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INDIANAPOLIS
Chicago Tent Installs Officers
Tim Cleary, who quit as Syndicate Theatres
manager at Wabash to join the RKO
sales staff here a week before termination of
services notice was gjven RKO employes, is
going to Detroit for 20th-Fox . . . Barbara
Thompson, also formerly with RKO, has replaced
Sizanne Wells as contract clerk at
20th-Fox here .
Brentlinger, former
RKO manager, has an unar.nounced connection
with another film company in the
city . . . RKO booker Al Chew and office
manager R. E. Stevens haven't landed yet.
Brenner, who quit as Universal's Ken-
Bill
tucky salesman a few weeks ago to go into the
insurance business, has retui-ned to Universal
as city salesman . Marcus has gone
to Florida for tw'o weeks, Trueman Rembusch
for two months. Rembusch expects to make
two or three quick trips back on business,
however . Mendelssohn, Indianapolis,
and Preston Stoner, Centerton. exhibitors,
have returned from Florida vacations.
. . . R. W. Bonebrake has
. . . Pete
Most drive-ins in the area are getting ready
to reopen betw'een March 1 and 15. The
Pendelton Pike Drive-In. only one here with
in-car heaters, reports business has been good
this winter. Dr. M. Sandorf's Twin and Joe
Cantor's Lafayette Road have stuck it out
on weekends only
taken over the Warren at Williamsport,
formerly operated by Abe Baker
Fortune has booked the Aj'tur Toscanini film,
"Hymns of the Nation," first run at the
Cinema and is plugging for carriage trade
with ads in the Indianapolis Symphony
orchestra programs.
The weather was hard on exploitation plans
last week. Barbara Rush was grounded in
the east and arrived by train at 5 a.m.
Thursday for a packed schedule of personal
appearances and interviews on behalf of
"Oh, Men! Oh, Women!" Al Morgan, author
of "The Great Man," was due Wednesday but
had to cancel at the last minute.
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International Variety representative Bob
Bostwick was here from Memphis Tuesday
. . . Buck Stoner, Paramount district manager,
visited the exchange here Thursday
and Friday The Variety Club held the
first in
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a series of card parties and buffets
Saturday night. The parties will be switched
between Saturday and Sunday nights until
members make up their minds which they
prefer, according to entertainment chairman
Marc Wolf addressed a meeting
of the Indiana Federation of Clubs on the
film industry here Friday,
To Reopen Goodman, Mo., Rio
GOODMAN. MO.—Donald C. Nelson has
announced plans for the early reopening of
the Rio Theatre, a 300-seater.
Irving Gertz will direct the music on Allied
Artists' "Storm Out of the West."
CHICAGO—Some 125 barkers attended the
Variety Tent 26 installation of officers ceremony
here recently. The new officers and
crew are pictured above.
Front row, left to right: Sam Levinsohn,
property master; Nat Nathanson, first assistant
chief barker; Jack Kirsch, retiring
chief barker; Jack Rose, installing officer;
Lou Reinheimer, new chief barker; Harry
Balaban, dough guy; Joe Berenson, past chief
barker; Lou Goldberg, dli'ector. Back row:
Dave Wallerstein, director; William Margolis,
second assistant chief barker; Sylvan Goldfinger,
toastmaster; Ralph Smitha, director;
Jack Brickhouse, prominent Chicago radio
and television sportscaster, who acted as
guest speaker; Charles Cooper and Robert
Conn, directors.
The 1957 committees of Tent 26 also have
been named. They are;
Budget and finance—Jack Rose, chairman;
Manie Gottlieb, co-chairman.
Membership—William Mai-golis, chairman;
Jack Kirsch, co-chairman; Ben Lourie, Harris
Dudelson, Israel Zatkin, Phil Miller, Joe
Berenson.
House—Lou Goldberg, chairman: Harry
Better Films Group Hears
Pres. Williams of MITO
ST. LOUIS—L. J. Williams, MITO president,
was the guest speaker at a meeting of
the Better Films Council of Greater St. Louis,
in the Scruggs Auditorium, Friday morning
(15). He touched on the need for such organizations
as the Better Film Council, which was
the first such group in the world, for the overall
good of the film industry, especially the
exhibition business.
Doug Amos Back on Duty
HARTFORD—Doug Amos, general manager
of Lockwood & Gordon Theatres, back
from a vacation trip to Havana, Mexico City
and Acapulco, visited regional L&G installations
February 4, accompanied by District
Manager William Dougherty.
Odon, Ind., Ritz to Other Use
ODON, IND.—The old Ritz Theatre on east
Main street is being remodeled for use as a
commercial business, said Bill McGovern, one
of the owners of the building.
Waldei-s, co-chairman; Leon Lee, Al Raymer.
Entertainment and program — Co-chairmen,
Dick Sachsel, Paul Marr, Sylvan Goldfinger,
Marcus Glaser.
Decorations — Joe Berenson, chairman:
Harry Blumenthal, co-chairman.
Welfare—Lou Abramson and Sam Gertz,
co-chairmen.
Reception — Charles Cccper, chairman;
Dudley Gazzolo, John Semadalas.
Banquet—Nat Nathanson, chairman; Al
Simon, co-chairman, Irving Davis.
Publicity—Ben Katz, chairman; William
Margolis, Herb Ellisburg.
Bulletin—Dan Goldberg, chairman.
Heart — Dave Wallerstein, Jack Kirsch,
Johnny Jones, Mannie Smerling.
Sports—Harry Balaban, chairman; Bob
Conn.
Law—Seymour Simon, chairman.
LaRabida collections—Ralph Smitha, chairman;
Irving Mack, co-chairman.
Joe Swedie fund—Mannie Smerling, chairman.
Ways and means—Johnny Jones, Dave Wallerstein,
Jack Kirsch, Bill Margolis.
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