Showmen's Trade Review (Oct-Dec 1949)

26 SHOWMEN'S TRADE REVIEW, October 1, 1949 REGIONAL NEWSREEL {Continued from Page 25) Capitol, Springfield, Mass. . . . Additions to the service staff of the Meriden Theatre include Jerome Mandelbaum and Paul Ahearn, projectionists, and Katharine Dupuis, cashier. . . . New on the staff of the E. M. Loew's Theatre, Hartford, are Robert Gagnon, Harry Brunnell and Arthur Emerick. From downstate comes word of a move to draft Former U. S. Representative Claire Booth Luce, Ridgefield playwright, far governor of Connecticut. . . . Columbia New Haven Manager Walter Silverman was in Hartord last week calling on Manager Al Schuman and his assistant, Ernie Grecula, of the Hartford Theatre Circuit. . . . Lou Gordon of LockwoodGordon was in New York. . . . West Hartford Central Cashier Mrs. Dorothy Knight is back from an upstate New York vacation. . . . Hartford Loew's Poll Manager Lou Cohen has recovered from a back ailment and is on the job. Motion Pcture Operators Union pickets, stationed at the Kournaris-Tolis-Ulyssis Meriden theatre since its opening in August, have been withdrawn following an agreement between Local 350, LATSE, Meriden, and theatre representatives. . . . Local trade area was sorry to hear of the recent death at the Will Rogers Memorial Hospital of Al Michalski, former manager of Warners' Circle, Manchester, Conn. DALLAS Columbia Divisional Manager J. B. Underwood will be guest of honor Monday, Oct. 3, at Dallas' Town and Country Restaurant when the studio tenders him a luncheon celebrating his 21 years with Columbia. Local Office Manager A. M. Whitcher is head of the banquet arrangements committee and local exhibitors and the press will ,be guests. . . . Interstate's next vaudeville bill will be on Dec. 29 at Dallas' Majestic Theatre, according to Booker Charles Freeman. The Lucas Theatre at 4519 Maple Avenue and two adjoining lots are being bought by Sack Amusements Enterprises, owners of the Coronet, foreign film house. Albert Flores will manage the house. . . . The Delman Theatre here is celebrating its second anniversary this Use A Fll. MACK SPECIAL TRAILER! NOW SP£C\AUZmG^ IN REFRESHMENT SERVICE FOR DRIVE-IN theatres; SPORTSERViCE Corp. mcoss bros. 703 MAIN ST. • BUFFALO, N. Y. • WA. 2B06 Eugene Fight-s Tax Eugene, Ore., is the only city in that state that imposes an amusement tax, and the exhibitors there are fighting to have its three per cent tax abolished. The theatres involved are the Rex and McDonald of the Evergreen and Heilig circuits, the Mayflower and Lane of the Western Amusement Company. Only action to date is the judge's order to "postpone the case." week, with "Look for the Silver Lining," leading off a series of exceptional films. The junior price for Interstate's 20 Dallas theatres and houses of the circuit throughout Texas went into effect Sept. 29. Reductions are from 10 to 20 cents and ages affected are 12 to 1/, inclusive. . . . Mr. and Mrs. R. J. O'Donneil currently are touring France and Italy. t'rancis Barr, Interstate publicist, is back at his desk after a three-week vacation. He and Mrs. Barr are expecting their third child in early winter. . . . Business continues good at Dallas theatres as first cool weather of year is being enjoyed. MILWAUKEE Independent Theatre Owners of Wisconsin President John P. Adler has named the following committee chairman for the organization's convention, Dec. 1 and 2 at the Schroder Hotel here : Overall Co-Chairmen, Arnold Brum, Ritz, and Edward Johnson, Roosevelt, Milwaukee ; Entertainment and Tickets, Charles W. Trampe ; Reception, F. J. McWilliams ; Ladies' committee, Mrs. Helene Hanke. . . . The Telenews Theatre is packing them in with first showings of football games in the area and other parts of the country. Don Schwartz of Realart Exchange, Minneapolis and Milwaukee is reported to be holding first place in Bob Savini's Astor drive. . . . Ted Karatz' drive-in at Marinette, Mich., is reported to be one of the first under-skyers to get first-run pictures from MGM's Milwaukee exchange. . . . Ozoners at Green Bay, Janesville and Stevens Point, Wis., will be given an 8-days' clearance for the rest of the 1949 outdoor season. . . . The Milan at Milan, Wis., is reported sold by Gernard Gall to Arnold Kallen and Vance Yost of that city. Construction has started on the Hi-Land Theatre at Highland, Wis., with an Armistice Day opening set. . . . Rosemay, Inc., Oshkosh, Wis., lias been formed to operate outdoor theatres and other amusements by William H. R-egner and Shirley Friedrich. . . . Elverta Steilen of 20th-Fox announced she would be married in the near future. . . . Mae Monday, one of 20thFox's oldest employes, is reported recovering rapidly from a recent operation. Wisconsin Association of Stage Employes and Projectionists Union, lATSE, elected John Kuntsman of Sheboygan, president ; Glen. Kalkhofif of Milwaukee, vice-president ; Willam Rider of Fond du Lac, secretary, Stanley Przlonski of Kenosha, treasurer, and Oscar Olson of Milwaukee, business agent. OMAHA Maw arrived here from Minneapolis, leaving later with Omaha Manager William Gaddoni for Des Moines. . . . Bob Crosby and Skitch Henderson, during their week at the Orpheum, entertained the inmates of the Children's Memorial Hospital. RKO Salesman Paul Back is holidaying in New York and Inspectress Maude Page iS' spending her two weeks in the Pacific Northwest. . . . Mort Eichenberg, Jr., is a new salesman at RKO ; his post at Columbia was taken by Mort Ives, a former Columbia salesman. , . . United Artists Manager D. V. McLucas is out of hospital and was due to return to his job. . . . Warner Auditor J. W. Small was in the city, and Omaha Manager Frank Hannon attended a district meeting at Kansas City. Tom Ewalt has installed new seats in his theatre at Geneva, Neb. ; the Muse at Osceola, Neb., also has new seats. . . . Byron Hopkins sold his interest in the theatre at Sidne}', la., to his partner, Carl Cowden. . . . Donald Eklund sold the Rosebud, Wood, S. D., to U. Stumer. . . . New sound, lights and a paint job have spruced up Wallace Deupree's Fix at Woodbine, la. . . . E. G. Petsch now offers midget racing on Sundays at the Grandview Drive-In south of Omaha. TORONTO Director Norman Taurog, his wife and two children are spending a vacation here. Mrs. Taurog, former Susan Ream, is an ex-Omahan. . . . MGM Assistant Division Manager Ralph While the 10-cent devaluation of the Canadian dollar will not be followed immediately by any change in quotas on imports from the United States, it was learned from a government source, it will mean a higher cost to exhibitors on adver, tising accessories from the states, but the U. S. film cost is practically unchanged. Films imported from Britain, however, will eventually be somewhat cheaper while revenue to British producers from exhibiting their pictures in Canada will become less. Import permits are based on Canadian dollars and not on the quantity of goods. Monetary allotments were being increased to compensate for the Canadian reduction in the value of its dollar, thus maintaining the merchandise ratio. The annual convention of the Motion Picture Theatre Association of Ontario will be held in Toronto's King Edward Hotel on Nov. 1. The association is supporting a move on the part of the motion picture branch of the Toronto Board of Trade to seek a reduction in Ontario's 20 per cent tax on amusement admissions on the grounds that theatre operating costs have been increasing. The BOT film branch considered the province's tax situation at its Sept. 27 meeting. LOS ANGELES Another theatre to join the "back-to-vaudeville" movement is the local Forum which goes vaudeville on Saturdays and Sundays, starting Oct. 1. It will use a five-act show with one matinee and two evening performances over weekends at 74 cents for all seats. . . . The La Moda Theatre at Atascadero has gone to three changes per week. A new studio, for the use of TV and film production, was opened at 5545 Sunset Blvd., by M. A. Lewis, a Los Angeles investment broker and realtor. To be known as Sunset Studios, it has four sound stages and various other factors necessary to both mediums. . . . The Darwin Theatre at Darwin Mines, run by the Anaconda Copper Company, has resumed oper