The Exhibitor (1959)

24 MOTION PICTURE EXHIBITOR July 8, 1959 Robinson, author and co-producer of U-I’s 'This Earth is Mine,” met the press at a luncheon while in town to promote the film. . . MGM Club held its annual summer out¬ ing at Beverly Hills Country Club in nearby Kentucky. . . . Calvin Winder, owner, Waldo Projector and Rebuilding Company, was elected secretary of Moving Picture Opera¬ tors, Local 327, to complete the year for Walter Pavley, who resigned because of illness. . . . Phil Chakeres, president, Chakeres Circuit, presided at circuits Kentucky managers’ meeting. . . . TOC Booking Agency is to service the Rohs, Cynthiana, Ky., for new owner, James Denton. . . . National Theatre Supply furnished equipment for Lou Marck’s new Tri-State Drive-In, Chesapeake, O., scheduled to open in late June. . . . Van¬ dals destroyed the custard stand at Grand¬ view Drive-In, Hazard, Ky. . . . Fire caused extensive damage to the concession stand of the Richmond Drive-In, Holcomb, W. Va. . . . Destroyed tower of Beacon Drive-In, Portland, Ind., is to be rebuilt by Midwest Theatre Supply. . . . Waldo Projector and Rebuilding Company has completed over¬ hauling projectors for Ohio, Madison Ind. . . . Kenneth Blue, 54, Hyde Park Art, died June 12. He had been in theatre business in Milwaukee and this city for a number of years. COLUMBUS, O., NEWS — Herman Hunt, of Hunt’s CineStage, announced a limited six weeks’ run at popular prices of ‘‘The Diary of Anne Frank,” starting July 9. . . . Local theatremen are saying farewell to Walter Kessler, manager of Loew’s Ohio since 1946, who has been promoted to manager of Loew’s Warfield, San Francisco, only Loew house on the West Coast. He will leave for his new assignment about August 1. . . . The three sports editors of Columbus dailies, Earl Flora, Journal; Paul Hornung, Dispatch and Tom Keys, Citizen, devoted full columns to the trials and tribulations of Ed McGlone, RKO Palace manager, in staging closed cir¬ cuit fight telecasts. The columns contained plugs for the Palace’s showing of the Floyd Patterson-Ingemar Johannson fight. . . . Ken Prickett, executive secretary, Independent Theatre Owners of Ohio, announced the sign¬ ing of Richard Reding, owner of the Lynn Auto Theatre, Strasburg, as a new ITOO member. Morey "Razz" Goldstein, general sales man¬ ager, Allied Artists, is seen with Mr. and Mrs. Felix Adler, famous Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey clowns, in a publicity shot for the company's "The Big Circus." CLEVELAND Effective July 2 the local Paramount ex¬ change will be streamlined to a faint shadow of its present status when all branch opera¬ tions with the exception of selling, will be moved to Pittsburgh. After that date there will be no resident Paramount bookers. Present bookers Irvin Sears and Sheldon Schermer will join the Pittsburgh branch. Lillian Ack, office manager, will go to Pitts¬ burgh on a temporary basis. She will remain there only until the change-over has been effected. Remaining in Cleveland will be Harry Buxbaum, branch manager and sales¬ men Jerry Lipow and Gordon Bugie. . . . Anthony Reinman, United Artist assistant booker under the late George Bressler the past five years, moves up into the post left vacant by Bressler’s sudden death. Succeed¬ ing to Reinman’s post is Ronald Sparks, former Universal and Co-operative Theatres of Ohio booker, who has been absent from Film Row since last fall. . . . Irving Marcus’ promotion from local National Screen Serv¬ ice Salesman to manager of the company’s Pittsburgh branch office will be the center of attraction at a testimonial dinner, July 20, in the Tudor Arms Hotel under the co¬ sponsorship of the Variety Club and the Salesmen’s Club of Cleveland. Marcus has been with NSS for 26 years starting in the New York office and serving in both Film Exchange and Dealer Listing for the OMAHA FILM TERRITORY A CONTINUING SERVICE • that will be re-edited and re-published at 8-month intervals • Film Distributors ALLIED ARTISTS, 1506 Davenport St.— Atlantic 1953 Br. Mgr.: Sol J. Francis. Office Mgr. and Booker: Bill Wink. Emerg. Phone: Atlantic 4155, Terrace 6453. AMERICAN INT'L., 1508 Davenport St.— Jackson 1161 Br. Mgr.: Meyer Stern. Emerg. Phone: Glendale 7186. 20TH CENTURY-FOX, 1502 Davenport St.-Jackson 4860 Br. Mgr.: Frank P. Larson, Jr. Sales: Tony Goodman. Booker: Bill Doebel. Cashier: Mary Frangenberg. Field Exp.: Bob Favaro. Emerg. Phone: None. UNITED ARTISTS, 309 N. 16th St.-Atlantic 9944 Br. Mgr.: Donald V. McLucas. Office Mgr. and Booker: Opal Woodson. Sales: William Heath. Booker: Erma Deland. Cashier: Shirley Pitts. Emerg. Phone: Regent 5346. UNIVERSAL-INTERNATIONAL, 1524 Davenport St.-Atlantic 8918 Sales: Carl Reese. Booker: Dolores Kramper. Emerg. Phone: None. • Supply Dealers NATIONAL THEATRE SUPPLY, 307 N. 16th St.Webster 8377, Emerg. Phone: Atlantic 8750 QUALITY THEATRE SUPPLY, 1515 Davenport St.-Atlantic 7253 Emerg. Phone: Terrace 1519. WESTERN THEATRE SUPPLY, 214 N. 15th St.-Atlantic 9046 • Film Delivery Services FILM TRANSPORT CO., 1112 Capitol St.-Atlantic 2045 Pittsburgh and Cleveland. . . . Ray Schmertz, 20th-Fox branch manager announces a group of early “South Pacific” bookings in this territory. The picture plays the Palace, Can¬ ton, July 10; State Findlay; and Quilna, Lima, July 16; Schines’s Mt. Vernon, Wooster and Tiffin houses, July 17; and the Tivoli, Lorain, July 22. . . . Meyer Fine, president of Associated Theatres Circuit, and Mrs. Fine attended the graduation of their son, Bruce, from the University of Pennsylvania. . . Frank Dominic has closed his Gem. Leetonia, O., for a period of six weeks. . . . J The Astor, a link in the Washington Circuit, has gone to week-end operation for the summer. . . . Associated Theatres Circuit auditor Sam Schwartz is back at his desk following heart surgery, and Leroy Kendis, circuit executive, was given his hospital discharge papers. DALLAS Negotiations begun before the death of Col. Harry A. Cole were completed with the purchase by Phil Isley Theatres of the three Bonham, Tex., theatres from the Cole estate. The showplaces were two “hardtops” and one drive in. At the same time, the Isley office has announced the appointment of Charlie Wise as general manager for the circuit. . . . Alfred N. Sack is reported to be improving following his recent heart attack. He is in the Baylor Hospital. . . . W. S. Chisolm has opened a new 600 car drive-in at Grand Prairie, Tex., with Cecil Thedford as man¬ ager. . . . When a delivery boy dropped a carton of four one gallon bottles of ammonia on the stairway at the M-G-M office, there was a hurried evacuation of more than 65 persons with three hospitalized because of the strong vapors. The vapors were carried throughout the building by the air condi¬ tioning system. A. V. Philbin, office manager was among the last to leave. . . . Interstate Theatre Circuit officials have announced that the first two feature length motion pic¬ tures completely filmed and produced in this city would jointly celebrate their world pre¬ miere here, June 25, in the Majestic. They are B. R. and Gordon McLendon’s “The Killer Shrews” and “The Giant Gila Monster.” The pictures, will be released nationally in July. . . . Dallas now ranks as the fifth largest film distribution center in the United States. The local filmrow has 28 film distributors and is the home office of 20 exhibitor com¬ panies and five film delivery companies. The first motion picture theatre was founded here in 1906 and the first film distributing office opened here in 1906. . . . “Auntie Marne” was in its 10th week at the Village with “The Shaggy Dog” into its 10th week at the Esquire. . . . Pinky Pinkston injured a leg nerve lifting a heavy piece of equipment and has been under a doctor’s care for the past three weeks. He is with Hardin Theatre Supply Company. The company recently fully equipped the new Chisholm Drive-In which opened at Grand Prairie, Tex. Watch for them ! ' NEXT! Memphis Territory Issue of July 15 Seattle Territory Issue of July 22 Save Them! A SPECIAL SERVICE . only in MOTION PICTURE EXHIBITOR