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fl nita Colby, making a nationwide tour in
the interest of Paramount's "Emperor
Waltz " proved that beauty and brains malce
a powerful combination when she met the
drama critics, trade press, and radio commentators
at a beautifully appointed luncheon
in the Mayflower hotel May 12. Miss
Colby also made several radio broadcasts.
Deep into "the forest primeval" went Loew's
Carter Barron and Don Bernard of the Washington
Post and party, not in search of Evangeline,
but for some good trout fishing. They
spent last week living out of doors, paddling
their own canoes, and doing all the chores
necessary to m.ake their vacation an unforgettable
one. Barron is proud of the fact
that he was made a member of the MicMac
tribe of Indians who live in the Nova Scotia
woods.
The Sig'mund Romberg concert, sponsored
by the Variety Club Tuesday evening in
Constitution hall, was acclaimed an artistic
success. Present were Pi'esident and Mrs.
Harry Ti-uman, Margaret Truman, as well
as a responsive audience of congressmen,
senators, members of the diplomatic corps,
and army, navy and air corps officials. In
charge of arrangements were Carter T. Barron
and Sam Galanty, co-chairmen; Clark
Davis and Harry Bachman. ways and means
committee; George Crouch and Eugene Kramer,
welfare committee; Nathan Golden and
Fred Kogod, executive committee; Leon
Makover, ticket committee; Joe Kronman,
souvenir committee, and Dorothy Kolinsky,
Variety Club secretary. Eddie Morris handled
all tickets at the symphony boxoffice
at Kitts music store.
OPEN IN SOUTH HILL—This is the
new Star Theatre, 520-seater opened in
South Hill, Va., in February by Chris W.
Geoghegan. The house serves the counties
of Mecklenburg, Lunenburg and
Brunswick. Geoghegan has operated the
Colonial Theatre in South Hills for 15
years. The Star has a front of structural
glass, beige in color, with wine trim;
an auditorium decorated in different
shades of blue; blue and maroon seats;
and a cry room for mothers with infants.
The house is air conditioned.
Benson and his boys are getting ready for
the corrupany's sales convention in Philadelphia
next week.
Margaret O'Brien will be a guest at the
Variety Club mothers' Imicheon at the Shoreham
hotel May 17 . . . Republic Branch Manager
Jake Flax spent several days in New
York this week .
Gladys Dixon
is vacationing
. "Mac" Woodson
is coming along nicely at Emergency hospital'
and would be glad to hear from her friends,
Frances Fischer, daughter of Columbia's
Bill Fisher, is making a reputation for herself
as a swimmer. She won first and second
prizes in the competitive swinuning meet at
the Jewish Community center this week
Booker Jimmy Whiteside is on vacation ...
Inspector Tibbie Minnick has returned from
her vacation and inspector M. Goulet left
on her vacation.
Jeannette Magruder came in town to book
for her Garden Theatre in Cumberland, Md.
gin match between the Washington'
and Baltimore Variety clubs wound up with
Baltimore winning
now managing the
17-15 . . . Jean Imhoff isi
Little Theatre, with Vic
Orsinger handling the reins at
new Playhouse.
the beautiful'
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Meyer Emanuel (Manny to you) was again
awarded a two-year contract by the U.S.
government to operate the Arlington Farms
Theatre in Recreation hall, Arlington Farms,
Va., effective June 1. Theatre was originally
built in 1944 as a recreation hall for army
and navy personnel and was part of a setup
of nine dormitories which housed women government
employes and Waves. In 1946 the
Waves were transfen-ed and three of the
dormitories were converted into apartments
for army officers and their families. The
remaining six buildings are still used as
dormitories for girls. The recreation hall is,
a separate unit comprising bowling alleys.
snack bar and theatre. The theatre operates
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Sunday afternoon and evening and Tuesday
evening only.
Kay Ellen Fruchtman celebrated her birthday
May 12 with a birthday party for her
friends in Greenbelt . . . Mrs. Bertha Gordon
of Gordon Theatres, Nevi^jort News, Va., flew
in to visit her daughter and son-in-law, Mr.
and Mrs. Nat Wasserman, this week . . . Bill
Wrenn came in to book his Pound and Coebm-n
Theatres.
A. A. Schubart, RKO exchange operations
head, was in tovm last Thursday . . . Another
visitor at RKO was Malcolm Scott, in charge
of the company's 16mm division . . . Frank
Boucher, K-B Amusement Co., was at 20th-
Fox . . . Jack Howe, Paramount booker, celebrated
his birthday Sunday . . . Helen
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. . .
Schultz, contract head, is vacationing in Florida
.. Browoilee is still vacationing
Ditto shipper Roy Fitzgerald . . . Al
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Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kogod are grandparents
for the fourth time. Daughter Mildred
Tommy
gave birth to a son last week . . .
Rosa has returned to the K-B circuit as manager
of the Senator Theatre after an absence
of two years . . . Mr. and Mrs. Albert Kogod,
who make their home in Rio de Janiero, are
visiting the Fi'ed Kogods .
Leese is
. . Barbara Jean
Frank Boucher's new secretary,
placing Nan Hanum.
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The K-B Amusement Co. has completed
plans for the new Flower Theatre at the corner
of Piney Branch road and Flower avenue,
Takoma Park, Md. Construction will get
under way within the next 30 days. House
will be "the last word" in theatre construction
and will seat 950. Adjoining will be a
parking lot for 1,000 cars and 12 stores. This
is K-B's first venture outside of the District
limits. John Zink is the architect.
Charles Schlaifer, 20th-Fox advertising and
publicity head, will be guest speaker at the
monthly Advertising club luncheon at the
Statler hotel Tuesday, May 18 . . . Booker
Anne Griffin is entertaining her aimt, Mrs.
Belle Shaug'hnessy, from Minneapolis. They
made a trip to New York over the weekend
and while there visited Fi-ances Levin, secretary
to William Scully, Univeral Chief
Sales Manager Gordon Contee
. . .
accompanied
salesman Joe Cohan to Baltimore this week
. . . Bill Michalson, public relations, visited
exhibitors in Norfolk, Richmond and Newport
News this week, setting up exploitation on
"Green Grass of Wyoming."
Warner Theatres r A. Julian Brylawski, head
:
of '
the realty department, worked with Prank
Boucher and •
Eugene Kramer as co-chainnan
of the amusement division of the United
Jewish Appeal . . . Billy Brantley, formerly
in charge of the stock room, is now a navy
flyer . . . Virginia Summers of contact is
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enjoying two weeks' vacation in Roanoke,
Va. Earl Yates of contact spent Mother's
day with his mother in Binghamton, N. Y.
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. . Mr.
Max Cohen, Film Classics manager, accompanied
salesman Harold Levy on the eastern
shore this week , . . Jerry Lubin, home office
auditor, was in for a routine check . . . Ralph
DeBurgos resigned from Film Classics as
sales manager and is now selling for Screen
Guild . Ross Wheeler, Screen Guild manager,
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was in Norfolk .
Wheeler and daughter Joan
and
have
Mrs. Sam
found a
beautiful apartment in Los Angeles and are
happily settled . . . Mrs. Louis 'Wiieeler,
mother of Sam Wheeler who fractured her
Pittsbiu-gh . . . May Feldman's niece, little
hip recently, is recovering in a hospital in
Ellen Duberstein, is recuperating from a siege
of pneumonia.
Praise Red Cross Job
WASHINGTON—Frank K. Shaffer, manager
of Warners' Dixie Theatre in Staimton,
Va., has won plaudits for his work as general
chairman of the Red Cross drive in his locality.
With his assistants, Shaffer earned
the editorial approval of the Staunton Evening
Leader. Staunton and Augusta exceeded
the assigned goal of $13,475 in the
1948 American Red Cross financial campaign.
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54 BOXOFFICE :
: May
15, 1948