The Exhibitor (1951)

EXHIBITOR NT-l JfSWS OF THE Atlanta R. B. Wilby, president United Para¬ mount Theatres, and Theatre Owners of America representative on the COMPO executive board, informed the TOA that he will be unable to attend the scheduled Feb. 14-15 meeting of the COMPO board because he plans to be in South America at that time. Booking and visiting were: Jake Aarenson, Dixie, Charlotte; Mack Jackson, Strand and Jackson, Alexander City, Ala.; Sid Laird and L. J. Duncan, Duncan Theatres; Clyde Sampler and Ebb Duncan, Carrollton, Ga.; Oscar Lam and Walter Griswold, Lam Amusement Company, Rome, Ga.; E. C. Butler, Covington, Ga. ; John Hackney, Porterdale, Ga. ; Mrs. M. M. Osborn, Strand, Covington, Ga.; S. C. King, Houston, Dothan, Ala., and J. A. Stuches, DriveIn, Cedartown, Ga. RKO Notes — Ira Stone and Dave Prince checked in after a trip to Florida. . . . Cam Price, sales manager, is back from Alabama. . . . Frank Lowery resigned. Eddie Aaron, 20th Century-Fox home office representative, was in. . . . Bill Brower, appointed to the sales force at U-I, will make Florida his headquarters. . . . New owner of the drive-in at Sylva, N. C., is J. E. Massie, from former owner E. Y. Neil. . . . Consolidated Thea¬ tres opened a new 640-car drive-in in Augusta, Ga. The father of Scott Lett, Screen Guild Charlotte, was seriously ill in Los Angeles. . . . Howard Wallace, president, Wallace Film Exchange, returned after a holiday trip to Florida. M. B. Mills, Mills, Moultire, Ga., was in booking. ... Jay Sadow, Chattanooga, Tenn., was in. . . . Fred and Sylvester Sandy, Sandy Film Exchange, Washing¬ ton, were in. The Pekin, Montgomery, Ala., installed Heywood-Wakefield chairs purchased from Wil-Kin Theatre Supply. . . . Donald Boardman, Sky-Vue Drive-In, Augusta, Ga., installed new Ashcraft projection lamps. W. I. Gordon, former assistant man¬ ager, Hi-Way-Drive-In, Savannah, Ga., is now manager, 80 Drive-In, Augusta, Ga. . . . Jack Smith is back as assistant, manager, Stewart Drive-In. . . . A. H. Jennings, Florida sales representative, Manley Popcorn Company, has returned after a spell at the hospital. Sam Hinson will be the manager of the Lippert exchange in Charlotte. . . . Rube Joiner, Joiner Booking Service, is back after several weeks in Tennessee. . . . Mrs. Ann Reiff is assistant booker Para¬ mount, Jacksonville, Fla., and Mrs. Pat Pollock was appointed contract clerk. Alex Gounares, Rex, Roosevelt, and Roxy, Mobile, Alabama, played Santa Claus to the city’s children, and held free shows for the youngsters. Tom Brannon, 60, some years back in exchanges in Atlanta, died at his home near Elberton, Ga., after illness. . . . Added at Kay was Margaret Morton. Murray Birchhansky was appointed assistant manager. Cameo, Miami Beach, Fla. . . . Visiting were: P. L. Taylor and A. L. Bishop, Bishop Theatres, Georgia, and W. Welch, Dallas, Dallas, Ga. In Cross City, Fla., John M. McKinney, Sr., banker and lawyer and for the past 30 years, owner. Princess, died several hours after he celebrated his 64th birthday. Charles Simpson is the new owner, Riviera, Knoxville, Tenn. Nat Williams, president. Interstate Theatres, Thomasville, Ga., has been named on a committee to raise $200,000 for a new Y. . . . Jimmy Wilson, sales representative, Manley Popcorn Com¬ pany, was all smiles. His son, Walter, was home from San Diego, Cal. Visiting were: Mrs. Wallace Smith, Gem, Barnesville, Ga.; John Carter, Brookhaven, Brookhaven, Ga.; Clyde Sampler, Carrollton, Ga.; Sid Laird, West Point Amusement Company, West Point, Ga.; Mack Jackson, Alexander City, Ala.; Ernest Ingram, Ashland, Ashland, Ala.; A1 Allen, Dan-Dee DriveIn, Columbia, Tenn.; Mrs. M. M. Osman, Strand, Covington, Ga.; William Green, Palmetto, Palmetto, Ga.; Mr. and Mrs. Lee Sherwood, Chattahooche, Fla., and the Dunn Boys, Dunn’s Theatres, Georgia and Florida. I SmOOTH SlUEET... Meet Your Neighbor Salesman, manager, district manager, and precently franchise owner, Harold F. Cohen was born in New Orleans in 1902. After graduating from Newman High School, he took up a one-year course in business adminis¬ tration at Tulane University night school, and his first in the business was in 1923 as salesman for Producers Distribut¬ ing Corporation, fol¬ lowing through the mergers, first with Pathe and a few years later the Pathe and RKO consoli¬ dation, and remaining with the latter for 15 years. Followed by one year of field salesmanship with United Artists, he then joined the Monogram Southern Exchanges sales staff, and, after six months, his chief, A. C. Bromberg, appointed him manager. New Orleans exchange area. After five years, he en¬ joyed a second promotion, to district manager, with headquarters in Atlanta. Yearning to return to his native city, he resigned after three years, and again took up his abode in New Orleans, enter¬ ing the independent field of distribution as associate with Ernest V. Landaiche as Realart-Lippert franchise owners. After one year, the partnership was dissolved, Cohen taking over solely the Lippert franchise, and opening his own exchange at 150 South Liberty Street, New Orleans. Recently, he added the Western Productions franchise for the New Orleans territory. John Kirby, Warners division man¬ ager, is out of the hospital after a trip there with a broken arm. . . . Ralph lanuzzi, Warners’ branch manager, moved into his new home. ... Jeff Cobb, brother of Bobby Cobb, theatre owner in Alabama, was killed in an auto Quiet . . . dependable . . . cool as a cucumber ... and not expensive. A pretty picture! What more^could you ask? Why not so steady with Motiograph: It’ll last for years. Make a date through a Motiograph dealer. January 9, 1952 SOUTHERN