Motion Picture Herald (May-Jun 1946)

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man of the celebrity committee to bring screen, stage and radio stars. . . . Radio personalities took the spotlight at the Jubilee Revue when top Hollywood stars failed to show. Detroit's Polish population turned out strong for "Beyond Endurance," documentary at the Cinema which gets a second week, according to manager Art Leazenby. . . . Dave Izdal was in Los Angeles attending a 20th-Fox meeting. INDIANAPOLIS Weekend rains are getting to be a habit here, but a sunny Decoration Day got current attractions off to a good start. . . .Joe Neger, 20th-Fox manager in Milwaukee, visited his old gang at the local office. . . . "I'm giving myself sales talks," Irving Sochin, 20th-Fox office manager, said when salesman Tommy AlcCleaster was attacked by appendicitis. The other three sales members were in Europe as prize winners. . . . Wh-itey Wagner, MGM salesman, is in Tucson, Ariz., on sick leave. . . . Alan Usher, Chicago district manager ; James J. Donahue, central district chief, and Al Kane, New England district head, visited Dick Frank, local Paramount manager. Carl Niesse will lose a good cashier at the Vogue. She is his daughter, Rita, whose engagement to Fred L. Sorrells has been announced. . . . The coal strike cost 117 theatres in northern Indiana $300,000 when they were forced to reduce schedules, according" to figures compiled here for the Associated Theatre Owners of Indiana by Don Rossiter, executive secretary. . . . "The Outlaw" folded suddenly at Loew's after two days of the third week. Hubert N. Scott, assistant manager of the Indiana, will become assistant manager of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. . . . Loew's has made the first run increase unanimous by raising five cents. OKLAHOMA CITY Morris Loewenstein, president of the Theatre Owners of Oklahoma, and local theatre owner, visited Dallas for the organizational meeting of the ATA chapter there. . . . T. B. Noble, Jr., State theatre owner, advises his pet project for a $500,000 house in civic center seems stymied by latest building priority rulings. . . . Film folks are extending the glad hand to H. H. Martin, new Universal manager here, who replaces J. R. Partlow, moved to Atlanta. . . . Over at Tulsa there were still no ads in local newspapers for the theatres and it wasn't doing their grosses any good. . . . The British Columbia paper strike was the reason. . . . Jack Swigert is getting set with his new booking agency here. Charley Freeman replaces him as ad man with Standard theatres. . . . G. A. Alt, Republic manager, is l^ack from an air trip to Chicago for a sales conference. OMAHA Outside competition will eat into local theatre attendance with horse racing starting at Ak-Sar-Ben Field and running through July 4. . . . Jerry McGlynn, MGM branch manager, who has been ill in a Des Moines hospital, is back in the city convalescing. . . . Sam Epstein, E. I. Rubin and Glen Rogers will report on doin^efs under the big Variety Club tent in New York City at the next local meeting. . . . John Fischer's Gem theatre at Valley, Neb., withstood a blow from a lightning bolt. The rain put out the fire. No one was hurt and the show went on. Tip Saggau, KBON sports announcer here, is the son of Henry Saggau, Shenandoah, la., exhibitor. . . . Bill Miskell, TriStates district manager and head of the Omaha Safety Council's enforcement division, is receiving congratulations for a record of 100 straight days in the city without an auto death. . . . Viola Colburn, MGM inspectress, becomes the second Row employe to break an arm in a two-week period. . . . W. H. Trunick, Chicago RCA, was a visitor. . . . Glen Van Wey, Gothenburg exhibitor, is in Rochester, Minn., for a physical checkup. MILWAUKEE Film delivery problems during the railroad strike were licked through the cooperation of a local film carrier and a trucking firm that reached outlying points. . . . Continued cold weather kept many theatre regulars from outdoor attractions. This, coupled with the long Memorial Day holiday, boosted grosses. Elaine Skinner, MGM secretary to John G. Kemptgen, resident manager, was married to Tom Kelly. . . . Lester Bradshaw, secretary of the Motion Picture Commission, was fluffed off by the Young Republicans of Milwaukee, when his planned "atomic bomb" speech announcing support of Senator Robert M. La Follette, Jr., for reelection, failed to jell. Manny Gottlieb, Universal district manager, was in town. ... Same for Joseph Minsky of International Pictures. . . . Helen Burnsteen, United Artists secretary, plans a June wedding. . . . All exchanges shuttered on Memorial Day. . . . Harold J. Fitzgerald, president of Fox-Wisconsin, returned from West Coast conferences. . . . The Drive-In reopened for the season with Bob Gross, formerly of the Avalon theatre, managing. . . . Joe Neger. 20th-Fox manager, spent Memorial Day in Indianapolis. . . . Harry MacDonald returned from New York after arranging the Warner theatre world premiere of "Two Guys from Milwaukee" for Julv 26. ■ Ben Marcus, S and M circuit president, was around town. ... Harry Perlewitz, Independent Theatres executive, attended the Jack Kirsch Chicago dinner. PHILADELPHIA Elizabeth McCaffrey, UA head booker, is sniffing orange blossoms with John Ziegler, outdoor advertising man from Atlantic City. . . . Jack Minsky, manager of the Logan, is back after a month on the sick list. . . . Lester Springer, Universal office manager, who has been on the ailing list, has submitted his resignation. . . . William F. Brooker, Paramount exploitation man, who was chairman of the 1946 industry Salvation Army drive, reported the local quota was topped by 8.1 per cent. Jack Beresin, Michael Felt, Earle W. Sweigert, and Ben Fertel came back from the national Variety Club convention with ideas for more activity locally. . . . George Skouras, of the circuit bearing his name, was in town in connection with the Greek War Relief Fund. ... J. J. Unger, Jack Goldhar and Paul Lazarus, Jr., of the UA home office, were here in connection with "Caesar and Cleopatra." . . . Olivia De Havilland appeared at the Second Annual Musical Festival. . . . Joseph Azzarano is out of service and back at his old job with Universal. PORTLAND The arrival of warm weather reduced grosses sharply, despite stage shows. The patrons took a fling at mountains, beach resorts, night baseball and dog races. The Annual Rose Festival helped somewhat. . . . Changes at Hamrick-Evergreen moved Russell Brown from the Liberty theatre to the home office. Bob Anderson from the Oriental to the Liberty, Frank Pratt from the Paramount to the Oriental, and Zollie Volchok from military service into his old post at the Paramount. . . . Jesse Jones, owner of the Roseway, reported robbery of $800 en route to a night depository. . . . Phil Carlin is doing some remodeling at the Taylor Street. . . . Ted R. Gamble, operating Portland and Hood River theatres, plans a $40,000 house at Coos Bav. ST. LOUIS The rainiest May in 10 years has failed to affect grosses in St. Louis, all first runs above average for the most part. ... Even though the dailies dropped ads over last weekend due to the rail strike, theatres did good business. Bernard Ehrenreich, out of the army after nearly five years of service, is new movie critic for the Star-Times, afternoon daily, succeeding Reed Hynds, who will confine his work to plays, art and books. . . . Margaret Chapman, assistant cashier for RKO Radio here, was married recently to Claude Huthceson, employee of Southwestern Bell Telephone Company. . . . Morris Edgar, formerly of Kansas City, has joined the St. Louis sales staff of 20th-Fox, traveling the Missouri territory. Carson W. Rodgers, general manager of I. W. Rodgers Theatre Circuit of Southern Illinois, has returned to his home in Cairo, 111., after a stay of two weeks in Barnes Hospital here. . . . Ray Nolan, district manager for RKO Radio, ^pd Mrs. Nolan, are in French Lick, Ind,. on vacation. . . . Joseph Minskv, of Tiiternatiofial Pictures, wasa recent-Visitbr: ' v , MOTION PICTURE HERALD. JUNE 8, t946 '2\