The Exhibitor (1953)

EXHIBITOR NT-3 was placed on the convention work help¬ ing Adeline Struzziero, secretary. . . . Jacqueline Morris, switchboard operator, Smith Management Company, retired to devote her time to her family. Stanton Davis, RKO salesman, will be married on Aug. 2 at Temple Emeth, Brookline, Mass., to Phyllis Brown, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Benjamin Brown, Newton Center, Mass. Davis’ brother, Peter, a student at Boston University, will be best man, while another brother, Mel, head booker, Republic, will be in the wedding party. Mel and Ronnie Glassberg staged a farewell stag party for industryites and friends. Sam Haase, theatre broker, who suffered an auto accident a few weeks ago, wishes to thank his many friends for their expressions of sympathy. He will be back at his Film Row spot (in front of Harry’s Snack Bar) in a week or two. New Haven Crosstown Among others at the recent dinner to State Police Captain Urguhart were: Harold Alprovis, Frederick J. Baker, J. B. Cullen, Jack B. Fishman, J. Halprin, Herbert Hathaway, Maxwell Hoff¬ man, I. J. Hoffman, B. E. Hoffman, Russell F. Hills, Walter B. Joyner, Henry Kupchunus, Morton Katz, Edwin A. Levere, Seymour Levine, Charles Lane, S. Mathies, M. McGann, Dan Mahaney, Erwin G. Neuman, George A. Nagel, Louis O’Connor, A1 Pickus, Joseph A. Prentice, Stuart Potter, Sperry Perakos, John Perakos, Sam Rosen, Edward S. Rogin, A. Rutherford, Ben Simon, Morris Shulman, Bob Schwartz, Joseph E. Tinty, William J. Vaughan, Sam Weiss, John Patno, George Phillips, Harry Feinstein, Jim Tottman, Jim Bracken, Larry Germaine, Phil Zimmerman, Jim McCarthy, Irving Hillman, Jack Sanson, Cy O’Toole, John Hesse and Sid Kleper. Using five neighborhoods and a drivein for a premiere of two first-runs, RKO introduced a new idea. “Never Wave at a Wac” and “The Hitch Hiker” were billed in some smart, eye appealing publicity, with the pictures getting their showing in the Crown, Whalley, Rivoli, Dixwell, and Whitney, and the Post Drive-In, East Haven. To help the bally, some of the theatres involved assisted with tieups, including one where an army sound truck was tied in. Irving Hillman, Roger Sherman, obtained a full page of co-op. ads in The Journal Courier for “The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms.” . . . The “Dangerous When Wet” Register Fresh Air Fund tieup received publicity for Loew’s Poli. . . . H. Cohn, Dixwell, followed up his children”s band with another musical idea. He obtained in¬ terested youngsters who played the accordion, moulded them into an accordion band, and the group gave a concert on the Dixwell stage. John Kelleher, Vi-Jon Music Studio, assisted Cohn. Joe Mansfield, UA publicist, is seen having an informal chat recently with William Holden at a press conference held in Boston as part of the campaign on UA’s “The Moon Is Blue.” Manager Morris Rosenthal, Loew’s Poli, returned from a week’s vacation. . . . Other Poli vacationists included Ed Rowley and L. Buxbaum. Dr. Jack Fishman, Fishman Theatres, was in the hospital. . . . Len Sampson, Lincoln, Crown, was on a vacation. . . . The Lincoln closed. . . . Tommy Smith, projectionist, Whitney, was a vacationist. . . . George Harrison, Paramount, was a vacationist. . . . College assistant Lou Morris went to Canada for his vaca¬ tion. . . . Harold Gabourg, formerly of the Warner, Bridgeport, is now assistant at the Roger Sherman. John P. Byrne, eastern MGM sales manager, was in for three days. . . . William D. Kelly, in charge of the' print department for MGM, has been touring New England on a vacation. Meadow Street The Pike Drive-In ran a dusk-to-dawn show. . . . Julia Smith, State, Waterbury, is back after being ill. . . . Bernie Levy retired from the Amalgamated Buying Service, due to his health and will move to Springfield, Mass., to enter some other type of business. . . . Lewis Ginsburg is now the sole owner of Amalgamated Buying Service. He may be contacted by phoning LO-2-2197. Jim Britt, popular sportscaster, recently received “The Great Heart” award for 1953 from the Vai’iety Club of New England at a presentation in Boston made by Chief Barker Walter Brown. Seen, left to right, are Curt Gowdy, Red Sox radio and TV announcer; Brown; Louis Perini, president, Milwaukee Braves; Britt, and Martin Mullin, presi¬ dent, Childrens’ Cancer Research Foundation. Harry Rose, manager, Majestic, Bridge¬ port, Conn., recently had this man in a space suit out on the streets as bally for U-I’s 3-D “It Came From Outer Space.” Henry Breunig, United Artists, took his family to New London during his vacation. . . . The Portland Drive-In opened. Amalgamated Buying Service is doing the booking of film for this outdoor house operated by Ted Markoff. . . . Lou Phillips, Capitol Theatre Supply, in¬ stalled RCA 3-D equipment in the Madi¬ son, Saybrook, Burnside, and Ridgeway. . . . Ben Segal, former manager, Shubert, and now a producer in New York, is associated as business manager of a new cartoon film firm. At NSS Miss Anne Di Giuseppe and Lillian Kowalchuk are going to spend two weeks in Sun Valley, Idaho, and Harold Withington was spending his time at Rangely Lakes, Me., fishing. . . . James Hill, projectionist, Rialto, Bridge¬ port, was receiving congratulations on his new addition to his family, a boy. . . . Leslie C. Blakeslee and James Le Verone, Warner, Bridgeport, started on their vacations. . . . Arthur Mc¬ Leod, Astor, Bridgeport, returned from a trip. ... Joe Letezerio, Rivoli, Bridgeport, was recuperating from ill¬ ness. Co-chairmen George H. Wilkinson, Jr., and Albert M. Pickus announced that there would be plenty of prizes for golfers and non-golfers when the annual Motion Picture Theatre Owners of Connecticut golf tournament is held at Racebrook Country Club on Aug. 18. The tariff will be $12.50, and the com¬ mittee would appreciate early reserva¬ tions. Checks should be made out to Samuel Weber, treasurer, 39 Prout Street, New Haven. When the Center Drive-In, Ansonia, opened, among the film people at the opening ceremonies were B. A. Simon, Henry Germaine, Sam Germaine, Sid Cooper, Walter Silverman, Max Hoff¬ man, A1 Schmil, Max Birnbaum, Angelo Lombardi, George Somma, and others. Connecticut Hartford Bill Daugherty, manager, Webb, Wethersfield, tripped to Spaetz Air Force Base, Reading, Pa., for air force reserve duty. . . .Joe Dolgin, film buyerbooker, Pine Drive-In, and treasurer, July 15, 1953