The Exhibitor (1966)

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cash and pledges for the tent’s children’s chari¬ ties program. Don Kay, chief barker of the tent, also held a cocktail party for visiting of¬ ficers of Variety International. . . . Herb Barmin, MGM division manager, was in visit¬ ing MGM’s new offices on the 18th floor of the Trade Mart Building. ... A. M. Jacob, man¬ ager, Locke, Jackson, Ala., recently resigned and has been succeeded by Tom Harris, a new¬ comer in the business. . . . The local WOMPI have been taking up collections for the Will Roger’s Hospital drive at the Saenger. . . . Doyle Maynard, president, Louisiana Associa¬ tion of Theatre Owners, announced a series of get-together luncheons in key towns in the state. The first was in Shreveport, followed by Monroe, Lafayette, and Baton Rouge. . . . Gerri Youmans resigned from Film Inspection Service office force to accept a position in another industry. . . . Ralph B. Mann, district manager, Fred T. McLendon Circuit, with headquarters in Andalusia, Ala., has been moved to the Milton, Milton, Fla., where in. addition to his district manager duties, he is CLARK TRANSFER, INC. Terminals: • BOSTON, MASS. 100 Gibson Street, Dorchester 617-282-2099 • NEW YORK, N. Y. 610 W. 47th 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. Co&uftlu+uj, frvi the <1keatte WALNUT 5-7240-41 1305-07 VINE STREET PHILADELPHIA, PA. 19107 managing the theatre, filling a vacancy left by W. Clint Nabors, transferred to the circuit’s H & R Drive-In, Hartford, Ala. Another man¬ agerial change of the circuit has Oscar Swain, long time manager with the Martin Theatres, as manager of the McLendon-Connett Strand, Atmore, Ala., succeeding William Cody. . . . Mrs. Edith Ann Long will keep the Parkway Drive-In, Winnfield, La., dark during the fall and winter months. . . . Earl Perry, vice-presi¬ dent and general manager and film buyer, Pitt¬ man Theatres, acquired the buying and book¬ ing for Ogden Brothers, Randolph and Gor¬ don, new Center Cinema, Lafayette, La., which opened on Oct. 19. . . . National Film Service held a three-day convention at the Down¬ towner Motel. . . . Earle Frisard, Film Inspec¬ tion Service manager, has taken over the man¬ agement of the Arabi, Arabi, La. . . . Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Solomon, Gulf States Theatres, are back in McComb, Miss., after a month's holi¬ daying in Europe. PHILADELPHIA David Milgram is installing a projection room in the Fox Building for the benefit of his own theatres and the film exchange tenants in the building. . . . Variety Club Tent 13 will hold a “Roaring Twenties” Halloween party in the Bellevue Stratford Hotel clubrooms on Nov. 5. Motion Picture Associates Founda¬ tion is holding a benefit premiere of United Artists’ “Hawaii” at the SW Stanley on Oct. 28. ... A general meeting of the MPAF was held in the Variety Club rooms on Oct. 24 with a buffet dinner served. SALT LAKE CITY John Krier, city manager, Intermountain Theatres, Inc., announced that United Artists’ “Hawaii” would open at the Centre on Dec. 22. . . . 20th-Fox’s “The Bible” will follow “The Sound Of Music” now in its second year at the Utah, another Intermountain Theatre. . . . John Meinardi, who has been district man¬ ager of Fox Intermountain Theatres in Salt Lake City for the past two years, has been transferred to the same position in Denver, Colo. . . . Warners held an invitational morn¬ ing preview of “Any Wednesday” at the Studio. SAN ANTONIO Ted Waggoner, manager of Cinema I and Cinema II in North Star Mall, operated by General Cinema Corp., has announced that “The Sound of Music” will have its last per¬ formance at Cinema II on the evening of Nov. 1, after a run of slightly over 82 weeks — or 10 weeks more than double the previous recordbreaker, “Around the World in 80 Days,” which ran 36 weeks at the Broadway almost a decade ago. ... A revival of “Gigi” will run for two weeks following the end of “The Sound of Music,” and the controversial drama of English realism, “Alfie,” will come in on Nov. 16. . . . The sincere condolences of his many friends in the industry are being extended to David A. Stoffle, manager of the Josephine, upon the death of his grandmother. . . . Gene T. Cole, city manager of Gulf Coast Theatres, presided over the regular monthly meeting of the South Texas Motion Picture Exhibitors Association at the Wayfarer Motor Inn. Cole is president of the group. . . . Sylvia Sidney, star of a number of distinguished motion pic¬ tures, including “Fury,” “Street Scene,” “An American Tragedy,” and “Deat End,” among others, will be seen on stage of the Incarnate Word College Auditorium on Oct. 28 for one performance of “Barefoot In The Park.” . . . Rosemary Forsyth, Peter Graves, Tina Marquand, Andrew Prine, producer Harry Keller, and Redwing, an Indian quick draw artist, will be on stage of the Majestic on Oct. 27 for the premiere engagement of “Texas Across the River.” Cactus Pryor, the favorite master of ceremonies of President Johnson, will be on stage as m.c. of the stage presentation. . . . Students of both junior and senior high schools in San Antonio have the opportunity to see a feature length science-adventure film now showing at the Aztec at a special rate through a project sponsored by the Bexar County Medical Society to introduce a proposed HemisFair exhibit. Students may purchase tickets at one-fourth the normal price for use between noon and 6 p.m. Saturday to see “Fantastic Voyage.” The offer is being pre¬ sented to provide students interested in sci¬ ence, medicine, space travel, and adventure with first rate entertainment as part of an introduction to the Health Education Center to go on exhibit during HemisFair 1968. . . . Two new educational programs are being con¬ sidered by the Incarnate Word College Film Classics Society. The society now sponsors a Cinema Seminars, the presentation of interna¬ tion films followed by a discussion on the col¬ lege campus. The seminars have proven so successful during the past three years that the society is now considering branching out into other fields. One such project would be the establishment of a creative workshop in film making. The second program being considered is organization of a workshop or course for high school teachers to teach the value of films as a. useful educational and literary vehicle. . . . Chill Wills, motion picture star, will be the honored guest during the annual Western Celebration at Beeville, Tex., on Oct. 28 and 29. SEATTLE Nearly 2000 delegates of the 36th annual World Travel Congress of the American So¬ ciety of Travel Agents meeting here in Seattle were treated to a special screening of “Hawaii” through the courtesy of the Mirisch Corp. and United Artists. Immediately after the showing at the Orpheum for the ASTA delegates, the film was flown to Hawaii for showing there. . . . fohnny Carson, comedian and television star, is scheduled for a single appearance Oct. 15 at Seattle’s Center Arena. . . . Rudolph Valen¬ tino, star of the silent screen, was seen again in “Son of the Shiek” at the Granada Organ Loft Theatre. Stewart, Wise Saluted For Fund Contributions LOS ANGELES — James Stewart and Robert E. Wise, two film veterans, have made substantial contributions to the Mo¬ tion Picture Relief Fund (MPRF) , it was announced by Gregory Peck and William T. Kirk, MPRF executive director. Actor Stewart specified that his con¬ tribution of $25,000 be allocated to the fund’s long-range campaign and expansion program which calls for the addition of a new 60-bed wing to the motion picture Country House and Hospital and con¬ struction of the Louis B. Mayer memorial chapel and theatre. Wise, producer of the record grossing “Sound of Music,” contributed $50,000 to MPRF. Peck, chairman of the fund’s endow¬ ment and building campaign, lauded both men for their “. . . generosity and con¬ cern for (their) co-workers in the motion picture and television film industry.” 22 MOTION PICTURE EXHIBITOR October 26, 1966