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LOUISVILLE— Price Cooim-r. owner of the
iNew Harlan Theatre at Harlan, Ky., is the
(proud owner of a new airplane equipped
jw:th two-way radio and other modern flylii?
aids.
addition to his theatre mterests Cooni-
61 is building a new air field at Harland.
w lere he is setting up an air school. He has
been insti-ucting students under the GI Bill
loi Rights at other airports.
During the war Coonier was a government
'instructor, and has done much to promote
a'.iation in Kentucky and other states.
On a recent jaunt he flew into Louisville
to pick up supplies and accessories from the
Falls City Theatre Equipment Co.
COLUMBUS
f^arl Rogers, manager of Loew's Broad, and
Harry Simons, house manager of the RKO
Palace, became fathers for the first time on
Father's day. A girl named Velvet Linda was
born to the Rogers fanvily and a son, Harry
Clay III, was welcomed to the Simons household.
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Leo Yassenoff, head of the F&Y Building
Service and the Academy circuit, says exca-
, vation has begun for the new National Drivein
Theatre on West Broad street one-half
niile west of the city limits. The new openau:
theatre, of Chinese design, is being constructed
by the theatre division of F&Y a
45-foot wide drive will lead from the highway
to the parking area, which will park
750 cars. Each automobile will be provided
with an individual in-car speaker. The
screen tower, constructed of vertical trusses,
will support transite covering.
The national convention of the Achbar
Grotto, which attracted 10.000 visitors,
caused the Palace to book a stage show, headlined
by Marion Hutton and Johnny Long
and his orchestra, interrupting the regular
screen policy. The Gayety, a burlesque
house, also booked a stage attraction to take
advantage of the Grotto convention.
A pileup during the first event of harness
racing at the Fairfield county fairgrounds
during filming of racing scenes for 20th-Fox'.s
'The Green Grass of Wyoming" caused injury
to one driver, shook up another and
injured four horses. Grant Connelly, 67-
year-old Springfield driver, was treated at
a Lancaster hospital for scalp lacerations
and multiple bruises . . . Harold Bowlby of
Columbus, was shaken up when his horse
crashed into Connelly's
Larry Caplane's
overturned .sulky
RKO Grand booked
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"Open
City" as a special "adults only" single feature
following the four-week run of "The Egg
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Harley E. Lewis, local salesman, has joined
'he cast of "The Green Grass of Wyoming"
iind will accompany the location crew on its
:rip to California and Utah for additional
."cenes. Lewis appeared in 14 different scenes
in sequences shot at Lancaster.
At 50th Anniversary
Celebration
Alice Burgess, usherette at the Liberty
Theatre in Zanesville, chosen "Miss Repeat
Performance" in a statewide competition at
fhe world premiere of the Eagle-Lion picture
iield last month in Zanesville, is in New York
!or a screen test. Mrs. Earl Wilson, wife of
!he Broadway columnist, accompanied the
'.vinner to Manhattan . . . Charles Stadfeldt,
manager of the Gayety, is on vacation and his
post is being filled by Maury Rome, manager
Jf the St. Louis house of the damage burlesque
circuit.
HERRINGTON PARTY PICTURES—Some of the showmen who attended the
dinner in Pittsburgh honoring Mr. and Mrs. Fred J. Herrington on their 50th wedding
anniversary are pictured here. In the top photo the veteran secretary of the
.Allied Motion Picture Theatre Owners of Western Pennsylvania admonishes a couple
of "youngsters," M. A. Silver (left) and William Finkel. against trying to keep anything
from the Mrs.; second photo, Mrs. Herrington gets the good wishes of Morris
M. Finkel, AMPTO president: third photo, left to right, Fred A. Beedle, John Mazza
and Alexander Parke, and bottom, Dr. C. E. Herman, A. P. Way and N. M. Katz.
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