The Exhibitor (Jun-Oct 1939)

THE EXHIBITOR Our Mr. Norms Attends the Warner Outing July 12 at the Mayflower Hotel, Plymouth, Massachusetts 18 ROSE ESKIN, accounting department, has been vacationing with her sister in Rochester, New York. ROSE STEtNBERG, booking department, vaca¬ tioned in Bethlehem, New Hampshire, where she visited her sister. MARIETTA BAER, entertaining a pretty Ken¬ tucky cracker, her cousin, finds that the boys go strong for that drawl. ART MORTON, manager, Scollay, Boston, vacationed in Maine. MARION NEENAN, HY FINE’S sec, has beeen vacationing. ETHEL SIMES, local Natoco office, vacationed to Nantucket. RKO-Keitb’s Circuit JACK GRANARA, publicity director, RKO Keith Memorial, Boston, returned from his vaca¬ tion to Maplewood, New Hampshire, where he golfed. CARLO VANNICOLA, Keith Memorial art¬ ist, became the father last week of a seven-pound baby boy. Carlo is already the father of a girl. JOHN CURRAN, RKO home office exploiteer, came in in advance of "Bachelor Mother.’’ JACK GRANARA, publicity director, had a letter recently from MRS. CHARLES KOERNER, wife of division manager now serving on coast. NEW HAVEN Crosstown JOHN HESSE, Roger Sherman manager, was away on vacation. Loew-Poli College’s SAM BADAMO is due to start his vacation with Lake Winnipesaukee his spot. The old DeWitt was condemned as unsafe re¬ cently, owner was ordered either to eliminate every existing danger within a certain time or demolish the structure. Theatremen will miss New Haven JournalCourier’s editor CHARLES IVES, who resigns to begin his duties as associate editor, Baltimore Sun. LARRY STARK, former assistant manager, Loew’s Poli, was in. New chief of staff at Loew’s Poli is FRANK MANENTE, formerly, Loew-Poli Bijou. New members of his staff include FRED SANSONE, Hillhouse athlete, and RAY CONNELLY. Vacationist, Paramount: WALTER BARTHELSON. To follow will be DANIEL JOSEPH MURPHY. Peanuts donated to FRANK SANTOS are now all gone. Latest word has it that recently when Frank went home, his wife was entertaining some company . . . with a little bridge, etc., and peanuts. A novel stunt was arranged for the lobby for "On Borrowed Time,” Loew’s Poli. A fish bowl was on display. Sign read: "Invisible Fish from Island of Quadalupe, South Seas. See Mr. Brink, the Invisible Man of 'On Borrowed Time’ with Lionel Barrymore. Starts Friday.” JOE DORMAN, engineer, Loew’s Poli, was at the scene of a sensational accident recently. One of the most jovial fellows on Church Street, MAX RESNICK keeps the boys in cheerful mood. NAT RUBIN got a swell tan while vacation¬ ing. BOB RUSSELL went on his vacation, after driving up to his youngster’s camp and getting him. An invitation to a person from different walks of life, was to be arranged for the screen¬ ing of "On Borrowed Time.” NAT RUBIN made a two personal appearance a day on the Loew’s Poli stage recently. After the trailer of "On Borrowed Time,” matinee and evening, Nat told audiences to come along and see the picture because it was good. It rained and cleared intermittently all day, and the Warner bunch, who had driven down in separate cars, began by lunching in the lounge while FRANK SIMONE and his orchestra played Spanish rhumbas Ping-pong enthusiasts wandered in and out and bets were placed on champs HY PASSMAN, guest from Thompson Square, and BERT RUDNICK. SID BLUMENTHAL was a good runner-up, MATTY MORIARTY, CHARLIE ASDOT, BILL KUMINS, HARRY BERGER and his guest, pretty DOROTF1Y HANDVERGER all a noisy and appreciative gallery. When the sun cleared a little, groups strag¬ gled down to the bathhouse by the sounding sea. VINNY MAGUIRE hit the water. MATTY MORIARTY in flesh-colored trunks, dived pro¬ fessionally, while FRANK LAWLESS paddled and JERRY SMITH crawled. This correspondent reports the loss of a photo¬ graph taken of eight bathing Tarzans lined up on the diving board. Reading from left to right we saw HY PASSMAN, VINNY MAGUIRE, MATTY MORIARTY, BERT RUDNICK, CHARLIE ASDOT, SID BLUMENTHAL, ED SEGAL, FRANCIS COOGAN. Finder please re¬ turn. Photogenic office manager ELI LEAVITT posed everywhere with a bevy of admiring beauties. Organizer IDA RUBIN had difficulty forming a swimming race. A swimming race among the men, however, was organized and consumated when VIN MA¬ GUIRE splashed down the home-stretch in the lead. The only real wonder among the women was LOIS RICHARDSON, who, this correspondent noticed, swims well, and looks well in a bathing suit. In various delicious poses around the pool were loafers FLORENCE ROSE, LAURA du PERRY, DOROTHY TAYLOR MICHAELS, Screen-test ZIPPOAH GOLDMAN, HARRY BERGER, Warner Club president PETER CREVILLO, SYLVIA WOLKON, HELEN LEA¬ VITT, LILLIAN CONNELLY. On the veranda, distinguished visitors sat conversing. ED SCHNITZER, division man¬ ager; MR. and MRS. HARRY ZEITZ, Exhibi¬ tor SAM RESNICK from Andover branch man¬ ager NORMAN AYERS, talked things over. The beach resounded with the thwack of a soft-ball launched by MEYER FELTMAN into the ozone, and missed by outfielder SID BLU Meadow Street EARL WRIGHT will be the local drive leader for the seventh annual S. R. KENT Drive at 20th Century-Fox. First local meeting was sched¬ uled to be held July IS when plans were to be formulated for local participation. First national drive meeting held in New Haven is to be on July 27 when national drive leader MORTON LEVY, ROGER FERRI, editor, 20th CenturyFox Dynamo, and TOM BAILEY, district man¬ ager, will be on hand to help the locals get started on national drive August 13 -December 1 6. FLORA COHEN was seen on Meadow Street. In from Bridgeport: HAROLD TABACHMAN, Bostwick. During the summer, the favorite refreshment seems to be banana splits. Harry’s Trick Shop is making deliveries to the various offices. In the lobby of the Film Center building, MENTHAL. VINNY MAGUIRE pitched a mighty game, captains ELI LEAVITT, MEYER FELTMAN cheered their teams forward. JUDSON PARKER was slug-king. BOB LEVINE was a silent spectator. Girls ran an impetuous race down the beach and ED SEGAL’S guest, MURIEL LIEBER, came out a winner. In the thick of all activity was charming IDA RUBIN, Chairman of all activities and arrangements. Only golfers of the day were BILL HORAN, NORMAN AYERS. Surprise in the field of sports was LEO GRIFFIN, who, late in the afternoon, bounded up the drive astride a highspirited horse. Cheers rose spontaneously from a thousand throats. Harmony was in its heyday when WARREN GATES rattled the ivories in the main lounge and BERT RUDNICK, ZIPPY GOLDMAN, SID BLUMENTHAL, a very pretty stranger, and this correspondent, sang lustily both the old and new. Dinner arrived, and Warnerites and guests, found their places at the long table — places marked by humorous little cards inscribed with appropriate verses. After-dinner speeches were delivered by President PETER CREVILLO, Chairman IDA RUBIN, ED SCHNITZER, NORMAN AYERS, HARRY ZEITZ and others, principal among whom was Raconteur ZIPPY GOLDMAN. The evening was enjoyed to the hilt by the dancers, who waltzed and rhumbaed and jitterbugged. Waltz contest and contest to deter¬ mine the most presentable couple were conducted under the able direction of ZIPPY GOLDMAN with assisting judges IDA RUBIN and this correspondent. Winners of the waltz contest were BILL HORAN with partner MARY HEALY from Interstate, and of the most pre¬ sentable couple contest were JERRY SMITH guest BETTY CREIGHTON. Space limits full description of all activities. By the way, prizes to MURIEL LIEBER, VIN¬ NY MAGUIRE and LOIS RICHARDSON had been presented at dinner for winning contests. Purposes of the Warner Club, this correspon¬ dent would like to add, are twofold: one pur¬ pose is for the fullest enjoyment of inter-office relations, the other is for the benefit, monetary as well as advisory, of Warnerites in need. Par¬ ticularly to be commended for the success of this affair are Chairman IDA RUBIN, President PETER CREVILLO, and FLORENCE ROSE, three members of committees, SARAH MAZONSON. ZIPPY GOLDMAN, who assisted. Mickey Mouse is holding sway with a standee publicizing the Film Exchange Employees’ Out¬ ing August 10. RALPH CIVITELLO donated his services and also did same for the art work of the signs to be put in ADOLPH JOHN¬ SON’S windows for the MPTO golf tourney. MICHAEL CARROLL, Bridgeport, was seen recently at Savin Rock. HAROLD ENGEL, Globe, Bridgeport, was re¬ cently on vacation. Levine circuit, Bridgeport, baseball team seems to be in form. RALPH CIVITELLO’S pleasing secretary is none other than sister, MARY CIVITELLO. Weather permitting, EARL WRIGHT was to go to Port Jefferson on a recent Sunday with BURT McKENZIE, to take in the Branford Yacht Club celebration activity. There is some talk of a film and exhibitors’ crowd hot dog roast and driving contest at the July 26, 19)9