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Ted Minsky Named S-W Head Booker-Buyer
PHILADELPHIA— Ted Minsky was last week announced as chief booker and buyer for Stanley-Warner The¬ atres, coming here from Cleveland, where he held a similar post with the circuit.
Since John Turner left to become UA branch head, Lou Davidoff had been filling in at the post, with Davidoff now assuming other executive duties.
Minsky is well-known in this territory.
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Philadelphia
Crosstown
The Troc, the town’s only hurley, folded for the season. . . . The Fox held a pre¬ view of 20th-Fox’s “Love That Brute.’ . . . The Pearl had an early morning projec¬ tion booth fire, which destroyed some prints, and did $2,500 damage.
Exhibitors and trade representatives at¬ tended the 15th annual luncheon of the Motion Picture Preview Group last week at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel. The affair was highlighted by a fashion show and a talk by the Philadelphia Bulletin columnist Don Rose. Officers of the group are: Mrs. Arthur Goldsmith, chairman; Mrs. Armand Loeb, co-chairman; Mrs. Herman Krull, corresponding secretary, and Mrs. Earl Mullen, recording secretary.
Vine Street
Lou Foxman announced last week that Superior Premiums’ sales office and show¬ rooms are now located at American Films, and that Ben Harris is now associated with him. . . . Eagle Lion booker Max Bronow was happy over his parents’ recovery. . . . Max Miller, Eagle Lion flack, was on the sick list.
At the AFL Industry Show at Conven¬ tion Hall, an exhibit of a miniature mo¬ tion picture theatre has been erected, operated by crafts of the movie and tele¬ vision industries. Cooperating are Locals 8, stagehands; 307, projectionists; 752, treasurers; 799, wardrobe; B-7 and F-7, film exchange; theatre employes, B-100, and television, 804.
Many members of Local 307, projec¬ tionists, attended the unveiling of Lew Krouse’s stone at Roosevelt Cemetery. . . . Dave Brodsky, the decorator, has been appointed a special deputy boxing com¬ missioner by Governor Duff
Area drive-ins getting under way are the Keystone Drive-In, Lebanon, Pa., operated by Keystone Drive-In Theatre, Inc., with Dave Sablosky doing the buying, which opens on May 18; the Highway Drive-In, a 350-car spot, Frackville, Pa., operated by Thomas and Paul Kerrigan, for which Tom E. Elliott is doing the buy¬ ing, and the Harrisburg Drive-In, a 650car spot located in Lower Paxton Town
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