Boxoffice-11.04.1950

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ISube Perlman took over as manager of the
Lippert exchange when his predecessor,
J. E. Fontaine, left for Washington where
he is now Lippert manager
Wakeley of the Limelite Theatre, Woodville,
has acquired the Del-Lu Theatre in Gibsonburg
from the pioneer exhibitor, D. B. Pollett.
Follett, who has been an exhibitor for
the past 40 years, is retiring because of poor
health . . . Howard Reif of the Essick & Reif
circuit drove his mother to Miami to open
their winter home. During the rest of the
sea.son he will commute between Cleveland
and Miami each month.
. . . Joe
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lr\-ing Shenker of Berlo Vending Co. heard
from his father Max, who is wintering in
Florida, that in the recent blow a tree fell
on his car and smashed the top of it. No
one was in the car at the time
Leavitt, projectionist at the Colony Theatre,
and Mrs. Leavitt have left for their annual
winter season in Florida B. Horwitz,
Washington circuit general manager, and
his granddaughter. Marcia Miller, were in
Columbus over the weekend to attend the
OSU-Iowa football game and to participate
in Dad's day festivities. His son Lewis is
a student at OSU.
Jim Levitt has been promoted by Universal-
International branch manager Lester Zucker
from booker to salesman. He takes over for
George Flynn who resigned to enter the
Carl Boss, assistant
insurance business . . .
manager at LoNet Theatre, Wellington, accompanied
his boss, Frank Slavic, on a getacquainted
tour of exchanges last w«ek . . .
Jack Share, former local exhibitor currently
living in Florida, was around with Bert
Schoonmaker of Toledo and hinted that he
might soon acquire some local business interests
. . . Alan Wieder, RKO exploiteer
with headquarters in Cleveland the past
seven months, received transfer orders this
week. He goes to Seattle with coverage of
Seattle, Portland and Vancouver.
Max Mink, RKO district manager, has
added a stage show at the RKO Palace
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Theatre for the week of November 23. the
second flesh engagement of the fall season.
Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scout revue will
be the attraction, with Bill Lawrence, Billy
Gilbert and the Beachcombers. On the screen
will be the Mickey Rooney picture. "He's a
Cockeyed Wonder" .
local theatres
which resumed full time operations in September,
are back on a weekend basis. They
are the Union, a Selected Theatres circuit
house, and the Milo. owned and operated
by Mrs. Ben Fain . . . Jack Walsh, former
MGM city salesman, has opened a beverage
shop on Pearl road near the Broadvue Theatre
. . . Frank Drew, longtime local MGM
manager, and Mrs. Drew are now located at
2641 Westwood Blvd., Los Angeles 64. Mrs.
Drew, writing to the Jack Soggs, reports that
Drew is in much better health.
. . . Scott
Thanksgiving turkey giveaways are coming
back at local theatres. They will be given
away at the Hilliard Square, Shore and
Fairview theatres, among others
Lett of Western Adventure Pictures conferred
with Mannie Stutz and Bob Snyder
of Realart Pictures . . Julius Lamm, Uptown
.
Theatre manager, is back from New
York where he attended the Warner clubs
directors meeting . Manager Jerry
Wechsler's son. Dr. Harry Wechsler of Pittsburgh,
has been ordered to report for duty
at San Antonio.
Al Sunshine of Advanads had high praise
for the way the Louisville exhibitors convention
was handled. He was enthusiastic
over the arrangements of displays in the
.
M. H. Fritchle, Oliver
convention hall . . .
Theatre Supply Co. manager, was back at his
desk after an absence of several weeks. Following
attendance at the TESMA convention,
he visited his relatives in Colorado
United Nations week was celebrated at
Loew's Stillman and the Esquire Theatre by
showing UN shorts, distributed by Realart.
Visitors last week included George Planck
of Loudenville; Jerry Anderson of the Union
Theatre. Richwood; Harry Crim. City Theatre.
Bergholz; the Spaynes of Akron, and
Joe Robins, Paul Ellis and Pete Rufo of
Carl Wilgus, former
Warren and Niles . . .
projectionist at the Grand Theatre, West
Mansfield which has been closed some time,
has opened the house and is operating it full
time . . . Jack and Mrs. Gertz of the Jack
L. Gertz Enterprises were in New York on
a business and pleasure trip.
Pete Wood, ITOO secretary, says he has
copies of the Ohio department of taxation's
rule No. 19-24 on drive-in theatre property
taxation, which he will furnish upon request
for Al Sunshine's Advanads displays
at the November exhibitor conventions.
Sunshine will attend the Indianapolis gathering
November 13, 14. His salesman. Bud
Fox, will represent the company with a display
at the St. Louis convention on the
same date while the Charlotte exhibitor
meeting will have J. Schrader of the Charlotte
Poster Co. on hand.
There was a good representation of film
folks at the Parma Heights church last
Saturday (21) at the wedding of Gertrude
Tracy, manager of the Parma Theatre, and
Oleo Reynolds. The ceremony was followed
by a reception at the home of Arthur (Film
Transit Co.i and Mrs. Marchand. Among
those present were Mr. and Mrs. James Kalafat,
Howard Reif, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Haley,
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Gertz and Elsie Loeb.
McArthur Supply Leads
Detroit Nightingales
DETROIT—Teams in
the Nightingale club
bowling league, made up of local projectionists,
are off to an even start in the annual
contest, with McArthur Theatre Equipment
holding a narrow lead and Ernie Forbes
and National Carbon tied for second. New
team standings are:
Team Won Lost
Lost
McArthur 14 S 10
Brenkert 10
Ernie Forbes .13 7 Local 199 10 10
Natl Carbon 13 7 Lorenzen 6 14
9 National Supply 3 17
Leaders in each division: Division 1, Jack
Colwell 180, Gilbert Light 176; Division 2,
Edgar Douville 169, Don Lewis 168; Division
3, Carl Larsen 160. Cecil Cox 157; Division
4, Ray Gagnon 148, Melvin Donlon 142.
National Theatre Leads
In Cincinnati League
CINCINNATI—With the season still young, 1
National Theatre Supply continues in the
lead of the Theatrical bowling league. George
Leftwich led the Midwest Theatre Supply
team with 564 total and D. Feighery of
Monte Vista Theatre had a high single score
of 216.
Team Won Lost Team Won Lost
National 14 1 RCA 7 8
Monte Vista 12 3 Keiths 6 9
Stagehands 5 .12 3 Altec 4 11
Midwest 10 5 Berlo 2 13
Wiethe Theatres 7 8 Idle Hour 1 14
J. E. Fontaine Awarded
Gold Card in Variety
CLEVELAND—J. E. Fontaine, Lippert Productions
manager here for the last six
months, was awarded a gold life membership
card in the Variety Clubs of America before
he took over management of Lippert's Washington
office. He was a founder of the club
and was responsible for the name. Rube
Perlman, former sales representative for
Eagle Lion, succeeds Fontaine in Cleveland.
Fontaine's card was the 11th gold card
issued. Others who have been awarded the
cards are John Harris, James Balmer, Ralph
Harrison, George Lai, John McGreevey, Dave
Brown. John Morin, Jack White, Harold
Dunne and John J. Maloney.
ITOO to Support COMPO
COLUMBUS — Directors of Independent
Theatre Owners of Ohio m a meeting last
week agreed to go along with National Allied
for one year in supporting COMPO. Dues
are on the basis of one-tenth of 1 per cent
of film rentals paid by exhibitors and are
being collected by the distributing companies,
which will match dues paid by the
exhibitor.
To Star in 'No Questions Asked'
Aiiene Dalil will star with Barry Sullivan,
George Murphy and Jean Hagen in MGM's
"No Questions Asked."
92 BOXOFFICE November 4, 1950