The Exhibitor (1957)

22 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, . . . 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 mole business, she should specify her sex. PROJECTIONIST WANTS POSITION. 4 years' experi STATE RIGHT FEATURES for Kansas City Territory Wanted. 31 years with RKO selling territory, Gity, Booking Agencies and Circuits. Have personal records on entire territory. EARl L. DYSON, 8812 Holmes, Kansas City 10, Mo. (227) MANAGER, 38, family, experienced all phases con¬ ventional operation. Showmanship awards. Public relations. Excellent references. Prefer Miami, Florida area. Top salary. Available 30 days notice. BOX A313, C O M.P. EXHIBITOR, 246 North Clarion St., Phila. 7, Pa. WANTED— MANAGERS, experienced and trainees, for the New England area for drive-ins and regular theatres. Write full qualifications to MRS. FRANCES W. HARDING, 22 Church Street, Boston, Mass. (313) PROJECTIONIST WANTS POSITION. 7 years experi¬ ence all makes equipment. Can do own maintenance. Single, reliable, non-drinker. BENJAMIN C. IVEY, General Delivery, Waynesboro, Miss. (313) THEATREMAN WANTED. One whose family can co¬ operate as projectionist, cashier, candystand attend¬ ants, usher, etc., to produce good income from their own business. Real opportunity for right people. Let's talk turkey. EARL J. BROTHERS, Boulder Theatre, Boulder City, Nev. (227) in working on “The Barretts Of Wimpole Street” and “Invitation To The Dance,” both set for the Guild, managed by Nancy Welch. . . . Before “The Ten Commandments” opened in the Para¬ mount, a reported 921 civic, industrial, religious, press, radio, and TV repre¬ sentatives attended invitational screen¬ ings in Walter Tibbett’s Laurelhurst. St. Louis Veteran exhibitor Herman Ferguson, Malden, Me., died there of a heart attack. . . . The Orpheum, Quincy, Ill., will re¬ open under the management of Wiley N. McConnell, following refurbishing, as a first and second run house. . . , The St. Charles Drive-In, St. Charles, Mo., will be operated this season by Herbert P. Martstein. Robert H. Spencer, who managed the situation last season for the St. Charles Drive-In Theatre Company, now is Frisina circuit city manager, Taylorville. Ill. . . . The Variety Club hon¬ ored former RKO branch manager Tommy Williamson at the monthly lunch¬ eon last fortnight. San Antonio The Arts, shuttered for about a year, reopened and now features art films as well as dramatic stage productions. The house is operated by Bordentown The¬ atres Circuit. ... A group of placard¬ carrying teenagers picketed a theatre at San Angelo, Tex., at the opening of Warners’ “Baby Doll.” Theatre officials said the film played to an above normal ence. Single, reliable, sober. Good references. RICH¬ ARD NELSON, 2328 Winchester Ave., Ashland, Ky. Phone: East 4-3340. (227) MANAGER WANTED for New Jersey drive-in and conventional theatres; permanent; top salary; real opportunity for aggressive man; many benefits in¬ cluding retirement plan; group insurance; hospitaliza¬ tion. WALTER READE THEATRES, Mayfair House, Deal Road, Oakhurst, New Jersey or call KEIIogg 1-1600. (36) WANTED THEATRE MANAGER to take charge large tourist attraction. Experienced in promotion and supervision. Exceptional opportunity. BOX 212, Crown Point, New York. (313) AVAILABLE: M A N A G E R A S S I S T A N T MANAGER. Trained by RKO manager. 26 years old. Prefer firstrun theatre. ROBERT MICHAIIK, 3635 E. 49th St., Cleveland, Ohio. (36) MANAGER WANTED for Suburban Philadelphia theatre. Air-conditioned modern apartment goes with job. Must be experienced. Steady work. BOX B313, C O M. P. EXHIBITOR, 246 North Clarion St., Phila. 7, Po. crowd despite the picketing and the large number of letters protesting the film as a result of advance advertising. . . . Clarence McNeil has sold the Chief Drive-In, Abilene, Tex., to Tom Griffin, Allstate Circuit, which has already taken over operation. . . . Hoover Edwards and Hugh L. Millington have purchased the interest of Leroy and Bob Otwell in the Starlite Drive-In at Schertz, Tex. The newcomers plan improvements. . . . Don Fuller has sold the Roxy, San Angelo, Tex., to Marion Cole. Seattle C. A. Dunn, former Vale, Ore., exhibi¬ tor has taken over the Liberty, Wapato, Reading Bingo Operators Face Ministerial Opposition READING, PA.— Bingo operators here may face a crusade in the near future. Reading’s new weekly news¬ paper, The Record, took a shot at the games in a recent issue. The shot might not hurt, however, were it not for a new all-out anti-gambling, anti¬ vice war being launched by the Reading Ministerial Association, with rural borough and township clergy¬ men helping. The war is aimed at the city ad¬ ministration and the county district attorney offices’ alleged failure to halt gambling and betting. Wash., from Paul Volkman. . . . Ernie Thompson opened the Rose, Port Town¬ send, Wash., after extensive redecoration. . . . Bill Stahl, National Theatre Supply salesman, has moved back to Seattle from Portland, and is now traveling out of this city. . . . Adrian Monroe, secre¬ tary to Universal branch manager Art Greenfield, recently married Merv An¬ derson. . . . About 175 members of the Civil Air Patrol attended a special screening of Universal’s “Battle Hymn” in the Music Hall. Ernie Piro, Favorite Films branch man¬ ager, spent the week in Portland calling on circuits. . . . Michael Daniel, office manager for Universal, is leaving to work fcr Decca Records as branch manager in Portland. . . . Mr. and Mrs. Keith Beck¬ with returned from a trip to California. . . . Jim Brooks, office manager for the local 20th-Fox office, is back at his desk after a recent illness. Washington Consideration of a staff report recom¬ mending experimental licensing of toll television by the Senate Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee last fort¬ night was postponed until tomorrow (March 14), when it failed to reach agreement in executive session as to whether to give the report official back¬ ing. At a committee meeting last week. Federal Communications Commissioners were on hand for an announced discus¬ sion of subscription television which failed to materialize when other TV problems were aired. However, FCC chairman George C. McConnaughey dis¬ closed that pay TV has been the subject of Commission meetings in recent weeks. Plans for the company's forthcoming productions were discussed recently at Allied Artists .^tudio sales meeting. Seen, left to right, are Sanford Abrahams, assistant advertising and publicity director; Morey R. Goldstein, vice-president and general sales manager; Harold Mirisch, vice-president; and John C. Flinn, advertising and publicity director. Address all correspondence to— FAe Comer j Motion Picture Exhibitor 246 N. Clarion St., Philodelphio 7, Pa. March 13, 1957