The Exhibitor (1950)

NT-2 EXHIBITOR nished by the National Theatre Supply, and sold by manager and salesman Mauro, assistant: Starlight Drive-In, Pottersville, owned by Whitney and Downey, Inc., 500 cars; the Beach DriveIn, Lake George, owned by Hack and Hildreth, Inc., 500 cars, and the North Side Drive-In, Watertown, operated by Dr. P. H. Liebig and his brother, Truman T. Liebig, 500 cars. . . . Jalopies will be given away at the Madison. The used car tieup has been made by A1 Swett, man¬ ager, and the Hygrade Auto Sales Com¬ pany, Joe O’Brien. . . . Approximately 50 members and guests attended the Warner Club Outing held at Totem Lodge. A full day of activities, followed by dinner and entertainment, was enjoyed. — M. E. B. Buffalo Highlight of your correspondent’s visit to New Yoi’k was the party given Betty Burget aboard the “Queen Elizabeth’’ prior to her departure for a four-month vacation in Europe, where she will visit her mother, whom she has not seen for 21 years. Dripping with orchids, and surrounded by friends from Kearney, N. J., New York City, Rochester, Wash¬ ington, D. C., and Buffalo, Miss Burget and her party were aboard from 8 p.m. until midnight. What a x'eception was accorded yours truly by Paramount’s E. K. O’Shea aixd wife, Mable, at their Park Avenue apart¬ ment. With George Lynch, Schine Cir¬ cuit, Gloversville; wife, Marian, and Harold Beecroft all visiting, it was like old home week. The next morning, on a hui-ried visit to the Paramount executive offices, O’Shea presented fascinating A. W. Schwalberg, Paramount sales head, and your correspondent found out Ted O’Shea could really accomplish the im¬ possible. Many thanx. Hey, you talent scouts, visit the Astor Roof, and lend an ear to Alan Holmes, maestro of 13 instruments. Visiting our table, he told us he hails from Glovers¬ ville, the home town of Myer and Louis Schine. Next your correspondent exchaxxged “welcome” with foi'mer Buf¬ falo Film Board of Trade Secretary Jane Holloran, with luncheon at Sardi’s, then to her offices in the Depart¬ ment of Justice in the U. S. Court House on Foley Square, where I met the gov¬ ernment big-wigs. Dinner with the Frank McCarthys was most pleasant, and their beautiful daughter, Ester Francis, is something to behold in that “yellow for¬ eign convertible!” We then made a hur¬ ried visit to the executive offices at U-I’s new building on Park Avenue, the last word in Hollywood sets, I would say. Sad at having just narrowly missed the popular Jay Emanuel, who was over from Philadelphia, lunching at Dinty Moore’s with Nat Levy, RKO. Sorry not to have seen Gael Sullivan, executive secretary, TOA, Stanley Prenosil, D. John Phillips, and our good friends, Bert Sanford and Lieutenant General Jim¬ mie Doolittle. The jaunt to Chinatown for dinner, stopping en route at a ba¬ zaar, and winning myself a huge pink Among those at the recent convention of Allied Theatre Owners of New Jersey at Atlantic City’s Hotel Traymore were, from left: Leon J. Bamberger, RKO sales promotion manager; Wilbur Snaper, reelected Allied president; Harry Lowenstein, chairman, nominations committee, and National Allied President Trueman Rembusch. elephant was almost too much ! Climax¬ ing the New York stay, seeing “South Pacific,” was most enjoyable. A letter from Mike Simon, Paramount Detroit branch manager, and wife, Kathryn, postmarked, Bi'yce Canyon, Utah, tells of their motor trip to the Grand Canyon, and taking in all the sights enroute. The new board of the MPTO of New York State will be voted on July 10. Monogram and Screen Guild wex-e hosts at a luncheon meeting at which I. E. Chadwick, president, Independ¬ ent Picture Producers Association, told of the problems of independent produc¬ tion and their effect on independent thea¬ tre operators. The luncheon was held in the Hotel Statler, and among those pres¬ ent were: Nate Dickman, Jock Goldstein, William Rosenow, Dewey Michaels, J. G. Fater, Elmer Lux, V. Spencer Balser, Sam Yellen, Arthur Yellen, Max Yellen, Robert Murphy, Louis Drew, S. Samson, J. J. Kelly, Frank Wyckoff, Cecelia Shields, George Kakouros, William Dipson, A. M. Wallace, George Mackenna, Myron Gross, Stan Kozanowski, Charles Taylor, Mr. and Mrs. Behlixxg, Mrs. G. Gammel, Jack Tishkoff, Jack Sampsell, H. McPherson, Pete Bifarella, and E. Murphy. — M. G. Just what the doctor ordered! Repeal that 20 per cent tax! Write, wire, talk to your Senators now! Hurry! — COMPO Nancy Davis, in MGM’s “The Next Voice You Hear . . .,” attended the recent convention of Allied Of New Jersey in Atlantic City, N. J., and is shown with Wilbur Snaper, president, standing, and Lou Gold, vice-president, seated. RocSiesS’er Tbe Lakeside Drive-In has its screen tower up, concessions building and boxoffice built, all primary grading done, and speaker posts installed. . . . Howard Carroll and Leon Shafer, Strand, have been featuring a Negro subject in their Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday show, advertising it big in Negi’o neighbor¬ hoods. . . . Citing the growing down¬ town parking problem and high rates near theatres, a business man says big theatres would benefit by controlling neai'by lots, making price concessions to ticket buyers. Friends heard that Bill Tishkoff, Cen¬ tral Dx'ive-In, was planning to visit Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. . . . L. R. Dorman, Altec service man, back from enjoyable vacation, repoi'ted attending the graduation of his daughter, Jean Max-ie, youngest in a class of 435 in Colorado Springs, Colo. The Rialto heard that Schines had renewed the lease on the Dixie. . . . The RKO Temple was continuing on a weekto-week basis with business slightly better. . . . The Capitol was undergoing interior painting. . . . Manager Harry Andrews, Dixie, returned from a vaca¬ tion in Little Falls. . . . Both RKO houses turned over their candy conces¬ sions to Tri-State. Historical Notes: First neighborhood theatre to install sound was the Thurs¬ ton, now the West End, when it was owned by A1 Michaels, and managed by Walter Knopf. . . . Frank Lindcamp, manager, RKO Temple, put on street promotion for “Tillie’s Punctured Ro¬ mance.” Projectionists’ Corner: Harmon Smith was badly injured in falling from a hammock onto a box he had set up for his dog. . . . Wesley Hall, Monroe, bought a new Cadillac. . . . Abe Orden proudly watched his son get his PhD degree at MIT. . . . Cliff Campbell, who retired a year ago, was back at the Regent. . . . Tommy Stark was laid up by illness. . . . Louie Levin was under a doctor’s care but still working. . . . Joe Pandina, Strand, shot the woi-ks for his second daughter’s wedding. . . . Frank Conniglio vacationed at a lake¬ side cottage. . . . The Little Man on the Wedding Cake went to Atlantic City. July 5, 1950