Motion Picture Herald (Nov-Dec 1939)

62 MOTION PICTURE HERALD December 23, 1939 e v * o n a lit WILFRED GILLENWATER has assumed the position of assistant manager of the Tennessee Theatre, in Knoxville, succeeding WALTER BESR, resigned. EUGENE STREET is city manager for Wilby-Kincey in Knoxville and manager of the Tennessee. V CHARLES H. DONAHUE has been named manager of the Casino Theatre, in San Francisco, recently purchased by PETER H. MARKOWITZ from the family of "Broncho Billy" Anderson. V WARREN PECHNER former manager of the El Rey, in Salinas, Cal., has been transferred to managership of the California in Berkeley, another Fox West Coast house. V FRANKLIN MAUBRY has been promoted from assistant manager of the Colonial, Harrisburg, to manager of the Embassy, in Reading. Maubry was formerly in the Wilmer and Vincent offices in New York. PAUL GLASE, manager of the Embassy for several years, will assume general supervision of all four theatres there. V HOLLAND M. SMITH of East Texas has assumed the managership of the Paramount at Texarkana, Texas, replacing R. M. SWANSON, who was transferred to New Orleans. V A. S. STARBAIRD will manage the Tonna and Roxy Theatres, Owatonna, Minn. V TOM MASCARO manager of the Granada, Hamilton, Ontario, has been transferred to the Capitol, Belleville, succeeding GORDON D. FAIRLEY, who has joined the home office staff of Associated Theatres, Toronto. V HENRY HOWER has disposed of the State, Davenport, la., to HARRY GREEN and LOUIS DEUTSCH of Virginia. V DONALD GRAN of Sioux Rapids has purchased the Avery, Garner, la. V CLETUS WRIGHT has purchased the Opera House, Belle Center, Ohio, renaming it the Town Hall. V JOHN WISDOM manager of houses in Holdenville, Okla., has left for Cleburne, Tex., to take over the management of two theatres owned by the Griffith Amusement Co. FRANK AYDELOTTE, manager of Cleburne theatres, is being transferred to Holdenville. V SID FINKELSTEIN formerly at the Prudential Garden Theatre, Springfield Gardens, L. I., has gone into the metal working business for himself in Middletown, Conn. EUGENE FREEMAN, on Nov. 29th, to Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Street. Proud daddy is city manager for the Wilby-Kincy theatres in Knoxville, Tenn. V WALTER ALLEN to Mr. and Mrs. Walter Stuart. Father is the skipper of the Community Theatre in North Attleboro, Massachusetts. V ART DOWNARD formerly manager of the Grundy Center is now in charge of the Webster and Iris, in Webster City, la. Birthday Robert L. Alberts Larry Levy Walter Beymer Johnnie Lomac Jay N. Burton M. A. Malaney N. Ray Carmichael James McDonough William Alton Cherry Jerry McWhorter Carl Chick Edgar B. Mercy Howard R. Cohn Gerson Nadell Robert L. Collier Les F. Newkirk Sam Coolick Donald Oliphant J. Remi Crasto Harry H. Olsen J. Fred Crosson Earle V. Patton Walter L. Culpepper George B. Pettit Jack A. Custer Louis Edouard Piret Robert R. Deitch Earl Potter J. Donald Edwards James J. Rabinowitz Joseph S. Ehrlich Robert S. Rogers, Jr. George S. Ellis Nick Rojacic Ernest Emerling Sam Rosenblatt Arthur Feine M. C. Roskopf Donald B. Fiske William J. Russell Earl Foreman Wybert A. Sandefur Robert L. Gardner Harry Schlinker John A. Goodno W. H. Schumacher John Melvin Gow Joseph R. Shearer Fred E. Hamlin Woodrow W. Shuman Wayne Hawkins Maurice Sidman Bill Heliums Earl D. Smith Paul W. Hiltner David Spencer Edwin C. Hough J. Francis Stein James S. Howard, Jr. Leo Stephany Newell T. Howard Hubert L. Trahan H. M. Johnson Dennis C. Walls Evans J. Kail Charles E. Wheland Joseph F. Kennedy Leslie Whitwell George W. Leech Richard Williamson William Levey Stanley C. Zerbey FRANK BOUCHER special home office representative for Schine Enterprises in the upstate territory has been promoted to booker and divisional manager of the Washington, Maryland and Delaware territory of the circuit. V ROBERT EVES who has been managing the Oakwood, in Toronto, has returned to the Eglinton, ace suburban Famous Players house. JACK PURVES is now in charge of the Oakwood. V JOE WILLIAMS has been named manager of the Crystal Theatre at Lewisville, Ark. DESMOND COLLINS, former manager of that house, was appointed manager of the State at Stamps, Ark. V JACK CHALMAN chief of publicity for the Interstate Theatres for the San Antonio territory, joins the headquarters staff of the press department for the circuit in Dallas. Chalman is succeeded by CLARENCE H. MOSS, with RICHARD T. BETTS as assistant to Moss. V HENRY BOLTE has purchased the Lyons, in Lyons, Colo. V J. J. GOODSTEIN has leased the Bideawee in Denver. V GEORGE BROMLEY and ALEX MOUNCE have opened their new Campus, in Los Angeles. V AL SWETT formerly manager of the Empire, in Salem, Mass., has succeeded SCOTT ROBERTS as manager of the Comique, in Camden, Maine. V FRANK AYDELOTTE new manager of the Griffith Amusement Company's three houses in Holdenville, Okla., replaces JOHN WISDOM, who was transferred to Cleburne, Tex. V EARL HARPER former owner of the Hub, has reopened the Plaza, in Rochester, N. Y. V WILLIAM MOSS has succeeded ELBERT SMITH as manager of the Melrose, in Brentwood, Pa. V EMMET F. ROCHE has completely remodeled the Shelby Theatre, Shelby, Mich. V PAUL SWANSON has opened the Ossian, in Ossian, la. V EDWARD M. STARKEY has taken over the Chilton. Chilton. Wis., from JOHN STEENPORT V THOMAS A. SCOTT is opening a new house in Columbus Grove, Ohio. V HARRY PACE has sold the Broadwav, Audubon. Ia.. to FLOYD THOMPSON of Owatonna. Minn.