Showmen's Trade Review (Jan-Mar 1947)

30 SHOWMEN'S TRADE REVIEW, March 1, 1947 REGIONAL NEWSREEL (Continued from Page 29) now Mrs. Paul Horner, .following her marriage recently. Announcement was made by "Red" Williams that the latest Kroehler pushback seats will be installed at the Capitol, Salt Lake City, Utah, and the Capitol, Logan, Utah. "Red," who really covers a lot of territory, completed these re-seating contracts with Tracy Barham, of Fox Intermountain. Mike Newman, who recently left Columbia as exploiteer to go into business for himself, has been reportedly ailing. Paramount Western Division Manager George A. Smith and District Manager Hugh Braly have been holding branch meetings in Seattle, Portland and 'Frisco. The Variety Club conclave to be held May 13-17 received a helping hand last week from Fred Hanneman, manager of the Palace ; Jo Ann Cleeton, cashier at the same theatre ; and Adele Hernandez, cashier at the Olympic Theatre. Fred donned the garb of the barker, complete with moustache, while the gals dressed as circus queens. The trio made the rounds of trade papers and dailies in town, with Pete Latsis, of Fox West Coast's publicity department, setting up the visits. DETROIT Owners of the Redford Theatre cooperated fully and promptly to help police catch a middleaged man who had been snipping off hair of young girls. Harris Dudelson, district manager of Albert Dezel Productions, spent several days in the home office here. He is now covering Cincinnati and Chicago branches in connection with distribution of "Captain Fury" and "Captain Caution." Albert Dezel Productions has acquired the rights to a 10-minute short called "Open the Door Richard," featuring Dusty Fletcher, one of those who claims to be the originator of "Richard." Retiring Variety Club President Arvid Kantor presented Dr. Harry M. Nelson, president of the Detroit Cancer Society, with a check for $88,890. The money was collected in local theatres. Dunked! Gilly Burnett, manager of the West Frankfort, 111., Strand Theatre a Fox Midwest house, was dunked in Pond No. 8 on the outskirts of town recently along with Harold Schlick, well-known film salesman and owner of Harold's bar and several prominent St. Louisians. No, it wasn't mob criticism of motion pictures. All dunkees had pledged themselves to grow beards for six weeks and to dress in frontier mining costumes for the celebration of the Old King Coal festival in West Frankfort. Anyone who slips on his pledge gets a free bath. HARTFORD Lou Cohen, manager of Loew's Poli, Hartford, and his assistant, Sam Horowitz, have been plugging a March 4 screening of MGM's "The Beginning or the Fend." Last week, Cohen and Fred R. Greenway, manager of Loew's Poli-Palace, were hosts at a luncheon, honoring Dan Terrell of the home office publicity staff, Loew's Theatres. Also among the guests were Harry Shaw, Loew's Poli circuit division manager ; and Lou Brown, Loew's Poli circuit division advertising and publicity manager. Down in New Haven, PRC is doing business from a new location, the exchange having moved to the fourth floor of the Kil feather Building on Meadow St. The space was formerly occupied by the Warner exchange, which has moved into a new building. I. J. Hoffman, New England zone manager, Warner Theatres, attended a zone managers' meeting at the home office in New York. Jim McCarthy, manager of the Warner Strand,, Hartford, was in Philadelphia last week on circuit business. He visited Everett Callow, advertising manager in the Philadelphia zone for Warner Theatres. The Web Playhouse, Wethersheld, has a new assistant manager, Paul Williams, Jr., former Navy man. James Farrell, who was assistant at that theatre, has gone into the dry cleaning business. Henry L. Needles, Hartford district manager for the Warner Theatres, and Mrs. Needles have announced the engagement of their daughter, Pearl, to Morris E. Tonken, of Hartford. Mickey Daly of the Daly Theatre Corp., Hartford, has been appointed to the city street board. Ray England has resigned as manager of the State Theatre in Jewett City. George Goodrow of the Webb Playhouse, Wethersheld, and Mrs. Goodrow are parents of a baby boy. Josephine Ingrenito of the New Haven 20thFox exchange was recently married to E. Philip Malavasi. The engagement of Whitey Harris of the Daly, Hartford, projectionist, and Miss Gloria Kibbee, also of Hartford, has been announced. Julian Street, 67, novelist-essayist, died last week at his home in Lakeville. Members of the family said he had been at work on a motion picture script for the past few weeks and ap^ parently was in good health. ST. LOUIS Buford L. Lowrance, former service man, has bought the State Theatre, Billings, Mo., from O. F. Bolinger who took over the house a year ago. Bolinger also recently sold his Pastime Theatre, Marionville, Kan., to Marvin Banks of St. Louis. The Crescent Theatre at Fairfax, Mo., has been purchased by Mr. and Mrs. Donald Fraser of Woodlake, Minn., from Arthur H. Hackett who plans to retire after operating the house since 1910. With his brother Earl, Hackett was interested in theatres at Tarkio, Mo., and Clarinda, Iowa. Alex Rogers plans to add a crying room to his Fayette Theatre in Fayette, Mo. Trio Theatre at Hale, Mo., will be given a new front and the seating rearranged. New RCA sound equipment and a new screen have been installed in the State Theatre, Leland, 111. R. D. Roth has been reelected president of the Lyric Theatre in Greenfield, 111. Other officers are F. J. Meng, vice-president ; R. V. Haney, secretary, and J. D. Parks, treasurer. Harold Bort of Sarcoxie, Mo., has leased a building adjacent to the City Hall which outof-town interests plan to remodel into a film theatre. Manager T. A. Spurgin of the Moderne, Stanberry, Mo., recently offered his theatre for the celebration of mass and other church services when the furnace in the local Catholic church broke down. Dean Davis, owner of the Avenue and Davis Theatres, West Plains, Mo., has been selected to serve on the wildlife and forestry committee of the Missouri Chamber of Commerce. Eugene Fitzgibbons, whose father operates the Paramount theatres in Canada, is a student salesman here at the 20th Century-Fox exchange. His wife was a former resident of St. Louis. Sol Hankin, veteran St. Louis city salesman, has resigned from Universal and contemplates a trip east before accepting a new position in the industry. He will be succeeded by Hugh Nesbitt, traveling salesman for the company. Harry Hynes, Jr., son of Universal's branch manager here, has been advanced from head booker and office manager to salesman. Eddie Stevens, formerly a Universal booker has been named head booker for Eagle-Lion and Producers Releasing Corporation, succeed GRAND RAPIDS VARIETY TENT INSTALLS OFFICERS. Thirty-seven members were in attendance at the luncheon meeting which marked the installation of officers of Variety Tent No. 27 in Grand Rapids recently. Shown in this photograph of the speakers' dais are (1-r): Jack Stewart, past Chief Barker; Walter J. Norris, retiring Chief Barker; Clive R. Waxman, newly-elected Chief Barker; Col. William McCraw, National Executive Director, who installed the officers; and Arvid Kantor, past Chief Barker of Variety Tent No. 5, Detroit.