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WORCESTER<br />
•Pheatremen here are wondering just what<br />
the function of the municipal censor<br />
board is following the police department's<br />
decision to ban "Black Narcissus" even<br />
though the picture was passed by the censors<br />
by a one-sided vote. The censor board<br />
admittedly is only advisory but in the past<br />
it has been rare that the police did not<br />
abide by its decisions.<br />
Bob Portle, manager of Loew's Poll, Elm<br />
Street, broke into print with art on two<br />
mothers he entertained at dinner and a theatre<br />
party in observance of Mother's day.<br />
The mothers were 82, with ten children, and<br />
80, with 13 children . . . The Ringling circus<br />
petitioned the mayor and recreation commission<br />
for a permit to show at Beaver Brook<br />
park July 1, which would be its first Worcester<br />
date since the big Hartford circus fire.<br />
Dennis A. O'Brien, longtime theatre manager<br />
in Fitchburg, is meeting opposition in<br />
Mayor Stanton's choice of him to fill the<br />
post of personnel director of Burbank hospital.<br />
He had been named to succeed Harry<br />
E. Fuller, who had been let out by the executive<br />
board after being elected by the hospital<br />
trustees.<br />
"The Iron Curtain" opened at the Strand<br />
in Southbridge, with the premiere closely<br />
covered by the local paper. Manager Stanley<br />
Redmond reported only one person objected<br />
to the film and that was an unidentified<br />
person over the telephone . Boston<br />
Worcester Turnpike is undergoing a big resurfacing<br />
job on the Worcester end, with<br />
one-way traffic affecting the Shrewsbury<br />
drive-in to some degree.<br />
Knox Manning-, formerly of Worcester,<br />
will be the narrator in the forthcoming Babe<br />
Ruth film . . . Neil Hamilton, ex-screen<br />
star, who grew up in this section, is coming<br />
back for his first stage date in Worcester<br />
county. He will appear at the Whalom<br />
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in Fitchburg the week of July 5. Other stars<br />
obtained by that house are Sylvia Sidney,<br />
Jackie Cooper and Kay Francis.<br />
. . . William<br />
Phil Spitalny's orchestra drew a good 2,600<br />
at the Auditorium at $3.60 top<br />
Yager, manager of the Plymouth in Leominster,<br />
booked "Black Narcissus" following<br />
its proliibition in Worcester and reports<br />
The Red Barn in West-<br />
business was fine . . .<br />
boro, first of the summer stock companies,<br />
opened its 11th season last week.<br />
When Helen Walker was east recently she<br />
visited her mother in Waterbury, Conn., and<br />
was asked to address a public gathering. In<br />
her talk she mentioned that as much as she<br />
liked Waterbury, .she looked upon Worcester,<br />
her native town, as her home.<br />
FALL RIVER<br />
jS lone picket spent several days promenading<br />
in front of the Durfee Theatre<br />
with a huge placard protesting the showing<br />
of "The Iron Curtain." Paul Slayer, manager,<br />
said the initials CPA seen on the placard<br />
probably stood for Communist party of<br />
America. He heard that several men picketed<br />
the State Theatre in New Bedford while the<br />
film showed there.<br />
Harry Hammond, 62, prominent musician<br />
and at one time employed in Fall River<br />
theatres, died recently at h'is home here. Theatre<br />
personnel attended the services . . .<br />
Louis Metivier is new projectionist at the<br />
Academy . . . Helen Quigley and her fiance,<br />
Gordon Sweeney, were tendered a shower<br />
and stag party by the personnel of the Academy<br />
where Miss Quigley is cashier.<br />
Carl Zeitz, manager of the Academy, has<br />
Robert Zeitz, student<br />
taken up golfing . . .<br />
at the University of Georgia, will resume his<br />
assistant manager job at the Academy upon<br />
his return here in June . . . Manager James<br />
Knight, Mrs. Dorothy Hindle and Mrs. Albert<br />
Gagnon represented the Yamins Theatres at<br />
the funeral of Henri R. Girard, former manager<br />
of the Capitol, Park and Strand.<br />
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. . . Nathan<br />
The Embassy has returned to its original<br />
policy of first run showings and is playing<br />
moveovers from the Empire. It thus replaces<br />
the Strand which is being transformed into<br />
a stadium-type house. John McAvoy is manager<br />
of the Embassy have<br />
been completed to the Capitol marquee, which<br />
was damaged by a truck Whalen<br />
dance studio presented its annual recital<br />
recently at the Empire, which suspended<br />
picture showing for that day<br />
Yamins, owner and operator of the Yamins<br />
Theatres, made an inspection of his houses<br />
here to plan improvements and alterations.<br />
Manager Matt Saunders of Loew's Poll<br />
spotted a two-coluirm picture of Butch Jenkins<br />
in the Junior section of the Sunday<br />
Post. This is the first time theatre publicity<br />
has been permitted in the section . . . Manager<br />
Harry A, Rose of Loew's Majestic handled<br />
his publicity for "Fighting Mad" as if the<br />
film were a prize fight. He spotted stories<br />
on the sports pages of local dailies and<br />
used window cards in locations that regularly<br />
display boxing cards. The cards were<br />
typical of prize fight advertisements and gave<br />
no hint of a motion picture until half way<br />
down.<br />
HARTFORD<br />
'pari Hannah, assistant manager at the<br />
Perakos Strand in Thompsonville, is back<br />
on the job after a leave in Arizona due to<br />
illness. Tommy Grogan is manager . . . The<br />
New Astor. East Hartford, has had its marquee<br />
redecorated. Partners there are Howard<br />
Harris and Steve Kurpen . . . Tom Grace,<br />
manager of the Eastwood, has installed a<br />
new coke bar.<br />
. . Harry Mc-<br />
Walter B. Lloyd of the M&P Allyn huddled<br />
with Joe Mansfield, Eagle Lion exploiteer,<br />
on "The Smugglers" .<br />
Williams, director of exploitation for Columbia,<br />
was at the E. M. Loew's district office<br />
talking about "The Fuller Brush Man" with<br />
George E. Landers.<br />
. . Lillian Kelleher, secretary<br />
Sam Horwitz, assistant manager at the<br />
Poll, is back in town after several months'<br />
leave due to his dad's illness. In his absence,<br />
Al Lessow of the Poli-Palace handled<br />
the assignment . . . The Carroll in Waterbury<br />
used roller skates as a giveaway last<br />
Saturday ... Ed Kelleher, assistant manager<br />
of the Princess, took in a few ball games<br />
in New York .<br />
to Martin H. Kelleher, president of Princess<br />
Theatre Corp., visited friends in Albany.<br />
Ralph Boehm, son of the State's chief of<br />
staff, will be assistant administrator of a<br />
childr-en's camp in Connecticut this season<br />
of summertime attractions<br />
. . Gen-<br />
carnivals, parks, beaches, lakes, etc.—are beginning<br />
to stir again, offering competition<br />
with a capital C to the film trade .<br />
eral Manager Al Schuman of Hartford Theatres<br />
had a cold . . . Ernie Grecula, Al's<br />
assistant, was in New Haven on business.<br />
Ditto Joe Dolgin of the Pike Drive-In, Newington<br />
. Selet of the Crown booked<br />
something rare for the house, an all-Italian<br />
bill. The Crow7i has new projectors and<br />
screen.<br />
Russ Ordway has a glassware deal at the<br />
Princess, Rockville . Kelleher held<br />
"Sitting Pretty" for three extra days at the<br />
Ben Lamo, assistant manager<br />
Princess . . .<br />
at the Warner Strand, was operated on at<br />
the John Hopkins hospital in Baltimore May<br />
19, and has been a patient there for several<br />
weeks. Charles Atamian. chief of staff, is relieving<br />
as assistant manager.<br />
. . B. E. Hoffman, assistant<br />
Franklin B. Ramsey, former manager of<br />
local neighborhood theatres for the Warner<br />
circuit, has returned to Hollywood following<br />
a visit here .<br />
zone manager for Warner Theatres, was here<br />
on business.<br />
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