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ALBANY
One familiar and popular figure returned to the industry scene, and another departed for an assignment in New Jersey. Rejoining TriState Automatic Candy Corporation as branch manager was George H. Schenck, a former chief barker of the Albany Variety Club and for 18 months general manager of Perlmutter Foods Corporation. Schenck originally served for the old Warner Circuit in various ca¬ pacities in Utica, Syracuse and Elmira, and also managed another chain house in Corning. Richard J. Murphy, manager, Proctor’s, Troy, for the past six years and prior to that di¬ rector of Proctor’s, Schenectady, was trans¬ ferred by Fabian Theatres to a hard -ticket situation in Montclair, N. J. He was tendered a farewell testimonial dinner attended by over 125 industry friends including Edward Fabian, and Elias Schlenger, division chief. . . . Lou Rapp, formerly manager. Plaza, Schenectady, succeeds Murphy in Troy, while Gene Ganott, one-time assistant at the Palace,
Albany, and in recent years manager of the State, Schenectady, succeeded Rapp at the Plaza. Rapp is a brother of Phil Rapp, city manager for Fabian in Schenectady. . . . The Heilman, under construction and set for Easter opening, is the first new house built here in 30 years. It was inspected recently by Alex Harrison, 20th-Fox general sales man¬ ager, and Glen Norris and Martin Moskowitz, his chief assistants. The new house adjoins Neil Heilman’s Thruway Motel. . . . The winter’s heaviest snowstoim so sharply re¬ duced attendance at a preview of 20th Fox’s “A Dog Of Flanders” for State Education Department officials and others, that a second special screening was arranged. . . . Palace manager Bill With received a certificate of commendation from the commander of the Albany Army Recruiting Office for his coop¬ eration during the last five years. . . . Miss Mabel F. Miles, for 37 years a film inspectress for Universal, died at her home in Rens¬ selaer. She is survived by two sisters and three nephews.
ATLANTA
Exhibitors Service Company is taking over the buying and booking of the Skyline DriveIn, Tuscaloosa, Ala. . . . The College Drive-In, Fort Valley, Ga., closed for several weeks due to storm damage to the screen tower. . . . Mrs. Griff Head, wife of the owner of the West Drive-In, Madisonville, Ky., entered a local hospital there for surgery. . . . Mr. and Mrs. Sam Maple, Lincoln, Bessemer, Ala., are the proud parents of a new baby son. . . . Tom E. Johnson is the new owner of the Gray, Gray, Ga. Former owner was J. W. Balkom. . . . Trial of the $2,000,000 anti-trust actions filed by New Amusement, Inc., against Wilby-Kincey Service Corporation and the major distributors has been set for Knoxville, Tenn., on April 11 in Federal Court before Judge Robert L. Taylor. . . . Virgil Hopkins, Paramount booker, and Wal¬ lace Carter, Warners booker, were injured in an automobile accident. . . . Guy Brown, MPA local representative, is convalescing at home following surgery. . . . Fred Jabaley, owner. Princess, La Grange, Ga., is in a local hospital for surgery. . . . H. W. Hamp¬ ton, Georgia theatre owner, is hospitalized following a heart attack. . . . M. C. Moore, owner, Coosa, Gadsden, Ala., has closed the theatre and returned to his Jacksonville home.
BOSTON
Film Exchange and Dealer Listing for the
CHARLOTTE FILM TERRITORY
A conIinuing service • that will be re-edited and re-published at 8-month intervals
• F/7/;/ Distributors
ALLIED ARTISTS, 225 W. Fourth St.-EDison 3-9261
Br. Mgr.: W. G. Carmichael. Sales: J. E. McLeroy, A, Stout. Booker: Wm. Cline. Cashier: Ruth Torrence. Emerg. Phone: EDison 4-4118.
AMERICAN-ASTOR, 311 S. Church St.-FRanklin 5-5512, EDison 3-4459
Br. Mgr.: Walter E. Pinson. Office Mgr.: T. Melvin Cook, ouies: bill Henderson, Joe W. Bishop. Bookers: Robert C. Pinson, L. A. Ireland. Cashier: Shirley Bell. Emerg. Phone: EMerson 6-3352.
BUENA VISTA (Disney), 305 S. Poplar St.-EDison 3-8491
Br. Mgr.: H. L. Robinson. Booker: L. D. Smith. Secty.: Vera Robinson. Emerg Phone: JAckson 3-4857.
COLUMBIA, 226 S. Church St.-EDison 2-2156
br. Mgr.: K. D. Williamson. Office Mgr.: Carl Patterson. Sales: Charles J. Leonard, Robert Finlayson. Bookers: Virginia Porter, Tommy White. Cashier: Phyllis Conmell. Emerg. Phone: EDison 2-5615.
DOMINANT, 219 S. Mint St.-EDison 4-1391
Br. Mgr.: Harry Kerr. Sales: C. E. Mincey, Bill Simps sn. Emerg. Phone TR 5-6826.
HOWCO, 300 W. Third St.-EDison 4-6426
Br. Mgr.: Scott Lett. Office Mgr.: Verdah Looper. Sales: Jimmy James. Booker: Irene Monahan. Cashier: Elizabeth Bradshaw. Emerg. Phone: EDison 4-6675.
KAY, 219 S. Mint St.-FRanklin 5-5771
Cashier: Sylvia Lambert. Emerg. Phone FR 6-2382.
METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER, 301 S. Church St.-EDison 2-5147
Br. Mgr.: Richard L. Huffman. Office Mgr.: Frank Sav jge. Sales: C. L. Autry, Amos Boyette, Hugh McDonald. Bookers Dot Mitchell, Walter Thomas, Harry Carver. Cashier: Blanche Carr. Emerg. Phone: FRanklin 6-0861.
PARAMOUNT, Wilder Bldg.-EDison 2-5101
Br. Mgr.: Lawrence D. Terrell. Office Mgr.: James C. Neil. Sales: B. A. Slaughter, Joe Cutrell, R. L. Homes. Bookers: Jerry Helms, Yates Pryor, Bob Lynch. Cash er: Mildred Hoover. Emerg. Phone: FRanklin 5-1805. 20TH CENTURY-FOX, 308 S. Church St.-EDison 2-7101
Br. Mgr.: J. O. Mock. Sales: Lloyd Edwards, G. M. M;irtin, S. Y. Cloninger. Bookers: Jack Webb, James Couey, Ernest Holder. Cashier: Mildred Warren. Emerg. Phoie: EDison 3-2090.
UNITED ARTISTS, 225 W. Third St.-EDison 2-5077
Br. Mgr. Harold Keeter. Office Mgr.: Jack King. Sales: Charlie Hunsuck, R. M. Boovy, R. W. McClure. Bookers: Gene Gregory, Earl Blake. Cashier: Josephine Donne'lv. Emerg. Phone: FRanklin 5-3843. UNIVERSAL-INTERNATIONAL, 313 S. Church St.-EDison 2-3159, EDison 2-8047
Br. Mgr.: J. W. Greenleaf. Office Mgr.: Willard Ayer;. Sales: W. A. McClure, George A Royster, John H. Grif¬ fin. Bookers: Austin Roberson, W. B. Kiser. Emerg. Phn e: FRanklin 7-6626.
WARNER BROS., 311 S. Church St.-Fronklin 6-5611
Br. Mgr.: J. W. Kirby. Office Mgr.: Robert E. Heffne . Sales: M. B. McAfee, M. R. Holder, R. E. Heffner. Bookers: A. W. Bell, Kirkland Broom, Kenneth Hall. Cashier: Thelma Culp. Emerg. Phone: EDison 3-1311.
• Supply Dealers
CHARLOTTE THEATRE SUPPLY, 227 S. Church St.-EDison 3-9369 Emerg. Phone: FRanklin 5-6578.
DIXIE THEATRE SUPPLY CO., 213 W. Third St.-EDison 2-4343 Emerg. Phone: EDison 3-3381.
HARRIS THEATRE SALES, 315 S. Church St.-FRanklin 5-0111 Emerg. Phone: EDison 4-5915. INDEPENDENT THEATRE SUPPLY CO., 216 W. Fourth St.-EDison 2-5050 Emerg. Phone: FR 5 2015. national THEATRE SUPPLY, 304 S. Church St.— EDison 2-7753 Emerg. Phone: EMerson 6-0020. SOUTHEASTERN THEATRE EQUIPMENT, P. O. Box 1842-EDison 4-3093 STANDARD THEATRE SUPPLY CO., 1624 Independence Blvd., W.-FR 5-6008 Emerg. Phones: FR 6-8212, JA 3-6849.
THEATRE EQUIP. CO., 1220 E. Seventh St.-FRanklin S-8481 WIL-KIN, INC., Sales Dept., 229 S. Church St.-EDison 3-6101 Emerg. Phones ED 4-5567; Candy Dept., 129 W. Firs St.— ED 4-3616.
• Screen Trailers
CHARLOTTE POSTER EXCHANGE, 219 S. Mint St.-EDison 4-3321
NATIONAL SCREEN SERVICE, 300 W. Third St.-EDison 3-6628 Emerg. Phone: EDison 4 6712.
• Signs, Advertising and Printing
BENTON CARD CO., Benson, N. C.-3071
CHARLOTTE POSTER EXCHANGE, 219 S. Mint St -EDison 4-3321 CHARLOTTE THEATRICAL PRINTING, 233 W. Second St.-EDison 4-7882 NATIONAL SCREEN SERVICE, 300 West Third St.-EDison 3-6628
• Film Delivery Services
CAROLINA DELIVERY SERVICE, 1336 S. Graham St.-EDison 3-5196 OBSERVER TRANSPORTATION CO., 600 South Tryon St.-EDison 4-1651
A SPECIAL SERVICE . . . only in MOTION PICTURE EXHIBITOR
Bob Rancatore has returned to his post as booker at 20th-Fox after spending six months in a Franciscan Order in New York. . . . The most severe snowstorm ever recorded in New England failed to do enough damage to cause theatre closing and not a miss-out was re¬ ported by the film delivery companies. . . . On the first day of the storm, business was off at least 50 percent in the downtown the¬ atres but it picked up and by the weekend it was above average. Considering that auto¬ mobile transportation was virtually impos¬ sible although the MTA was working fairly smoothly, the weekend grosses surprised downtown managers. . . . Cinema Lodge of B nai B’rith held its annual election of officers with the meeting called by president Carl Goldman. . . . “Our Man In Havana” broke every house record in its first week at the Kenmore. . . . More than 400 persons turned out to honor Joseph E. “Hercules” Levine who, with his wife, Mrs. Rosalie Levine, re¬ ceived a tribute from the Cinema Lodge of B nai B rith at the Hotel Bradford. Chairman of the day George Roberts and president of the lodge Carl Goldman kept the affair running briskly, as did George Jessel who was in rare form as toastmaster. Head table guests included the Commonwealth’s First Lady, Mrs. Foster Furcolo, Judge David A. Rose, Norman Knight, president of the Yankee net¬ work, Jimmie McHugh, Gypsy Rose Lee, Hugh Owen, Jerry Rickman of Paramount, Sal Gottlieb of MGM, Jules Lapidus of Warners, Nat Fellman of Stanley Warner, Joseph Wolf
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