Boxoffice-December.02.1950

% New England Tent 23
Elects New Board
BOSTON—The Variety Tent 23 of New
England has elected the following crew members:
Walter Brown. Max Levenson, Arthur
Lockwood, James Marshall, Martin Mullin,
Samuel Pinanski, Michael Redstone, Louis
Richmond, Benn Rosenwald, Meyer Stanzler
and Phil Smith. This group, along with five
past chief barkers—Louis Gordon, E. Harold
Stoneman. Joe Cifre. Murray Weiss and John
Dervin—will elect 1951 officers at a meeting
in December. Delegates elected to the Variety
International convention next spring are
Stoneman and Bob Sternberg with Weiss and
Cifre as alternates.
Showing of A-Bomb Reel
Is Viewed as Civic Duty
BOSTON—Stanton H. Davis, booker at
RKO, sent out the following letter to his
accounts:
"I am sending this letter to you as an
officer in the United States air force reserves
rather than as an RKO booker. I consider
this as part of my civic duty as well as
part of my job.
"On September 29, RKO released a 20-
minute subject entitled 'You Can Beat the
A-Bomb.' I need not say too much concerning
this subject as the title describes the
subject matter very completely. We all know
how much the controlling of the atom bomb
means to our very existence. With the world
in the present condition, we are all aware
of the possibilities that exist.
"It is most urgent that you play this tworeeler
immediately upon its availability to
your theatre and once again become a
leader in your community serving the public."
'Lucky' Rating Is Raised;
May Run in Providence
PROVIDENCE — "Third Time Lucky,"
scheduled for presentation at Loew's State recently,
but banned by the local police censor,
may still be shown here. A new twist to the
situation, which raised considerable furore resulting
in newspaper editorials and public
forums, came about when the Legion of
Decency which originally gave the picture a
C rating, changed it to Class B or "objectionable
in part."
It will be interesting to see if local censorship
authorities now permit it to be licensed
for showing here. That has been the custom
in the past, with "Volpone" and "Forever
Amber" as two examples.
Showman's Son and Actor
To Connecticut Offices
HARTFORD — The 1950 state elections
found State Treasurer Joseph Adorno, Republican,
being re-elected, and former actor
named governor of Connecticut. Adorno is a
son of Sal Adorno sr.. owner and operator
of the Palace Theatre, Middletown. Elected
governor was Congressman John Davis Lodge,
formerly of motion picture roles. He defeated
Governor Chester Bowles (Dem.), former
partner in the New York advertising
agency of Benton & Bowles.
BOSTON
T eon Brandt, head of exploitation, advertising
and publicity for ELC was here working
on "The. Sun Sets at Dawn," which will
open at the Paramount and Fenway December
7, with Jack Saef. Joe Mansfield and
Charlie Barron, publicists . , . Charlie Wilcox,
Orleans Theatre, Orleans, made his first appearance
in the district following his release
from the Evans Memorial hospital where he
was under observation for two weeks. Others
on the Row were Elihu Glass, Majestic,
West Springfield; Ned Eisner, Cameo, TJxbridge,
who reports that his new drive-in in
Uxbridge has closed for the season after a
successful first year; Joe Liss, who has taken
over the Astor, Lawrence; Spero Latchis,
Latchis circuit; Curtis Morse, Lafayette,
Haverhill, and Irving Dunn, Granite Square,
Manchester, N. H.
Barbara Lally, secretary to Morris Master
Motion Picture Co., took a leave for two
months and is now touring England, France,
Switzerland and Italy . . . Kenneth Mayer has
rejoined U-I as salesman in the Rhode Island
Alan Strulson of New
territory . . . York has been appointed a salesman at 20th-
Fox with his territory unassigned as yet . . .
At MGM, the western Massachusetts territory
has been given to Joe Rahilly, formerly a
booker, while Gerald McGowan has been
transferred from the Indianapolis territory as
Joseph Rathgeb. former booker at
a booker.
Monogram and Motion Picture Sales, also
has joined the booking staff at Metro.
The Beacon Hill Theatre's Thanksgiving
day picture was "The Golden Salamander,"
accompanied by a two-reeler "The Moor's
Pavane" which had its American premiere
here. Charles Barron of ELC was in on publicity
for "Salamander," arranging a luncheon
for the film critics before the press
screening . . . "The MGM Story" which was
screened at the TOA convention in Houston,
was shown at an invitation screening at
Loew's State. A sound technician came along
with the film to insure its proper handling.
The picture ran about 40 minutes and the
MGM offices were closed for an hour and a
half that day to enable the office staff to
see it. Also invited were the film critics,
radio and press reporters.
married on the Isle
The engagement has been announced of
with the U.S. army during World War II.
Elaine Gaetani, secretary to E. M. Loew, to
Robert Newhook, publicity director of Loew's
Theatres in Boston, with a wedding
Piper Laurie to Star
date set
for February 24. Elaine, the daughter of Dr.
Co-starring with Donald O'Connor in U-I's
and Mrs. Arthur Gaetani lives in Milton,
"Francis Goes to the Races" will be Piper
Laurie.
while Newhook, a Boston university graduate,
class of 1950, resides in Mattapan. Following
a honeymoon into the Canadian Rockies, the
couple will live in Boston, with Elaine resuming
her position at the E. M. Loew circuit.
Mrs. N. Peter Rathvon, producer of "The
Sun Sets at Dawn" which will have its world
premiere at the Paramount and Fenway Theatres
on December 7, will come to Boston for
the opening, accompanied by Philip Shawn,
who has a featured part in the film, and Leon
Brandt, exploitation head of Eagle-Lion
Classics. Joe Mansfield, ELC publicist, is
arranging press and radio interviews for Mrs.
Rathvon.
Roy E. Heffner and his son Roy, jr. each
bagged a buck deer on their latest hunting
trip in the wilds of Moosehead, Maine. They
strapped the bucks on either side of their
auto fenders and caused great interest in the
district when they drove along Church Street
with the unusual display . . . John McGrail,
Universal publicist, has gone to New York to
visit the home office for a few days.
Lou Novins of Paramount Pictures, New
York, will speak at the national convention
of the Kappa Nu fraternity to be held at
the Somer.set hotel here December 24. Leon
Levenson, manager of ATC's candy and vending
department, is serving on the convention
committee. Levenson, a 1928 Harvard graduate,
is an old friend of Novins who graduated
from Boston university in 1929. Other
industryites who are members of the fraternity
are Ted Fleisher, Interstate Theatres;
Harold Gordon, manager of ATC's Waltham
Theatre, and Sam Resnick, Playhouse, Andover.
Ken Prickett of Smith Management Co.,
former MGM publicist here, has returned to
his Quincy home after nearly five months
in the midwest, where he is a district manager
for Philip Smith's drive-in theatres.
He will remain in New England through the
Christmas holidays.
Jack Hauser, president and business agent
of Local 96 of the Worcester projectionists
union, has retired after 30 years as head of
that union . . . Charles H. Parker, projectionist
at the Capitol, Allston, and a member
of Local 182, has retired after 40 years of
service. He will live in New Hampshire where
he has bought a house near Exeter. Another
veteran projectionist of Local 182 has retired.
John H. Mason, operator of the Seville, East
Boston, an ATC theatre, resigned after 25
years of service and will live quietly in
Allston with his family. Ralph K. Jordan,
projectionist at the Franklin Park Theatre,
died at his home.
H. A. Tuccis Celebrate
BRIDGEPORT. CONN. — Henry A. Tucci
of the Poll staff, and his wife Anne celebrated
their fifth wedding anniversary. They were
of Capri while Tucci was
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ASSOCIATES
Theatre Specialities in
Remodeling and
Redecorating
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