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THE EXHIBITOR
ANDY SMITH, JR. HONORED IN NEW YORK CITY, SIMONELLI RECEIVES PROMOTION
Pictured recently at the Hotel Statler, Washington, were Harry M. Warner, Warner president, and Thomas Beck, Colliers magazine board chairman. Warner was in the Capitol to address a meeting of the National Council on Community Improvement group.
The youngest exploitation executive of a major film company, Charles Simonelli, is seen above. Simonelli, 25 years old, was recently appointed to the newlycreated post of eastern exploitation manager for Universal-International. He joined the firm in T942.
Arriving in New York City recently was Warner star Jane Wyman, who waves to enthusiastic admirers on her arrival. Miss Wyman will soon be seen in the company's forthcoming release, "Johnny Belinda," which also stars Lew Ayres and Charles Bickford.
H. M. Richey, MGM, recently received the citation awarded by the National Father's Day Committee to Metro's short subject, "A Really Important Person," at the annual awards luncheon in New York. Broadway star David Wayne made the presentation, as writer F. Van Wyck Mason and singer Jo Stafford look on.
During the filming of Republic's "Drums Along the Amazon" on the coast, asso¬ ciate producer-director John H. Auer, leading man George Brent, and company President Herbert J. Yates recently went into a huddle on production plans. One of the firm's more elaborate productions, the film also features Vera Ralston.
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Andy W. Smith, Jr., 20th Century-Fox general sales manager, recently celebrated his first anniversary as head of the distribution department, and at top left looks over newly established sales records made by his organization. Smith sits behind the desk, while Martin Moskowitz, Smith's executive assistant, and W. C. Gehring, assistant general sales manager, also go over the sales figures. The other shots were taken at a testimonial dinner marking Smith's anniversary at New York's Waldorf-Astoria, and seen from left to right, top to bottom, are: Jay Emanuel,
publisher, THE EXHIBITOR, and Smith; Smith, Fox President Spyros P. Skouras, and Charles Schlaifer, addressing the group. The lower right shot shows the dais where the following were seated: Skouras, Frank C. Walker, Judge William Powers, W. C. Michel, Otto Koegel, Murray Silverstone, Donald A. Henderson, W. J. Eadie, Gehring, Schlaifer, Herman Wobber, Harry G. Ballance, Jack Lorentz, Raymond E. Moon, Arthur Silverstone, Howard Minsky, Moskowitz, Peter Levathes, Clarence A. Hill, famed commentator Lowell Thomas, and the guest of honor.
June 9, 1948