The Exhibitor (1966)

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Needless to say, these contestants in the recent mini-skirt contest held by the Crest and Senator Thea¬ tres, Baltimore, Md., for Warners' "Kaleidoscope," measured up to the rules and regulations that they had to have mini-skirts four inches above the knees to participate. Radio station WCAO aided in the stunt. Friedman Brothers, for two years, planning to highlight Negro entertainment, both “live” and film. Hunter and Billings are calling the theatre the New Lenox. ... A style show and film premiere will be presented at the down¬ town Paramount, New Haven, Nov. 16 for the benefit of the New Haven Register Fresh Air Fund. Screen attraction is Columbia’s “The Professionals.” Edward Malley Com¬ pany, New Haven retail outlet, plans a show¬ ing of the latest fashions prior to the premiere. Admission is $2.50. . . . The Clinton Drive-In closed for the season. . . . Veteran area theatre manager Don Felix is now relief manager for manager John Scully at the UA Trumbull, Trumbull shopping plaza. . . . Mrs. Earl Wright, widow of the E. M. Loew-Lockwood and Gordon Candlelite-Pix Twin Drive-In, Bridgeport, manager, came up from Florida to visit friends. . . . UA Theatres’ third Con¬ necticut showcase, a 1200-seat theatre under construction in the Groton Shoppers Mart, is expected to be ready for opening by early January. Other UA facilities are in the Trum¬ bull and Manchester Shopping Plazas, respec¬ tively. RHODE ISLAND Notes: The Strand, Providence, shuttered in a labor dispute, has resumed performances. The showcase closed down amid differences between Stanley Shein, president of National Realty Corporation, the theatre’s owners, and Local 13, IATSE. . . . The Durfee, Fall River, hosted a “live” stage show, featuring hypnotist Sam Vine, at $4.80 top. . . . Linda Day, star of Comet Films’ “The Gentle Rain,” toured area theatres. PHILADELPHIA David Milgram, head, Milgram Theatres and president of Theatre Owners of Pennsyl¬ vania, was administered the oath of office as a member of the Philadelphia Gas Commission by Mayor James H. J. Tate in courtroom 483 of City Hall on Nov. 15. . . . Edward C. Mc¬ Govern, director of advertising and publicity, Comerford Theatres, has been advanced to the post of vice-president. . . . Paul C. Tighe, man¬ ager, Comerford, Scranton Pa., has been ap¬ pointed district manager for the Scranton area theatres. A 40 year Comerford employee, he has been manager in Scranton, Wilkes-Barre, Pittston, and Binghamton, N. Y., as well as former manager of the Majestic, Providence, R. I. He is replaced by Lloyd Hause, who is assuming an executive position with the firm in the Bloomsburg-Sunbury district. Daniel Jones, formerly of the Schine Circuit in Watertown and Gloversville, N. Y., and Ashland, Ohio, replaces Tighe as manager of the Comerford. ST. LOUIS The local Variety Club held a regular meet¬ ing on Nov. 4 at the Starlight Roof in the Chase-Park Plaza Hotel. . . . The local fiveday newspaper strike had all circuits scurrying around buying spots on radio to keep patrons informed. . . . George Phillips, branch man¬ ager, American International Pictures, was in New York on a business and pleasure trip. . . . Jack Seamons, accounting and office manager, Mid-America Theatres, was vacationing in Virginia. . . . WOMPI publicity chairman Fran Krause, MGM, announced that Nov. 16 has been selected for the annual “Boss Night” dinner with arrangements being handled by Carol Seaco, Continental Films, and Eileen Sessel, Crest Films. . . . Eddie Stevens, branch manager, United Artists, and area distributor chairman for the Will Rogers Drive, reports that $15,776 so far topped last year’s con¬ tributions by $4,000. The Will Rogers Christ¬ mas Salute soliciting contributions from the entertainment industry employees is now un¬ derway. . . . 20th-Fox’s “The Sound Of Mu¬ sic,” after a long run, is moving over from the St. Louis, which has been sold to the St. Louis Symphony, and will still be showing on road¬ show policy at the Ellisville Theatre and the Lewis and Clark under the same policy as at the St. Louis. SAN ANTONIO Interstate Theatres, Inc., are making plans for the opening of their new Wonder, in the Wonderland Shopping Center, the latter part of November. The seating capacity is 1,000. . . . Oscar A. Elizondo, formerly of El Paso, Tex., has joined the staff of Interstate Theatres and is currently at the Aztec. . . . Sylvia San¬ tos, formerly cashier at the Aztec, has resigned her position to join the bookkeeping depart¬ ment of the Alamo National Bank. . . . The Texas and Laurel staged a free show on a Saturday morning with admission being six Pepsi Cola or Mountain Dew bottle caps. . . . The management of the Alameda, ace down¬ town Spanish language theatre, staged another special day for local youngsters when all were admitted free all day long. . . . Gene T. Cole, city manager for Gulf State Theatres, and president of the South Texas Motion Picture Exhibitors Association, has issued an invitation to all exhibitors in the southwest Texas area to attend regular monthly meetings of the group on the second Tuesday of each month at the Wayfarer Motor Inn. Increase net profit, forget concession headaches ! Let ABC’s refreshment con¬ cession experts do the job for you. ABC does the work — and the worrying. All you do is bank the check. Make us prove it . . . Write, or call collect, now. ABC CONSOLIDATED CORP. 333 S. BROAD ST., PHILA., PA. 19107 • AREA CODE 215 PE 5-5966 20 MOTION PICTURE EXHIBITOR November 16, 1966