The Exhibitor (1951)

NT-6 EXHIBITOR With many exhibitors in attendance, this shows one group of film folk who were on hand in Philadelphia when WB held its recent “Go Forward” screening of four features at the S-W Aldine. in a long line after the ticket sale was stopped at 8:45 p.m., and by 10 p.m., when the fight telecast got under way, more than 400 had been turned away. Actually, Washington’s first theatre TV was seen when the fight had been post¬ poned, and President Truman’s televised speech was shown to movieg’oers seeing the regular feature at Keith’s. The Lin¬ coln packed in 1,700, and turned away 700 more despite the fact prices were upped from 50 to 74 cents. Delaware Dover Governor Elbert N. Carvel signed the Sunday bill which now permits the¬ atres within Washington city limits to BLUMBERG BROS. INC. 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Warners (230 N. 13th) July 3, 2:30, “On Moonlight Bay” (Doris Day, Gordon MacRae, Jack Smith) (Techni¬ color). operate continuously on Sundays start¬ ing at 2 p.m. The measure does not add to the number of hours the theatres are open on Sundays, it merely provides for starting at 2, p.m. instead of at 12 noon, and does away with the closing from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. required under the previous law. Unlike the bill which was given a pocket veto by Governor Carvel after the 1949 session, the new law does not affect other incorporated cities and towns, where Sunday movies will continue to be permitted only be¬ tween 12 noon and 6 p.m., and after 8 p.m. The ban on Sunday movies in unincorporated areas, such as day¬ men t, Edge Moor, and Woodcrest, continues. Wilmington Bill Page, projectionist, S-W Towne, suffered a back injury when his car overturned three times. . . . The Pike, Claymont, Del., is now open on Tues¬ days, Thursdays, Fridays, and Satur¬ days. Delaware’s Sunday law prohibits Sunday movies except in incorporated towns and cities, daymont is unincor¬ porated. . . . The Earle, New Castle, Del., was host to several of the men from the Dutch ships which came to New Castle in connection with the cele¬ bration of the tercentenary of the town’s settlement by the Dutch in 1651. . . . The unpublished telephone number of the Kerry Drive-In is 47171. — Henry L. Sholly Maryland Baltimore Neighborhood theatre operators, mem¬ bers of the MPTO of Maryland, re¬ ported that they had now turned to radio, trying 10 spot announcements daily over WCBM, Mutual affiliate. The spots are keyed to the theme that the theatres offer unusual entertainment values. Theatre owner Walter D. Pacy, who died last October, left an estate ap¬ praised at $667,260.90, according to in¬ ventories filed in Orphans Court. His will left his estate in trust for his widow and children. Among his other assets, he had 135 shares of McHenry Theatre Company and 434 shares of Forest Park Theatre Company. In the June 13 issue of Exhibitor an item concerning the operation of the Walbrook inadvertently placed opera Elmer Brient, Washington RCA dealer; James Corbey, manager, RKO-Keith’s, and Martin F. Bennett, eastern division sales manager, RCA, are seen discussing plans for presentation of exclusive tele¬ vision programs to be shown on the big screen theatre TV equipment recently installed in the Washington house. When the traveling geisha girls appear^ at the St. Mary’s, Leonardtown, Md., in connection with the recent showing of RKO’s “Tokyo File 212,” manager Bob Wentworth, K. B. Duke, Sr., and a friend posed happily with the Japanese girls. tion of the theatre in others than the proper owners. Operation and direction of the Walbrook is in the capable hands of Joseph Baer and his son, Norman, who also operate the Harford. Leonardtown T. L. Harrison, assistant manager. Park, Lexington Park, was confined to his home with the flu. . . . Val Lyons, manager, Glymont, Indian Head, had a live monkey for “Bedtime For Bonzo.” . . . The new Plaza, Lexington Park, Md., being built by P. E. Gray, hoped for a June 28 opening. . , . The D. and L., Solomon’s Island, was holding a benefit show for the Methodist Church’s WSCS members. . . . Charlie King and his Cowboys was a recent live talent attraction at John D. Bailey’s Hughesville, Md. Bailey has put his farm on St. Clements Bay up for sale. . . . The Waldorf, Waldorf, Md., plans to be one of the first theatres in Southern Mary¬ land to receive large screen television. Pennsylvania Harrisburg Commonwealth News Service an¬ nounced that 75 central Pennsylvania theatres from Reading up through the coal regions to Wilkes-Barre and west through Sunbury and Williamsport to DuBois and Altoona are now regularly June 27, 1951