The Exhibitor (Jun-Nov 1944)

4b Ted Lloyd, head, 20th Century-Fox radio department, is spending a fortnight’s vacation at Mantzville, Pa., with his family. . . . Ruth Winkler, distributor of the “Wil¬ son” souvenir programs for 20th CenturyFox, returned last week from Kansas City, Mo., where she closed a deal for the hand¬ ling of the programs with the Fox Mid¬ west Theatres. Pathe News cameraman Reilly returned from England last week. . . . Sergeant Charles Bergen, ex-news desk man, Pathe News, has seen action in Kiska, Quadulane, and Guam. . . . The next entry in the RKOPathe’s “This Is America” series will con¬ cern Brazil. L. J. Schlaifer, central sales manager, 20th Century-Fox, left last week for the Chicago exchange for a series of sales con¬ ferences. Katharine Hepburn, star of MGM's “Dragon Seed,” Music Hall, was recently invited by the China Institute in America, Inc., to be the guest of honor at a meet¬ ing to be held in Town Hall on Aug. 27 to celebrate the 2,495th anniversary of the birth of Confucius. H. M. Bessey, vice-president, Altec Service Corporation, returned last week from Scranton, Pa. . . . Stanley Hand, Altec staff representative, visited Altec’s Electronic Division at Lexington, Mass., and the Boston office last week. Norman Ferguson, production super¬ visor, Walt Disney’s “The Three Cabal¬ leros,” to be released by RKO Radio soon, arrived last week from the coast for a 10day vacation. Eileen O’Connell, assistant to Ted Lloyd, head, 20th Century-Fox radio department, was tendered a farewell luncheon by her feminine colleagues last week. Among those present were Peggy Young, Kay O'Brien, Kay Schancer, Marion Preston, and Ruth Simon. The society pages of the local newspapers last week served as an advertising media for the heralding of “In Society,” Loew’s Criterion. The advertisement, suggested by A1 Horwits, Universal staff, appeared in the form of a finely engraved invitation. UA Latin-American managers were guests last week at the “Unveiling” party in the home of June Havoc, who cele¬ brated the removal of a cast from one of her legs, broken some time ago. Later the managers were the luncheon guests of Neil Agnew, vice-president in charge of sales for Selznick and Vanguard, at the Wal¬ dorf-Astoria Hotel. Budd Rogers, sales representative for Charles R. Rogers, hosted them at a theatre party. Brian Donlevy, star of MGM’s “An American Romance,” was in last week THE EXHIBITOR TITLE TITLES THE NEWS Harry L. Mandell, former salesman for Warners in Chicago, is now managing Film Classics exchange. . . . Anthony Zito, De Angelis outdoor bill posting company, with his working crew and truck posted sheets one to 24-sheets in the territory for “Wilson.” No job is too small or large for him. . . . Louis, the counter man for Kess¬ ler’s Cafeteria, had to lay off a while as he received six stitches in his hand. . . . The two partners of the Lido, Brooklyn, certainly looked hot after com¬ ing out of MGM branch manager Ralph Pielow’s exchange the other day, and no deal had been made. . . . Broadway, Woodcliff, N. J., reopens after Labor Day. . . . Sam Fishman and son were in from Pittsburgh, Pa. . . . George Hornstein is taking a business-pleasure trip to El Paso, Tex. . . . Warren B. Simon, son of Harold Simon, Daily Film Delivery Company, Inc., is missing in action. He had been serving on a bomber in the Central Pacific, and was a machinist’s mate, sec¬ ond clas. Joe Josephson, former president, Audio Public Projection Rooms, was promoted to captain in the Third Combat Camera unit with the AAF, headquartering in Lon after touring several mid-western cities to show the picture to editors, industrial¬ ists, and civic leaders. It was announced last week that “The Seventh Cross” will have one of the big¬ gest advertising campaigns in transporta¬ tion media ever given an MGM picture. Beginning on Aug. 22, large car cards and two-sheet and four-sheet posters appeared on the New York, New Haven and Hart¬ ford Railroad, the Long Island Railroad, New York Central Railroad, Fifth Ave¬ nue Buses, New York City Omnibus Com¬ pany, the Interborough Rapid Transit, Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit and Inde¬ pendent Subway Systems, and the Ameri¬ can Railway Express Trucks. New Jersey Asbury Park Walter Reade will move his offices here from New York soon. He also announced don. He recently had a reunion with the son of Moe Sanders, 20th Century-Fox. . . . Ed Y. Cantor, popular manager, is get¬ ting along. He recently sold over $1,000,000 in bonds upstate in Rochester. . . . Fred¬ erick E. Goldsmith, realtor, who died re¬ cently, was a brother of William S. Gold¬ smith, manager, Star, Bronx. . . . There is a Richard Korbel record album avail¬ able. The 10-year-old pianist is the son of Bert Korbel. Correction: A misplaced comma was re¬ sponsible for confusion in recent state¬ ments in this column. Jack Leff, who owns the Acme, Brooklyn, is treasurer of the Unaffiliated Independent Exhibitors. In addition, he is attorney for the Indepen¬ dent Operators Union. He is not treasurer of the union. Furthermore, Island The¬ atre Circuit is buying and booking for Miss L. Livoti. Master Sergeant Morton Decker, son of Harry Decker, Warner salesman in the New York exchange, is home on his first furlough in four years, serving with the Army in the Caribbean area. Flash from Bear Mountain: A rain storm almost put the damper on the Allied Theatre Owners of New Jersey boat ride last week, but all it did was eliminate the games. However, everyone had a good time, the boat ride was good, friendliness and congeniality reigned, and it was rated as one of the best things of its kind. Happy birthday is extended to John Dacey, RKO, who is celebrating today (Aug. 23). plans to build a large hotel on land ad¬ jacent to the open-air swimming pool. Bayonne On the evening of Aug. 22, approximately 2,800 employes and high-ranking naval guests of Elco (Naval Division of the Electric Boat Company, filled the DeWitL— site of Elco’s plant — to see Rear Admiral C. A. Dunn, U.S.N., supervisor of ship¬ building for the New York district, pres¬ ent Elco executives with the fourth star of the Army-Navy “E-Flag.” Following the ceremonies on the stage of the DeWitt, the audience saw “Devil Boats.” Jersey City Arthur Price, in charge of publicity for Loew’s Jersey City and State, Newark, recently received four honorable mentions in an issue of Loewdown, the official com¬ pany publication. Please turn to News of the Territory which follows the National Mirror Section toward the back of the book. That’s Sol SERGEANT ALAN BAROFF, formerly employed at the News Reel Theatres, New York, main office, is cur¬ rently stationed at an overseas base, after finishing training here. JEAN NEGULESCO, producer of Warners' "The Mask of DimitTios," recently inspired the above picture of Bill Summers, Buffalo News editorial columnist, center; Charles Taylor, left, director of advertising and publicity. Shea's Theatres, and Art Moger, Warner publicity representative. Summers created art for the showing at Shea's Buffalo recently, while Taylor supplied ad copy, and supervised design. THE EXHIBITOR August 23, 1944