Showmen's Trade Review (Apr-Jun 1946)

28 SHOWMEN'S TRADE REVIEW, June 22, 1946 REGIONAL NEWSREEL 11 (Continued from Page 27) for a summer vacation in Providence, R. I., his former home. J. J. Huebner has installed new motor generators and new marquee lamps in his Ohio Theatre, Marion through National Theatre Sup,ply Co. Albert E. Ptak, owner of the Lyceum Theatre and vice president of the Cleveland Motion Picture Exhibitors Association, expects to open his new Loraine Drive-In Theatre on June 29. ^ J. S. Jossey, P. E. Essick, Ray Essick and Jack Essick, journeyed to Toronto last week to attend the opening of "Mom and Dad" at Massy Hall. Norman Levin has found it to be profitable to receive an appointment as manager of a branch office. The Universal office from which he resigned as salesman to become Republic branch manager, presented him with a fine brief case. And he received a pencil and pen set as a lasting memento from the industry members who attended a testimonial dinner held in his honor last Friday at the Statler Hotel. Film Row was considerably enlivened one day last week by the appearance of the six Goldwyn Girls here in the interest of Danny Kaye's "Kid from Brooklyn." Paramount home office representative G. Knox Haddow, has been a local visitor. Charles Rich, Warner district manager, after a swing around his offices, this week reached Pittsburgh where he held a sales meeting. PRC branch manager Eddie Bergman, has W. Gordon Bugie, son of PRC Cincinnati branch manager Harry Bugie, here as a student salesman. MEMPHIS J. J. (Jimmy) Rogers, branch manager of Columbia Pictures here for 17 years and with the company for 19 years, was released from his work here this last week. Rogers reports that his future plans are indefinite. He was succeeded as branch manager here by Herman A. Chrisman, for several years a salesman with the company's Memphis branch. Tom Young, branch manager of 20th Century-Fox here, last week was elected president of the Memphis Lions Club, the election coming while Mr. Young is touring Europe, a prize given him by his company for his war time record. Memphis friends of Bill Bugie, former Paramount branch manager here and former Warner Bros, salesman, are distressed to learn of his illness in Dallas, where he now is associated with Republic. Orris Collins, exhibitor at Paragould, Ark., rc D D FOR SAME DAY SPECIAL TRAILER SERVICE FILMACK PDQ and PERFECT, too FILMACK TRAILER, CO. 1325 S. WABASH CHICAGO 9, ILL. □ a □ IT'S GREER AGAIN. The briUiant MGM star (Greer Garson, who else?) captured another kudo with the award to her of a gold medal voted by moviegoers of Belgium who named Miss Garson their favorite star. Above, the award is presented by J. Von Cottom, editor of Cine Revue, motion picture magazine published in Brussels. was chairman of the Kiwanis Club 6th Annual Benefit Horse Show in that City, June 17 and 18. Dr. P. McWilliams, Warner Bros, lot physician at Burbank, Calif., has been visiting Memphis with his wife, the former Ann Robinson of Whiteville, Tenn. Mrs. McWilliams is stand-in for Olivia de Havilland. Bill Mattling, former RKO salesman here and now an RKO salesman at Dallas, was a Memphis visitor this last week with his wife. Exhibitors noted on Film Row this last week included Miss Emma Cox of Osceola, Ark.; Mr. and Mrs. Don Landres of Harrisburg, Ark.; Roy Dillard of Wardell, Mo. and Miss Ethel Lobdell of Rosedale, Miss. Kemmons Wilson, Memphis exhibitor, has returned from a business visit to Louisville. Memphis friends of J. Frank Willingham, former MGM branch manager here and now branch manager at St. Louis, are delighted to hear that he is recovering from a serious illness. Bill Kroeger, lessee of the Shannon Theatres at Portageville, Mo., reports that plans now are under way to tear down one of the company's two houses tnere and to rebuild it. BOSTON Gulistan Wilton Theatre Carpet JOE HORNSTEIN has it! John Cooney, manager of the Union Square Theatre, Pittsfield, paid a visit to Film Row last week. Cecil Rudnick, formerly a salesman with the National Screen Service Company here and just recently discharged from the armed forces, has resigned his position to enter another field of business. Frank Dervin, newly appointed district manager at Republic, has just returned from New York after attending a sales meeting. With him was Tom Duane, sales and branch manager. Harry Rosenblatt, branch manager at MGM in New Haven, has just returned home after a recent operation at the Baker Memorial Hospital here. Paul Cohen dropped into the office this week. He's just back after three-and-a-half years in India and glad to be back with M & P in the advertising department. Skip Dunn, Standard Candies, is back in town after a brief trip to New Orleans. Edward Alfano, M & P home office, is spending a week enjoying his favorite hobbyfishing. He is currently up at Moosehead Lake in northern Maine. Harry Browning of M and P is looking for some day-old ducklings to replace those stolen from their roost out at his Mystic Lake estate. Ben Domingo, manager of the RKO-Boston theatre, will sponsor a bathing beauty contest offering $500 in prizes starting June 27. Mrs. Ethel Dauphman, President Etta Lapiner and Vice President Minna Wolf of the Amos Chapter, B'nai B'rith, presented a portable sound projector to the West Roxbury Veterans' Hospital last week. Art Moger, publicist at Warners, reports the purchase of a new combination radio-victrola for the Warner Club at the local exchange. Also at Warners last week was a meeting of the $1 -aWeek-Club, at which a bufifet supper was served and a special screening followed. Maxine Richmond, president of the Campello Amusement Co. Theatre, in Brockton announces its temporary closing for repairs. Charles Brooks of the Savoy Theatre, Fort Kent, Maine flew down to Boston recently and paid a visit to Film Row. Walter Young, owner of the Strand Theatre in Framingham, announces the opening of h'vj summer theatre. The Little, at Alton Bay, New Hampshire this week. John Kamuda, owner of the Grand, Indian Orchard, Mass., has recovered from his recent illness and was in town last week visiting the local exchanges. NEW ORLEANS Veteran James A. Briant, dean of film row managers, celebrated 31 years of membership in the MGM family last Friday. Briant, who had dabbled in newspaper work on the Itein, started with Leo the Lion as an assistant shipper and in a short time climbed to the head spot. During these years he has been a sort of father confessor to film, James A. Briant Ernest V. Laindaiche, head of the Independent Booking Company announced this week that the Illings Theatre of Ocean Springs, Miss., passed under the banner of Joy Theatres on June 9. "Babe" Cohen, southern district manager fot Monogram who during the past month has been substituting for Atlanta Exchange Manager M. E. Winan who is ill, was in New Orleans for a few days preparatory to moving his family to Atlanta. Cohen will headquarter in that city, George Nungesser, Monogram's singing salesman now has something to shout as well as sing about. His daughter, Mrs. William Richutta is the mother of twins — a boy and a girl. Co-hostessing a bridal shower for Beatrice DiFranco last week were her fellow RKO-ites Rita Randazoo and Mrs. J. Valenti. The shower, which was held at the Valenti home included supper. M. H. Brandon, president of Transway, Inc., a recently formed motor transportation service for film in this area announced this week that the service will operate temporarily from a Cleveland Avenue Building heretofore occupied by Flash Delivered Service. Transway reported