Showmen's Trade Review (Oct-Dec 1946)

SHOWMEN'S TRADE REVIEW, October 19, 1946 41 REGIONAL NEWSREEL Ridgefield, Wash, and his new Park Rose Theatre in the suburbs of Portland. Norman Goodin, operating the Oswego Theatre has opened his new Televue Theatre at Gladstone, Ore. Austin Dodge and Roy Carpenter, who have operated the Myrtle Theatre at Myrtle Point and Bandon Theatre at Bandon, Oregon, have opened the new McKenzie Theatre at Springfield, Ore. where they also operate the Playmore Theatre. The "Robin Hood" Theatre opened at Sherwood, Ore. Jack L. Lovett, well known to the theatre trade has opened the Oregon Theatre Cooperative, and at present is booking pictures for houses in Lebanon, McMinville, Laurelhurst, Portland, and also the Egyptian and Irvington in Portland. Others will be added soon. PHILADELPHIA GOLDMAN AND WIFE SLIGHTLY INJURED IN AUTO CRASH; ROB BOB LYNCH HOME OF JEWELS Stanley Kositsky, Columbia salesman, is in the Municipal hospital, where he is under observation for possible infantile paralysis. William Goldman, head of the theatre chain which bears his name, and his wife were slightly injured early Friday morning when the car in which their chauffeur was driving them, skidded on the wet streets and crashed into a light standard on Broad Street. Irving Woermser, Columbia New York sales executive, was a Philadelphia exchange visitor. The Wayne Theatre has been taken over by the Felts. Don Pasin, has joined the Columbia sales staff here. Dave Altman has joined Columbia as a student booker. Bob Lynch, Aletro-Goldwyn-Mayer district manager here, made the headlines of the Philadelphia newspapers when robbers broke into his home, took a 300-pound safe containing $13,000 in cash, jewelry and negotiable securities. {Released Saturday, October 19) MOVIETONE (Vol. 29, No. 14) — President Truman lifts controls on meat prices; S.S. Queen Elizabeth ready for passenger service; Paris parley decision causes demonstration in Trieste; General Stilwell dies (Except St. Louis, Philadelphia, Boston, Charlotte, Washington, D. C, Los Angeles and San Francisco) ; Throng sees "Veiled Prophet" parade (St. Louis only); Movie stars seek arbitration in film strike; Football: Army-Michigan; Penn-Dartmouth (Philadelphia and Boston only) ; Duke-Navy (Charlotte and Washington only) ; U.C.L.A.-Stanford (Los Angeles and San Francisco only). NEWS OF THE DAY (Vol. 18, No. 212)— President Truman ends meat control; The Queen Elizabeth returns to passenger service; Jurisdictional strike brings stars' pleas for arbitration; Football: Columbia-Yale, Army-Michigan; Texas Oklahoma (Dallas and Oklahoma City only.) PARAMOUNT (No. IS)— President Truman speaks on meat; Stars seek arbitration to settle film strike; Texas beats Oklahoma; Army tops Michigan. RKO PATHE (Vol. 18, No. 17)— President Truman explains meat decontrol; Actors urge end of HollyVfood film strike; Columbia and Texas win gridiron thrillers. UNIVERSAL (Vol. 19, No. 546)— President Trtiman lifts all controls on meat ; Stars urge arbitration in film strike; Army 20-Michigan 13; Penn 39-Dartmouth 6. (Released Wednesday, October 16) MOVIETONE (Vol. 29, No. 13)— Secretary of State Byrnes speaks in Paris; Army B-29 flies over top of Ed Hinchey, head of Warner's playdate department, was a visitor to the Philadelphia exchange. Hinchey had been in Philadelphia at one time connected with the Warner Theatres. The MGM exchange is being hard hit by weddings, with Mildred Sannutti, Doris Greenberg, Joy Gerson, Marcelle Steinmetz and Norma Sharp, all set to promise a lot. DALLAS EZELL, UNDERWOOD AND STOUT FORM 5 NEW DRIVE IN UNITS I. B. Adelman and Harry Sachs, who now have one theatre under construction on Lemmon avenue here, have announced plans for another house to be located at the corner of Samuels Drive and Beeman. Construction will start on the 1,000-seater as soon as building conditions permit. They recently purchased the Metro in Abilene, Texas. Application of the Texas Consolidated Theatres at Waco for a parking area behind the Twenty-Fifth Street theatre there has been rejected by the city building inspector but an appeal has been made to the city board of adjustment. The application was rejected because the property behind the theatre is in a residential zone. The theatre will seek an extension to zoning in a hearing before the board come Oct. 22. Late reports coming from San Antonio say the recent floods did some damage to film properties there though no major houses were hit as reported here last week. Damage at the National, deluxe Mexican, ran over $2,000 while lesser theatres had varying degrees of minor damage. Karl Hoblitzelle, Interstate executive, was re-elected a director of Republic Gas Corp. recently. Tom Kirk is getting set as the new Republic manager here. Russ Brown resigned to become PRC manager. W. G. Underwood, Claude C. Ezell and R. Stout have received articles of incorporation world; New Legion Commander elected; Supreme Court meets; Harriman sworn in as Secretary of Commerce; Mexican award for Jack Warner; General Eisenhower visits Scotland; Cotton picking contest (St. Louis only); Farmers battle ducks; Red Cross aids Chinese; Fourth game of World Series; Georgetown in practice session. NEWS OF THE DAY (Vol. 18, No. 211)— Army "Dreamboat" flies 9500 miles; Byrnes sees no danger of war; Canadians finish Alcan highway; Fred Vinson dons robes of Supreme Court justice; Mexico honors movie maker; Shanghai children get American clothing; General Eisenhower tours Scotland with Royal Family; World Series highlights; Georgetovra gridders get oxygen to restore energy. PARAMOUNT (No. 14) — Army Superfort flies from Honolulu to Cairo; Parisian auto show; Bundles for China; Mexico honors U. S. motion pictures; Air disaster in French Alps; General Eisenhower visits royalty in Scotland. RKO PATHE (Vol. 18, No. 16)— Byrnes asks war talk end; Alcan highway opened for civilian traffic; Red Cross clothing for China's children; National Cotton Picking contest; London fashion show; Mexico honors Jack L. Warner. UNIVERSAL (Vol. 19, No. 545)— World Series highlights; Byrnes denies atom threat in Paris speech; Mexico honors Jack L. Warner with medal for promoting Good Neighbor policy. ALL-AMERICAN (Vol. 4, No. 208)— California woman is only Negro delegate to Story League convention; Dallas school receives airplane; Pullman conducts school for improved service on trains; Cotton picking contest in Mississippi; Chicago baseball game. for five drive-in theatre corporations to operate in this state as follows: Winkler Drive-In Theatre Corp., Houston, $37,000 capital stock. Circle Drive-In Theatre Corp., Waco, $21,000; Cactus Drive-In Theatre Corp., Pharr, $9,000; Trail Drive-In Theatre Corp., San Antonio, $12,000, and Shepherd Drive-In Theatre Corp., Houston, $11,000. COLUMBUS RELIGIOUS MOVIES TO BE USED IN LUTHERAN FIGHT AGAINST JUVENILE DELINQUENCY The Lutheran Press, a unit of the American Lutheran Church, will try out free showings of movies at 2 p.m., every Saturday and possibly once a week at night, in an effort to fight juvenile delinquency through the exhibition of religious movies. The move is the result of an experiment with an allegedly difficult case. Donald K. Gibbs, projectionist at Loew's Ohio, was found dead this week with a pistol by his side. The coroner said it appeared to be suicide due to illness. Gibbs, a veteran of World War I, had been working until the day before his death. He is survived by his wife, Sylvia, a son, Doland; his Mother Mrs. Minner Schening, and a sister, Mrs. Joseph Hadfield. Burial was in Glen Rest Cemetery. Neth's Markham Theatre opened after several days of darkness to permit redecoration. Owner J. Real Neth and his wife are back from a vacation in Mexico. Ray Holecher is the new projectionist at the Ohio ; Joe Sloan, acting as relief manager for Loew's Midwester, is in New York for reassignment. Box-Office Slants {Continued from Page 39) help from Claude Rains, who carries the load of the film. Actually, only three players appear in the cast (two others are listed but they have very minor roles). The principals are Miss Davis, Paul Henreid and Claude Rains. Henreid's role, though on an equal stature to hers, nevertheless is incidental to what Miss Davis has to do. But the part Rains plays is another thing. He turns in a portrayal of the temperamental composer, who is an all-around practitioner of the art of living and her ex-lover, that can be classed among the very best things he has done. His lines and his actions sparkle, and his performance is a tremendous challenge to Miss Davis' in every scene they share. For his fans, this potrayal will be a real treat, something worthj' of much discussion. Because of the limited cast, the picture has a slow pace, but this will not be found detrimental by those who always enjoy a "Bette Davis picture." Several musical sequences, with full orchestra, add considerable enjoyment to the film, and the notable musical score includes Beethoven's Appassionata and a Haydn concerto, besides the original composition which bears the title of the film, all to be credited to Erich Wolfgang Kornliold. Henry Blanke, who produced, has given the picture the very finest in production values and Irving Rapper does a swell job of direction. . . . NEWSREEL SYNOPSES