The Exhibitor (1953)

NT-6 EXHIBITOR Lebanon The Capitol, a Comerford operation, closed. Lewistown The Temple, a skating rink, a, bowling alley, apartments, and parking lot owned by Carl E. Temple will be disposed of at a bankruptcy sale on June 5. Reading The Mount Penn Drive-In is again in operation on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays. Scranton A newly completed visual-aids labor¬ atory at Marywood College has been dedicated to the memory of M. B. Comerford, college benefactor. Pioneered here by Marywood College, the study of audio¬ visual aids is required for permanent certification as a teacher in Pennsylvania schools. The class is usually among those with the largest registration in Marywood’s extension or evening program. Located on the second floor of Our Lady of Good Council Science Hall, the visual aids laboratory directly adjoins the pro¬ jection booth of the recently completed Comerford Auditorium, dedicated to the memory of M. E. Comerford. Designed to seat 250 persons, the auditorium is equipped to handle motion pictures, de¬ partmental meetings, and lecturedemonstrations. Elliott Forman, MGM exploiteer, was here and in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., with the 58 foot traveling museum featuring re¬ productions and accessories used in the making of “Young Bess.” Bob Kilcullen, manager, Roosevelt, has had added to his locale many potential customers by the formal opening of a 168-family housing unit in the Green¬ wich section within a few blocks radius of his theatre. Kilcullen has made per¬ sonal calls upon the daily arriving tenants, welcoming parents and children to the general area and in particular to the Roosevelt. The personal calls have been followed by personal letters. Wuh the abolishment of telephone toll charges in all of the small towns in the Abingtons, Pa., area, Jimmy Gavin, manager, Comerford, Clarks Summit, Pa., has instituted a telephone campaign as an added impetus to his business. Michael E. Comerford, son of Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Comerford, received his BS degree in Social Science from Mt. St. Mary’s College, Emmittsburg, Md., at the 145th annual commencement exercises. Mary Fahey, Capitol, was on vacation. . . . Mary Horvath has been transferred from the Orient to the Rialto. . . . Manager Paul Tigue opened a parking lot adjacent to the West Side. The Comerford Circuit will install RCA stereophonic sound systems in 21 of the circuit’s theatres, it was dis¬ closed by J. F. O’Brien, theatre equip¬ ment manager, RCA Victor Division, Radio Corporation of America. The houses to be converted for the new RCA 3-D sound service will be the Majestic, Providence, R. I.; Riviera and Capitol, Binghamton, N. Y., and the Comerford and West Side, here; Comerford, Hart, and Penn, Wilkes-Barre; Shawnee, Plymouth; Rialto, Sunbury; Grand, Hazleton; Columbia, Bloomsburg; Capitol, Danville; Comerford, Clark’s Summit; Granada, Olyphant; Kingston, Kingston; Capitol, Waverly; Towanda, Towanda; Roman, Pittston, and the Hollywood, Pottsville, all in Pennsyl¬ vania. Variety Club Tent 13, Philadelphia Tickets for “Johnny Night” at Connie Mack Stadium on June 16 for the benefit of the Camp for Handicapped Children were reported selling briskly. There will be the usual host of added features in addition to the A’s vs. Cleveland league ball game and door prizes. The Cannes Film Festival award for the best motion picture, Paramount’s “Come Back, Little Sheba,” was recently re¬ ceived by producer Hal Wallis, center, while Shirley Booth, who received the Cannes award for best actress, accepted her award from Jeon Felix Charbot, Deputy French Counsel to the United States, at the Paramount New York home office. 2 HELPS in days of Help Shortage / JUST 2 OUT OF MANY THEATRE OPERATING FORMS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO YOU FROM YOUR FAVORITE TRADE PAPER 1st— THE "At-A-Glance" THEATRE BOOKKEEPING SYSTEM # This extremely simple sys¬ tem has been constantly re¬ vised to meet each tax or other changing requirement of the theatre man. Its 9 x 12 inch pages provide for: (1) daily ticket record, (2) tax collected daily, (3) daily gross, (4) pass and walk-in f records, (5) weather and op¬ position, (6) daily show cost, (7) weekly income from vend¬ ing machines, etc., (8) weekly gross, (9) weekly fixed ex¬ penses, payroll, and annual of monthly expense amortized weekly, (10) weekly profit or loss statement, (11) profit or loss for the year to date, etc. Price per book (Sufficient for 52 weeks): $1.60 Zlld— Weekly PAYROLL FORMS . . . for use whenever employees are paid in cash for Salary or Overtime 0 This is the system that resulted from a contrast of the Payroll Forms used by all major theatre circuits. O Designed to be filed in the ordinary letterhead size cabinet (8V2 x 11 inches) this form provides a permanent weekly record of the indi¬ vidual name, social security number, rate of pay,^ over¬ time pay, reasons for over¬ time, and deductions for all purposes. It also provides gross weekly totals of sal¬ aries, deductions, raises, etc. One of the most important features is an individual signed receipt by each em¬ ployee, without their being able to see what any other employee has earned. sheets ASK FOR A SAMPLE SHEET! *1 EXHIBITOR BOOK SHOP 246-48 N. Clarion Street, Philadelphia 7, Pa. SOLD ONLY TO SUBSCRIBING THEATRES! June 3, 1353