The Exhibitor (1953)

NT-2 EXHIBITOR Seen at the recent demonstration of 20th-Fox’s CinemaScope at the Loew’s Palace, Washington, D. C., are, left to right, Orville Crouch, Loew’s Theatres eastern division manager; C. A. McCrork, Altec; E. O. Wilschke, Altec; John Murphy, general manager, Loew’s out-of-town theatres; L. D. Netter, Jr., Altec; Alex Harrison, 20th-Fox home office representative, and C. Glenn Norris, 20th-Fox Atlantic division sales man¬ ager; Nat Hodgdon, manager, Plaza, Lexington Park, Md.; Allan Collier, editor of the navy newspaper, The Tester, Lexington Park; Jack Fruchtman, southern Maryland ex¬ hibitor; J. B. Rosen, 20th-Fox Washington branch manager; Ray Trumble, general manager, Lexington Park, and Kenneth Duke, president, St. Mary’s Theatres, Leonardtown, Md., and Charles Kripps, Jr., 20th-Fox salesman; Douglas Connelly, Aberdeen, Md.; Harry Valentine, 20th-Fox salesman; Leonard Lea, Danville, Va.; Rosen; Sidney Bowden, Wilder Theatres, Norfolk, Va.; Mr. Diggs, Wilder Theatres, and Leonard Lea, Jr., all obviously impressed. ing department. . . . Reesa Cooper Oppeheim, formerly of the booking department, became the mother of a baby girl, Carol Robie. . . . Home on leave from the infantry was Terry Moffett, former mail boy, who expects to ship out to Europe. . . . On vacation were Everett Callow; Jack Brodsky, Ellis Shipman’s assistant; Eva D. Racup, tabulating department; Anne Levenston, contract department; Bill Charles and Mary Egan, sound and engineering de¬ partment, and Rufus Young, custodian. District of Columbia Washington Pat Rooney celebrated his 73rd birth¬ day while playing in “Guys and Dolls” at the National. . . . Lieutenant J. V. Sites, recreation officer, Bainbridge, Md., Naval Base, was in booking. . . . Sam and Ross Wheeler, accompanied by their families, journeyed to Pittsburgh to attend a wedding of their niece. Upon their return, Ross Wheeler made a swing through the Clinch Valley, and Sam Wheeler went to Baltimore, Md. Mr. and Mrs. James Whiteside, he’s the Columbia salesman, turned “artists” in their spare time. They turned in a “professional” paint job on their bed¬ room. . . . Local branch managers held their monthly luncheon and meeting at the Washington Hotel. Lorraine Pipkin is Johnny Broumas’ new secretary. He is now booking and buying for the Powell Valley Drive-In, Big Stone Gap, Va., and the Dixie DriveIn, Vinton, Va. . . . Floyd Davis, Neigh¬ borhood Theatre, Arlington, Va., zone, was spending his vacation at Virginia Beach, Va. A1 Sherman, Georgetown, D. C., re¬ turned from Atlanta, where he attended 3-D? CINEMASCOPE? STEREOPHONIC SOUND? For expert Installation or Information contact PROGRESSIVE ELECTRIC CONSTRUCTION CO., Inc. 240 N. 13th Street Philadelphia 7, Pa. the graduation of his son, Don, from Georgia Tech. The lad received a fellowship to Princeton, N. J., and will study under Professor Albert Einstein. Allied Artists — Steve Broidy was in with his family, and branch manager Milt Lipsner visited with him. . . . Judy Cohen received a letter from her hus¬ band, Private Joe Cohen, stationed in Korea. He has been promoted to com¬ pany clerk. . . . Salesman Harold Levy is going back on the road after spending a stint in the office subbing for office manager A1 Wheeler, who was on vaca¬ tion. Bed) Johnson opened his new Glen Drive-In, Mechanicsville, Va., of 200car capacity. . . . Benjamin C. Hart,' Chestertown Drive-In, Chestertown, Md., visited, accompanied by his sister-in-law, Joy Leverage, Chestertown. . . . Henry Hiser, Hiser, Bethesda, Md., showed his friends in the exchanges the pictures of his daughter’s wedding. Columbia — Sam Galanty, mideastern division manager, was in Cincinnati meeting with branch manager Phil Fox. . . . Sid Zins, exploiteer, was in Cleve¬ land setting up campaigns o,n “The Juggler.” . . . August Klaes, shipper, returned from his vacation. . . . Harold Goldstein, booker, was vacationing in the Catskills. . . . Lillian Levy, biller, was taking in the Miami Beach, Fla., sun¬ shine, while on vacation. . . . Marty Kutner and Jack Jackter, salesmen, have new cars. Prospero Arcaro closed his Lenox, Richmond, Va., for July, reopening on Aug. 2. ... Joe DeMaio, formerly with Kay, joined the sales staff of Sandy. Bill Myers, Echo and Deluxe, Balti¬ more, Md., visited the exchanges for the first time in years. He has been spend¬ ing most of his time between Baltimore and the Eastern Shore. While in Wash¬ ington, he did a little buying for his new Pocomoke Drive-In, Pocomoke City, Md., which will open shortly with a 270-car capacity. Warners — Happy birthday goes to Clara Jeter. . . . Rebecca Dillon, biller, was vacationing in Atlantic City. . . . Evelyn Brown, secretary, was on vaca¬ tion. . . . The girls in the office held a roast at the home of Mrs. N. Bertin. . . . Marie Rimus, boxoffice statement clerk, was in Miami, Fla. . . . Salesman Johnny Garst was in from the Clinch Valley. . . . Ben Bache accompanied salesman Cliff Jarrett, visiting the accounts on the Eastern Shore. Bernard Lewis, IFE exploitation man¬ ager, was in to assist in the finalizing of arrangements for the premiere of “The Little World of Don Camillo” at the Silver Springs, Plaza, and Little. Seymour Schussel, IFE eastern division manager and assistant to Bernard Jacon, vice-president in charge of sales and distribution, was in for meetings with exhibitors and to attend the premiere of “The Little World of Don Camillo” at the Silver Springs, Plaza, and Little. ■ft Irwin Lust, Capitol, is in the Casualty Hospital suffering with a broken leg. He was standing on the sidewalk, wait¬ ing to cross the street, when a car climbed the curb, and knocked him down. U-I — Alice Zamer, biller, flew to Havana to visit her father. . . . Debbie Burke is back from a vacation in Braddock Heights, Md. . . . Ella Gross, in¬ spectress, returned from her New York honeymoon. . . . Doc Summers, booker, was back from a trip to the Catskill Mountains. 20th-Fox — Sara Young-, booker, was vacationing in Cape Cod, Mass. . . . Hal Marshall, exploiteer, was in, and went to Richmond, Va., to handle the American premiere of “Sailor of the King,” Byrd and State. . . . Happy birthday went to Mary Castell. . . . Booker Jack Kohler’s children, Johnny and Pauline, are spending the summer with their grandparents in Mendham, N. J. . . . Marion Sites and Arline Alt¬ man were vacationing at Virginia Beach, Va. . . . Branch manager Joe Rosen drove his son, Bobby, to a summer camp in the Poconos. Howard Dietz and Arthur Schwartz, lyricist and composer of the music for MGM’s “The Band Wagon,” are cele July 15, 1953