The Exhibitor (1950)

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NT-2 EXHIBITOR ship, Pa., operated by the K. Corporation, for which Elliott is also doing the buying and booking, and which opens the end of this month. Oscar Morgan, Paramount’s general sales manager of short subjects and Para¬ mount News, was in last week, accom¬ panied by Monroe Goodman, his assistant. Milton Hale, assistant to Paramount ex¬ ploited Bill Brooker, has been moved to the Washington, D. C., territory. Weekly PROGRAM & RUNNING TIME Schedules (SPECIFY ITEM No. BS6) • These forms are prepared for convenience in disseminating accurate information to the key members of a theatre staff so that they may answer intelli¬ gently the patron questions most frequently asked; or so that they can cue and time their show. Price per pad: 25c each Or 10 pads for $2.00 All sales prepaid. Please send check, money order or stamps with order. Sold under money back guarantee. ALL SALES LIMITED TO THEATRES WHICH SUBSCRIBE TO "EXHIBITOR" EXHIBITOR BOOK SHOP 1225 VINE STREET, PHILADELPHIA 7, PA. PHILADELPHIA SIGN COMPANY SIGNS-MARQUEES 305 BROWN STREET, PHILADELPHIA, PA. Mrs. Elsie B. Riley, Havertown, Pa., announced last week the engagement of her daughter, Miss Joy Lorraine Riley, to Andrew Willard Shearer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Aston Shearer. Miss Riley is a graduate of Lower Merion High School, and attended the College of Wil¬ liam and Mary and the University of Pennsylvania. During the war, she served overseas with the American Red Cross. Shearer is a graduate of the Lawrenceville School and Princeton University. He is a member of the Princeton Elm Club and the Pen and Pencil Club of Philadel¬ phia. During the war he served overseas with the U. S. Marine Corps. Shearer, a member of the editorial staff of Exhibitor, is editor of Physical Theatre. Some tradesters were raising eyebrows at the triple feature combination being used at the Broadway, Bridgeport, Pa. . . . Sieg Horowitz, branch head, 20th-Fox, was so enthused by a display used by A1 Boyd for “Cheaper By The Dozen” that he sent out a letter plugging the idea, and en¬ closing a photograph. Mrs. Edna R. Carroll, state censor board chairman, is hard at work on “Pennsyl¬ vania Week,” and recently held a meeting in Pittsburgh on the campaign. Circuits Stanley Warner Harry M. Kalmine, president-general manager, Warner Theatres, announced the promotion of Dan Triester as an executive in the Philly buying department in the local zone. Triester has been a member of the film buying staff in the home office, having begun his career 20 years ago with Warners as a clerk in the department. Joe Dougherty, 69th Street manager, is on an indefinite sick leave. The house will be temporarily in charge of the assistant Delbert Jones. . . . Leonore Bushman, The Daily News motion picture critic, was in the Lankenau Hospital for surgery. . . . Angelo D’Allesandro and Nancy Itzenson are finally going to take their vows on Aug. 19. They will honeymoon in the Poconos. . . . Bill Nabut, publicity de¬ partment, was on vacation. . . . Jeanne Dunav, booking department, and her brother, Ed, went to New York for a big weekend of theatre, and saw three shows in two days. District Of Columbia Washington Sidney B. Lust can sit back and relax now that his father-son banquet is marked up on the history book. He turned in a dandy. Lust gathered the group under the aegis of the Washington Hebrew Congre¬ gation, of which he is a member. Here was brotherhood in action. Rabbi Norman Gerstenfeld, Washington Hebrew Congrega¬ tion, has every reason to be proud of Lust as does the entire trade. Retired from the police scene was In¬ spector Floyd Truscott, who, at 50, had accumulated 25 years of devoted police service. . . . Talk about confusion. Did you note that while most of the surrounding states and towns were on daylight time on time, this capital remained on Eastern Standard because a few Congressmen from farm states had to impress their constitu¬ ents back home, and hold up a bill to give the District daylight time. Sam Roth’s new Plaza opened with much fanfare and praise. Opening night was for the benefit of the Kiwanis Club’s crippled children fund, and many im¬ portant persons attended. One of the features is a mammoth television set spe¬ cially designed and erected for downstairs lounge viewers. . . . The Gayety-turned legitimate is still rolling along. . . . “Lucky Day,” an original by Leo Brady and Ed¬ ward Cashman, is making a hit with Catholic University Customers. ... In town prior to taking off for the Win¬ chester, Va., Apple Blossom Festival was Van Johnson. He was dined by the movie people, and recalled for the press his ap¬ pearance many years ago at the vodvil houses. Columbia: Sam Galanty, mid-east divi¬ sion manager, is back looking great after his recent bout with the virus bug. . . . Ben Caplon and Sid Zins hopped over to Bal¬ timore, Md., to be present at the important theatre owners meeting. . . . Bill Fischer is looking over the road maps for his vaca¬ tion trip. . . . The new “hello” girl, Mar¬ garet Goodwin, is making many new friends. . . . Personable Sidney Sugarman, former veteran film salesman, now re¬ tired, visited his former office. . . . Nate Shor’s mother went to the hospital. . . . Mary Ellen Petrone was proudly showing off the recent snapshots of her fast grow¬ ing daughter. . . . Claude Ringer is getting his garden tools out of the woodshed. . . . Jimmie Finney was very happy about the debut of spring and the winter “cold” germs. . . . Home office visitors Herb Greenberg and George Haupert left. . . . Salesmen Marty Kutner, Chick Wingfield, Norman Jackter, and Jimmy Whiteside Undisputed Leadership IN DRIVE-INS! PACKAGE DRIVE-INS NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION HANOVER, PA., and FREDERICK, MD. MATE # Why not take a night off this I t • week and VISIT the ST0NEY BROOK DRIVE-IN YORK, PENNSYLVANIA (Only 50 Miles North of Baltimore) And See for Yourself The New RCA SUPERTENSITY LAMPS ... and the MOST LIGHT PROJECTED ON ANY SCREEN IN THE ENTIRE EAST ! ! ELMER H.BRIENT & SONSJnc. 12 H St. N.E., Washington, D. C. May 10, 1950