The Exhibitor (1957)

26 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 "classifiea 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. MANAGER WANTED, for Philadelphia, Pa. theatre, BOX A529, c/o M. P EXHIBITOR, 246 North Clar¬ ion St., Phila. 7, Pa. MANAGER-PROJECTIONIST, either or both. 25 years' experience, Pennsylvania licensed, re-locate anywhere with good, secure position. Available two weeks after acceptance, 45 years old. Contact Immediately WALTER M. SMITH, 813 E. 10th Ave., York, Pa. Phone 98-320. (522) THEATRE MANAGER WANTED. Permanent position. Must excel in promotion and exploitation. Send all details, snapshot, references, salary expected, etc. LYON THEATRE CIRCUIT, Franklin, Va. (529) AVAILABLE, TOP THEATRE MANAGER. Experienced both Drive-In and Indoors. All phases of public rela¬ tions, exploitation, promotion and publicity. Florida territory preferred. BOX A65, c/o M. P. EXHIBITOR, 246 North Clarion St., Phila. 7, Pa. Address all TftA A -AAA hi C nrn/lr ( Motion Picture Exhibitor correspondence to ff/CT MiVIMIW HCl £ 246 N. Clarion St., Philadelphia 7, Pa Philadelphia Birk Binnard, Stanley Warner zone adpublicity head, arranged a promotion with Philadelphia Gas Company on MGM’s “This Could Be The Night,” which has a scene worked around a cooking contest. The gas company ran and paid for a 300line ad in the morning Inquirer and Eve¬ ning Bulletin; provided a free range for a giveaway; and gave large window dis¬ plays in seven metropolitan locations. The SW Stanley had a lobby display furnished by the gas company. Total SW outlay was 25 pairs of passes. . . . The Milgram Book¬ ing Service is now handling the Mahon¬ ing Drive-In, Lehighton, Pa. . . . Joseph Kirner, 54, projectionist, SW Orpheum, died while at work. . . . “The Restless Breed” was screened at Variety Club Tent 13 through the courtesy of 20th-Fox. . . . Tri-States Buying and Booking Serv¬ ice is now handling the New Parkway Drive-In, West Deptford, N. J., for Nicho¬ las Zeo. . . . The Carman reopened for another try at burlesque and films. RUNNYMEHE HOTEL ATLANTIC CITY On Beautiful Park Place. Boardwalk and ocean. Now open for the season. SPECIAL RATES FOR THEATREMEN AND THEIR FAMILIES (SAM TANNENBAUM— Owner, Surf Theatre and Operator of Runnymede Hotel) Write or Phone for Reservations Runnymede Hotel, Atlantic City, N. J. ATIantic City 4-6571 ' David £. BRODSKY « Associates THEATRICAL INTERIOR DECORATORS 242 N. 13th St. LO 4-1188—89 Phila. 7, Po. PAINTING • DRAPERIES • MURALS STAGE SETTINGS • WALL COVERINGS Pittsburgh Closing of theatres include Palace, Leechburg, Pa.; Strand, Apollo, Pa.; Star, Glassport, Pa.; Smith, Barnesboro, Pa. . . . Rivoli Theatres Company was awarded $7,053.16, plus six per cent in¬ terest from November, 1952, in its suit against Raymond R. Allison, formerly of Altoona. George C. Wilson, III, is the president of the Rivoli Company. . . . Al¬ fred Burtnett, owner, Moonlite Drive-In, Bedford, Pa., has opened a new drive-in on Route 219 near Meyersdale, Pa., called Pine Drive-In. . . . Regent, Reynoldsville, Fa., is now operating four nights weekly. . . . Joseph Markley will introduce a foreign film policy at the Victor when it reopens. Markley and his father re¬ cently took over management and owner¬ ship of the house. . . . Castelli Brothers plan to operate year ’round at the Super Castle Drive-In, near New Castle, Pa. . . . Art Levy, former branch manager, Co¬ lumbia, has returned to the business at Detroit where he has opened the DCA office as exchange manager. Portland Matt Knighton, Lyric, Salt Lake City, has been appointed city manager, Salem, for Forman United Theatres, not Frank Pratt, former manager, Paramount, Port¬ land. Announcement was in error, Al For¬ man reports. . . . Richard H. Lange, former RKO branch manager, is now with George Patten Investment Company, Portland securities firm in the American Bank building. . . . Actor Victor Jory was reported visiting the northwest. . . . Fess Parker arrived in Astoria harbor aboard a 42-foot sailing yacht. . . . Earl Keate, United Artists, was in town working on “Monkey On My Back.” Allan Weider, MGM, was in on “The Little Hut.” . . . Dean Matthews will direct a promotion of Fox’s “The Wayward Bus.” A bus used in the production of the picture arrived for the event. Tornadoes Take Toll Of Missouri Property St. Louis — The dozen or more torna¬ does that swept through Missouri and Illinois during the past week, doing dam¬ age estimated between $20,000,000 and $25,000,000 and the floods along various smaller rivers feeding into the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers gave the film sales¬ men traveling out of the St. Louis film exchanges a hectic time from day to day. The Kansas City territory, of course, was the hardest hit so far as property damage was concerned. Insurance adjust¬ ers have placed the total loss in the Kansas City metropolitan area at about $20,000,000. Details of damage by wind¬ storms and high water to theatres and drive-ins in that territory are not avail¬ able here. Fortunately, total damage to theatres in the St. Louis trade area has not been too high. The hardest hit was the Fred Wehrenberg Theatres’ Ronnies Drive-In. A tornado that tore through that sec¬ tion of the county late on the afternoon of May 22 did more than $5,000 damage to this drive-in. St. Louis Frisina Amusement Company’s Midway Drive-In, Lawrenceville, Ill., had its opening postponed until June 7 due to unfavorable weather conditions. . . . Mrs. Julia Skouras, wife of George Skouras, president, United Artists Theatre Cir¬ cuit, was in for the $100-a-plate dinner at the Chase Hotel and the boxing show at Kiel Auditorium for the benefit of Boys Town of Italy. Linda Darnell, Cleo Moore, Rocky Marciano, others, participated in , the event. . . . Oliver J. Holzmeier, Nick Glelis, and Merrill Jenkis were arrested by the F.B.I. at East St. Louis, Ill., charged with transporting obscene films from St. Loius. San Antonio Members of the clergy and others at¬ tended a special screening of the docu¬ mentary film, “Albert Schweitzer,” at the Arts. . . . San Antonio’s Pedro GonzalesGonzales will return for a personal ap¬ pearance at the Alameda on June 1 at a midnight show, with proceeds going to purchase a new organ for the San Fer¬ nando Cathedral here. . . . Gordon Mc¬ Lendon, head, McLendon Investment Cor¬ poration, owners of radio stations, and also, with his father, Barton McLendon, operators of Tri-States Theatre Circuit, was in the city conferring with officials of KTSA, the local radio station operated by the group. Seattle Harry Plunkett, branch manager, Na¬ tional Theatre Supply, was in San Fran¬ cisco and southern Oregon on a tour of theatres. . . . An abandoned White Center theatre building, owned by C. W. Olberg, was damaged by a fire believed started by children. . . . Vollie Volchok and Jack J. Engerman, Northwest Releasing, have taken over the reins from Hugh N. Becket as promotor of shows in this area, it was learned with the announcement by Becket that he was ending his association with the theatre promotion business started by his father back in 1944. June 5, 1957