The Exhibitor (Nov 1948-Feb 1949)

THE EXHIBITOR NT-3 PHILADELPHIA EXCHANGE LISTING (On this page will be found a complete listing of film exchanges serving the Philadelphia area. Addi¬ tions or corrections are invited to keep this as accurate as possible.) All companies listed may be addressed as Phila¬ delphia 7, Pa. AMERICAN 1329 Vine Street-WAInut 2-1800 Manager— Ben Harris. ARTKINO 1225 Vine Street— RIttenhouse 6-5895 Distributor— Jack Jaslow. BLUMBERG BROTHERS, INC. 1305-07 Vine Street— LOmbard 3-7240 Operator— Harry Blumberg. BOXOFFICE PICTURES, INC. 1301 Vine Street— LOmbard 3-6848 President— N. Wax. Sales manager— John Schaeffer. CAPITAL 1314 Vine Street— SProce 4-2698 Manager— Edward J. Gabriel. Salesman— Ralph Cohen. CLARK 1225 Vine Street— LOcust 7-4311 Manager— Oscar Neufeld. Supervisor— David Rosen. COLUMBIA 1240 Vine Street— SProce 4-2062 Division manager— Harry E. Weiner. Circuit sales manager— Lester Wurtele. Office manager— Walter Donahue. Publicity man— Milt Young. Sales manager— Dave Korson. Salesmen— Ben Felcher, Philadelphia, suburbs; Ed Feinblatt, New Jersey, Delaware, Allentown; Francis Flammer, Harrisburg, Scranton, WilkesBarre. Bookers— Joe Flood, Comerford, Stanley-Warner, key towns; Ben Rosenthal, city, suburban; Norman Gaskill, Jr., New Jersey, Delaware; Edgar Bower, upstate. EAGLE-LION 1225 Vine Street— RIttenhouse 6-3876 Branch manager— Harry Berman. Publicity man— Max Miller. Sales manager— Stanley Kositzky. Salesmen— Stanley Kositsky, Philadelphia, environs; Howard Smith, Scranton, Wilkes-Barre; Harry Tyson, Harrisburg; Herman Hirschorn, New Jersey, Office manager— Mary Meadowcroft. Bookers— Max Bronow, circuits, city, Delaware, New Jersey; James Riemel, Comerford, Harisisburg, Read¬ ing, Allentown. FILM CLASSICS, INC. 1235 Vine Street-LOcust 4-1168 Branch manager— Mort Magill. Salesmen— Samuel Kahn, Mike Shulman. Head booker-office manager— Florence Weiner. most pies, a dessert for which the eating place is noted. The gag line of the contest was “Murphy’s Has A Thousand Pies.” Bob Sidman, manager, Senate, defended the local theatres in an argument at the preelection forum of the League of Women Voters. J. Calvin “Hap” Frank, Republi¬ can candidate for the State Legislature from Harrisburg, charged that “money in the Fifth and Sixth Precincts of the Seventh Ward last year came from the movie interests.” The Fifth Precinct of that district was one in which more votes were cast than there were registered electors, and two of seven persons were convicted of fraud in the Dauphin County Court. Sidman, serving as a moderator at the forum, replied to Frank as follows: “I don’t know of any medium of public expression that is as impartial as the movie industry. I think Mr. Frank has con¬ fused the Sunday movie question with a political election.” To promote “Apartment For Peggy,” manager Gerry Wollaston, State, used a HIGHWAY EXPRESS LINES 236 N. 23rd Street-LOcust 7-4311 PresidentJames P. Clark. HOLLYWOOD 1220 Vine Street-LOcust 4-1320 Owner— Carl Munzer. Booker— B. Lansing. Assistant booker— A. Gushman. MGM 1233 Summer Street— SPruce 4-5150 District manager— Robert Lynch. Branch manager— Loo Formate. Publicity man— James Ashcraft. Office manager— Frank Sculli. Salesmen— C. C. Pippin, Philadelphia, suburban; Wil¬ liam Hopkins, eastern Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey; F. Jelenko, Harrisburg; Sculli, Philadelphia, suburban, Joseph R. Morrow, Scranton and WilkesBarre. Bookers— Ben Hayney, circuits; Dave Titleman, Phila¬ delphia, suburban. New Jersey; Charles Baines, northern Pennsylvania, Harrisburg; H. Bache, first run accounts; Charles Kaselman. MONOGRAM 1241 Vine Street— RIttenhouse 6-8342 Branch manager— Alfred J. Davis. Booker-office manager— W. R. Schwartz. Sales manager— Samuel Palan. Salesmen— Mike Katz, Scranton, New Jersey; Eli Gins¬ berg, Harrisburg, Delaware; Samuel Palan, Phila¬ delphia. NATIONAL SCREEN SERVICE 1201 Vine Street— RIttenhouse 6-9580 District manager— Jack Cohen. Branch manager— Stanley Goldberg. Office manager— Moe Koppelman. Salesmen— Harry Low, Ben Stern, Louis Blaustein. NATIONAL THEATRE SUPPLY 1225 Vine Street— SPruce 4-6156 Operator— Ralph Pries. NEW JERSEY MESSENGER 250 N. Juniper Street-LOcust 7-4822 President— Meyer Adelman. PARAMOUNT 248 North 12th Street-LOcust 7-3672 District manager— Earle W. Sweigert. Branch manager— Ulrik F. Smith. Sales manager— J. J. Bergin. Publicity man— William Brooker. Salesmen— Herman Rubin, Philadelphia, vicinity; John Kane, Scranton, Wilkes-Barre; Clem Reck, Harris¬ burg, upstate. Bookers— Ralph Garman, booking manager; Matthew Judge, Philadelphia, New Jersey; Robert Shisler, miscellaneous; Lou Fortunate, Harrisburg, upstate. PENN THEATRE EQUIPMENT 307 N. 13th Street Operator— Charles Cohen. PRINCIPAL FILMS, INC. 1237 Vine Street— RIttenhouse 6-2534 Owner— David Moliver. REPUBLIC 1225 Vine Street-LOcust 7-4712 Branch manager— Norman Silverman. Salesmen— Joe Schaeffer, Philadelphia, suburbs; Wil¬ liam C. Karrer, New Jersey, Delaware; St. Pearlsweig, Harrisburg, Scranton. Bookers— James Flynn, Mildred L. Green. RKO 250 North 13th Street-LOcust 7-3555 District manager— R. J. Folliard. Branch manager— Charles R. Zagrans. lobby board featuring the raves of local critics. The picture also was plugged on Red McCarihy’s Platter Chatter program over WHGB, and a co-op. ad was used by a large department store. . . . Special Office manager— Joseph Farrow. Sales manager— Ely Epstein. Publicity man— Doug Beck. Salesmen— A. G. Gottshalk, city salesman; J. J. McFadden, Allentown, Shamokin, Wilkes-Barre; Pat¬ rick Beck, New Jersey, Harrisburg. Bookers— John Phelan, city; William Quinlivan, Al¬ lentown, Pottsville, Hazleton; Charles Donohue, Comerford, upstate. New Jersey; Martha Clark. Stanley-Warner; Edward Fisher, upstate Pennsyl¬ vania, Delaware. SCREEN GUILD 1315 Vine Street— LOmbard 3-9020 Branch manager— Jack Engel. Salesmen— Harry Brillman, Arthur Heyman, Moe Sherman. Booker— Janet Hallard. SRO Market Street National Bank Building— Rl 6-6355 District manager— Saul Krugman. Salesman— Harry Dressier. VINCENT M. TATE 1618-20 Wyoming Avenue Forty Fort, Pa. 20th CENTURY-FOX 302 North 13th Street-WAInut 2-2828 Division manager— R. E. Moon. Assistant division manager— H. G. Minsky. Branch manager— Sam Diamond. Sales manager— Sig Horowitz. Office manager— R. M. Doherty. Salesmen— Nat Rosen, City, New Jersey, Bethlehem, Allentown; Jack Dinan, Harrisburg; Dennis Cohallan, Scranton, Wilkes-Barre. Bookers— Mae Greenus, territory covered by Dinan, newsreels; Francis X. Kelly, territory covered by Comerford Circuit; Lillie Rosentoor, Stanley Warner, Diamond accounts; Jack Forscher, territory covered by Cohallan. UNITED ARTISTS 302 North 13th Street-WAInut 2-1102 Division manager— Mark Silver. Branch manager— Salem Applegate. Salesmen— Frank Hamerman, Philadelphia; Clayton Bond, Jr.; New Jersey, Harrisburg; Horace Wright, Scranton. Office manager-head booker— E. McCaffrey Ziegler. Booker— Elizabeth Marrandino. UNIVERSAL-INTERNATIONAL 251 North 13th Street-LOcust 4-3980 District manager— John J. Scully. Branch manager— George E. Schwartz. Office manager— Richard Melvin. Salesmen— Joseph Leon, Philadelphia; William J, Doyle, New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania; Murray Gold, Harrisburg; Howard Saltz, Allentown, Read¬ ing; Norman Weitrnan, Scranton, Wilkes-Barre. Bookers — Ferd Fortunate, George Evans, James Winters; Owen Cline. WARNERS 230 N. 13th Street— RIttenhouse 6-9530 Branch manager— William G. Mansell. Assistant branch manager— Charles Beilan. Office manager— George D. Hutcheon. Publicity man— George Fishman. Salesmen— Ben Bache, Philadelphia, suburban; T, N. Noble, Harrisburg, Shamokin; O. B. Guilfoil, New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania borderline towns; Dave Cooper, Scranton, Wilkes-Barre. Bookers— Virginia O'Brien, L. J. Hannan, E. Carlin, Anthony Blase, Ed O'Donnell. transportation was provided for Eugene Plank, Colonial, so he could vote at home in Newport. ... A standee of Jane Wyman, star of “Johnny Belinda,” was displayed in the front window of a furniture store. As A NEW TYPE of THEATRE CHAIR SLIDE-BACK CHAIR FOR INFORMATION AND DEMONSTRATION, SEE Vincent M. Tate Theatre Supply John P. Morgan Co., Inc. AUTHORIZED DEALERS 1618-20 Wyoming Avenue Forty-Fort, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 7-2096 IMMEDIATE DELIVERY 260 N. 13th Street Philadelphia 7, Pa. LO 4-0226 November 10, 1948