The Exhibitor (Jun-Oct 1943)

THE EXHIBITOR NTl ]\ew Haven Meadow Street Sonny Greenberg, former manager, Park City, Bridgeport, was home on an eight-day furlough. . . . Lou Jacobson, former Warner lad, was in from the coast. . . . Michael Jacobson, manager, Mayfair, Bridgeport, has been ill. Paul Estrata, as¬ sistant, has been carrying on. Folks are wishing for Jacobson’s quick recovery. . . . Mike Carroll, American, Bridgeport, is quite busy with his Victory garden. Charles Lazarus, former booker, Metro office, stopped in to say “hello” when on vacation from Boston. . . . Sol Adorno arranged to have movies taken of the East Hartford Chamber of Commerce outing and also the grand opening of the chil¬ dren’s swimming pool, and showed them at his New Astor. Pappy Howard com¬ pleted his engagement at the New Astor, and manager Adorno is now dickering for vaudeville. Dan Nolan, RKO home office represent¬ ative, left the branch. . . . Henry Breunig, former United Artists booker, was in again from Camp Devens, Mass. . . . Seymour Levine, son of Hy Levine, Metro Pre¬ miums, was recently promoted to a first lieutenant. . . . Roxy, New Britain, is re¬ ported having dropped vaudeville. . . . Harry Olshan, Columbia salesman, went up to Brookline, Maiss., to attend the grad¬ uation of his youngster from the Devotion School. . . . William Karenchuk, formerly booker at Harry Gibbs’ PRC office, has joined the navy. Although a bit late — anyone wanting to get copies of the pictures taken at the Ben Lourie testimonial may contact George Weber, Metro. Various exchanges in the territory in¬ stituted a staggered system of Saturday mornings off. Skeleton staffs take care of the trade on the half-day Saturdays. . . . Those wanting to write the former exhibitor of the Jodoin, Baltic, may ad¬ dress T/4 John Dombi, 19th Special Serv¬ ice Co., A.P. Hill, Mil. Resrv., Va. . . . Fred Van Doren’s (Tower, Waterbury) brother Harold, Cheshire, is in the engi¬ neers, and doing the same work he did in civilian life. . . . Jane Dempsey resigned her position at Fishman Theatres. It is reported that the Victory, Wall¬ ingford, deal between Martin Levy and new owner Peter Malavenda was for $3,000. . . . Lee Rosenberg, Loew’s Poli, was recently made a vice-president of the Connecticut Engineers. . . . Domonick Somma, former 20th Century-Fox em¬ ploye and now overseas with the army, wrote. Sorry to hear that Bill Benson, Universal salesman, lost his brother recently. . . . Rose Rumanoff, Universal, spent her vaca¬ tion in New York. . . . Fay Spadoni, Uni¬ versal, planned on doing some horseback riding. . . . Leon Jakubson, former Metro NEW HAVEN EXCHANGE LISTING (Included here are the fim exchanges serving the New Haven area. Additions or corrections are In¬ vited to keep this list up-to-date.) ALL COMPANIES LISTED MAY BE ADDRESSED AS NEW HAVEN 10, CONN. COLUMBIA 134 Meadow Street Phone 8-2197 Branch manager— Timothy F. O'Toole. Office manager-booker— Sidney Swirsky. Salesman— Harry Olshan. Cashier— Anna Canelli. Assistant booker— Grace Brunelli. CONNECTICUT FILMS 126 Meadow Street Phone 6-6835 Office manager— John Ricciuti. METRO 134 Meadow Street Phone 7-4278 Branch manager— M. R. Goldstein. Office manager— George E. Weber. Salesmen— Morton Katz, Milton Myams. Cashier— Herman Miller. Bookers— Phil Gravitz, head booker; Mary Worstell. MONOGRAM 134 Meadow Street Phone 6-9459 Manager— Nat Furst. Assistant— Dick Cohen. NATIONAL SCREEN SERVICE 82 State Street Phone 6-3109 Manager— Harry Wenzel. Representative— A. J. Edman. PARAMOUNT 82 State Street Phone 8-6167-8 Branch manager— Edward Ruff. Sales manager— Henry Germaine, Jack Brown. Cashier— Dechantal L. D. Smith. Head booker— Richard F. Carroll. RKO 134 Meadow Street Phone 7-2119 Branch manager— Barney Pitkin. Office manager-booker— Flora Cohn. Salesman— William Canelli. Cashier— Mabel le Dwyer. REPUBLIC 132 Meadow Street Phone 8-6458 ManagerSamuel Seletsky. Booker— Jeanette Berliner. 20TH CENTURY-FOX 40 Whiting Street Phone 6-5151 Branch manager— Benjamin A. Simon. Salesmen— Earl Wright, Sam Germain. Cashier— A. Mclnerney. Bookers— Sam Germain, Elinor Fishman. Accessories manager— Muriel Silverman. UNITED ARTISTS 114 Meadow Street Phone 7-1213 Branch manager— Lou C. Wechsler. Office manager— Mary O'Brien. Booker— Charles Leonard. Accessories manager— Harold Freed. UNIVERSAL 125 Meadow Street Phone 6-1181-2 Branch manager— John Pavone. Salesman— Bill Benson. Booker — Eva Cooperstock. Cashier— Lucy Zlotkowski. WARNERS 134 Meadow Street Phone 7-4138-9 Branch manager— Carl J. Goe. Office manager— Angelo Lombardi. Salesman— P. DeFazio. Booker— Sidney Levine; assistant booker, John Mullen. Cashier— Frances Silverman. Assistant cashier— Sarah Magliola. Shipper— James Mahan; assistant shipper, John Franco. Accessories manager— Frances Sorenson. booker and now booking for the coast guard. New London, was in in his new smart white uniform. He’s also doing some pitching for the ball club. . . . DeChantal Smith, Paramount, went down to the Carolinas for her vacation. . . . Lillian Maretz is new at Barney Pitkin’s RKO office. . . . Laraine Carrara resigned her position at RKO. . . . Julia Gianotti, Re¬ public, gets her vacation during the week of Aug. 9. Loew's Circuit Joe Samartano, Palace, Meriden, was a vacationist. Nat Renard, Lyric assistant, filled in. . . . Joseph Boyle, Broadway, Norwich, went up to Syracuse, N. Y., on his vacation and Gertrude Tracy took his place while he was away. . . . Lyric, Bridgeport, closed for the summer. . . . Ted Teschner, former manager. Bijou, New Haven, and now at the Loew’s New Val¬ entine, Toledo, O., was a visitor. . . . Tom Dunphy is the new assistant at the Majestic, Bridgeport, taking over the vacancy when Sherman Germaine re¬ signed. . . . Sidney Kleper, Bijou, was away on a trip. . . . Theatres of the circuit were readying for the July war stamps drive. Matt Saunders arranged plenty of tieups for the personal appearance of Vicki Faust, Bridgeport girl, in “Lady of Bur¬ lesque” Poli, Bridgeport. . . . Morris Ros¬ enthal had plenty of angles set for “For¬ ever and a Day,” Majestic, Bridgeport. . . . Matilda Pysyk, assistant, Broadway, Nor¬ wich, came to the aid of the Aircraft Warning Service committee when volun¬ teers were slow. She arranged to have literature, etc., given out in the lobby. . . . Editorial for “Mission To Moscow” in a Bridgeport paper was a humdinger. . . . Lou Brown, publicity director, is doing well as a Victory gardener this season. . . . Jim Memry, artist, is also having good luck. Connecticut Bridgeport Victoria Faust, daughter of a former Bridgeport minister, returned from Holly¬ wood last week for a visit here, on the occasion of the opening at the Loew-Poli of “Lady Of Burlesque.” From the moment Miss Faust stepped off the train, where she was greeted by city officials, press, and photographers, the tall, blonde film star had a crowded schedule of activi¬ ties. Included in the itinerary was an official greeting by the mayor at city hall; a bonds selling tour; an interview at 6.45 P. M., over WNAB with her brother, A1 Faust, editorial writer Bridgeport Her¬ ald, and Martin Starr, United Artists, par¬ ticipating; a press and radio reception fol¬ lowed by a personal appearance on the stage of the Loew-Poli, the proceedings of which was broadcast. Harry Shaw, gen¬ eral manager, Loew-poli New England Theatres, was master of ceremonies of the theatre festivities. June 30, 1943 N.E.