Motion Picture Herald (Jan-Mar 1954)

CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING Fifteen cents per word, money-order or check with copy. Count initials, box number and address. Minimum insertion $1.50. Four insertions for the price of three. Contract rates on application. No borders or cuts. Forms close Mondays at 5 P.M. Publisher reserves the right to reject any copy. Film and trailer advertising not accepted. Classified advertising not subject to agency commission. Address copy and checks: MOTION PICTURE HERALD, Classified Dept., Rockefeller Center, New York (20) NEW EQUIPMENT BOOKS USED EQUIPMENT MASONITE MARQUEE LETTERS. FIT WAGner, Adler, Bevelite sivns, 4" — 35c; 8" — 50c; 10" — 60c; 12"— 85c; 14"— $1.25; 16"— $1.50 any color. S. O. S. CINEMA SUPPLY CORP., 602 W. 52nd St., New York 19. WIDE SCREEN PRESENTATION PAYS OFF! Metallic screens 90c sq. ft. Prompt shipments Kollmorgen lenses. Everything for Cinemascope. S. O. S. CINEMA SUPPLY CORP., 602 W. 52nd St., New York 19, N. Y. HELP WANTED EXPERIENCED GENERAL MANAGER FOR new deluxe 1200-car Indianapolis outdoor theatre. Good salary and earnings participation for right active man with experience in drive-in theatre operation plus big food and concession business. No film buying. Year round employment. P'aid vacation. Reply giving qualifications, references, availability. JOE CANTOR, 3225 N. Meridian St., Indianapolis. THEATRE AND CONCESSION MANAGER. Large independent Pennsylvania drive-in. No film buying or booking. Highly competitive situation requires digging for business. $100 per week, all year. No off season duties. Outline experience and state what you can and are willing to do. Replies confidential BOX 2754, MOTIO'N PICTURE HERALD. WANTED: MANAGERS WITH EXPLOITATION and promotional experience by theatre chain situated in Eastern States. Top salaries paid, Vacations, Group Insurance and Hospitalization. Interviews will be held in Chicago and New York City during January. If interested, give complete resume and availability for interview. BOX 2756, MOTION PICTURE HERALD1. SEATING S. O. S.— SAVE ON SEATS! ALL TYPES THEatre chairs from $4.95. Send for chair bulletin. S. O. S. CINEMA SUPPLY CORP., 602 W. 52nd St., New York 19. BUSINESS BOOSTERS RECORD BREAKING KIDDIE GIVEAWAY. JET Airplanes $25 per 1000, $13 per 500. No C.O'.D. Checx with order. BOX-OFFICE STIMULATOR CO., 9760 South 50th Court, O'aklawn, 111. “NEW SCREEN TECH NIQUES” — the new book that is a “must” for everybody in or connected with the motion picture industry— the clearly presented, authoritative facts about 3-D, Cinerama, CinemaScope and other processes — covering production, exhibition and exploitatioru-contains 26 illustrated articles by leading authorities — edited by Martin Quigley. Jr. 208 pages. Price $4.50 postpaid. QUIGLEY BOOKSHOP, 1270 Sixth Ave., New York 20, N. Y. RICHARDSON’S BLUEBOOK OF PROJECTION, New 8th Edition. Revised to deal with the latest technical developments in motion picture projection and sound, and reorganized to facilitate study and reference. Includes a practical discussion of Television especially prepared for the instruction of theatre projectionists, and of new techniques for advancement of the art of the motion picture. The standard textbook on motion picture projection and sound reproduction. Invaluable to beginner and expert. Best seller since 1911. 662 pages, cloth bound, $7.25 postpaid. QUIGLEY BOOKSHOP, 1270 Sixth Avenue, New York 20, N. Y. MOTION PICTURE AND TELEVISION ALMANAC —the big book about your business — 1953-54 edition. Contains over 12,000 biographies of important motion picture personalities. Also all industry statistics. Complete listing of feature pictures 1944 to date. Order your copy today, $5.00, postage included. Send remittance to QUIGLEY BOOKSHOP, 1270 Sixth Avenue, New York 20, N. Y. DRIVE-IN EQUIPMENT REPLACE INADEQUATE. OUTWORN EQU1Pments with DeVry, Simplex and Century outfits rebuilt like new. (Send for lists). Time deals arranged. Incar speakers w/4" cones $15.95 pair w/junction box; underground cable $59M. S. O. S. CINEMA SUPPLY CORP., 602 W. 52nd St., New York 19. STUDIO EQUIPMENT MAKE MONEY MAKING MOVIES — SHOOT local newsreels, TV commercials, documentaries. Arrange advertising tie-ups with local merchants. Film Production Equipment Catalog free. Sv 0. S. CINEMA SUPPLY CORP., 602 W. 52nd St., New York 19. SERVICES WINDOW CARDS, PROGRAMS, HERALDS photo-offset printing. CATO' SHOW PRINTING CO.. Cato, N. Y. DEVRYS’ BEAUTIFULLY REBUILT LIKE NEW $895.00; Holmes $495.00. All dual outfits with amplifier and speaker. Time deals arranged. S. O. S. CINEMA SUPPLY CORP., 602 W. 52nd St., New York 19. THE RATIO IS RIGHT AT STAR! BIG SCREEN — small cost! Lowest prices on screens and lenses! Write us! Ashcraft lamphouses. 14" reflectors, rebuilt, $489.50 pair; E-7 mechanisms, 6 month guarantee, $475.00 pair ; pair SimplexAcme projectors, 50 ampere Suprex lamphouses RCA. rotary stabilizer sound, heavy bases rebuilt, $1,450.00; Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! STAR CINEMA SUPPLY. 447 West 52nd St.. New York 19. POSITIONS WANTED MANAGER 10 YEARS EXPERIENCE IN ALL phases of theatre operation. Now managing 2 houses, both downtown, first run, one is second largest in the state. Proven ability with advertising and exploitation. Excellent references. Available after first of year. Reason: desire change. Minimum salary $100 per week. BOX 2752, MOTION PICTURE HERALD. THEATRE EXECUTIVE AVAILABLE. PARTIAL investment possibility. Handle complete chain operation. BOX 2753, MOTION PICTURE HERALD. THEATRES FOR SALE: MONTANA THEATRES. ROUND-UP and Martin City. Mone}'makers. No television. Wire McADAM, Livingston. VERY PROFITABLE MODERN THEATRE REluctantly offered far lease or sale by absentee owner because of military service. Has 600 seats, air-conditioned, 3-D equipped, off-street parking. Serves growing community of 20,000 near midwest metropolis. Exclusive, early run, ncn-ccmpetitive film booking. Huge candy sales volume. 1953 gross $75,000. Can net over $10,000 annually. Only serious, experienced, ambitious, personable individuals need inquire. References ani equity required. BOX 2755, MOTIO'N PICTURE HERALD. NORTHERN ILLINOIS, NEW 500 CAR DRIVE in, modern high power equipment. Modern apartment on premises. Reasonably priced. BOX 2757, MOTIO'N PICTURE HERALD. Legion Reviews I 7 Films And Condemns One The National Legion of Decency has condemned “Three Forbidden Stories” because of “gross suggestiveness in situations and costuming.” It also deems morally objectionable in part for all “The Captain’s Paradise,” “Lure of the Sila” and “Man in the Attic.” Morally unobjectionable for adults are “Both Sides of the Law,” and “Captain John Smith and Pocahontas.” Unobjectionable for all are “Annapurna,” “Beneath the Twelve-Mile Reef”, “Fighter Attack”, “The Fighting Pimpernel”, “Geraldine”, “The Great Diamond Robbery”, “Heidi”, “Red River Shore”, “Texas Bad Man”, “Two Gun Marshall” and “War Arrow.” Felix D. Snow, an IATSE Vice-President, Dies Felix D. Snow, third vice-president of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees of the United States and Canada, died December 25 in a hospital in Kansas City following a recent heart attack. He had been business agent of Stage Employees Local 31, Kansas City, since 1925, and a member of the general executive board of the International since 1940. He had helped organize many unions throughout the middle west and traveled widely as an IATSE field man until his recent illness. James Sharum MEMPHIS : James J. Sharum, 57, former Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas and owner of the Sharum theatre at Walnut Ridge, died December 23 of a heart ailment. Federation Will Honor 4 At January 14 Luncheon Eddie Fisher, Deborah Kerr, Edwin R. Murrow and Bishop Fulton J. Sheen will he honored at the annual luncheon of the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York, at the Hotel Astor January 14. The four, according to Leonard Lyons, columnist who will preside at the luncheon, were chosen “because of their outstanding achievements in the media of radio, TV, recording, motion pictures and the legitimate theatre.” Harry Brandt is chairman of the amusement industry drive. On the dais at the luncheon, from the film industry, will be Barney Balaban, S. H. Fabian, Robert S. Benjamin, Harry Kalmine, William German, Fred J. Schwartz, Spvros Skouras and Harry Mandel. Party at Brooklyn Hospital Harry Garfman, Brooklyn and Queens business representative of the Moving Picture Operators Local 306, New York City, and the Movie Social Club of Kings County, December 21 entertained underprivileged children of St. Giles Hospital, Brooklyn, at an annual Christmas party. Short Gets Syndicate Play “Wild Birds Winging,” RKO Pathe Sportscope, has been accorded an unusual publicity break with the release by King Features Syndicate of a full page of photos and text based on the film. n MOTION PICTURE HERALD, JANUARY 2, 1954