Showmen's Trade Review (Jan-Mar 1941)

Record Details:

Title:
Showmen's Trade Review
Date:
Jan-Mar 1941
Publisher:
[New York, etc.]
Volume:
Showmen's trade review
Leaf #:
000160
Language:
English
Subjects:
motion pictures, Motion pictures -- Periodicals
Collection:
Hollywood Studio System
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
Library of Congress, MBRS, Moving Image Section
Sponsor:
Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Established in 1933 by Charles 'Chick' Lewis, who previously edited the 'Manager's Round Table' section in Quigley's MOTION PICTURE HERALD. Lewis originally called his new publication SHOWMEN'S ROUND TABLE, but after a lawsuit from Quigley, he changed the title to SHOWMEN'S TRADE REVIEW (STR). Over the next two decades, STR proved to be a formidable competitor to Quigley's HERALD and steadily grew in circulation. It's easy to see why exhibitors wanted to subscribe. STR's editorial voice, reviews of features and shorts, 'Box Office Slant' tips for how to promote movies, and concise and well organized 'Booking Guides' made it a trustworthy and highly useful magazine for exhibitors. -- Eric Hoyt, 2014
Date Added:
August 28, 2022
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Page 6 SHOWMEN'S T RADE REVIEW February 1, 1941 350 Attend Banquet To Honor Barney Balaban Prizes Awarded to Theatre Managers Who Lead In Drive; Para. Chief Sees Future Encouraging Theatre and distribution chiefs as well as representatives from the Paramount Studio gathered in Chicago last week to honor Barney Balaban on his fifth anniversary as President of the company. The guest of honor pictured the outlook for the months as encouraging conung six adding that Among those at the Banquet honoring Barney Balaban's fifth year as President of Paramount were those pictured above. From the top and left to right are John Balaban and Y. Frank Freeman; E. V. Richards presenting Roger Holden of the Red Cross with a check for an ambulance for the Greeks as Barney Balaban looks on; Francis McManus of M & P Theatres, Robt. Gillham, Paramount advertising and publicity director, William K. Hollander, B & K ad chief ; Harry Sherman, producer; Harry David, Intermountain Theatres and Louis Lipstone, Paramount musical director. the company's product has been well received. At the banquet, prize winners among the theatres were rewarded, each group of theatres receiving an honor for the greatest accomplishment during the Balaban Drive. The following were the winners in their respective theatre circuits : S. A. Ammerman, Comerford-Publix Theatres; A. H. Bachman, Balaban and Katz Theatres; Harold D. Barnes, Central States Theatres; Gregory Beck, Comerford-Publix Theatres ; Mortimer E. Berman, Great States Theatres; Harry Botwick, M & P Theatres ; Jack Braunagel, Intermountain Theatres; Henry Brownlee, Malco Theatres; S. R. Claggett, Balaban & Katz Theatres; Jack Dahmer, Jefferson Amusement Theatres. A. D. Deason, Interstate Circuit; James Dempsey, M & P Theatres; Edward Dunn, Tri-States Theatres ; Kenneth Edgerly. Balaban & Katz Theatres ; Joseph Farrell, Comerford-Publix Theatres; Clark Field, United Detroit Theatres; John T. Floore, Interstate Circuit; W. L. Gelling, Jefferson Amusement Theatres; Jack Goodwin, M & P Theatres; Willis W. Grist, Jr., Dominion Theatres ; Walter F. Grometer, Great States Theatres; Albert Hamilton, M & P Theatres; William Hartnett, M & P Theatres; Grant Hawkins, United Detroit Theatres. Carl Herman, Comerford-Publix Theatres; William B. Holden, Balaban & Katz Theatres; William Keith, PublixBamford Theatres ; Jack King, Interstate Circuit; Frank Labar, Publix-Bamford Theatres ; George Laby, Western Massachusetts Theatres ; Walter Lyons, Balaban & Katz Theatres ; Louis Marcks, Western Massachusetts; Guy W. Martin, PublixIndiana Theatres; J. R. McEachron, Malco Theatres; William Miskell, Tri-State Theatres; George Moffitt, M & P Theatres; Harry Odendhall, Balaban & Katz Theatres; Everett Olsen, Minnesota Amusement Theatres; Roy Peffley, Northio Theatres ; David E. Perkins, Western Massachusetts Theatres. Ralph E. Phillips, Minnesota Amusement Theatres; A. G. Pickett, PublixRichards-Nace Theatres ; Woodrow Praught, Minnesota Amusement Theatres ; Chester Price, Intermountain Theatres; Morris Simms, M & P Theatres; Charles R. Smith, Western Massachusetts Theatres ; Edward A. Smith, Western Massachusetts Theatres; Frank Staley, Great States Theatres; E. J. Sullivan, Interstate Circuit; S. E. Tanner, Jefferson Amusement Theatres ; Frank Upton, United Detroit Theatres; Lorenz Wegener, Central States Theatres; Harl A. Wolever, Dominion Theatres ; Remmel Young, Malco Theatres; Charles Zinn, Minnesota Amusement Theatres. Among those who attended the banquet were: PARAMOUNT HOME OFFICE: Neil Agnew, Barney Balaban, Sam Dembow, Jr., George C. Hoover, A. J. Dunne, G. B. J. Frawley, Robert M. Gillham, Leonard H. Goldenson, Dell Goodman, M. R. Goodman, M. F. Gowthorpe, Stanton Griffis, Walter Gross, Russell Holman, Arthur Israel, Harry Kalcheim. Austin Keough, J. F. Kirby, Claude Lee, F. A. Leroy, H. J. Lorber, Fred Mohrhardt, Oscar Morgan, Alec Moss; Leon Netter, Hugh Owen, Louis Phillips, Paul Raibourn, C. M. Reagan, Harry Royster, Max Schosberg, C. J. Scollard, E. W. Sweigert, J. J. Ungar, T. A. Walsh, Al Wilkie, Adolph Zukor, Rollin K. Stonebrook. BALABAN & KATZ THEATRES: J. M. Abraham, Waldo Bail, David Balaban, John Balaban, Hector Bishop, Kenneth Blewett, Ben Bloomfield, Ted Boisumeau, George Brandt, William Briscoe, A. H. Brolly, Al Burne, Raymond Carsky, Louis V. Charipar, Bernard Cobb, Miles Concannon, A. P. Conroy, James Cooney, Charles Cottle, Charles F. Davidson, Edward Dlouhy, L. E. Eastman, William Eddy, Adolph Eisner, Aaron Feinberg, B. W. Feldman, V. J. Fisher, Jack Garber, A special tribute in the form of a luncheon in his honor was paid Baker 0. Shelton, Jr., manager of the RKO Proctor's Theatre, Mount Vernon, N. Y., who has the distinction of being the first RKO theatre manager to be called to the colors. Standing, left to right: James Dolan, Al Pluchos, John Berger, Charles Oelreich, Jerome Baker, Baker 0. Shelton, Jr., Harold Newcomb, W. B. England and J. S. Yeransian; sitting, left to right: Joseph Di Lorenzo, John A. Cassidy, Col. Maurice Harris, R. H. Endy, Blanch Livingston, Zella Smith, Edward Sniderman, John C. Hearns, Harry Mandel and Fred Herkowitz. Maurice Glass, Leslie H. Gleason, Archie Herzoff, W. K. Hollander, M. W. Hork, Elmer Immerman, Walter Immerman, I. Jacobsen, A. W. Jones, Jack Katz, J. N. Katz, Sam Katz, A. J. Kaufman, Joseph Kaufman, Al Leonard, M. G. Leonard, Sam Levin, Harry Lustgarten, J. J. Lynch, Herbert Lyon, Louis Machat, R. C. MacMullen, William G. Methe, Max Milstein, Charles Nesbitt, E. E. O'Donnell, Milton Officer, Francis Pallester, Joseph Pipher, Abe J. Piatt, N. M. Piatt, Harry Potter, Melvin J. Rainey, Boris Riedel, George Romine, J. J. Sampson, James Savage, Jack Schaefer, Leonard Schiff, Edward Seguin, Ralph Sherry, McNeil Smith, Samuel Soible, Phillip Solomon, Warren L. Stafford, Leo Stahr, Isadore Stein, Joseph Stout, Arthur Thaler, Raymond Thompson, James R. Thomson, A. L. Trebow, Edward Trunk, F. B. Unseld, Elmer C. Upton, Ray Van Getson, David B. Wallerstein, Leslie Walrath, Ralph Wettstein, Jerry Winsberg. PARAMOUNT STUDIO: A. M. Botsford, George Brown, Frank Y. Freeman, Louis R. Lipstone, Harry Sherman. PARAMOUNT SALES FORCE: Hugh Braly, J. J. Donohue, William H. Erbb, Harry H. Goldstein, Milton S. Dusell, R. C. Libeau, G. A. Smith, Allen Usher. COMERFORD PUBLIX THEATRES : Girard Adams, Byron Linn, John Nolan, J. J. O'Leary, Charles A. Ryan, E. M. Simonis, Harry Spiegel. INTERSTATE CIRCUIT: John Quincy Adams, Ray Beall, Karl Hoblitzelle, Robert J. O'Donnell, William O'Donnell, Raymond Willie. MINNESOTA AMUSEMENT THEATRES: A. L. Anson, J. A. Branton, Louis Deutsch, Max Edelstein, Joseph W. Finley, Harry B. French, John J. Friedl, L. J. Ludwig, C. W. Perrine, C. B. Stiff, Charles Winchell. GREAT STATES THEATRES: C. B. Atkins, Rudy Born, Gil C. Brown, Milton Brown, E. E. Crabtree, A. J. Damon, John P. Dromey, Henry Foehrkalb, Marvin S. Harris, William Heasman, Jack Hoeffler, Perry Hoeffler, Elmore Keyes, William T. Langdon, Edwin B. Lewis, M. D. Lewis, J. R. McCullough, John L. Mitchell, George E. Mullare, Frank Omick, Thomas O. Pierce, Harry G. Redmon, Roy Rogan, Thomas P. Ronan, C. B. Rubens, J. J. Rubens, M. M. Rubens, Henry C. Stickelmaier, E. R. Toerpe, Isadore Weinshienk, F. N. Weber, Paul Witte, Jack Wohl, L. C. Worley. PARAMOUNT RICHARDS THEATRES: Robert Blair, Maxwell Braswell, Gibbons Burke, N. L. Carter, Gaston Dureau, Oliver Epps, Melvin Greenblatt, A. H. Higginbotham, Robert Hines, John McKenna, E. V. Richards, Raleigh Sharrock. TRI-STATES THEATRES: A. H. Blank, Myron N. Blank, Raymond Blank, Ralph G. Branton, Evert R. Cummings, J. J. Deitch, Joseph Kinsky, L. M. McKechneay, A. H. Stolte. FAMOUS PLAYERS CANADIAN THEATRES: R. W. Bolstad, T. J. Bragg, John L. Fitzgibbons, Ben Geldsaler, N. L. Nathason. M & P THEATRES: Harry Browning, Edward A. Cuddy, Hy Fine, Francis W. McManus, A. J. Moreau, M. J. Mullin, Samuel Pinanski, C. J. Russell, Sr., Philip Seletsky, William E. Spragg, Robert M. Sternburg, C. L. Stoddard, H. I. Wasserman. WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS THEATRES: Wallace V. Camp, Ernest E. Goldstein, Nathan E. Goldstein, Samuel Goldstein, Harry Smith. PUBLIX INDIANA THEATRES: 3 Par. Blocks of 5 in Summer 1st Group Ready for Trade Showings Early in Season Three groups of five pictures each will be available from Paramount when the new season gets under way, it was announced this week by Neil Agnew, general sales manager. No withdrawals or changes in Paramount's program for the 1940-41 season will be made, he added. The first block of five pictures will be available for trade screenings in the early summer. "With the current season's product either completed or in production at this time, our studio has already started work on the first group of pictures for release in the new season," Agnew stated. "We realize that many exhibitors are worrying over the availability of product for next year, and we believe that by getting under way at this time we can assure exhibitors of a dependable all-year source of pictures. "The executives of the company fully realize that under the new selling methods it will be necessary to augment considerably our inventory of pictures in order to assure exhibitors of an ample supply of product." Billy Connors, Thor Hauschild, Duncan R. Kennedy, Hugh Martin, J. R. Wheeler. Intermountain Theatres : Harry David, Raymond Hendry, Clare Woods; CentralStates Theatres: Jess Day, M. E. McClain, Harry M. Warren; Allen Dumont Laboratories, Inc. : Allen Dumont ; Malco Theatres: W. W. Goodman, M. A. Lightman, M. A. Lightman, Jr., Edward Sapinsley ; Jefferson Amusement Theatres : Julius Gordon, Fred Minron, Clifford C. Porter; Wilby-Kincey : B. H. Harrison, H. F. Kincey, R. B. Wilby; United Detroit Theatres: E. J. Hudson; Gary Theatres: P. M. Kalleres; Paramount Theatre, Toledo, Ohio : Ralph Lawler ; Paramount Theatre, Newark, N. J. : Adam Adams ; Lucas & Jenkins Theatres : Arthur Lucas, E. E. Whitaker; Buffalo Theatres : Vincent McFaul ; Publix-RichardsNace Theatres : Harry L. Nace ; Paramount Theatre, New York City : Robert W e i t m a n ; Publix-Wheeling Theatre : George Zeppos ; Newman Theatre, Kansas City, Missouri: Jerry Zigmond. Paramount Theatre, Newburgh, N. Y. : Gene Levy; H & E Balaban Circuit: Elmer Balaban, Harry Balaban; PublixBamford Theatres: Carl Bamford; Northio Theatres: Tracy Barham, George Planck; W. S. Butterfield Theatres: E. C. Beatty.