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25 . . Marshall . . Exhibitors , . . The . . m ATLANTA pjic Central Theatre, operated by Independent Theatres of Georgia, switched to first-run operation on its reopening Thursday 1 1 . offering the fare formerly scheduled at the Paramount. It is hotied to make the Central a family theatre, according to Bob Moscow, vice-president and treasurer of Independent Theatres, where parents can leave their children while they shop in the downtown area in which the theatre is located. .\ holdup took place Wednesday il7> at the Bankhead Drive-In. operated by the Georgia Theatre Co. Patrons watching "Sign of the Gladiator" and "Go, Johnny Go" were unaware of the robbery. A lone bandit wearing a rubber mask appeared at the back of the office where Russell Newsome operates a popcorn stand. Newsome was told to get inside while the bandit waved a gun at Mrs. Louise Monroe working in the ticket office. Mrs. Monroe was told to fill up a sack, which the bandit stuffed into his pocket and strolled out. It contained about $375. Four Marines, two of whom are AWOL. have been an-ested and charged with robbing the drive-in where the brother of one worked. J. S. Laird jr., son of owner of the Al- Dun Amusement Co.. West Point, was married to Deanne Clair Culpepper Saturday ; a screen game, HOLLYWOOD takes top honors. As a box-office ottracflon, it is without equal. If has been a favorite with theatre goers for over 15 years. Write today for complete detoils. Be sure to give seating or cor capacity. HOLLYWOOD AMUSEMENT CO. . 3750 Ookton S(. * Skokic, Illinois FOR QU ALITY,***®**®®^***^*®^ SERVICE AND SATISFACTION Send Your Orders to THE QUEEN FEATURE SERVICE, INC 'Th«otre, Drive-Jn, Cooceîion, Equipment ond Supplies" 19121/1 Morrti Avenue PtKme: ALp 1-866S Birmlnghoin, Alabama i27i in Cordele. Ga. Laird, a graduate of Auburn University, is employed by the board of education in Atlanta . . . William, A. Jackson, for many years projectionist at the Decatur Theatre, operated by Storey Theatres, died after surgery. Tickets are on sale for a "Fashionata" to be presented by a local department store September 15, 16 and a matinee September 17 at the Tower Theatre for the benefit of Piedmont Hospital auxiliary, the St. Joseph Hospital auxiliary and Service Guild for Grady Hospital. The musical fashion show has a cast of 70 . . The . wedding of Joan Puckett to Kenneth Lavender took place recently in College Park, Ga. She is the daughter of Polly Puckett, Capitol Releasing secretary. The screen tower of the Tawasenta Drive-In, Scottsboro, was destroyed by fire recently, according to R. D. Word jr., who was in buying and booking . Gordon Theatre here, operated by Georgia Theatres. was the scene of a fall fashion show presented by designers for a neighborhood dress shop . Service reports the Neely. Uniontown. Ala., operated by Mrs. Lester Neely jr., was to be shuttered Monday i29). W. B. Hamaker jr., of the Starlite and Four Lane drive-ins at Murfreesboro and the 41 at Shelby ville, and his wife and daughter were vacationing in Cleveland. Ohio . Maddox of the Jasper, at Jasper. Ga.. visited his sister in Lansing. Melvin Cook. American- Mich. . . . Astor. Charlotte, and wife were in town . Spence Steinhurst. Capitol Releasing publicist, returned from a trip to New Orleans, Monroe. Alexandria and Baton Rouge, where he was beating the drums for "The House of Usher." Danah. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Diggs. Twin City Drive-In. Bluff City. Tenn.. was the victim of a freak accident at a local motel swimming pool while in town with her mother on a buying and booking trip. One of Danah's legs was caught sideways in a pool fixture and the pool engineers had to be called to release it. On Filmrow were Ward Bennett. Bennett Drive-In at Abbeville and Goober at Headland, Ala.: W. F. Wilson. Tiger at Tiger. Ga.: James Kimbrell. Dixie. Unadilla. Ga.: Gordon Stonecypher, Cornelia at Cornelia. Ga.: W. W. Hammonds jr.. Marshall in Albcrtville. Wilson in Florence, and Bowline at Decatur. Ala.: John Hackney. Hub at Covington. Ga., and Malcolm Taylor. Taylor Theatre and Taylor Drive- In. Gate City. Va. Nell Middleton, WOMPI vice-president and program chairman, met at luncheon with her committee Thursday il8) at the YMCA and rounded out the programs for the current year. The committee consists of Grace Woolley. Stella Poulnot. Helene Spears, Prankie English, Polly Puckett and Charlenc Jones. Fran Wheeler of Delta Airlines, co-ordinator of women's services, presented her "Get Away Fashions" at the monthly luncheon Wednesday i24i at the YMCA. with WOMPIs Dottie Southerland, Anita "Boots" Wright, Betty Smith and Doris Deaton modeling. President Jean MuUis presided. Keith and Stanley, young sons of W. A, Bowers, Warrior Theatre, Warrior, Ala., are recovering at home from injuries received in falls the same day. One is re-! covering from a concussion and the other from a broken arm. according to Bill Andiews of Southern Independent Agency who buys and books for Warrior. Sees New York Rivaling Hollywood for Filming MONTREAL—Six American films were shown in the Montreal International Film Festival held in Loew's Theatre August 12 to 18: namely, "Highway" by Hilai-y Harris. "Pull My Daisy" by Robert Frand and Alfred Leslie: "A Scary Time" by Shirley Clarke and Robert Hughes, made forj UNICEF: "Moonbird" by John Hubley;,' "New York City" by Francis Thompson, and the color feature. "Jazz on a Summer's Day," by Bert Stern. "These six films are representative of a new kind of filmmaking whose vitality is destined to have a profound influence on, American production," festival chairman Pierre Juneau said. "Yet none of them was' made in Hollywood, the traditional center of film production in the United States. "With the coming of television and the rise of the independent producer. New York has become Hollywood's new rival. An increasing number of feature and short films ai-e being made on the east coast., among which are to be found many of the! movies that have won for the United States international prizes at film festivals around the world. "It was in New York that such famous, films as 'Boomerang.' 'On the Waterfront' and 'Twelve Angry Men' were, made, and filmmakers such as Elia Kazan; have made it their spiritual home." 'Gulliver' at Cork Fete LONDON—Charles H. Schneers "The 3 Worlds of Gulliver. " Columbia picture in SuperDynamation and color, will be presented at the Cork International Festival to be held September 21-28. according to Dermot Breen. organizer of the Festival. The Schneer pictme was previously shown at the Locarno Film Festival, where it was awarded a diploma of honor. Columbia's "Mysterious Island" will be filmed in seven different countries, some of them thousands of miles apart. JlonnaA^ BOONTON, N. J. Large Core Greater Crater Area MAXIMUM LIGHT ^vnXy Di*tribut»d In Georgia—Dixie Theatre Service & Supply Co., Albany— Hemlock 2 2846 Rhodes Sound & Projector Service, Savannah—Savonnoh 3 8788 SE-4 BOXOFFICE :: August 29, I960
; play I Waldleitner, I ! company ' Waldleitner's ! U. ' Game," ' deal ' however. : commercial I : can I he I I i ' Service, ; will • Exhibitors , lease : will ; RICHMOND. i '. ' over I j ' j 1935 I . . . Mrs. . . . The . . . Henry . . The . . Emily booked . . The . . Back . . W. . . . From . . German Producer to Make iTwo-Version Features HOLLYWOOD — "The Last of Mrs. Cheney" will follow "The Royal Game" on a large slate of two-version motion pic- |tui-es which German producer Luggi Waldleitner will make for the international market, the filmmaker said in an interview here recently. Lilli Palmer will the title role, recreating the character that was earlier played by Norma Shearer in a celebrated earlyday Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer version. "Mrs. Cheney" will go before the cameras in May. here to screen "The Royal Game" for distributors and exhibitors, said that he felt the value of making films in both the English and Geiman languages was undeniable. English, he said, is the strongest universal language, while German satisfies markets in his own land. Following the interview, the producer left for New York to seal a deal he said he had negotiated for U. S. release of "The Royal Game," first film made under this situation. While he declined to name the with whom he is negotiating, he 1 said he had a definite commitment. J, Arthur Rank has the release deal on films everywhere except the S. and Canada. Waldleitner was joined at the interview by Gerd Oswald, director of "The Royal who said he has a non-exclusive with the producer to helm other films. He will not direct "Mrs. Cheney," While "The Royal Game" is essentially an art house film, Waldleitner feels that future films can be first-iom projects. He plans to make all fUms in Germany, utilizing chiefly Ameridirectors and stars. This combination, feels, can result in both artistic and financial success on the world market. Exhibitors Service Co., New Orleans, Will Move I I ; NEW ORLEANS—Exhibitors Cooperative located on third floor in the 218 South Liberty St. film building since the company was established in August 1955, move into new quarters on ground floor at 216 South Liberty, adjacent to Poster Exchange, the latter part of September or first week in October. The move is a result of the nom-enewal of the with Tulane Medical Center, owner of the building the past few years, who use the entire floor for its own activities, just as the center is already making ! use of the greatest portion of the building's fourth floor. I Charles Hulbert Managing I •Richmond, Va., National VA.—Charles Hulbert is managing the National Theatre for Neighborhood Theatres, the circuit having taken the National operation recently. The National has a new first-run policy, Hulbert has been in theatre business for 40 years, starting as a page boy in the I St. Petersburg, Pla., Theatre at 14. In 1929 I he became doorman at the National The- ) atre here and two years later was manager ; of the Bijou, later named the Strand. In Hulbert was transferred to the Lee and remained manager of that house until 1944. NEW ORLEANS prom Transway: Gulf States Theatres shortened the operations at Pix, Collins, Miss., to Fridays and Saturdays only, and at the Mojack Drive-In, Indianapolis, Miss., to Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays Ruth Hazel shuttered the Ritz, Shreveport . Fort Polk Theatre at Leesville, which reopened early in the summer to provide amusement for the National Guard men during the season's training period, is scheduled to close September 14 Brookley AFB Theatre, Mobile, curtailed operations to Sundays, Thursdays and Fridays. Claude Bourgeois and associates, who operate theatres on the Gulf Coast and the local Arabi, have taken over the operation of the A&G, Bay, St. Louis, from Slidell Theatres, headed by John Richards, who had closed it a couple of weeks ago. Full operation was resumed Friday il9i. Slidell also acquired the Avalon, Pass Christian, dark for several years, and will reopen it soon . Hi-Way Drive-In, Bay St. Louis, will be closed for the season September 11 by Bourgeois & Co. Page Amusements, Natchitoches, closed the Pines Drive-In, Leesville, for the season Webb of the indoor Marengo and Grove Drive-In. Demopolis, Ala., transferred all his exchange business from Atlanta to New Orleans . . . Cheri Caronne, Filmrow stenographer, was on a vacation in Pensacola . . . Stevie. the eight-year-old son of Harry Thomas of Gulf States Theatres, returned home to McComb from a hospital here following a tonsilectomy. Leonard Prelutsky, owner, and George Matthews, in charge of camera and projection equipment maintenance for Leonard Audiovisual Service, attended the national convention of 16mm distributors and exhibitors held recently in Chicago . . . Tommy Jensen, assistant to general manager Earl Peri-y of Pittman Theatres, left on a vacation in one of the western states Other vacationists were Ix)raine Cass, UA manager's secretary, who with hubby Jim are at Laguna Beach (Panama City), Fla., their chosen home upon retirement, doubling in work and soaking up the sun on the shore of the Gulf, with son Val joining them over the two weekends; Steve Pabst, 20th-Pox shipper, and svife to the mountains in Carolinas: Eileen Kaiser. Columbia head booker, and Joan Roach. MGM head cashier, on a split vacation. Upon her return, assistant Rae Rimer was to leave for one week from a . vacation was Nita Gibson. 20th-Fox head booker. Back at Allied Artists for several weeks is former staffer Joyce Lohman, taking over the duties of vacationist Mildred Lindsey, assistant to head booker Earl Schroeder Emerson. Film Inspection . Service, and husband left on a motor tour to California. They plan to return via Colorado. Joan Cascio is the new booker's steno at 20th-Fox . . . Leonard Allen, Paramount. was in town from Atlanta to promote " "Psvcho, at the Saenger . . . Asa Booksh. manager of the RKO Orpheum. his wife and son Billy were on a vacation at a Gulf Coast spot . O. Williamson jr., Warner district manager, was at Floyd Harvey jr., the local exchange . . . BV sales manager, was in Memphis . Charles Ost, Universal sales manager, checked in from a trip along the Gulf Coast. Seen along Filmrow were Anna Molzon, Royal, Norco: Mickey Versen, C-Wall, Morgan City; Harold Dacey, Aucoin and Piat at Raceland and Lockport theatres; Mrs. O. J. Barre, Luling; F. G. Pratt, Vacherie; Frank Olah sr. and jr.. Star at Albany; Ernest Delahaye, Gwen, Maringuoin; Joseph Fabacher, booking for Joy, Woodville. Miss.; Waddy Jones and Willis Houck. Joy's Theatres, and Mrs. Bertha Foster, "Violet, Port and Sulphur theatres Mississippi were Ed Jenner, Laurel; A. L. Royal and son Lloyd, Meridian: Claude Bourgeois, Biloxi, and Levon Ezell, Pascagoula. Mr. and Mrs. Sammy Wright and family, associated in the operation of the neighborhood Lakeview and Fox theatres and Algiers Drive-In, returned from a vacation torn- through Florida via automobile . . . Walter Guarino, manager of the Saenger, and family visited with their families in Morgan City and Abbeville . . . Back to her duties as Loews State cashier is Elsie Piaggio, who visited her daughter in Chalmette. United of New Orleans Takes Over Own Buying NEW ORLEANS — United Theatres, which operates a dozen neighborhood theatres here, has taken over its own buying and booking from Theatres Service. Edward Ludman, president, and C. Claire Woods, vice-president and general manager of United, has appointed Earl Kroeper, who formerly handled the UT account with Theatres Service, to head the newly created UT buying-booking department. All the United Theatres houses are first subsequent run, except the Clabon, which was converted a couple of years ago to a Negro patronage first run. Woods and Kroeper have added sneak previews to the Clabon policy, said to be an innovation in Negro patronage houses below the Mason- Dixon line. The first two sneaks were "The Story of Ruth" and "Elmer Gantry," presented the night before their regular runs. Besides the Clabon. United operates the Beacon. Dreamland, Folly, Grand, Napoleon. National. Nola, Poplar. Prytania and Tivoli. Two More Norelco Sales NEW YORK—Norelco 70 35mm projectors, arc lamps and six -channel stereophonic sound equipment have been sold by the Todd-AO Corp. to the RKO Pantages Theatre in Hollywood and the RKO Grand Theatre in Cincinnati, it was reported during the week. Leases Washington House WASHINGTON, D. C—Blaine Massey, who recently opened the Art Academy Theatre. 535 Eighth St., Southeast, has leased the Carver Theatre, 2405-07 Nichols Ave., Southeast, a neighborhood theatre. BOXOFnCE :: August 29, 1960 SE-5
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