The Exhibitor (1956)

34 MOTION PICTURE EXHIBITOR Theatre 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, . . . |ust 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 itl And it is completely FREEI *A (WO)MAN is also welcome . . . but in this preponderantly male business, she should specify her sex. THEATRE MANAGER, AGE 28, 4 years' experience, desires new location (no preference). Married, win¬ ner 4 MOTION PICTURE EXHIBITOR awards, direct sales experience. Healthy, sober, honest. BOX A1128, c/o M. P. EXHIBITOR, 246 North Clarion St., Phila. 7, Pa. EXPERIENCED PROMOTION MINDED THEATRE MAN¬ AGER available for Philadelphia and vicinity. 16 years with major circuit. BOX B 1 128, c/o M. P. EXHIBITOR, 246 North Clarion St., Phila. 7, Pa. MANAGER, now under contract till January would like better opportunity. Conventional, Drive-In ex¬ perienced. Family, 35, executive with construction experience. Use present company as references. BOX A 1 25, c/o M. P. EXHIBITOR, 246 North Clarion St., Phila. 7, Pa. WANTED, ASSISTANT AT ONCE for small town theatre. Must know projection, minor repairs. Give full details in first letter, salary and references. BOX A1212, c/o M. P EXHIBITOR, 246 North Clarion St. Phila. 7, Pa. HIGH CALIBER SHOWMAN available. Experienced all phases theatre operation. Top references from big time circuits. Prefer Art Theatre operation in New York area. Resume furnished. BOX B1212', c/o M.P. EXHIBITOR, 246 North Clarion St., Phila. 7, Pa. WANTED: DRIVE-IN THEATRE MANAGER to* start work April 1. Eastern Ohio location. State age, references and desired salary. All mail kept strictly confidential. BOX C1212, e/o M. P. EXHIBITOR, 246 North Clarion St., Phila. 7, Pa. Addrest all Tit a A MA /i A/ ^ rtfVlilf' (Motion Picture Exhibitor correspondence to fill? M'lflMI! K/fffCTf j 246 N. Clarion St., Philadelphia 7, Pa St. Louis Salesmen Elect Lightfoot Head St. Louis — Robert C. Lightfoot, Allied Artists salesman, was elected president, St. Louis Loge 19, Colosseum of Motion Picture Salesmen, at the December meet¬ ing of the group held in the Melbourne Hotel last fortnight. He succeeds George A. Cohn, Columbia. Louis H. Ratz, RKO, was reelected vice-president, Edward J. Stevens, United Artists, was named secre¬ tary and treasurer to succeed Homer R. Hisey, Warners, and George Ware, re¬ tired 20th-Fox salesman, later was re¬ appointed to serve as assistant secretary and treasurer. Lightfoot gave a very complete report on the Colosseum national gathering here last month to the large attendance at the meeting. The membership indicated it was delighted with the decision of the Colos¬ seum to affiliate with the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employes and Moving Picture Machine Operators of the United States and Canada. The decision makes St. Louis 100 per cent IATSE-affiliated, so far as organized employees in the fields of motion picture distribution and exhibition are concerned. stage of the Texas on Dec. 15. Tommy Powers, manager, reported that a similar show held recently was well attended. . . . A call for Catholics to pledge themselves to shun motion pictures branded as ob¬ jectionable by the Legion of Decency has been issued by Archbishop Robert E. Lucey to all pastors in the San Antonio Archdiocese, directing that the pledge of the Legion be renewed in all churches. . . . Mrs. J. L. Greenwood, wife of the Joy manager, recovered from the flu. . . . Richard Rodriguez, chief of service, Majestic, for many years, left to reside in Los Angeles. . . . A1 Galan and Helmer Schmidt were given gold cards honoring them for 50 years of membership in the Stage Employees Local 78, IATSE. Galan is the Local president and stage manager, Texas. Schmidt is stage carpenter, San Antonio Symphony, Municipal Auditor¬ ium. . . . George Kaczmar, manager, Em¬ pire, is running a series of television ad¬ vertisements on KENS-TV, calling atten¬ tion to the current attractions. . . . Rubin A. Calderon, former official, Azteca ex¬ change, is now president, Domain Film Studios, Mexico City. Seattle Sidney Deneau, western division sales manager, Paramount, and H. Neal East, district sales manager, were in to meet with branch manager Henry Haustein. . . . Charles Martin, producer-director-writer of RKO's "Death Of A Scoundrel," and Zsa Zsa Gabor, one of the film's stars, recently visited the Aztec, San Antonio, for the Texas-Oklahoma premiere and are seen in the theatre lobby with, left, Sol Sachs, RKO southwestern district man¬ ager, and Raymond Wiley, right, Interstate general manager. Censors Not Enough, Catholic Men Told St. Louis— A positive approach, not just legal censorship, is needed to combat the spread of bad and indecent literature, motion pictures, and television shows, Dr. Michael F. Manley, attorney and professor of philosophy at Webster College, Webster Groves, Mo., told delegates to the annual convention of the Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Men at Rosati-Kain High School here last fortnight. Addressing the ACCM’s literature com¬ mittee, Dr. Manley said that censorship, where available, is “purely negative. It touches only bad literature, but neither directly generates nor nurtures good literature.” He added that cleanup cam¬ paigns, whether voluntary or not, in the movies, television, and printed publica¬ tions are at most “surface treatments.” He continued, “What is needed now is a thoughtful, mature reappraisal of prin¬ ciples and values in light of an objective philosophy of reality — a substantial refor¬ mation of society’s fundamental view of itself. “Let’s not be deceived into arming our¬ selves to the teeth with Legion of Decency or NODL lists and think the crusade is won,” he added. “It isn’t.” He then stressed that there must be something just as enticing which may be read or viewed on the theatre or television screen to make the victory complete and final. Plans were underway for the Variety Club to sponsor a Film Row Christmas party. . . . Paramount held an exhibitor screening of “Three Violent People” in the B. F. Shearer Jewel. . . . Warners held a trade screening of “Baby Doll’’ in the Egyptian. . . . The new Sterling house, the Lewis and Clark, opened its doors in time to take advantage of the Thanksgiving weekend, with Paramount’s “War And Peace.” . . . Ed Cruea, Allied Artists branch manager, returned from Portland. . . . Allen Wieder, MGM publicist, was covering the territory on “Teahouse Of The August Moon.” . . . Jim Brooks, 20thFox office manager, was recovering from an appendectomy. . . . Mr. and Mrs. Henry Philpott have closed their theatres in Craigmont and Winchester, Ida. Jean Seberg, 17-year-old winner of Otto Prem¬ inger's contest for a newcomer to play the title role in his forthcoming production of "Saint Joan" for UA, was greeted on her homecoming to Marshalltown, Iowa, by Orpheum manager Harry Dearmin, who forwarded her application and was presented with a citation for his part in her success story. December 12, 1956