The Exhibitor (1966)

1 though shooting may have occurred within I one or more of the 26 municipalities within I Dade County. However, County Attorney ! Thomas Britton signed an opinion that such ; an ordinance would conflict with Dade’s home rule charter and would be invalid. County Manager Homer Porter had suggested the ordinance with the intent of charging just one fee for each production, countywide. The opinion concluded that “there is considerable doubt that the county has authority to usurp such control without the consent of the particu¬ lar municipality.” Metro officials plan to con¬ fer with representatives of the growing indus¬ try here to work out another ordinance relat, ing to permits, fees, and inspections. . . . Paul I Daniel, who portrayed the Spanish farmer in Stanley Kramer’s “Ship of Fools,” died here • following an illness of several months. He was 57. . . . Filming on the Columbia-Sam Spiegel “Mister Innocent,” starring Anthony Quinn, i finally finished with shooting of waterfront ; scenes at the Miami Dupont Plaza Hotel docks and the Julia Tuttle Causeway. Among the 1 final film casting was the part of the Miami chief of police, given to Jack Kruschen, who was an Academy Award nominee for his part ' in “The Apartment.” . . . Lou Fishkin, most recently manager of Brandt’s Lincoln, Fla¬ mingo, Beach, and Cinema, all in Miami Beach, has left the theatrical business after 40 : years. He is now managing Brandt’s Regency Hotel in Bal Harbour. . . . The Miami Beach Police Athletic League will benefit from the June 20 premiere showing of “Khartoum” at the Sheridan. . . . Latest episode in the con¬ troversy generated over the standards of the Metropolitan Dade County building code as applied to the producers of films in the area, is the tentative decision by the Metro Media¬ tion Board to exclude the budding movie in' dustry from requirements that certain personi nel must be hired to handle electrical work on temporary sets. The Board recommended the exemption of the industry provided that each movie studio hire one master electrician to act as a safety engineer. If the Metro ordi¬ nance is passed, then studios will not have to ; hire licensed contractors or certified trades' men for installation of temporary sets and any electrical work. . . . The world premiere per¬ formance of “Johnny Tiger” at the Parkwood Cinema, Orlando, was sponsored for the beneI fit of the women’s committee of the Florida f Symphony Society. Orlandoans were justly proud of “local boy” producer R. John Hugh. . . . Medicare identification cards will entitle their holders to immediate membership in Loew’s 170 th Street and Loew’s Riviera Theatres Golden Age Movie Club. . . . Howard DeBold, 163rd St. Theatre, was first prize win¬ ner in the contest for ideas to publicize the world premiere June 2 of “Around the World ; Under the Sea.” Howard submitted the long¬ est list of workable ideas and receives a week¬ end for two in Nassau plus $200. Richard Fleischman, relief manager, submitted the best single workable idea and for his efforts receives a prize of a trip on the Lucya to Freeport and $100 from MGM. . . . Managerial shifts in1 elude Charles Geick from the Surf, Miami Beach, to the Plaza, West Hollywood; Alfred Caldwell from the Parkway Art to the Surf; Yvonne Thomas from the Capitol to the Park¬ way; Beatrice Eve from the Ace to the Capitol; Charles Taylor is temporarily assigned to the Ace as manager. . . . The 1966 Wometco Summer Movie Club Prize Contest will offer $100 to the theatre manager who exceeds his advance season ticket sales quota by the larg¬ est percentage. In addition, all theatre man¬ agers and relief managers are given an oppor¬ tunity to win $100 by selling the greatest per¬ centage of group sales. This is the second prize to be offered in this category, as Jeff Forbes, This lobby display at Waikiki's Royal Theatre for American International's release of "The Pawn¬ broker" was conceived by manager George Daley and was used four weeks in advance of playdate. "Pawn tickets" were distributed to patrons and used as a lucky-number drawing for passes to see the film. Crossroads, St. Petersburg, won the contest before it was announced by achieving a com¬ plete group sales sell-out at his theatre. . . . The Mental Health Association of Dade County, Inc., will be sponsor of the World Premiere of “Around the World Under the Sea,” opening June 2, Carib, Miami Beach. Stars of the Ivan Tors Miami-made film will be on hand. NEW HAVEN-HARTFORD Ernie Grecula, general manager, Connecti¬ cut Cinema, Inc., operators of the first-run art outlet, the Art Cinema, has boosted evening admission from $1.50 to $1.75, making the Franklin avenue showcase highest-priced firstrun, with exception of hard-ticket, in metro¬ politan Hartford. . . . John Scanlon, HI, operator of the Strand, Winsted, tried out a “two-for one” offer the other Monday night, admitting one member of a couple free with presentation of the day’s newspaper ad at the box office. . . . The Middletown Drive-In is now screening its main feature first Sundays through Thursdays. . . . John Scully has been named manager of the newly-opened UATrumbull in the Trumbull Shopping Mart, Trumbull. . . . The E. M. Loew-Lockwood and Gordon jointly-operated Candlelite-Pix Twin Drive-In, Bridgeport, is now screening its main feature first Sundays through Thursdays. . . . Playing UA reissues “Irma La Douce” and “Tom Jones,” the Clinton Drive-In ran a newspaper ad offering free admission to driv¬ ers of cars presenting ad clipping at the box office. . . . The New Haven Chamber of Com¬ merce discussed the area’s acute labor shortage at a meeting last week, membership detailing means by which public and private sources may possibly alleviate the situation. . . . E. M. Loew’s Theatres, Inc., announced plans for an 1100-seat, first-run hard-top on land adjacent to the company’s Riverdale Drive-In, West Springfield, Mass. . . . The Memorial Avenue Drive-In, West Springfield, Mass., has in¬ stalled speaker stations for 300 more automo¬ biles; expansion brings the capacity to more than 1,200. . . . Parkway Theatres, Inc., have obtained a $94,000 mortgage from the Valley Bank and Trust Company, covering its Springfield drive-in property (the Parkway), accord¬ ing to a mortgage instrument recorded at the Springfield, Mass., Registry of Deeds. The mortgage was executed by Leo B. Spear, presi¬ dent of the corporation. ... In Springfield, Mass., independent downtown exhibitor Irwin Cohen has extended the “Early Bird” admis¬ sion plan, in effect for many months at the first-run Bijou Cinema, to his Poli Cinema. . . . In Wallingford, Conn., George H. Wilkinson, Jr., Motion Picture Theatre Owners of Con¬ necticut president, and operator of the Wilkin¬ son, offered free admission to all mothers ac¬ companied by their families on Mother’s Day. . . . The metropolitan Hartford carpenters’ strike has pushed back anticipated opening of the UA-Cinema East, in the Manchester Shop¬ ping Parkade, 10 miles east of Hartford, from May 25 to June 29. The theatre will be oper¬ ated jointly by United Artists Theatres-Bernie Menschell Theatres. NEW ORLEANS The New Orleans WOMPI celebrated Founder’s Day at a dinner meeting held at the Press Club. . . . Mrs. Emily Landry, a member of Motion Picture Advertising Ser¬ vice and chairman of WOMPI Humanitarian Service, headed a group of WOMPIs who accompanied the girls of Dr. Clarence Holman Vocational Center and boys from the Rec¬ reational Center of Delago Trade School at a dance given at the Holman Center. . . . Mrs. Irma Riedy has retired after 46 years service with Paramount Film Distributing local CLARK TRANSFER , INC. Terminals: • BOSTON, MASS. 100 Gibson Street, Dorchester 617-282-2099 • NEW YORK, N. Y. 809 W. 46th Street 212-246-0815 • NORFOLK, VA. 316 South Main Street 703-545-3832 • PHILADELPHIA, PA. (Executive Offices) 829 North 29th Street 215-232-3100 • RICHMOND, VA. 312 South 17th Street 703-648-6083 • TAMAQUA (Hometown), PA. RD #2 717-668-1727 • WASHINGTON, D. C. 3194 Bladensburg Road, N.E. 202-526-4800 PROGRESSIVE ELECTRIC CONSTRUCTION CO. INC. 240 N. 13th St. • PHILADELPHIA, PA. 19107 35 Years of Theatre Construction and Maintenance BLUmBERG BROS., Inc. the *7Ue<Un& WALNUT 5-7240-41 1305-07 VINE STREET PHILADELPHIA, PA. 19107 May 25, 1966 MOTION PICTURE EXHIBITOR 17