The Exhibitor (Nov 1948-Feb 1949)

THE EXHIBITOR NT3 ki;y ciiY Richmond, Va. (3) Byrd and State, “A SongIsBorn” (RKO); Loew’s, "Red River" (UA); Colonial; "Night Has A Thousand Eyes" (Para.); "The Loves Of Carmen" (Col.). Baltimore, Md. (7) New, "Road House" (20th-Fox); Keith’s, "Kiss The Blood Off My Hands"( U-I); Times and Roslyn, "The Argyle Secrets" (PC), plus reissue; Town, "A Song Is Born” (RKO); Stanley, "Sorry, Wrong Number” (Para.); Little, "Henry V” (UA); Valencia, "A Night At The Opera" (MGM). lock’s Millions" was held at Keith’s Balti¬ more, Md., during the engagement of "Night Has A Thousand Eyes". ...The Boulevard, Salisbury, Md., used a different twist on the well-known telephone gag on "Sorry, Wrong Number". Two days before opening, a newspaper ad read: "When the phone rings tomorrow, and a voice says ‘Sorry, Wrong Number', don’t hang up until you say: ‘Is this' the. Boulevard Theatre call¬ ing?’ A voice will answer ‘Yes’. Then you say: “Please send me two guest tickets to see ‘Sorry, Wrong Number’. That’s all there is to it. Simply give your name and address. Calls will be made on Tuesday only. Bar¬ bara Stanwyck in ‘Sorry, Wrong Number’ opens at the Boulevard on Wednesday”. Maryland BALTIMORE Through cooperative arrangements be¬ tween I.M. Rappaport and The News-Post, pictures of the finals at the pet show, with the narration by Alexander Gifford, Gif-Ted Children Shows, Hippodrome, were shown at the Hippodrome, Little, and Town. Through arrangements made by Hert Thatcher, Town, in the I.M Rappaport Circuit, many contestants wrote in about theu* favorite song. This was to promote interest in "A Song Is Bom”. The ordinance introduced into the City Council, and which, if passed, would have declared a curfew for children under 16 at at midnight, has been tabled. Shown here is the Smithfield, Siiiithfield Va., managed byCarrie Fulgham. Above is the neat front, and, below, the auditorium. Ernest C. Hermann has been appointed local advertising manager, Sunpapers, suc¬ ceeding William P. Scnmick, Jr., recently appointed assistant business manager in charge of the business department. Hermann has been handling local display advertising accounts. A unique auction took place at the Va¬ riety Club, Tent 19, O.D. Weems, Chief Barker. Acts from I.M. Rappaport ’s Hip TRADE SCREENINGS WASHINGTON RKO (932 New Jersey) Dec. 7, 10.30, "So Dear To My Heart". MGM (932 New Jersey) Nov. 30, 2, "3 Godfathers" podrome were auctioned off at the club tc the highest bidders for the party, and $800 was raised for the Damon Runyon Cancer Pund. The Lyric will nave a big benefit show for the Los Angeles Sanatorium and Na¬ tional Medical Centre, Duarte, Cal., on Nov. 14, with Pat O’Brien there to act as master of ceremonies. In Circuit Court No. 2, Judge Joseph Sherbow handed down a ruling making in¬ valid the anti-ticket scalping ordinance passed by Baltimore City Council, and signed by the mayor. -JACQUES SHELLMAN CALIFORNIA A. Julian Brylawski, who resides here nost of the year on his estate, was re¬ cently reelected president. Motion Picture Owners of Metropolitan Washington, D.C. Brylawski, with his family, likes to spend all the time they can. in St. Mary’s, and greatly enjoy fishing in the Patuxent River, a stone’s throw from their door. CUMBERLAND While most other drive-ins were closing their season, Ken Baker, Potomac DriveIn, Baland Enterprise, was planning, to BEN SIEGEL'S THEATRE ADVERTISING CO. Complete Poster Service Advertising Material On All Film Companies 704 NEW JERSEY AVE., N. W. WASHINGTON 1, D. C. DISTRICT 8160 November 10, 1948