The Exhibitor (Nov 1939-May 1940)

22 Lane, manager, Fabian Liberty, made a hurried one -day trip to Albany to visit ailing kinfolk. . . . Visitors to the home of Elihu Glass, Paramount manager, are admiring those new paintings in his son’s nursery. NEW JERSEY Bergen County Physician was in attendance for weakhearted when horror show was presented at Eureka, Hackensack. Management also offered lighted candles to all afraid to go home in the dark following the show. . . . Queen Anne, Bogota, was scene of a show for the benefit of the Teaneck Fire Department. . . . Comic costume party was held at meeting of 10 o’clock Club, Fox, Hackensack. . . . Rivoli, Rutherford, holding early Saturday matinees featuring three additional cartoons and serial. . . . Two hundred and eight prizes including four cash awards were given winners in coloring contest held by Fox, Hackensack, in conjunction with “Pinocchio.” — P. C. Elizabeth “Nick” Nichols, manager, Liberty, is contemplating the dropping of Saturday vaudevil for the summer months. . . . Clem Murphy, manager, Ritz, has downtown Elizabeth chuckling with his “Pinocchio” masked dwarf rollicking all over town. Murphy also arranged a window display with a local music store to plug the song hits from “Pinocchio.” Hackensack Jack Maher, manager, Oritani, staged a celebration in honor of Shirley Temple’s birthday April 23 by presenting a special showing of “The Bluebird” for this city’s school children. Jack contacted the local schools and invited teachers as well as sisters of the parochial schools to attend as his guests. . . . George Berkner, manager, Eureka, paired up “Black Friday” and “The Human Monster” and sold the unit as a horror show. Jersey City Palace gave away 30 bags of groceries. . . . Orient held Miscellaneous Book Night at which patrons missing one of the books given away in past 13 weeks had an opportunity to obtain missing volume. . . . When “Pinocchio” played at Fulton, Tivoli, Capitol and Rialto, the four theatres combined to hold a coloring contest. . . . Family Night programs have been started at the Apollo and will be held weekly with special feature. Cameo gave seventy-five permanent waves to patrons. — P. C. Newark In order to accommodate business generated by “Buck Benny Rides Again” and “Women Without Names” flooding the Paramount, Adam Adams ordered the Adams opened with the same show April 28 and 29. Passaic Samuel Ettelson, 49, brother-in-law of Simon Fabian, theatre owner, died after an operation. He was manager of Brook THE EXHIBITOR JOE JOEL SAYS: Among Other Things . . . Edith Cassell, Metro, head, billing department, is to be married May 26, to Ben Rosenberg, engaged in the textile business. . . . Phil Engel, Warners’ publicity representative, has returned from a trip throughout the New England territory assisting in the campaign on “’Til We Meet Again” and "It All Came True.” . . . Amusement Supply Company has modernized Crivani’s Casino, Keansburg, N. J. The entire theatre has been entirely renovated from stage to projection room, with an entirely new front. Company also made extensive alterations in the Liberty, Plainfield, N. J., including new front, new seats, carpets, draperies and stage settings. Mrs. Celer Kurtz, wife of Moe, celebrates her birthday May 11, day the World’s Fair opens. She informed me she always sees that her husband renews his subscription when it is due as she says she doesn’t have to ask her husband what happens around the film exchanges because she gets all the information from The Exhibitor which arrives at her home. Moe is a salesman for 20th Century-Fox. Harry Buxbaum notified me he had received many letters congratulating him on the speech he made at the Motion Picture Associates luncheon, referring to the Will lyn Paramount and before that was manager of the Colonial, Pompton, and Butler, Butler. . . . His brother, Richard, district manager, the Fabian interests, died last year. . . . Work has been started on the new Preiskel-Ackerson theatre. Paterson Adrian Ettelson, Colonial, Pompton Lakes, has purchased a new car. . . . Paterson managers are pointing the finger of scorn at the Newark managers of the Warner district. They claim the Newark bowling team backed down on the game with the Paterson group, claiming that Paterson had too many 200 per centers. Paterson managers claim that Newark knew it would be beaten if it ventured away from home. . . . Score one for the Warner ushers. Frank Spagnola, captain, They won the Industrial League championship. Frank Costa, Warner, Ridgewood, has returned to duty. . . . Irving Liner, former manager, United States, is now in Schenectady, representing the Fabian interests. . . . Wedding bells ring for Hugh Rosenberg, Butler, in September. . . . Miss Bessie De Boe, cashier evenings, Butler, has just finished six months of radio, as singer over station WABC. . . . Sal Constantino, head operator, Rivoli, Frank Hall, elected Alderman at the last election, is working actively for his constituents and has made a big hit with them. . . . George Brown, doorman, Butler, is boasting of trout. Union City Comic book was given children attending matinee at Loew’s Embassy, North Bergen. . . . RKO State was scene of cooking school sessions of the Union City newspaper. — P. C. Rogers’ Fund which was published in The Exhibitor April 24. I have known Harry for over 20 years and he is positively a square shooter and never hesitates to say what he means. ... I had the pleasure of seeing my old friend, William Meinhardt, Tacme Film Service, and was surprised to see how well he looked after his four months’ stay at Miami, Florida. Bill told me his happy moment was when he received The Exhibitor as then, though far away from the Film Center, he still knew what transpired. ... I met Helen M. Matthews, Star, Jamesburg, N. J., and she informed me when the weather was stormy, no one came to the theatre. I then asked her, “Don’t you give a show?” She answered, “Oh, yes, I send for all my friends and relatives so that the house would not be empty?” I am happy to announce that the operation which was performed on George Dillon was successful and he is now on the road to recovery at the Long Island College Hospital. ... I wonder if the Warner outfit, when they hold their convention in Washington, D. C., will get permission to hold their meetings in the White House. Nowadays, no one can ever tell what will happen in the movies. . . . Owner Ginsberg, Majestic, Paterson, N. J„ informed me that in all his years in the motion picture industry, he never received anything for nothing from any exchange but much to his surprise, he learned that Merit was giving away some very beautiful prizes in their drive and he said he certainly hoped their drive would be a grand success. . . . Please don’t forget the dinner dance of the Motion Picture Club, Hotel Astor Roof Garden May 19. NEW YORK STATE Albany Kallet Theatres, Inc., has renewed Altec service agreements for the sixteen Kallet theatres. A. J. Rademacher negotiated for Altec. Henry Grossman, Hudson’s Frieder and Grossman, has been busy getting his summer home at the lake ready. . . . Ernie Dodds, Lake Placid, stopped off accompanied by his son, William. . . . Bill Benton, Schine-Benton circuit, also spent a few days in New York City. . . . Gene Lowe, former Monogram salesman, got a very painful dose of poison ivy working in the lot in Schenectady. . . . Mitch Pantzer and Nate Sodikman, Monogram office, called on Gene to offer their sympathy, report his condition improved. Arthur Greenblatt, Alliance Films, was a visitor. . . . Moe Grassgreen’s wife and daughter were Boston visitors. . . . Morris Slotnick, Waterville and Oriskany Falls, is up and around again after an illness. . . . Frank Kuras, Rialto, Massena, discovered someone had broken into his camp, and was relieved to learn only thing missing was his pet fishing pole. Frank is planning to build a new home. Ralph Pielow, Metro resident manager, trimmed Gene Vogel, sales force, in their first golf game. . . . No less than four Metroites joined the Mayday moving parade. . . . Salesmen Gene Vogel and Arthur Horne, the latter moving his family up from Long Island. . . . Ad sales manager Claire Avery and exploiteer Jack Walsh, who has taken larger quarters to prepare for an impending visit from the stork. . . . Here is hoping it is a boy, Jack. Jules Berinstein, Ithaca’s Berinstein circuit, was seen along the row. . . . Cir May 8, 1940