The Exhibitor (1953)

EXHIBITOR NT-1 rows OF TM BRANCHES Cincinnati Away on business were Jack Finberg, UA branch manager, to Bluefield, W. Va. ; James S. Abrose, Warner branch man¬ ager, to Cleveland for the central dis¬ trict meeing; Rube Shor, president, S. and S. Amusement Corporation, to Detroit for a meeting of the National Allied board; Gene Tunick, president, Tunick Releasing Company, and Herbert J. Gillis, Paramount branch manager, to New York City; Robert McNab, 20thFox branch manager, to Detroit for a CinemaScope demonstration; Harris Dudelson, Lippert division manager, to Detroit and Chicago, and George A. Kirby, Republic branch manager, to Lexington, Ky. Thirty area drive-ins are booked for a Lippert package, “The Tall Texan,” “I’ll Get By,” and the 3-D “A Day in the Country.” Arthur Stockum, booker, was elected president, MGM Club, succeeding James Levindusky. Other officers are: Vicepresident, Vincent Jacob, shipper; sec¬ retary, Peggy Sontag, stenographer, and treasurer, Loretta Collins, inspectress. Committee chairmen are: entertainment, Catherine Manthey, contract depart¬ ment head, and welfare, Florence Herr¬ mann, cashier. Exhibitors in were Carl Pfister, Troy, O.; Roy Wells and Lou Wetzel, Dayton, O.; Jack Needham, Charles Sugerman, and Lee Hofheimer, Columbus, 0.; Dick Meyers, Chillicothe, O.; William Settos, Springfield, 0.; John R. Poe, Aberdeen, O.; Harley E. Bennett, Corcleville, 0.; Mr. and Mrs. Carl Haegle, Fort Recovery, 0.; Bob Moran, Mt. Orab, O.; Harry Wheeler, Gallipolis, O.; George Turlukis, Hamilton, 0.; Dick Dickerson and Harold Raives, Cleveland ; Marvin Junk, Batavia, O.; Tom Larkin, St. Marys, 0.; Charles Scott, Vevay, Ind.; Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Ogden, Warsaw, Ky.; J. B. Johnson, Manchester, Ky.; E. T. Denton, Owingsville, Ky. ; A. M. Miles, Eminence, Ky. ; Raymond Young, South Shore, Ky. ; G. C. Porter and Stanley Clemens, Beckley, W. Va., and Mrs. Julia Simon, Charleston, W. Va. The Variety Club will have a float representing “Theatrical Arts” in an Ohio Sesquicentennial parade over down¬ town streets on May 24. Jack Kaufman, 20th-Fox sales man¬ ager, was elected a member of the Variety Club board. Rube Shor was named Dough Guy, and Sol Greenberg is now Property Master. Vance Schwartz is general chairman for the club’s June dance, and Hayes McGowan and Richard Rosenfeld are co-chairmen for the club’s August golf tournament. The Family, suburban Milford, 0., operated for 21 years by Ray Hautz, has been purchased by Louis E. Eigner, Jr., and Julian D. Hardoerfer. Eigner is a former projectionist. . . . The downtown Shubert, dark for several years, was leased by RKO to Rev. Earl Ivie for religious revival services. Mrs. Mary Seward, mother of Amy Banker, formerly with United Artists, is resting in a nursing home. . . . Guy Greathouse, owner, Palace, Aurora, Ind., was in Christ Hospital for surgery. . . . Irma Hillman, National Screen Service clerk, was recuperating after surgery at Deaconess Hospital. . . . The mother of May Scholle, States Film Service office manager, was seriously ill. . . . Lucille Schmolt, Midwest Theatre Supply office manager, was convalescing followingsurgery. New faces along Film Row include June Baker, West Virginia salesman for Republic; Lee Fromeyer, Realart book¬ keeper; Louise Strouffer, Paramount boxoffice clerk, and Marjory Ernst, U-I general clerk. . . . Irene Niehaus, U-I contract department, resigned, and Gladys Hadley, U-I contract department head, is on leave of absence. In were Irvin Sochin, former U-I local branch manager and now general short subjects manager, and Harry Rybnick, producer of “Untamed Women.” Jay Goldbert, Realart branch man¬ ager, was vacationing at Miami Beach, Fla. Tuesday and Wednesday — May 19 and 20 Hotel William Penn, Pittsburgh, Pa. ALLIED MOTION PICTURE THEATRE OWNERS OF WESTERN PENNA. Present ANNUAL CONVENTION AND SHOWMANSHIP MEETING Featuring Experts on 3-D and Reports on Exhibitor Problems Talks on Relief from the 20% Wide-screen Projection by National Exhibitor Leaders Tax, the Enabling Act and Others PL Gala Banquet and Dinner-Dance — Cocktail Party — Screening — Special Entertainment for the Ladies PLAN NOW TO ATTEND — EVERYBODY . . . BUT EVERYBODY IN SHOWBUSINESS IS INVITED! _ • _ _ Convention Headquarters: 84 Van Braam Street, Pittsburgh 19, Pennsylvania This space contributed by EXHIBITOR May 13, 1953 MIDEAST