The Exhibitor (1966)

ALBANY After six month’s booking service with United Artists in Albany and Buffalo, Bill Anderhalt has been advanced to salesman at t Cleveland, succeeding Rudy Norton, who be¬ came city manager there. Mrs. Judy Nolan, who had four years’ experience as manager’s secretary, was appointed by Ken Reuter, Buffalo-Albany branch chief for UA, as booker and office head. She is the only woman on new Film Row holding such a post. Frank Meadows is UA Albany sales representative. . . . Mrs. Frieda Klein reopened the Hunter, Hunter, for the hunting season. Widow of a pioneer motion picture man in the Catskills, she is the mother of two sons now operating drive-ins. . . . Stanley Warner’s Delaware changed its name to Cinema Delaware. . . . Fabian’s Mohawk, Colonie automobiler, is on week-end policy for the winter. . . . The Walter Reade Organization and Fabian managements in the tri-cities welcomed the affirmative support which The Evangelist, official weekly of Albany Catholic Diocese, gave “The Gospel According To St. Matthew.” The film had two-day dates at the Palace, Albany; Proctor’s Schenectady; and Proctor’s, Troy. BUFFALO Sidney J. Cohen, president, presided at a meeting of the board of Allied Theatres of N.Y. State, Inc. Cohen gave a report on the recent NATO convention. Directors discussed changing the name of the present N.Y. Allied organization as was suggested at the NATO pow-wow to eliminate the word Allied. One suggestion made was to adopt a title such as The N.Y. State Branch of the National Asso¬ ciation of Theatre Owners. Attending the meeting were Richard Atlas, Sam Sunness, Joe Warda, Dewey Michaels, Gasper Mendola, John Martina, Sam Gandel, Jake Stefanon, Ronald Hoecle, Charles Finnerty, Harry Berkson, Lou Levitch, and Vincent Martina. . . . Funeral services for V. Spencer Balser, 72, who was in the exhibition end of the industry in Buffalo for about 50 years, were held in Salem United Church, Buffalo. When he retired sev¬ eral years ago, he was film booking manager for Basil Enterprises, Inc. Balser was a past chief barker, former director and property master of Tent 7, Variety Club of Buffalo. . . . Emil T. Noah, Jr., has been apointed manager, Colvin, according to an announcement by Frank B. Quinlivan, district manager, Dipson Theatres. Noah has been succeeded at the Kensington by James Macris, who has come to town from a. Dipson operation in Newark, N.Y. . . . The six-story building which houses the old Bijou Dream, Rochester, and which was built in 1906, is to be razed. The theatre closed in 1913. Now the building is coming down to make way for the Genesee Crossroads urban renewal project. . . . “Romeo and Juliet,” featuring Britain’s Royal Ballet and starring Margot Fonteyn and Rudolph Nureyev, will begin a two-week run at the Regent, Rochester, Nov. 2. . . . Frank Bassett, manag¬ ing director, Monroe, Kodak Town, announces that “The Sound of Music” will end its recordbreaking run of 82 weeks the night of Nov. 9. It premiered at the Monroe April 15, 1965. Bassett said “The Blue Max” will open at the Monroe Nov. 10. . . . The Regent, Rochester, operated by the Martina Theatres, of which Seymour Nusbaum is general manager, put on a novel “Kinky” Mod Festival of Fashion in connection with the showing of “Kaleido¬ scope.” CHARLOTTE North Carolina Theatres, Inc., is negotiat¬ ing to build a new house at the Thruway Shop¬ ping Center, Winston-Salem, N. C. This was confirmed by a spokesman of the company who said a property lease might be signed within a month. The move brought speculation regard¬ ing whether the Carolina, oldest of the corpo¬ ration’s two houses at Winston-Salem, might close. The Carolina, in the downtown section, was built in 1929 and for decades was recog¬ nized as the largest theatre between Richmond, Va., and Atlanta. CINCINNATI “Dollars in December” is the slogan for an annual sales drive among managers of Chakeres Theatres in Ohio and Kentucky. The sales promotion was set up at two manager meetings in September and is now in progress with the cooperation of other business enterprises. . . . The promotions for “The Gospel According to Saint Matthew,” playing the Chakeres circuit, are quite extensive in cooperation with the churches, schools, and civic clubs. . . . Sam Levenson, tv personality, author, and lecturer, opened the Montgomery Woman’s Club Town Hall lecture series at Mid-States’ Mariemont Cinema East. . . . Dorothy Harrison, office manager for AI’s Detroit exchange, was a Film Row visitor. . . . William A. Meier, Para¬ mount branch manager, attended the com¬ pany’s sales meeting in New Orleans. . . . Harold Hoffert, J. M. G. Film Co., was in Cleveland, and Watty Watson is in Erie, Pa., to promote MGM’s “Doctor Zhivago.” . . . Jessie Smith, 20th-Fox biller, recuperating from an illness, has been granted a leave of absence. COLUMBUS , O. Manager Ed McGlone, RKO Palace, entered Mercy Hospital for treatment of a heavy cold. . . . Theatre publicist Fred Oestreicher is back at his desk at Barcroft Advertising Agency after an absence caused by injuries in a fall. . . . Manager Charles Sugarman will open the local first-run of United Artists’ “The Fortune Cookie.” . . . Manager Jerry Knight of the Drexel had a first-run week of “The Gospel According to St. Matthew” with per¬ formances sponsored by various church organi¬ zations. . . . Manager Robert McKinley, Northland Cinema, announced that “The Sound of Music” will close its record long run Nov. 15. The 84-week run is the longest in the city’s history. “The Liquidator” will be the next Northland Cinema attraction. . . . Rein Rabakukk is in town to work on the dual open¬ ing of the two new Loew’s suburban theatres, expected to be completed by Jan. 1. Rabakukk was an assistant manager in his early Loew career at Loew’s Ohio and the long-since demolished Loew’s Broad. . . . Manager Lou Michael, Town and Country Cinema, has inaugurated weekly Saturday kids’ morning shows. . . . Ohio will be operating two hours by the clock ahead of the normal geographic time zone, said Ken Prickett, executive secretary of the Independent Theatre Owners of Ohio, in a letter to the editor of the Columbus Dispatch, protesting daylight saving time. DALLAS A special exhibitors’ showing of “The Pro¬ fessionals” was held at the Majestic with star Burt Lancaster and writer-director Richard Brooks in attendance. Mo Rothman, vicepresident in charge of global distribution, hosted a cocktail party for some 200 area exhibitors. Also here for the spceial showing were M. J. Frankovich, first vice-president in charge of worldwide production; Robert S. Ferguson, Columbia vice-president in charge of advertising and publicity; and Norman Jackter, general sales manager. ... A dramatic documentary about President Kennedy has drawn small audiences in this city where he was assassinated almost three years ago. The movie, “Years of Lightning, Day of Drums,” closed after a two week run. Norman Levinson, manager of the Festival, stated that he didn’t think too many people here want to see it yet. “If they can’t forget the asassination, they don’t want to go out of their way to be re¬ minded of it,” Levinson stated. . . . Julie Andrews, star of “Hawaii,” is expected to at¬ tend the Dec. 21 benefit premiere of “Hawaii” at the Inwood. The premiere is sponsored by the Dallas Committe of the National Jewish Hospital at Denver. Proceeds will be donated to the hospital which specializes in chest dis¬ eases. The black tie affair will be followed by a champagne breakfast. . . . “The Poppy Is Also a Flower,” film version of the Ian Flem¬ ing story, opened at the Village. The movie, HUGHES XENON ILLUMINATOR • Brighter Light • Power Savings • Flatter Field — No Hot Spots • No Cleaning or Maintenance • Simple & Immediate Starting • No Moving Parts • Cold Light — Protects Film • Constant Screen Brightness • Adapts to all Projectors • 1500 + Hours Tube Life • Finger Tip Control • Sharper Focus Join the switch to HUGHES XENON GET ALL THE FACTS HUGHES ELECTRONICS 5271 W. JEFFERSON BLVD. LOS ANGELES 16, CALIF. Phone Collect Today 213— WE 7-2160 November 2, 1966 MOTION PICTURE EXHIBITOR 15