The Exhibitor (1952)

NT-2 EXHIBITOR C. Taylor resigned to accept a position with the government in Washington, D. C. . . . Sam Hemby, formerly with Theatre Equipment Company, has been discharged from the navy, and has joined the booking department at RKO. . . . The North 21 Drive-In, Columbia, S. C., has completed a new concession stand. . . . Ralph Cathey, head shipper, Screen Guild, resigned to manage the Houston Drive-In, Macon, Ga., replacing James Hill, who is going to the Palm Drive-In, Savannah, Ga. ... A screening of “Outlaw Women” produced by Howco Productions, of which J. Francis White is president, was held at the Plaza. Re¬ freshments were served at the Variety Club. . . . Marilyn Hill is the new typist clerk at Republic, replacing Edith McLester, resigned. . . . The drive-in, Creedmoor, N. C., will open on May 15. Owner is M. B. Glasgow. Saxton Thea¬ trical Service will handle buying and booking. . . . Betty Kerr, secretary to the branch manager, Columbia, moved up to the cashier department, replac¬ ing Martha Linbeck, who resigned to move to Greensboro, N. C. . . . The economy drive hit Republic, laying off two inspectresses and one typist clerk. Bonnie Baker, wife of R. L. “Sonny” Baker, Webb, Gastonia, N. C., is in the hospital. . . . Jack King, salesman, Columbia, resigned to replace J. D. Hexamer, head booker, United Artists, promoted to city salesman. . . . Elma Caldwell, secretary to the branch man¬ ager and R. T. Belcher, booker, Republic, were on vacation. Seen on Film Row; Woodrow Fussell, Bladenboro, Roseboro, and Fair Bluff, N. C.; A. T. Livingston, Victory, Wagener, S. C. ; Harold Hall, Dixie, W. Columbia, S. C.; Walter Brown, Boyd, Winnsboro, S. C.; Sonny Baker, Webb, Gastonia, N. C.; Roy Helms, Rowe, Elizabethtown, N. C.; Joe Accat'di, Sky¬ line Drive-In, Morganton, N. C.; E. M. Rogers, Flamingo Drive-In, Fayetteville, N. C.; Erwin Rourk, Wrightsville Road Drive-In, Wilmington, N. C., and S. J. Workman, Hollywood, Woodruff, S. C. Memphis The beautiful Plaza, Memphis’ newest house, held a pre-opening with more than a 1000 visitors taking a look-see. The hosts Mr. and Mrs. Augustine Cianciolo, who also own the Luciann and Rosemary, welcomed the guests, while the manager, Robert Lessley, formerly with the Strand, introduced Cianciolo to the audience. The formal opening was held the next night, with proceeds going toward the East Memphis Kiwanis Club for “Council of Aid” Retarded Children’s School. The new feature in Memphis theatres is the party room on the balcony which will accommodate 75 guests who may view the screen through a glassed front, and have refreshments served from an adjoining well-equipped service room. It forms the east side of the balcony, with a large well-equipped operators room that is flanked on the other side by a cry room furnished with comfortable seats for mothers and cribs for tiny tots. This is also glassed in. Downstairs there are seats to accom¬ modate 1250 patrons. Soft lighting, light green walls, and three shades of deep, soft carpeting make it one of Memphis’ most beautiful show houses. Columbia — Receptionist Catherine Smith was on the sick list, while Evelyn Wahlquist, first booker, was holding the booking job during the vacation of the second booker. . . . Visiting were William Elias, Osceola, Ark., and L. J. Denning, Bemis, Tenn. Monarch Theatre Supply — George B. Marchez, Gordos Corporation, was visiting N. B. Blunt, general manager. . . . Also in were; George Farris, Tunica, Miss., and D. L. Moxley, Blytheville, Ark. MGM— Exhibitors in included; Bill Ruffin, Jr., Covington, Tenn.; Mrs. Claude Snow, Swifton, Ark., and Miss Louise Mask, Bolivar, Tenn. Monogram — Mrs. Pat Hammond, booker, resigned. . . . Bailey Prichard, branch manager, was visiting in Missouri. Meet Your Neighbor H. Paul Shallcross, division man¬ ager, American Desk Manufacturing Company, with headquarters in New Orleans, was born in Nashville, Tenn., on Oct. 1, 1913. Shallcross obtained his education in Orleans Parish Pub¬ lic Schools and Tulane University. His advent in the film business was in 1935 with 20th-Fox, re¬ maining until 1946 when he associated himself with E. V. Landaiche and the Independent Booking Service. A few months later, he accepted the position as salesman for the American Desk and Manufacturing Company. When William Prewitt returned to the home office and plant in Temple, Tex., Shallcross stepped into the district sales manager’s position, which covers Atlanta, Memphis, Char¬ lotte, and New Orleans. His domicile in Waveland, Miss., includes the missus and a half dozen children, Sandra, Paula, Pamela, Scotty, William, and Harry. His leisure moments are spent in hunt¬ ing, fishing, and as a dog fancier of Weimaraner stock. Paramount — A1 King, Dallas, division manager, was visiting. 20th-Fox — Albert Perryman replaced Grady Goodwyn as the new student booker. . . . Mrs. Geneva Frisbie was vacationing with her husband in Massa¬ chusetts. He is in the navy. . . . Visiting exhibitors included Walter Lee, Hebers Springs, Ark.; Jesse Moore, Crenshaw, Miss.; Herod Jamison, North Little Rock, Ark.; A. M. Roxy, Clarksdale, Miss.; John Lowery, Russellville, Ark.; A. B. Garrett, Union City, Tenn.; Jack Watson, Tunica, Miss.; R. H. Kinney, Hughes, Ark.; L. B. Bays, Granada, Miss., and G. H. Goff, Parson, Tenn. Warners — Bess Thomas, availability clerk, has been replaced by Mary C. Higgs. New Orleans Bill Page, W. W. Page Amusement Company, and his booker, John Luster, Robeline, La., were in. . . . Nyles and Woods new owners, Rose, Franklinton, La., reopened it. . . . Pat Wagner and Goldie Foerster occupied Sunday with the Red Cross Mobile Blood Bank unit at Jackson Barracks. . . . Bert Brown’s new Moonlight Drive-In, under con¬ struction near Evergreen, Ala., is slated for a May 20 opening. . . . Manager Bob Kelly, Dixie, joined his salesman, H. P. Paul, on an excursion to Grand Isle, La. . . . Mr. and Mrs. Levere C. Montgomery returned after a visit to their farm near Jonesville La. Kenneth Giddens and manager W. E. Limroth added 150 car speakers to their Air-Sho Drive-In, Mobile, Ala. . . . Buy¬ ing, booking for the Joy and Leo Drivein, Shreveport, La., will again be handled Among those present at the recent New Orleans dinner given by UA in honor of George Pabst were, left to right, Hank Plitt, vice-president and manager of theatre operations, Paramount-Gulf; Milton Cohen, UA southern division manager; G. J. Dureau, Jr., president, Paramount-Gulf; W. J. Heineman, UA vice-president and general sales manager, shaking hands with Pabst, newly appointed southern district manager for the company; Max Youngstein, UA vice-president and general manager of advertising, publicity, and public relations; Maurice Barr, Paramount-Gulf secretary and manager of advertising and publicity, and Abe Berenson, president, Allied Gulf 1 heatre Owners Association and Gretna, La., theatre owner. Attending, but not in this photograph, was newly appointed UA branch manager Alex Maillho, who replaced Pabst. May 7, 1952