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CLEVELAND
Leo
IJarry Henderson, manager of the Lorain-
Fulton in Cleveland for almost 20 years,
has resigned. Charles Rice moves over from
the Jennings to succeed him and Johir Urbansky
jr. takes over at the Jennings .
Kolb and Martin Blum are
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now proud possessors
of gold life membership cards to
lATSE Local 160. Kolb has just completed
his 25th year as a member of the executive
board, while Blum, a lawyer and former active
projectionist, has rendered legal and advisory
service over a long period, both as state representative
and in the private practice of
law.
Sigmund Clayman, Warner head shipper,
made a good showing in the Republican primary
for state senate, but not quite enough.
He polled 11,056 votes . . . Allen Shaw, film
salesman, has changed his address from
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Screen Guild to Film Classics . . . Akron goes
on daylight saving time as result of last
week's elections, thus following the footsteps
of other large Ohio cities.
Norman Levin, who suffered a slight stroke
last August while attending the ITOO convention
at Cedar Point, and his family have
retui-ned from a stay in California. Although
greatly improved in health. Levin does not
plan to get back into business yet. At the
time of his illness he was local Republic
branch manager.
"Duel in the Sun," which played a successful
six-week run at Loew's StiUman just a
year ago, will return for a regular-price engagement
at Loew's State starting May 20.
According to local SRO sales representative
Leonai'd Mishkind, the picture has outgrossed
"Spellbound" and "Since You Went Away,"
former Selznick boxoffice hits . . . Louis
Kaufman, Warner home office official, was
a guest of the theatre department during the
past week.
"The Iron Curtain," 20th-Fox featiu^e film
dealing with the Soviet spy system in Canada,
opened at Warner's Hipp>odrome Wednesday
(12). To date Manager Eddie Miller has received
only one protest and that was via telephone
by an anonymous woman. The 20th-
Pox exchange reports that objections to its
showing have been made by the American-
Soviet Friendship league.
The distaff side of the news:
MoUye Davis,
MGM cashier, last week became the aimt of
twin girls born to her sister . . . Blanche
Knobloch Brent, RKO booker and a member
of the RKO front office force the last four
and one-half years, resigned to devote all of
her time to her family . . . Toledo was represented
on Filmrow last week by Nat Charnas
and J. A. Beidler jr. . . Leo Jones of Upper
Sandusky was also in town.
Dick Wright, Warner district manager, arranged
with television station WEWS for the
Variety and Uptown theatres to participate in
a Sohio sponsored talent quest. Both theatres
will hold elimination contests every Friday
night for fom' consecutive weeks. Each week's
winner will get a television tryout at the station,
and the final winner will get an allexpense-paid
trip to New York. Sohio will
plug the shows at the two theatres in its
regular radio news programs . . . Robert
Knepton, Warner contract manager, returned
from a home office conference in New York.
Bill Shartin and Jack Gertz, heads of The-
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Cincinnati branch office with Harry Young
in charge, have completed arrangements to
open another branch in Pittsburgh. They are
distributors of ZIP-O, children matinee promotion,
a merchant cooperative drive-in attendance
booster and other theatre promotions.
Variety Club members, their wives and children
were guests of Republic Pictures at the
Variety Club Satuixiay noon to meet "Wild"
Bill Elliott, Republic star playing at the Arena
with Jim Eskew's rodeo show. J. J. Houlihan,
Republic local manager, did the honors.
Guests attended the rodeo show in the afternoon
. . . It's news when J. S. Jossey of Hygienic
Productions is in town.
It took Howard Beif's 82-year-old mother
to convince his partner Perc Essick, who is
airplane shy, to fly from Miami to Bermuda
. . . Word comes from Scoville, retired member
of the ScoviUe, Essick & Reif circuit,
that while he likes his new home in Tucson,
he'd like to hear from the boys back home.
His address is 3806 Calle de Soto, Tucson,
Ariz.
Merle Sandler, son of David Sandler of
Theatrecraft Corp., manufacturer of Mobiltone
In-car speakers, and Herbert Abraham
have formed General Theatre Equipment Co.
with a warehouse at 2417 Prospect Ave. to buy
and seU used theatre equipment.
George Davis of Wellsville, entirely recovered
from a recent illness, was a Filmrow
visitor . . Other visitors: John J. Huebner,
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Marion; Peter Wellman, Girard; Louis Eich,
Martins Ferry; F. D. Krichbaum, Rittman
. . . Fred Scheuermann, Co-op booker, has
come out against the annual spring housecleaning
practice. Reason is because his wife
was a stepladder casualty, suffering a resultant
broken ankle.
Bert Schoonmaker, Toledo theatre owner,
reports that he is readying his Michigan
summer resort for a Memorial day opening
. . . P. E. Essick of the Scoville, Essick &
Reif circuit, and his wife have returned
from an extended vacation that included
Key West, Fla., and Hot Springs, Ark. . . .
U-I has a championship roller skater. He's
Richar Rasgaitis, booking clerk, who's out to
win the novice men's national figure title.
He finished in second place in last year's
state meet and has a good chance to finish
first
this year.
P. J. Wood, ITOO secretary, in a recent
bulletin, urges all members to show the
free short subject, "Thanks America," distributed
by 20th-Fox. It depicts the plight
of Italy and appreciation of its people for
America's help . . . Commenting on a circular
letter sent to all exhibitors by the
National Council of American-Soviet Friendship
urging them not to show "The Iron
Cm-tain," Wood says: "We have not seen
the picture and have no definite knowledge
of the claims and contentions set forth by
the council in its letter, so it is up to each
and every exhibitor to decide for himself
whether or not he will show the picture."
10 p. m. Curfew Voted
COLUMBIANA, OHIO—This eastern
Ohio
village has adopted a 10 p. m. curfew for
children under 16.
84 BOXOFFICE :: May 15, 1948