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Crown Seeks 30-Day<br />
Right at Hartford<br />
NEW HAVEN—Crown Management Corp.,<br />
on behalf of the 846-seat Crown, Hartford,<br />
has filed a clearance complaint with Oliver<br />
Bishop, executive secretary of the Coimecticut<br />
arbitration tribunal, against the five<br />
major distributors, seeking for the theatre a<br />
30-day ceiling after first run. Hartford.<br />
The complainant states that pictures are<br />
becoming available five and six months after<br />
first run, Hartford, which causes a hardship<br />
in buying and booking of the Crown. "In<br />
some cases," the complaint reads, "where<br />
product is not sold for six or eight months,<br />
pictui'es are withheld from the Crown." The<br />
Rialto, Hartford, is named as a theatre involved.<br />
This is the fom-th motion picture complaint<br />
to be filed since the beginning of 1948, and<br />
four remain to be heard which were filed in<br />
1947. The tribunal also has been occupied<br />
with a large number of labor complaints<br />
throughout the state.<br />
Seek Video Licenses<br />
HARTFORD—A Federal Communications<br />
commission hearing on applicants for Hartford's<br />
two existing television outlets was to<br />
start in the federal building here this week.<br />
Three applicants seek the two channels. They<br />
are: Travelers Broadcasting Service Corp.<br />
(WTICi; Hartford Times (WTHTi; and<br />
Conn. Broadcasting Co. iWDRCi.<br />
BOSTON<br />
A iMiut 50 members of the Motion Picture<br />
Salesmen's club attended a combined<br />
business meeting and testimonial luncheon<br />
for Joe Wolfe, club treasurer, at Steuben's<br />
restaurant. Nate Levin of Monogram, club<br />
president, was chairman of the affair and<br />
Al Fecke, sales manager at EL, was in charge<br />
of arrangements. Wolfe has joined Embassy<br />
Pictures as branch manager and member of<br />
the firm. Levin presented Wolfe a handsome<br />
piece of luggage in behalf of the club. Wolfe<br />
had been with Columbia for many years before<br />
joining Embassy.<br />
Benn Rosenwald, MGM manager, invited<br />
menrbers of the Commonwealth Conference<br />
of Christians and Jews to attend a special<br />
screening at the exchange of MGM's "The<br />
Big City," feature based tolerance. It was<br />
screened on two consecutive evenings . . .<br />
J. P. Byrne, MGM division sales manager,<br />
and assistant Herman Ripps were in town<br />
for a few days .... Reuben Perlman, home<br />
office representative for EL, was a visitor.<br />
Theatre Candy Co., Inc., has installed the<br />
latest model Star popcorn machine in the<br />
Warren Theatre, 'Whitman, owned by Ernest<br />
Warren. The candy stand was remodeled to<br />
add facilities for handling popcorn. "I wish<br />
I'd put in this machine three years ago when I<br />
took over," said Warren. "We're doing a whale<br />
Massachusetts Theatre<br />
of a business" . . .<br />
Equipment Co., 20 Piedmont St., has on display<br />
a new Colonial television receiver and<br />
three models of GE receiver sets, all in readiness<br />
for television broadcasts . . . Film<br />
Classics released two first run films downtown<br />
in two days. "Money Madness" opened<br />
at the Keith Memorial May 19 and "Blonde<br />
Ice" at the Keith-Boston the next day.<br />
Morey Goldstein of New 'Vork, general sales<br />
manager for Monogram, was in the district<br />
in behalf of the booking drive, which ends<br />
Two prewedding showers were<br />
July 3 . . .<br />
given to Martha Ferris, secretary of the<br />
Film Board of Ti-ade who will marry Alvin<br />
G. Kenney. The auxiliary of the Legion Post<br />
270 gave a handkerchief shower at the club<br />
headquarters. Mrs. Cyril McGerigle, wife of<br />
the head booker at RKO, and Mrs. Pat Healy<br />
were in charge. On the following evening<br />
75 friends gave her a dinner and miscellaneous<br />
shower at Seaverns Hall, Jamaica Plain.<br />
Agnes Rau and Emma Corbett, both of U-I,<br />
and Nellie McLaughlin of Warners were hostesses.<br />
After a wedding trip to California,<br />
Martha will be back at her desk at 204 Stuart<br />
St.<br />
Francis DriscoU, booker at MGM, thanks<br />
all exchange office workers who aided the<br />
dance given for the St. Columban Foreign<br />
Mission society, of which he was chairman.<br />
The proceeds from the party were sent to<br />
the Philippines to feed and educate native<br />
children there . 'Vincent Alpert. manager<br />
. .<br />
of Loew's Ritz, Pittsburgh, stopped off to<br />
pay his respects to Charlie Kurtzman, division<br />
manager for Loew's with whom he formerly<br />
was associated. Alpert was on the way<br />
to Cape Cod.<br />
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