The Exhibitor (1954)

MOTION PICTURE EXHIBITOR NT-1 amws OF THE New York City Crosstown Carl Fishman, Loew’s Theatres publicity department, departed for a Florida vacation. . . . Maurice Druker, manager, Loew’s Midland, Kansas City, was a visitor. Herman King, King Brothers Produc¬ tions, left for a series of meetings to plan publicity campaigns for local open¬ ings of “Carnival Story.” Emil Dabague, Dollar Film Company, distributor of Republic Pictures in the Middle East, has been in for discussions of his new program with Republic International executives. Louis Fields, poster ad director for MGM, was vacationing in the west, visiting the Grand Canyon area and other sights in Arizona and California. . . . Shirley Bloch, secretary to Irving Greenfield, Loew’s attorney, left for a vacation in France, Italy, Switzerland, Belgium, and England. Alfred Crown, president, Moulin Pro¬ ductions, Inc., flew to Europe for a four-week tour of the continent. Allied Artists’ “Riot In Cell Block 11” will have an 80 theatre saturation campaign in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Bronx, and nearby Long Island situa¬ tions day and date this week, it was announced by Morey “Razz” Goldstein, general sales manager. Allied Artists is supporting the heavy metropolitan area saturation with a cooperative advertis¬ ing campaign and an intensive exploita¬ tion drive supervised by Harry H. Gold¬ stein, eastern publicity director. A 50-day free round trip to Israel on board Z.im-Israel Steamship Company’s “S. S. Jerusalem” will be first prize in a contest to be conducted by Israel Robert Shapiro, right, executive man¬ ager, Paramount, New York City, re¬ cently distributed Columbia records of Doris Day singing all of the 10 hit songs from Warners’ “Lucky Me” to the first 100 patrons arriving on the pic¬ ture’s opening day. Tribute to a Grand Fellow — The choice of William J. German as recipient of the first Variety Club Heart Award at the Heart Award Dinner given by the New York Tent 35 on May 6 has met with approval from the entire mo¬ tion picture industry. Few have given as lavishly of time or energy to serve his fellow man. Bill German, a former chief bar¬ ker of Tent 35, is presently devoting himself to the Variety Club Founda¬ tion to Combat Epilepsy and has been a vital factor in the Founda¬ tion’s success. Through the years, he has tirelessly given of himself for other worthwhile causes as well, whether they be Jewish, Pro¬ testant, or Catholic in religion, or local or national in scope. No tribute was ever more richly deserved. — J. E. America Motion Pictures in connection with the first New York showing of “Khamishia — Five Tales From Israel.” The tri-borough premiere of this English speaking, Israeli-produced film will take place on May 6 simultaneously at the Midtown, Manhattan; Ascot, Bronx; and Supreme and Carroll, Brooklyn. After being closed for about a year, Brooklyn’s Palace, a former Loew’s house, on East New York Avenue, will have its gala opening on May 6 with “The Glenn Miller Story” as its attrac¬ tion. Charles Cohen, the new operator, is a veteran of 42 years in the business, having held managerial positions with RKO Theatres and the Bolte Circuit, Bronx. George Nichols, MGM studio publicity department, arrived from the coast by plane to contact national magazines on several new pictures MGM will release during the summer. Frederic March, will head a cast of stars in a dramatic presentation at the Variety Club dinner in honor of William J. German on May 6 in the Waldorf Astoria Hotel. Another highlight of the Roy Williams, art director, Walt Disney Studios, was part of a team of cartoon¬ ists who recently visited public and parochial schools in Greater New York and demonstrated line drawings and illustrated characters from “Pinocchio,” RKO release. Williams is seen with Walter Gutteridge, manager, RKO 23rd Street, and principal Ephriam Weston, Public School 11. dinner will be the bestowal upon German of the Variety Club’s first annual Heart Award. Si Seadler, MGM advertising man¬ ager, left for the coast for a vacation, following which he visited the studio before returning. Ben M. Cohn, assistant foreign man¬ ager, Universal International Films, addressed a breakfast meeting of the Men’s Council, Jewish Community Center of White Plains, on “The Film Industry in Foreign Trade.” Clark Ramsay, executive assistant to David A. Lipton, U-I vice-president, arrived for 10 days of conferences with home office advertising, publicity, and promotion executives. The names of company chairmen heading drives in major motion picture organizations were announced by Adolph O. Schimel, vice-president, secretary, and general counsel, Universal Pictures Company, 1954 chairman, motion pic¬ ture and amusement division, United Jewish Appeal of Greater New York. Company chairmen and organizations they represent include Edward L. Hy¬ man, American Broadcasting — Para Loew’s International recently held a demonstration of Perspecta stereophonic sound at Loew’s State, New York City. Seen on the left is Alberto Walker, MGM manager in Peru and the technician who will supervise the installation of the equipment in all Metro Theatres in Latin America, pointing up some of the highlights of the device to Charles C. Moskowitz; while, on the right, Robert Fine, president, demon¬ strates to independent circuit executives Sam Goodman, Century Circuit, and Harold Klein, Julius Joelson Circuit. May 5, 195 U NEW YORK