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CONNECTICUT GOLFERS DINE—Some of the men who joined in the annual golf
tournament of the MPTO of Connecticut at New Haven walked out with a raft of
prizes. Seated, left to right: George Wilkinson, Albert Pickus, Marshall Baldwin, Capt.
WiUiam Schatzman, Tom Wilson and James Reardon. Standing: Carl Goe, Henry
Germaine, Harry Rosenblatt, Max Hoffman, Barney Pitkin, B. E. Hoffman, Herman
Levy and Sam Weber.
HARTFORD
rjan Schuman, son of the Hartford Theatres
executive, has left for Switzerland
where he will study the violin for a year at
the Geneva Conservatory of Music. He has
been a student at the Julius Hartt School of
Music, was graduated from Dartmouth college,
and attended the Cummington School
of Art for two seasons .
Mello, Loews
Poll stage manager, spent a few weeks at
Saratoga Springs. N. Y., on his vacation.
. .
Norm Levinson, Loew's Poll assistant,
viewed the featherweight matches at the auditorium
the other night Lee Peigen,
.
Poll student assistant, is back from a Connecticut
shoreline vacation . Gilberto
is the new usherette at the Princess . . . Tom
Grace of the Eastwood has switched his
kiddy film shows from Tuesday afternoons
to Saturday matinee performances.
John D'Amato, manager of the Palace.
Perakos circuit theatre in New Britain, returned
from a vacation in the middle west
... A thief stole the bicycle owned by Peter
Lund of the Palace in Meriden, but is was
recovered shortly afterward . . . Charlie
Aaron, manager of the Victory, New London,
reports resumption of a two-ciay a week
vaudeville policy.
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Elmer Lloyd was relief projectionist at the
Eastwood while Walter Myotka was on the
Jack Gordon of Gordon's entertainment
sick list . . .
bureau checked in from a week's
vacation in upstate New York . Gus Soderberg.
Palace projectionist, is
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home from a
Baltimore vacation Chesky, Palace
student assistan";, intends to vacation in
the south for a few weeks, starting September
29.
Jay Hass, Loew's Poll doorman, is home
Jerry Evans,
from a Detroit vacation . . .
U-I promotion man, covered Hartford,
Bridgeport, New Haven and Norwich on
"Sword in the Desert." He held a meeting
. . .
on the film here with Lou Cohen, Norman
Levinson, Bob Gentner, Lee Feigin and Walter
Chesky of Loew's Hartford theatres
Bill Gilwech, Poll projectionist, and his wife
Martha, are home from a vacation . . .
New
price policy of 12 cents for children and 32
cents for adults during weekday matinees,
and 20 cents for children and 44 cents for
adults on Sundays and evenings has gone into
effect at the Victory in New London. Manager
is Charlie Aaron.
Harry Schwartz is the new doorman at the
Allyn . E. Clark has joined the cashiers
crew at E. M. Loew's . . .
Umberto
Abronzio, E. M. Loew projectionist, returned
from a vacation at Sound View.
.
Estelle O'Toolc, executive secretary to Henry
L. Needles, Hartford district manager for
Warner Theatres,, has returned to her desk,
following a vacation trip to Nantucket Island
.Harry
with her husband and children
Green of the Alexander Film
.
Co. came
through the north.ern Connecticut territory
. . . Tom Carey has recarpeted the office at
Carey Theatrical Enterprises . . . Two bu-thday
parties are on the Grecula famUy schedule
this month with Ernie jr. to mark his first
birthday and Penny to observe her eighth.
Doug Amos of Lockwood & Gordon looked
over the newly opened Danbury Drive-In . . .
Bill Moore, former assistant at the Regal,
is managing this new location. The circuit
plans to continue operations at the new spot
as long as weather permits.
Brookie LeWitt of Glackin & LeWitt Theatres
has launched a new dish giveaway at
the Arch Street in New Britain . . . Joe Borenstein.
Warner Strand manager, reports
starts via station WHAY in New Britain.
James O'Brien of the Rialto is marking his
26th year as a motion picture projectionist
in the Connecticut area. The Hartfordite
joined the ranks of boothmen back in 1923,
when he went to work for the late Charles
L. Repass. Repass at that time operated
one or two night stands in the area and in
1931 moved into the Crown here as manager
for independent interests. O'Brien went
along to the Crown and was assigned projectionist
duties. O'Brien remained at the
Crown until early 1949, when he shifted to
the booth at the Rialto. Repass died in
1947.
On Gershwin Composition
Alan Jay Lerner is writijig an original
screenplay for Metro on the George Gershwin
composition, "An American in Paris."
Zeitz Bros. Renovate
Porlland, Me., Civic
PORTLAND—The Civic Theatre, owned by
the Zeitz Bros, of New Bedford, has been
undergoing complete renovation and redecoration
for the last four months with the
theatre remaining open on its regular schedule.
Most of the work was completed during
the night and early morning hours before
the theatre opened at 11 a. m.
Costing in the neighborhood of $200,000,
the plans and actual work were drawn up
and executed by a crew of workmen, contractors
and artists employed by the Zeitz
circuit of which Harry Zeitz is president.
A feature of the remodeling is the air conditioned
metal boxoffice furnished in upholstered
leather with two ticket machines
handled by two cashiers.
Two huge marquees designed by C. I. Brink
were installed. Inside the house the 250-foot
lobby was replastered and redecorated with
new lighting fixtures, new frames and new
paneled glass doors. All new carpeting was
added as well as new stage fixtures. American
Seating Co. furnished the 2,000 new seats
and the entire house is air conditioned by
York machines.
SPRINGFIELD
pddie Harrison of the Bijou has installed a
new RCA sound system . . .
George E.
Freeman of Loew's Poji is in the midst of an
extensive campaign on a New Movie Season,
with plenty of plugging being accomplished
through newspapers, radio, and merchants in
the interests of forthcoming theatre bookings.
Ed Carroll's Riverside Park-In Theatre in
Agawam is the first^f the Springfield area
drive-ins to close down for the season .
George E. Landers, Hartford division manager,
E, M. Loew circuit, came through on
business.
'Shoes' in 43rd Week
Moves to Copley
Boston—After a record-breaking 43-
week run at the Majestic Theatre "The
Red Shoes" moved to the Copley Theatre
on Copley Square, which was unshuttered
to allow the popular English film
to continue its Boston showing. The same
roadshow price policy continues on the
two-a-day basis. Another Eagle Lion
release, "Quartet," replaced the film at
the Majestic for an extended run.
The Copley Theatre, built by the late
E. E. Clive more than two decades ago,
has not played a picture since "Stairway
to Heaven" in March 1947. Last winter
the Boston Repertory Co. took over the
house for a short season of stock. The
Shubert organization, controller of the
theatre, has made a new entrance to
the theatre from Huntington avenue, allowing
foot traffic from that area as well
as from the frontage on Stuart street.
Mike Cavanaugh, Shubert manager, is
hopeful that "The Red Shoes" is a forerunner
of a series of roadshow film engagements
at this 1,000-seat theatre.
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BOXOFFICE :: September 17, 1949