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. . George<br />
. . Willard<br />
. . Frank<br />
. . Hannah<br />
. . Walter<br />
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Oregon Theatre Owners Assn in First Statewide Meeting<br />
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More than 100 theatremen attended the first meeting of the Art Adamson (speaker's table, right! is vice-president. Joe Rosen-<br />
Oregon Theatre Owners Ass'n at the Benson hotel in Portland. Al field, Spokane, of the Washington TOA, and Hal Makelim, origin-<br />
Forman, fifth from right at speaker's table, is the new president. ator of the Makelim plan, spoke at the first statewide session.<br />
LOS ANGELES<br />
Pilmrow included Joe Mai-kowitz. up from<br />
Encinitas: Ai-t Sanborn of the El Monte in<br />
El Monte and the Baldwin in Baldwin Park;<br />
Bill Alford of the Earl<br />
Comething new Strebe circuit: Frank<br />
along exhibition line.s is being<br />
tried out by John Wolfberg at hi.s<br />
Valuskls, Buena Park; Charles AUes, operator<br />
of the Cairo; Seymour Linder, Lyric, Huntington<br />
Park; Glenn and Jim Harper, Fon-<br />
News View Theatre on Hollywood boulevard.<br />
During morning hours he is making the screen<br />
tana; Lloyd Katz, Sterling circuit, Las Vegas;<br />
available on a rental basis to owners and<br />
J. W. Barton. Senator Drive-In, Pi-escott,<br />
packagers of television films. He's admitting<br />
Ai-iz., and Al Stetson, West Coast Tlieatre,<br />
the public free, but showings are designed<br />
San Bernardino . Reimer. Warner<br />
primarily for advertising agencies, prospec-<br />
salesman, was on a vacation.<br />
tive sponsors and TV station program directors<br />
. . . Minnie Sussman, Girl Friday to<br />
Bruce Fowler at Fox West Coast, took off on<br />
her annual vacation.<br />
Harold Wirthwein, western division sales<br />
chief for Allied Artists, returned from a<br />
junket to Salt Lake City and Denver, where<br />
he conferred with managers Don Tibbs and<br />
Jack Felix . . . While Mike Newman is on<br />
vacation, Sam Siegel, Columbia's northwest<br />
teiTitory field exploiteer, is sitting in for<br />
him at the local office.<br />
Sherrill C. Corwin, head of the Metropolitan<br />
circuit, took off for San Francisco for a<br />
survey of his northern California theatre<br />
interests . . . Jerry Baerwitz, MGM salesman,<br />
resigned and is transferring his allegiance<br />
to the production end of the business.<br />
He is joining Aubrey Schenck Productions as<br />
an assistant director . . . Alex Cooperman,<br />
division manager for I.F.E.. returned from<br />
New York business huddles.<br />
Although his car was demolished, Joe<br />
Wayne of Warners' shipping department miraculously<br />
escaped unhurt in a traffic accident<br />
. . . WajTie Ball, Columbia branch chief,<br />
took off for Gotham to attend home office<br />
sales sessions . . . Ben Bronstein, operator<br />
of the Sun-Air Drive-In at Palm Springs, and<br />
wife are celebrating their 31st anniversary<br />
was Jack Van Lear of the<br />
Harry Nace circuit in Phoenix.<br />
Exhibitors Service is now handling the<br />
booking-buying chores for the Valley Theatre<br />
in Camarillo, operated by Mrs. Philip<br />
Kassin<br />
. Tripp, Warner salesman,<br />
left for Arizona on a business junket ... To<br />
establish his own booking-buying organization,<br />
Ralph Carmichael has resigned as local<br />
manager for Favorite Films. His successor<br />
was not immediately announced.<br />
Booking-buying visitors glimp.sed along<br />
Jules Needleman, Columbia salesman and<br />
a lieutenant in the air force reserve, returned<br />
from a two-week training hitch . . . Visiting<br />
-iends on Filmrow was Al Martini, former<br />
Realart salesman now connected with Ziv<br />
TV . Blunt has shuttered his Glendora<br />
Theatre in Glendora for two weeks<br />
to install a Cinemascope screen and new<br />
sound equipment Jerry Sheftel, IFE office<br />
manager, and Barbara Pokras, 20th-Fox<br />
were married and have returned from<br />
clerk,<br />
a Las Vegas honeymoon. Wedding bells also<br />
are in the offing for Margaret MuiiDhy, secretary<br />
to booker Milt Frankel at Warners.<br />
Skouras Asks More Work<br />
From FWC's Managers<br />
LOS ANGELES—Charles P.<br />
Skouras, president<br />
of National Theatres and Fox West<br />
Coast, at a meeting with theatre managers<br />
of the FWC's southern California division on<br />
Tuesday (17), asked that they work harder<br />
not only for the company's benefit but their<br />
own as well.<br />
The meeting with the managers followed<br />
a two-day conference with district managers,<br />
at which Skouras discu.ssed the forthcoming<br />
product and predicted an increase<br />
in business due to many "outstanding" films<br />
being readied.<br />
FWC concessions merchandising policies<br />
would also be revamped, according to Skouras.<br />
Hereafter, the circuit will ab.sorb shortages<br />
previously covered by the theatre managers,<br />
and the house heads' pai'tlcipation would be<br />
reduced to offset the extra expenses involved.<br />
Edwin F. Zabel. general manager of the<br />
chain, agreed with Skouras that the managers<br />
should adhere to company operating<br />
procedures and exert a greater vigilance and<br />
better business methods to the operation of<br />
the houses.<br />
SEATTLE<br />
'The annual Film Club golf tournament<br />
trophy was won by Dutch Trammel, purchasing<br />
agent for National Theatre Supply<br />
who turned in a low gross of 75. Tramme!<br />
won the annual trophy and a $25 war bond<br />
and golf bag. He also made the longest drive<br />
and won a dozen golf balls.<br />
(285 yards I.<br />
George DeWade of B. F. Shearer carried awa\<br />
a leather traveling bag and trophy for lev<br />
net.<br />
Ed Cruea, Allied Ai-tists manager, returnee<br />
from a trip to the Portland office . . . Sammie<br />
Siegel, Columbia field man, was in Lo.<br />
Angeles . Hoffman, Paramoun<br />
publicist, completed a trip through the Ore<br />
gon territory working on "Living It Up" .<br />
Walter Graham, Shelton, and Walter Coj'<br />
White Center exhibitor, were yachting ii<br />
northern waters . . . Jack Burk, 20th-Po><br />
manager, and Glen Haviland, salesman, at'<br />
tended the opening of the new Pox Theatn<br />
in Portland,<br />
"Karamoja," film story of the Karamojam<br />
a tribe of "lost" people who have lived th<br />
same primitive existence for the past 6,O0l<br />
years, opened at the Liberty to exceptionalli<br />
fine grosses. The film was made in Eastmai<br />
Color by Dr. William B. Treutle, a Tacom.<br />
dentist, who traveled by jeep across the wile'<br />
of the Unganda protectorate in Africa 1'<br />
shoot the intimate life of the tribesmen.<br />
Yul Brynner and Patricia Morrison staire<br />
in "The King and I" at the Orpheum tb'<br />
week . Trager, Paramount cashle.<br />
went to New York to visit her ailing father<br />
Gordon Wallinger, Allied Artists booker,<br />
on vacation . . . Cecil Thompson, Po;<br />
salesman for National Theatre Supply,<br />
his family vacationed at Banff and<br />
Louise . . . Paramount salesman John<br />
and his family flew to Milwaukee on a Ti<br />
cation. Another vacationer was Mike PowM<br />
eastern Washington salesman for 20th-Pl><br />
Closed for Mass Vacatk<br />
HOLLYWOOD—The Walter Lantz ca<br />
unit shut down Friday (20) for its<br />
ma.ss vacation, during which all pers<br />
will go on holiday. Production activity<br />
resume September 7.<br />
In Allied Artists' "Night of the Ht<br />
Lillian Gish will make her return to<br />
BOXOFFICE ; : August 21, 111
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