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SAN FRANCISCO ItTs'^t^Zt^^;':^'
•The Areata has been redecorated inside and
out and enlarged 30 feet to increase the
seating capacity from 607 to 900. The Areata
is the only theatre in this area using the new
coated lenses especially adapted to color . . .
Santa Rosa has been selected as the site
of an experiment in a professional, nonprofit
regional theatre. To be incorporated as Theatre
Fare, the organization proposes to present
a summer season of plays. Cy Roossin,
producer, said that Theatre Fare hopes to
be able to continue in production next fall,
using Santa Rosa as a home base and toui--
ing towns in California, Oregon and Washington.
Screen personalities Wallace Ford, Wayne
Morris and Charles Kemper were scheduled
to lead a parade in celebration of San Rafael's
Fiesta Hacienda days. Dedicated to St.
Raphael, for whom the town and its historic
mission were named, the Fiesta Hacienda is
intended to raise funds for the parish house
of St. Raphaels church.
Jerry Colonna acted as honorary marshal
of the Auburn Gold Rush Revival, and was
named the Miner of 1948 by the Auburn '49
Charles Hardy, fifth vice-president
Ass'n . . .
of AFL Building Service Employes;
president of Local 87, secretary of the Theatre
Janitors Local, and a member of the
Theatrical Mutual Ass'n and the Variety Club,
died following a heart attack.
Manager Walter Chenoweth of the Alexandria
knows when to give up. It all happened
when two grade school boys confronted
him in front of the candy counter. "Gimme
the time." Chenoweth mildly rebuked the
boys, asking if that was the proper way to
ask. "Aw-right, then, what's the time, please?"
When Chenoweth told them the time, one of
the boys offered : "You ought to be a teacher.
They tell us how to act all day in school.
But what a gyp!!! We come here and pay
20 cents to be entertained and now you're
telling us how to act." "That stops me." said
Chenoweth.
He bought them both candy bars.
Henry "Hank" Alston, manager of the
State here, was in Los Angeles on a vacation
. . . Sympathy to Ted Galanteer, MGM
publicist, on the death of his mother . . . Mel
Klein, Columbia office manager, and wife
celebrated their 15th wedding anniversary at
the Variety Club ... Jay Golden, Golden
Gate Theatre, was in Los Angeles a few days
on business.
Loyd Katz, Eagle Lion manager, was married
May 23 , . . Bernard Levy, well known
on Filmrow. was married to Helene Zirker in
Merced, Calif. Many local Filmrowers attended
the ceremony and reception that followed
. . . Jay Coyne, MGM office manager,
was taken to the hospital for an emergency
appendectomy.
Sam Gardner, assistant west coast sales
manager for MGM. was in Portland and
Seattle a few days on business . . . The girls
at the local MGM exchange are forming a
bowling team.
Theatre Crasher Fined
VALLEJO, CALIF.—A 30-year-old man
charged with trying to force his way into a
theatre was fined $50 in police court here.
Another man arrested for the same offense
forfeited bail of $25.
EUREKA, CALIF.—Thomas Benge, supervisor
of maintenance here for Redwood Theatres,
was presented with a $750 cash bonus
recently for having completed 15 year.s of
service with the organization. He also was
given a watch for his birthday and another
diamond for his Redwood Theatres service
pin. The gift.s were handed to Benge by
David Petersen, local manager for the circuit.
SEATTLE
pete Higgins, local exhibitor, has moved his
office to 2302 Second Ave. . . . Bill Cooley,
manager of the Everett in Everett, used a
stage "baby" giveaway as a stunt to drum
up interest for "Sitting Pretty." This time it
was two chicks that whetted the curiosity
Kislingbury, U-I exploiteer, was
in for campaigns on "Another Part of the
Forest," set for the Orpheum, and "All My
Sons," at the Fifth Avenue.
Henry Haustein, Paramount manager,
whipped over to eastern Washington and
back during the week . Redden, manager
of the Paramount, warns that a pair
of short change artists are working this territory
Jerry Safron, Columbia western
. . . district manager, was in from Los Angeles
festivities at schools, night
baseball and the first good weather are only
a few of the things plaguing grosses here,
which already are hard hit by the strike of
14,000 Boeing Aircraft workers.
. . .
Ralph Abbett, Monogram manager, and
Ed Cruea, salesman, were in Chicago for a
sales meeting James Keefe placed two
employes dressed in prison suits in Spokane's
Lilac Festival parade to plug "Prison Without
Bars" and "City Without Men" at the
Orpheum . Gillin, WB s playdate head,
was here from New York . Danz,
Sterling circuit president, was on a Los Angeles
visit.
Lamb
Ed Lamb, RKO manager, and Mrs.
were vacationing in Canada . . . William H.
Thedford, Oregon district manager for Evergreen,
was to wed Edith Elizabeth Purnell
of McKinney, Tex., June 5.
. . . Out-of-town visitors
Sue Bates of Paramount is recovering from
an arm operation . "Doc" Singelow
received a letter from Rasmus Bristein, Norwegian
film producer who visited here several
months ago, saying he had arrived home
and asks to be remembered to the friends
he made here
Filmrow were Mickey and Mrs.
on
DeLeo, Port
Townsend: Frank Harris, Spokane; Bill Conners
and Fred Gamble, Tacoma; W. B. Mc-
Donald, OljTnpia; Bud Hamilton, Darrington;
Eddie Snow, Mount Vernon, and Walter
Graham, Shelton.
Due From Manila
LOS ANGELES—Due in over the weekend
from Manila, P.I., was Tomas Flores manager
of the Warner exchange there. He
planned a visit to the Burbank studio and
the local Warner exchange before continuing
on to New York for home office huddles. It
is Flores' first trip to America. A longtime
Warner employe, he was guardian of the
company's property during the Japanese occupation
of Manila in World War II.
LOS ANGELES
/^inema Distributors Corp., a new outfit
headed by Edward Barison, opened offices
on the Row and announced plans to
distribute two revivals: "Goona Goona" and
"Africa Speaks." Their product will be circulated
in southern California, Arizona, Seattle,
Portland and Las Vegas . English
is the new manager of the Boulevard
Theatre in east Los Angeles.
. .
Heading back home from the Monogram
convention at the Drake hotel in Chicago
were Howard Stubbins, local franchise owner:
M. G. McCarthy, Bruce Miller and Roy
Bassett . Mary Jo Brown, Republic stenographer,
announced plans to wed James Record
on June 18 . . . Earl Collins, Republic division
manager, took off for a tour of the
Seattle, Portland, Denver and Salt Lake City
exchanges.
. .
Bill Martin of the Hemet Theatre in Hemet,
Calif., is out of the hospital following an
auto accident. Although still walking with
a cane, he was a recent visitor at the Republic
exchange . Francis Bateman, Screen
Guild salesman, is back from a Dallas business
junket.
Astor Pictures' new salesman is Maurice
Geiger . . Del Goodman, formerly with
.
Paramount, now is sales manager for Social
Guidance Enterprises' first film, "Bob and
Sally," playing locally at the Mayan Theatre
. . . Charles P. Skouras jr., son of the National
Theatres president, received his commission
Edith Garfine,
in the U.S. air force . . . Universal-International, was elected to
the board of representatives of the film exchange
local of the Office Employes International
union.
George Hickey, Pacific coast sales chief for
Metro, trained for New York to spend a
month at the home office , . . The
National
Theatres public relations director, Thornton
Sargent, returned from a ten-week stay in
New York, where he worked on the youth
campaign being laimched by the Theatre
Owners of America.
Hygienic Names Mort Allen
WILMINGTON, OHIO—Mort Allen of Los
Angeles has been appointed west coast representative
for Hygienics "Mom and Dad"
to succeed Dick Currier, who is being transferred
to the company's production unit in
Hollywood for work on "One Too Many,"
Hygienic's new pictm-e, slated to go before
the cameras shortly. Allen was a salesman
for 13 years with Warner Bros, in Los Angeles.
There Will ALWAYS
Be a MANLEY Man!
W. H. TURPIE, Wsstera Division Manager
1914 So. Vermont. RE 7528 Los Angeles 7. Calil.
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: June 5. 1948
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