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TOLEDO
Shifts in Personnel
Cteve Toth, manager of Loews Esquire, re-
^ cently got his picture on ttie society pago
of the Times, posing with liis wife at the
Alpha Nu Gamma sorority spring dance .
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David Stem of U-I was in town last week
to publicize "Great Expectations." which
opened at the Valentine June 26. Abe
Ludacer. manager, previewed the film for
library attendants and selected guests in the
auditorium of the Toledo library last week.
Work on the Sports arena. Indoor stadium
In east Toledo, Ls to be completed by October
7. The building will have permanent
seats for 6.000. and will be equipped for ice
shows and hockey events, as well as boxing,
wrestling, etc. . . . The outdoor operetta
season at Walbridge park amphitheatre will
open July 10, with performances four nights
a week. Three attractions are planned and
If successful, a fourth wUl be offered.
The Jack O'Connells (he's owner of the
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AL BOUDOUBIS. Monagoi
Loop and Ohio), tossed a huge party in their
upriver home for more than 100 friends in
honor of Jack's birthday. Nobody could get
the theatreman to reveal his age. however
. . . Newest thing in these parts is the idea
of Melvin Kells and John Mattias. operators
of Forest park, dance pavilion near hers,
who stage "movie dances." Patrons dance to
the music of big name bands via screen short
subjects.
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Louis Prima appeared at the Paramount
Andrew
June 21 for a three-day stand
Bernhard. editor of the Pittsburgh Post-
Gazette, recently returned from Moscow,
was principal speaker at a luncheon meeting
of Tent 30 of Toledo Variety. Paul Schrader.
managing editor of the Toledo Blade, served
as King of the Day during the event.
Richard Henning, graduate of DeVilbiss
high school, has been appointed assistant
manager of the Colony by Jack Lykes, manager.
He replaces Don Ridge, who at 21
becomes manager of the recently opened
Clinton, in Port Clinton, Ohio, also operated
by Associated Theatres of Cleveland.
Ted Teschner, for 17 years with Loew's
Theatres, and for five years manager of
Loew's Valentine in Toledo, has opened the
"T" Art Display studios here to specialize
in advertising display work, including show
cards, banners and silk screen process printing
. . . Lloyd Hayes, onetime manager of
the Palace, Canton, has become assistant
manager of the Rivoli here, under Howard
Feigley.
Penn Eastwood Opened
By Navari Amusements
PITTSBURGH — The Eastwood. Frankstown
road. Penn township, opened Thursday
evening i26i with "The Sea of Grass." The
de luxe rural area theatre is owned and
operated by Navari Amusements. Inc.. and
was under construction for several years.
Originally planned in 1940. the building
materials were removed from the job and
held up by the government after Pearl Harbor.
Various intervening events and happenings
held up construction and plans for
opening.
The Navari brothers, Rudolph, Samuel and
Julius, are veterans in the amusement field
and special credit is due to them for making
tills investment in quality materials and
equipment throughout. Navari Bros, have
enrolled the Eastwood as a member of Allied
MPTO of W. Pa.
Mansfield Pool Dissolved
MANSFIELD, OHIO -The Warner-Skirball
pool, operating the Ohio and Madison
theatres here, is being dissolved. Details
of the "divorce" are being worked out by the
Interested parties.
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Made by Frudenfeld
CINCINNATI—Col. Arthur Frudenfeld ot
RKO Theatres has made a number of shUtF
among employes.
Walter Ahren;
manager of the Grant
was transferred to thr
Uptown. Detroit,
manager.
Arthur Piccolo wa
moved from the Shu'
bert to manage thi.
Grand.
Jimmy Geers. assist >
ant to Florence Kiptj.
Lyric, was made man'
ager of the Shubert.
Jimmy Mitchussoi/
a.ssistant manager
COLONEL FRUDENFELD
the Family, become
assistant at the Shubert.
Edward J. White, floor manager of th
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Palace, is now assistant manager at Famil>
Harold Pitcher, Shubert assistant manages^
has a similar post at the Lvric. ;.
Exhibitor Turned Outdoors;
Sets Up 16mm Drive-In
GLENVILLE. W. VA.-
ager of the Pictureland
owned by C. W. Marsh,
operated the first 16mn
-Gray Barker, man^
and Lyric theatre;'
boasts that he ha^
drive-in theatre Lj
the history of show business—as far as h;
knows.
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When the board of education nullified th^j
superintendent's permission for him to mak^
a nonprofit 16mm showing in the Tannftj
high school auditorium, in the nearby the»j
treless community, he :xl up his equipmen
outdoors and proceeded with the presents*
tion. Several drove into the vacant lot l^
cars and watched. Barker said.
U.S. Halts Construction
Of Monessen Theatre
MONESSEN, PA.—Construction of tbu
new Manos "Theatre here again has
stopped by the CPA. All steel work is comb
pleted and building ma;«rials are on the Jolji
The "go ahead" had been given to the ptoj
ect several times. Until the agency relaxe
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the job is closed down under penalty of
large fine. Michael Manos has other ne^
amusement projects pending, including a O-j
luxe theatre at New Castle.
Pete DeFazio Promoted
PITTSBURGH Peter R. DcFazio, Wail
ners main line salesman, assumed new duU«,
this week as Baltimore representative. Pet^,
an ex-GI has been employed for a numbfl,
of years by Warners in various eastern p08<
and is popular in the trade. His brother J
Sam DeFazio. manager of the J. P. Ham
and two sisters reside here. Leonard PearU
man, salesman from the Washington, D. t
branch, has been transferred to the Pltbi
burgh office.
Growls at Long Descent
COLUMBUS—A reader of the Ohio Staf|
Journal, in a letter to the editor, conr
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plains; "Several big movie houses here hav
their restrooms down a flight of stairs twlit
as long as you'd have in your home. Surer
they could provide restrooms on the fir.
floor. I've given up trying to take oldi
people or cripples to those movies."
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