Motion Picture Herald (Oct-Dec 1956)

(Continued from preceding page) up for sale or lease. . . . The Oak, East Side neighborhood operated by Ted Pekras, has closed and is being used as a meeting hall by religious revival groups. . . . Loew’s Ohio has booked Metro-Goldwyn-Maver’s “Lust for Life” for the week of November 29. It had been rumored that the MGM feature might play a local art house first run. . . . Lou Holleb, operator of the In Town Auto theatre in suburban Whitehall, is visiting relatives in Chicago, and plans a trip to Florida before resuming work. Denver Members of Chapter 10, Women of the Motion Picture Industry will be helping on the Muscular Distrophy telethon November 24-25, with John Reed King and Virginia Graham being here to help things move. . . . A. B. Hillyard, Amarillo, Tex, is building a 300-seat theatre at Ouray, Colo., named the Chipita and to open about January 1. . . . Terry Carpenter, drive-in owner, Scottbluff, Neb., who tried unsuccessfully to nominate Joe Smith for vice-president at the Republican convention, was elected to the Nebraska legislature. . . . Maylee King has resigned as booker at Buena Vista to care for her husband, who is seriously ill. The job goes to Nayreta Knight, recently with KGMC radio. . . . Lester Zucker, Universal district manager, was in. . . . Ted Halmi, freelance exploitation man, to Casper, Wyo., for ‘‘Friendly Persuasion,” at the Rialto. . . . Wm. Souttar, formerly with Fox Midwest at Springfield, 111., was named city manager for Fox Inter-Mountain Theatres, Ogden, Utah, succeeding Ted Kirkmeyer, who moves to Salt Lake City to manage the Uptown. . . . John Mazanis, manager, Egyptian, Delta, Colo., resigned. He has been replaced temporarily by Dick Little, who has been the assistant at the Tabor, Denver. Des Moines Dollar tickets are being sold to performances at the Stratford Community theatre in Dayton to raise funds for the maintenance of the theatre. The tickets are good for any movie before December 31. . . . Background scenes for Warner’s filming of “The Pajama Game” were shot last week in Dubuque. . . . Clayton Bosten has reopened the Palace theatre in Muscatine — to run until the opening of the 1957 drive-in season. . . . Marion L. Dickson, Mt. Pleasant exhibitor, was a visitor on the Row. . . . Lou Levy, Universal branch manager, has been in Denver on vacation. He attended the bar mitzvah of his nephew and remained for Thanksgiving. . . . Variety’s annual Christmas party will be held December 17 at the Jewish Community Center. . . . Frank Rubel, TriStates executive and Variety chief barker, is vacationing in Florida with his family. . . . Gwelda Jones has resigned at Universal to return to the cosmetology field. She will open a beauty shop in Perry. . . . Roy Howser, NSS shipper, was married recently. . . . Ruth Napier is a new biller at NSS, replacing Marlene Kratzke, who has been married. . . . Mrs. Don Beal, wife of the Warner shipper, is convalescing following surgery. Detroit The opening of the Apollo in Detroit and the Avon at Stockbridge was announced this week. The Apollo has been closed for some time. Dave Glover will operate under a lease from Saul Korman. . . . The newly completed Northland drivein at Flint has been equipped for winter operation but will not chance it this year. . . . Harry Levinson, Petoskey theatre owner, is in Little Traverse Hospital. . . . Wm. Green, Cinerama adman, continues his long-time stay at New Grace Hospital in Detroit. His condition after a series of abdominal operations is still serious. . . . Harold Ironfield leaves the 20th-Fox sales force for another field in Niagara Falls. „ . . . Sol Krim, of the Krim, is slim after a short reducing course. . . . Over at the Telenews manager Norman Weaton has left for a feature theatre post in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. Assistant manager, Fred Sweet, moves up to take over handling of the vacated spot. Hartford Sal Adorno, Sr., president of M & D Theatres, and his wife are celebrating their 52nd anniversary. . . . Bernard Menschell, president, Bercal Theatres Inc., Hartford, has returned to his desk after surgery. . . . Peter Perakos, Jr., son of the president of Perakos Theatre Associates, New Britain, Conn., and Mrs. Perakos are parents of their first child, a baby boy, born at the New Britain General Hospital. Young Perakos is office manager and assistant to his brother. Sperie Perakos, general manager of Perakos Theatre Associates. . . . MGM’s “Lust for Life” had its Connecticut premiere at the 1.200seat Parsons theatre Tuesday night, as a benefit for the Wadsworth Atheneum of Hartford. . . . Lou Brown, director of advertising and publicity, Loew’s Poli-New England Theatres Inc., has been elected to the board of governors of New Haven’s Union League Club. . . . Movie-going public in Jewett City, Conn., has new time schedule. The State theatre, owned by Perakos Theatre Associates, is now operating matinees on Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays and on days when there is no school attendance. Indianapolis Dale McFarland, general manager of Greater Indianapolis, had James Dean’s aunt, uncle and cousin down from their home at Fairmont, Ind., for the opening of “Giant” at the Indiana Thursday. . . . R. L. Conn, former 20th-Fox branch manager here, returned Friday for a “World Showmanship Drive” meeting at the local exchange. . . . Indianapolis Cooperative Theatres have moved their office from the Chamber of Commerce building to the Cinema theatre. . . . Eddie Ornstein is buying and booking for John Woehrle’s new 500-car Lakewood drive-in at Jeffersonville, which opened November 7. . . . Ray Thomas, UniversalInternational city salesman, has resigned to go to work for a boat company. . . . Frank Paul, who is manager of the State Film Service, held open house for the film trade at the State Service’s new location, 429 North Senate Street, last Thursday night. Jacksonville Buford Styles, U-I’s Florida manager, returned from a business tour of his southern hinterland. . . . Capt Hans Vige, owner of the Pinecrest drive-in, booked in an unusual Saturday night program of four Jesse James feature films. . . . Bob Stevens’ Buena Vista office in the Florida theatre building has been closed. . . . Visiting showmen were Hoyt Yarborough, St. Augustine; Bill Lee, Keystone; Jim Partlow, Orlando; Ray Mackes, Madison; Jerry Fender, Brunswick, Ga.; and Harold Popel, Gainesville. . . . A. J. “Tony” Abbaddess, Jacksonville Beach man, has replaced Jesse Marlowe as manager of the Beach theatre. . . . Norm Levinson, MGM press representative, has offered a cash prize for the best Florida exploitation campaign on “The Opposite Sex.” Kansas City At the Missouri theatre, Kansas City, “This Is Cinerama” moves into its 23rd week with an attendance figure of 225,000 drawn from the four-state areas of Kansas, Missouri, Iowa and Nebraska. . . . Shreve Theatre Supply, Kansas City, supplied a high-fidelity record player and a public address system for the Officers’ Club at Fort Leavenworth, Kans. ... In observation of National Education Week, Film Row in Kansas City was host to 18 high school seniors. Hosts were Arthur Cole, Paramount, and Joe Redmond, FoxMidwest with Larry Klein of Universal and Abbott Sher of Exhibitors’ Film Delivery as guides for tours of their offices. Teen-agers viewed “This Is Cinerama” at the Tower theatre and participated in a discussion of the reactions of young people to current movie themes and to the discipline problems teen-agers cause management. . . . Cozy theatre, Humboldt, Kans., is now operated by the American Legion Post under supervision of R. G. Osborne. . . . Ray Robertson, West Vue drive-in at Newton, Kans., was a prize winner in a golf tournament at Wichita, winner in a golf tournament which was held at Wichita. Los Angeles Mel Evidon, Favorite Films sales manager, checked in from a business trip to Phoenix. . . . The Paradise theatre, Westchester, has been acquired by the Pacific Drive-In Theatres from Alex Schreiber. The circuit plans to assume operation of the hard-top December 19. Pacific owns two other conventional houses in the Los Angeles area, the Cornell in Burbank and the California. . . . James Schiller, Allied Artists exploitation man, was back from a trip to San Francisco, where he set up advance campaign for “Friendly Persuasion. ” . . . Wally Wolf, son of Rube Wolf of the Fanchon and Marco circuit, is leaving for Melbourne, Australia, where he will participate in the Olympic games as a member of the U.S. water polo team. . . . Fred Weimer, National Screen Service salesman, became a grandfather when his daughter Corrinne Rosekrans of Long Beach gave birth to a baby girl, who has been named Laurie Lynn. ... At a meeting held at the Variety Club rooms, stewards of the Film Row Club and officers were briefed on final plans for the club’s (Continued on opposite page) 24 MOTION PICTURE HERALD, NOVEMBER 24, 1956