The Exhibitor (1957)

December 4. 1957 MOTION PICTURE EXHIBITOR 23 equipment from National Theatre supply in¬ stalled by Harry Moore. He has also taken over the Alhambra, recently closed by the Korman interests. HOUSTON Fire damaged the home of Howard Lee and his wife, movie actress Hedy Lamarr. No one was reported injured according to reports by the Houston Fire Department. . . . Jack Groves, Post Oak Drive-In, has been elected new chief barker of Houston Variety Tent 34. Other officers for the coming year include Jerry Kirby, second chief barker; Les Hunt, dough guy; and Sid Balkin, property master. . . . Albert Rains, general manager, Korn Theatres, returned from Dallas, where he at¬ tended the funeral of D. K. Tudor, secretarytreasurer, Korn Theatres, for the past 30 years. . . . The engagement of Don Jackson, assistant manager, Majestic, has been an¬ nounced. He will wed Ila Leu, formerly cashier at the Majestic. . . . Betty Owens has been named day assistant manager of the North Main to Buddy Gould, manager. Miss Owens has been at the North Main for about three years. . . . Anna Wierzbicki, formerly part time candy girl at the North Main, has been given the post full time. . . . Carol Jean Smith has replaced Janie Morris as day cashier of the Village. Jay Cran has replaced Sam Sells as assistant manager. . . . Molly Mascarenas, chief of service, Rita, Del Rio, Tex., was recently cited by the Del Rio Junior Chamber of Commerce as the best known baby sitter in the city, and was given the Jaycee’s Outstanding Sales and Service Person award. JACKSONVILLE Richard Lewis, 20-Fox booker, spent several days in south Florida visiting exhibitors. . . . Newly-appointed officers of WOMPI are Rita Meehon, FST, as finance chairman, and Sunny Greenwood, U-I, as vice-president. . . . Back from TOA sessions in Miami Beach were branch managers Ed Chumley, Paramount; T. P. Tidwell, 20th-Fox; Marty Kutner, Colum¬ bia; Buford Styles, U-I; and R. Cam Price, Capitol Releasing Corporation. . . . Local ex¬ hibitor Horace Denning was reelected a vicepresident of TOA for a second year. . . . Jay Parkerson, former interim manager, Edgewood, is now Herbert Roller’s assistant at the downtown Imperial. . . . Paul Marsden staged a successful live turkey giveaway at the Edgewood with the cooperation of a surburban merchant. MINNEAPOLIS Extensive remodeling of the neighborhood Nile is planned by William and Sidney Volk, operators. . . . The Roxy, Owataonna, Minn., is undergoing an extensive remodeling pro Manager Changes Affect UDT Houses DETROIT — Sweeping changes in house management of properties valued at about 10 million dollars are announced by ABCParamount's subsidiary, United Detroit Theatres. The realignment affects two first-run. and four of UDT’s plushiest second -run establishments, representing nearly one half of the circuit’s Detroit holdings. Involved are Jack Cataldo, manager, Ramona; Lincoln Friend, Michigan: Mal¬ colm Rose, Birmingham; Jack Sage, Fisher; August Sermo, Cinderella; and Norman Wheaton, Madison. Richard Egan, visiting on behalf of U-I's "Slaughter On Tenth Avenue," was seen in Detroit recently with, left to right, Alden Smith, Co-op Circuit; Henry Capogna, Butter¬ field Theatres; Daniel Lewis, Co-op; and Verne Sicotte, Butterfield city manager in Lansing. gram which will include installation of a larger screen and increasing the seating ca¬ pacity from 500 to 750. Herbert Fette is manager. . . . Avalon, Thief River Falls, Minn., reopened following completion of a redecora¬ tion project and installation of Cinemascope and stereophonic sound. . . . Bender brothers of Bemidji, Minn., sold, their Cozy, McIntosh, Minn., to Ernest Anderson, owner, Midway Drive-In, Mahnomen, Minn. . . . Gene Spatz, formerly of Los Angeles, is the new booker, Allied Artists. Spatz worked for Paramount and Republic here before going to the west coast six years ago. . . . Ardis Smekofski is the new booking stenographer, Paramount. . . . Eric Bergstrom is the new manager, Milaca, Milaca, Minn., replacing Mrs. Eliza¬ beth Medici. . . . Projection Service and Sup¬ ply Company has moved into new quarters at 80 Glenwood Avenue. The firm, operated by Sam Segal, formerly was located at 1100 Currie Avenue. . . . Work has started on the new Harris, Huron. S. D.. which will replace the old Huron destroyed by fire 10 months ago. Minnesota Amusement Company will oDerate the house. . . . Dennis Morgan, Holly¬ wood actor turned chicken farmer, was in for the Minnesota-Wisconsin football game. . . . Reid H. Ray Film Industries, St. Paul, an¬ nounced the appointment of district managers f^r its screen advertising divisions. They are Marshall Alexander, Walker. Minn., northern Minnesota; Edgar F. Burke, Minneapolis, northern Iowa and west central Minnesota' Lon M. Eichten, St. Paul, Twin Cities and southeastern Minnesota; and Larry J. Fueh¬ rer, Minneapolis, North Dakota. . . . The Elgin Improvement association at Elgin, N. D., has taken over operation of the Elgin, with Harr-' Wald In New Orleans For Mardi Gras Pic NEW ORLEANS — Jerry Wald, 20th -Fox ex¬ ecutive, who recently filmed “The Long Hot Summer,” based on William Faulkner’s “The Hamlet,” at Baton Rouge, La., was in for pre-promotion of a movie he will film in New Orleans at a cost of between two to three million dollars with Mardi Gras as the background. Wald made his revelation at a breakfast at Brennan’s restaurant to a group of theatre executives presided over by the company’s branch manager, William A. Briant. He stated that shooting of the film will begin the last week of the carnival season and will con¬ tinue locally for about a month, with some sequences of the CinemaScope 55-Deluxe Color picture to be filmed at Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Va. Orleanian show people as well as townsfolk will be given a chance to appear as extras in a movie. The principals, whom Wald said haven’t been ticketed as yet, will be here from Hollywood. He was accompanied by 20th-Fox Holly¬ wood executive Frank McCarthy and Winston Miller, who will do the script for the picture. Zacher, Arnold Meyer, and Ted Brackel as the management team. . . . State, Worthington, Minn., revived kiddie shows on Saturday afternoons with serials and free popcorn. NEW HAVEN HARTFORD, CONN., NEWS — Closing down the Southington Drive-In for winter, Livio Dottor, Perakos Theatre Associates, cautioned patrons, via newspaper ads: “Drive Care¬ fully!” . . . Stanley Warner Capitol and Jason Enterprises’ Gem, Willimantic, Conn., have agreed to start Monday through Friday per¬ formances at 5 p. m. Both theatres are open¬ ing at 1 p. m. on Saturdays, and at 2 p. m. on Sundays and holidays, under new schedule. . . . Roger Livingston, formerly with Hartford Operating Company, has opened the 485-seat Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Conn., on lease from Mrs. Frances Lampert, for undisclosed terms. Theatre had been closed for two years. Livingston is running daily performances, with 60 cents, adults; 35 cents, children, price scale at all times. . . . The Colchester, Col¬ chester, Conn., has dropped Tuesday-Wednesday performances. . . . Albert M. Pickus, owner, Stratford, Stratford, Conn., and TOA vice-president, has agreed to open a large parking lot in the rear of his property for use as a public parking lot, sponsored by the This is the recently elected 1958 Crew of the Variety Club of Greater Miami, Fla., Tent 33. Stated, from left to right, Abe Allenberg, property master; Victor Levine, second assistant; Luther Evans, chief barker; Hal Pelton, first assistant; and Bob Green, dough guy. Standing, Julian Cole, Sammy Walsh, Carl Gardner. Art Bruns, and Leo Adeep. Jack Bell was not present for the picture.