Boxoffice-June.19.1948

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PITTSBURGH
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lyjr. and Mrs. James Jaffurs of Wilkinsburg
are being congratulated on graduations
of two sons, Alex as highest honor student
Wilkinsburg high school, and William, honor
pre-medical student at Pennsylvania State
college, who will enter Jefferson Medical
college, Philadelphia. Jim Jaffurs is the
Millvale-Wilmerding-Glassport exhibitor . .
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Charles G. Wood has filed under the fictitious
name act as owner of Sound Screen Service
Bob Kimbel, Monogram head shipper, has
resigned, and the newly appointed assistant
Morris Pinkel
also has called it quits . . .
served on the committee which celebrated the
50th anniversary of the South High school.
Malcolm J. Lowe, manager of the Burwell,
Parkersburg, W. Va., and son-in-law of N. C.
Burwell, banker, hotel man and exhibitor, is
a Republican nominee for the West Virginia
house of delegates . . . Leonard Mintz, Harry
Rees, Dave Brown and Jack Meadow were in
Philadelphia attending a United Artists regional
meeting . Weltner, Eagle Lion
boker, was in Presbyterian hospital where he
underwent appendix and hernia operations.
Ragan of the Paramount office
vacationed in Atlantic City and forwarded a
box of salt water taffy to the gang . . . Harry
Bernstein, Columbia exploitation representative
here for a long period, now is headquartering
in Boston.
Cel Guehl, secretary to James Hendel, Eagle
Lion manager, was expected back on the job
June 21 following a tonsillectomy in St.
Cele Carpe Abel, Republic
Francis hospital . . .
booker, was called home Monday when
her mother suffered a heart attack.
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The RKO employes annual picnic will be
held at South Park. Monday afternoon (21i
The Eagle Lion picnic was held at Wexford
Jimmy Retter, Film Classics
Don
July 17 . . . salesman, has a new Chrysler Hayman. Tunnelton, W. Va., exhibitor, is reported
closing a deal to acquire the Seneca,
Belington, W. Va., from Art P. Crissman. The
latter is a brother-in-law of John Panopoulos,
former owner of the Seneca.
Ed A. Wheeler, veteran in the local film industry
who has been away from the territory
for a number of years, is to report here June
21 as a Monogram salesman for the West Virginia
area. He is a brother of Hymie Wheeler,
Film Classics manager.
The Theodore Grances are grandparents
for the fifth time. Son Henry, a chemical
engineer, became the father of a daughter
Jim Alexander
Sam Fineberg
1705 Blvd. of the AllieB|
PITTSBUHGH 19, PA.
Phone ATlanlic 6156
ARROW THEATRE PREMIUM CO.
now ofiers
GENUINE ENGLISHTOWN CUTLERY
INC.
Proven Box-oilice Stimulant
WILUAM S. SHAHTIN
Representative
402-3-4 Film Bldg. CHerry 7103
Cleveland, Ohio
Silver, UA district man-
. . . Bill Thomas, Zelienople
last week .
ager, was here conferring with Leonard Mintz,
resident manager
exhibitor, has his 26-foot cabin
cruiser on Lake Erie. He is a member of the
Erie Yacht club. Gordon Hoot Gibson and
James F. Vazzana of Atlas Theatre Supply
were recent guests . . Victoria, Wheeling, is
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being equipped with Heywood-Wakefield theatre
Alden Phelps. Waterford
chairs . . . farmer-musician, will open the Sunset outdoor
theatre on his farm.
. . The
Sam Lubell, film salesman for more than
a score of years and a local fur dealer in
recent years, is a member of the company
which will open a drive-in theatre at Mundy's
Corner Sixty-nine free concerts are
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planned for
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city parks this summer .
auto to be awarded at the Variety Club
raffle is on display in the lobby of the William
Jack T. Weiss, Philadelphia,
Penn hotel . . . is here in connection with the Zale
vs. Graziano fight pictures. Acme is physical
distributor.
Vince Barnett flew here from California
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for the golden wedding anniversary of his
parents, the Luke Barnetts, Wilkinsburg .
Tex Ritter appeared at Warners Washington,
Washington, Pa., June 16, and the Harris,
Laraine Day, youthful
Donora, June 18 . . .
gray-haired film actress wife of Leo Durocher,
was on hand at Forbes Field Thursday
night last week and witnessed Lippy
talking himself out of the game in the second
inning Rainbow Garden outdoor
theatre, McKeesport, will be booked
by Co-op.
Fred Wallace, John Walsh's assistant at
the Fulton, vacationed in New York .
Everett Thorner was here exploiting UA's
"On Our Merry Way" . Helen Regel
Mach has resigned at the Warner exchange
and Bonnie Adair has moved up to her former
post as contract clerk . . . The Capitol,
Wheeling, offered Skinnay Ennis and his orchestra
June 15 .
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Franklin Anderson of Franklin Film exchange
vacationed this week .
Davis, tristate exhibitor,
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was in
George C.
New York
for the funeral of his sister-in-law . . . The
world premiere of the new Christian Missionary
film, "My Name Is Han," cost the
local church $8 for film rental . . . Mike Gallagher,
concessioner and former chief barker
of the Variety Club, submitted to surgery
Mr. and Mrs. George J.
and is very ill . . .
Corcoran are house-or-apartment hunting
here. George, former Uniontown Theatre
manager, now is field representative for Allied
MPTO.
Local film salesmen have received ballots
on which they will vote before June 25 on
the question of the Colosseum of Motion Picture
Salesmen of America. NLRB has excluded
branch managers and all other supervisitors,
but any film salesman of a national
company, if employed April 24 this year, is
eligible. The vote will determine the collective
bargaining representative for the salesmen
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Caravan Plan Finally
. . Florence
Chiavarili of the Warner
circuit booking department will wed Edward
Mrs. Betty A. Shannon
Friday jr. July 3 . . .
of the Co-op office is the newly elected
president of Pennsylvania Sigma chapter of
Beta Sigma Phi sorority.
AKRON
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lien held a Cartoon Carnival Saturday, offering
15 cartoons at successive shows
throughout the day . has changed
its opening date to Wednesday, making three
downtown houses which change program on
that day. Others are the Palace and the
Strand.
Robert "Dusty" Rhodes, Colonial manager,
recently was treated at City hospital for an
"The Spicer closed down
eye ailment . . .
for a remodeling program.
Taking Hold
In Pittsburgh, City of Birthplace
PITTSBURGH—Allied Caravan is progressing
rapidly in this area following presentation
of the plan at recent meetings, and
half-a-hundred members are enrolled. The
membership will be doubled within a short
time. Caravan proponents said.
The Caravan was organized in Pittsburgh
eight years ago and is reported to be operating
successfully in a number of film territories.
Allied MPTO of Western Pennsylvania
subscribed to the service, but there was
not sufficient interest in it by the members
until the 27th annual convention last November.
At that time cooperative film licensing
was the "hot" discussion of the sessions
and Allied officials responded to a request
to have a Caravan spokesman come
here to address members on the subject.
Several meetings have been held, there have
been open discussions at these luncheons
and business sessions, committees have been
appointed and interest has been particularly
alerted by exhibitors who are dissatisfied with
current licensing arrangements which "go
from bad to worse as summer grosses plunge
below the overhead line."
Only Allied members in good standing may
join the Caravan or attend meetings in which
film prices and policies are discussed, according
to Filmrow reports, Norman Mervis,
city area circuit exhibitor, is Caravan chairman,
and M. A. Rosenberg, former local and
national Allied president, is a committee
leader. Other prominent independent theatre
owners are "on the bandwagon."
The great majority of Caravan members,
all Allied members, also are subscribers to
the Cooperative Theatre Service, a booking
and buying combine. Co-op owners are not
pleased that the Caravan plan has been
adopted here. Combine members and nonsubscribers
to Co-op, provided they are Allied
members, are invited to investigate the
Caravan plan, independent exhibitors said.
Allied directors report that there will be additional
Caravan meetings, but none are
scheduled at this time.
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