The Exhibitor (1956)

30 MOTION PICTURE EXHIBITOR Ihecitre managers . . . assistant theatre managers . . . theatre advertising and publicity men . . . film buyers . . . film bookers . . . circuit executives . . . maintenance and equipment engineers. IF you* are looking for a job, ... or IF you* are looking for a man, . . . just describe your needs in 25 words or less and send to "The A-MAN Corner." Add your name and address. Names and addresses will be published unless a box number is requested. All such "classified ads" will be published in three consecutive issues and then dropped. If success does not crown an original effort, it can be repeated through a new application after a 60-day interval. This completely new EMPLOYMENT SERVICE is available to ALL theatres without reservation. It is not necessary to subscribe to MOTION PICTURE EXHIBITOR to avail yourself of this service. No other industry trade paper offers it! And it is completely FREE! *A (WO)MAN is also welcome . . . but in this preponderantly male business, she should specify her sex. r t yyyy AVAILABLE, YOUNG MAN, 3 years' solid experience as assistant and relief manager in New York City neighborhood theatres. Seek manager position, sum¬ mer or year roun d. BOX B66, c/o M.P. EXHIBITOR, 246 North Clarion St., Phila. 7, Pa. MANAGER OR ASSISTANT AVAILABLE. Formerly West Coast. Good references. Now living in Phila¬ delphia, desires work in area. Five years' experience. Can handle exploitation, publicity. BOX A530, c/o M. P. EXHIBITOR, 246 North Clarion St., Phila. 7, Pa. PROJECTIONST WANTED, June 30 through September 4. Summer Resort in Massachusetts. Workinn h-urs from 7 to 1 1 P.M. daily. Good pay. POL-TON FILM, 630 Ninth Ave., New York 36, N. Y. (613) Address all correspondence to— TOP THEATRE MANAGER available. First run a t, local, any type operation. 15 years' experieire. Now employed. Prefer New York City. BOX C530, c/o M. P. EXHIBITOR, 246 North Clarion St., Phila. 7, Pa. SHOWMAN EXPERSENCED as District Manager and buyer and booker. Good at exploitation and pro¬ motion. Desire change to small circuit. I can make money for you. BOX A66, c/o M. P. EXHIBITOR, 246 North Clarion St., Phila. 7, Pa. MANAGER, 42, 20 years' experience exploitation, promotion, public relations and concession. Relocate fan ly for good opportunity. Prefer southwest town 4,000 to 6,000. Sober and reliable. BOX B530, c/o M. P. EXHIBITOR, 246 North Clarion St., Phila. 7, Pa. j Motion Picture Exhibitor } 246 N. Clarion St., Philadelphia 7, Pa. The A-MAN Comer offerings in Pittsburgh newspapers. . . . Thomas Joseph Smith, 58, an original employee of Loew’s Penn, died of a heart attack. . . . IATSE, Local 171, reports a contract settlement has been reached with the Kenmawr Drive-In, Coraopolis, Pa. The Kenmawr failed to accept a recent three-year pact negotiated by an industry committee with the union to cover 11 theatres. James V. Sipe, Local 171 business agent, said operation of the ozoner has been taken over by Christ Lampros from Theodore Grance, and a booth contract was signed. Theodore Grance’s Everett, Everett, Pa., and Super 220 Drive-In, Altoona, Pa., now are being represented for licensing and booking by the Star Distributing Agency. . . . C. M. Ducray, co-owner, Sunset Beach Drive-In, closed because a bridge washed out March 1, and other Washing¬ ton, Pa., businessmen charge highway officials with master-minding “the worst road-bungling job” in Pennsylvania his¬ tory. . . . The Main, East Pittsburgh, closed for three years, will be remodeled into the Terrace Medical Center by F. Elmer Hasley, owner, who continues in exhibition a block away at the Terrace. . . . The Palace, Conneautville, Pa., oper¬ ated by Guy and Howard Christy, has closed. . . . John and Mary DiAngelis, Crafton Drive-In, Morgantown, W. Va., will locate a new airer at nearby Dellslow. St, Louis James Singleton, Marked Tree, Ark., is the new owner, Tommie’s Drive-In, Ken EXCELLENT 750 SEAT COLORED THEATRE FOR SALE OR LEASE Thicket, populated area in Virginia. No competition. Strictly modern and fully equipped. Well established. Contact H. A. WASSERMAN CARVER THEATRE, ALEXANDRIA, V A. nett, Mo. The situation was sold recently by H. E. Boyd to Thomas L. Singleton, father of the new owner. . . . The Webster, Steeleville, Ill., has been closed indefi¬ nitely by Herschel E. Webster. . . . Three Springfield, Ill., theatres were slated for casing indefinitely, Kerasotes Theatres’ Pantheon, and the Frisina Esquire and Southside. . . . Homer Hisey, Warners salesman, is back on the job after recup¬ erating from a heart attack. . . . Doris Beach resigned from the accounting staff, Fanchon and Marco. . . . Jeffrey Hunter v/as here to attend the Variety Club Festival. . . . Paramount screened “That Certain Feeling” in the Missouri. . . . Clarence M. Turley, part owner, Am¬ bassador and Missouri office and theatre buildings, is heading the U. S. realty group at international talks in Vienna. . . . The AA Theatre Concession Supply Com¬ pany has added popcorn to its com¬ modities. San Antonio The Alamo Drive-In will be the first in the state to install the new admission control system recently introduced by Southwestern Theatre Equipment Com¬ pany, the Texas distributor. . . . A. J. Rebecca, stage manager, Aztec, was back on duty following surgery in the Nix Hospital. . . . Eugene M. Bailey, 55, silent film actor who worked under the name of Jean LaRue, died here. . . . The Azteca exchange is observing its 20th anniversary here. . . . Bob Sparks, manager, Twin City Drive-In, Sherman, Tex., has reopened the czoner which was completely rebuilt after windstorm damage. . . . C. R. Rivera has filed suit in District Court, El Paso, Tex., against Lone Star Theatres for $12,000 damages. The petition covers alleged in¬ juries received by his seven-year-old son when he was struck by an automobile in the Del Norte Drive-In in April, 1954. . . . The Rio, Frisco, Tex., was damaged by fire, C. D. Barnes, is owner. John D. Jones, partner, Rowley United Theatres, San Angelo, Tex., died there. He had been in show business for 36 years. ... A booth fire damaged pro¬ jection mechanism and destroyed film in the Rietta Drive-In, Henrietta, Tex. Claude Thorp, owner, estimated damage at $1,000 to $1,500. Walter Hoffman, Paramount publicity director, was in Portland working on “The Man Who Knew Too Much.” . . . Butch Leonard, United Artists salesman, and his wife celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary with a large cocktail dance at the Meydenbauer Bay Yacht Club. . . . The Variety Club monthly stag was held in the club lounge in the New Washington Hotel. . . . Francis A. Bateman, Republic division manager, visited recently from his headquarters in Los Angeles. . . . National Theatre Supply salesman John Riley sold a new XL-101 Stereophonic sound system to the Mt. View Drive-In, owned by E. K. Taylor and Bill Stein. Additional systems, sold by Harry Plunk¬ ett, went into houses at Baker, La Grande, I ebanon, and Hood River, Ore. . . . Gor¬ don Wallinger, former Allied Artists salesman, has been named AA branch manager, Portland. . . . The Seattle and Overlake Lodges of B’nai B’rith sponsored a showing of “Hill 24 Doesn’t Answer” in the Palomar. . . . The Coliseum, Ketchi¬ kan, Alaska, owned by the W. D. Gross circuit, was totally demolished by fire. Washington The WOMPI chapter here climaxed its first year of operation by making the first presentation of hospital equipment to the Children’s Convalescent Home. WOMPI, headed by president Lucille Traband, donated as its first service project a standing table and examining table to the Children’s Home. . . . George Argenzio, manager, Loew’s Mt. Vernon Drive-In, Alexandria, Va., was hospitalized with virus. Walter Teed, Governor Ritchie Drive-In, Glenburnie, Md., pinch-hitted for him while Stanley Stern replaced Teed at the latter’s post. The Variety Club annual Welfare Awards Drive will have the following cochairmen as appointed by Orville Crouch: Alvin Q. Ehrlich, Morton Gerber, Mar¬ vin Goldman, and Jack Fruchtman. [ec<. thnn n year, the WOMPI of Washington recently launched its first service project, the furnishing of equipment to Children's Convalescent Home. Shown, left, is Mrs. Stephen Ai!es, vice-president of the board of directors of the Home, and, on the right, Mrs. Lucille Traband, president, WOMPI. June 13, 1956