g HART D. MARTIN said Martin Theatres planned to build a number of drive-ins in Florida, Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee. Sites have been purchased and construction will start as soon as possible. Sites are at Dalton, Dawson, Washington, Manchester, Baxley, Monroe. Winder, Valdosta and Columbus, all in Georgia; at Evergreen, Opelika, Phenix City and Dothan, all in Alabama; at Port St. Joe and Starke, Fla., and at Etowah, Tenn. Three of the drive-ins are under construction now and are expected to be completed in about four weeks. They are a 200-car sitution at Starke. Fla.; a 400-car drive-in at Valdosta, Ga., and a 700-car theatre at Columbus, Ga. With the completion of these open-airers, Martin Theatres will have two drive-ins operating at Valdosta and two at Columbus. BEATS .By HARRY HART. Ronnie Otwell, editor of the Martin Tipster, is the father of a son named Ronnie jr., born October 3. Otwell said that the circuit IN A SPECIAL TRAILER HURRY! Chicige, Illinois FILIvlACK 630 Ninth Ave. New York, N.Y. For all your theatre needs THE QUEEN TESTURE SERVrCE; INC 1912'/4 Morris Avenue Birmingham 3, Alabama SPACABB AUTOMATIC DHINK MACHINES- MINIATURE TRAINS P..0-. At 9595 ' P0 8o< 580 ATLANTA.S* SNOW CONE & ICE CREAM UNITS ^"Dittrihutort oi Recreation and KthtAmtnt Zquipmtnt in the South"— ^ff^mmy^
George Eitel, city manager for Gortowsky Bros. Theatres, Albany, Ga., said there was a shortage of projectionists in that city due to expansions of war contracts. Several of his regular operators also have been called into the armed services. Eitel said that the firm's drive-in at Albany would try to remain open all winter. The Albany Theatre was sporting new rubber matting on the lobby entrance, supplied by National Floor Covering Co. Adolph Gortowsky, head of the circuit, said he had been enjoying very good health and that he thought business at his theatres was about normal. * « * L. T. Sheffield of the Capitol Drive-In and the Slappey Drive-ins said his firm is handling accounts and booking for theatres at Headland, Ala., Hartford, Ala., and Bonifay, Fla. Howard Schuessler is acting as booking agent. The firm played the "Jackie Robinson Story" at the Slappey Drive-In and admitted Negroes to the second show. * * * Nat M. Williams of Interstate Enterprises at Thomasville, Ga., was working in his greenhouse on the grounds of the drive-in, where he has his offices. Nat prides himself on his "green thumb" evidenced by the perfection of landscaping at the open-airer. Nat jr. was injured seriously while returning from a football game at Chapel Hill, N. C, when the car in which he was riding had a blowout and overturned. He will be confined in the hospital at Thomasville for several more weeks, but it is reported that his condition is improving. * * * The elder Williams said that he arranged for a fund-raising campaign for the hospital in Thomasville in connection with the Movietime U.S.A. celebration and that a nice sum was raised. At the Alimar Theatre in Live Oak, Fla., Manager L. D. Vaughn was busy with a crowd of children. He played "Alice in Wonderland" at a morning show at 9:30 a. m. and 12;30 for school children of the county. Those from a distance were brought in by school buses and included both white and Negro students. Bob Cannon was preparing to take his son Robert jr. on a camping trip when I called. Install In-Car Heaters CHATTANOOGA, TENN.—The Red Bank Drive-In, suburban ozoner, has been equipped with Little Inferno in-car heaters for the fall and winter season. Carl "Killer" Davis, wrestler, will play the role of a racketeer in MGM's "Young Man in a Hurry." Pan by Biniord Boom for Picture! Memphis—Ward Bond, touring with the Movietime stars, had a few pointed remarks to make while here. Noting the fact that Memphis censor board chairman Lloyd T. Binford had just ordered some scenes out of "David and Bathsheba," Bond said that when Binford cracks down on a picture in Memphis, it booms business for the picture everywhere else. ATLANTA Three Community Chest workers were injured when a 16-foot 2x4 fell from a scaffold su.spended three stories up on the building occupied by Monogram, Capital City Supply, the Joiner booking office and the Kay and Astor exchanges. P. H. Savin of Monogram gave first aid. . . . George Visitors on the Row: Paul Engler, Birmingham; Hugh Martin. Leesburg. Fla.; George Odium, Cleveland, Tenn.: Mrs. Margaret Storey, Warrenton, Ga.; M. C. Hortman, Louisville, Ala.; W. W. Fincher. Chattsworth, Ga.; Bobby Cobb, Richards Theatre, Fayette. Ala.; M. M. Osman, Strand, Covington; John Hackney, Porterdale, Ga.; Mrs. Wallace Smith, Gem, Barnesville; Otis Hudgins, Thomaston, Ga.; Stanley Rosenbaum, Muscle Shoals, Florence, Ala.; Bill Yarbough, Emily, Hartwell; Walter Morris, Knoxville; Mose Lebovitz. Chattanooga; Bill Griffin, Culman; Mr. and Mrs. Tate, Boaz, Ala., and Paul Gaston of Griffin, Ga. Edna Lamb of MGM and Sam Brown of Decatur will be married soon Head and his Blue Ridge Mountain Boys have signed with the Martin circuit . . Ira . Stone of RKO, Bill Kelley of U-I, Ed Brauer of Republic and Rube Joiner of Joiner Booking Service attended the annual convention of the Florida Motion Picture Exhibitors Ass'n in Jacksonville this week. Tommy Thompson of Martin Thompson Theatres, Hawkinsville, recently entertained Nelson Towler of Lippert, and Ruddy Lehman, circuit booker, with an exhibition of his prowess as a follower of Izaak Walton by catching six bass in six successive casts at Tommy's private lake near Hawkinsville. However, Rudy and Nelson did not feel too badly as they caught four bass each while fishing with red wigglers. Visitors on the Row: W. W. Fincher, Fox Theatres, Chatsworth, Ga.; Harry Hardeman, Community Tlieatre. Trion; A. L. Shepard, Grand, Waynesville; Ebb Duncan and Clyde Sampler, Carrolton; Ernest Martin, Grand, Montezuma; Mrs. Carolyn White, Blair, Blairsville; W. W. Hammond, Marshall Drive- In, and Col. Thomas E. Orr, Albertville, and Al Allen. Dan Dee Drive-In, Columbia Tenn. . . . Jack Dumestre sr. of the Southeastern Theatre Supply Co. went to California on a vacation "Seven Days to Noon," which played in the Peachtree Arts Theatre, deals with civil defense. It is distributed by Wallace Film Exchange, 109 Walton St. . . . Cliff Wilson of ABC booking agency returned from a visit to Memphis, his former home, where he met friends that he had not seen in the past ten years. Cliff also attended a Movietime meeting held in the Marion hotel at Little Rock. ABC has moved in its new quarters in Jacksonville, Fla., room 12, 137 East Forsyth St. Betty Whitmire of the Atlanta office has been transferred there assist Bud Chalman. to Herman King, producer of "Drums in the Deep South," was here working with pubhcity men on the Atlanta premiere . . . Floyd Stowe, now operating a booking agency in Jacksonville, was here renewing old acquaintances . . . Friends of R. A. Dye of the Monteagle (Tenn.) Theatre will be happy to know he is recuperating after a serious operation and soon will be up and about again. His partner, Mrs. Ted Van Wagner, has done a very good job of rurvning the theatre in view of the fact her home is in Chattanooga and the theatre is 54 miles away and over mountain roads. Bayou Drive-In Incorporates BATON ROUGE—Bayou Theatres, Inc., a drive-in theatre, 714 Louisiana National bank building, filed articles of incorporation with the office of the secretary of state, listing capital stock at $50,000. Memphis Beauty Wins 'Deep South' Contest ATLANTA—Barbara Bracewell, 18-year-old brunette from Memphis, Tenn., won the title of Southern Belle and prizes including a Barbara Bracewell, left, winner of the Southern Belle contest conducted in Atlanta and other southern cities in connection with the premiere of "Drums in the Deep South," is shown at left above with Barbara Payton, star of the film, and Franehot Tone, Miss Payton's husband. Christmas week visit to London and Paris and a seven-year Hollywood contract. Nosing out ten other beauties representing the original states of the Conferderacy, Miss Bracewell was chosen on the stage of the Rialto here Wednesday (17) at the climax of the premiere of "Drums in the Deep South." Runnerup in the competition was Dorothy Snow, 20. of Chattanooga, Tenn. Miss Bracewell, a five-foot-six-inch beauty with blue eyes and black half, is a member of Alpha Delta Pi sorority at Memphis State college. Maurice and Hyman King of King Bros. Productions studio, which made "Drums in the Deep South," and representatives of RKO, distributor of the film, assured Miss Bracewell that she had many attributes to contribute to success in motion pictures. The contest was sponsored by the American Cancer Society. Georgia division, for which a sizable donation was netted from the film premiere. In language schools throughout Norway motion picture films are used for teaching English and French. BOXOFFICE : : October 27, 1951 69
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