The Exhibitor (1956)

28 MOTION PICTURE EXHIBITOR Audrey Hepaurn and Gary Cooper are seen as they recently signed contracts to appear together for the first time in "Ariane." With them are Billy Wilder, right, who will produce and direct the film for Allied Artists, and Harold J. Mirisch, AA vice-president, who signed the contracts for the film company. ager, Perakos Theatre Associates’ Plainville Drive-In, Plainville, Conn., has been given additional duties as promotional supervisor of both the Plainville and Southington Drive-Ins. Mel Siegel, South¬ ington resident manager, has left the cir¬ cuit. Harold Temple has been named assistant manager at the Plainville DriveIn. .. . Jack Simons has resigned as man¬ ager, Stanley Warner Rialto and Palace, Norwalk, Conn., to go into private indus¬ try. His replacement is Phil Harrington. . . . Peter Perakos, Jr., Perakos Theatre Associates, distributed over 700 safety award passes to New Britain youngsters during the past year’s promotion cam¬ paign at the Arch Street, New Britain, Conn. . . . Douglas MacArthur has been named assistant manager, Stanley War¬ ner Garde, New London, Conn. 15 th ANNUAL CONVENTION MISSISSIPPI THEATRE OWNERS ASSOCIATION June 17, 18, 19, 1956 EDGEWATER GULF HOTEL Edgewater Gulf, Miss. ★ Principal Speaker A. BOYD CAMPBELL Chairman of the Board U. S. Chamber of Commerce ★ Business Meeting and Fun for All • GOLF • BOATING • SWIMMING Banquet and Dinner Dance Tuesday Night, June 19 Registrations start June 17 New Orleans Dominick Guidry closed the Reo, Duson, La. . . . Jack Dumestre, Southeastern Theatre Equipment Company president, Atlanta, arrived to visit his critically ill sister. . . . Outboard motor boating, a craze taking the area by storm, is credited by drive-in owners with hampering at¬ tendance at ozoners and indoor situations alike. . . . R. F. Perlin acquired ownership of the Bijou, Erath, La., and the Delcambre, Delcambre, La., from Richard Guidry. . . . Kenneth Hirstius, RKO shipper, was hospitalized with injuries suffered in an automobile accident. . . . The Buras, Buras, La., is being remodeled by owner E. W. Ansardi. . . . Victor Mature was in on behalf of Columbia’s “Safari,” worldpremiered in the RKO Orpheum. ... Joy N. Houck’s Panorama is closed until June 20 for the installation of Todd-AO equip¬ ment, in preparation for the local debut of “Oklahoma!” on June 21. . . . It was erroneously reported that I. Gauthier would open the Cheney, Cheneyville, La., and the Star, Pritchard, Ala. Both houses closed, but Gauthier has no connection with either. Gauthier was planning to reopen the Castle, White Castle, La. New York Edmund Reek, vice-president and pro¬ ducer, Fox Movietone News, was named newsreel committee chairman, Motion Picture Association of America, for the ensuing year. . . . “The Proud And The Beautiful” established a foreign film record in the Paris with a three-day gross of $6,651, according to the manage¬ ment. . . . Susan Jackter, daughter of Columbia sales executive Rube Jackter, was wed to Robert Wilner. . . . RKO Theatres president, Sol Schwartz left for Europe. . . . Myra Jean Heymann, daugh¬ ter of MGM publicity office manager Mel Heymann, was married to Robert Leonard Greenhall. . . . MGM’s “High Society” was awarded the Picture of the Month citation by Parent’s Magazine for August. The Fifth Avenue Cinema is now under the management of Rugoff and Becker, managers of the Sutton, Beekman, Art, Gramercy, and the Eighth Street. . . . Dino DeLaurentiis arrived to confer with Paramount officials on plans for the world premiere of “War And Peace.” . . . Morton Schwam, 20th-Fox exploitatisn, will marry Sheila Pshedesky in the fall. . . . Johnny Green, MGM music department head, ad Eight Reade Theatres Set Summer Series Oakhurst, N. J. — Eight Walter Reade theatres in New Jersey and New York will present Summer Vacation Movie Series for the third year, it was announced last fortnight by Walter Reade, Jr., cir¬ cuit president. The St. James, Asbury Park, Red Bank, Strand, Plainville, and Strand, Freehold, in New Jersey, and Community, Kingston, N. Y., will begin the series later this month. The program, endorsed and sup¬ ported by Parent-Teacher Associations in each town, offers morning showings of a feature, cartoons, and suitable short subjects. Tickets sold in advance at the schools, on a subscription basis of 12 programs to the series, are $1.00. In announcing the program for 1956, Reade commented, “This is one of the most important projects we undertake. It is vital that exhibitors concentrate on developing the youngsters of today to regular theatre patrons of tomorrow.” dressed the Gershwin Foundation in the Waldorf Astoria. . . . R and F Theatres, Inc., was granted a charter of incorpora¬ tion listing 100 shares, no par value. The directors are Nathaniel Phillips, Char¬ lotte Wasch, and Anna Chamifsky, all of 295 Madison Avenue, New York 17. Papers were filed by Phillips. . . . The 110 Drive-In Corporation was granted a charter of incorporation listing capital stock of $20,000. The directors are Andrew A. Nelson, Martin H. Newman, and Sam¬ uel Goodman, all of 215-32 Jamaica Ave¬ nue, Queens Village 28, the business address. Papers were filed by Zalkin and Cohen. . . . Trans-Lux Corporation and its subsidiaries announced the removal of the company offices to 625 Madison Avenue. Oklahoma City E. R. Slocum, executive secretary, United Theatre Owners of Oklahoma, has sold his home at El Reno, Okla., to move to Oklahoma City. He is a longtime resident and exhibitor at El Reno, and formerly served on the city council. . . . Hull Brothers booking office will move from the Paramount Building to 708 West Grand Avenue about July 1. . . . Jack and Jimmy Hull have been named honorary colonels on the governor’s staff, along with John H. Williams and Charles P. Williams, owners, Tulsa Downtown The¬ atres, and David Williams, Jr. . . . Shirley Jones became an honorary citizen of Oklahoma by proclamation of Governor Raymond Gary in connection with the opening of “Oklahoma!” in Tulsa’s Rialto. The Tulsa Chamber of Commerce and downtown merchants sponsored a reenact¬ ment of the Oklahoma Run, and an “Oklahoma!” time capsule was scheduled to be imbedded 25 feet underground at the site of the Lynn Riggs Memorial at Claremont, Okla. Variety Club Tent 22, planned its big¬ gest social event of the season last week, the sixth annual golf tournament at the Meridian course, followed by a dinner and dance in the Skirvin Tower Hotel. A ladies’ putting tournament also was on the agenda at Meridian. . . . Recent clos June 13, 1956