Boxoffice-March.06.1948

to Mr. and Mrs. Bert Gordon of California.
Gordon is the brother of Univer.sal Director
Michael Gordon, w*ose last picture was "An-
Part of the Forest" . . . Sympathy to
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other
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. . Mark
. . Gordon
: March
. . William
. . Bud
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. . John
. . WMBG
. . Jimmy
BALTIMORE
representative, weekended in Baltimore . . .
Pred Rohrs, EL manager, visited Tom Ayres
in Sealord, Del.
Tom Ayres, Seaford, is getting ready to
open his new Sydney in Bridgeville, Del. . .
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Herman Pumell, Insley cu'cuit, Salisbury, has
secured the franchise for the Drink-O-Matic
machines in Delaware, Maryland and Virginia.
He is givii:ig a tradeshow at the
Emerson hotel here next Fi-iday and Saturday,
and all exhibitors have been invited.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Sapperstein were hosts
Albert Fine, associate member of the Variety
Club, on the death of his wife this week.
Irvin Bender became a grandfather again
this week .
Mills, general manager
of the Myers circuit, was pinch-hitting as
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cashier at Variety Club.
manager, is
doubling.
I. iVIakover of the New Albert Theatre is
working on campaign for "Carnegie Hall" .
B. Schick is the new manager of the Laffmovie,
replacing Sam Shouben, resigned .
Loew's Centui-y held a contest in conjunction
with WCAO giving a six-month course
in piano playing at the Peabody Conservatory
offered by Jose Iturbi, star of MGM's
"Three Daring Daughters" .
Zell,
Harlem Theatre manager, was called for jury
duty . student assistant at the Parkway
Theatre is John Stokes.
Early Solution Seen
On Czech Release
NEW YORK- A solution lu the stalemate
on renewal o? the Motion Picture Export
Ass'n distribution deal with the Czech Film
Monopoly for 1948-49 is expected in a few
declared.
BUFFALO
pire caused $750 damage to Basil's Victoria
Theatre, smoke having been detected
about 4:30 a. m. by thi-ee policemen as they
passed on their way to work. One called
firemen: the others gained entrance with a
passkey and used two fire extinguishers until
firemen arrived. The blaze, confined to
the balcony, burned 17 seats. The theatre
operated the next day as usual. A defective
ai.sle light was blamed for the fire.
Charles X. Bordenaro, 75, president of
Bordenaro Bros. Co., theatre firm which a
month ago won $85,500 damages in an antitrust
suit against three motion picture companies,
died last week. The firm operates
the Palace Theatre, Olean.
Dick Carroll, former office manager, is
now booker for Paramount. Dick Etkin,
former office manager, has gone into business
for himself McMahon, assistant
booker, is moving his wife and year-old
.
daughter here from New Haven. A big opening
is set for "Saigon" at Rochester Century
Bill Saxton, Loew's city manager, has been
appointed a co-chairman of the Advertising
club's annual Maypole dance . . . Charles Raymond,
assistant to Carter Barron, Loew's
division manager, has been ill two weeks .
Theatre, now under Paramount control.
The Centui-y Theatre has replaced usherettes
with ushers for the evening hours . . . Brock
Whitlock, publicist for Loew's in Washington,
has resigned and Jack Fox. Columbia
David Rosengarten Dead
MIAMI BEACH—David Rosengarten, 65.
former chairman of the New York Film Board
of Trade, died here March 5 following a heart
attack. He had been connected with the old
Fox Film Corp. and MGM as exchange manager.
His wife Anna, two sons. Alfred and
Leonard, and two sisters survive.
BOXOFHCE :
13, 1948
Fielding Resumes Post
As N.Y. License Head
NEW YORK—Benjamin Fielding has been
reappointed as New York City license commissioner.
He resumed his post with the license
department March 12 after he resigned
as welfare commissioner. He had been head
the welfare department since last October
of
when he replaced Edward E. Rhatighan.
Patrick Meehan. deputy hcense commissioner,
had been acting commissioner during
Fielding's absence.
Incorporations
ALBANY
RICHMOND
Ti7illiam L. Sacks, accountant for Rome circuit,
died in Sinai hospital . Rose,
nn automatic pojjcorn vendor has been Installed
in the lobby of the State by
UA. will go to Florida for two weeks of sunbathing
Silver, UA district man-
Berlo. The Berlo organization will Install
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soft drink machines in all local houses of
ager, and Jerry Price, local manager, were
the Neighborhood circuit shortly . . . George
in Norfolk looking over the territory . . . Jack
days. Louis
Est ridge. Kay Films, also was
Kanturek. association supervisor
Crozier, Brookland projectionist, and Sam
in Norfolk.
in eastern
Pulliam,
Europe, declared Wednesday
manager at the Grand, will be
HO).
Jack Lcvine, Irvington Theatre, will leave Kanturek made this statement at a luncheon neighbors soon when they both move Into
for Florida on the 16th . . . Izzy Rappaport, in his honor at the Harvard club. International
heads and company executives at-
new homes in the Maymont .section of town.
Hippodrome, Town and Little, returned from
David Kamsky, advertising manager for
a Florida sojourn . . . The Barry Goldmans tended.
the Neighborhood circuit, is vacationing at
will celebrate their 15th wedding anniversary Kanturek arrived from Prague several days
home. Many odd Jobs around the house will
Monday (15) . . . Aurora Tlieatre's new ago for conferences with Irving Maas, MPEA keep him occupied ... A .series of Monday
marquee is being installed by Litsinger Sign vice-president and general manager. He reviewed
business conditions in Austria, Hun-
midnight stage shows have been inagurated
Co. . . . Howard Theatre's new marquee is
at the Booker T. "Brown-Skin Models" was
now in operation.
gary, Romania, Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, Poland
and Yugoslavia for the luncheon guests.
the first . . . "Panic," a French-language
Dick Jarrett, son of Cliff Jarrett, Equity
film, opened at the National.
In all countries under his supervision, with
salesman, is 5 years old and is the youngest
the exception of Yugoslavia where the MPEA Joe Eagan of the Fabian circuit home office
was in town on a routine trip . . . "Gentle-
member of the student council at Montebello has not yet started to operate, attendance at
school, representing the kindergarten. He American films has reached a new high, he man's Agreement" was previewed at the
celebrated his birthday March 7 . . . Mr. and
Byrd before and invited audience composed
Mrs. Curtis Hildebrand, Eagle Lion Vii-ginia
of local ministers, judges, educators, stu-
Animex, Inc.; To produce and release motion
pictures: incorporators. Pieter J. Looiman.
Frank Macellino and Henry Werker.
National Cine Equipment: To manufacture
and deal in motion picture equipment:
incorporators. Abraham Goldstein, Abraham
H. Goldblatt and Beatrice Kirschner.
dents and civic leaders. The picture will
open its regular run later in the month at
the Byrd and State.
Lillian Ballenger, widow of the late W. F.
Ballenger, for many years at the Grand,
is now in Philadelphia operating her own
children's dress shop.
A reel of film and a damaged portion of
a projection machine were the only casualties
in a booth fire at the Maggie Walker Theatre
here. More than 300 patrons filed out
of the theatre as employes quickly extinguished
the flames .
Heslep.
senior at the University of Richmond and
relief manager for several of the local Neighborhood
circuit theatres, was the subject of
a feature article on the Friday youth page of
the Richmond News Leader. The interesting
article told how Jimmy combined his job
and school work together so that neither
suffered from inattention.
Judith Jeffries, Jerri Jedd. Marion Wilson,
Shirley Nye and Virginia Mattis, all Barter
Theatre players, modeled for a local department
store last week during its weekly fashion
show . is conducting auditions to
find three suitable representatives to represent
Richmond on the Phillip Morris
Horace Heidt program to be broadcast from
Loew's stage the evening of March 21.
The Broadway open-air theatres opened
. . .
for the season March 11 "American
Serenade," with the Morton Gould orchestra
and soloists Wilbur Evans and Mimi BenzeU,
appeared at the Mosque March 9. Lily Pons
whose concert was canceled in January will
sing at the Mosque March 18.
ROADSHOW PROJECTION
THE HARVEY WILLIAM CO.
"Voice of Theatre Speakers"
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