The Exhibitor (Jun-Nov 1942)

4b THE EXHIBITOR {Continued from page 4a) to confer with Paramount officials on new season plans for the Superman and Popeye cartoons. Paramount’s “Holiday Inn” was ushered in with a huge Navy Relief Benefit premiere last week at the Paramount. Scaled at $1.10 to $5.50, all seats for this premiere were reserved. In conjunction with the showing of “Holiday Inn” theatre presented a gala stage show with a line-up of stars from Hollywood and Broadway. Lido, Yonkers, closed. . . . Kimball, Yonkers, is now under the management of Bertha Farkas. . . . Columbia came up with a swell stunt on “The Talk Of the Town.” Picture shows Jean Arthur, Ronald Coleman, and Cary Grant with their fingers to their lips, and the caption says, “Don’t let America’s war secrets become ‘The Talk Of the Town’.” Bob Ferguson, Columbia ad man is now editing a paper put out by the Columbian Club for boys in the service. . . . Newest salesman for Toddy Films is Bob Adler, former Columbian booker. . . . That was a nice cocktail party Republic threw at the Warwick last week for Judy Canova. . . . Joe Shea, 20th Century-Fox publicity man, is back at his desk after two weeks in camp with the State Guard. That damaged finger is the result of his winding up as a captive of the “red” Army during maneuvers. . . . Joe Feinberg announces that Gene Krupa and his band will play the Capitol, Williamsport. David Horne, RKO foreign department, last week became the father of a son, Mitchell John. Mrs. Horne is the former Gladys Weiss, 20th Century-Fox. . . . Nat Beier, former sales executive of United Artists, will serve on the September war bond drive as personnel director for the local city and state committee of WAC. Staten Island Roy Sherkey, manager, St. George, is the latest of Fabian employees to be inducted. . . . Word has been received here that Alexander DeFazio, formerly manager. Strand, has successfully completed his three months officer training course, and is now a second lieutenant. . . . Harry G Black, general manager, Staten Island Fabian theatres, who has been hospitalized during the oast several weeks, is recovering steadily. . . . Edgar Goth, director of advertising and publicity, Fabian theatres, garnered pages of publicity and pictures in connection with appearance of “Ship Ahoy” Minute Girls. Elihu Glass packed them in with a novel Army vs. Navy jitterbug contest which he arranged for the St. George. Traditional Army vs. Navy rivalry was capitalized on with separate cheering sections in theatre for the two branches of service. Since moving into his new home, district office secretary John Solimando has turned handy man. . . . John Kimmis is relieving Fabian managers on vacation. . . . George Kemp, manager, Fabian Liberty, has moved to Staten Island from Manhattan. . . . Bernie Brooks was a visitor. . . . Jane Heller and Sylvia Dauman, Fabian homeoffice, have returned from their mountain vacations brown as the traditional berry. Newark Sam Blaskey, Warners booking department, is away on vacation with the Mrs. {Continued on page 15) SOL TITLE TITLES THE NEWS Sergeant Louis Wolfe, formerly chief booker with the Brandt circuit, may now be found at Headquarters Company, 1686, Indiantown Gap, M. R., Pa. Big hearted Dave Snaper took his two brothers, sister, sister-in-law, nephew, and even the bookkeeper from his office on the boat ride to Bear Mountain. In fact, he went “all-out” for the trip, and closed up for the day. . . . Colonel Harry .A. Cole and Lew Weitzman experienced a mixup in coats at the check room of the Bear Mountain Inn; but everything was straightened out when they both met on the boat. . . . Mrs. I. Dollinger, prepared a dozen hard boiled eggs, and took them with her on the boat ride. When over 25 persons applied for an egg, was her face red? . . . Lou Gold was presented with a cake in honor of his 45th birthday by Allied Theatre Owners of New Jersey. Everybody on the boat joined in singing. . . . Metro salesman Alex Annswalder called for Murray Ginsberg, Beacon, and took him to the Bear Mountain Inn to meet the Allied crowd. Ginsberg was very busy introducing the Mrs. Dick Perry’s son, Seymore, formerly with Equity Film Exchange, is now in the Army. He left recently for Oklahoma. . . . Lou Gans, New Jersey circuit supervisor for Rapf and Ruden, is on vacation in Maine. . . . Myron Starr, UA booker, and Mel Kutinsky, salesman. National Theatre Supply, are spending their vacation together up in the Litvak Alps. . . . Mary Barton, for many years with UA in the film department, has resigned the position to get married. Hilda Berger, Monogram, goes to UA. George Walsh, formerly with Netco Theatres, and one time owner, Yorktown, has been brought in from Warners’ Boston office to become a salesman in the local branch. . . . Berk-Krumgold, theatre brokers, leased to Mrs. B. Farkas the Kimball, Yonkers. She was a co-partner, Rex, East Rutherford, N. J. A local law was passed on June 30 requiring all city theatres be equipped with stirrup pumps. . . . Ben Price and Henry Mul.stein have been missing from the film center district for several weeks. . . . Joe Seiden, a pioneer producer of Jewish movies, gave up that business, and opened a plant to mak.e airplane parts for the government. He has just received a permit from Washington to take movies for the Government. Dave Edelstein, Playhouse Sign Shop, has the contract to fix up the showroom and offices of Metro Premiums’ new quarters at 334 West 44th Street, where the latter expects to be ready for business on Aug. 15. . . . Sidney Ross, 336 West 44th Street, announces that he will display the most outstanding line of school supplies, which he claims will be of interest to exhibitors. Harry Stitt, 353 West 44th Street, fully equipped with all kinds of buzz saws, did the fancy carpentry job on the roof of Joe Seiden’s new station wagon for camera equipment. . . . Irving Wernick, the relaxation kid, took a one-room apartment in Long Beach. . . . Ira E. Epstein, former manager, has left for overseas as a petty officer. . . .Joe Hornstein, prominent equipment dealer, postcarded accounts: “To lick the Jap, sell your scrap. Please look around now in your theatre, and get that scrap to your junkman. Old copper, brass, chairs, fans, motors, rubber, and your drippings from carbons. Help win this war. Give to USO.” ... It is reported that William Fox, ex-movie mogul, is planning a return to the industry as a producer. Public acclaim for “The Great Waltz” compelled the Little Carnegie Playhouse to continue it on afternoon programs with a new revival, “Tovarich,” despite the fact that “Waltz” completed its sixth record week as a solo attraction. Samuel Strausberg, president, Interboro circuit, has received a grand letter from the War Production Board, thanking him for his patriotism in contributing 10 tons of scrap iron and metal. The scrap iron and metal was contributed by removing the fire escapes, guard railing, and gate from the Sumner. Strausberg is at the present time touring the entire circuit, looking for ways and means to further the war effort by contributing more scrap iron and metal that he may be able to find in any of the theatres. Sol Strausberg, Interboro circuit, who recently joined the Navy, is a Lieutenant, Senior Grade, in the Division of Supply and Accounts, and is at the present time stationed at Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. . . . Murray Ashmann, district manager, Interboro circuit, is spending his vacation at Grossinger’s. His wife and child are at Greenwood Lake. . . . Sylvia Salwen is the new secretary at Interboro circuit. Sam Handler, district manager, .Interboro circuit, is flying to Canada for a three week hunting and fishing and canoeing trip at Camp Tamakwa, Algonquin Provincial Park. This camp is owned by his cousin, Lou Handler, a well known boxing referee, at the present time boxing instructor at Wayne University, Detroit, Mich. . . . Stanley Kolbert, general manager, Interboro circuit, has his five-yearold son, Stewart, in one of the finest camps in the country. Passing of Isidore A. Roth, prominent Morristown, N. J. theatreman, was mourned by the trade last week. He died on Aug. 1, and was beloved by all. He was buried on Aug. 4, with many film men in attendance. . . . RKO dropped the Roosevelt, Harlem. . . . That Local 306 service flag, with 47 stars, looks patriotic flying in the breeze . . . Herman Boritz is now vice-president of Local 306, .serving instead of Steve D’Inzillo, vice-president, who enlisted. . . . A1 Strauss, theatre broker, vacationed in Lake Placid. . . . Mr. and Mrs Harry Lowenstein, Jersey Allied, vacationed at Schroon Lake. . . . Teddy Friedman, Strand, Suffern, was operated on for a blood pressure condition. . . . Pioneer exhibitor Nat Vinegrad is back in the business, taking over the Tower, Boston Road, Bronx, and will open after Labor Day. ... A lot of the boys want to know why there isn’t a service flag waving across the street in the Film District. Why not do like they have in other film centers, and take up contributions? . . .Joe Hornstein made an offer to a kibitzer, $100 a year to keep out of his office. August 12, 1942