Showmen's Trade Review (Oct-Dec 1946)

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SHOWMEN'S TRADE REVIEW, October 19, 1946 REGIONAL NEWSREEL (Continued from Page 32) she is very popular and known as "Mommie Oliver," presented her with a handsome gift. Albert E. Shea, general manager of the Lyric, had a birthday last week. John Devaney is a new member of the usher staff at the Majestic. Mrs. Dean Brown, the former Dorothy Peddle, long identified with Loew houses in Bridegport, is visiting at her former home here. She now lives with her soldier-husband at Fort Wright, N. Y. Unknown to many from whom he takes tickets is P. J. "Patsy" Connell, doorman at the Warner, World War I veteran and one of Bridgeport's best-known automobile test drivers at the old Locomobile plant here 25 years ago. Patsy was in France when Eddie Rickenbacker, famous flyer, became an aviator. "I was in General Pershing's auto with Rickenbacker," he recalled, "with Rickenbacker, then a "sergeant, at the wheel. The automobile, a Locomobile, broke down. Knowing the ins-and-outs of the machine I was able to make the quick repairs necessary to get the General back to his Paris headquarters." CLEVELAND RISING FOOD COSTS INFLUENCE BOX OFFICES; CO-OPERATIVE SETS PRODUCT DEALS WITH UA & COL. Downtown first-run business is firm, but neighborhood theatre owners report a drop in attendance in direct proportion to the rise of food prices. Candy sales in theatres have also fallen ofT, indicative of less easy spending. Milton Mooney, head of Co-operative Theatres of Ohio, has closed product deals for the theatres which he represents with United Artists and Columbia. Gertrude Tracy, the only woman to manage a local first-run house, has resigned as manager of Loew's Ohio Theatre. George Erdmann, secretary of the Cleveland Motion Picture Exhibitors Association, is recovering rapidly at Sunny Acres Sanitorium. Leroy Kendis will visit the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota. Bill Shartin, UA branch manager, and Mrs. Shartin have announced the engagement of their daughter, Iris, to Howard Goldstone of Chicago. Dave Miller and Lester Zucker will be guests of honor at a double feature testimonial dinner scheduled for the Statler Hotel on Oct. 28. The occasion marks Miller's transfer to Buffalo as exchange supervisor for Universal, as well as Zucker's new affiliation with the Rank-Universal organization as field representative. The banquet committee includes Joe Lissauer of the Skirball circuit, Tony Stern of WB, Leo Gottlieb of Universal, and Oscar Kantor, also with Warners. The Henry Bardens, Superior Theatre owners, announce the arrival of a son, Bryan Stanford Barden. MOM branch manager Jack Sogg, became a grandfather recently when his daughter gave birth to a six-pound boy at Mount Sinai Hospital. ST. LOUIS The Charles P. Skouras offer to purchase the Ambassador Building and Missouri Theatre Building Companies has not yet been accepted. The decision to present the issue to the stockholders for a vote was not unanimous on the part of the board of directors. First-run theatres gaye their patrons the best service available while the World Series originated in the city. Newsreel prints were rushed in development, and three of the F&M houses broadcast play-by-play accounts over their public address systems. A suit brought by the law firm of Mueller & Roberts against Local 143 of the Motion Picture Machine Operators Union came to naught when Circuit Judge Francis Williams returned a verdict in favor of the defendants. Involving attorney's fees, the dispute has a long history dating back to the revolt, by members of Local 143, against that union's administration by John P. Nick and Clyde Weston, and the legal costs incurred by that move. Mrs. Marguerite Wilcox Price, mother of screen actor Vincent Price, passed away Oct. 12 at St. Luke's Hospital. Detective Sergeant Thomas J. Moran was honored at City Hall on Oct. IS for his work in keeping juvenile delinquency well below par in this area. In that work he was substantially aided by the local Variety Club, as well as such members of the local film colony as Fred Wehrenberg and Harry C. Arthur. The Daly Public School of Fayette, Mo., was closed following the appearance of the first case of polio in that city. Schools of Marionville, Mo., were affected in a like manner when the disease caused the death of a child. Each city has one theatre. INDIANAPOLIS THEATRE OWNERS TO HOLD TRADE SHOW AT MEET; NEW EXHIBITION FIRM FORMED AT OWENSVILLE The Associated Theatre Owners of Indiana, Inc., will hold their first trade show since 1940 in conjunction with their forthcoming convention at the Severin Hotel Nov. 19-20. Sale of the property upon which the Alamo is located will cause Marcus Enterprises to abandon that theatre. They will merge the title with their present Ambassador, to be known as the Ambassador-Alamo and to operate under the Alamo's policy of first run Westerns. The Associated Theatre Owners of Indiana, Inc., have announced that a trade show, the first since 1940, will be held in conjunction with their 20th annual convention at the Severin Hotel here Nov. 19 and 20. Michael Evan, city manager for the Elkhart Amusement Co. also manager of the Elco Theatre, and Margaret Lantz were recently married. Edward Bey, has been appointed manager of the Fowler Theatre, Fowler, Ind. Changes in the personnel of the Quimby Theatre's, Ft. Wayne, Ind., include Richard Junk, now manager of the Emboyd Theatre, and Sidney O'Connor, Jr., advertising manager for the company. Alex Kalafat, Churubusco exhibitor, is confined to his home by illness. Leo Keiler, president of Columbia Amusement Co., Paducah, Ky. is on his way to California for a brief vacation. Jesse Fine of the Grand Theatre, Evansville, spent several days in Chicago, on business. Charles Ritzier, head booker at 20thFox exchange, spent the week-end in St. Louis, Mo. Claude McKean, Warners' branch manager, has gone on a hunting expedition in Canada, with Trueman Rembusch, head of the Rembusch Theatre's, Columbus, Ind. OMAHA BACK AND FRONT ROOM SPORTS RIVALRY RENEWED AS BOWLING SEASON OPENS ON FILM ROW Back room employes will renew their sports rivalry with the front room gang in a bowling match this month. Morton Eichenberg, Jr. has joined PRCs sales staff here. Margaret Gagnon is new secretary to Branch Manager Frank Harmon at Warners'. Peggy Bragg, Warners inspectress, is vacationing in Denver. A fire at the Cameron Hotel, Winner, S. D., routed Bill Wink, Warners' salesman, from his {Continued on Page 34) New Mirrophonic Sound JOE HORNSTEIN has HI AT JOLSON PREMIERE. Industry celebrities were prominent in the throngs that attended the world premiere of "The Jolson Story" at Radio City Music Hall, New York, last week. Among those snapped by cameramen in the lobby of the big showhouse were: Jack Cohn, Columbia Pictures, Mary Pickford and Mrs. Jack Cohn, photo at left above; and Herman Robbins, National Screen Service, Mrs. Max A. Cohen, Mrs. Herman Robbins and Max A. Cohen, in photo at right.