Boxoffice-November.19.1955

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HARTFORD
TJIU Rosen, son of Sam Rosen of Lockwood-
Gordon-Rosen Theatres, will be married
November 22 to Miss Shirley Frances Adams
of Hartford in the Asylum Hill Congregational
Church. Young Rosen is now serving with
the Ai-my in New Jersey, while the bride-to-be
is a recent graduate of Colby College, Waterville.
Me. . Miller has resigned as
assistant manager at the Stanley Warner
Strand.
Sam Hart. Columbia exploiteer here ahead
of several major attractions, got a Paris
postcard from his son Don, serving with the
Army in Europe . . . The Strand now is selling
tickets for the Broadway, New York, performance
of "Cinerama Holiday" . . . Paul
Amadeo, Pike Drive-In, Newington, reports
his son David, a year old, "likes to look
through BOXOFFICE!"
The Air-Line Drive-In on Route 33 offered
"The Desperate Woman" as an adults-only
attraction at advanced scale . Manchester
Drive-In, Bolton Notch, dropped
Monday through Thursday performances for
remainder of the season. Only six outdoor
situations in metropolitan Hartford are continuing
this late in the year.
Bill Howard of the Plaza, Windsor, is running
PTA-endorsed children's shows on Saturday
afternoons . . . Bill Powell, division
manager of Smith Management Co., huddled
with Harold Cummings, Meadows Drive-In.
An in-car electric heating system is being installed
Owen M. Holmes booked in a
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three-day mambo stage revue at $1 top at
his Court Square Theatre in Springfield.
Paul Tolis of the Meriden played "Divided
Heart" and "Twinkle in God's Eye" on a
double bill . E. M. Loew closed the Norwich-New
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London Drive-In for the
season.
George E. Landers, division manager for
E. M. Loew's Theatres, and wife are talking
of another California trip to see their son-in-
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law and daughter, Dr. and Mrs. Ben Vicas,
and their three little girls . . . The Parsons
has resumed a wartime policy of admitting
servicemen and women in uniform free.
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Fred R. Greenway, Palace, hosted the Boys
Town choir, in town for a concert, at a screening
of "Treasure of Pancho Villa" . . . Army
recruiting cooperation was very much in evidence
during "Three Stripes in the Sun"
engagement at E. M. Loew's
Brenner has been transferred from the Hartford
Theatre circuit's Lenox staff to the
Art as manager ... A new chinaware giveaway
was set for the Barnum, Bridgeport .
"Good Will to Men." an eight-minute MGM
cartoon, slated for release during holiday
season, was subject of rave review by Allen M.
Widem in the Hartford Times. He saw the
short at an MGM home office screening in
New York.
Sal Adorno sr., general manager of M&D
Theatres, has closed the Middlesex at Mid-
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dletown temporarily. In newspaper ads. he
urged Middletown patrons to "visit our Capitol
and Palace theatres for first run shows!"
Lou Cohen. Loew's Poli. held a sneak
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preview of MGM's "The Tender Trap"
Ray McNamara, Allyn, screened "The Desperate
Hours" for an invited audience of
newspaper critics and other opinion-makers.
The screening was held at the theatre one evening
following regular performances.
John E. Fetroski, manager of the Stanley
Warner Garde at New London, hosted Aldo
Ray. touring star of Columbia's "Three
Stripes in the Sun." November 10. Ray signed
autographs in the theatre lobby from 7 to 8
p.m. He was accompanied by Carlos Navao
of the Columbia exploitation department
. first booking of "Sincerely
Yours" in Connecticut was for the Palace in
South Norwalk. The film opens November 23
at the Strand here.
Capitol in Middletown
Goes to First Run Bills
HARTFORD— Sal Adorno sr.,
general manager
of the M&D Theatres, has put the Capitol
in Middletown on first runs. The initial
double bill featured "My Sister Eileen" and
"House of Bamboo."
M&D also operates the Palace, a first run.
and the Middlesex, used for special attractions.
Mike Adorno. assistant general manager,
supervised extensive promotion heralding
the new policy.
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