Showmen's Trade Review (Apr-Jun 1944)

April 29, 194-1 S H O W M EN'S TRADE R E V I E W 29 * * REGIONAL NEWSREEL RECEIVE SERVICE EMBLEMS. One of the chief features of the reception party in Memphis for Louis C Ingram, newlv appointed Memphis manager for MCM, was the award of service emblems tor MOM organization members who have served for ten or twenty years with the company. In photo above, Cecil E. Vogel, Loew's Faiace manager; Memphis Mayor Walter C. Chandler and E. K. O'Shea, MCM sales manager, officiate at the distribution of emblems to Elizabeth Mitchell, Rebecca Scott, Ola Purvis, Lillie Curd and Tom Kirk (standing, left to right I. Washington Advertising Club ; Charles Zurhorst, Public Relations, Mutual Broadcasting System, and John Maynard, drama editor of the Washington Tiuies-Herald. At the MGM table were Father Gilbert ^'. Hartke, head of the Drama Dept. of Catholic University, W. F. Crockett. President of MPTO of \'irginia ; John S. Allen, Joseph Kronman, Eddie Kushner, Phil Bobys, Frank Scully, Harry Cohen. Jack Goldberg, and Tom Baldridge. Max Cohen, of Universal, also attended the affair, which was a fine tribute to the 50th ,\nniversary of motion pictures. Anne De Mello, of Warner Bros. Advertising Dept., recently celebrated her 12th wedding anniversary, and the first away from her husband. Carl, who is working at the Kaiser Shipyards in California. W. A. Jones, exhibitor from the Alount Airy Theatre. Mount Airy, Maryland, was a recent visitor at the MGM Exchange. Same Mellits of New Theatre, Denton, Maryland, was a recent visitor at the Universal exchange. New MGM shipper is Lewis Lucas. Gloria Kimball, bookers secretary at Universal, is recuperating from a leg infection. Doris Bussell of the checking department. Rhoda Lubarsky of the contract department in the MGM home office, were visitors at the local exchange. Edwin MacGill, of the Tivoli Theatre. Frederick. Alaryland, conducted a successful Wastepaper Drive which resulted in the collection of over four tons of papers. Gertrude Kober. MGM's newest bride, was surprised by the girls in the office with a wedding shower. Among those who attended were : Catherine Murphy, Ida Barezofsky. Anna Ridgely. Esther Blendman, Alice Reighly. Vivian Kutner. Dorothy Pfluger. \^ivian Keeley. Evelyn Applebaum, Elizabeth Blackstock. Bernice Schaben. Buddy Hall. Marge Allen. Joan AIcNamara, Rhoda Abrams and Alariella Harrington. Preceding the party several of the girls enjoyed a "Dutch treat" dinner at Hogates'. DENVER Fox Intermountain Theatres have moved their purchasing department to 1632 Welton Street. Ralph Batschelet, manager of the Bluebird for twelve years, has been moved to the Mayan as manager. He succeeds John O. Denman. who has joined the Navy. Arthur Gerber. formerly associated" with midwest theatres, succeeds Batschelet at the Bluebird. Denver theatres collected $15,120.07 for the Red Cross as against $12,210.26 last year, it was announced by Mark Ailing, in charge of theatre collections. In the city with a $773,000 quota. more than $900,000 was collected, according to li^arry nuttman. Fox city manager. rox theatres are putting on a golf ball matinee for children. A golf ball will admit a child, and the balls will be sold to a Denver sporting goods dealer, who will turn them in so he can buy new balls. It's strictly a commercial tieup. The theatres getting then admission price out of the price of the used balls. Charles Francis Coe, vice-president and general counsel of Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America, will speak at a Kiwanis luncheon in Denver May 10. Graham Brothers report that necessities for theatres are not too hard to get if proper judgment is used. Stocks on many items are larger than in many months and the repair business is booming. They are at present working on the equipment and seats for the Grove at Alamosa, Colo., which was fire-ravaged some time ago. The house will reopen as soon as repairs can be made. Sgt. Archie Goldstein, formerly of the Trail, Deertrail, Colo., was in town on furlough from his Seattle base. The Movie Inn on film row has just been redecorated. George E. Anderson is the new receiving and counter clerk at . National Theatre Supply. George Thomas business agent for the Operators Union is seriously ill at St. Luke's hospital. Ray Benham. Dolores. Colo., theatre man goes to the Army. Hazel Stoddard of the AIGM contract department resigns to go into insurance. With the Kiva going to Mexican pictures two days a week two Denver houses are using films from the southern republic. The Mexico is running full time on them. Joseph Martinez has taken over the managership of the Kiva. Harry Allen manager of Allen Theatre Farmington N. M. has joined the Army. Lt. Joe B. Stone, formerly National Theatre Supply salesman, has been awarded the Air Medal for services in Italy. Out of town exhibitors seen on the Row included Kenneth Powell. Wray. Colo. ; R. D. Ervin. Kremmling, Colo. ; Lynn Zorn, Julesburg. Colo. : Fred O. Anderson. Eaton, Colo., and Corp. Russell Allen of Farmington. N. M.. was here on furlough from his Ft. Warren. Wyo.. base. LOS ANGELES William Gehring, western 'division sales chief of 20th-Fox. arrived in town accompanied by Herman Wobber for conferences with Clyde Eckhardt and Morris Sudmin. Fifteen first-run theatres from Fresno to San Diego will premiere Warner's "The Adventures of Mark Twain" on May 5. Local houses to take part in the preview premiere will be Continued * * Wjpi-ner Brothers' Hollywood, Downtown, \\ litem and Beverly Hills. The 2nd Annual $100,000 Charles Skouras Showmanship Campaign, which started Easter Sunday and ends July 15 is now in full swing. The individual standings in the Southern California Division are as follows: 1, Spencer Leve and Dave Ross; 2, W. C. Ricord ; 3, Jim Runte ; 4, Terry McDaniel ; 5., Stanley Brown ; 6, Bruce Fowler and 7, Homer Gill and Lou Christ. The division standings are: 1, Wisconsin; 2, Southern California; 3, Northern California ; 4, Evergreen ; 5, Mid West and 6, Inter Mountain. Jenny Dodge, operator of the Mayfair and Mission Theatres in Ventura, along the Row booking. Maurice Grad, who is charge of sales promotion for Columbia, is in town visiting along the Row. He plans to call on all the other exchanges in the western division which are under the supervision of Jerome Safron. Frank Ullman, who operates theatres in El Centro and Calexico, saying how-de-do along Film Row. Mrs. John (Frankie) Manard, who owns and operates the Norwalk Theatre, his been ordered to bed by the doctor for a complete rest. Irving Epstein, head of the Insurance Department at Fox West Coast, has returned from a business trip to New York. The Kinema Theatre in Graham has been sold by Ben Bronstein to Sidney Pink. Earl Brothers, with theatres in Bowlder City and Henderson. Nevada, is now in the Navy. Brothers paid the Row a visit during the past week. While in service, his 'vife handles the management of the houses. F. T. Alurray. manager of branch operations for Universal dropped in from New York this week. . The candy department of Fox West Coast Theatres christened their new offices in the FWC's headquarters with a cocktail party, hosted by Bill Lyris. head of the department. Libby Boone, formerly connected along the Row with Paramount and Lhiited Artists, is now booking pictures for Army camps in Southern California. Henry Herbel, western district manager for Warner's, is in New York on business for the company. John Silbert. head of the well-known equipment company on the Row. is back, following a three-week business trip to Arizona. Charlotte Martin of Warner's exploitation department and Wanda Hausenblas of the contact department are vacationing for a couple of weeks. 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