The Exhibitor (1950)

NT-4 EXHIBITOR agcr Loins Boyer, re{)laees her. , . . The annual Christmas party ushered in the short but merry Christmas holiday, man¬ ager Louis Boyer directing the festivi¬ ties. . . . Josie Russe .joined the Waves. She will remain during the processing at the reactivated Lake Front Base. Kenneth Kennedy, who recently joined the United Artists sales force, is cover¬ ing Louisiana. Warren Salles, and sons, Warren, Jr., and Phillip, again played Santa Claus to the needy in Covington, La., by their famous “red beans and rice matinee’’ at the Star. The admission requirements were a pound of red beans or a pound of rice or canned goods. The food was turned over to Covington’s St. Vincent De Paul Society to make up Christmas baskets for the needy families in St. Tammany parish. Paramount — Visiting were J. W. Ilsley, Ritz and New Rebel, Columbia, Miss., and New Langlois, New Roads, La. Mr. and Mrs. Ron Ormond visited with Joy N. Houck, president, Joy Thea¬ tres, Inc., who joined them on a trip to Charlotte to confer with Francis J. White, coowner with Houck of “The Daltons’ Women.’’ The Midway Drive-In, Lake Charles, La., another ozoner for Ed Jenner will soon have its opening. Raymond Gremillion. Southeastern Theatre Equipment, was on the job making a complete installation. Exhibitors visiting were: Joe Wallace, who recently purchased the Harlen, Thibodaux. La., from Mr. and Mrs. Charles Levy, Hammond, La.; J. W. Ilsley, Co¬ lumbia, Miss.; Lew Langlois, New Roads, La. ; L. D. Powers and Frank Mullins, Texarkana, Tex.; Ed Jenner, Laurel, Miss.; H. Blanchard, Napoleonville. La.; E. D’Amores, Churchpoint, La.; Jack O’Quinn, Kaplan, La.; Bob Ziegler, Hattiesburg, Miss.; Ed Frenkl, Century, Mobile, Ala.; Lawrence Luke, READ EXTRA PROFITS an exclusive feature every 4th week in THE EXHIBITOB You'll get many helpful hints that will bring you "EXTRA PROFITS" on your candy and popcorn sales. Pass Christian, Miss.; N. L. Erdey, Fox, IJvingston, La., and Roy Pfeiffer, Baton Rouge, La. Henry Burnies visited. . . . Pfeiffer and Rebstock will return the Avenue, Tivoli, and Istrouma, Baton Rouge, La., to former owner Joe Barcelone, who also operates the Regina. The change will go into effect on Feb. 4. Lawrence Luke, who recently pur¬ chased the Moonlite Drive-In, Pass Christian, Miss., closed it to be reopened on Easter Sunday. He also contracted with J. C. Broggi to do the buying and booking. George Pabst, ELC, made a flying trip to Mobile, Ala. . . . Film Row was minus the hustling and bustling crowds of exhib¬ itors wending their way in and out of exchanges during the pre-holiday weeks. Florida Miami December saw the opening of the Wometco Carib with a charity benefit. Gene Tierney and Bill Lundigan also were on hand for personal appearances. TV, radio, lobby, and stage shows were planned. A Hadacol box top was the admission fee at the Sheridan, Olympia, and Dade for a pre-Christmas show and party, with gifts for every one and special prizes. The McComas owned Tropicaire DriveIn had a unique signboard display re¬ cently when it was used to announce the birth of a son to Jack D. McComas, vicepresident. The event was billed as “The Hit of the Season.” A colorful, decorative display of floral watercolors by Veda Thomas Lowe at the Mayfair Art lounge gallery was an appropriate holiday attraction. Proceeds of the gala world premiere of 20th Century-Fox’s “The Mudlark,” which marked the debut of Wometco’s new Carib, went to the Damon Runyon Cancer Fund and three local charities. Jack Bell, The Herald’s “Town Crier,” was elected Chief Bai’ker, Variety Club of Greater Miami. Other officers named were Hal Kopplin, First Assistant Chief Barker; A1 Wilkie, Second Assistant Chief Barker; Carl Jamorga, Dough Guy, and Stanley Stern, Property Master. John L. Griffin, formerly assistant to the general manager, Claughton Thea¬ tres, was sentenced to a year in State Prison for allegedly taking $2,600 in re¬ ceipts from the Embassy and Royal in November. In court, Griffin claimed he “blacked out” for a three-week period while he spent the money, and that he remembered nothing until he woke up in a Chicago hotel room, with most of the cash gone. The assistant county solicitor said an investigation was still under way, and that the loss may exceed the $2,600 amount. Warners recently signed to film “Where’s Charley?”, and seen, seated, in New York, left to right, are Ray Bolger, signing to repeat his hit stage role before the cameras as Major Albert Warner and Gwen Rickard, Mrs. Bol¬ ger, look on. Standing, left to right, are Frank Loesser, whose popular songs are included in the deal, and Ernest H. Martin and Cy Feuer, pro¬ ducers of the Broadway musical play. WB’s “Storm Warning will have its initial bow at the Beach, Miami Beach, on Jan. 17. The premiere will be for the benefit of the Variety Children’s Hos¬ pital, with tickets scaled from $5 to $15 per head. Doris Day and Steve Cochran will make personal appearances at the Beach on premiere night. North Carolina High Point Wilbert W. Edgerton, 33, former oper¬ ator, old Kit, was given 12 months in prison in Superior Court for exhibiting obscene and immoral pictures, but the sentence was ordered suspended upon payment of a fine of $100 and costs, with the defendant being placed on probation for three years. The court ordered the theatre’s equipment confiscated, and turned over to the mortgagee on the goods, and the films seized in a police raid on Sept. 17, 1949, were ordered destroyed. Edgerton at a previous term of court had pleaded nolo contendere to the charges, and the theatre was closed shortly after the raid was staged. A preview of “Kon-Tiki,” to be released by Sol Lesser through RKO, was re¬ cently held in New York City for the President of Peru and his aides. Seen, left to right, are General Armando Revoredo, President Bustamante, and minister of foreign affairs E. G. Sayan. December 27, 1950