The Exhibitor (May-Aug 1948)

NT-2 THE EXHIBITOR season this entire winter, because even if the Belasco were made available, repairs which would be required under the building code would take considerable time. Miss Dorothy Dolores Payette, daugh¬ ter of Mr. and Mrs. John J. Payette, was married to Charles Kemp Devereux, Chevy Chase, Md., at St. Matthew’s Cathedral on June 5. The bride, whose father is Washington zone manager for THEATRE MANAGERS and OWNERS We thank all theatre owners and managers who cooperated with us by putting return trailers in the proper addressed containers and for wrapping and address¬ ing all return advertising. We can serve all theatres better if they give us a copy of their program Tuesday each week. IMPORTANT Don't put your return film in the lobby until all your patrons have left after the last show. HIGHWAY EXPRESS LINES, INC. 236 N. 23rd Street Philadelphia 3, Pa. 1239 Vine Street Philadelphia 7, Pa. LOcust 4-0100 MEMBER NATIONAL FILM CARRIERS. Inc. JACK SEIDMAN : : : BERNARD SEIDMAN Paramount Decorating Co., |nc. STAGE SETTINGS : DRAPERIES CARPETS : PAINTING AND DECORATING 3T1 North 13th Street Philadelphia, Pa. Warner Theatres, is a graduate of the Convent of the Sacred Heart, and later attended Georgetown Visitation Con¬ vent. Charles Devereux, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Devereux, was graduated from Georgetown University, and studied at Georgetown Law School. Following the impressive ceremony at the Cathe¬ dral, performed by the Rev. Carl Hess, pastor of Our Lady of Victory, and celebrated by an 11 a. m. Nuptial Mass, the bridal party received friends in the Chinese Room of the Mayflower Hotel, followed by a reception and bridal breakfast in the Grand Ball Room. The bride, given in marriage by her father, was attended by the Misses Betty Jane Wise, Ann Flynn, Doris Reuter, and Sybil Devereux. Joseph Devereux, brother of the groom, was best man, and ushers were Messrs. John J. Payette, Jr., John R. Devereux, James Nalls, and Anthony Beyer. For the wedding, the bride wore a gown of silver lame with a veil of French tulle, and carried a bouquet of white orchids, roses and lilies-of-the-valley. The honeymoon was spent on a motor trip through New England, and the couple returned to Washington to make their home at 2618 Tunlaw Road, N. W. June Along The Row: The brown and white shoes are everywhere. . . . exhibi¬ tors are cheery in their summer suits, and bookers are looking forward to vaca¬ tions in the mountains and along the seashores. . . . Trees are green, and what grass remains on the front lawns, what with folks walking on them, is green, too. . . . Jake Flax is still culti¬ vating the pretty Druid Hill grass lawns in front of his Republic office, and Max Cohen, around the corner, in the Film Classics office, must stare at a brick wall across the alley from his office window. . . . Glenn Norris has his new office on the first floor of 20th-Fox, and it’s air¬ cooled. ... In the NSS exchange, the girls hear from Sandy, former switch¬ board operator. . . . Cards keep coming in from vacation resorts, and are posted on bulletin boards in the offices. . . . there are even some folks who are talking about Fourth of July weekend. . . . Practically all legal holidays this year fall on Sunday, but the woikers locally get Monday off, hence a three-day vaca¬ tion. At Loew’s: Esther Blendman, cashier department, and Ida Barezofsky, booker, attended a confirmation party in Reading, Pa. While there, they saw friends whom they had not seen in more than 15 years. . . . Libby Blackstone celebrated a birthday on June 6, and Audrey Smith, biller, received happy birthday greetings on June 7. . . . Paul Wall, assistant branch manager, and The top photo shows the recent pre¬ sentation by Fred S. Kogod, right, chairman, Washington Variety Club welfare committee, of a check to William R. Castle, president, Garfield Memorial Hospital, covering the purchase of two Kreiselman infant resuscitators for the use of the Hospital’s maternity ward. Looking on is VC Chief Barker Frank M. Boucher. In the lower shot, Dr. E. A. Cafritz, tent welfare committee; Boucher, and hospital administrator A. B. Cook inspect the resuscitators. his wife, Della, celebrated their wedding anniversary on June 8. . . . Dorothy Small is again back in the contract department after a two-and-a-half-year absence while she was in California. Irving Berlin’s “Easter Parade” was given a swanky private showing at the National Archives Auditorium by Loew’s. Lou Burman, prosperous real estate man about town, who started out in Philadelphia many years ago, dropped into the zoning office the other day to reminisce about the good old days in the film business. MGM’s Henry Ajello, booker, an¬ nounced that his daughter, Helen, would be graduated from Hine junior high school. MARYLAND Baltimore Maurice Gloven, engineer at Keith's for many years, recently suffered an injury to his head when he had an accidental fall, and has been ill since. When RKO’s “Tarzan and the Mermaids” recently played the State and Capitol, Richmond, Va., David Kamsky, Neighborhood Theatre, Inc., advertising manager, used this effective bally during the regatta at Byrd Park. Heralds were also distributed. June 16, 1948