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In Orange, Mass.<br />
ORANGE. MASS.—The new Orange on<br />
tast Main street was opened by the Garbose<br />
liros. with "The Jolson Story" as the screen<br />
iittraction. The dedication performance was<br />
attended by the selectmen and other community<br />
leaders.<br />
capacity of the hou.se is 635. It was<br />
designed by Aichitect Albert J. Smith. The<br />
supervising contractor was Robert V. O'Brien<br />
iif Athol. The .seating was installed by Heyu-ood-Wakefield.<br />
The modern facade is flanked by fluted stone<br />
pilasters, leading up to a frieze of architectural<br />
stone, with a parapet wall above.<br />
The birch woodwork in the auditorium was<br />
kept in natural-toned finishes for all door<br />
architraves and proscenium opening. The<br />
dado is in gray-green stain and the walls are<br />
done in varying tones of a like color.<br />
Managing the Orange is Richard J. Wellman<br />
of Keene, N. H. He opened the Criterion<br />
in Bar Harbor. Me., where he was man-<br />
.iger for two years, and also has had experience<br />
with the Latchis circuit and as road<br />
supervisor of Confidential Reports.<br />
Tent Investigates Charities<br />
NEW HAVEN—Pursuant to the Connecticut<br />
Variety Club's pledge of $25,000 to<br />
charitable work during the coming year, several<br />
charities are being investigated and an<br />
early report of program is forthcoming. Maurice<br />
Bailey of the Bailey theatres. New Haven,<br />
as chairman of the heart committee of<br />
Tent 231. heads the charity fund planning.<br />
Edward Peskay, who made the pledge at the<br />
Los Angeles convention, reported on the national<br />
meetings at the recent meeting at the<br />
Towne House, presided over by Chief Barker<br />
Barney Pitkin.<br />
French Films Biggest Draw C A I I<br />
R I \/ F R<br />
In Foreign Film Bonanza<br />
Noel Mr-adow in ine New York lime.;<br />
Foreign-film theatres, with French pictures<br />
still predominating, are literally mushrooming<br />
all over the country—in Boston. Detroit,<br />
Chicago. Cleveland. Kansas City, and<br />
even through the solid south, which was once<br />
solid principally in its resistance to anything<br />
but Hollywood films.<br />
It takes no Gallup survey to discover why<br />
foreign-language films generally, and French<br />
films in particular, have zoomed in popularity<br />
in the U.S. The French filmgoer apparently<br />
doesn't mind telling the doorman,<br />
the manager or the usher about the inner<br />
upheaval that brought him. There is the<br />
socially conscious patron who wants to see<br />
how the rest of the world lives and acts:<br />
there is the group who has grown tired of<br />
a steady diet of Hollywood cream-puff fare<br />
and craves the stronger realism of the better<br />
grade imported film, and there are the<br />
language students, supplemented in late years<br />
by a large number of GIs seeking to bring<br />
their service-acquired French to fuller flower.<br />
Altogether they come to a sizable total,<br />
and one that Hollywood might do well to<br />
consider.<br />
Movies and Stock Swap<br />
WORCESTER, MASS.—When the Playhouse<br />
summer theatre opened its stock season<br />
this week, personnel showed one member<br />
lost to Hollywood, and one gained from<br />
the motion picture capital. The repatriate<br />
is Jay Rogers, who came east two weeks ago<br />
after completing a role in "Atlanta." UA release.<br />
Lost to Hollywood is Milton King, the<br />
scenic artist of last year. He has joined<br />
MGM in a scenic post.<br />
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