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ITO Chief Calls Meeting
Of Truck and Branch Men
CLEVELAND—Horace Adams, president of
the Independent Theatre Owners of Ohio,
has asked Cleveland and Cincinnati branch
managers, bookers, exhibitors and film carriers
to attend a meeting in Columbus at the
Deshler-Hilton Hotel on March 6 "to work out
problems confronting us today."
Adams urged attendance at the meeting
"since I think it is incumbent upon all of us
to listen to any suggestions for the good of
our respective businesses."
The letter did not state what specific
problems are to be discussed, but it is sui--
mised within the industry, that they refer
to the relationship of print shortages to some
reduction in film delivery service in areas
where many theatres are closed.
Louis Gross, president of the Film Haulers
Ass'n of Ohio, has suggested to Adams that.
in the interet of economy of time and money
and for a quicker solution of problems, northern
Ohio industry members meet in Cleveland
and southern Ohio industry members meet in
Cincinnati. Gross points out that the problems
in the two areas are not identical and
a statewide meeting might cause confusion
rather than solution.
Adams was out of the city and could not
be reached either for a statement as to the
reason for the meetings or for hLs reaction
to the Gross suggestion of two area meetings
instead of one.
Sentence H. R. Hurvitz
TOLEDO—Hyman R. Hurvitz. a former
temporary manager of the Loop Theatre, was
given a one to ten year sentence in the Ohio
penitentiary by Common Pleas Judge Tom D.
Stahl in connection with the theft of $1,578
from the boxoffice. He worked for the theatre
six weeks in 1953.
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•Theatre change notes — The Broadway
Strand at Union City, operated by Mr.
Reed of Athens, is switching to independent
booking . . . Walter W. Fisher is switching
plans and keeping the Galewood at Grand
Rapids open . . . Stanley J. Marz is inaugurating
a three-day operation, Sunday through
Tuesday only, at the State In Saginaw
Irving Golden should be listed as operator
of the Irving in Detroit, rather than his
father John Golden .
to dismantle
the Temple was reversed and the
house was reopened by Mike Czaplicki, with
John Dembeck of Cooperative Theatres doing
the booking.
Dave Glover is again listed as owner of
the Apollo Theatre, succeeding William
Moore Butler has reopened the
.
near-downtown Arcade, a Negro house
formerly operated by Louis Spann jr. and
Donald Lovewell Herbert Boshoven's
. . .
Family at Grand Rapids, booked by Joseph
Busic. now is closing three days, Monday
through Wednesday . . . Morton W. Dennis'
Strand at Paw Paw is closing Wednesdays
through Saturdays until April 1 Harry
. . .
Levinson's Hollywood at Petoskey closed.
The Madison at Grand Rapids, operated
by Joseph Cutler and booked by Joe Busic,
is closing permanently . . .
Wisper & Wetsman's
big Tuxedo in Highland Park is adopting
a policy of closing Mondays through
Yom- scribe was at the opening
Thursdays.
of this big neighborhood, a ceremonial event,
in the early '20s . . . Dudley O. Gregory is
closing the Crystal Theatre at Beulah, booked
by Floyd Chrysler . . . Martin Friedman of
Artists-Producers Associates was on the local
visitors list . . .
Operator William Gagnon
was in St. Joseph's Hospital for
following an automobile accident . . .
Thomas
MacFarlane. operator at the Adams, was in
injuries
Providence Hospital for a checkup.
Nightingale notes—Floyd Akins reports a
splitting good day for splits—Richard Connell
made the 5-10. Roy "Minus" Thompson
the 3-6-7. Ray Gagnon the 2-5-7. Stewart
Aplin the 6-7-9-10. William Bradley the 5-7,
and Edgar Douville, for probably the first
time in the league history, made the 5-7 three
times . . . Burt London is out of bowling for
a while, having sliced off a big chunk of his
finger Waddell, coming in from
.
Walled Lake in the big snow, missed the
first game, and his ball was so cold you could
hardly pick it up without getting frostbite
Bea Douville, visitor of the day, was all
rigged out like a teddy bear in new furs.
Recent exchange visitors were Jack and
George Ryser of the Bohm Theatre. Albion;
Tom McCleaster. 20th-Fox district manager;
Douglas Moose of the May, Montrose, and
Hatton Taylor, RKO district manager and
former manager here . . . Lloyd Krause, RKO
manager, went off to New York to confer
about the big changeover in the exchange
Stanton and Ernie Ziegler. U-I
salesmen, are both sporting new four-door
Plymouth sedans.
projection room .
Norm Waters, RCA service man, was over
to visit Joe Sullivan at the Film Exchange
Zide. head of Allied
Film Exchange, is back from a short
trip to Cleveland .
Samuels, manager
of the Jolly Roger Drive-In, is subbing
at the Allen Park in Allen Park for a month
while the manager vacations . . . Dwig'.:i
Smukler, son of Jack Smukler, opera' n-
the Jelly Roger, was host for some 2(.
borhood children at a party on his
birthday. The Smuklers, Jack, Gladys, and
Dwight, are putting on special bciT-f'
clown shows for children.
Books 'Rain' Stage Play
TOLEDO—Tlie 3,400-seat Paj-amount, Toledo's
largest film house, has booked the legitimate
play, "A Hatful of Rain," for Thursday,
Friday and Saturday, March 7-9. Vivian
Blaine is the star.
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BOXOFFICE February 16. 1957
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