Boxoffice-Febuary.14.1948

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. . Ray . . . . "The jj; AT ALBANY DINNER-The Albany Variety Club gave a dinner for Neil Hellman, retiring chief barker, recently. At the head table sho. above =-;• ^" t^^"^^^''^^^. ^^^^• Charles A. Smak«itz. Mrs. C. J. Latta and her husband,
I Realart . . . Morris . . George . . New . . Jack . . Warren . . New . . "Leo . . . . . Sam . . Mr. f ' Jack Schlaifer Goes B A L T I M O R E To New EL Position NEW YORK— Jack Schlaifer. veteran distribution executive, has been named to the newly created post of assistant to William J. ^K \ dent in chai-ge of dis- JT. Heineman. vice-presi- ^Ê^ I tribution for Eagle ^^Hb^ 49 Lion. Schlaifer will *~ ^^^^^ work with Heineman ^^|»^|^_\^ in the over-all opera- ^^^P^K^*J^| tion of the distribu- ^^^H|^^^^H organization. ^^^^^V^^H ^^^^^^^^J^H Schlaifer entered the film business when he B^HIHMB joined Warners' Minneapolis exchange in Jack Schlaifer 1912. in 1915 he became Seattle exchange manager for Universal, later resigning to manage the Unicorn exchange in Chicago. In 1919 Schlaifer rejoined Universal as Seattle exchange manager, subsequently becoming, in turn, western division manager, western sales manager and general manager of theatre operations. From 1928 until 1932 he was assistant general sales manager of United Artists, and from 1932 to 1934 he was general sales manager for Universal. In 1934 he rejoined United Artists as western sales manager, being promoted to the rank of vice-president in 1941. In 1941 Schlaifer resigned from United Artists to become vice-president of Edward Small Productions, from which position he resigned in 1943 to join 20th-Fox as central sales manager. He resigned from 20th-Fox in 1945 to join AUied Artists-Monogram, where he served for two years as director of sales. Expand Cinecolor Board From 7 to 9 Members HOLLYWOOD — Expansion of Cinecolor's board of directors from seven to nine members was voted by stockholders at the color firm's annual meeting, over which A. Pam Blumenthal. board chainnan, presided. Directors reelected to serve imtil the next annual meeting were Blumenthal, WiUiam T. Crespinel, Alan M. Gundelfinger, Graham L. Sterling jr., C. Kenneth Baxter, Joseph J. Rathert and John D. Kerr. Chosen to fill the two newly created vacancies on the board were Joseph Bemhard, president of Film Classics, and Karl Herzog, treasurer of FC and Cinecolor. Stockholders voiced approval of Cinecolor's management and progress dtu'ing the year and okayed contracts for the sale and issuance of 40.000 shares of common stock, with Blumenthal to piu-chase 15,000 shares: Crespinal, 10,000: Gundelfinger. 10.000. and Herzog, 5.000. Film Classics Reissues U Westerns, Serials NEW YORK—Film Classics, Inc.. has acquired 24 westerns and four serials from for reissue. The westerns are: Ten Johnny Mack Brown pictures, eight Ken Maynard films and six Bob Baker pictures, all originally released by Universal. The serials are "Riders of Death 'Valley." "Gang Busters," "Junior G-Men" and "Oregon Trail," also released by Universal. ^Jilton Berle made a personal appearance before the greate.st turnout in Advertising club history when he came here to emcee the club's banquet . O'Hara, manager of the Alvin Theatre in New York, in town to catch "Mr. Roberts," Henry Fonda's new show, prior to its opening in his theatre in New York. It was a complete sellout here and has a reported advance sale of $200,000 for New York. Joe linger, general sales manager of United Artists, spent some time here with Mark Silver, district manager, and Jerry Price, branch manager , Bryan is the new Paramount representative for the Baltimore territory, transferred here from "Virginia . , . Tom Baldridge, MGM exploiteer, was in town and working on one of the first test dates for "Three Daring Daughters" at Loew's Century. Joe Young, new UA representative for the eastern shore and western Maryland, transferred from Philadelphia, replacing Clayton Bond, who goes to Philadelphia, with Mike Siegel going to the Clinch valley territory in Virginia . Nabhanson is the new manager at National Screen . . . Izzy Rappaport of the Rappaport Theatres left for a Florida vacation. He expects to be gone about a month. . . Mrs. Sam SoUz is getting ready for a trip Oletsky and family were in Philadelphia for the weekend student assistant at Loew's Parkway is Mrs. Jean Decker relief cashier at the Century is Hannah M. Terry. The Stanley held a contest in conjunction with the Baltimore News-Post, offering a twoweek vacation in New York to the couple who wrote the most interesting letter about how they met on a blind date and got married, exploitation for "'Voice of the Turtle" . Morris Mechanic. New Theatre, entertained Bert Lahr and cast of the .show "Biu-lesque" at the Belvedere hotel. Kay Reinholdt, 'Valencia Theatre cashier, slipped on the ice coming to work and was incapacitated for four days . Lyon," weekly column being written for "Playboy," is the nom de plume of Bill Saxton, Loew city manager . . . Joe Katz, National Screen, was in from New York to inspect the territory. Barry Goldman is leaving for a few days for Philadelphia ... Joe Waldman is booking for the Edgemere Theatre . . . Bill MichaeLson, 20th-Fox, was in town working on "Gentleman's Agreement" at the New Theatre . . . Seen at the Joe Louis-Leo Matricciani exhibition fight: Bill Saxton with Joe Weinstein and Merle Fox of the Fox Advertising Agency: Julius Goodman. Ideal: Cy Waldman, New Albert; Morris Oletsky and Barry Goldman, and Nick Weems with Rodger Pippen, sports editor of Baltimore News-Post , . . Irvin Grant of the Dunbar and Rio has gone to Florida. Variety Club notes: The club has installed a new hot food bar, serving hot sandwiches Saturday and. Tuesday nights, catered by Earl . and Mrs. Fred Sapperstein, entertaining Mr. and Mrs. Will Esinger. He's the creator of the comic strip "The Spirit" Tabor, Jake Flax and Monte Hale, Republic western star, having a good time, with Monte entertaining the members by playing his "gitar" and singing . , . It's estimated that, quoting Monte, "We played to about 25,000 kids today," and Sam Tabor looked it. Bert Clastcr brought up the Hippodrome stage show and it was excellent . . . Mr. and Mrs. Jack Sidney were called out, just as things were going well, by a fire that occurred in their apartment. The last time it was a flood ... 'Vic Rubin and his Mrs. having a gay time, with Vic demonstrating how well he could get along without his cane. EL Sets Releasing Deal With Mexican Circuit NEW YORK—Eagle Lion has closed a Mexican distribution-exhibition deal with Manuel J. Peon, head of Espectaculos de Yucatan, which owns and operates a circuit of 119 theatres in the states of Yucatan, Campeche and Tabasco and the territory of Quintana Roo, according to Sam L. Seidelman. EL foreign chief. Tlie deal assures EL preferred playing time for its own Hollywood product and the J. Ar-thur Rank productions released by EL in Latin America. The Mexican company will also act as sub-distributor for both the Hollywood product and the Rank HANDY SUBSCRIPTION ORDER FORM BOXOFTICE: Please enter my subscription to BOXOFTICE. 52 issues per year (13 of which contain The MODERN THEATRE Section), including the NEW BOXOFFICE PICTURE GUIDE. DATE & RECORD BOOK. D S2.00 FOR 1 YEAR D 53.50 FOR 2 YEARS D $5.00 FOR 3 TERRS n Remittance Enclosed Send Invoice STREET ADDRESS TOWN STATE.. BOXOFHCE : : Februajy 14, 1948 50-A
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