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ppsults of the recent Variety Club Filmrow
Golf tournament were: Variety Club
trophy, won by Army Marion; low gross in
the film industry. Butch Leonard. United
Artists, who won a gold watch: United
Film Service trophy for outstanding
woman. Kathleen Green; low gross. Ed
Lamb Memorial to Gordon Green. Variety
raised $1,300 at the golf tournament and
Las Vegas Raffle, all of which went to the
Children's Heart Clinic at the Orthopedic
Saturday evening (27) the
Hospital . . .
Variety auxiliary sponsored a typical
Polynesian dinner in the gardens of Mrs.
Gray in Lawtonwood. The "Evening in the
Orient" and social hour proceeds were also
for the benefit of the heart fund.
Charles Powers jr. is the new 20th-Fox
exchange manager. He and his family
have moved here from Spokane . . . Carl
Handsaker has been added to the 20th-Fox
staff, covering eastern Washington. He
formerly was office manager in Portland
Vitus. Sterling booker, and his
wife have a new son. So have Richard
Rocky, Warner Bros, salesman, and his
Craig Turner. Paramount office
wife . . .
manager, is on vacation, as is Lou Kahn.
Warner booker . . . Sammy Siegel of Columbia
is up from San FYancisco.
Bob Parnell, former eastern Washington
salesman for Allied Artists, is the new exchange
manager of Favorite Films of
California, replacing Chilton Robinette.
who is leaving for the south. Gordon Wallinger
of Allied Artists will go on the road
in the spot left by Parnell . Mc-
Elhinney has been named the new office
manager-booker at Allied Artists.
A preview of the new Marilyn Monroe
picture. "Let's Make Love." will be held
Monday i29) ... Recent Filmrow visitors
included Hugh Abegglen. Pullman; Jud
Kenworthy: Harry Wall. Lewaston; Bill
Williams. 20th-Fox sales manager, up from
Dallas for a sales meeting; A. G. Peechia.
Eatonville: Bud Hamilton. Allied Artists
Portland manager, and Mrs. Bud Anderson,
Country Drive-In. Yakima.
Postpone 'Crash Boat'
HOLLYWOOD—Pioducer Lindsley Parsons
has postponed the start of "Crash
Boat" from September until mid-November
because United States Navy facilities in
the Hawaiian Islands that he wants to use
will not be available until then. The Jack
Dewitt screenplay for Allied Artists will star
Barry Sullivan, David Janssen and Vic
Damone.
Pat Somerset Re-Elected
HOLLYWOOD—Pat Somerset,
assistant
executive secretary of the Screen Actors
Guild, has been re-elected president of the
California State Theatrical Federation, an
organization composed of the AFL-CIO
unions in the entertainment industry.
30,000 Attend Mall House
During Opening Month
PARAMUS. N. J.—Representatives of the
major foreign distributors and the tradepress
got their first look at B. S. Moss' Bergen
Mall Theatre in the huge Bergen Mall
Shopping Center in a junket recently,
after four weeks of successful operation
during which 30.000 patrons visited
the 550-seat house. Columbia's "The Mouse
That Roared" has been playing since the
opening July 14.
The theatre features the world's first
all-transistor sound system, which measures
8x4x2 '2 inches, replacing equivalent
equipment which would have used 30 to 40
times as much space. Moviegoers have
access to the Bergen Mall's parking area,
which accommodates 8.600 cars.
Charles Moss, president of the circuit,
was host to the group, which was also addressed
by James O'Grady, general manager
of the shopping center, who forecast
that shopping centers of the future would
definitely include provisions for theatres.
Others who attended included: Larry
Morris. Jerry Sager and Hal Royster of the
B. S. Moss Circuit; Leon Brandt, Jack
Ellis. George Roth. Ii-a Michaels, Lester
Schoenfeld and Phil Levine, representing
foreign film distributors, and tradepress
representatives.
To Herts-Lion Post
HOLLYWOOD — Herts-Lion Vice-President
Leo Guild has named Bernard Chertok
to act as liaison between Hollywood
and Eui'opean production.
W-8 BOXOFFICE :: August 29, 1960