The Exhibitor (1951)

NT-4 E X H [ B I T O R V Gene Autry stopped briefly sans Champion. When Utah celebrates the coming into this city of the Mormon pioneers in 1847, Claude Rains will be a guest artist. Rains will be narrator for the pageant, “Sands and Stars.” Francis X. Bushman, silent screen idol, will arrive on July 29 for a twoday visit in connection with “David and Bathsheba.” San Anfonio John G. Santikos, Josephine, returned from Philadelphia, where he attended a school. . . . Ulysses Cazanias, coowner. Fiesta Drive-In, made a booking trip to Dallas. . . . Manuel Womble, Alto and Royal, La Feria, Tex., was in. . . . All boys who entered the San Antonio Soap Box Derby received passes to ad¬ mit them to the Josephine and the Fredericsburg Road and Trail Drive-In. Gus Lavenant, exhibitor, has been named new station director, KBOP, Pleasanton, Tex. . . . Harry J. Ellis has taken over ownership and opera¬ tion of the Leland, Taft, Tex. He was formerly with the J. G. Long Circuit. . . . George W. Sullivan purchased the Runge, Runge, Tex., and will move from Corpus Christi, Tex., to take over the operation. . . . The Lamar, Beau¬ mont, Tex., instituted a special “Vacacation Day’s” prices during July. Adults are admitted for 25 cents, and kids under 12 free with their parents. Miguel Contreras Torres, of Mexico, producer of “Pancho Villa Returns,” Texas, was in for the opening. Also here for the showing were Harold Schwarts, Tower, Dallas and Robert Amos, AltecLansing, Dallas. . . . Douglas Naylor, manager, Woodlawn, is enjoying a vaca¬ tion. . . . Lillian Mumee, secretary to Jack Chalman, city publicity director. Interstate Theatres, is back from a vacation. San Francisco The Downtown, operated by Edward G. Maley, resumed weekend stage re¬ vues with single nightly shows on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday eve¬ nings. . . . George Mann was host at luncheon to Superior Judge Samuel F. Finley and Albert Evans, of the law firm of Evans and O’Gara. . . . Sid Weisbaum now serves tea in his SunnyMount and West Side administrative offices. Harry Mandel, national director of publicity and exploitation, RKO The¬ atres, visited. . . . Live-wire publicists were U-Ps Mike Vogel, Anne Belfer, North Coast Theatres, and Bill Blake, Golden Gate. Vogel, assisted by Miss Belfer, made a tiein which resulted in a new Nash convertible carrying credits for the U-I films, “The Groom Wore Spurs” and “Katie Did It.” For “Alice In Wonderland,” Golden Gate, Blake made a special deal with the Em¬ porium to feature Kathy Beaumont at the store’s big band-stand show. John Norcop, publicist. Fox West Coast Theatres, resigned. , . . On the sick list were Frank Woods, Robert Lippert executive, and J. Earl Henning, Lippert official, who underwent surgery at St. Mary’s Hospital. . . . Fox West Coast Theatre’s 900-seat Hopkins, Oak¬ land, Cal., closed. . . . Exploitationminded manager was Maury Schwarz, Bridge, who garnered publicity and art in The Call-Bulletin when he posed with newspaperboys in a magnet stunt prior to the carriers’ special theatre party which ushered, in “The Magnet.” Rex Film Distributing acquired from Noel Meadow Associates the sub-distri¬ bution rights for the 11 western states to “The Eagle With Two Heads. ’‘ Republic’s Pacific Coast manager Francis A. Bateman held a sales con¬ ference with six Republic branch man¬ agers. Those present included Jack Dowd, Los Angeles; George Mitchell, San Francisco; Jack C. Partin, Port¬ land; Paul McEhlinney, Seattle; Thomas McMahan, Salt Lake City, and Gene Gerbase, Denver. Max Bercutt, Warner publicist, has been in Seattle and Portland. . . . The Row was busy with state theatremen booking. Among them were Earl Boles, Crescent City; Ernie Glascock, Woodlake; J. C. Lee, Quincy, and Warren Johnson, Highway City. . . . Dispatched by manager James Myers, Monogram, to sell films were Howard Butler, on a trip through the San Joaquin Valley, and Alan Held to the Sacramento Valley and Nevada territory. San Francisco theatremen attended a mass at St. Boniface church for the late James O’Neal. . . . New to the Row is Carl Scott, Jr., working as a shipper at Columbia, replacing Jansen Stanley, resigned. . . . Bob Borovoy, owner, Cort¬ land, went to Boston to bring his par¬ ents back with him. . . . Bill Fanning, head booker, Columbia, has been con¬ fined because of illness. Carrying on were bookers Henry Stark and George Strebling. Fay Reeder, Fox West Coast execu¬ tive, has fully recovered from his recent operation. . . . Office manager George Glosser, United Artists, requested that he and booker Frank Harr exchange jobs. This has been done. . . . Lou Mar¬ in, United Artists publicist, has been, in town working on “Cyrano,” United Artists. Back from vacations are MGMers L. C. Wingham, manager; Bess Huntoon, cashier, and Edna Ward, inspec¬ tress. . . . Back at Monogram after vacations were cashier Agnes Cannon and inspectress Millie Williamson. . . . Isabelle Fletcher, secretary, SunnyMount and West Side, was on vacation at Minneapolis. A1 Laurice and Sid Weisbaum were pinchhitting. . . . Para¬ mount salesman James French vas in town. . . . Away from Paramount for vacations were Mrs. Daisy Kehoe, led¬ ger clerk, and Marty Zukrov, clerk. Salesman Jack Stevenson, Paramount, is continuing his weekend trips to Lake Tahoe. The California Theatres Ass-ociation and Affiliated Industries, Inc., reelected nine of its former directors in addition to new directors Mark Ailing, manager. Golden Gate, and D. B. Levin, owner. Grand. Reelected were Abe Blumcnfeld, Roy Cooper, L. S. Hamm, Graham Kislingbury, Ben Levin, George Nasser, Boyd Sparrow, C. V. Taylor, and Jerry Zigmond. Hulda McGinn, public rela¬ tions representative, received high praise for her work. Bob Rhodes, Monogram Studios, was instrumental in having Kirby Grant named honorary grand marshall of the parade which celebrated the California Cantaloupe Roundup at Fireball, Cal. . . . Anne Belfer, North Coast Theatres publicist, succeeded in getting news¬ paper breaks and stories for her “The Prince Who Was A Thief” stunt. Miss Belfer was assisted by Mike Vogel, Universal-International. Bookkeeper Carol Neilson, North Coast Theatres, was expected back from her vacation, and Orpheum manager Jack Miller was expected back from a vacation trip. Seattle Among state theatremen attending the annual meeting of the Pacific Coast Conference of Independent Theatre Owners at Del Mar, Cal., were: L. A. and Mrs. Gillespie, Okanogan; Fred Mercy, Jr., and Mrs. Mercy, Yakima; B. F. and Mrs. Shearer, Hal and Ethel Daigler, Fred Danz, B. C. and Mrs. Johnson, Jack and Mrs. Neville, and Will J. Conner, all of Seattle, and Ferd Nessel, Walla Walla, and Chester and Sue Nilsson, Tacoma. News of the death of Jimmy O’Neal J, came as a shock to his many Seattle friends, who had seen him when he was here on a mission connected with a pro vJ posal to form a Variety Club. Paramount is settled in its new quar C ters on Film Row. The new location was formerly occupied by ELC. . . . 'ij_ Naomi Garcia, secretary to Henry V Haustein, Paramount branch manager, •»' returned from vacation. * t Walter Rowe and party refurned from a successful fishing trip to Bridge Lake. . . . B. C. Rowe operates the /'; Crest, Broadway, and Columbia. ... Mrs. Eldon Pollock, Jr., was ill. ... i Lottie Rosen, secretary. Midstate L| Amusement Company office, Walla ,jf| Walla, Wash., was in on a vacation trip. . . . Virginia Jungmeyer, boxoffice clerk, 20th Century-Fox, left on a va ^ : cation accompanied by her husband, Ted Jungmeyer. . . . Paul McElhmney, Republic branch manager, left for a sales meeting in San Francisco. ... *'■ Morrie Segel, former salesman for ^ * United Artists, Portland, and now a aj distributor of independent films, was in. ^ j Among state exhibitors on the Row were: Mrs. Norman Clyde and her twin daughters, Langley; E. A. Darby, ■I Naches, and his father, who manages the Top-Hi, Toppenish; Guy Spencer * and son, Tacoma; A1 Frank, Yakima; S Willard Andre, Kent; Joe Rosenfield, V Spokane, and Glenn McLeod, Lopez V Island. M July 25, 1951 ,