The Exhibitor (1966)

were stars Rex Harrison, Samantha Eggar, and some 60 moviemakers. NEW HAVEN-HARTFORD John Perakos, assistant general manager, Perakos Theatre Associates, independent Con¬ necticut circuit, and Marilyn Potter of New Britain have announced their engagement. A Dec. 29 ceremony is planned in New Britain. . . . The Perakos deluxe Cinema One, East Hartford, has put a 50-cent Wednesday mat¬ inee policy into effect on an experimental basis. The first-run theatre was recently re¬ modeled at a cost of $150,000. . . . Franklin E. Ferguson, president, Art Theatre Corpora¬ tion, has named Jean Barile, an industry new¬ comer, as manager of the ATC-Joseph Shulman operated Plaza, Windsor. She succeeds Audrey Rushon, who elected to stay with Lockwood and Gordon, previous leasee. Mrs. Rushon at the moment is assigned to house staff of the L&G first-run Cine Webb, Wethers 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. 202-526-480C PROGRESSIVE ELECTRIC CONSTRUCTION CO. INC. 240 N. 13th St. • PHILADELPHIA, PA. 19107 35 Years of Theatre Construction and Maintenance BtUmBERG BROS., Inc. Coetuftluncj, fan ike <1heat>ie WALNUT 5-7240-41 1305-07 VINE STREET PHILADELPHIA, PA. 19107 field (Hartford suburb). . . . Stanley Warner New England zone manager James M. Totman, pleased with public response to six con¬ secutive Tuesday programs, labeled “Film Classics Series” at the College Theatre, Storrs (home town for the University of Connecti¬ cut), said a similar plan will be put into effect in a minimum of three Connecticut cities — New Haven, Danbury, and New London — after the first of the year. . . . Stanley Israelite, executive vice-president of the Norwich Cham¬ ber of Commerce, has urged abolishment of downtown parking meter fees as well as charges for municipal lots, as a firm move to bolster downtown trade. Israelite’s move fol¬ lows the city Council’s seven-to-two vote against a $50,000 funding for establishment of another Franklin street municipal parking lot. . . . America’s sole on-the-air subscription tele¬ vision experiment, has increased subscriptions a whopping 21 per cent since last February. Keigler E. Flake, general manager of the RKO General owned-and-operated WHCT-TV (channel 18), disclosed that his STV roster has zoomed past the 7,000-mark and is still climbing. ... In a Maine exhibition “first,” the Cinema I and II complex in the West¬ brook Shopping Plaza, Portland, has an¬ nounced a reservation service for patrons to facilitate seating arrangements for both re¬ served seat and general admission attractions. “This policy,” a theatre announcement said, “is being introduced as a service to our pa¬ trons, many of whom travel long distances to attend the Cinemas, and are often turned away because of capacity business or forced to stand outside in the cold or rain for some time to buy tickets.” . . . Mrs. Dennis Rich, wife of the Stanley Warner Bristol Theatre, Bristol, Conn., manager, died. . . . Lou Cohen, retired Loew’s Theatres Hartford city man¬ ager, has been named winner of WATRradio’s “Political Seer” competition. He guessed incumbent Governor Dempsey, Demo¬ crat, would win by a plurality of 110,000 over Republican candidate E. Clayton Gengras. The Dempsey vote was 114,000 ahead of Gengras. Cohen wins a color television set. SALT LAKE CITY Representatives from Utah’s major colleges and universities gathered at Weber State Col¬ lege to discuss censorship. The conference was co-sponsored by the Weber State United Christian Fellowship Club and the Utah Protestant Campus Christian Fellowship. According to Weber’s Dean Coulter, the dis¬ cussion of the many implications of censorship was in the nature of a current topics presenta¬ tion, rather than in a religious vein. . . . Sid Page, former manager of the Villa Theatre, has been promoted to district manager with National General Corp. and will be in charge of theatres in Nebraska, southern Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas. . . . The Capitol Theatre held a special showing of the film “For Pete’s Sake,” which featured Billy Graham and his message at the Denver Cru¬ sade at Bear Stadium. SAN ANTONIO A remodeling program has been started at the suburban Josephine, operated by Cinema Arts Theatres and managed by David A. Stoffle. The interior lobby is being repainted and the concessions stand is to be enlarged. The outside lobby is also being repainted. . . . Congress appropriated $6,750,000 for a the¬ atre and motion picture to represent the U. S. Government at San Antonio’s HemisFair 1968. The theatre will be four 360 seat theatres placed side by side. The movie will be called “The Legacy” and will deal with cultural in¬ fluences brought to America from the Old World. . . . The members of the usher staff at the Josephine are decked out in new uniforms. . . . The Texas Film Service, Reed Film Service, and Valley Film Service, operated by Ronald Martin, Alfred Negley, and Jackie Reed, have moved to new quarters. The new facilities are 2.3 acres of space and include expanded office space, garage fa¬ cilities, and are near the city’s expressway system for easy access to and from any area. . . . Comedian Henny Youngman will be guest star at a dinner celebrating Israel's 18th year of independence on Nov. 30 at the El Tropicano Hotel. The dinner is being arranged by the San Antonio Committee of Bonds for Israel. . . . Jewell Truex, vice-presi¬ dent of Azteca Films, Los Angeles, was a re¬ cent visitor at the San Antonio Azteca Films exchange. Richard Dunlap, a lawyer and son of former manager of the local exchange, Gor¬ don Dunlap, was also with Truex during the visit. . . . First prize of $25, second prize of $15, and third prize of $10 are being offered in a coloring contest in conjunction with the showing of Walt Disney’s “The Fighting Prince of Donegal,” which has been held over at the Josephine. . . . Albert Zacarias has been named manager of the Azteca exchange here, replac¬ ing Gordon Dunlap, who has retired to Los Angeles. Zacarias comes here from the Los Angeles Azteca home office. Roberto L. Gal¬ legos has been named assistant manager. . . . Renwicke Carey, columnist of “Around the Plaza” in the San Antonio Light, devoted one of his columns to R. Givens Bird, first manager of the Empire and later assistant general man¬ ager for all of the W. J. Lytle Theatres, which included, in addition to the Empire, the old Princess, Rivoli, Royal, and Strand. . . . Gene T. Cole, city manager for Gulf State D-I’s, gave away free turkeys at the cricuit’s five D-I’s, the Alamo, Mission Twin, Lackland, Rigsby, and Varsity, courtesy of the Laxson Provision Co., just in time for Thanksgiving. WASHINGTON The Women of the Motion Picture Indus¬ try, Washington, held its “Meet and Greet” reception at the Motion Picture Association. As an added treat, a screening of a new motion picture was presented. Women in the motion picture industry and related fields who are interested in becoming members of WOMPI can contact Mrs. Patricia Gormley at the MPA. . . . The Motion Picture Theater Owners of Washington, D.C., held their an¬ nual elections at a luncheon-meeting at Ca¬ ruso’s Restaurant. The following were elected: A. Julian Brylawski, president; Marvin Gold¬ man, vice-president; Jerome Baker, secretary; Lloyd Wineland, Sr., treasurer. Board of di¬ rectors elected are Morton Gerber, Charles V. Grimes, Orville Crouch, Bernard Lust, Lloyd Wineland, Jr. Brylawski has served as presi¬ dent of the organization for the past 44 years. Marvin Goldman was congratulated for his work as chairman of the contract committee for the new five-year contract which has been negotiated with the Motion Picture Theatre Operators. . . . Headed by the dean of the diplomatic corps, His Excellency The Ambas¬ sador of Nicaragua, and Mrs. Sevilla-Sacassa, Washington’s society turned out in full force to attend the Washington premiere of “The Bible” recently at the Warner Uptown. Ulla Bergryd, 21 -year-old Swedish actress, attended the premiere and was guest of honor at a pre¬ theatre party given by Mrs. Perle Mesta be¬ fore the black-tie premiere. Miss Bergryd was joined in the receiving line at the theatre by Swedish Minister de Dardel and Mrs. de Dardel. 26 MOTION PICTURE EXHIBITOR November 30, 1 966