The Exhibitor (1950)

NT-2 EXHIBITOR Smith, Boston, a 22-acre tract located on Route 10, which is to be improved with a 1200 car garden-type drive-in. Many new innovations will be incorpo¬ rated in the development, which will in¬ clude large landscaped areas and exten¬ sive playgrounds for the use of children before show time. Berk and Krumgold also recently sold Mid-West two addi¬ tional large sites located on Route S3 in Rutherford, N. J., and on Route 6 in Saddle River township, N. J., upon which drive-ins are now in construction. Long Branch Funeral Services were held last week for Thomas A. Phelan, veteran manager, Walter Reade Theatres, who died at his home after a long illness. Phelan was with the Reade organization for 38 years. Originally a musician, he played with the orchestra at the old Savoy, Asbury Park, N. J., in the early 1900’s, and then stayed on at that and other Reade theatres in Asbury Park as orchestra leader. He switched to the¬ atre management in the early 1920’s, and in 1929 became city manager for the two Reade theatres in Long Branch. In recent years, Phelan had been managing the Strand. He is survived by his wife and two sons. Newark David Horne, manager, Lido, Orange, N. J. when he went to his car parked back of the theatre, after closing, was greeted by four flat tires, a broken windshield, a damaged tail light, and the trunk forced open. His assistant, Lou Rogers, fared a little better, only four flat tires. A bathing beauty fashion show with 20 professional models was scheduled for RKO-Proctors, in connection with “House on the River.” ... To exploit “House on the River,” the Hollywood, Irvington, N. J., used a sound-truck. . . . The Adams Paramount closed for the summer. Perth Amboy Six busloads of children from South Amboy, N. J., were the guests of the Majestic, a Walter Reade theatre, as the theatre joined with other agencies in the area providing entertainment for the youngsters. Herbert Gordon, city manager, Reade theatres, said the youngsters would be guests of the thea¬ tre on Wednesday afternoons through¬ out the rest of the normal school semes¬ ter, schools in South Amboy being closed by the blast damage. He made the ar¬ rangements with school and civic officials in South Amboy. Teaneck The teen-agers are back at the Teaneck. Barred because three fires had started in the Skouras house, the man¬ agement said they would be welcomed back but A1 Harris, manager, said he would resign. He declared that he did not believe the teen-agers had yet been sufficiently punished. He added that he felt that the teen-agers would consider the short interval of banishment a vic¬ tory, and would henceforth be more diffi¬ cult to control. Republic president, Herbert J. Yates, left, recently received The Railroad Magazine award for (he company’s “Rock Island Trail.” as J. N. Hunt, Chicago and Rock Island Railroad, made the presentation on the coast, and John Wayne photographed the proceedings. Union The Stuyvesant Realty Company will erect a $50,000 super market instead of a theatre on a tract at 949 Stuyvesant Avenue, the Board of Adjustment was advised in an application for a construc¬ tion permit. The board recommended to the township committee approval of the application of the realty concern, which received a permit for erection of a the¬ atre on the plot a year ago. New York State Albany Ed Maloney, Paramount branch man¬ ager; Dick Keating, office manager-head booker, and Gordon Bugie and Jimmie Moore, salesmen flew to Los Angeles to attend the sales convention. . . . William T. Brenner, Loew’s student booker, grad¬ uated from Seton Hall University, South Orange, N. J. . . . Beverly Phillips, 20th Century-Fox clerk, announced her engagement to Frank Mannolini, of the navy. . . . Donald Schine, Darnell The¬ atre Corporation, and his wife were guests recently at the Ten Eyck Hotel. . . . Harry Alexander, former Eagle Lion branch manager, is selling for Eagle Lion Classics. ... A recent fire damaged the screen tower at the Vails Mills Drive-In, owned by Harry Lamont. Upon his recent transfer to Warner Theatres’ Newark, N. J., zone, assistant contact manager, Leo Drexler, center, was presented a gift from the entire Albany Warner Theatres’ office staff, by contact manager James P. Faughnan, left, and zone manager C. A. Smakwitz. . . . Leo Rosen, former WROW salesmanager, is now connected with Fabian Theatres as supervisor, Mohawk and Saratoga Drive-Ins. Rosen has been in the theatre business for the past 20 years, and at one time managed War¬ ners’ Strand. . . . Michael Nichols, for¬ merly associated with the Century Cir¬ cuit, is the new manager, Schine’s Mohawk, Amsterdam. . . . Lorey Furman recently resigned from the Monarch division, Gamble Enterprises, to assume operation of the Liberty, Watertown. ... A 20-puppy giveaway with trick dogs on stage proved a delight to the kiddies attending a special Saturday morning show at the Troy, Troy. . . . Sid Sommer, Warner theatres’ city manager, Troy, attended the wedding of his brother, Irving, Poughkeepsie, to Kiane Olim in Mount Kisco. . . . Variety Club Tent 9 will hold its annual golf tournament at the Shaker Ridge Coun¬ try Club on June 26. Articles of incorporation were filed with the office of the Secretary of State for the Fort George Theatre Corpora¬ tion. Capital stock was listed at 200 shares no par value. Directors are: Na¬ thaniel S. Englander, Glens Falls; Alan Mitcheltree, Lake Luzerne, and Robert E. Hughes, Glens Falls. William B. Zoellner, head, MGM short subject sales and reprints, was in. — M. E. B. Buffalo Jack O’Leary, son of J. J. O’Leary, Comerford Theatres, Scranton, Pa., has become associated in Oneida with the Kallet Circuit. ... It is nice to report that Harry Berkson, Monogram, is out of the hospital convalescing at home from his recent sudden attack. . . . F. McManus, who has been coming to Buffalo frequently buying and booking for several drive-ins, is in Cleveland recovering from an appendectomy. . . . Max Friedman and Lawrence Lapidus, son of Jules Lapidus, division manager, Warners, were visiting various film ex¬ changes. . . . Gertrude Nigro, assistant cashier, Columbia, was vacationing in New York City. Columbia held a screening of “The Rogues of Sherwood Forest.” . . . Myron Gross, Schine booker, was in Gloversville for conference at the home office. . . . Ken Blakely, president, Grand, Westfield, and Kellers, Northeast, Pa., completed the purchase of land on the outskirts of Ripley, with plans for a 500-car drive-in, half way between Westfield and Northeast. Harry Cotton says that Lee Rooney, Kenmore, joined the sales staff of J. Don Alexander to cover the Buffalo exchange territory. . . . Jack Chinell, RKO branch manager, is formulating plans for a big treasure hunt in con¬ nection with “Treasure Island.” Phil Fox, upon returning from the eastern sales convention in Atlantic City, said that in conjunction with Columbia’s “The Fuller Brush Girl,” Fuller brush girls presented each member of the or¬ ganization with a woman’s Fuller brush make-up kit for their wives. June 21, 1950