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ENLISTMENT. Thomas E. Rodgers, youngest son of
MGM's distribution vice-president, William F. Rodgers, was sworn
into the Marine Corps last week in New York.
Above, Robert Ellsworth, MGM salesman; Major Harry Miller,
former MGM salesman, who swore in the young man;
Thomas E. Rodgers, Mr. Rodgers and E. K. O'Shea,
MGM eastern sales manager.
"HEART TO HEART", right. Spyros Skouras, president of Twentieth CenturyFox, met with the Independent Theatre Owners of New York, in that city, last week, over luncheon and about policies. At right, Samuel Rinzler, Randforce circuit; Mr. Skouras; Harry Brandt, ITOA president; Max Cohen, Cinema circuit; William White, Skouras circuit.
PREPARING FOR TELEVISION, left. Chicago projectionists are not going to be ignorant of the new medium, when it comes to the theatre. Members of the local union, Number I IQJ are receiving instruction at DeForest's Training, Inc. In the picture are, seated, Eugene Atkinson, union business agenlt and Clarence Jalas, assistant agent; standing are Pat Gigante, Edward Halliday; William Littlewood, of DeForest's; Larry Strong; William DeVry, president of DeVry Corporation, and Albert Hopkins. One hundred union men now are learning about television and electronics generally.
BEFORE THE SCREENING of Columbia's "A Song to Remember", in Pittsburgh, the company played hosj to local exhibitors. Above, Max Arnold, Olympic theatre, Verona; Israel Roth, Penn, Pittsburgh; Harry Rachel, Maryland at Blawnox and Gem at Derry; Harry Walker, Main and Strand, Sharpsburg; Bert Steam, Cooperative Circuit, Pittsburgh' William Walker, Chartiers and Crafton, Crafton; Harry Long, Cooperative Theatres; Charles Mervis, Mervis Circuit; Morris Finkel, president of MPTO of Western Pennsylvania and owner of the Capitol and Hilltop, Pittsburgh.
By Staff Photograph.'
By Staff Photographer
EXPLOITATION in Latin America, North American style, a new United Artists policy, was outlined last week, in New York, by exploiteers, Alfred Katz and Len Daly, above, who returned to the home office after several months during which they arranged a number of premieres of "Since You Went Away".
By Staff Photographei
VISITOR, to New York. Flight Lt. Glen McBride, R.A..A.F., on a month's leave before returning to Australia, where he is the Waterman Brothers Circuit publicity director, is studying American theatre technique.
DISCOVERY. Mervyn LeRoy, producer, and his new find, Vanessa Brown, whom he has signed for his Arrowhead Productions which will release through Warner Brothers. The contract is for a long period. Miss Brown's first screen role has not yet been assigned by the producer.
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MOTION PICTURE HERALD, MARCH 10, 194