Showmen's Trade Review (Oct-Dec 1949)

SHOWMEN'S TRADE REVIEW, October 29, 1949 21 REGIONAL NEWSREEL ATLANTA Recent area appointments and transfers: A. S. Clark, former manager of the Martin circuit house at Canton, Ga., to manager, Pix, Evergreen, Ala. ; Bud Colson, assistant manager, Drive-In, Gainesville, Fla. ; A. F. Horton, manager .Dixie Drive-In, Orlando, Fla. ; A. T. Vinson, manager of Martin circuit's Price and Knox in Thomason, Ga., transferred to manage Martin's theatre in Roanoke, Ala. ; Ed Drake, manager of the Rich in Opelika, Ala., to take oyer the 'Price and Knox, Thomason, Ga., Garry Kerr, formerly with Screen Guild in Charlotte, N. C, joins Columbia; Cenda Baird named Columbia student booker. Wilby-Kincey District Manager R. M. Kennedy, on his return from a trip to Nashville, Tenn., announced several changes in Mont.gomery, Ala., theatres: Jimmy Bellows goes to the Charles as manager, succeeding Cecil Brown who takes over the managerial post at the Empire, following Henry Dunlap who goes from the Empire to the Enzor in Troy, Ala., where he, in turn, succeeds Jimmy Gaylord who will soon open a drive-in at Troy. . . . Columbia office force has a new addition in Ruth Reynolds. . . . A. S. Clark, manager of Martin Theatres' Canton, has been transferred to Evergreen, Ala., to manage the Pix. . . . Bud Cohen was named assistant manager of the new Dixie drive-in at Gainesville, Fla., and A. F. Horton to manage the Dixie drive-in at Orlando. Alanager Bill Deitenback of the Druid and Diamond theatres, Tuscaloosa, Ala., is the father of a son, William Jr. . . . Crescent's Gadsden (Ala.) City Manager Dennis Dixon will be out some weeks due to an operation. . . . President Ed Duncan of Duncan and Richards Theatres has sold his stock in the Al-Dun Amusement Co. of West Point, Ga., to President L. J. Duncan, and, with Clyde Sampler, bought Roy Richard's interest in the Duncan and Richards Theatres. BALTIMORE Mayfair Publicist Harry Welch working with Universal Advance Man Ev Thorner, for the world premiere here of "Without Honor.". . . Bill Schnader, Newspost Theatre ad head is back on the job after a hospital siege. . . . Mr. and Mrs. Mort Rosen, Windsor Theatre, took a trip to White Sulphur Springs. The Windsor is one of the first to put in the new four-drink dispenser. . . . New Albert owners contemplate increasing their seating capacity. . . . Overlea Theatre has been sold by Harry Silver. . . . Max Goodman, Goodman circuit, is taking piano lessons as is Joe Walderman. Sol Goodman, Ideal, was recently married and is on a honeymoon. . . . Ellen Schwaber, daughter of Milton Schwaber, Schwaber circuit, was married recently. . . . Phil and Lou Bress, Norfolk Theatre owners, stopped in town on the way back from the world series. Lou is driving a new car. . . . George Jacobs, Jean and Goldfield Theatres, is doing his own relief operating. . . . Nat Schwartz, Hiway owner, was in town from Florida for a one-day visit. . . . Frank Hornig, Horn Theatre, is back from a Philadelphia trip. . . . Buddy and Eddie Flaks are taking turns as managers of the Highland Theatre. The mother of Bud Rose, United Artists representative, is seriously ill in Hartford. Bud made a flying trip to visit her. . . . Elsa Soltz, Howard Theatre owner, has returned from a Helping Hands Hartford, Conn., stagehands and projectionists, members of Local 84 and 486, lATSE, respectively, went all-out in participation with the Hartford Community Chest campaign. A screen was set up in front of the Old State House, with projection equipment maintained in a third floor office building window across the street. The lATSE men provided three hours of film entertainment nightly as part of the Community Chest promotional drive. European vacation. . . . Grayson Sandy, Callio, Va., visited relatives here. . . . Variety Club plans a charity basketball game and an eleventh annual diniier dance at i he Sheraton Belvedere Hotel on Oct. _^y. DALLAS The Lucas Theatre here, recently purchased by Alired N. Sack and Lester J. Sack, has been closed for remodeling and redecoration. It will open in November as the Encore and be devoted to him revivals. . . . Business at local theatres has been stimulated by visitors to the State Fair of Texas, which is drawing about 200,01)0 daily. . . . Hollywood screen writer, Sari Scott, was due here Wednesday for the premiere of her play, "An Old Beat-Up Woman," at Margo Jones' Iheatre '49. Wallace Walthall, local Film Classics executive, appeared in person Wednesday when "Birth of a Nation" was shown at the Robb-Rowley suburban Vogue. He is a brother of the star of the picture. . . . "Lost Boundaries" was booked into the Majestic opening Oct. 20. Alfred N. Sack, owner of the Coronet here, will use the newly-acquired Lucas in part for the showing of movie classics, such as "My Little Chickadee,'' which is due there this week. . . . Spike Jones is appearing here with the City Slickers at the State Fair Auditorium show. BUFFALO Variety Club Chief Barker Myron Gross has called the club's annual meeting to nominate candidates for 11 canvasmen and two delegates to the International Big Top convention for Monday evening, Nov. 7. Also a proposed amendment to the by-laws will be discussed. Elections will take place on Nov. 21. . . . Former Chief Barker William Dipson represented the club at the International Variety Clubs' midyear conference this week in New York. 'Paramount District Alanager James H. Eshelman contributed guest tickets to the Paramount and Center theatres to be auctioned off on the all-night WEBR community chest radio program when thousands of dollars were raised. . . . August F. Schoenle, onetime MGM advertising clerk here, heads the company that will build a $150,000 shopping center in Millersport Highway, Eggertsville. . . . Paramount Exploitation Director Sid Mesibov was in town conferring with Field Man Edward J. Wall. . . . MGM Exploiteer Floyd Zimmerman was in Buffalo to attend the opening of Peter Bifarella's new Joylan in Springville and to consult with Shea's Eddi Meade on first-run campaigns at Shea's. It's a daughter for United Artists Salesman Leon Serin and wife, Betty. . . . Al Foley will manage the remodeled and refurbished Midtown, Syracuse, recently damaged by fire, when it reopens. . . . Robert T. Murphy, Max and Sam Yellen, 20th-Fox theatre executives, motored to Syracuse to see the Paramount's vaudeville show which will be coming here later. TORONTO Manager Roy Miller of the Lincoln, St. Catharines, Ont., is reported in line for the presidency of the Motion Picture Theatres Ass'n of Ontario at the annual election Nov. 1 at the King Edward Hotel, Toronto, in succession to H. C. D. Main of Toronto. Recommendations of the recent Ottawa conference of the Motion Picture Industry Council will be on the agenda. . . . The Ontario censors have placed "I Was a Male War Bride" and "Thieves' Highway" in the adult classification category. The latter is in its secortd week at the local Imperial. New York Columnist Walter Winchell is expected to attend the benefit performance of the Toronto Variety Club in aid of the Club's vocational guidance school for handicapped children on Nov. 17 at the Imperial which Famous Players Canadian is donating for the benefit. Warner Bros, will provide the feature film, "The Inspector General." Star Danny Kaye will be on the stage most of the time but has bought two specially priced reserved seats. The stage show will be produced by FPC District Manager Jack Arthur. The new tax provisions presented in the Dominion government's 'budget in the House of Commons at Ottawa, had no direct effect on the film industry. The eight per cent sales tax, which film producers had criticized as discriminatory against, Canadian companies, was removed from fuel oil only. MILWAUKEE Joe Woodward of the Delft and Affiliated Theatres is back at his desk following confinement at Mt. Sinai Hospital with an infection. . . . Time Manager Gene Van Norman observed a birthday on Oct. 20. . . . Charles Trampe has (Confinued on Page 22) BY > THAN THE REST! Next Time Order 4 1 CHICAGO^^ 1327 %. WA6A N YORE 619 W, 54th SI. NOW sPiciAuzmGy IN REFRESHMENT SERVICE FOR DRIVE-IN theatres; SPORTSERVICE 703 MAIN ST. Corp. JACOBS BROS. BUFFALO, N. Y. • WA. 250S