The Exhibitor (1951)

NT.2 EXHIBITOR lowing the wedding. Among the film folk attending were: Myron and Marne Kallet, Sidney and Agnes Kallet, Robert and Shirley Kallet, George and Dorothy Gammel, Albert and Lydia Behling, Elmer and Nina Lux, George and Marian Lynch, Mike and Kachryn Simon, Clayton and Mildred Sheehan, Max Fellerman, Austin Keough, Pete and Francis Dana, Harold and Gene¬ vieve Beecrof t. Si and Ann f abian, Myer and Hildegarde Schine, Louis and Martha Schine, Sam and Eleanor Rosen, A1 Schwalberg and Carmel Myers, Max and Ann Cohen, Harry and Helen Brandt, Tom Connors, John Murnhy and mother, Russell Downing and wife, Eddie and Dorothy Aaron, Harold and Roslyn Rinzler, Dr. and Reta Rinzler, Jack and Tillie Bowen, Gloria and Agnes Royce, Sam and Gussie Rinzler, Manny and Pearl Frisch, George and Vera Mackenna, and yours truly. Nina Lux, wife of Elmer Lux, Dar¬ nell Theatres; Mrs. DeSilver Drew, sis¬ ter of Mrs. E. K. O’Shea, and this correspondent left via train, and were joined at Oneida by Mrs. Myron Kallet and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kallet, in travelling to New York to attend the wedding of Patricia O’Shea, daugh¬ ter of Mable and Paramount’s Edward O’Shea. Mr. and Mrs. Edward O’Shea had a cocktail party and buffet supper at their spacious apartment after the wedding, Mrs. Robert Williams had a dinner party at her apartment for 30 guests. Later, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Burns had a cocktail party and buffet at their Cliff Villa estate on Wallack Point, Conn. Jane Holloran, termer Film Board secretary now with the De¬ partment of Justice, also entertained us at A La Fourchette. Dorothy Harris, Republic, and sister, Lillian Au, Clark Films, are spending their vacation in New York. John Derek flew in on his tour in con¬ nection with Columbia’s “Mask of the Avenger.” Following his appearances at the Lafayette he went on to Cleve¬ land and other midwestern and eastern cities. The annual picnic of the Variety Club, Tent 7, was held at the auto club, Clarence. A feature was a softball match between exhibitors and distributors. Elmer Lux, prominent exhibitor and City Councilman-at-Large, was en¬ dorsed for president of City Council by the Democratic Executive Committee. Ed Meade, Shea publicity director, arranged for the feature handicap race at the stock car races in Civic Stadium, to be dedicated to MGM’s “Excuse My Dust,” Shea’s Buffalo. A Red Skelton trophy was presented to Johnny Torrese, the winning driver. — M. G. Rochester Manager Lester Pollock, Loew’s, wanted to arrange a block party to honor William Warfield, “Show Boat” star and former Rochesterian, but was turned down by city fathers. . . . Mary Nev/^ York — Managers of dnve-ins walked off with the top cash prizes in the “Manager-of-the-Month” contest run by Walter Reade Theatres for April and May. First prize for April was won by A1 Lidman, manager, Lawrence Drive-In, Trenton, N. J. Harvey Keator, who runs the 9W Drive-In, Kingston, took top honors in May. MGM — New York salesman William Kiernman and Henrietta Isaac, biller, vacationed. . . . Annette Ginsberg, book¬ er’s clerk, will be accepting birthday congratulations on Aug. 2. . . . Marie Hitz, typist, vacationed. . . . Switch¬ board operator Rosiland Fruchtzweig vacations on July 28. Columbia — Secretary to the head booker, Shirley Najjar, is back after a vacation. . . . Office manager Norman Gross was on vacation. Republic — -Booker Jen Dennett and secretary Zena Mandell, and Chris Blionis, 16mm. booker, vacationed. RKO — Salesman Ted Krasner and New Jersey booker Charles Raffaniello had their daughters in the office. . . . Biller Julie DiMaggio vacationed . . . Booker Fred Trauner is on vacation. . . . Office manager Phil Hodes vaca¬ tioned. . . . Salesman Louis Kutinsky was accepting birthday congratulations. . . . Filing clerk Edith Feight and head cashier James Montana vacationed. Monogram — ^Francis High vacationed. . . . Secretary to the head booker, Ethel DeSantis, Howard Carroll’s Girl Friday for many years at the Strand and Capi¬ tol, departed for California. . . . Man¬ ager Jerry Baker, RKO Palace, had four YMCA fencers as a stage inter¬ lude promoting “Cyrano de Bergerac.” Projectionists Bill Holmes and Floyd Spencer have been at the RKO Palace ever since the house opened on Christ¬ mas, 1928. The latter began at the Bijou Dream in 1907, and the former at the Temple in 1911. Manager Baker had model trains op¬ erating in the lobby in connection with “Strangers on a Train.” . . . Dick Mc¬ Carthy and Sam Gottry were making their Fairport Inn a center of attraction for show crowds by entertaining the name stars appearing at the East Rochester Playhouse. — D. R. Syracuse Harry H. Unterfort, zone manager, Schine Theatres, on vacation, was stop¬ ping at Montreal and Quebec before going to Murray Bay. . . . Gus W. Lampe, Schine general manager, Gloversville, was in for two weeks. . . . Rap Merriman, Franklin, was enjoying the summer breezes at his camp at Oneida Lake. Israel, is back after illness. . . . .Assist¬ ant branch manager Jack Farkas vacationed. United Artists — Print booker Hilda Frischman vacationed. . . . The new typist is Geraldine Silverberg. . . . Up¬ state representative Dick Perry was proud of his daughter, Sandra, who graduated from McCoombs High School, Bronx, with honors in science. . . . Tomasina Piscitelli resigned to take a new position with Monogram. . . . Statistical clerk Bess Brewer was badly hurt when she was hit by a truck. Paramount — New Jersey salesman Richard Magan is looking forward to starting his vacation on July 30. . . . Eastern and southern division manager Hugh Owen is recovering from illness. 20th Century-Fox — Secretary to Alex Arnswalder, Bess Goldstein, Han¬ nah Zimmerman, secretary, and Ann Jones, secretary to Abe Dickstein, vacationed. Ramblin’ ’Round — ■ Areaites were truly shocked by the sudden death of Leo Powers, 52, a booker for Hoffberg for many years. . . . Max Rothstein, vice-president. Broadcast Pictures, was recently on the coast. . . . Arthur Wakeoff, head booker-buyer, Gotham, cele¬ brated 15 years of wedded bliss. . , . The new booker at Walter Reade is Rose Deutsch. ... Joe Minsky, Essex County booker, Warners, is back after his honeymoon. . . . Typist-clerk Goldy Ostrofsky, U-I, returned after a vacation. . . . Favorite’s head bookkeeper, Selma Barashick, will celebrate another birth¬ day on July 25. . . . Favorite head ship¬ per Manny Goldstein is on vacation. — Arnold Farber The baby sweepstakes staged by the Lynch and McLean families came near being a photo finish, with Larry Lynch, assistant manager, RKO-Keith’s, under the wire first. He and Mrs. Lynch are the proud parents of Lawrence Mark Lynch, III, weight nine pounds, 12 ounces, born July 13 at 7:38 p.m. Fin¬ ishing second were Mr. and Mrs. Charles McLean, he’s student assistant, Keith’s, with a daughter, Sharon Edith, weight six pounds, 10 ounces, born on July 15 at 7:10 p.m. To save confusion, the latest Lynch will be called Mark, his dad, Larry, and his grandad Lawrence. Manager Sol Sorkin, RKO-Keith’s, before the opening of “Cyrano,” tied up with WSYR in running a contest known as “Kay Russell’s Ladies Day.” Each day for a week, listeners were in¬ vited to write 50 words or less on the subject of “My greatest love affair.” A 50 piece, eight place set of Commun¬ ity Silver was promoted from Oneida Community. Presentation was made from the stage. On opening day, the Sons of American Legion, Post 41, staged a street parade. Of special inter¬ est was a blowup of “Cyrano” with an invitation to persons passing the sign to pin an enlarged nose on the face. — J. J. S. July 25, 1951