Boxoffice-December.17.1962

. . . Shadyside
. . Silverman
. . Perry
PITTSBURGH
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rrnie Stern lias come of age in this business.
It was 21 years ago that he
started as a Paramount booker here. Prior
to that his father, the late Nobert Stern,
had built and opened the mideast area's
first outdoor theatre, the South Park
Drive-In. which has continued popular
through the years. Ernie heads this area's
leading circuit. Associated Theatres, and
he is the new chief barker of Variety Tent
More than 700 western Pennsylvanians
who took part in the invasion of
Noniiandy on June 6. 1944. will attend the
local premiere of Darryl Zanuck's D-Day
pictui'e. "The Longest Day." Tlie event,
spon-sored by the Ft. Pitt chapter of the
Ass'n of the United States Army, is scheduled
for the evening of December 20 at the
Fulton Theatre.
A. John Mayer, MGM cashier for many
years, now is office manager as well. He
succeeds Kay Lockhart who retired after
42 years with the company here. Mayer has
been at the local exchange 31 years . . .
Associated's Orpheum, Connellsville, featured
a Toys for Tots cartoon show last
Saturday morning, sponsored by the Marine
Corps Reserve center there. The program
was arranged by Manager William Woodward,
with assists from WiUiam Wilson of
Washington, Pa., general theatre manager
Theatre's new front was
damaged the other day when a car smashed
into the lobby after crashing through the
locked doors.
. . . Rocco
The annual Erie Times -News Christmas
show in two performances at the Warner
Theatre for the benefit of that city's needy
attracted .some 5.000 patrons
Serrao. Ford City exhibitor, on Filmrow
stated he and his wife attended the recent
Cleveland convention with Mrs. Fred Serrao,
widow- of the late New Kensington exhibitor
and Roxy's late brother . . . The
Max Summervilles have merchant cooperations
for free holiday kiddies shows with
treats at their theatres in Parker, Pa., and
Westfield. N.Y.
SW Rowland Theatre, Wilkinsburg, after
discontinuing matinees, now is down to only
Friday evenings and continuous operation
on Saturdays . Bros.' Logan
Theatre, Altoona, reopened December 1
under lease to Irving Reinhart of the Towne
Theatre, Canton, Ohio. M. Jacobs, manager,
is featuring art and foreign films
Monday through Thursday and commercial
action pictures for the family trade Friday,
Saturday and Sunday.
William H. Lange, WB manager, reports
that the Razz Goldstein sales drive continues
to February 2 and that WB product
in release and upcoming is worthwhile for
all theatres . . . Han-y Fleishman, fonrier
local exhibitor for many years, is in good
health again after recuperating from a
heart attack suffered several months ago.
His son Norman, formerly in exhibition
here, has been in the insurance field for
the past year or two, and son Sam is manager
of the neighborhood Regent Square
Theatre in Edgewood . Nathan,
former National Screen manager for a
number of years, is now managing the
Warner Theatre at Worcester, Mass.
PITTSBURGH
Happy Holidays
R. F. KLINGENSMITH
BOXOFFICE
Pittsburgh
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