The Exhibitor (1950)

NT-2 EXHIBITOR suing film salesmen F. B. Klein and Charles Wingfield, partners in the Church Hill and Chestertown houses. The charge is that Klein and Wingfield have acted in concert with distributor defendants RKO, Paramount, Columbia, and 20th-Fox to keep the Center from getting choice product. The S and S reports are said to be audits of the Church Hill and Chestertown operations. Louis Calhern, director John Sturges and a camera crew from the MGM lot at Culver City, Cal., arrived to shoot exteriors for “The Magnificent Yankee.” Armand Deutsch, the producer, was in recently, and arranged for sites. The new setup at Eagle Lion-Classics, Inc., is as follows; Max Cohen, branch manager; Danny Rosenthal, sales man¬ ager; Curtis Hildebrand and Walter Davis, salesmen; Robert M. Grace and Ike Ehrlichman, bookers, and Rose Damelin, cashier. The telephone remains Executive 6648, and the address is 920 New Jersey Avenue, N. W. Leaving as a result of the consolidation were Fred Rohrs, Fred Saperstein, and Mrs. Ella Young. Other notes from Eagle Lion-Classics — Mrs. Florence Carden is secretary to branch manager Max Cohen, who re¬ turns after a two-year absence. The Cohens have taken an apartment here. Mrs. Carden is looking forward to the visit this summer of her mother from Burlington, la. . . . Mildred Orange, contract clerk, and her husband are vacationing in Florida. . . . Billie Benick and her hubby recently moved into their new home in Forest Heights, Md. Hubby works at the Navy Yard. . . . Edith Clark, steno, began her vacation. . . . Danny Rosenthal has a new Studebaker. His daughter, Tammy, nine years old, is quite a well-known dancer. In town was J. Edward Fontaine, SRO. His offices are located in 920 New Jersey Avenue. ’Twas a dandy party held by host Jake Flax, Republic, in introducing to the trade Rex Allen. Luncheon was served in the Congo Room at the Carlton Hotel. Following the party, Flax, ac¬ companied the star on a tour of the Washington territory. RKO: Barbara Allen joined the ranks of Oldsmobile owners. . . . Among the visitors was William Watson, treasur¬ er’s auditor. . . . Madaline Beard was still in the hospital. . . . Birthday salutations went out to Ann Taylor. . . . Mrs. Mabel Smith, inspectress, and Elizabeth Maginn, secretary, were vacationing. . . . Looking forward to a trip to New York was Agnes Turner. . . . Mildred Mac¬ Donald, bookkeeper, attended the gradu¬ ation exercises of her step-daughter in Charlottesville, Va. Paramount: The gentlemen around the exchange headed for Los Angeles to attend a convention. Republic: Ida Leniek, assistant cash¬ ier, was vacationing in Johnstown, Pa. . . . George Simson, formerly with Re¬ public, now serving in the navy, stopped Anton Karas, right, famed zither player in SRO-EL’s “The Third Man,” stopped long enough in his rounds of Philadelphia recently to admire a clever sign made up by George Balkin, manager, Stanley. in. . . . Birthday greetings were out to Doris Smith. . . . Eddie Martin was showered with birthday greetings. Kay: Joe Di Maio was visiting the Western Maryland territory. U-I : Everyone had a grand time at the office picnic at Rock Creek Park. . . . A vacationer around these parts was Rita Kelly. . . . Birthday wishes went to Mary Grasso. Sandy; Harold Levy, salesman, for¬ merly with Film Classics, started to work. He also celebrated his birthday. . . . Visitors from Baltimore, Md., were Harold Vogelstein and Harvey Sauber. . . . “Love of a Clown” moves into the Little, Baltimore, Md. . . . The Pix has “Outrages of the Orient.” 20th-Fox: Vacationists were Doris Curran, office manager’s secretary, and Miss Jeanin Collison. . . . Mrs. Sara Young was happy that her secretary, Marion Bowen, returned from Florida. Employees were getting ready to move into the new offices at 415 3rd Street, N. W. Delaware Wilmington Ben Seligman announced the closing of the Strand. The “Miss Milford of 1950” contest was held on the stage of Schine’s New Milford, Milford. . . . Connie Dunlar, 15-year-old amateur roller skating champion, was a Sunday stage attrac¬ tion at Schine’s New Milford. . . . Mayor Edward C. Evans, manager, Schine’s New Milford, and chairman, Milford War Memorial Committee, announced favorable response to the fund-raising campaign launched on Memorial Day for the purpose of raising $3,500 for erection of a permanent war memorial. . . . Fuzzy Knight and his stage unit played the Palace, Seaford, and the Sid¬ ney, Bridgeville. . . . The Capitol, Dover, announced that it would have no matinee as the theatre has been do¬ nated for the “beauty pageant” in con¬ nection with the annual Delmarva Chicken Festival. . . . The nearby Elkton, Md., Drive-In held a benefit show for the Elkton-Singerly Fire Company. . . . The Brandywine Drive-In an¬ nounced that “Family Nights” were being resumed with the end of school, and “Uncle Wilmo, the clown,” Harry Hubbell, WILM, was on hand to greet the kiddies. . . . The Brandywine DriveIn recently installed a monkey circus on its grounds. . . . The Elkton Drive-In was also advertising its live monkey house. . . . Dick Edge, manager, Pike, Claymont, announced resumption of va¬ cation matinees. . . . Mrs. Helen Andelfinger, Pike, Claymont, retired, replaced by Miss Ann Morgan. . . . Charles Gal¬ loway, student assistant manager, Loew’s Aldine, resigned. . . . Richard Lenz, S-W Warner, resigned to enter Great Lakes Naval Training Station. — Henry L. Sholly Maryland Baltimore Before a graduating class of 2,419 at the University of Maryland, College Park, Md., at commencement exercises held in the open on the grounds, the principal address was delivered by Eric A. Johnson, president, Motion Picture Association of America. He was pre¬ sented with an honorary degree, doc¬ tor of laws. For the showing of Republic’s “Sands Of Iwo Jima,” Park, Lexington Park, Md., the theatre’s staff conducted a colorful promotional program in cooperation with the U. S. Marine detachment stationed at nearby Patuxent River U. S. Naval Station. Shown taking part in the ceremonies are from left, former marines S. F. Fay and John Antoinick, Major R. W. Greeley, Captain T. A. Turner, USN, commander, naval station; T. L. Harrison, assistant manager, Park; N. A. Hodgdon, Sr., manager, Park; former marine General Thomas Holcomb, and Natt A. Hodgdon, Jr., Park staff. Stand¬ ing under the Park marquee at right are Sergeant Major H. K. Bachman, Harrison, Sergeant J. W. Mokrzyki, Captain R. C. Hereford, Major M. E. Greeley, and Hodgdon, Jr. June 21, 1950