The Exhibitor (1957)

20 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 nome 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 avoil 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, 40, familiar with all phases theatre operation. 20 years' experience, both indoor and drive-in theatres. Desires change. C. H. SMITH, 322 W. 10th St., Charlotte, N C (612) 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. MANAGER WANTED in New Jersey; permanent; top salary; real opportunity for aggressive man; many benefits including retirement plan; group insurance; and hospitalization. Apply WALTER READE THEATRES, Mayfair House, Deal Rd., Oakhurst, N. J., or call KEilogg 1-1600 (612) MANAGER: Past six years with Drive-In, seeks good connection, indoor or drive-in. Prefer South. Write BOX 409, South Boston, Va. (619) Addreie all (orreipondeec* to— The A-MAN Comer Motion Pictwro Exhibitor 246 N. Clarion St., Philadelphia 7, Pa. picture is scheduled to open here around the first of July. Press, radio, and tele¬ vision people were hosted at a cocktail party held at the Shamrock Hilton. HARTFORD, CONN., NEWS— George LeWitt, veteran exhibitor, retired from public life when his term on the board of finance and taxation in New Britain, Conn., expired June 1. He will concen¬ trate on business activity, he disclosed. . . . Allen C. Morrison, former Hartford theatre owner and friend of many early film stars, left an estate of $781,382, according to an inventory admitted to probate by Hartford Judge Russell Z. Johnston. All of it is in stocks (none in the amusement field). . . . Peter G. Perakos, Sr., president, Perakos Theatre Associates, has established the Peter G. Perakos, Sr., football scholarships, to be awarded yearly to a lineman and a backfield player of the New Britain (Conn.) High School for outstanding ability and team contribution. Each boy will receive $250 toward furthering his education. RUNNYMEDE 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 6. g— ROD Associates THEATRICAL INTERIOR DECORATORS 242 N. 13th St. LO 4-1188— 89 Phila. 7, Pa. PAINTING • DRAPERIES • MURALS STAGE SETTINGS • WALL COVERINGS Jacksonville Candy Cane City is the name of the large new playground opened here at the Southside Drive-In under the manage¬ ment of H. S. Stewart, Jacksonville The¬ atre Company. . . . Stella Poulnot of Atlanta, international head of WOMPI, will install these newly-elected officers of the local WOMPI at a Town House banquet on June 28: Edith Prescott, presi¬ dent; Ida Bell Levey, first vice-president; Melvarine McCrary, second vice-presi¬ dent; Jeanine Moore, recording secretary; Mamie Newman, corresponding secretary; and Laura Kenny, treasurer. Ted Cha¬ peau, Variety chief barker, will emcee the affair. . . . Marvin Skinner, 20th-Fox salesman, was vacationing with relatives in Texas. . . . A1 Hildreth is now man¬ aging the Arcade, following the resigna¬ tion of Tim Crawford. . . . Harry Clark, formerly with FST, is now a draftee booker at 20th-Fox. . . . Arnold Haynes, Naples exhibitor, was here on a booking trip. . . . Alfred Terranova, MGM booker, was recovering from a minor throat oper¬ ation. . . . John T. Alsop, former exhibi¬ tor who was the city’s mayor for 16 years, addressed the June luncheon meeting of the active Motion Picture Council. MIAMI, FLA., NEWS— Lou Preston has been engaged as manager, Cameo, Miami Beach, Fla., thus transferring Gordon Spradley to Wometco’s drive-in circuit. Spradley will relieve John Cunningham at the 27th Avenue Drive-In during the latter’s vacation before being given a permanent assignment. Tom Hayes is now manager, Strand. . . . The Essex, Hialeah, Fla., was host to the graduating class of the Hialeah Senior High School, where the youngsters attended a late movie fol¬ lowing graduation exercises and buffet supper. . . . Herman Silverman, head, booking department, Wometco Theatres, became the father of a second daughter, Lenore Sandra. Former Exhibitor Dies; Opened Theatre In 1913 HARTFORD, CONN.— Calvin L. Martin, 83, former owner and operator, Princess, one of the first motion pic¬ ture theatres at Waterbury, Conn., died recently. He operated the theatre from 1913 to 1922, later going into the manufacturing field. Kansas City Edward R. Golden, former owner, Vogue; Thomas Thompson, district man¬ ager of Walt Disney Films; and Abbot Sher, owner, Film Delivery and Distribut¬ ing Service, have purchased a Kansas City franchise for a Liberace music studio. The new music school is to open on June 17 in the Mission Kansas shopping center, the time set to coincide with Liberace’s personal appearance in Kansas City. The school is the first in the pianist’s proposed coast-to-coast chain of music schools based on a system to which Liberace has sole professional rights. . . . Forty theatres of the Motion Picture Association of Greater Kansas City, Edwin C. Hartman, president, participated on June 4 in a program to raise funds for the Red Cross tornado relief fund. No admittance charge was made to the thousands of persons who attended the theatres, but voluntary offerings were taken at each, with all of the proceeds going to the fund. Par¬ ticipating were 15 drive-ins, six Fox the¬ atres, and 19 independents The regularly scheduled film programs were shown. . . . "Man On Fire” was previewed by MGM on June 6 to a large audience at Loew’s Midland. Minneapolis A. L. Fritsch is the new owner, Can¬ non, Cannon Falls, Minn. House, which has been closed, was scheduled to reopen June 8. New equipment, including CinemaScope and a wide screen, were in¬ stalled. . . . Cliff Nyland is the new owner, Idle Hour, Stephen, Minn., formerly owned by Loyal Larson. . . . Frosch Iheatre Supply Company, Minneapolis, is installing seme of the equipment for “Around The World In 80 Days,” sched¬ uled to open at the Alvin the end of the month or the first part of July. . . . Wil¬ liam A. Ronning, 51, assistant film buyer, Minnesota Amusement Company, died after being hospitalized for some time. Before joining Maco 21 years ago, he was office manager for Columbia. . . . Flying Cloud Drive-In, southwest of the city, opened its new “Candy Cane” playground. Each child was given a candy cane at the opening Memorial Day. . . . Ann Lee, formerly of Dallas, has been named public relations director, Cinerama, at the Cen¬ tury. . . . Ncreen Hoganson, stenographerbiller, Republic, was married to John Hanson. They spent th-eir honeymoon in Denver. . . . Esther Bolnick, receptionist, Warners, and Irene Rogers, bookkeeper, Independent Film Service, both vaca¬ tioned in California. . . . Jack Cohan, branch manager, 29th-Fox, was in Mil¬ waukee, and M. A. Levy, midwest dis¬ trict manager, 20th-Fox, was in New Ycrk. New Orleans Seventeen-year-old Pat Planchard from Eaton Rouge, La., is the winner of the Miss Tammy Blue Jean Contest. She was June 19, 1957