Boxoffice-November.24.1951

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NEW HAVEN
/^haries Tomasino, former White Way exhibitor;
Robert Elliano of the Colonial,
Walnut Beach; Al Pickus, Stratford Theatre;
John Pavone, Monogram manager;
Harry F. Shaw, Loew's Poll division manager;
Morris Jacobson of the Strand Amusement
Co.; Herman M. Levy, Connecticut
MPTO executive secretary, and Barney Pitkin,
RKO manager, attended the Motion Picture
Pioneers club dinner last week at New
York.
Mrs. Francis Lambert, operator of the 586-
seat Glastonbury since 1949. has joined with
Amalgamated booking and buying service . . .
Norman Ayers, Warner district manager, was
in . . . Phil Gravitz's son Michael will celebrate
his bar mitzvah at Keser Israel December
8 . . . Dave Thibault is the new manager
at the Tower, Waterbury, succeeding
Richard Rein, who has gone into the service
Mahan, who divides his time between
Connecticut and Pennsylvania theatres,
was in Philadelphia to book the Montrose
and White Haven last week.
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Howard in Dixwell and the Rivoli and
Lawrence Fishman theatres are using an
ovenware giveaway . Park in Thomaston
started a dinnerware premium twice a
week . . . Bob Schwartz, Waterbury exhibitor,
is putting up ranch houses as a
The College here has changed
sideline . . .
to a Thursday opening policy of
the Bijou, which has been a weekend house
recently but held "An American in Paris" a
The Warner
full week, is now uncertain . . .
circuit offered midnight shows at 74 cents
admission with sneak previews of coming pictures
at New Haven, Danbury, Bridgeport,
Norwich, New Britain and New London
Wednesday (21).
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Walt Silverman, Columbia manager, left on
a hunting vacation Denny Rich, manager
of the Cameo, is now handling the
Cameo and Bristol . . Sol Popolizio of 20th-
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Fox celebrated a birthday . Lavender
Hill Mob" has been filling the little Lincoln
are theatre here more than two weeks
"Too Young ot Kiss" was pulled from College
at last minute and booked at the Poll
after some exploitation had gone out
Irv Hillman. back in New Haven at
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Roger Sherman as manager after 14 years,
is looking for an apartment for wife and
daughter.
Morris and Joe Shulman, Hartford; Sam
Cornish, Nlantlc; Frances Lambert, Glastonbury;
Roger Mahan and Bob Schwartz,
Waterbury, were among the exhibitors on
Fllmrow.
Warner Theatres Hold
Meeting in Hartford
HARTFORD—Harry Felnstein, zone man-
ager, presided at the Warner Theatres dis-
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trict managers meeting in the Regal Theatre
building. In attendance were J. M. Totman,
John Hesse, zone headquarters; Jim McCarthy,
Strand; Joe Stanwood, Regal, Hartford;
Joe Borenstein, Strand; Joe Miklos,
Embassy. New Britain; Dennis J. Rich,
Cameo, Bristol; Jack Sanson, State, Manchester;
Nick Brickates, Garde, New London,
and Jack Petroskl. Palace. Norwich.
NEWHAMPSHIRE
"The Starway Drive-In in Somersworth has
closed for the season. The management
said the ozoner will resume shows early
next spring ... A series of film programs
has been started for children in Goffstown,
under sponsorship of the Goffstown Chamber
of Commerce. The initial program included
"In Old New Mexico," a cartoon and
two chapters of a serial.
Plans are under way for a revival of the
"Swanzey Historical Pageant," which was
successfully presented in Swanzey 15 years
ago. It will be presented next August 2, 3,
on the grounds once owned by Swanzey's own
Denman Thompson, who wrote and starred
in the famous play, "The Old Homestead"
Despite the fact that television has
. . .
given a big shot in the arm to the promotion
of "live" wrestling matches, two recent
grappling .shows at Cocoanut Grove in Manchester
drew a total of only 473 spectators.
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