The Exhibitor (May-Aug 1948)

THE EXH I B I TOR NT-1 NliWS OF THE Cincinnati Popular has two new workers, John Duff, sales manager, and his assistant, Miss Irene Meek, who joined the staff as a booker. The final party for the exchange employes’ union was a success. A net profit of $75 was achieved over and above the cost of the two bonds used as prizes. Ray Moon, division manager, 20th Century-Pox, and his assistant, Howard Minsky, spent a week taking care of Cincinnati proj ects. . . . Pop Wessel, film delivery service man, was on the Row. ..Rube Shor, prominent exhibitor, assumed the booking and buying for the Newbold Circuit, Bramwell, W. Va. He will do the work from his office at 1632 Central Parkway .... Harry Bugie, branch manager, Eagle Lion, was called into Pittsburgh to close the deal with Cooperative Theatre Circuit. ... Miss Georgia Brasfield joined the staff of Film Classics. The Screen Guild staff was charmed by the appearance at the office of Mr. and Mrs. William Rubery, Glasgow, Scotland, and Mr. and Mrs. James Ken¬ nedy, Bellefontaine, 0. , guests of Lillian Sudman. Kennedy is her nephew, while the Ruberys are his wife’s parents. Mildred Adams, Screen Guild office staff, visited her family in Quail, Ky. The staff knows there is such a town because they found it on the map ...Mary Rohe, S. G., went flying for the first time in her life as a passenger in a private plane. Miss Dorothy Schuster, secretary to Rube Shor, West Virginia manager for Screen Guild, reported a quiet week in the territory. Joseph Harris, president, and Budd Rogers, vice president, Realart, were in. Lee Goldberg, Popular, is chairman, motion picture division, Jewish Wel¬ fare Drive. Serving with him are Maurice White, William Bein, and William Onie, co-chairmen. The RKO Family closed for the summer. It had operated on a doublefeature policy, three changes per week. May 25 was the day of the big “Green Grass of Wyoming” premiere in Lan¬ caster, 0. Peggy Cummins and Charles Coburn were on hand. The next day the stars, accompanied by Martha Stewart, appeared on the stage of the Palace, along with a Lancaster beauty chosen as “Miss Premiere”, Miss Virginia Jessup. Florence Kipp, manager, Paramount, has been making plans for a cooking school to be held for Albers Super¬ market. She is planning a dahlia flower show in the lobby for September. Miss Kipp does booking for Cincinnati and Dayton, 0. , houses in addition to her theatre responsibilities. Edward Salzberg, branch manager, Republic, spent a week in West Virginia. Screen Guild Productions, Inc. has two new stenographers. Miss Mary Rohe and Miss Lillian Sudman ... Screen Guild’ s Marie Donelson spent a recent weekend with relatives in Nashville, Tenn. She also visited her sister in Sykes, Tenn. Her sister explained that there are more remote parts of Tennes¬ see than Sykes, but that she doesn’ t know where! Screen Guild’s Margaret “Woody” Woodruff received stationery, cards, and menus with her monicker on them from a friend staying in the Woodruff Hotel, Watertown, N. Y. Tri-State Booking Offices, with Jack Frisch as general manager, opened offices in the Film building ....Ben Cohen, manager, Strand, has been promoted to managing editor, Telenews, Cleveland. Replacing him at the Strand is the new manager, Jack Silverthorne, who comes from Detroit, where he was assistant manager, Tele¬ news. Cleveland Bob Hope will be the star attraction at the annual Cleveland Festival of Freedom program at the Stadium on July 4. The Cleveland Film Council is spon¬ soring the first Film Festival to be held on June 17 at the Nela Park Institute of Lighting. Four theatres will be in session all from 9:00 to 10:00. The admission is free, and there are no registration charges. Jack Vogel, son of the late Clarence Vogel, who founded the Vogel Construc¬ tion Company in Wellsville, 0., is now a registered architectural engi¬ neer, and, as a member of the Vogel Engineering Company, in association with his brother, Paul, is preparing plans for five new theatres in the Cleveland exchange area. They are for Lou Averbach's promotion as assistant to Earle Y/ . Sweigert, Paramount's eastern division manager, was cause for a testimonial dinner recently when 180 friends of Averbach gathered in the Pittsburgh room of the Smoky City W i l l i am P e nn Ho tel. TRADE SCREENINGS CINCINNATI RKO (Esquire) June 14, 2:30, “Melo¬ dy Time’’ CLEVELAND RKO (Shaker) June 14, 2:00, “Melody Tim e ’ ’ INDIANAPOLIS RKO (Cinema) June 14, 1:30, “Melody Tim e ’ ’ PITTSBURGH RKO (1809-13 Boulevard of Allies) June 14, 2:00, “Melody Time” Louise Stewart, in Deshler, 0. , George Davis and Joe Sferra, in Midland, Pa., and George Manos, in Columbiana, Minerva, and Louisville, 0. Vogel, a graduate of the School of Architecture, Ohio State University, attended the Beaux Arts School of Architecture, 4 The League of Showmen' s Wives, whose members are the wives and women folk of Variety Club members, held a lunch¬ eon meeting in the Variety Club with Mrs. Jack Sogg and Mrs. M.B. Horwitz as “Queens for the Day”. On June 8, the last luncheon meeting of the season was on the calendar. Plans are being made for a summer picnic, and for a clambake as a fall season opener. Milton A. Mooney, Co-operative The¬ atres of Ohio, and chief barker,. Vari¬ ety Club, has been laid up ever since he returned from attending the Na¬ tional Variety convention in Miami. First it was the aftermath of a bad sunburn, and now it’ s a sprained back. George Flynn has been promoted from U-I head booker to salesman, with Wilbur Grant moving up to succeed him, and Saul Lane being appointed assist¬ ant booker. ... B. W. Payne, B.W. Payne Film Service, had his 26-foot Cristcraft cruiser, “Sea Dust”, freshly painted. ... Paul Gusdanovic, head, Gusdanovic Circuit, celebrated his birthday with a family dinner party at the University Club. ...Lou Wetzel, Autocrat, Inc., Dayton, 0., was here demonstrating a light which can be installed on any drive-in theatre junction box to attract concession attendants, and which does not inter¬ fere with the quality of the sound.... GeriShartin, daughter of Bill Shartin, Theatrical Enterprises, opened an of¬ fice in the Film Bldg, in partnership with Martip Meade to handle the sale and installation of rubber tile floor¬ ing. Roger Albright, director of Ed¬ ucational Services, Motion Picture Association, was the guest speaker at the annual meeting of the Motion Picture Council of Greater Cleveland . . . . Al Sunshine, Advanads, was back from a trip through the south, having established sales representatives in Dallas and New Orleans. ... Reel Film Service, operated by Harry and John Urbansky, Jr. , acquired for June 9, 1948 Mideast