Showmen's Trade Review (1945)

T ACTION PICTURES, Ine Robert I. Lippert, Pres. • Presents + JAMES OLIVE CURWOOO'S SCREEN GUILD OF THE S. E. 164 Walton Street, N.W. Atlanta, Georgia 21 So. Liberty St., New Orleans 13, La. SCREEN GUILD OF THE N. E. 54-58 Piedmont St., Boston 16, Mass. SCREEN GUILD OF TEXAS 308 South Harwood Street, Dallas, Texas SCREEN GUILD OF MICHIGAN 2310 Cass Avenue, Detroit 1, Michigan BELL PICTURES CORPORATION New York State and Northern New Jersey SCREEN GUILD OF PHILADELPHIA 1315 Vine Street, Philadelphia 7, Penna. SCREEN GUILD OF W. PENNSYLVANIA 1709 Blvd. of the Allies, Pittsburgh 19, Pa. SCREEN GUILD OF MISSOURI 3334 Olive Street, _St. Louis 3, Missouri SCREEN GUILD OF NO. CALIFORNIA 1069 Market Street Building (Office) 125 Hyde St. (Exchange), San Francisco, Cal. SCREEN GUILD OF WASHINGTON, D. C 1001 N. Jersey Ave., N.W., Wash'ton 1, D.C. SCREEN GUILD OF ILLINOIS 1325 South Wabash Avenue, Chicago Also serving Milwaukee and Indianapolis SCREEN GUILD OF OKLAHOMA 702 W. Calif. Ave., Oklahoma City, Okla. KING ENTERPRISES Des Moines, Omaha, Kansas City SCREEN GUILD (OF CANADA) LTD: 21 Dundas Sq., Toronto 2, Ont. SCREEN GUILD OF NORTH CAROLINA 300 W. Third St., Charlotte 1, N. Carolina FILM CLASSICS OF CLEVELAND 2108 Payne Ave., Cleveland • SCREEN GUILD OF MINNEAPOLIS 1109 Currie Ave., Minneapolis FILM CLASSICS OF CINCINNATI •.hnt„ 1°35 Central Parkway, Cincinnati V>y s.°> J. MARCAN NERCESIAN SCREEN \ 258 E. 1st South St. GUILD 1 Salt Lake City, Utah INC. Playing to Outstanding Business Everywhere WILDFIRE GORGEOUS COLOR Watch fc/i Ov/t, Herit P/iaducfarri Joined 0£wt/iCu/uiWttL '4 COUNTRY REGIONAL Continued H. Matheson, Jr. In Springfield, Mass., this week, a riot squad had to be called out for the ladies' night showing of "Mildred Pierce." There was a riot, complete with three squad cars. Al Rudenstein, theatre owner in Stoneham, Mass., expects to enter -Beth Israel Hospital .for an operation. Mrs. Leonard Kraska, daughter-in-law of George Kraska, Loew's publicist, had quite a scare the other night when she was held up by a masked bandit in her garage. NEW YORK Aaron Levine, former checker in Warners' New Haven branch, has been discharged as a lieutenant in the Air Corps and appointed checking supervisor for the New York Metropolitan and New Haven branches of the company, replacing Sid Levinson, resignedLewis Moses, operator of the St. George, Brooklyn, died suddenly last week at the theatre. He was 46 years old. Cpl. Jimmy Lewis, RKO Kansas City branch manager, discharged from service, visited the home office last week en route to resume his old post which had been filled temporarily by A. A. Renfro. Henry Lartigue, managing director of MGM in France, is in New York from the coast en route to Paris. Norton V. Ritchey, Monogram International president, is in England, having flown there this week from New York. He will also visit the continent. Nick Mamula, with Paramount since 1930 in the publicity department, will be discharged from the Army soon and after a month's vacation will rejoin the company. Mamula saw 30 months' service in the CBI sector. RKO's accounting department took Helen Chios to lunch last week celebrating her 10th wedding anniversary. William F. Rodgers, MGM vice-president and general sales manager, has returned from the coast after viewing forthcoming product. Samuel Goldwyn, James Mulvey and Wiliam W yler are in New York from the Coast. Edward L. Schnitzer, United Artists home office executive, was out ill part of last week with a cold. Jerry Dreifuss, UA newspaper contact was also home ill, and Harry Gold, eastern sales head, returned after a week's absence, due to the same ailment. Lt. Col. William Savage of RKO's legal department, now stationed at Marand, Arizona, has been in service for five years and has never once had a leave. PHILADELPHIA With John Nolan of the Comerford Circuit of Scranton moving into Philadelphia to lead the Victory Bond drive in this area, things are humming along to make this last bond drive the best of them all. A meeting was held last week with all the publicity men in attendance. Regional meetings were scheduled for Wilkes Barre on Tuesday, Allentown on Wednesday, Harrisburg on Thursday and Reading on Friday. The Halloween Party of the Philadelphia Warner Club will be held in the club rooms November 2. The wife of Charles Zagrans, RKO branch manager, was stricken with appendicitis and rushed to Northern Liberties Hospital for an emergency operation. Lt. Col. Jack Mulhall, former Warner district manager, was in Philadelphia visiting his old office. It's a boy for Jim Brennan, Warner comptroller. Mrs. Brennan is the former Rosalie Hugg. A series of theatre robberies gathered the spotlight last week when thieves broke into and robbed the Palm, Midway, Commodore and the Allegheny theatres. Eight hundred and thirty-three dollars was reported taken from the Palm and $585 from the Midway. Jack Engel has announced he is opening a popcorn distribution center for theatres and amusement places in this area. The enterprise is to be known as the Poppers Supply Co. of Philadelphia. The bookers and the ad accessories department at the Warner exchange have a lot more room since alterations were completed. Clara Krafstow, cashier at Paramount, is resigning, after being with the organization more than 25 years. DES MOINES In the first large remodeling program since the start of the war, Tri-States Theatre Corp. has announced that the Strand, Des Moines, will be remodeled and modernized at a cost of $50,000. The general contract for the work has been let to the Kucharo construction company and work will get under way immediately. The theatre will be closed for the remodeling, with the opening scheduled about Jan. 15, 1946. C. V. Schonfield has purchased property at Lansing, la., to construct a new theatre there. A dwelling on the property will be razed and NEW ENGLANDERS PREPARE FOR VICTORY LOAN. Plans for New England's participation in the forthcoming Victory Loan drive were set at a special regional conference presided over by New England Chairman Samuel Pinanski at Boston'sHotel Statler. Above (1-r) : Robert M. Sternburg, Mass. chairman of special events; Harry Kirchgessner, trailer representative; Charles Kurtzman, Mass. Free Movie Day chairman; Harry Browning, Mass. publicity chairman; Harry Zeitz, regional head; Joseph Brennan, Allied Theatres; Martin J. Mullin, Mass. exhibitor chairman; Stanley Sumner, Mass. reception committee chairman; Pinanski; Jack Melincoff, regional head; Horace Beals, regional head; Nathan E. Goldstein, regional head; Paul Levi, New England liaison; Joseph DiPesa, publicity, Loew's Theatres; Don Chambers, publicity, Western Mass. Theatres.