The Exhibitor (May-Aug 1948)

THE EXHIBITOR NT-1 iM-WS OF THE BOSTON Crosstown R. D. Fairbanks, Altec Service branch manager, gave his daughter, Sally, in marriage on May 29 to Major Lloyd Patch, Brockton, Mass. It was announced that the Criterion, M and P house, would reopen shortly. The theatre was gutted by fire some years ago, but has been completely renovated. Eliminations announced last fort¬ night by the Bureau Of Sunday Censor¬ ship were as follows: “Forbidden Love’’ (“L’Homme Du Niger”), Parts 1 to 10. (Deletions: English captions and French dialogue pertaining thereto, “What’s going on Kiani?”, to and including, “-then you will also give him the mother as an indemnity.”, in part 2. Dialogue, “-you old bugger.”; scene showing doctor delivering baby; dialogue, “You did some screaming,” to and including, “Oh. . . . magnificent!”, in part 7). Em¬ bassy. “Girls Of Paris” (“Au Bonheur Des Dames”), Parts 1 to 9. (Deletions: The following English captions and accompanying French dialogue: “His girls are for sale like his goods.”, to and including, “-and change the store sign.”, in part 2. “-and have a good time.”; “Why don’t you find a boy friend?”, to and including, “-I had to come to it.”; “If I had a friend-”, to and including, “You like comfort as much as that?”, in part 3. “Mile. Cugnot is slightly enceinte.”; “No girls seduced here.”, in part 4. “You don’t have to work.”, in part 6). Embassy. “I, Jane Doe,” Parts 1 to 9. (Deletions: Dialogue, “-and, if you both had a good time-”, in part 7). Republic. “The Prairie,” Parts 1 to 8. (Deletions: Struggling scene between Ellen and Abriam as follows: From point following dialogue, “-I want to talk to you.”, to, but not including, scene showing Esther reading Bible, and all dialogue pertaining thereto, in part 5). Screen Guild. The children of Boston wanted an elephant, and now they’re going to get one. It’s a friendly elephant, but it hasn’t a name. So an elephant-naming contest has been sponsored by the Hearst news¬ papers, with prizes totaling $500 for the person who submits the most suitable name. Mayor Curley for some time has been beseiged by requests from children who bemoaned the fact that Franklin Park Zoo was minus an elephant. The mayor submitted his problem to the Hearst newspapers, and they contacted Frank Buck, whose original “Bring ’Em Back Alive”, will open at the RKO Boston on June 24. Buck replied that he had just the right one for them. In addition to the $500 in cash, there will be prizes of tickets to “Bring ’Em Back Alive.” Herbert D. Goldberg, son of Leonard Goldberg, Quincy, Mass., exhibitor will be graduated from the Stratford School of Business Administration this month. He became engaged to Betty May Sand¬ ler on May 24 on her 19th Birthday. Miss Sandler will be graduated from the Chandler School. John Nolan, Comerford Circuit, ac¬ companied by A1 Clark, manager. Majestic, Providence, were in visiting the various exchanges. . . . “Pagliacci”, distributed through Embassy, opened at the Kenmore. . . . Terry Turner, RKO, was in setting up a campaign on “Bring 'Em Back Alive”, RKO Boston. Wedding bells pealed on June 13 from the belfry of St. Joseph’s Church, Med¬ ford, Mass., when Virginia R. Egan, Altec Service, became Mrs. Michael Noel Hoey. Fire Commissioner Russell S. Codman ordered signs prohibiting smoking which bear his name to be removed from theatres. The commissioner said he has no jurisdiction now over theatre smok¬ ing, although bills giving him that authority are pending in the city now. The funeral of Thad C. Barrows, 59, president. Motion Picture Operators Union for 27 years, and head projec¬ tionist, Metropolitan, since it opened, was held on June 5 from the Watertown Chapel, Kenmore Square, with a re¬ quiem mass at Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Jamaica Plain. Barrows, who died at Peter Bent Brighan Hospital, entered business in 1906 when he joined the Howard Moving Picture Company. Prominent in theatrical circles, he was made an honorary member of the Guild of British Cinema Projectionists and Technicians Ltd., during a visit to Eng¬ land. He leaves two sisters and a brother. Burial was in New Calvary cemetery. Dave Svitzky, booker, 20th Century Fox, is planning to resign, and will sail on the Queen Mary for England on July 9. . . . “Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House” is to have its Boston premiere at the Keith Memorial early in July. The Massachusetts Committee, Catho¬ lics, Protestants, and Jews honored three distinguished Americans, Fleet Admiral William F. Halsey, retired; To herald the recent engagement of Columbia’s “The Sign of the Ram”, Strand, Providence, four trucks of the Max Silverstein Magazine Distributing Company carried placards, with one of the decorated vehicles shown above. Congressman John W. McCormick, and Barney Balaban, president, Paramount, for outstanding service in promoting good will and brotherhood when more than 1200 prominent citizens attended the dinner at the Hotel Statler on June 3, dedicated to veterans of World War II still in hospitals. Balaban was honored for stimulating greater awareness of the blessings of our American heritage by undertaking the development of The Freedom Train project, and for present¬ ing an original copy of America’s Bill of Rights to the Library of Congress. NEW HAVEN Crosstown Television station WNHC-TV was due for operation on a more regular schedule on June 15. ... A story being told around is that Bob Ritzert, Bijou assistant; Norm Levinson, College assistant; John Di Benedetto, Bridgeport Poli assistant, and George Pelroth were driving around town when they were ordered by a New Haven police man to give chase to a stolen car. The car was recovered, and the culprit was captured at gunpoint. Wives of theatrical men who were elected officers of the women's Assembly, Jewish Center, were Mrs. Lawrence C. Caplan, financial secretary, and Mrs. •J*ll— Mil— "Mil — llll^— 1111— Mil— 1111^— MII— 1111— Mil— 1111— Mil— —MII— I I I I Attention Exhibitors! j ! Greenwich Theatre East Greenwich, R. I. ! Has Just Installed I A I Manley 48 C-3 Theatre | Popcorn Machine J SEE Samuel Horenstein Manley, Inc. j I 45 Church St., Film Row Boston, Mass. f On hand at recent opening night ceremonies at the Daniel Webster, Nashua, N. H., were, left to right: theatre officials Jack Shea, booker; George Goett, treasurer; Ray Smith, Gerald Shea, Fenton D. Scribner, manager; Carroll Lawler, and William Shea. June 16, 1948 NEW ENGLAND