The Exhibitor (Jun-Oct 1943)
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THE EXHIBITOR
TERRITORY TRADE SCREENING GUIDE
(Editor's Note: This material includes official list¬ ings of oil trade screenings in the territory covered by THE EXHIBITOR as required under the consent decree. This is not an advertisement but onother ex¬ clusive editorial service. All material comes directly from the companies, and is kept as up to date^ as possible. Dates and times were official at the time THE EXHIBITOR went to press. However, dates may sometimes be shifted by local exchanges. Chec.c with the exchonge in question. Information about any additional screenings, possibly received too late for inclusion in THE EXHIBITOR, may also be obtained in this manner.)
ALBANY, N. Y., DISTRICT
RKO (1052 Broadway)
July 12-I1.00-" Petticoat Larceny "
12— 2.30— "The Sky's The Limit"
13— 1 1 .00— "The Falcon In Danger"
13— 2.30— "Behind The Rising Sun"
14— 2.30— "Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event"
20th Century-Fox (1052 Broadway)
jy|y 7— 10.30— "Bomber's Moon"
ATLANTA, GA., DISTRICT RKO {191 Walton)
July 12— 11.00— "Petticoat Larceny"
12— 2.30— "The Sky's The Limit"
13— 1 1 .00— "The Falcon In Danger"
13— 2.30— "Behind The Rising Sun"
14— 2.30— "Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event"
20th Century-Fox (197 Walton, N.W.)
July 7— 10.30— "Bomber's Moon"
BOSTON, MASS., DISTRICT RKO (122 Arlington)
July 12— 11.00— "Petticoat Larceny"
12— 2.30— "The Sky's The Limit"
13— 1 1 .00— "The Falcon In Danger"
13— 2.30— "Behind The Rising Sun"
14— 2.30— "Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event"
20th Century-Fox (105 Broadway)
jy|y 7— 10.30— "Bomber's Moon"
BUFFALO, N. Y., DISTRICT RKO (290 Franklin)
July 12— 1 1 .00— "Petticoat Larceny"
12— 2.30— "The Sky's The Limit"
13— 1 1 .00— "The Falcon In Danger"
13— 2.30— "Behind The Rising Sun"
14— 2.30— "Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event"
20th Century-Fox (290 Franklin)
July 7— 10.30— "Bomber's Moon"
CHARLOTTE, N. C., DISTRICT RKO (308 S. Church)
July 12— n .00— "Petticoat Larceny"
12— 2.30— "The Sky's The Limit"
13— 11.00— "The Falcon In Danger"
13— 2.30— "Behind The Rising Sun"
14— 2.30— "Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event"
20th Century-Fox (308 S. Church)
July 7— 10.30— "Bomber's Moon"
CLEVELAND, O., DISTRICT RKO (2219 Payne)
July 12— 1 1 .00— "Petticoat Larceny'
12— 2.30— "The Sky's The Limit"
13— 1 1 .00— "The Falcon In Danger"
13— 2.30— "Behind The Rising Sun"
14— 2.30— "Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event"
20th Century-Fox (2219 Payne)
July 7— 10.30— "Bomber's Moon"
NEW HAVEN, CONN., DISTRICT RKO (40 Whiting)
July 12— 1 1 .00— ' Petticoat Larceny"
12— 2.30— "The Sky's The Limit"
13— 1 1 .00— "The Falcon In Danger"
13— 2.30— "Behind The Rising Sun"
14— 2.30— "Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event"
20th Century-Fox (40 Whiting)
July 7— 10.30— "Bomber's Moon"
NEW YORK DISTRICT RKO (630 Ninth)
July 12— 1 1 .00— "Petticoat Larceny"
12— 2.00 and 4.00— "The Sky's The Limit"
13— 1 1 .00— "The Falcon In Danger"
13— 2.00 and 4.00— "Behind The Rising Sun"
14— 11.00 and 2.30— "Mexican Spitfire's Blessed
Event"
20th Century-Fox (345 W. 44th)
July 7— 10,30— "Bomber's Moon"
PHILADELPHIA DISTRICT RKO (250 N. 13th)
July 12—1 1 .00— "Petticoat Larceny"
2.30— "The Sky's The Limit"
13— 1 1 .00— "The Falcon In Donger"
2.30— "Behind The Rising Sun"
14— 2.30— "Spitfire's Blessed Event"
20th Century-Fox (302 N. 13thi)
July 7— 10.30— "Bomber's Moon"
The Score Board
(Editor’s Note: Highlight opinion of recent pictures screened under the consent decree follow. Full reviews appear in The Pink Section.)
PARAMOUNT
“Dixie” — Headed for the higher grosses.
“Henrj’ Aldrich Swings It” — Okay member of the series.
WARNERS
“The Constant Nymph” — Dough show for the women.
WB Releases Reached
New York — Changes in the Warner summer release schedule, putting “The Constant Nymph” on the July list, with Irving Berlin’s “This Is the Army” to follow in August, were announced last week by Ben Kalmenson, general sales manager.
Kalmenson stated that “The Constant Nymph,” will go into general distribution on July 23, on which date the picture also has its premiere at the Strand. Gen¬ eral release date for “This Is the Army” has been set for Aug. 14, with the world premiere tentatively scheduled for the lat¬ ter part of July at the Hollywood.
“Watch On the Rhine” goes into the Strand following “Constant Nymph” as the Labor Day holiday attraction, with general release at the same time.
20th-Fox 11th Block Set
New York — The 11th and final block of releases from 20th Century -Fox for the 1942-43 selling season will consist of three features according to an announcement last week from Tom J. Connors, vicepresident in charge of sales. “Stormy Weather” will be released on July 16; “Heaven Can Wait,” will have its national release on July 23, and the final release on July 30 will be “Bomber’s Moon.”
"Proudly" In Top Spot
New York— “So Proudly We Hail” has been designated for release during the Silver Jubilee anniversary of “Paramount Week,” which will be celebrated by the Paramount distribution department from Sept. 5 to 12, Neil Agnew, general sales manager, announced last week.
20th-Fox Screens One
New York — It was announced this week that 20th Century-Fox will screen ’’Bom¬ ber’s Moon” in its exchanges on July 7.
PITTSBURGH DISTRICT
RKO (1727 Blvd. of Allies)
July 12— 1 1 .00— "Petticoat Larceny"
12 2.30-"The Sky's The Limit"
13— 1 1 .00— "The Falcon In Danger"
13— 2.30— "Behind The Rising Sun"
14— 2.30— "Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event"
20th Century-Fox (1715 Blvd. of Allies)
July 7— 10.30— "Bomber's Moon"
WASHINGTON, D. C., DISTRICT RKO (932 N. J.)
July 12— 1 1.00— "Petticoot Larceny"
12— 2.30— "The Sky's The Limit"
20th Century-Fox (932 N. J., N.W.)
July 7— 10.30— "Bomber's Moon"
PRC SCHEDULES FIRST REGIONAL
New York — The first of a series of reg¬ ional sales meetings of PRC will be held here on July 1 and 2, it was announced last week by Arthur Greenblatt, vicepresident in charge of sales for PRC.
This meeting will be for the sales forces of the various offices in the eastern dis¬ trict.
Personnel attending will include, among others:
Home office; O. Henry Briggs, John S. Young, Arthur Greenblatt, Karl Herzog, Fred Rohrs, Armand Schenck, Joseph O’Sullivan, S. S. Kestenbaum, Joseph H. Lamm, Roberto D... Socas, Harold Flavin, John Michelson.
Albany-Buffalo: Bernard Mills, Jack Berkson, Leo Murphy.
Boston: Harry Goldman, Max Farber, Max Salzberg, Sam Levine.
Cleveland-Cincinnati: Nat Lefton, Jack Lefton, Nat Kaplan, Manny Weiss, Rudy Norton, Fred Scheurman, Sam Weiss, M. Higgins.
New York; Lieutenant Commander Bert Kulick, Sidney Kulick, Frances Kulick.
Philadelphia: Herb Given, Harry San¬ ger.
Pittsburgh; Lew Lefton, Milton Lefton, Jack Withers, Godfrey Lefton.
New Haven: Harry Gibbs.
Washington: George Gill, Bill Smith, Barry Goldman, Danny Rosenthal.
Following analysis of sales data com¬ piled at the recent PRC convention in Kansas City, the company announced that number of accounts sold has increased 80 per cent, since a year ago and that bill¬ ings are up 115 per cent over this time last year.
Trotta Heads AMPA
New York — Vincent Trotta was elected president of AMPA along with the entire slate of nominees at a meeting of the or¬ ganization last week. It will be Trotta’s second term.
The other officers are James Zabin, vicepresident; Hap Hadley, treasurer; Blanche Livingston, secretary; and William Fergu¬ son, Hal Home, Rutgers Neilson, Dave O’Malley, and Paul Benjamin, board of directors.
Ed McNamee was elected a trustee for a three-year period. Maurice Bergman withdrew his proposal for a merger with Motion Picture Associates, although he suggested that AMPA and the Associates pool their charity funds and activities, and this suggestion will be considered by the directors. Trotta announced that 12 new members had been added to the roll since the recent campaign started.
FOR YOUR GUIDANCE;
PETTICOAT LARCENY (RKO). Joan Carroll, Ruth Warrick, James Dunn. Directed by Bert Gilroy*
THE SKY'S THE LIMIT (RKO). Fred Astaire, Joan Leslie. Directed by E. H. Griffith.
THE FALCON IN DANGER (RKO). Tom Conwoy, Jean Brooks, Elaine Shepard. Directed by William Clements.
BEHIND THE RISING SUN (RKO). Margo, Robert Ryan, Tom Neal. Directed by Edward Dmytryk.
MEXICAN SPITFIRE'S BLESSED EVENT (RKO). Lupe Velez, Leon Errol, Lydia Bilbrook, Wally Brown. Di¬ rected by Les Goodwins.
BOMBER'S MOON. (20th Century-Fox). George Montgomery, Annabella, Kent Taylor. Directed by Charles Fuhr.
June 30, 194^