Showmen's Trade Review (Oct-Dec 1949)

SHOWMEN'S TRADE REVIEW, October 8, 1949 REGIONAL NEWSREEL 23 Boston went baseball mad last week, with all theatres being obliged to install radios in their lobbies and to make many announcements of the progress of games in Washington and New York. . . . The Liberty in Dorchester, residential section of Boston, has changed its name to the Elite; it has been completely refurnished, with extensive alterations, and opened with a foreign-film policy on Oct. 3. Richard Hylton will make p.a.s this week at all B & Q theatres in Boston, Quincy and Brookline. . . . Eleanor Mosely Collier is back from vacation and resumed her public relations work. . . . Warner Bros. Canadian Division Sales Manager Jules Lapidus called on local exhibitors last week. . . . The Metropolitan will have television installed by the first of year, according to report. Superior Court Judge Abraham Pinanski, brother of Sam Pinanski, president of the American Theatres Association, died Wednesday in Boston. Prior to sitting on the bench, Judge Pinanski had been a theatrical lawyer. E. H. Ware, 71, owner of the Marblehead Theatre, died here on Sept. 27. He was formerly the owner of the Warwick in Marblehead, the Larcom in Beverly and the Strand in Peabody. INDIANAPOLIS IProperty owners protesting construction of a drive-in theater on U. S. Road at Georgetown Road lost out in court last week when Judge William R. Higgins of Superior Court made permanent his temporary writ prohibiting the County Board of Commissioners from reversing itself and re-zoning the 30-acre tract near the intersection. Judge Higgins held that the rights of Joe Cantor, local theatre operator, would have been violated by the reversal. The Y. and W. Management Corp., Indianapolis, takes over the management of the National, ' now a colored house, in Louisville, Ky., on Oct. 16; on Nov. 15 it will take over the Idaho and Swan, at Terre Haute. . . . The Seftos Theatres, Indianapolis, will open a new theatre in Evansville, Ind. Oct. 23. . . . R. E. Horton, has acquired the Neon Theatre, Claysburg, Ind. Meta Abramson, head inspectress at 20th-Fox. is vacationing in Buffalo, N. Y. . . . J. B. Stine, operator of the Garfield, Terre Haute, has returned frcm his summer camp in the North Woods. . . . Dorothy Robison, booker at Affiliated Theatres, who has resigned to make her permanent home in Los Angeles, Calif., was given a farewell dinner by her employers at the Hotel Antlers ; they later held open house in her honor. John Schwinn, operator of the Wigton, La. Grange, Ind., reports the arrival of a baby boy, the fifth child, born Sept. 15 in Sturgis, Mich. . . . Sylvester Grove, operator of the Capital and Shelby, Louisville, Ky., was called to Los Angeles, Calif., hy the illness of his son. . . . Don Bennett, operator of the Rex, Terre Haute, Ind.. and his wife are vacationing in Florida. ATLANTA Jack Elwell has resigned as general manager of Dixie drive-in theatres with future plans not announced. He^ill be succeeded by Dusty Rhodes, for the past eight years head booker for Georgia theatres. In the industry for 35 years, Rhodes has b-een connected with many exchanges and theatres. Tom Jones is moved up to head booker for Georgia theatres. . . . Jimmy Gay lord has resigned as manager of VVilby-Kincey's Enzor to take over the new Starlight Drive-In at Troy. . . . The Martin circuit has transferred T. G. Wortham from the Roanoke to manage its theatre at Eufaula, Ala. Gladys Crowell, short subjects booker for VVilby-Kincey in Charlotte was married recently to Herman A. Brown. . . . Manager John L. Grove of the Arcade, Jacksonville and Mrs. Grove have returned from visiting the Para mount studios in Hollywood ; he was one of the 150 winners in a Florida State Theatres contest. . . . Robert Saxton has opened his new booking office in Charlotte ; he recently quit Exhibitors Service after five years wth it. Edward Hayes is the New Atlanta Manager for Screen Guild of Georgia, having replaced Ken Smith who joins a Florida radio station. Former Republic Salesman Eddie Foster, later ( Confimicd on Page 24) PiOiiCTlii^ »« EXECUTIVE OFFICES AND PRODUCTION HfADQUARTERS MOTION PICTURE CENTER STUDIO -JUST FINISHED SHOOTING RANDOLPH SCOTT Diracfed hy iDWiN L. MAKilM NOW IN PROOyCTION NOW PLAYING TO RECORD BUSINESS! Canadian Pacific NOTE: ALL THREE PICTURES IN THE NEW CINBCOLOR