The Exhibitor (Jun-Nov 1944)

NT-2 THE EXHIBITOR AMONG THOSE PRESENT at the recent world premiere of Warners' "Devil Boats," Technicolor two-reeler dealing with the Navy's fighting PT boats made by Elco, at the DeWitt, Bayonne, N. J., were, left to right: Frank Damis, Warners zone manager; Charles Bailey, assistant to Norman H. Moray, Warner short subject sales manager; Robert Deitch, manager, DeWitt; and Tony Williams, Warners district manager. On the right is seen a general view of the crowd. Sally Tuyn, now Mrs. William Martin, booker’s stenographer, 20th Century-Fox, returned to her desk from a honeymoon at Muskoka Lake. . . . Eddie Jauch, 20th Century-Fox head booker, vacationed at Van Buren Point, fishing. . . . William A. Graham, 20th Century-Fox office man¬ ager, returned from a vacation at his mother’s home, Cedarhurst, L. I. His wife, Frances, and daughter, Sheila, remained until school opened. Gene Murphy, former Warners acces¬ sories manager, (brother of Bob, 20th Cen¬ tury managing director, and PRC’s branch manager Leo), is confined to the Sisters Hospital with a stomach ailment. Val Klaiber, former MGM booker here, later office manager and booker in the middle west, and, before his joining our Navy, salesman for that company, is now sporting the stripes of a seaman in Eng¬ land. We will wager that all England has now heard that Valerie Katherine, weigh¬ ing in at six pounds, seven ounces, is anx¬ iously awaiting the return of her sailor dad. Fish stories are a dime a dozen, but the one that bids fair to outdo all others con¬ cerns a young gent employed as sales¬ man at Paramount these many years. It seems that our hero, while quite a chunk of man, has always abhorred working too hard while indulging in his favorite sport, so with rod and reel and a staunch out¬ board motor, the Labor Day holiday found this Waltonian disciple a-fishing along the shores of Lake Erie. Alas, came a slight breeze and a large wave (aqua), and the locomotion that propelled Mike Simon on many a piscatorial adventure is now rest¬ ing on the bottom of the tranquil lake. Hours of fishing with worms, minnows, and all the accoutrements of the modern fisherman were to no avail. He must now become an “oarsman.” — M. G. For Up to the Minute News On What Pictures Are Being Released, Consult The National Release Date Guide. Gloversville— Schine Home Office News Connie Trumbull, accounting depart¬ ment, who suffered severe injury to her foot when she caught it in a mowing machine last summer, is convalescing nicely. Recently, her co-workers gave her a “gift shower.” . . . Chris Pope, formerly in Washington, is replacing Bemie Dia¬ Service for Sound JOE HORNSTEIN has it! mond, Albany territory booker, recently inducted into the Army. . . . Barbara Col¬ lins, statistical department, will leave on Sept. 16 to become a cadet nurse. She will train in Boston. ... Joe Schwartzwalder, group manager, Auburn, Auburn, was in. . . . Howard Antevil returned to the office on Sept. 1 after several weeks in New York. Mr. and Mi’s. J. Myer Schine celebrated their 19th wedding anniversary on Aug. 30. A special luncheon celebration was tend¬ ered to Schine, also celebrating John May’s 19th year with the company. The first Schiner meeting of the 1944-45 season will be held this month. New offi¬ cers will be installed. . . . Mrs. Vandenburg, bookkeeping department, recently injured her leg. She limps around the office. . . . Herman Ripps, Metro branch manager, Albanly, was up. . . . The former Marion Christie and hubby, Dick Green, was enjoying his first furlough home. . . . Mrs. Alfred Marqusee and Mrs. Charles Miller, former co-workers in the insurance department, became proud mamas almost at the same time, a son and daughter respectively. . . . Seymour Mor¬ ris, publicity department head, returned to work after a week of vacationing in New York and New Jersey. . . . George Lynch is also back at his desk Home office meetings were arranged for September 12-13. District and group man¬ agers were in attendance. For Reliable Reports On What New Pictures Are Doing, Consult “The Tip Off ” Regularly In This Publication. Jamestown R. E. Crabill, Warners district manager; Max Friedman, booker, and Joe Weinstein, booker, from the home office in Albany, paramount PK$«k PLAYING UP THE DRAMATIC TITLE, this huge front was erected at the Rivoli, New York, for the recent engagement of Paramount's "Till We Meet Again." were visitors. . . . John McAuliffe, former Palace aide, and Haven, Olean, sign artist, reported missing in action in France, is now reported a prisoner. . . . Chautauqua institution closed its movies for the season, and Clifford Ash and William Stevens re¬ turned to the Palace as projectionists. Pete Grafiades also returned to Olean. Charles E. Kurtzman, Loew’s district manager, and Mrs. Kurtzman returned to their home in Brookline, Mass., after vaca¬ tioning at Lake Chautauqua during August. Visitors seen at the Lake were Lester Pollock, Loew’s, Syracuse; Ralph Maw, Loew’s, Buffalo; R. E. Crabill, Warners, Elmira, and Nikitas Dipson and family, Dipson Enterprises, Batavia. Gus Nestle, Palace, made a short visit to his family in the mountains. . . . Vir¬ ginia Callahan, Loew’s, Buffalo, office, proved she could maintain her equilibrium roller skating on a week end at Chautau¬ qua Lake. . . . Dean Emley, Capitol, Dun¬ kirk, is feeling fine again after a siege with his dentist. . . . Ann Gustafson, Palace, Jamestown, returned from her vacation in Detroit. . . . Frank Snyder, Winter Garden projectionist, has purchased a beautiful new home here. . . . C. L. Hollister, former Babcock, Wellsville Warner manager, is now a first lieutenant “somewhere in the Pacific.” Esther Beckman, manager, Winter Gar¬ den, tells a very funny one on herself. Returning by train from her vacation in Michigan, she went past Jamestown and had to stay over at the next stop. Ruth Sweetin subbed while Miss Beckman was away. . . . Murray Lafayette, former Warner man¬ ager, Haven, Olean, is now with 20th Cen¬ tury-Fox on the coast. . . . Gus Nestle, Palace manager, takes to the out-of-doors on his day off by picking tomatoes, beans, and corn. P. S. — He takes some salt along when picking the tomatoes. Keep Up With the Headlines In the World Of Television Weekly In This Publication. Rochester Bill Tishkoff has taken an option on land in Ridge Road, Greece, for a DriveIn theatre if he can get an okay from the town zoning board. Since he sold his Mur¬ ray theatre to Russell Moore last Febru¬ ary for $75,000, he has been studying the outdoor theatre field, and he indicated others will be associated with him in the enterprise. His is the first announcement of post-war theatre building plans. Jack Beck returned from the Globe, At¬ lantic City, to reopen the Embassy with traveling burlesque shows and films, two shows a week, one stopping off between September 13, 1944