Motion Picture Herald (Nov-Dec 1947)

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ALBANY "Wild Harvest" headed the bill at the Palace and "Desert Fury" at the Strand. The Ritz played "I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now" and "Queen of the Amazons." "Kissing Her Now" did a nice week's business at the Strand and a whopping week at Proctor's in Troy. The Grand booked "The Last of the Redmen" and "Keeper of the Bees." "Forever Amber" ran into tough sledding at the Troy, what with the theatre being picketed, the local newspaper turning down advertising, and the city's only radio station cancelling a schedule of announcements for the picture. Business fell below par there. Neither has the picture proved a smash in Albany area situations so far played. . . . Elected to the Variety Club crew for the next year : Harry Lamont, Saul Ullman, Joseph Saperstein, Leonard Rosenthal, Dan Houlihan, Jack Bullwinkle, Art Newman, Eugene Lowe, Gerald Atkin, Gene Teper and Dr. Sam Kalison. ATLANTA O. S. Barnett, booking manager, Monogram, is confined to the hospital due to illness. . . . O. C. Lam, president, Lam Amusement Co., Rome, announces that he has a permit from the CPA for a new Negro theatre to be built in Rome, and will also build a drive-in in Rome and Lagrange, Georgie. . . . S. B. van Delden, sales manager, and Jack Coletrane, sales representative, Wil-Kin Theatre Supply Company, back at the office after attending the opening of the new colored theatre in Barnesville, Ga., the Dixie. . . . The theatres in Pensacola, Fla., are up in arms. The City Council has placed a tax of one per cent on all amusement tickets. . . . Clearwater, Fla., will soon have an open air theatre. . . . H. J. Chapman has opened his drive-in in Sanford, N. C. . . . Lynn Lovvorn, owner of the Palace theatre, Bowdon, Ga., will build another theatre in that town. . . . The suit recently filed by the Soewga Auto Theatre Co., Putney, Ga., against L C. and A. C. Gortatowsky, Albany, has been settled. . . . Wayn R. Page has succeeded Phil Lantz, as manager of the Lyric theatre in Stuart, Fla. . . . Business in the theatres is off this week but "Forever Amber" is playing to SRO at the Paramount. BALTIMORE General complaint about business slump and rain and cold with football game over Saturday added to the slump. Despite this, week beginning November 13 opened fairly good. Century very good with "Body and Soul." Hippodrome good with "Crime Doctor's Gamble," plus vaudeville. Keith's fair with "Ride the Pink Horse." New theatre good with "Nightmare Alley." Little fair with "The Magic Bow." Town very good with "The Fugitive." Times and Roslyn good with "Bowery Buckaroos," plus "Duffy's Tavern." Stanley held "The Unsuspected" for second week. . . . Mayfair still going strong in a fourth week with "Golden Earrings." . . . Another Baltimore pioneer in the film equipment and supply business. . . . J. F. Dusman, 82, died here. He was head of J. F. Dusman Company. ■Con.pany will continue under direction of his son, Henry Dusman. . . . Members in :26 rural regions of Maryland of Citizens Roadside Council of Maryland being urged to impress county commissioners with need of doing away with highway billboards. . . . Barry Goldman is so busy with his work of directing the Fulton, Diane and Lenox theatres that he has resigned as Monogram salesman here. . . . Alert theatre. New Essex, has been reopened by A. and L. Cohen. BOSTON Business has continued good for the second consecutive week in the Hub. Leading the parade are "Body and Soul" at Loew's State and Orpheum and "The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap" at the Boston. . . . Independent Exhibitors held their regular meeting November 12, but bad weather dropped attendance. Three applications for membership were given an okay : Mrs. M. E. Buckley of the General Stark theatre in Bennington, Vermont; Mrs. Rose Fasano of the Cummings theatre in Fitchburg, Mass., and Joseph Fedeli of the Rialto in Worcester. WHEN AND WHERE November 21-24: Allied Theatre Owners of the Gulf States convention at the Jung hHotel, New Orleans. November 24-25: Associated Theatre Owners of Texas annual convention in Dallas, Texas. November 24-25: Allied Motion Picture Theatre Owners of Pennsylvania annual convention at the William Penn Hotel, Pittsburgh. November 29-30: Allied States Association national board meeting in Milwaukee. December 1-3: Independent Theatre Owners of Wisconsin and Upper Michigan annual meeting at the Hotel Schroeder In Milwaukee. December 8-9: The Motion Picture Foundation's board of trustees meeting at the Hotel Astor In New York. December 16-17: Meeting of KansasMissouri Independent exhibitors in Kansas City to form an Independent exhibitors association. CHARLOTTE J Cy Dillon, chief barker of Tent No. 24,) i| Charlotte \'ariety Club, has announced that i the Variety Club will sponsor the first Vari | ety Club charity all-star college football ' game to be played in Charlotte at Legion ! ' Memorial .Stadium December 13. . . . Steve j | Baranek, of Warner Brothers Charlotte branch, has been transferred back to New I York, and office manager Buck Tidwell takes Baranek's place. . . . Everett Enterprises ' Drive-In Theatre Company, H. D. Hearn, j general manager, has purchased 12 acres near Kanapolis, N. C, on which to build 1 I their first drive-in. It will cost about $100,000. . . . Carolina Film Service, Inc., has received its charter from the Secretary of State. Authorized capital stock of $100,000 with John H. Vickers, E. S. Mulwee, and R. H. Jackson, all of Charlotte, listed as subscribers. CHICAGO "Gentleman's Agreement," Apollo, and | "Body and Soul," Woods, both opened ex !' ceptionally big and set new records in their respective houses despite miserable weather, i. "Forever Amber" and "Unconquered" still going strong in fourth and fifth holdover weeks, but in all probability will have to be pulled next week in compliance with Supreme Court decision in Jackson Park theatre case. Loop business in general holding ' well despite wet spell. . . . Y and W Circuit,*, Broadway theatre, Indiana Harbor, Ind.,B and Times theatre, Waukegan, installing ■ new screens and Simplex projectors. • ■ Jim Booth and Robert Lubliner, whose newB release, "Story of the Pope," is scheduled ■ for Essaness theatres opening around De m cember 1, moved into new offices at 1325 I S. Wabash Ave. . . . Under co-chairman■ ship of James Coston, Warners theatres " head, and Otto K. Eitel, hotel owner, the Chicago Friendship Train committee added 21 cars to the 82 that arrived. . . . Ray Canoff, formerly on RKO Grand managerial staff, now doing publicity for Charles Lindau's Kedzie and Annex theatres. . . . National Screen looking for a replacement for Fred Mindlin, manager of their special service department, who resigned last week after five years association. . . . Oriental theatre press agent Paul Homer has resigned. . . . N. S. Barger's drive-in has closed for the winter. . . . The Peoria Catholic diocese has ordered' a boycott of all Publix-Great States theatres in the dioceses because of the booking of "Forever Amber." CINCINNATI Irving Sochin, Universal-International branch manager, was retained as chief barker of the Cincinnati Variety Club, Tent No. 3, at the annual election. Edwin M. Booth, MGM branch manager, was chosen first assistant and Harry Hartman, WCPO sportcaster, second assistant chief barkers. Saul M. Greenberg, theatre attorney, was reelected property master and William Onie, Monogram branch manager, reelected dough guy. Allan S. Moritz, Columbia manager, succeeds himself as national canvassman. Canvassmen elected were Ben Cohen, Joe KolHng, Peter Niland, H. J. Wessel, Mr. Moritz and Mr. Kinsler. Installation dinner has been set for December 1. . . . "Forever Amber" will not be shown at any of the (Continued on page 28) MOTION PICTURE HERALD, NOVEMBER 22, 1947