The Exhibitor (1959)

NEW ORLEANS Mrs. and Mrs. Willis Houck are the proud parents of a son, their first child. Houck is manager of the Joy, Kaplan, La. . . . Sympathy is extended to Joe Williams upon the recent death of his mother. . . . Area drive-ins now operating week ends only are the Gay Lee, De Quincy, La. and Holiday, Gonzales, Fla. The indoor Rex, Jackson, La., is also on week^^hd operation. . . . Closing for the winter season were Gulf States’ Varia and “51” drive-ins, Jackson, Miss.; the Warrington and Palafox, Pensacola, Fla.; and the Barks¬ dale, Bossier City, La. . . . WOMPI will hold a supper meeting at Variety Club quarters on Oct. 21. . . . Joy N. Houck acquired the neighborhood Aereon from Vernon Dupepe. Waddy Jones, long in charge of Joy Theatres booking department, will be manager. . . . Beverly Laiche is new in Paramount’s ac¬ counting department. . . . June Dickinson replaced Frances Griffin, who resigned from Warners’ contract department. . . . Sympathy is extended to John Schaffer, Sr., Schaffer Film Service, on the recent death of his Film Exchange and Dealer Listing for the PHILADELPHIA FILM TERRITORY A CONTINUING SERVICE • that wilt be re-edited and re-published at 8-month intervals • Film Distributors ALLIED ARTISTS, 1241 Vine St.-LOcust 3-8342 Br. Mgr.: Maxwell Gillis. Office Mgr. and Booker: Harold Coltun. Sales: Harry Levine, Max Bernstein. Cashier: Margaret Carlies. Emerg. Phone: c/o Clark Film, LOcust 4-3450. AMERICAN FILM, 1329 Vine St.-WAInut 2-1800 Mgr.: Ben Harris. AMERICAN-INT'L., 3 Penn Center Plena, Room 722-LOcust 8-6684 Eastern Div. Sis. Mgr.: Edward Heiber. Booker: Joe Quinlivan. Cashier: Mrs. Ruth Monelly. Emerg. Phone: c/o Clark Film, LOcust 4-3450. ARROW, 311 N. 13th St.-MArket 7-3368, LOcust 7-5287 Pres.: Charles Zagrans. BUENA VISTA (Disney), 1235 Vine St.-LOcust 7-3681 Br. Mgr.: Leonard Mintz. Office Mgr.: R. M. Doherty. Head Booker: Martha Clark. Emerg. Phone: c/o Clark Film. LOcust 4-3450. (Dist. Mgr. in residence: Mort Magill.) CAPITAL FILM, 309 N. 13th St.-LOcust 7-2698 Mgr.: Edw. Gabriel. Sis. and Office Mgr.: Bob Gabriel. Bocker: Marian Spinel I i . Emerg. Phone: WA 4-1240. COLUMBIA, 1225 Vine St.-LOcust 8-3889 Br. Mgr.: Lester Wurtele. Office Mgr.: A. C. Gottshalk. S les: Jerry Levy, Ed Feinblatt, Robert Shisler. Bookers: Joe Flood, Ben Rosenthal, Ralph Cohen. Field Exp.: Milt Young. Emerg. Phone: c/o Clark Film, LOcust 4-3450. (Dist. Mgr. in residence : Harry Weiner.) FAN FARE, 246 N. Clarion Sti-LOcust 7-2242 Pres.: Jce Solomon. Booker: Dolores Cotter. Cashier: Clare Frazer. Emerg. Phone: c/o Clark Film, LOcust 4-3450. JACK JASLOW, 1329 Vine St.-WAInut 5-4313 LOPERT, 1322 Vine St.-LOcust 3-9500 Dist. Mgr.: Norman Weitman. Secty.: Florence Weiner. METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER, 250 N. 13th St.-LOcust 7-5150 Br. Mgr.: William A. Madden. Office Mgr. and Head B ;cker: David Titleman. Sales: William Hopkins, F. Jelenko, Frank Sculli, Harry Bache. Bookers: Max Bronow, Jim Coyne, Phil Gallagher. Cashier: Marie Connell. Field Exp.: Ed Gallner. Emerg. Phone: Titleman, GReenwood 7-4425. PARAMOUNT, 248 N. 12th St.-LOcust 7-3672 Br. Mgr.: Ulrik F. Smith. Office Mgr. and Head Booker: Anthony LaMonaco. Sales: Ralph Garman, Harry Dressier, John Kane. Bookers: James Winters, Matthew Judge, Stanley Smithers. Cashier: Robert Thompson. Field Exp.: Mike Weiss. Emerg. Phone: LaMonaco, Tllden 8-2874. DAVID ROSEN (Mutual Film), 1237 Vine St.-LOcust 4-4429 20th CENTURY-FOX, 314 N. 13th St.-WAInut 2-2828 Br. Mgr.: Samuel Diamond. Sis. Mgr.: Ben Goldstein. Office Mgr.: Mario DIStanislao. Sales: Allen Strulson, Joe Engel, Eli Lagose. Bookers: Lil Rosentoor, Mae Greenus, Ethel Rudich, Don Suplee. Cashier: Anne Dunn. Field Exp.: Hal Marshall. Emerg. Phone. Joe Vanis, Hd. Shipper, NE 4-5332. UNITED ARTISTS, 1322 Vine St.-LOcust 3-9500 Br. Mgr.: Albert Glaubinger. Office Mgr.: Elizabeth V. Ziegler. Sales: Stanley Kositsky, Jack Zamsky, Pat Beck. Bookers: Elizabeth Marrandino, Janet Lewis, Sam Sciulli. Cashier: Mary Monohan. Field Exp.: Max Miller. Emerg. Phone: c/o Clark Film, LOcust 4-3450. (Eastern Dist. Mgr. in residence: Eugene Tunick.) UNIVERSAL-INTERNATIONAL, 251 N. 13th St.-LOcust 4-3980 Sis. Mgr.: Carl Reardon. Office Mgr.: James Davidson. Sales: Richard Melvin, Bernard Golden. Bookers: Pete Ciccotta, Norman Falk. Cashier: Joseph Azzarano. Emerg. Phone: None. WARNER BROS., 1225 Vine St.-LOcust 3-9530 Br. Mgr.: William G. Mansell. Asst. Br. Mgr.: Dave Cooper. Office Mgr.: David Law. Sales: Ed O'Donnell, T. N. Noble. Bookers: L. J. Hannon, E. Carlin. Anthony Blase, John Daly. Cashier: Ed Larson. Emerg. Phone: Law, Pil¬ grim 5-5477. • Supply Dealers BLUMBERG BROS., 1305 Vine St.— LOmbard 5-72 40. Emerg. Phone: Welsh Valley 4-4920. NATIONAL THEATRE SUPPLY, 1310 Vine St.-LOc ust 7-61 56. Emerg Phone: GR 3 7678 • Screen Trailers NATIONAL SCREEN SERVICE, 1201 Vine St.-LOcust 3-9580. Br. Mgr.: Stanley Goldberg. Office Mgr.: Moe Koppelman. Sales: Maurice Levin. • Signs , Advertising and Printing INDEPENDENT POSTER EXCH., 1323 Vine St.-WAInut 2-3233^ * KEYSTONE POSTER CO., 123 N. 3rd St.-MArket 7-7737 Owner: Joe Portone. NATION AL-PENN PRINTING, 1233 Vine St.-LOcust 7-0538 NATIONAL SCREEN SERVICE, 1201 Vine St.-LOcust 3-9580 QUALITY LITHO., 241 N. 12th St.-MArket 7-45 50 RICH-ART SIGN & DISPLAY, 307 N. 13th St.-LOcust 7-5544 and 9390 TRIANGLE STUDIO, 1331 Vine St.-MArket 7-65 30 • Film Delivery Services CLARK TRANSFER, INC., 829 N. 29th St.-LOcust 4-3450 Pres.: James P. Clark. Emerg. Phone: same. NEW JERSEY MESSENGER SERV., 1018-26 Wood St.-WAInut 5-3944; Camden, N. J. WOodlawn 4-7380 Pres.: Meyer Adelman. Emerg. Phone: Haddonfield (N.J.) HAzel 9 6857; Camden, N. J. EMerson 5-6327. • Service Companies ALTEC SERVICE CO., 1505 Race St.-LOcust 7-71 10 PROGRESSIVE ELECT. CO., 240 N. 13th St.-RItte nhouse 6-3996 RCA SERVICE CO., 121 N. Broad St.— Rlttenhouse 6-7568 A SPECIAL SERVICE . . . only in MOTION PICTURE EXHIBITOR brother, R. K. Schaffer, 65. . . . Marion Ann Guerin, daughter of Marion Guerin, Film In¬ spection, and Roland A. Mineo will wed at Our Lady of The Holy Rosaxy Chucrh. . . . Variety Club held a membership meeting. . . . T. G. Solomon and his Gulf States Theatres’ staffei’s were hosts to exchange bookers and cashiers and Transway’s crew of dispatchers at an outing at Dixie Lake on the fringe of Solomon’s summer estate in McComb, Miss. PHILADELPHIA Bob Lynch, after leaving Woonsocket, re¬ ports arriving in London, England, in seven hours, whereas when his dad left Ireland, it took him 37 days in a sailing vessel. Lynch, the former MGM boss here, expects to be knighted while in London as being the most enthusiastic tourist ever to hit England. . . . Sam Whiteley is the new manager of the Lansdale, Lansdale, Pa. . . . Variety Club Tent 13 plans a halloween party on Nov. 28th. . . . The annual election and member¬ ship meeting will take place Oct. 26. . . . Claude Schlanger’s Starlite Drive-In. Quakertown, Pa., Charlie Poorman, manager, and Nick Garland, assistant, have completed a promotional deal with Acme Mai'kets where¬ by the stores will distribute theatre tickets throughout the fall and winter season. . . : Local courts ordered the return of the nudist colony film, “The Unashamed,” to the New Bi-oadway; and manager Frank Pease im¬ mediately began showing it again. Film was seized in a raid on the theatre about 18 months ago. . . . How silly can you get? In a battle to obtain first position in the alphabetical newspaper listings of neighbor¬ hood theatre advertising, we note we now have the Aabbe and the Aart Overbrook. . . . Gene Tunick, UA eastern district manager, is recovering from pneumonia in a local hospital. . . . Iz Segall is now servicing the Bristol Playhouse, Bristol, Pa. . . . Leon Behai, industry vet long on the sick list, would like to hear fi'om his old friends. He can be reached at 6548 Souder Street, Phila¬ delphia. . . . J. Robert Hoff, head of the drive to get exhibitors to purchase stock in the motion picture companies through Motion Picture Investors, Inc., was in on a tour of exchange centers. . . . Ellis’ Erlen is to undergo complete x'emodelling with plans calling for a new fi'ont and lobby and in¬ stallation of a larger proscenium to take care of 70mm equipment, etc. The house will remain open during most of the job. . . . Ellis Theatres has taken over the Dix DriveIn, Boi'dentown, N.J. PITTSBURGH Penn, Wesleyville, Pa., was scheduled to l'eopen Oct. 1, under management of Paul Root, who has leased the house from owner E. P. Brown. Blatt Bros. Circuit will book. . . . Mi's. Sam Gould, widow of the veteran exhibitor, has closed her Arcadia, South Side. Probability is that the shuttering will be Watch for them! NEXT! 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