The Exhibitor (Jun-Oct 1939)

FISHMAN, ABE FISHMAN and BENJAMIN CALECHMAN. MORRIS SHULMAN from Hartford, was at all the Allied sessions. Value of having a systemized morgue-file was proven recently, when JOE BERLINER, Mutual, had to look up displays for pictures seven and eight years old, a cycle of re-issues making calls for such. In Boston over the holiday weekend were GEORGE RABINOWITZ and his pretty wife. Connecticut Films is now handling "Drake, the Pirate.’’ "Mutiny of the Elsinore” booked into the Loew-Poli Bijou. Grand National’s "Six Gun Rhythm” has been booked into Warners and Loew-Poli houses. "Panama Patrol” is also set for Hartford Loew’s Poli. Paramount quartet, EDDIE RUFF, HENRY GERMAINE, TOM THORNTON, and DICK CARROLL entrained for the West Coast con¬ vention. This will mean that the HENRY GERMAINEBEN LOUR IE golf series will have to wait for a couple of weeks. Word from out Meadowbrook way mentions tlita BEN LOURIE has been doing quite well in the spring tourney at the Hamden course. In the recent Racebrook invitation tournament, those reported as participating included TIM O’TOOLE, EDDIE RUFF, SAM ROSEN, HENRY GERMAINE, TOM DONALDSON, AL PICKUS, GEORGE WILKINSON, JR., BARNEY PITKIN, MAX TABACHMAN, BEN LOURIE. Seen along Film Row: JOHN BOURGOISE, JR HARRY SCHANTZ, RKO booker, was re¬ cently in New York. BARNEY PITKIN’S RKO office was still on top with one week to go in the March of Time competition. In the "Fisherman’s Wharf” con¬ test, New Haven officials had held fourth place, ALLAN SCHWARTZ, manager, Milford Drive-In, has four miles of roadway at his theatre, and he averages around 12 or IS miles a night in walk'ng around playhouse. FRANK McDERMOTT, on one of the recent hot days, got a call to "push up some heat” from one of the gang in the Film Row build¬ ing. Another likeable, active fellow on Film Row: BEN SIMON, 20th Century-Fox branch man¬ ager. Seen on Meadow Street: MIKE TOMASINO, JOHN SIRICA, LEO SCHAPIRO, ANGELO TOMASINO. Recent warm spell brought out screens and screen doors — and on Meadow Street LOU PHIL¬ LIPS was one of first to see that his screen door was put into place. Film Row was quite impressed with pictures in The Exhibitor, taken at the MORRIS JOS¬ EPH party. Some folks are still talking about the photos and about some that weren’t pub¬ lished, too. Due to good business of Paramount’s re-issue, "Eagle and the Hawk,” A. LEO RICCI booked the picture into his Meriden Capitol. Loew-Poli Circuit J. R. VOGEL made his Spring inspection tour of the Loew-Poli New England circuit recently, being accompanied by HARRY F. SHAW. MATT SAUNDERS, Loew-Poli publicity exec, in the absence of LOU BROWN, in Boston, was in New York. Loew’s Poli, Hartford, is now opening on Thursdays. ELLIOT KRONISH is lining up a novel tieup. CHARLOTTE MacQUIGGAN is busy with plenty of details. HARRY F. SHAW and MATT SAUNDERS were planning one of the cleverest tie-ups of the season, when a special screening was to be heid for critics from throughout New England for "Goodbye, Mr. Chips.” Novel angle is the inviting of the DONAT FAMILY, who live in Connecticut, to this screening, so that writers can meet ROBERT DONAT’S folks. THE EXHIBITOR CONNECTICUT Branford Members of the Auxiliary of the Indian Neck Fire Company attended the showing of "Pyg¬ malion” at the Branford. Bridgeport JOHN MOALES, porter, Warners, joined the stork club when the missus presented a brand new daughter, stealing the thunder of JAMES RIVERS, janitor who became a pappy just a few weeks earlier. MATT SAUNDERS, kingpin, Loew-Poli, was host to JCSEPER R. VOGEL, Loew theatres circuit head. Student assistant TOM SHEA, Loew-Poli, bounded back from his vacation full of vimvigor. Usher DON WARNER, Majestic, is lcadoff man for vacations at that house. VETERAN. Operator of the 1,200-seat Wilkin¬ son and the 500-seat Strand in Wallingford, Con¬ necticut, George Wilkinson, Sr., the state’s oldest exhibitor, signs an honor scroll for Morris Joseph, New Haven branch head. One of the rare tieups with the D. M. Read department store was made by JOHN HESSE, pinch hitter manager, Warner, who placed orig¬ inal gown worn by BETTE DAVIS in "Juarez” in a large window display. OTTO ESPOSITO, JACK SIDNEY and MATT SAUNDERS, Loew-Poli, SONNY GREENBERG, Park City, and MORRIS JACOBSON, Strand, were Park Cityites present at the Silver Anniversary for MORRIS JOS¬ EPHS, dean, branch managers, Universal office. EDGAR LYNCH, dapper manager, Warner, after three weeks in New Haven, takes his vaca¬ tion and will return to his Bridgeport house June 12, after ■ a sojourn at Virginia Beach. Popular JAMES McCARTHY, Bridgeporter managing the Warner houses in Hartford, visited his pals in the old home town. CHARLES OBERT, assistant manager, War¬ ner, who is better than a fair hand with a camera, took a shot at being an art critic, when he had to choose the winners in the portrait drawing contest for free ducats to "Juarez.” Manager HARRY ROSE, Globe, did a hangup job of selling "Lost Atlantis,” using the radio, store tie-ups, 10,000 heralds and 1,000 window cards. We’re trying to get a picture to prove that WARREN TWELVES, youthful doorman. 21 Majestic, is a perfect double for TYRONE POWER. MORRIS ROSENTHAL, manager, Majestic, mailed post cards from New York city telling his pals they should put "Captain Fury” on their "must” list. Danbury Danbury enjoyed an unofficial "world pre¬ miere” June 2 when "Young Mr. Lincoln” was shown at the Empress. Boys distributed dodgers at the local Memorial Day parade. Vacations start next week at the Palace. "Ja-Bo” contest at the Palace still has the kids agog. Hartford Warners’ Regal will close in a few weeks for complete renovation, including seats, decorations, marquee and miscellaneous equipment. Several other houses on New England Warner circuit are slated for improvements. JACK A. SIMONS, Loew’s Poli, spent a day in New York. "Live baby positively given away on stage Friday night” has been PAUL BINSTOCK’S slogan at the Lyric, in the Frog Hollow section. Merchants co-operated, giving away carriage, lay¬ ette and other needs in connection with show¬ ing of "Everybody’s Baby.” "Baby” turned out to be a puppy dog. WALTER LLOYD, manager, and DON CHAMBERS, publicist, M. & P. Allyn, went to town on a private screening of "Invitation to Happiness” at Avery Memorial to obtain first hand local reaction as guide to advertising the picture when it opens June 15. Loew-Poli folk are turning out daily for soft ball. They are ready to challenge the staff of any other theatre, although they don’t know what to call their team. Poli-teers has been sug¬ gested, since E. M. Loew’s stole the title, "LoewLifers” last season and the Loew-Poli boys don’t dare pick it up. J. R. VOGEL, Loew’s New York office was through Hartford in company with HARRY F. SHAW, division manager. They sat in the seats at the Palace and agreed new ones ought to go in at the earliest possible moment. LOU COHEN, Palace manager resplendant in a new green gabardine suit, was tickled pink. Legalization of "Bingo” for charity parties has already seemed sure enough to promoters to send them scampering for available halls. Joker that total amount of prizes must not exceed $2 50 a day doesn’t seem to bother them. Professional Tryouts is the new name for amateur auditions at the State, with one act of vaudeville each weekend to brighten up the show. Three feature films are shown on each bill. Theatre is open Saturdays and Sundays only. BCB DREW-BEAR, Avery Memorial, has been to New York looking over foreign films for next season at the Art Museum. Shore and lake resorts featuring roller skat¬ ing and dancing to name bands are cutting into film attendance in Hartford. — J T. Manchester Negligence action of MRS. ANNIE TED FORD against Connecticut Theatr'cal Corpora¬ tion for a fall in the Circle last winter was settled just before case went to trial in Superior Court, Hartford. JACK SANSON, State manager, is readying his annual Kiddies Revue for an unveiling early in July. Daughter DOROTHY will have one of the featured singing spots. Pretty ANN FIDLER, State cashier, used "mike” attached to loudspeaker in her cashier’s cage to ballyhoo "Calling Dr. Kildare.” ARTHUR HEFFRON, son of policeman HAROLD HEFFRON, is a new usher, State. June 7, 19)9