Word: exhibitor
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Despite Kennedy's bearishness, the Hertz group chose to retain control, putting in a new management headed by bald, pleas ant Barney Balaban, oldtime Chicago exhibitor...
Cinemaddicts who want to see Tanks will have to see it on a double bill. About half as long (50 minutes) as a standard feature picture, it was thought up by Producer Hal Roach as the answer to the double-feature exhibitor's prayer: a short feature to combine with a standard-length picture so that cash customers will still think they are seeing two pictures for the price of one and the exhibitor will be able to squeeze in an extra show...
Through Cleveland's vast Public Auditorium, where the American Medical Association was holding its annual meeting (see col. 1), an urgent question was frequently relayed: "Where's Dickinson? Where's Dickinson?" Dr. Robert Latou Dickinson, a sprightly, tousle-headed octogenarian, was wanted by many an exhibitor whose scientific side show needed a few finishing touches from the Dickinson palette and brush...
Zamzam is the name of a sacred well in Mecca. In 1933 an Egyptian shipping company bought the 24-year-old, 8,229-ton British passenger steamer British Exhibitor, renamed her Zamzam, redesigned one of her holds into a mosque with accommodations for 600, and set her to carrying Mohammedan pilgrims from Suez to Jidda, the port of Mecca...
Those terms say that studios cannot book an exhibitor with a year's supply of pictures in advance. They can sell him as many as five in a single block, no more. But all five have to be ready to show to the exhibitor before the sale. After seeing the block, he can refuse to accept it. This privilege also applies to pictures sold singly...