Motion Picture Herald (Mar-Apr 1945)

Showmen personals M In New Posts: Jack Pratt, Paramount theatre, brtland. Ore. Harold Knudson, district manager, lliance Theatres, Pullman, 111. Harry F. Wilson, ipitol theatre, Chatham, Ontario, Can. Dick c jre. Casino, Sac City, la. Al Hanson, Perry, erry, la. Ray Walters, Iowa, Jefferson, la. Garlon Swift, Dunlap, Midlothian, Tex. Kathfine Morgan, Star, San Antonio. Gene DuBarry, ate, Torrington, Conn. C. W. Harrison, Fenkell •eatre, Detroit. Robert De Fino, Warner's Nixi : Ray Rendleman, Warner's Lane ; Victor Chateld, Warner's Lansdowne, and William Bedell, •tating manager, Warner's Wynne, all in Philailphia. Jean Walsh, manager, Rosedale theatre, etroit, Mich. Evelyn Burke, Liberty, Exeter, l enna. Harry Papadopoulos has taken over the I jex theatre, Apalachicola, Fla. Katherine Morgan, I j tar, San Antonio, Tex. Garlon Swift, Dunlap, KLidlothian, Tex. Joseph Allard, Osage, Kansas Ipty, Kan. Lucius McKibbon, Ensley, Ensley, Ala. I Jimmy Pepper, ParamountWilby-Kincey city panager, Kingsport. Tenn. Dunlap Henry, Empire jieatre, Montgomery, Ala. Alfred M. Wohl, pubcity manager. Skouras' Grand theatre, Astoria, I. Milton Jacobson, Stone, Detroit, Mich, awrence Cowen, Fabian Theatres. Junior Showmen: Donna, to Mr. and Mrs. Herb vordon. The proud father manages the Forum heatre, Philadelphia. Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. ed Markoff. Proud daddy manages the Colchisr theatre, Colchester, Conn. A son to Mr. and rs. Carl Floyd of the Floyd Theatres, Atlanta. Birthday Greetings: Sam Wheeler, Henry A. Steibing, Hobson S. Johnson, John W. Kniseley. J. M. Nix, Theodore K. Kraft, Ernest Sanzo, Dave Williams, Sydney J. Gates, Abraham A. Goldstein. Charles Silver, Morris Robertson, John Matis, Walter Tooley, Marion B. Shepherd, Bert Henson. Melvin Jolley, George A. Gookin, John J. O'Connor, Larry J. Carkey, Joseph Weiss, Ross A. Jones. Gerald M. Paulmier, Lorne K. Dunham, Frank Boga, Edward J. DeCosma, Max R. Griffin, Elmer W. Cupp, Jack E. Austin, Gene Kearney, J. H. Voerster, A. J. Matthews, Edward A. Bazaras,. Henry F. Lake. J. R. Smith, Samuel Schecter, George Heeley, Jr., Thomas J. Bogan, Joe R. Wills, Karl Schmidt, Joseph Liss, Max Davey, J. J. Kalix, Harold L. Jones, Harold P. Midgley, Raymond L. Jones, El Perruzzi, Harry Greenman, E. E. Seibel, Eli H. Arkin, Sidney W. Blumenthal, Frank Burton, Walter Leach, Fred E. Baldwick, Ronald Friedman. Irving M. Ginsberg, Sidney A. Holtz, Dick A. Raub, J. F. Bradshaw, S. L. Masden, Bill Headstream, Lige. Brien, Robert W. Baier, James D. Denny, David Weinstein, J. Noble Arnold, Peter Broadhead, Arthur R. Morley, Harry Rose, Albert C. Detwiler, Howard Kahn. Leo A. Schuessler, Rei Terry, Leonard Kraska. Harold D. Van Vorst, Allan Claypool, Harold W. Frakes, Jane Meisel, Henry Bettendorf, Emerson L. Carter, John Esposito, Edward Purcell, Leslie C. McEachern, Jack Van Borssum, Benjamin J. Smart, William J. Hamborsky. iffective Window Display jells "Winged Victory" An eye-arresting window display was pro<l'. loted in advance of "Winged Victory" at Mtaew's Palace in Washington, by Hank Shields, Jr., who arranged for a ticket box o be set up in the window at which was I iosted a mannequin dressed as Loew's door meeting and broadcast of the Washington Advertising Club was held in honor of the picture; 75 spot announcements landed over the radio and a 60 by 10 foot sign planted on the side of the Treasury Building. A special lobbv cutout was used in advance. nan. The figure was ostensibly taking tickets rom other dummy models dressed to represent patrons. Mineographed bulletins were posted on over "^000 boards in various government agencies ind office buildings : 250 dash cards on street mars; 100,000 milk bottle collars and 22 by 28 II igns on the backs of 2700 taxis. A special Lobby Canteen Helps "Canteen" in Omaha Tieing in with the Kansas City Canteen and the Royal Crown Bottling Works, the Orpheum in Kansas City set up a miniature canteen in its lobby and served free cokes to all servicemen during the engagement of Warner's "Hollywood Canteen." Two hostesses nightly w ere assigned to preside over the theatre canteen. Arstein Has Inaugurated a "Take It from Us" Show As a business builder at the Heights theatre, Cleveland, Ohio, H. B. Arstein has developed a "Take It From Us" quiz show, which is conducted every Friday night from the stage during the break in the show, with Dick O'Heron of the local radio station as master of ceremonies. Ushers pass through the audience with microphones. Cash prizes go to winners and a pair of passes to the losers. A pair of passes for four weeks is presented to the author of an accepted biographical sketch. The novelty of the stunt is the second part of the quiz show, called "The Scene on the Screen," when a trailer of a forthcoming picture is flashed on the screen and a member of the audience selected is asked to answer spot questions relating to the trailer. Interest in coming; attractions is thus heightened. The NATION'S Goods pass through a Railway Expressman's hands ! The Railway Expressman is an integral part of the commercial and social life of the nation. That's one reason why, prior to the war, over 65% of all employes had been in the Express Service from 10 to 50 years. Few sought other work. Th? compensation, interest of the work — in short, being a Railway Expressman — offered a way of life satisfying to most. Today, over 22,000 highly trained Expressmen are serving in the armed forces. The enormous increase in shipments, mostly of war goods, requires over 75,000 men and women, an increase of 50%. These new Express employes are performing their work well under trying conditions. We look forward to the end of this war and the return of our veterans. We shall welcome them back. Old and new Expressmen will be ready to meet the shipping needs of an ever-expanding America. By Staff Photographer RECENT VISITORS in New York are pictured at the Round Table office. In photo left, MGM field exploiteers, in the usual order: James Ashcroft, Philadelphia; Ken Prickett, New Orleans; Al Burke, Charlotte, N. C; Tom Baldridge, Washington, D. C. MANAGERS' ROUND TABLE, MARCH 17, 1945 59