The Exhibitor (1956)

38 MOTION PICTURE EXHIBITOR fheatre 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 FREEI *A (WO)MAN is also welcome . . . but in this preponderantly mole business, she should specify her sex. PROJECTIONIST DESIRES STEADY WORK with good salary. Youm, married man with family willing to relocate anywhere. 5 years' experience. BOX A725, t, o M. P. EXHIBITOR, 246 North Clarion St., Philo. 7, Po. NEED RESPONSIBLE PARTY to run 186 car Drive-In, 50 50 basis on net. Guarantee me $100 minimum— $300 maximum monthly. Excellent equipment. Room for expansion. H. H. MOREAU, 4218 St. Vincent Ave., Shreveport, La. (81) way Drive-In, Clarion, Pa., operated earlier this season by John Troy, again is a unit of the Associated circuit. . . . Charles E. Funk is the new assistant man¬ ager, Loew’s Penn. William Serrao, New Kensington, Pa., exhibitor, was admitted to Citizens Gen¬ eral Hospital there following a second heart attack. . . . Regis Burns, manager, Blatt Brothers Star and Lawrence Park Drive-Ins, Erie, Pa., resumed duties after being hospitalized at Butler, Pa., for sev¬ eral weeks. . . . Charles Dortie, Columbia salesman, was back on the job after be¬ ing hospitalized for seven weeks, during which he underwent three operations. . . . Bill Hollenbaugh, Film Row shipper for many years, resigned from Acme Dis¬ tributing, and Bill Nesbitt, formerly with Republic, took over the Acme depart¬ ment temporarily. . . . Ex-actress Joanne Douglas, who was in the late George Sharp’s “Ten Nights In A Bar-Room” during its long run at the Fort Pitt Hotel, is the Variety Club’s new secretary. . . . James P. J. Kelly, father of actors Fred and Gene Kelly, died in a nursing home here. . . . Bob Hope was to be a surprise guest at a Variety Club dinner last week in the Twin Coaches Night Club, with Pearl Bailey starring. Barkers were set lor a big evening. ir TUNGAR BULBS ★ TICKETS ★ CARBONS ir GENUINE LAVEZZI PARTS FOR SIMPLEX PROJECTORS -FOR LONGER SERVICE ic CUSTOM CARPETING ★ PUSH-BACK CHAIRS ^ RCA TERMS AND SERVICE ELMER H. BRIENT & SONS 925 NEW JERSEY AVE., N.W. WASHINGTON, D. C. OPERATOR-Married ( wife working as cashier) to work booth, supervise theatre, promotions, advertis¬ ing, etc. Salary plus bonus arrangement. Full time required. Definite possibilities. Suburban Boston. BOX A718, C O M. P. EXHIBITOR, 246 North Clarion St., Philo. 7, Pa. TOP GRADE MANAGER available for first run. Ex¬ cells in public relations. Excellent references. BOX B725, C O M. P. EXHIBITOR, 246 North Clarion St., Philo. 7, Pa. St, Louis John A. Karzin, 74, who built the World Dream, first theatre in St. Louis, in 1906, died last week in a private nursing home. He retired from exhibition with the ad¬ vent of talkies. . . . Clifford Nanney re¬ opened the Home, Oblong, Ill., after pur¬ chasing the equipment from former operator Lee Bunch. . . . The Key DriveIn, Shelbyville, Ill., formerly operated by Frisina, reopened under the management Ox Charles Beninati, Carlyle, Ill., exhibitor. . . . Ed Ray took over the Missouri, Hayti, Mo., formerly operated by B. D. Becker. . . . H. H. Martin, new U-I southern and Canadian division manager, was here with his successor as district manager, R. N. Wilkinson. . . . National Screen booker Charlotte Murphy resigned to join the Columbia booking staff. . . . Jimmy Brad¬ ford, Columbia salesman for 25 years, was tendered a luncheon by the staff in the new Municipal Airport dining room. Division manager Carl A. Shalit, Detroit, presented him with a wrist watch. Branch manager C. D. Hill was toastmaster. . . . Wally Gleason, Warners salesman, was hospitalized. Marjorie Magner, home service division, American Red Cross, recently received a check from Eugene Picker, vice-president, Loew's Theatres, represent¬ ing final amount in Loew's yearly corporate gift. Princess Rudivoravan of Thailand recently visited Baltimore, Md., in connection with the opening of 20th-Fox's "The King And I," New. She is seen being interviewed at a television station. San Antonio Vandalism ran rampant at the South Loop 13 Drive-In, operated by Statewide, when culprits entered the grounds and wrecked motion picture projectors and other equipment. . . . The Arts, operated by Lone Star Theatres, the only art house in the city, closed for the summer. . . . Eph Charninsky, retired veteran, exhibitor and formerly head of Southern Theatres Company, became a great grandfather. . . . The first free Moviette for kiddies while their parents shopped at the Las Palmas community center was held. L. R. Pletz of Moviette plans to expand the 16mm. shows in other rural shopping centers here in the near future. The name is copy¬ righted and is sponsored by the various merchants in the shopping center. Washington Rose Road Shows, headed by John Rose, moves from 1015 New Jersey Avenue, N.W., to 1001 New Jersey Avenue, N.W., today (Aug. 1). . . . The Aiken Drive-In Theatre Corporation won a $4,201 victory when the Tax Court wiped out an Internal Revenue Service claim in that amount for the company’s 1953 fiscal year. . . . Co¬ lumbia’s “1984” broke the house record for an opening day in the Plaza as it be¬ gan its American premiere. Dave Ginsburg, publicity director, Sid¬ ney Lust Theatres, reports that Steve T'opley, manager, Beltsville Drive-In, w:nt all-out on his campaign for the first run showing of Allied Artists’ “Scream¬ ing Eagles.” Topley arranged with the Pentagon to have Captain Richard Case, technical advisor for the film, flown to Washington from Ft. Bragg, N. C. Case was met at the airport and picked up in a bannered Cadillac with police escort. BALTIMORE, MD., NEWS— Alta Eckes is the new assistant manager. Little. . . . John Recher, publicity chief, Hicks-Baker Circuit, was passing out cigars in honor of a second son born to Mrs. Recher. . . . Willard Shoffer, manager. Film Center, has a new home under construction on the shores of the Maghoty River. . . . Balti¬ more’s newest and most modern drive-in, the Bengies, located on Eastern Avenue, opened last fortnight. Hank Vernon is manager. CORRECTION: It was erroneously re¬ ported in the Southern Maryland News section last month that Ray Trumbule is associated with the Naylor Read Drive-In, Frince Georges County. Trumbule is manager, Johnson and Saunders Theatres’ Queen Chapel Drive-In, Washington. Address all correspondence to— fbe A-MAN Corner ) Motion Picture Exhibitor 246 N. Clarion $1., Philadelphia 7, Po. August 1, 1956