Showmen's Trade Review (Jan-Mar 1947)

SHOWMENS TRADE REVIEW, March I, 1947 31 REGIONAL NEWSREEL ing George Phillips who has been named salesmen for eastern Missouri. Phillips replaces Johnny Walsh now with Screen Guild Productions. Sem Weiss is branch manager here for Eagle-Lion-PRC. Mark Raymon is prairie district manager with headquarters in Kansas City. Universal exchange will move into its new quarters about April 1. It is the building formerly occupied by Paramount at the corner of Olive Street and Compton Avenue and has been remodeled at a cost of $60,000. Advance Productions, Inc. of Chicago has received a certificate of incorporation from the Illinois secretary of state. Ethan A. H. Shepley has been nominated for president of the Greater St. Louis Community Chest. I. W. Rodgers, president of the Rodgers Theatre Circuit, Cairo, 111., and Mrs. Rodgers are in Florida. Miss Alda Conners, Warner assistant booker, underwent an operation at the Deaconess Hospital where she will remain for six weeks. Lester Bona, Warner manager, is back from a trip to Cairo, Faducah and other southern Illinois and Kentucky points. Republic District Manager Xat Steinberg was in Kansas City on a Fox Midwest deal, while its St. Louis manager, John Houlihan, was in southern Illinois. Booker Grace Englehart was in Springfield, 111., on a Frisina Circuit deal. Catharine Foy, recovered from an illness, is back at the Republic office. Dwight Christ, new owner of the Dixie Theatre in Linneus, Mo., has arranged for complete new sound and projection equipment. Film Classics Sales Manager Samuel N. Wheeler has announced acquistion of the St. Louis franchise from its present holder, Andy Dietz. Wheeler and Comptroller David Wiener were here to install the new organizational bookkeeping policies. Film Classics now wholly owns 13 branches covering more than half the country. ALBANY Mrs. Jack L. Warner, wife of Warner Bros, head of production, is vacationing at the Gideon Putnam in Saratoga Springs, N. Y. The Four Musketeers, Jack Bullwinkle, Joe Rosen, Charlie Dortic and Eddie Ruff, were Kings for a Day at the recent Variety Club dinner at Town House, Albany. Ray Ayrey, Warner Bros, auditor who had been spending several weeks in the Albany office, has returned to New York. Viola Lufkin is a new employe in the contact department of Warner Bros. Theatres. Mildred E. Belkin, secretary to J. P. Faughnan( Warner Bros. Theatres was a recent New York City visitor. Norman Moray, Warner Bros, short subject sales manager, visited Albany territory. Sam Rosenblatt was a recent film row visitor, after being confined to his home for a week. Film row visitors included the Jerry LaRocques from Warrensburg, the Rossi boys (John and Charlie) from Schroon Lake; Frank Kuras of Massena; Charles Deitcher and A. Bernstein of Schenectady; Walter Wertheim of Chestertown ; George Thornton of Saugerties ; Mrs. A. Van Buren of Cairo. The Lake George Theatre, Lake George, X. Y., has closed for the remaining winter months. Idaester Dembo has returned to the Warner AT TRADE SHOW. Myron Sattler (left), Paramount New York branch sales manager, welcomes Pete Bekeros (right), operator of the City Theatre, Highland Falls, N. Y., to the New York tradeshow of Bob Hope's new picture, "My Favorite Brunette," at the Normandie Theatre. In center is Sam Einhorn of the RosenblattWelt circuit. Bros, office after an absence of a month due to an infection in both hands. Maria Antoinette is a new film inspectress in the Warner exchange. Tom Walsh, Warner assistant shipper, and his bride, the former Mary Rose Burns, honeymooned in New York City. Columbia office is in the midst of the sales personnel bonus drive which ends June 26, 1947. Joe Rosen, 20th-Fox branch manager, attended a sales meeting in New York, and also was a guest at the wedding of the daughter of Spyros Skouras, president of 20th-Fox. Bill Williams, MGM salesman, suffered a sprained back when his car was hit by a taxicab last week. Car was almost demolished. Bucky Harris, well-liked RKO exploitation man, has been transferred from Albany to the New Haven territory. He was tendered a farewell luncheon by the Albany office and presented with a set of military brushes. The new publicity man for this territory will be Lou Alleman, Jr. who comes from Salt Lake City. The Albany office was the first MGM branch in the country to subscribe 100 per cent to the National Brotherhood Week drive. Charlie Charles and Holbrook Bissell, who recently figured in a very serious automobile accident, are both slightly improved although not yet out of danger. Eugene Vogel, Universal branch manager, attended a regional sales meeting in New York. Robert Flockhardt has taken over the operation of the Starr Theatre, Corinth, which for many years had been operated by Alec Mallory. Phil Baroudi, former operator of the Northwood Theatre in North Creek, is a student at the Tacoma Park junior college in Washington, D. C. His brother, Fred, is operating the theatre. Vennera Germano, MGM booker's secretary, has announced her forthcoming marriage to Louis Genevise of Johnstown, N. Y. Arthur Horn, MGM salesman, is recuperating at home after a recent operation at the Albany Hospital. James O'Gara, Republic eastern division sales manager, and Frank Durbin, New England district manager, paid a visit to Arthur Newman, Albany branch manager. Joe Sternberg, owner of Franjo Theatre, Boonville, will spend the month of March in Florida. Frank Kuras of Massena is spending the same month in Tennessee. Bill Benton of Saratoga is back at his desk after a brief bout with the grippe. Republic exchange was entered last week and safe opened. Fortunately, only a small amount of cash was taken. Exchange is now being wired for burglar alarm. Max Friedman, Warner Bros. Theatres booker, is spending several days in Buffalo. PRC District Manager Joe Miller is recuperating nicely and will be back on the job in several weeks. Mrs. George Smith, daughter of Charles Gordon, Olympic, Utica owner, has returned home after being confined in the Utica Hospital for 10 days. Eugene Vogel, Universal branch manager, visited the Kallet Circuit in Oneida and the Smalley Circuit in Cooperstown. Ditto, Jack Bulhvinkel, Columbia branch manager. Louis Blumberg, son of Nate Blumberg, president of Universal, was in the Albany office for a sales meeting. Leonard Rosenthal of Upstate Theatres spent several days in New York City. Smith Howell Trucking Service cancelled service for one week for territory north of Syracuse because of severe snow storms around Watertovvn. There were many tie-ups in film shipments because of weather conditions but, fortunately, there were no dark houses. Hank Bayliss, Warner Bros, projectionist, is seriously ill at the Leonard Hospital, Troy. Jean Adler, wife of Monogram's office manager-booker, has been confined to the Albany Hospital for the past week due to a seriou~ (Continued on Page 32) READY NOW! We've been promising it — now IT'S READY! Write, wire or phone for details about Filmack's NEW Pre-, -vue Trailer Service. — 1326 S. Wabash Ave., Chicago 5. FILMACK gives QUICKEST SERVICE on SPECIAL TRAILERS