Motion Picture Herald (Oct-Dec 1956)

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Albany The advantages and disadvantages of Albany area drive-in operation well into November again became debatable, as the weather here alternated between cold and warm, rainy and dry. Harry Lamont maintained Monday through Friday schedules a week later this fall. Fabian Theatres closed Mohawk and Saratoga earlier than usual. Alan Iselin and Jim Lewis held longest to full time operation at the Auto-Vision, East Greenbush, and the Hollywood, Averill Park. The Hollywood is equipped with in-car heaters, permitting winter operation. . . . Kallet’s Oneida, Utica, was closed temporarily for repairs. ... A proposal by Robert C. Conahan for a 700-car drive-in theatre in New Scotland, Albany suburb, is being fought by a “Residents’ Committee for Zoning.” Atlanta On Film Row this week visiting and booking were: Tom Coleman, of the Ritz. Anniston, Ala.; C. H. Simpson, of theatres in Tennessee and Georgia; Mrs. J. M. Lakeman, of the Dixie, Haley ville, Ala.; Jay Solomon, of Independent Theatres, Chattanooga, Tenn.; Sid Laird and L. J. Duncan, Al-Dun Amusement Co., West Point, Ga.; and O. C. Lam and his son, Lam Amusement Co., Rome, Ga. . . . L. Strickland, of Strickland Films, has returned to his office after a spell of illness. . . . Miss Lynda Burnett, United Artists booker, and her niece Sara Hobson, daughter of P. Hobson, head booker and office manager at Capital, are back after a visit in Colquit, Ga. . . . R. V. Graber, Allied Artists, New York, was here on a visit to the local office, and William Porter, of the same company, and his wife have returned to the coast after a local visit. . . . The CinemaScope version of “Oklahoma!” will open at the Fox theatre here December 28. Boston New England Theatres, Inc., will no longer operate the Colonial theatre, Haverhill, Mass. The theatre has been sold to Watts Realty of Boston. This leaves the city with two theatres: the Paramount operated by Zeitz Theatres of New Bedford and the Strand acquired recently by Ernest Warren of Needham. ... In an effort to stimulate business, the second run Park theatre, Fall River, gave 1,000 passes to local factories. The Park management reports favorable reaction to the idea. . . . Mori Krushen, director of exploitation at UA, was in town for two days in advance of the new Clark Gable film “A King and Four Queens.” Joe Mansfield, the local UA publicist, accompanied Krushen as he made the rounds of the Boston press. . . . Joe Levine, president of Embassy Pictures, invited 70 local disc jockeys to a special screening of “Shake, Rattle and Rock,” followed by cocktails and dinner at the Boston Club. . . . Charles Kurtzman, northeast division manager of Loew’s Theatres, Inc., was chairman of the testimonial dinner for Walter Brown, president of the Boston Garden, held at the Hotel Somerset, November 17. . . . Joe Rathgeb, booker at Metro, was married November 10th to Marguerite Hayes. . . . Ersley Blanchard, who formerly managed the theatre, is now operating the Coniston theatre, Newport, N. H., for the owners of the property. Interstate Theatres Corp. did not renew its lease. Buffalo A1 Glaubinger, former sales manager of the United Artists exchange in Boston, is the new manager of the U.A. office in Buffalo. He succeeds Stanley Kositsky, who has been appointed manager of the Philadelphia branch of the same company. Gene Tunick, who has been managing the Philadelphia U.A. exchange, is now a district manager. The Glaubinger Buffalo appointment is effective December 1. . . . Art Moger, Warner Bros, exploitation representative, who headquarters in Boston, was in Buffalo last week working on “Giant,” current at the Paramount, and on “Baby Doll,” which comes to the Center theatre Christmas week. . . . Sidney S. Kulick, Bell Film Exchange, New York City, spent this week visiting exhibitors in Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse and the Schine headquarters in Gloversville. . . . David J. Kane, Allied Artists exploiteer, was in town, assisting Bill Brereton, Basil circuit, on an extensive publicity campaign on “Friendly Persuasion.” . . . Ben E. Bush, a prominent member of the Buffalo Variety Club, will again head the March of Dimes campaign in Western New York. He was chairman last year. . . . Television can be a “great help” in some fields of education, but it will never replace the classroom teacher. So a panel of University of Buffalo faculty members agreed the other day at a meeting in the Faculty Club. Charlotte Thirteen Charlotte film exchange workers are competing for the title of Miss Film Row of 1957. . . . The Carolina theatre booked “The Girl He Left Behind” for early showing. . . . Warner Bros, booker “Hap” Bell spent his Armistice Day holiday visting new stores which have just opened in this area. . . . Plaza manager A. B. Craver reported “The Opposite Sex” held over for a fourth week and said “Teahouse of the August Moon” will be the theatre’s Christmas attraction. . . . Carolina theatre manager Kermit High booked “Love Me Tender” as his Thanksgiving attraction, and Imperial manager Gleb Grove showed “Friendly Persuasion ” Chicago The Parkway theate, closed for a year, has been reopened by N. S. Barger. The theater has been completely modernized. . . . The Brandt theatre is now operating under the ownership of Leonard Singer. Duke Shumow recently sold this theatre. . . . The Manor, which was reopened by the Manor Amusement Company, is being managed by Robert Savage. . . . John Thompson, Columbia publicist, returned from Champaign, Illinois, where he opened “Silent World,” Columbia’s new documentary film. . . . Tom Dowd, of the Ziegfeld theatre management staff, and midwest manager for UMPO, was called to New York because of his father’s illness. . . . Stanford Kohlberg, owner of the Starlite drive-in, and reportedly the only outdoor exhibitor in this area to remain open despite the hazards of winter weather, has inaugurated two more “business-getting” plans. He has started 4 P.M. matinees on Thursday, Saturdays and Sundays, and he has introduced pizza as a new food item. Cleveland The benefit opening of “This Is Cinerama” at the Palace theatre last Wednesday was a complete sell-out, resulting in turning more than $6,000 over to the Cleveland Zoo. . . . Norman Wheaton, onetime manager of the Telenews theatre in Cleveland, has been appointed manager of the State theatre, Cuyahoga Falls. He succeeds Ron Failes. . . . Louis Ratener has closed his Montrose and Magic City drive-ins and on November 30 he and his family leave for St. Croix, Virgin Islands, where he is a licensed real estate operator. . . . Edward Shulman opened his 10th art theatre, the Westwood in Toledo, November 21. . . . The Eastwood theatre, owned by Smith and Beidler, has been leased to Carl Long, former house manager. He opened the house this weekend. . . . Harold Kay, manager of the Lake theatre, Painesville, donated the theatre and all theatre service to the Painesville Rotary Club, as he has done every year since 1947, for a show sponsored by the Painesville Rotary Club for the benefit of retarded children. . . . Walter Lastition, owner of the Sky Way drive-in, Warren, welcomed his first child, a son, November 6. Columbus Carl Schultz, former manager of the St. Clair, Indianapolis, has been named manager of the Uptown, downtown subsequent run house. He succeeds Donald Hooten, who was appointed manager of RKO Grand. . . . “Giant” opened to big business at RKO Palace. . . . Indianola, North Side neighborhood, which has been operated in recent months as an art house by Charles Sugarman, has closed and is (Continued on following page) MOTION PICTURE HERALD, NOVEMBER 24, 1956 33