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EXHIBITOR
Friday and Saturday evening “Spook Shows” are garnering a lot of cash right now, particularly at the drive-ins, and National Screen Service has prepared a stock 40 x 60 which seems to be getting wide distribution. . . . Dave LefF, area representative for IFE, reports that “Anna” is clicking.
One hears so much about closings lately that it is a real lift to hear a rumor that the Strand, Altoona, Pa., will reopen in a few weeks. It is a Fabian operation.
Jack Judd, branch manager, Columbia, is hard at work setting up another multiple first-run on “The 5,000 Fingers Of Dr. T.,” which will break shortly in about 26 subsequent-run houses.
George Rice recently opened his new ozoner in Shinnston, W. Va. It has been named the Rice. . . . The Serrao brothers will soon open their new driveins in Indiana, Pa., and Ford City, Pa. Addition of these two units bring their circuit up to six houses. . . . “Shane” moved from a smash first week in the Warner, Erie, Pa., for a second week at the Strand. Reports from Wheeling, W. Va., are that the matinee business on the seventh day of the engagement was bigger than the opening day.
Bill Basle, Basle Circuit, Washington, Pa., returned from a much needed vaca¬ tion trip through the south. . . . Wally Anderson is back in the saddle running his circuit of houses in Northern Penn¬ sylvania. . . . Frank Lewis and Earl Beckwith, buyers, Blatt Circuit, report such success on experimental “Spook Shows” that they are booking the show throughout the entire circuit of 26 houses. . . . John Walsh, on leave of absence as manager, Fulton, is im¬ proving, and ventured out for the first time the other day. As soon as his doctor gives him the okeh, he will leave with his family for an extended rest. . . . Mort England, representative, Ex¬ hibitor’s Service 3-D glasses, is all hopped up over the new colored plastic glasses he will soon be able to deliver.
U-I starlet Lori Nelson was due in to help beat the drums for “All I Desire,” Fulton. . . . Dean Martin recently made a very sizeable donation to Reverend Paul Rictor, pastor, St. Anthony’s Catholic Church, Steubenville, O., in the drive for funds to erect a new rectory. Martin was baptized in the church as a baby.
Friends hear that Dave Barnholtz, former salesman for U-I, is opening a kosher health food store in Hollywood soon. . . . Carl Dozer, Chief Barker, Tent 1, who has been hospitalized, was able to go home. . . . Irene Lee, former Pittsburgher, lost her job as New York story and talent representative for Wallis-Hazen Productions in the recent surprise dissolution of that company.
The terrific heat, fireworks displays and picnics did not do the indoor theatre business much good on the evening of
July 4. Area exhibitors do report, how¬ ever, that they noticed a slight picking up in business, and are hopeful that it indicates the usual July upswing.
Indiana
Terre Haute
Lester Cowan, producer, “Main Street To Broadway,” being released by MGM, has been asked by Mayor Ralph Tucker to hold the premiere of the film here.
Kentucky
Louisville
The Knox Drive-In, Vine Grove Junction, Ky., opened, owned by Eliz¬ abethtown Amusement, Inc., headed by Robert T. Enoch. The complete pro¬ jection and sound equipment were fur¬ nished by Falls City Theatre Equipment, Louisville, Ky.
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Steinkamp, Franch Lick, Ind., announced the en¬ gagement of their daughter, Miss Sally Lee Steinkamp, to Gerald Duane Farlow, Paoli, Ind. . . . Art Stanish, man¬ ager-executive director, Kentucky, has been away on an extended vacation trip.
Roland Foster purchased the sub¬ sequent run Downs from Leo Ciacio. Roland built and operated several thea¬ tres.
The nominating committee of the Kentucky Association of Theatre Owners nominated the following for new district directors: first, Jack Keiler, Paducah; second, W. E. Horsefield, Morganfield; third, D. Irving Long, Louisville; fourth, C. K. Arnold, Bardstown; fifth, Tom Hill, Covington; sixth, A. N. Miles, Eminence; seventh, J. E. Isaac, Cumberland; eighth, John Keck, Sandy Hook; ninth, Foster Lane, Williamsburg, and directors-at-large, Andy Anderson, Hart¬ ford ; Robert Enoch, Elizabethtown, and Mrs. Clyde Marshall, Columbia. Messrs. Ned Greene, Leon Pickle, C. R. Buechel, W. D. Aspley, J. Van Snook, Gene Lutes, L. O. Davis, W. E. Cain, Mrs. O. J. Minnix, and Bob Cox were elected a year ago for two-year terms.
William Powars has taken over the operation of the Lakeview Drive-In, Pendleton, Ky., from R. H. Totton. Powars has been a representative of the Alexander Film Company.
Some of the suburban neighborhoods announced their mid-week summer price policy of 25 cents for adults, with the children’s fare at nine cents.
A. B. McCoy resigned as manager, East Drive-In, to accept a similar job at the Uptown. McCoy was replaced at the East by Moses I. Beeler. McCoy replaces Jack Boswell, who died.
Ohio
Columbus
The engagement of Clarence Lanthorn, assistant manager, Loew’s Ohio, to Miss Shyla Kettler was announced.
Frank Yassenoff held the grand open¬ ing of his Fifth Avenue Auto Theatre, for 550 cars, the only one in Franklin
County to remain open all year.
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Mrs. Marie Holt, on leave from her position at the Southern, said she hoped to be a guest on the TV program, “Strike It Rich.”
Columbus and Cincinnati theatres showed slight gains in municipal admis¬ sion tax collections during the calendar year 1952 as compared with 1951, re¬ ported Robert Wile, secretary, Inde¬ pendent Theatre Owners of Ohio. All other major cities and most smaller towns showed declines in 1952 collections. Cincinnati theatres gained 1.6 per cent while all Cincinnati amusements gained .7 per cent. Columbus theatres gained .4 per cent, while admission taxes col¬ lected for all amusements declined 3.9 per cent, showing that theatres gained on other forms of entertainment. The amusement tax loss for Cleveland was
1.7 per cent. Figures for Cleveland thea¬ tres are not available. Akron theatres declined 15 per cent while all amuse¬ ments dropped 30.8 per cent, Canton theatre collections dropped 12.2 per cent as compared with an overall loss of 8.7 per cent. Youngstown theatres declined
6.8 per cent and all amusements declined 5.4 per cent. Only eight small Ohio cities dropped more than 20 per cent. These in¬ clude Clyde, Circleville, Wooster, Xenia, Conneaut, East Cleveland, Urbana, and Lorain. Six Ohio cities and towns have repealed municipal admission taxes since January, Gabon, Greenville, Mansfield, Medina, Miamisburg, and Steubenville.
In approving the Mosher bill to re¬ peal state censorship of newsreels, the House of Representatives voted down an amendment offered by Representative Andrew 0. Putka, Domocrat, Cleveland, which would have continued censorship of foreign-made newsreels.
Robert Sokol, manager, Loew’s Broad, was vacationing.
Toledo
Owners of Toledo’s newest ultra¬ modern 1200-car drive-in, the Jesse James, are again revealing their show¬ manship. They have brought the first 3-D film to be exhibited in a drive-in in this area. The 3-D picture was accepted by the patrons, with 4,000 cars turned away and the highways jammed for six miles around the drive-in. The greatest obstacle of presenting 3-D pictures successfully in drive-ins, screen problems, has been overcome by the use of a specially formulated screen paint, developed for exclusive distribution by Eprad Company, Toledo. When the special paipt is used to cover the screen service, both 2-D and 3-D pictures can be exhibited with equal perfection, it is clairpefi. The equipment, purchased from Theatre Equipment Company, Toledo, for the new open-airer, was planned to incorporate the necessary 3-D equip¬ ment. Century sound and projection equipment, Strong mighty “90” lamps, Hobart generators, and Eprad in-car speakers are used.
July 15, 1953