The Exhibitor (1956)

MOTION PICTURE EXHIBITOR 27 Dana Wynter, star, 20th-Fox's "D-Day, The Sixth Of June," recently received a plaque from I. Goldstein, director, Fourth Infantry Division As¬ sociation, citing the production. The presentation took place at the premiere at the Roxy, New York. MIAMI, FLA., NEWS— Managerial shifts included Harry Margolesky from man¬ ager, Gables, Coral Gables, Fla., to man¬ ager, Beach, Miami Beach, Fla., and Allan Johnson to manager, Gables. . . . A1 Glick, Florida State Theatres publicist, reports that FST managers were busy selling their Christmas promotions. . . . Variety Club scheduled a testimonial dinner for past International chief barker George Hoover. . . . Herman Silverman, Wometco booking department head, left the hos¬ pital following a check-up. . . . The Wometco Old Guard organization sched¬ uled its annual banquet at the Eden Roc Hotel, Miami Beach, Fla. . . . Flynn Stub¬ blefield, manager, Tower, was relieving Jack Fink at the Park, Tampa, Fla., while the latter was on vacation. . . . Mitchell Wolfson, Wometco co-owner, was back at his desk following a two-month world trip. Kansas City Tom Baldwin, Columbia branch man¬ ager, celebrated his 25th anniversary with the company. . . . Beverly Miller, president, Kansas -Missouri Theatres As¬ sociation, was in Washington to attend Senate hearings on amusement taxes. . . . W. Donald Foster was named Paramount sales manager, a newly created post. Formerly, he was a circuit salesman in Dallas. ... A new drive-in is being built at Mt. Grove, Mo., by Howard Pettit. Changes in the managerial staff of Smith Management Company include the ap¬ pointment of W. P. Phipps as manager, Highway 40 Drive-In, Kansas City, re¬ placing C. O. Kirby, retired. Phipps came in from the Leewood Drive-In, Kansas City. Wilfred J. Colonna, former manager, Beverly Theatre, St. Louis, has been named manager, Manchester Drive-In there, replacing Joseph Bowles, resigned. Milwaukee Carl Swanson closed his lola, Iola, Wis. . . . A. Walters closed the Mosinee, Mosinee, Wis., because of poor attendance. . . . The Badger, Wittenberg, Wis., is slated to close June 21. The property will be converted for another business. . . . George Shepard took over operation of the Omro, Omro, Wis., which was closed for some time. . . . Don Swartz, Independent Film Distributors, Minneapolis, was a visitor to the Realart Exchange, managed by Benny Benjamin. . . . Five area drive-ins tied up in collective radio advertising. . . . Arkansas TO A Unit Names New Officers Ltttie Rock, Ark. — The directors of Independent Theatre Owners of Arkansas last fortnight elected new officers. They include J. Fred Brown, Fort Smith, presi¬ dent; Roy Ccchran, North Little Rock, executive vice-president; Nona White, Little Rock, secretary-treasurer; and K. K. King, Searcy, chairman of the board. District vice-presidents are Orris Col¬ lins, Paragould; Bill Headstream, Batesville; E. W. Savage, Booneville; Charles Rovoly, Stephens; W. L. Pullen, Little Rock; and Terry Axley, England. The directors include James A. Mc¬ Williams, El Dorado; M. S. McCord, North Little Rock; Bartus Gray, Jacksonville; Mildred Bomar, North Little Rock; Henry Haven, Forrest City; Cecil Cupp, Arkadephia; Carl Burton, Fort Smith; and Adrian White, Pocahontas. Brown was named representative to the Theatre Owners of America board meeting and F. S. Busby legislative director. Bernard Hoffman’s Kine, German-lan¬ guage house, had the first U. S. showing of UFA’s “Muenchhausen.” . . . The Violet is being operated by Lydia Ratzow, not Pete Doctor, as previously announced. Eddie Safier, Buena Vista, was in to screen Walt Disney’s “The Great Locomo¬ tive Chase.” . . . B. D. Stoner, Paramount division manager, was in to attend the farewell party for Irving Werthamer, re¬ signed. . . . Orval Peterson, U-I office manager and head booker, resigned. He now is assisting Fred Florence, Delft Theatres, Inc., as chief booker. . . . Gran’s Highway 5 Outdoor, which was closed be¬ cause of union projectionist difficulties, reopened with non-union operators. Gran closed the Lyric here owing to a dispute over a two-man booth requested by the union. . . . The Vogue, Arcadia, Wis., re¬ opened after repairing flood damage. Minneapolis A hearing will be held in the State Office Building, St. Paul, tomorrow (June 14) on the proposed $1 minimum wage which was recommended for women and minors in the amusement industry by an advisory board of the state industrial com¬ mission. In spite of protests from exhibitors Jane Greer recently delivered the first print of her latest film, "Run For The Sun," a Russ-Field production for UA release, to D. W. Rentie’m, chairman of the board, Slick Airways, for ship¬ ment on the first non-stop overnight cargo plane from Los Angeles to New York. Allen Widem, movie editor, Hartford Times, Hart¬ ford, Conn., recently visited the west coast studios and is seen above with Charles Schnee, right, producer, MGM's "Somebody Up There Likes Me," whom he interviewed on the set. and others in the industry expected at the commission’s public hearing, it was pre¬ dicted the new minimum will be adopted. . . . Joe Hawk, former salesman, Republic, is new salesman, RKO, replacing Dick Pow¬ ers, resigned . George Deutz, boxoffice clerk, MGM, retired. . . . Marge Jenson is the new branch manager’s secretary, Independent Film Distributors, replacing Marlene Gibbs, resigned. . . . Barbara Rafelson is the new assistant cashier, United Artists, replacing Lois Lundberg, resigned. . . . Delores Babatz, booking stenographer, Paramount, resigned. . . . Reid H. Ray Film Industries, St. Paul, Minn., has completed filming of a nineminute CinemaScope short about Atlantic City, “On The Boardwalk,” which will be released by U-I. The short includes one of the largest interior sets ever filmed in CinemaScope, which required triple the normal lighting. . . . Marvin Rainwater, MGM western recording star, was in for a personal appearance in the Flame Cafe. New Haven Work on the new National Film Service, Inc., $300,000 office building at the corner of Dixwell Avenue and Benham Street, Hamden, Conn , has begun. ... A testi¬ monial dinner to Ted Jacocks, Branford, Conn., exhibitor, has been scheduled for July 9 in the Waverly Inn, Cheshire, Conn. Sam Weber, Rosen Film Delivery, is tak¬ ing reservations for the affair. . . . The Motion Picture Theatre Owners of Con¬ necticut annual golf tournament and din¬ ner will be held at the Racebrook Coun¬ try Club on July 17. . . . Abe Bernstein, United Artists, was in making arrange¬ ments for the personal appearance of Virginia Leith in conjunction with “Trapeze.” Bernie Young, UA, was in Bridgeport, New Haven, and Hart¬ ford for “Trapeze.” . . . The Torrington, Conn., Junior Chamber of Commerce held its Miss America Pageant on the stage of the Warner. . . . Horeb Chapter, 51, B’nai B’rith, sponsored a theatre benefit in the Whalley. . . . Lou Dennis was in giving away Elvis Presley recordings in the Hamilton, Waterbury, Conn. . . . Kay Curtain, Waterbury, gave 200 free guest tickets to Lake Drive-In during its birth¬ day sale. HARTFORD. CONN., NEWS — Doug Amos, general manager, Lockwood and Gordon Theatres, named Leon Moore as resident manager, newly-reopened East Hartford Family Drive-In, South Windsor, Conn. . . . Livio Dottor, resident man V. June 13, 1956