a father for the second time on March 15. It was a boy. . . . Mrs. Faye Redwine, Penn, frightened away a would-be robber. PROGRESSIVE ELECTRIC CONSTRUCTION CO., Inc. 240 N. 13th STREET • PHILADELPHIA 7, PA THEATRE INSTALLATIONS and MAINTENANCE COMPLETE AND EFFICIENT SEAT RECOVERING SERVICE JOHN P. MORGAN CO., INC. 317 N. 13th STREET PHILADELPHIA 7, PA. LO 4-0226 pv '• (• WANTED: An aggressive experienced Assistant Manager. If you want to make a change to a job with a real future, good starting salary, apply in person. STATE THEATRE, 52nd & Chestnut Sts., Philo. All Replies Confidential It’s heard around town that the Metropolitan Opera is dickering with Loew’s Capitol for some time next sea¬ son to present “Fledermaus.’’ . . . Hal Marshall, Paramount, found that he be¬ came a father while he was at the air¬ port to meet Thelma Ritter’s plane. MGM — Dot Small, contract clerk, re¬ turned after being out ill. . . . Best wishes for a speedy recovery go to Sadie Beckert, film inspector, who underwent an operation at Sibley Hospital. . . . Julia Venderson, secretary, resigned to go with her husband to California. . . . Joe Kroman was taking a short trip south to get rid of his cold. 20th-Fox — Carol Nassau was out ill. . . . Annabelle McDaris, booker’s clerk, left to go to New Orleans, her home, where her husband, in the air force, is stationed. . . . Mrs. Charlotte Lust, clerk-typist, also left. . . . Mrs. Sara Young went to Boston. . . . Jo-Ann Dinsernore was back after being out with a cold. RKO — Miss Madeline Beard, typist, had a birthday. Monogram — Ann Hanower is a new cashier. . . . B. Graber, auditor from New York, was in. Paramount — Mrs. Marion Clark had a baby now. It only weighed two and a half pounds at birth but is picking up nicely. Republic — Vonita Meek’s mother was in the hospital. Equity — Bernie Mills, was in New York. . . . Myron Mills was in Vii'ginia for the picture “Because of Eve” and “The Sex Story.” U-I — Mrs. Dorothy Prestele, out for some time, returned. Theatre Advertising — Miss Louise Lewis resigned, and Mrs. Fred Siegel is helping out. Sandy — Doc Westfall was in from Rieves, Martinsville, Va., and Walter League from Colonial, Salem, Va. . . . Eddie Kempel, Rome Circuit, was in also. . . . Fred Sandy was out ill but is feeling much better. Commander Herman Mandell and Alfred Plough, S-W Stanton, Philadelphia, man¬ ager, are seen at the recent open¬ ing day ceremonies held in connection with Columbia’s “The Flying Missile.” ELC — Max Cohen, branch manager, was in New York. . . . Edith Clark spent Easter at her home in Chester, Pa. . . . Ward Besanson returned as a salesman. Counsel for the eight major distribu¬ tors took the stand in the Leonard Lea, Danville, Va., anti-trust case that the various court judgments and decrees growing out of the government anti-trust suit should not be admitted as evidence in any private anti-trust suit brought against them by exhibitors unless the decrees had an absolutely direct bearing on the facts in the private suit, so U. S. District Court Judge Tamm requested them to file such an opinion. The dis¬ tributor motion said all such references in the Lea case are “immaterial to the issues involved, and contain scandalous, impertinent, and prejudicial material.” Delaware Wilmington George Carpenter’s Kerry Drive-In will open on April 30. The spot has a 550-car capacity. . . . The DuPont Com¬ pany announced that due to the demand for tickets to see the new motion picture about the company, its products, etc., it had leased the S-W Ricz for four extra days, and scheduled performances twice nightly with two matinees on Saturday. Harriet Hammond joined the Rialto, replacing Jessie W. Ayers, who married Harry Pyle. Other new members of the Rialto staff are Eugene Roberts, Fred Baker, and Leon Syfrit. . . . Nello V. Nai, Park, was home from the hospital Seen at the recent Variety Club, Tent 11, Washington, D. C., luncheon at the Statle Hotel in honor of the new Commissioner of the District of Columbia, F. Josep Donohue, were, left to right, Brigadier General Gordon R. Young; Donohue; Morto Gerber, Chief Barker; Commissioner Guy Mason, and Commissioner John R. Younj March 28, 1951