The Exhibitor (1950)

EXHIBITOR NT-3 vacationist. . . . Max Salzburg, Eagle Lion branch manager, was replaced by Frank Meadows, Film Classics. The Paramount contingent came back from the coast convention quite enthused over the prospects for the future. Among those in attendance from the New Haven branch were branch manager H. Ger¬ maine, J. J. Kane, and R. Carroll, all impressed with the manner in which the convention proceeded. Variety Club Tent 31, New Haven A dinner meeting was held so that returns on the Variety Club show tickets could be made. Ray Wylie, Chief Barker, reported recently that he ex¬ pected Horace MacMahon, Bob Howard, and Smith and Dale for the benefit show. Henry Dunn, executive secretary, American Guild of Variety Artists, is an old friend of Wylie, and is extending every co-operation possible. Connecticut Canaan Louis Consolini’s 700-car capacity Canaan Drive-In, on the site of the former Canaan Airport, opened. Columbia Willard B. Rogers, president, Bond Hotel Corporation, and head, Will Rogers Drive-In, being built in Colum¬ bia, was reelected president, Symphony Society of Greater Hartford. Glastonbury Miss Joan Lampert, daughter of Mrs. Frances Lampert, owner, Glastonbury, will be married on June 25 to Jack Gor¬ don, Middletown. Hartford New air-conditioning plants have been installed by Loew-Poli New Eng¬ land TheaUes at the Loew-Poli, Hart¬ ford; Loew-Poli, Waterbury; and LoewPoli, Springfield, Mass. As a stunt for “Cheaper by the Dozen,” manager Charlie Patch, Broad¬ way, Springfield, Mass., offered free gifts to the parents first notifying the theatre of the birth of a baby born on opening day of the picture. Robert Egger has been named assist¬ ant manager, Niantic, Niantic. . . . Ernest Grecula, Jr., son of the Hartford Theatres Circuit executive, was out of Hartford Hospital. . . . Mrs. Helene Dolgin, wife of the general manager, Pike Drive-In, Newington, directed the play, “Yes, My Darling Daughter,” pro¬ duced by dramatic group at the Jewish Community Center. . . . Assistant man¬ ager Ann Lamo, Webster, is noting her fifth year at that Shulman theatre. Local entertainers and members of Local 486, projectionists union, Local 84, stagehands union, donated services for a stage-screen show at Bushnell Memorial Auditorium for benefit of Times Farm, underprivileged children’s summer camp at nearby Andover. Local 486 presented the film program, with Harrison Harries directing, and Charles Noth and Donald McDonald as projec¬ tionists. Local 84 was represented by Frank LaCava, Fred LeVerge, Michael Eduard “Lalo” Rios, starred in Para¬ mount’s “The Lawless,” got some expert advice on the horses during his recent visit to the Suffolk Downs track, Boston. Biancamano, John Sullivan, Jr., Oscar Majorie, Charles White, Sr., Harry Matarese, Michael Raitaich, and Rube Lewis. Henry L. Needles, district manager, Warner Theatres, has been nominated for election as a director, Chamber of Commerce. The organization holds its annual meeting on June 22. . . . Michael Piccirillo joined the Hartford Theatre Circuit as manager of the Rialto. . . . Jack O’Sullivan, formerly with Warner Theatres, is the new manager, Lockwood-Gordon-Rosen Danbury Drive-In. He replaces William Moore, resigned. . . . Margaret Derrick joined the Star. . . . Mrs. Albert Shulman, wife of the Shulman circuit executive, was named publications committee chairman, Noah Webster School Parent-Teacher Asso¬ ciation. . . . George E. Landers, divi¬ sion manager, E. M. Loew Circuit, reported the appointment of Frank Fitz¬ gerald as manager of concessions, Mil¬ ford Drive-In. Manchester An automobile dealer-sponsored quiz game, entitled “Stop the Record,” pre¬ sented at the State, had its final session. Meriden Joseph M. Ricci, Capitol, was granted a permit for construction of an addition The run of MGM’s “The Big Hangover,” Loew’s Poli, Hartford, Conn., was re¬ cently heralded by this life-size photo of Elizabeth Taylor, which student assist¬ ant manager Jimmy Doran, seen at left with a patron, carried through Hartford streets with appropriate plugs. to his theatre on Grove Street. It will provide a new entrance, an enlarged lobby, and a new lounge to accommodate between 150 and 200 persons. The new entrance will be located to the north of the present building, while the existing entrance will be walled in. . . . Coca Cola machines are to be installed in all Loew’s houses in New England. Harry F. Shaw, division manager, was in at Loew’s Palace to complete plans. . . . An “Annie Get Your Gun” float with three live models in western attire ballyhooed the attraction at the Palace. The float was the same used by Loew’s State, New York, and will tour all Loew Poli towns. . . . The Meriden Record-Journal printers were out on strike. Theatres were getting together to buy radio time during the emergency. New at the Palace is Helen Dembroski. New Britain Assistant manager Bill Christiansen, Arch Street, and Mrs. Christiansen be¬ came the parents of a baby girl, Claudia. . . . Shirley Pignatelli, Em¬ bassy, resigned, Dorothy McCrann re¬ placing. . . . Assistant manager Ralph C. Carenza, Strand, plans to marry a Pittsburgh girl in late August or early September. New Milford Arthur J. Smith, Jr., expected to con¬ clude the purchase of the 20th Century from the estate of John Panora. Smith, manager, Edmund Town Hall, Newtown, is in partnership with James Behan, New Jersey. He has been in the theatre business for 20 years. Putnam Interstate Theatres Corporataion, which operates houses in Putnam and Danielson, announced plans for erection of a $125,000 700-car capacity drive-in at Thompson in the vicinity of Quinebaug. Interstate district manager E. G. Neu¬ man will be in charge of construction. Storrs Gerard E. Loiselle, vice-president, University Commercials, Inc., announced that a business center, including stores and a 1,000-seat theatre, will be com¬ pleted at the University of Connecticut campus by next fall. Waterbury Bob Carney, Palace, announced the discontinuance of vaudeville for the summer. West Haven Selectmen will not enact any ordinance to ban outdoor theatres in the town, although they have had such a move under consideration since receiving peti¬ tions opposing the opening of a drive-in on Orange Avenue near the West River bridge several weeks ago. Members of the Board voted to abandon plans for such an ordinance after Town Council advised that any such ordinance is not within the jurisdiction of the Selectmen. The head of the town government ex¬ pressed the opinion that control of open June 21, 1950