Paramount World (1955)

Paramount World 9 HOLLTWOOD Group of Ohio showmen are guests of Bing Crosby on the set of ANY¬ THING GOES, From left: Joe Ferris, Pittsbxirgh: George Rudin. associated with the Fred Krim Circuit, Dayton; Bing Crosby: Robert G. Gump, interested in Salem Drire In, Dayton; Dr, Arthur Denlinger, Airline Theatre, Vandalia: J,M, Henderson, Harris Amusement Co,, Pittsburgh. from Accounting, has taken her place temporarily, .Margaret Porter, who was SwitchDoard Operator in Des Moines branch, is now our Booking Demrtment Ledger Clerk . Two branch additions are Mary Alice Morgan and Evelyn Wo Ike, who are under the 'reign' of Lilian Ahem, Cashier, Carol Thompson is now Ledger Clerk in the Contract De^jt.,, , With vacations coming up, two of our most capable employees, Don Benning and Charlie Scully, decided on a trip East to New York, By their glorying reports, it has been a huge success.. Inspired by this success, Gladys Smiglewicz and her husband decided on a similar trip. We hope they have just as much fun as Don and Charlie did. Ralph Buring HOLLWOC® E. V. Richards, prominent Southern exhibitor and one of the nation's top showmen, visits Cecil B, DeMille on the set of THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, Also in the photograph are Mrs, Y. Frank Freeman, Mrs, Richards, and Richards' niece. OMAHA Contract Clerk Mary Ann Walsh returned from a vacation at her home in Emerson, Nebr. No sunburn rained almost every day, PBX-Steno Beverly Rosenberry is floating on clouds. Sne received a diamond and will be married in Sept¬ ember. That's a long way off, but to see her you'd think she was being married tomorrow. Isn't love grand 1 Anyway, Good Luck, Beverly. .. .Biller Patti Alexander vacationed to Chicago early in May and visited Lincoln Park Zoo, Now all she talks about is the monkeys she aaw there. No men?.,.. Our former Contract Clerk. Shari Dunham, gave birth to a bouncing baby girl on BIG ABOUT »THE DESPERATE HOURS” In a memorandum circulated by Russell Holman he says: ’’Don Hartman informed me over the telephone today that the studio and William Wyler held a preview last night at Long Beach on THE DESPERATE HOURS with one of the most enthusiastic audience reactions in the history of the studio* The audience was held tautly throughout and applauded spontaneously and in great volume at the finish, .. .The manager of the tneatre volunteered that THE DESPERATE HOURS was one of the greatest motion pict¬ ures he had ever seen . *' MEW HAVEN Recently New Haven _ _ Branch enjoyed vis¬ its from Head Office Paramounteers, First we had Messrs George Weltner ANNIVERSARY CONGRATULATIONS — To Jess McBride, Minneapolis Branch Manager, for notching 35 years with Paramount; to New Haven Branch Manager and Mrs, Henry Germaine, for their 28th wedding anniversary: to Rudolf Jellinek, General Manager in Germany, for his 30'^h Paramount year. HOLLYWOOD Louis W, Schine, executive of the Schine Circuit of Theatres, visits a set of Cecil B, DeMille' s production, THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, and chats about the -X ..^,.1. •U...1 r, — plays role in the mighty film. picture with Yul Brynn« of Pharaoh Rameses II i May 18 and now has to change every¬ thing to pink, A boy was expected..,, Julia Leahy, Cashier, is on vacation. Have a good time, Julia but come back, ,. .Arthur Lane, Travelling Audi¬ tor, is visiting Omaha Branch and we all hope he has a nice time. We are all rooting for that great picture, STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND, v^ich is doing terrific business for oxir branch. We're having a tough time keeping the exhibitors , content they all want to play the picture now. but our general release doesn't start un¬ til August 10 . With our Drive-In Drive we were slow in starting.but we are all working hard to get into the top brackets, Let ' s hope we make it, ....Also, here's hoping that our 1955 season will top that of '54. Janet Mears and E.K.O'Shea, who were joined by Division Manager John Moore from Bos¬ ton, A few days later, George Schur dropped in. Branch Manager Henry Germaine is all smiles, and grosses, for once, have nothing to do with the situation. He became a 'Grandpop' for the second time. His daughter gave birth to a boy on Father's Day, Mr, Germaine us¬ ually knows when to break a 'feature' ....Also in 'The Stork Club' is Mrs, Jane Kohler, our Picture Report gal who recently left to await the arriv¬ al of her first, Sandra Heming, form¬ erly our Billing Clerk, is now Picture Report Clerk, The post of Biller has been filled by a new girl, Marie Ma^o. Chester Pickman I found out myself -you go places FASTER in the U.S. AIR FORCE REMMBER, DOMESTIC BRANCH CORRES¬ PONDENTS AND EXPLOITATION REPRESENT¬ ATIVES, "PARAMOUNT WORLD" IS PRIM¬ ARILY A PICTURE MAGAZINE . IT IS THE "LIFE" CF THE PARAMOUNT ORGANIZ¬ ATION. SO lET'S HAVE GOOD, INTEREST¬ ING PICTURES OF PARAMOUNT PEOPLE AND SHOWMANSHIP EVENTS — AND BE SURE THAT SHOTS OF THEATRE FRONTS ARE MADE WHEN LOTS OF PEOPLE ARE AROUND. In a magnificent showmanship tie-up with the United States Air Force, 40,000 of these very effective posters have been placed strategically ac¬ ross the country. And it is pretty evident that the refe¬ rence to STRATEGIC AIR C0I#1AND (a Paramount Picture, by the way), will not go unnot¬ iced by the nation's filmfans.