The Exhibitor (1951)

NT.2 EXHIBITOR Dobbins has taken over operation of the Carolina, Wilmington, N. C. . . . Wade McManus, Starlite Drive-In, Spartan¬ burg, S. C., says it’s a girl, eight and one-half pounds. . . . Stewart Theatres has taken over the Earl and Grand, Mount Airy, N. C. . . . Carolina, Shelby, N. C., now remodeling, is a first-run house. Owner is R. L. Baker, Jr. . . . J. J. Booth, Palmetto, Walnut Cove, N. C., was vacationing at Carolina Beach, Wilmington, N. C. . . . The Crescent Drive-In, Leaksville, N. C., opened. New owner is D. E. Gwyn. . . . Colonial Thea¬ tres, Valdese, N C., holds its annual golf tournaments on June 19-20 at Linville, N. C. . . . Marshall Russell, National Screen Service, resigned to join Colum¬ bia. . . . On vacation at Republic were Billie Harris, booker, and Clio McWhirter, inspectress. . . . Arleen Whelan and Dennis O’Keefe made personal appear¬ ances here on a tour of the south in connection with “Passage West.” . . . Republic is getting off to a good start with the “Jimmie Grainger Friendship Drive.” Visiting were: I. M. Scott, Scotty, Fairbluff, N. C. ; Tom Gibson, Scotland, Laurinburg, N. C.; Erwin Tarkington, Oaks, Four Oaks, N. C.; Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Barrington, Marlboro, Clio, S. C.; T. K. Lee, Center, Kershaw, S. C.; Jim Reynolds, Shelby, N. C.; Runa Greenleaf, Curtis, Liberty, N. C.; Helen and Finn Lee, Duplin, Warsaw, N. C.; Jimmy Highsmith, Trio, Robersonville, N. C., and C. B. Roebuck, Hamilton, Hamilton, N. C. . . . Emery Wister, movie editor. The Charlotte News, left for Hollywood. Republic office manager Mitchell Little won a television set in the “Walter Titus Drive.” . . . Sam Hammond ac¬ cepted the management of Stewart The¬ atres’ Earl and Grand, Mt. Airy, N. C. . . . Queen City Booking Service is handling the buying and booking for the Lex Drive-In, Pageland, S. C., Star¬ lite Drive-In, Henderson, N. C., and the Roxy, Old Fort, N. C. . . . Jimmy Hardie resigned from National Theatre Supply to join Bryant Theatre Supply. Now it’s “Admiral” William K. Jenkins, president, Georgia Theatre Company. The well-nown showman, op¬ erator of theatres throughout the state, received from Governor Herman E. Talmadge his commission as “Admiral of the Georgia Navy.” Earlier, Jenkins had resigned as lieutenant colonel on the governor’s staff to accept the new ap¬ pointment. “Admiral” Jenkins maintains a 46-foot Chris-Craft Cruiser, the Willie Kay 11. Memphis Parched fields of cotton or fields so dry that cotton has not broken through the crust of hard soil has brought a cry from exhibitors in the territory that has had no equal in several years. A good, soaking rain would mean millions of dollars for every one, but unless the cot¬ ton states in the deep South get such a rain, predictions are that the money crop will have been all but wiped out. James M. Fox and Muriel Bradley, officers, Mystery Writers of America, on the coast recently presented Alan Ladd with a “best mystery picture” nomina¬ tion seal from that organization for Para¬ mount’s “Appointment With Danger,” the first film ever to be so honored. MGM — Visiting were Mrs. Henley Smith, Pocahontas, Ark.; Miss Amelia Ellis, Mason, Tenn.; Jack Watson, Tun¬ ica Miss, and Don Landers, Harrisburg, Ark. National Theatre Supply — C. C. Bach, assistant manager, reports the Ford, Rector, Ark., installed new chairs and the Drew Monticello, Ark., com¬ pleted installing air-conditioning. Paramount — Vacations got off to a start with Mrs. Mary Hurley and Mrs. Vivian Chilton taking off. RKO — Fred Curd, office manager, re¬ ports a visit from Ben Y. Cammack, southeastern district manager, and Hen¬ ley Smith, Pocahontas, Ark., Clark Shibley, Clarksdale, Miss, and Roy Bolick, Kaiser, Ark. 20th-Fox — Visitors included Mrs.J.C. Noble, Leland, Miss.; Lysle Richmond, Senath, Mo.; Dr. H. G. Alvarez, Green¬ wood Ark.; Paul Shaffer, Marked Tree, Ark.; R. D. West, Centerville, Tenn.; M. E. Rice, Jr., Brownsville, Tenn.; Jessie Moore, Crenshaw, Miss, and Gor¬ don Hutchins Corning, Ark. Voted the “most appreciated foreign actress of 19.50” by the moviegoers of Finland for her performance in Para¬ mount’s “The Heiress,” Olivia DeHavilland was recently awarded a diploma by the Finnish film magazine, KlokuvaAitta, with Ed Schelhorn, Paramount studio foreign department head, making the presentation at a Hollywood affair. Jack Bailey, seen in Robert Stillman’s UA release, “Queen For A Day,” recent¬ ly received in New York a gold cup from George Hecht, publisher. Parent’s maga¬ zine, on behalf of nine-year-old Dudy Lee, one of the stars of the film, chosen “Child of the Year” by the magazine. Realart — Chatting with lone Jernigan were Mr. and Mrs. Spero Azar, who own three houses in Greenville, Miss.; K. H. Kinney, Hughes, Ark., and Scott Lett, Charlotte, connected with Western Adventure Pictures. Bob Bowen and family, manager, ZerMac city group, were off on a Florida vacation. New Orleans Arthur Lubin, director, UniversalInternational’s “Francis Goes To The Races,” was in enroute to California. While here, Lubin, aiding the advance promotion of “Francis Goes To The Races,” did a round of press interviews and radio and television appearances. Lubin’s visits coincide with that of Francis, U-I’s “talking” mule star, cur¬ rently visiting 35 key cities in behalf of the U.S. Treasury’s “Defense Bond Pledge” campaign. E. A. McKenna, manager, Joy, scored again with aggressive showmanship when, in collaboration with the coast guard. Republic officially proclaimed “Salute To The Coast Guard” with the southern premiere showing of “Fighting William Perlberg and George Seaton re¬ cently took time out on the coast from lensing Paramount’s “Aaron Slick From Pumpkin Crick” to accept a scroll from Air Force Brigadier General Donald F. Stace in appreciation of their work in increasing the American people’s aware¬ ness of the importance of air power. Dinah Shore, star, congratulates Perlberg. June 13, 1951