The Exhibitor (May-Aug 1948)

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THE EXHIBITOR NT-1 NEWS OF THE BRANCHES r Cincinnati The recent meeting Of the Colosseum of Film Salesmen was postponed a week because members did not wish to inter¬ fere with the meeting of the Motion Picture division for Jewish Welfare, scheduled for the same time. Election ballots were mailed out by the NLRB to all salesmen, whether or not members of the Colosseum. It is rumored that some companies are attempting to sway some salesmen by making small raises and big promises, but efforts of the Colosseum continue. A new theatre was opened at Booneville, Ky. , the Seale, operated by Charles L. and Willard Seale. ... Exhi¬ bitor Scott Seale, Berea, Ky. , com¬ pletely remodeled the Berea, the job including new seats, new floor, fresh¬ ly-painted marquee. .. .Sam Levine, who operates the Sherwood Drive-In, Dayton, 0. , is opening the new Stardust DriveIn, Springfield, 0. Screen Guild's booker, Margaret (Woody) Woodruff, spent Memorial Day weekend in Bellefontaine, 0. It was Woody who entertained the Glasgow, Scotland, folk recently, and not Lillian Sudman, whose name was put down by mistake in a recent column. James Kennedy is Miss Woodruff’ s nephew, and he married the lassie whose parents are citizens of Glasgow visiting the Kennedy’s at Bellefontaine. At S.G., Mary Rhoe, steno, enjoyed a picnic at Mt. Airy Forest. ... Marie Donelson, cashier, in Nashville, Tenn. , returned minus that promised picture of a grapevine swing, but will produce one of herself swinging on the grape¬ vines next time. She is sporting a new diamond ring. The lucky young man is Nicholas Teeter. Louis Shore, owner, Cinderalla and Mingo, Williamson, W. Va., and Manny Shore, his brother, were in. ...E.L. Keesling and J.C. Newbold, Newbold Circuit, were planning to be in from Bramwell, w. Va. Film Row anticipated a visit from E. R. Custer, Custer Circuit, located in Charleston, W. Va. , to book for his new drive-in at St. Albans, W. Va. . . . Woodrow Thomas, Princess, Mt. Hope, W. Va. , was in. The Price, Dunbar, W. Va. , is just being completed, and soon will be ready for operation by the Custer Circuit. RKO launched the re-issue of Frank Buck’s “Bring ’Em Back Alive” with a jumbo area premiere at the RKO Grand. The campaign had the full cooperation of the I n q u i r e r and WLW, participa¬ ting in a civic project to replace Suzi, a gorilla, at the Cincinnati zoo. Ruth Lyons broadcast her morning show daily from the stage of the the¬ atre, and Buck was present on opening day. Harry Reiners, assistant to RKO national exploitation director, Terry Turner, and Hugh Mackenzie and Bob Haley, RKO field men, put over the campaign. Jesse Chinich has been named film buyer-booker for Northio Theatres here. Formerly in the same position with Intermountain Theatres, Salt Lake City, Chinich succeeds William Borack. now associated with cooperative Thea¬ tres, Pittsburgh. Cleveland The industry was in its infancy when Carl J. Schweikert won a license in 1914 at the age of 19 to operate pro¬ jectors. He continued as a projection¬ ist at various Cleveland theatres until his death at St. Vincent Charity Hospital. He was 53. For the past six years, he worked at Loew’ s State. Bob Hope accepted an invitation to be master of ceremonies for the Cleve¬ land Press Photographers’ annual ball on June 19. From Cleveland, he will go to Buffalo to emcee a children’ s benefit show on June 22. John J. Houlihan, Republic branch manager, spent Memorial Day weekend with his wife and children in St. Louis, while Harry Walders, RKO branch manager, was with his family in Chicago. John Murphy, general manager, Loew out-of-town theatres, was here on a routine inspection trip. . . .P.E. Essick, Rayland Company, announced that the new 1800-seat Rayland, located at Mayfield and Lander Roads, will be completed early in July. Designed by Matziner and Grosel, specialists in theatre architecture, the Mayland will be modernistic in design. Located on a 40-acre tract, provision is made for 1000 cars. Theatre cost will be $400,000. Lou Opper, Novelty Scenic Studios, was here. ... The Shulman-Schwartz Drive-In, Painesville, 0., was set for opening. Herbert Hoglan, building a 400-seat theatre in Genoa, 0. , bought Simplex sound, Alexander Smith carpets, and screen from Frank Masek, manager, Na¬ tional Theatre Supply Company. When the Paramount, Toledo, 0., is turned over to Carl Schwyn on July 1, Marvin Harris will stay on as manager. Balaban and Katz are renovizing the the Princess, which will be the “A” house. Joe Minsky, Eagle Lion division manager, who now includes Cleveland in his territory, was in calling on circuit accounts with local branch manager, Mark Goldman. Ray Moon, 20th Century-Fox division sales manager, and Howard Minsky, as¬ sistant division manager, held a con¬ ference on product and contracts with I.J. Schmertz, 20thFox branch mana¬ ger, and with the members of the sales force. “Will It Happen Again”, distributed by Film Classics, Inc., will get its premiere starting on June 17 at the Alhambra. Film Classic’ s branch mana¬ ger Sanford Gottlob is assisting in a city-wide exploitation campaign. The Warner Club rooms moved from the second floor to the fifth floor of the Warner Building to make room for some paying tenants. Present quarters are large enough for business meetings but too small for social gatherings. Harris Dudelson, United Artists branch manager, automatically became a member of the Grandfathers’ Club when a son was born to his daughter, Mrs. Robert Brisker, and her husband in Columbus, 0. Attending Paramount's recent aid-eastern division meeting in Philadelphia, were, left to right, top to bottom: from Pittsburgh, Robert Caskey, A . H . Pas sarell , Charles Yergen, branch manager D. Kimelman, and William Brooks; from Detroit, J. Thompson, district manager H.H. Goldstein, branch manager H.E, Stuckey, James Levine, Robert Lamb, J.H. Young, John Himaelein, and John Gentile; from Cincinnati, Charles Perry, Qolds tein, James Doyle, branch manager J.J. Grady, Fred Myers, John Rodman, Vincent Kramer, and William Meier, and from Cleveland, Aaron Wayne, J.B. Gardner, T.L. Irwin, S. Frifield, branch head, Howard Roth, and James Levine, Product was discussed. June 16, 1948 Mideast