Boxoffice-January.03.1953

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has been appointed
sales agents for "Leonardo da Vinci,"
IWTr. and Mrs. Robert Levine, Levine circuit,
Norfolk and Portsmouth, Va., visited Mr.s.
the feature-length art film now in its seventh
week at the Guild Theatre, according to Pictura
Levine's relatives in Cincinnati during the
Films, producer-distributor of the pic-
holidays Harold Depkins, Salem.
John
ture. The picture has also opened in Detroit
Va., became parents of a baby son .
and other key city dates have been set
Shelly, Neighborhood Theatres booker at the for January in Chicago, Washington and
Arlington office, resigned to return to his Baltimore.
home in New York. Floyd Davis has replaced
him . . . L. L. Theimer has taken over the York Gets TV by Microwave
North 11 Drive-In at Roanoke for the winter. NEW YORK—A microwave installation providing
network television service to York. Pa..
MGM world-premiered "Above and Beyond"
has been put in operation by the American
at Loew's Capitol on New Year's eve . .
George N. Payette, son of the Warner Theatres
city manager at Hagerstown, has engrams
are now available to 114 TV stations in
Telephone and Telegraph Co. Network prolisted
in the air force. The father, George 71 U.S. cities.
jr., who has been in the Newton Baker hospital
at Martinsburg, is reported as improving
. . . RKO salesman Joe Brecheen called
on Baltimore exhibitors . . . RKO salesman
Charlie Hurley is home ill with an attack of
Bobby Kronman, son of office
bursitis . . .
manager Joe Kronman, was hospitalized. Tack Beresin of Philiadelphia. chief barker
of
Frank Blake, 20th-Fox
Variety International, will install
projectionist, and
the
wife celebrated their 42nd wedding anniversary
. . . Sales Manager Ira Sichelman was
new officers of local Tent 7. Sunday evening.
January 11, in Hotel Statler following a dinner
at 7:30 o'clock.
home ill several days . Jack Kohler
Marc Wolf of Indianapolis
will speak.
was still off nursing a broken hand An entertainment program
. . .
will
Adolph Menjou has been added to the
be made up of acts from local theatres
pretentious
array of talent coming to Washington
at the invitation of George Murphy, who
and night clubs. New officers to be installed
are Dewey Michaels, president of the Mayfair
is in charge of the entertainment
Theatre Corp., chief barker; Billy Keaton.
to be
staged at the inaugural of Eisenhower
WGR, first assistant: Marvin Jacobs, retired
. . .
president of Sportservice, Inc.,
Morris Mechanic
second assistant;
Robert
and wife. New Theatre, Baltimore,
were
Hayman, president of Hayman
Theatres, Niagara Falls, doughguy, and
in.
At Republic, Manager Jake Flax returned W. E. J. Martin, drama editor of the Courierfrom
his Florida vacation to celebrate a Express, property master. New directors are
birthday We.stfall. Rives Theatre. Henry L. Berkson, John G. Chinell. Albert F.
Martinsville, hosted a Christmas party for Ryde, Elmer C. Winegar, Max Yellen, and
employes . . . Paramount's Arlene Rickman Arthur Krolick.
celebrated a birthday on New Year's day . . .
Jackie Fruchtman. son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack The Amherst town board has denied a petition
to rezone property at Young road and
Fruchtman, was home from school in Phoenix,
Ariz , for the holidays.
Wehrle drive on the outskirts of Buffalo for
erection of a drive-in by J. Robert Chalmers,
Williamsville have arrived
from Mr. and Mi's. Maurice Simon (he is
Paramount manager in Detroit, transferred
from here I announcing the marriage of Mrs.
Simon's daughter. Merle Janeen Jacobson to
ATLANTA
Tracy Harrington Tingley January 17 in the
CHARLOTTE
Grosse Pointe Memorial church . . . The
MEMPHIS
Eastman Kodak Co "Calvacade of Color," a
NEW ORLEANS
highlight of the firm's exhibit at the New
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
York world's fair in 1939, is now a permanent
exhibit at the George Eastman House in
Rochester.
State
New Year's eve began at 2 p. m. Wednesday,
in the Paramount and Center theatres
Departmeot
and ran right through the midnight shows.
The Paramount had "The Stooge," and there
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was a long line at the boxoffice. The Center
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offered "Stop, You're Killing Me." Shea's
Buffalo also jammed 'em in with "Million
Dollar Mermaid." "Blackbeard the Pirate,"
was at the Century and "Against All Flags"
at the Lafayette .
Brooklyn Strand to Try
Showing Old Reissues
NEW YORK—Fabian Theatres will make
another a tempt to play pictures at its 2,900-
seat Brooklyn Strand, closed for some time
because of product difficulties and reopened
December 26 with a circus as the attraction.
That wound up Thursday (1) after doing
business reported as "disappointing."
The house will return to pictures with a
last run reissue policy. Two reissues have
been booked. They are "My Friend Irma,"
starring Martin and Lewis, and "Foreign
Legion," starring Abbott and Costello. A live
magician act will be tested afternoons as an
added attraction. The future of the house
will depend upon response to the two reissues.
exhibitors welcomed
1953 at a big hou.se party on New
Year's eve in the Delaware avenue headquarters
of Variety Tent 7, when chief barkers,
Dave Miller (1952) and 1953 Chief Dewey
Michaels acted as masters of ceremony .
Raymond "Torchy" Babcock, who operates
a drive-in near Batavia, has a side line that
is taking on gigantic proportions. "Torchy"
rents giant searchlights and big 24-sheet A-
board trucks, both of which are used to promote
attractions in theatres throughout western
York. Both, by the way, were used in
the American premiere presentation of
"Anna" last Wednesday evening in the Center
Theatre.
Sam Yellen, brother of Max Yellen. head'of
Midland Properties. Inc., operating the Century
Theatre, is recovering from a heart attack
in the Millard Fillmore hospital . . .
Dorothy Chernuck, manager of the Ai'ena
Theatre in Rochester, was in New York
signing up attractions for the coming Spring
season .
. . Phyllis Dembow is the new assistant
booker at UA, where she succeeds
Lillian Paulus, resigned . Dykstra
of the Glen, Williamsville, .showed his appreciation
of the year-around patronage of
the kiddies of his town, by giving a free show
for them during the holidays.
Margaret O'Brien, the star, will appear on
the stage of the Erlanger for three nights,
starting January 15 in a pre-Broadway tryout
of "The Intruder" . Hayman put on
a [special childi'en's show in the Cattaract
Theatre in Niagara Falls Wednesday last
showing "The Yearling" and seven cartoons,
and gave away novelties . . . Dr. Mauro Zambuta.
authority on sound and "dubbing," was
here to aid in the promotion of the American
premiere of "Anna" at the Center, and was
widely interviewed by press and radio. He
was the guest at a luncheon of Arthur Krolick,
UPT district manager. He was |accompanied
by Bernie Lewis, publicity manager
of the IPE Releasing Corp. of New York.
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