The Exhibitor (1950)

EXHIBITOR NT-1 NEWS OF THE Cincinnati With all overhead expenses being do¬ nated, the Variety Club netted a very satisfactory amount for its Foundling Fund when it took over the Twin DriveIn for a showing of “The Winslow Boy.” J. B. Rosen, 20th-Fox branch manager, was the efficient ticket chair¬ man. . . . With the Brooklyn Dodgers playing here when “The Jackie Robinson Story” was at the Grand, the star was in great demand for radio and TV appear¬ ances as well as at numerous meetings. Art Levy, former local manager, Co¬ operative Theatres Service, is now sales manager for Realart. Bill Borack is the new office manager at Cooperative. . . . Nellie Gill is now working in the RKO shipping department, succeeding Mrs. Margaret Walker, who died recently. . . . James Harrison, assistant shipper, Loew’s, and Mary Lou Prather, Colum¬ bia, were married on June 14. . . . Sam Galanty, Columbia, was in. . . . Dave Stenger, Columbia salesman, has been transferred from the Kentucky territory to Columbus, 0. Mrs. Hilda Moore is the new secretary to Lee I. Goldberg, owner, Realart. . . . Dave Brown, widely known exhibitor of Cabin Creek, W. Va., died. . . . The Eagle Lion staff is remaining intact. Vacationing were Nicoletta Meale, booking department secretary; Eva Ser¬ rano, inspectress; Russ Walker, booker, and Mannie Weiff, salesman, 20th-Fox; Hilda Magner, inspectress, Realart; At the recent Paramount sales conven¬ tion in Los Angeles, Paramount salesmen G. Devine, Indianapolis, left, and E. B. Lund, Minneapolis, received recognition for their work with special awards, pre¬ sented by Ted O'Shea, sales executive. Bob Coleman, booker, and Jean Sleet and Sue Scott, clerks, RKO; June Beck, assistant cashier, Loew’s; Mary Ann Grace, clerk, and Jane Everett, secre¬ tary, National Screen Service, and Mrs. Helen Cerin, secretary, U-I. Visitors included: Ducky Myers, Chillicothe, O.; Bud Gillian, Warners, Cleveland ; George Petkros, Columbus, O.; J. B. Law, Lebanon, 0.; Lew Hol¬ land, Zanesville, O.; Jim Malavozos, New Boston, O.; George Marshall, Dan¬ ville, Ky.; Fred Helwig, Charleston, W. Va.; Grant Thomas, Fayetsville, W. Va., and George Lively and John Walters, Huntington, W. Va. Cleveland Gloria Swanson took the local spot¬ light. The young, who never saw her on the screen, met her at a special screen¬ ing for teen-age school paper editors. The oldsters meet her following a trade screening at the Fairmount. Educators and business men and women met her At the recent Columbia sales convention in Atlantic City, suitcases bearing a plug for Columbia’s Lucille Ball starrer, “The Fuller Brush Girl,” were presented by these attractive Fuller Brush Company representatives to I. H. Rogovin, New England district manager; Phil Fox, Buffalo branch manager; Alan Moritz, Cincinnati branch manager, and Sam Galanty, mid-central district manager, all looking very happy. at the Cleveland Film Festival dinner in the Cleveland Public Library. Society met her at the national tennis matches, and, of course, the editors met her at breakfast, luncheon, and dinner for in¬ terviews. Owners and managers of independent theatres in the Greater Cleveland area attended a luncheon meeting of the Cleveland Motion Picture Exhibitors Association to hear the latest reports on President Ernest Schwartz’ activities to repeal Daylight Saving Time, and to re¬ ceive petitions for signatures necessary to put the matter up to public vote in the fall municipal election. John Urbansky, Jr., formerly with Reel Film Service and More Sales, is manager, Magic City Drive-In, Barber¬ ton, O., which opened. . . . An airplane flew over the Stadium carrying a sus¬ pended banner announcing that “Movies Are Better Than Ever” before and dur¬ ing a recent baseball game, promoted by the showmanship campaign drive committee. Sam Shubouf, manager, Loew’s Ohio, promoted Father’s Day publicity. The first 200 fathers attending the show each received a package of five cigars. The father with the largest family received 50. The Cleveland Critics’ Circle Award for “Annie Get Your Gun” as the best picture shown in downtown first-run houses during May was presented at a luncheon at the Statler Hotel to Nancy Davis, new MGM star, who accepted the trophy for Dore Schary, production head. . . . The Grove, Columbus Grove, O., reopened. Duke Prince, formerly with the Shea Circuit, and now associated with a bank in Conneaut, O., will be in charge of buying and booking. Sam Lichter, 20th-Fox salesman, turned over his Lake Shore estate to the Cleveland Salesmen’s Club for the an¬ nual picnic on June 24. . . . Helen Choma, Film Classics secretary until the recent merger, is now with Paramount as switchboard operator. She succeeds Ruth Clark, resigned. . . .Joe Anchulis, one of the Film building’s two elevator op¬ erators, became a graddaddy for the first time when a seven pound, 12 ounce boy was born to his daughter. Wade M. Carr, Manley district mana¬ ger, installed Manley Stadium Model popcorn machines in the following drive-ins: Elm Road Drive-In, Warren, O.; Noi'thfield-Star Drive-In, Northfield, O.; Ottawa Drive-In, Port Clinton, O.; Cadiz Drive-In, Cadiz, O.; Silver DriveIn, Windber, Pa., and Valley Drive-In, Indianhead, Pa. Olin Martin, Jr., is now managing the Montrose Drive-In, Montrose, O., ■ i, l-IARQUEES June 28, 1950 MIDEAST