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. . Leon
. . Herman
. . . Orton
. . Reginald
. . Garson
. . Douglas
. . John
. . Orton
BROADWAY
Cpyros P. Skouras, Al Lichtman, Andy W.
Smith jr. and Charles Einfeld of 20th
Century-Fox attended an Allied meeting in
Chicago. Skouras and Einfeld returned afterwards
to New York, while Lichtman and
Smith went to Minneapolis for the North
Central Allied meeting . . .
Macgregor Scott,
overseas sales manager of Associated British
Pathe, Ltd.. London, visited the Monogram
International office here on his return from
a South American survey and then flew to
London.
Pincus Sober of the MGM legal department
will leave June 2 by plane for London.
Dubl'n, Belfast and Glasgow, accompanying
the AAU track team on tour.
He is
president of the Metropolitan AAU and
chairman of the national track and field
committee of the association. He is due back
June 14 . . . HaiTy Wright, head of the Paramount
tax department, returned from Boston
. Levy, RKO eastern division
sales manager, visited Albany. Gloversville
and Detroit.
J. Don Alexander, president of Alexander
Film Co. and chairman of the board of General
Screen Advertising, came here for talks
with his eastern staff at the 500 Fifth Ave.
office . . . William F. Rodgers, MGM vicepresident
and general sales manager, will
attend the June 13 graduation of his sons
William Parrell and Thomas Edward at
Georgetown University. About a week later
he will head for the coast for studio conferences
. J. Bamberger, RKO sales
promotion manager, attended the TOA of
New Jersey convention at Passaic. He previously
attended the convention of the ITO
of Arkansas.
Thomas J. Bennett, controller of the Paramount
European division, sailed for Paris
with Mrs. Bennett. His visit here was a
combined honeymoon and business trip . . .
Ted Harbert of the MGM studio publicity
department flew back to the coast. He had
accompanied Peter Lawford from the coast
to the Cleveland bond celebration. Lawford
also went to Hollywood after a stopover in
Chicago . G. Weinberg, advertising-publicity
director of Lopert Films, has
been named American correspondent of
Filmkunst, new quarterly magazine published
by Amandus-Verlag in Vienna. He also cortry
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JOE HORNSTEIN has them
responds for Sight and Sound, British Film
Institute organ, and La Revue du Cinema,
Paris.
Sol Handwerger of MGM Records addressed
the New England exhibitor convention May
25 at Boston . P. Byrne, MGM eastern
sales manager, and Jay Eisenberg of
the legal department returned from Boston
Rossano and Mrs. Brazzi left by plane
. . .
for Stromboli where he will make a film
Marilyn Maxwell
for William Dleterle . . .
and Chill Wills appeared in the stage show
that opened May 26 at the Capitol . . . Claude
and Mrs. Rains arrived from their home in
Downington. Pa.
Syd Gross, Film Classics advertising-publicity
head, and Borden Mace, associate producer
of Louis DeRochemont's "Lost Boun-
. . .
daries," met with Reader's Digest officials
to work out promotional ideas for the film
H. Hicks of Loew's International
returned from a visit to Canada, and Reginald
Wilson, MGM salesman, came from
Toronto for home office conferences
William B. Zoellner's short subjects tour
took him to San Francisco, Los Angeles and
Salt Lake City.
Ed Hinchy, head of the Warner Bros, playdate
department, returned to New York May
25 from New Haven . H. Hicks of
Loew's International has returned from Canada
. Wilson, MGM salesman
in Toronto, arrived in New York May 24 for
home office conferences.
Robert D. Hadley, art director for Eagle
Lion, has been elected president of the Bergen
County Players of Teaneck, N. J. Hadley,
a former actor, has been a member of the
repertory stock company for six years . . .
Thomas Hodge, director of films and publications
for the British Information Services in
New York, sailed for England on the Mauretania.
He will retm-n to New York in September
. Kanin, playwright and
former screenwriter; his wife Ruth Gordon,
the actress and playwiight, and Sir Sydney
Clift, British exhibitor, arrived in New York
on the Queen Elizabeth.
J. F. O'Brien, RCA theatre equipment section
sales manager, is visiting distributors in
major cities between Pittsburgh and Chicago
Jules K. Chapman, assistant general sales
. . .
manager of Film Classics, left May 25 for
visits to Chicago, Milwaukee, Minneapolis and
Omaha . . Phyllis Calvert, British actress,
arrived May 26 en route to Hollywood to resume
work with Paramoimt
Calvet, French actress, is here from Hollywood
on her first visit in two years . . Ann
.
Ronell, lyricist and composer, will go to
London with her husband Lester Cowan after
completing work on "Oh Susannah" (UA^ in
New York . Dick is another here
on a vacation who hasn't seen the city in
several years.
Fay Baker will appear as Raymond Massey's
wife in "Chain Lightning" for Warners.
Eleanor Parker is co-starred.
Youngslown Dispute
Goes to Two Courts
NEW YORK—Two court
actions have developed
out of the joint efforts of Warner
Bros, and Shea Enterprises to break off
their joint theatre operations in Youngstown,
Ohio. The breakup is necessary as a
result of the antitrust case decree.
Warner Bros, appealed to the U.S. district
court in Cleveland and Shea chose the New
York supreme court.
The pooling agreement signed June 1,
1933, covers the Warner Theatre, a 2,594-seat
first run Warner Bros, house; the Park
Theatre, a 1,333-seat Shea Enterprise house,
and the Paramount Theatre, a 1,506-seat first
rim house leased by the Harold Theatre Co.,
a 50-50 Warner-Shea partnership. Shea operates
the Paramount and Park; Warners, the
Warner, and the profits of the three theatres
are divided. The agreement expires in 1956.
In Cleveland, Warners has asked the court
to order the following settlement: Warners
to resume full control over the Warner Theatre
and its profits; Shea to resume full control
over the Park and its profits, and the
Paramount Theatre is to be sold and the
selling price divided between the partners.
Shea has opposed this settlement, and in
its complaint with the New York supreme
court has contended that it is "inequitable"
because the joint operation has improved the
status of the Warner Theatre at the expense
of the Park.
Shea has asked the New York court to order
a settlement that will divide the assets of
the three theatres equally between the partners,
and place the joint operation of the
three theatres in the hands of a receiver
until the division has been carried out.
Warners will reply within two weeks.
More Than 2,000 Blonds
Enter 20th-Fox Contest
NEW YORK—More than 2,000
blonds from
New York, New Jersey and Connecticut
submitted their photographs in the 20th
Century-Fox Most Beautiful Blond contest
which ended at midnight Thursday (26).
The winner, who will be selected the evening
of June 2 on the stage of the Roxy
Theatre, where "The Beautiful Blonde From
Bashful Bend" opened May 27, will receive
an all-expense paid air trip and a one-week
vacation at the Hotel Nacional de Cuba, Havana.
She also will receive a wardrobe created
by leaders in the fashion world, including
shoes by Delman, hat by Lily Dache,
gown by Valentina, handbag by Koret, hosiery
by Gotham, a Vogue jewelry set and a
Sallis hatbox. Runnersup among the 16 finalists
will receive a Lady Esther makeup kit,
a Polaroid camera, a Perle gold wristwatch
and an Emerson portable radio.
Future Magazine Award
Jennifer Jones Receives
NEW YORK—Jennifer Jones
IN-A-CAR SPEAKERS
FOR NEW JOBS
OR REPLACEMENTS
DRIVE-IN THEATRE MFG. CO. ^^k.c',"mT'
has received
the career accomplishment award of Future
magazine, published by the U.S. Junior Chamber
of Commerce. It is the first time the
magazine has made its award to an actor or
actress. Its July issue will survey the acting
profession and describe the career of Miss
Jones. She will receive the plaque on location
in England when she begins work in
"Gone to Earth" for David O. Selznick.
36 BOXOFFICE :: May 28, 1949