Harry Orlow, manager of the Arcadia Theater, was assigned last week to take charge of the Levoy Theater at Millville, N.J., a 1,526-seat house. Orlow and his family have left for Millville, where he has assumed his new duties.
New York-Singular evidence of the public’s taste in regard to motion picture programs manifested itself when the Terrace Theater, opened November 2 by the Brandt Circuit, turned to a dual bill policy after a two months' trial with single features.
“There was nothing we could do about it. It seems the public has become accustomed to double features”, “Bingo” Brandt said.
This is also from Boxoffice, but is dated January 1938:
Julius Goodman, operator of the Ideal Theater is off for a few days in New York City, as is the Hippodrome’s head man, Izzy Rappaport, on his weekly stage booking spree.
New York-Changes effected in managerial personnel of the Century Circuit follow:
Herman Pitt has been transferred from the Rialto to the Elm, Brooklyn. Arthur Novak changes places with Pitt. Moe Weiss has gone from the Strand, Rockville Center, L.I., to the Franklin, Franklin Square, L.I.
Howard Weiss, formerly assistant manager of the Fantasy, Rockville Center, has been put in charge of the Plaza, Freeport, L.I. Jack Keith is now managing the Sunnyside, Sunnyside, L.I. Ben Mindlin has gone from assistant at the Valley Stream, Valley Stream, L.I. to manager of the Bellrose, Bellrose, L.I.
ST. LOUIS-The VIP previews and a sold out gala premiere launched the Martin Cinerama Theater at 4218 Lindell Boulevard. The VIP previews were held Tuesday and Wednesday, January 8 and 9, for the press, city officials and film people. The premiere was a sold out benefit for the Knights of Columbus.
Regular performances for the theater started Friday. Manager Jesse Marlowe said the Martin Cinerama Theater is the first million dollar theater built in St. Louis in 35 years. “The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm” was the opening attraction.
HONOLULU, HAWAII-Edwin Silver is manager of the newly rebuilt Cinerama Theater which Consolidated Amusement Co. opened here last month. Silver has been in public relations in local sporting and entertainment ventures, having served as publicity director for the Hawaii Chiefs professional basketball team when it played in the American Basketball League in 1961-62.
Silver, who was appointed by John H. Traut, Consolidated president, is a native of Indianapolis. He has made his home here since 1959. The Cinerama Theater opened with “The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm”.
DOWNEY, CALIF-The Avenue Theater in Downey is now undergoing a $50,000 remodeling program in preparation for a policy of long-run pictures. The reconstruction job will include a new marquee and front, increased seating capacity and new restrooms. E.R. Cummings Theater Corp., owner and operator of the Avenue Theater, has also scheduled the immediate remodeling of the Norwalk Theater in Norwalk, Calif. The firm recently remodeled the Meralda in Downey, at a cost in excess of $100,000.
LOS ANGELES-Metropolitan Theaters is taking over the lease on the State Theater, as of January 14. United Artists is dropping the theater, which it has operated since 1949. The house is owned by Loew’s Theaters. The UA lease had until May to run, but arrangements were worked out for the earlier takeover. This gives Sherrill C. Corwin’s Metropolitan circuit most of the downtown first-runs.
Here is an item from Boxoffice magazine, January 1963:
NEW YORK-Audubon Films has expanded its activities to include exhibition. The company has taken over the Charles Theater in Greenwich Village and will reopen it on January 16, following redecoration and installation of new seats.
Radley H. Metzger, director of Audubon, said the theater would operate on a policy of selected foreign and American films. Opening program will consist of “The Manchurian Candidate” and “A Coming-Out Party”, followed by “Phaedra” and “Lolita”.
Here is an item from Boxoffice magazine, January 1963:
NEW YORK-Arthur Marks, assistant manager of the Plaza Theater, Manhattan art house playing “David and Lisa”, has leased the 600-seat Hobart Theater, Woodside, L.I. (sic) starting January 6. The theater will continue a policy of playing art and foreign films.
Here is an item from Boxoffice magazine, February 1955:
ST. LOUIS-The Southway Theater in the Lemay section was reopened Friday under the management of Lloyd G. Weston, who leased the house from the Lau family. The Southway, dark for many months, was formerly operated under a lease by the Fred Wehrenberg circuit.
SUMNER, WASH-Mike Barovic has closed the local Riviera Theater because of lack of attendance. According to his son Don, the house may be reopened in the summer.
The building housing the Uclan Theater in Westwood has been bought by Morris Lehrmand and Paul Raful from the estate of Frances Seymour Fonda, late wife of actor Henry Fonda. The Uclan, operated on lease from the Dietrich and Feldstein circuit, is unaffected by the sale.
The U.S. Naval Air Reserve Station in Hartford, Conn., aided manager Ray McNamara during the premiere of “The Bridges at Toko-Ri” at the Allyn Theater by providing a helicopter to fly a banner spelling “Bridges” from the theater to a downtown destination point. Newspaper photographers were on hand to record the unique publicity stunt.
Dorothea Abbott, cashier at the Arcade Theater, south side, at a police standup, identified Thomas Murray, 45, as the gunman who held up the theater January 29 and made off with $45. He was held on a charge of armed robbery despite his denials that he was the bespectacled gunman.
PHILADELPHIA-Arthur Kerns, manager of the Randolph Theater, died at the age of 45. He had been with William Goldman Theaters for 11 years, and before that was with Warners.
PHILADELPHIA-Jay Wren, film buyer and city manager of AB-Paramount’s Philadelphia theaters, has been named general manager and film buyer of the Viking, the city’s new first-run house, and the suburban Locust Theater, according to Harry Sley, president of the Viking Theater Corp. Wren will assume his new duties March 1.
From Boxoffice magazine, January 1938:
Harry Orlow, manager of the Arcadia Theater, was assigned last week to take charge of the Levoy Theater at Millville, N.J., a 1,526-seat house. Orlow and his family have left for Millville, where he has assumed his new duties.
This is from Boxoffice magazine, January 1938:
New York-Singular evidence of the public’s taste in regard to motion picture programs manifested itself when the Terrace Theater, opened November 2 by the Brandt Circuit, turned to a dual bill policy after a two months' trial with single features.
“There was nothing we could do about it. It seems the public has become accustomed to double features”, “Bingo” Brandt said.
This is also from Boxoffice, but is dated January 1938:
Julius Goodman, operator of the Ideal Theater is off for a few days in New York City, as is the Hippodrome’s head man, Izzy Rappaport, on his weekly stage booking spree.
From Boxoffice magazine, January 1938:
New York-Changes effected in managerial personnel of the Century Circuit follow:
Herman Pitt has been transferred from the Rialto to the Elm, Brooklyn. Arthur Novak changes places with Pitt. Moe Weiss has gone from the Strand, Rockville Center, L.I., to the Franklin, Franklin Square, L.I.
Howard Weiss, formerly assistant manager of the Fantasy, Rockville Center, has been put in charge of the Plaza, Freeport, L.I. Jack Keith is now managing the Sunnyside, Sunnyside, L.I. Ben Mindlin has gone from assistant at the Valley Stream, Valley Stream, L.I. to manager of the Bellrose, Bellrose, L.I.
From Boxoffice magazine, January 1938:
Harry Sistko, who operates the Nixon-Grand is reported getting ready to re-open the Elm Theater, Camden, shortly.
From Boxoffice magazine, January 1963:
ST. LOUIS-The VIP previews and a sold out gala premiere launched the Martin Cinerama Theater at 4218 Lindell Boulevard. The VIP previews were held Tuesday and Wednesday, January 8 and 9, for the press, city officials and film people. The premiere was a sold out benefit for the Knights of Columbus.
Regular performances for the theater started Friday. Manager Jesse Marlowe said the Martin Cinerama Theater is the first million dollar theater built in St. Louis in 35 years. “The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm” was the opening attraction.
From Boxoffice magazine, January 1963:
HONOLULU, HAWAII-Edwin Silver is manager of the newly rebuilt Cinerama Theater which Consolidated Amusement Co. opened here last month. Silver has been in public relations in local sporting and entertainment ventures, having served as publicity director for the Hawaii Chiefs professional basketball team when it played in the American Basketball League in 1961-62.
Silver, who was appointed by John H. Traut, Consolidated president, is a native of Indianapolis. He has made his home here since 1959. The Cinerama Theater opened with “The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm”.
From Boxoffice magazine, January 1963:
DOWNEY, CALIF-The Avenue Theater in Downey is now undergoing a $50,000 remodeling program in preparation for a policy of long-run pictures. The reconstruction job will include a new marquee and front, increased seating capacity and new restrooms. E.R. Cummings Theater Corp., owner and operator of the Avenue Theater, has also scheduled the immediate remodeling of the Norwalk Theater in Norwalk, Calif. The firm recently remodeled the Meralda in Downey, at a cost in excess of $100,000.
From Boxoffice magazine, January 1963:
LOS ANGELES-Metropolitan Theaters is taking over the lease on the State Theater, as of January 14. United Artists is dropping the theater, which it has operated since 1949. The house is owned by Loew’s Theaters. The UA lease had until May to run, but arrangements were worked out for the earlier takeover. This gives Sherrill C. Corwin’s Metropolitan circuit most of the downtown first-runs.
From Boxoffice magazine, January 1963:
Clarence and George McBride, who operate the McBride Theater, have been in exhibition at Trafford for 42 years.
Here is an item from Boxoffice magazine, January 1963:
NEW YORK-Audubon Films has expanded its activities to include exhibition. The company has taken over the Charles Theater in Greenwich Village and will reopen it on January 16, following redecoration and installation of new seats.
Radley H. Metzger, director of Audubon, said the theater would operate on a policy of selected foreign and American films. Opening program will consist of “The Manchurian Candidate” and “A Coming-Out Party”, followed by “Phaedra” and “Lolita”.
Here is an item from Boxoffice magazine, January 1963:
NEW YORK-Arthur Marks, assistant manager of the Plaza Theater, Manhattan art house playing “David and Lisa”, has leased the 600-seat Hobart Theater, Woodside, L.I. (sic) starting January 6. The theater will continue a policy of playing art and foreign films.
This is the current occupant:
http://www.plasti-tek.com/
Here is an item from Boxoffice magazine, February 1955:
ST. LOUIS-The Southway Theater in the Lemay section was reopened Friday under the management of Lloyd G. Weston, who leased the house from the Lau family. The Southway, dark for many months, was formerly operated under a lease by the Fred Wehrenberg circuit.
From Boxoffice magazine, February 1955:
SUMNER, WASH-Mike Barovic has closed the local Riviera Theater because of lack of attendance. According to his son Don, the house may be reopened in the summer.
From Boxoffice magazine, February 1955:
The building housing the Uclan Theater in Westwood has been bought by Morris Lehrmand and Paul Raful from the estate of Frances Seymour Fonda, late wife of actor Henry Fonda. The Uclan, operated on lease from the Dietrich and Feldstein circuit, is unaffected by the sale.
From Boxoffice magazine, February 1955:
The U.S. Naval Air Reserve Station in Hartford, Conn., aided manager Ray McNamara during the premiere of “The Bridges at Toko-Ri” at the Allyn Theater by providing a helicopter to fly a banner spelling “Bridges” from the theater to a downtown destination point. Newspaper photographers were on hand to record the unique publicity stunt.
From Boxoffice magazine, February 1955:
The Metropolitan Theater, in the Bloomfield district, is being converted into a storeroom.
From Boxoffice magazine, February 1955:
Dorothea Abbott, cashier at the Arcade Theater, south side, at a police standup, identified Thomas Murray, 45, as the gunman who held up the theater January 29 and made off with $45. He was held on a charge of armed robbery despite his denials that he was the bespectacled gunman.
From Boxoffice magazine, February 1955:
Nicholas Capone and Michael Fonde are now operating the Center in Trenton.
I wonder if they print those a year ahead, like almanacs.
Maybe that was the suburbs back then. Wasn’t that in Center City somewhere?
From Boxoffice magazine, February 1955:
PHILADELPHIA-Arthur Kerns, manager of the Randolph Theater, died at the age of 45. He had been with William Goldman Theaters for 11 years, and before that was with Warners.
Boxoffice magazine, February 1955 issue.
This is from Boxoffice magazine, February 1955:
PHILADELPHIA-Jay Wren, film buyer and city manager of AB-Paramount’s Philadelphia theaters, has been named general manager and film buyer of the Viking, the city’s new first-run house, and the suburban Locust Theater, according to Harry Sley, president of the Viking Theater Corp. Wren will assume his new duties March 1.
The name of the theater was changed from Fox to Sharon in February 1955.