Boxoffice-December.02.1950

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DISTRIBUTE COIN BOXES—Youngsters
assisted Variety Club members in
distributing containers to Albany stores
and mercantile establishments in the
annual Denial week campaign to raise
825,000 for the operation of the Variety-
Albany Boys Club Camp Thacher for
needy kids. Standing in the back are
left to right Ed Maloney, Paramount
manager, and Gene Vogel, U-I manager,
in charge of the distribution.
VIRGINIA
Cympathy to Charles M. Smith, manager of
the Bristol Lee. on the recent death of his
father-in-law . . . Margaret Barr, Lee cashier,
is on leave and was replaced by Mary Nell
Moore, formerly candy attendant . . . Ogden
Case, former usher at the Bristol Cameo,
was recently promoted to doorman . . . Archer
Eades, Cameo operator, attended the football
game in the Burley Bowl in Johnson
City, Tenn.
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Winifred Gillenwater, city manager for
Wilby-Kincey Theatres in Bristol, opened
"Tripoli" with cooperation of marines and
VFW Poppy day ballyhoo Rogers,
manager of the Bristol Shelby and Columbia,
was away recently on a hunting trip. He also
journeyed to Washington for a booking session
Jimmy Washburn, sound engineer
. . . for Neighborhood, was checking over the projection
equipment in the Cameo and Lee .
Wendell Johnes, manager of the Dalton, Pulaski,
was in Bristol moving his family .
Frank Bowling, city manager for Neighborhood's
Cameo and Lee, called on John Conner,
city manager at Pulaski Theatres.
Plaza at Peraskie, Pa.,
Is Destroyed by Fire
PERASKIE, PA.—The Plaza Theatre, a
450-seater, was destroyed by fire only a short
time after hundreds of persons left the building
following the last show Sunday (26).
The screen, stage and sound equipment
were a complete loss. The blaze, according
to firemen, apparently started in a ventilating
duct at the roof level and spread into the
theatres. Bernard Hines, owner, was informed
of the fire as he reached home after
spending the day pumping water from the
basement of the Selvil Theatre in SellersvUle,
which he also owns. The Selvil was flooded
during the heavy rainstorm last Saturday.
PHILADELPHIA
The recent storm which swept across the
east did considerable damage to many
theatres. The roof was blown off of the
Orpheum in Orwigsburgh, Pa. Other theatres
closed by storm damage are the Florence
in Florence, N. J.; North Camden, Camden,
N. J.; Martin, Roxy and Garden theatres
in Lock Haven, Pa., and the Victoria,
The big wind broke
Jersey Shore, Pa. . . .
the plate glass windows of National Screen
Service.
The Penn in South Philadelphia closed,
but may reopen December 23 if business
picks up . Frolic Theatre is closed
while a heating system is being installed.
Vandals in the neighborhood have damaged
the theatre's marquee . Weitman,
U-I salesman, will be
married Sunday (3)
Carmen Theatre
has dropped vaudeville
shows and
switched to double features
. . . New officers
of Variety Tent 13 are
Ted Schlanger, chief
barker; Victor H.
Blanc, first assistant;
Ralph Pries, second
assistant; Norman Silverman,
property master;
Cecil Felt, house Ted Schlanger
chairman, and Edward Emanuel, membership
committee chairman.
The contractors on the Midtown Theatre
project of William Goldman are working
day and night to have the theatre ready
for a gala opening December 23. The event
will be spotlighted by the world premiere
of "The Goldbergs."
Arguments on the motion of Independent
Poster Exchanges of Philadelphia, Washington,
Chicago and Charlotte for summary
judgment in their monoply suit will be
heard Monday (11) . . .
Eddie Gabriel clams
that Capital exchange is the first one on
the street for the 35th year to decorate for
Christmas. Capital is distributing a 26-
minute feature on the Royal Canadian
Mounted Police entitled "The Connors Murder
Case."
Rose Shapiro, ELC biller, says she is available
for singing engagements at all types
Sandy Gottlieb,
of entertainment functions . . .
ELC manager, is making preparations
to establish a home here for his family
Sylvia Snyderman has replaced Irving
. . .
Loomis in S-W's billing department. Another
new girl there is Harriet Fingerote.
The Motion Picture Associates committees
for 1950-51 follows: Welfare, Joe Engel, chairman;
Meyer Adelman. William Doyle and
Soeg Horowitz; membership, Ben Bache.
Harry Blumberg and Norman Silverman;
entertainment, Nat Ro.sen. Dick Doherty,
Harry Freedman and Mel Koff; publicity,
Mike Weiss, George Nonamaker; finance.
Jack Beresin, Moe Koppleman and Lou
Formato; constitution and bylaws, Al Cohen,
Al Davis and Max Gillis; publication, David
Titleman, Milt Young and Joe Schaeffer.
HARRISBURG
n big event at the Rio recently was a party
for 1,800 children, staged by Manager
Francis DeVerter. He also held a conte.st
in which 15 boys released 15 gas-filled balloons
containing instruction cards. Finders
were to return the balloons to the theatre
for $10 in cash . Colonial gave a
special preview of "No Way Out" for representatives
of city organizations. Manager
Jack O'Rear was publicity director for the
recent appearance of Elmer Wheeler, lecturer
. . . The Jack D. O'Rears are parents
of their first child, a boy named Dennis.
Sam Oilman, manager of Loew's Regent,
promoted "To Please a Lady" by several
stunts. He ran a newspaper contest offering
prizes and passes to women for the ten best
short rules on how they'd like to be pleased
and the men who know best how to please
the women. He had a tieup with a city
Ford dealer in which three girls toured the
city in new cars. Cooperative advertising
was arranged with the same dealer and the
Firestone representative . . . Dennis Coholan
(4) . . .
Judge Kirkpatrick's opinion in the Boulevard
Drive-In case against the eight majors
contains some interesting dicta to the effect
that clearance policies of distributors are
after a Philadelphia trip.
reasonable restraints of trade only if they
are flexible in character. Spokesmen for
distributors in this area reveal that they
have foreseen such a judicial view. They
are trying to guard themselves by scheduling
pictures according to actual playdates
rather than clearances 307 of
.
projectionists will elect new officers Monday
The girls of 20th-Fox staff gave a
luncheon and shower for Eleanor Cohen, contract
clerk.
of 20th-Fox visited Harrisburg exhibitors . . .
Mark Rubinsky, owner of the Rubinsky circuit,
was back in his office in the Uptown
Opening in Philadelphia
Set for 'The Goldbergs'
NEW YORK—Paramount will open "The
Goldbergs" December 23 at the Midtown
Theatre, Philadelphia. Gertrude Berg, star
of the film, will arrive three days before the
opening to aid radio, television and newspaper
promotion.
Treasury Plugs 'Harvey'
NEW YORK—The U.S. Treasury's payroll
bond division has created a four-color poster
on U-I's "Harvey," which shows the partial
head of a rabbit with the line, "Give an Ear
to Harvey and His Good Advice," as well as a
still of James Stewart, the star. Thirty-five
thousand copies will be distributed to banks,
business offices and industrial plants in 75
key cities.
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