Motion Picture Herald (Oct-Dec 1956)

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 price of three. Contract rates on application. No border or cuts. Forms close Mondays. Publisher reserves 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) USED EQUIPMENT BOOKS ARCLAMPS GALORE! FOREST 40/165 Amp. w 14” reflector excellent condition $250 pair; Ashcraft '‘E”, Ballantyne $250 ; Strong Mogul, Brenkert Enarc $350 ; Peerless Magnarc $395. S.O.S. CINEMA SUPPLY CORP., 602 W. 52nd St., New York 19. EXCELLENT COATED PROJECTION LENSES— many brand new! Wollensak, “Sunray" Series I: — 3?i", 5" 5%", 6”, 7%” — $35 pair. Superlite Series III “C” coated 2%", 3", 314" $150 pr. Others available— tell us your needs. Trades Taken. Wire or telephone order today. S.O.S. CINEMA SUPPLY CORP., 602 W. 52nd St., New York 19. CLOSING OUT THEATRE, EQUIPMENT BUY of lifetime. Super Simplex, RCA sound, American Bodiform seats. Send for inventory. JOHN L. TERRILL, 310 Ashlan, Fresno 4, Calif. CENTURY SOUND SYSTEM, REBUILT, $950; 80-ampere rectifiers, rebuilt, $395 pr.; RCA MI-9030 soundheads, rebuilt, $595 pr.: Simplex rear shutter mechanisms, good, $99.75 each; Lowest prices ever on new and used lenses. STAR CINEMA SUPPLY, 621 W. 55th St., New York 19. POSITIONS WANTED ENERGETIC, EXPLOITATION MINDED, CITY manager, 32 years old. Presently employed with 11 years’ experience desires change. Go anywhere. Will consider City Manager or single theatre, management. Starting salary $125. BOX 2948, MOTION PICTURE HERALD. MANAGER: FIRST CLASS OPERATION. LONG experience, 46, neat, aggressive. Advertising, exploitation, public relations. College graduate. City and D.M. experience. Desires change. Best references. BOX 2949, MOTION PICTURE HERALD. ART THEATRE MANAGER WANTED. ESTABlished house in large northeastern city. Applicant need not possess previous “art” experience, but must have excellent managerial background and be particularly adept at advertising and publicity. Write in confidence. BOX 2944, MOTION PICTURE HERALD. MANAGER WANTED FOR CONVENTIONAL house. Desire exploitation-minded man under 35 years of age. State experience and qualifications. . P. O. Box 662, Lake Charles, La. PROGRESSIVE CIRCUIT NEEDS MANAGER FOR large Southern New England drive-in, year round employment, excellent opportunity for right man, answer giving complete background and experience. BOX 2950, MOTION PICTURE HERALD. SEATING SEAT COVERS: SEWED COMBINATIONS, 95tf up; all colors. Send $1.50, old cover, will duplicate, best match. Vinyl leatherettes; all colors; 54 inches wide: $1.10 yd. up. Also precut 24x27; 2 dozen minimum order 44$ up. Complete line upholstery materials, mystic tapes, mohairs, corduroys, velvets; low prices; send for samples. MANKO FABRICS CO.. INC., 156 W. 28th St., N. Y. . NEW EQUIPMENT AMAZING SAVING! HOLMES PARTS, NEW Surplus : 1000W T-20C13 Mog. prefocus lamps $25 dozen ; intermittent movements $24.50 ; Star sprocket assembly $10; sound lens $9.95; EE14070 vertical drive shaft w/5 gears, bearings $9.75 ; 2000' magazines, upper & lower (rebuilt) $25 set. S.O.S. CINEMA SUPPLY CORP., 602 W. 52nd St., New York 19. 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. SAVE MONEY, PREVENT WASTE, PUT THE Master Guide To Theatre Maintenance in the hands of your managers and assistant managers. Cost $6.00 — could save you a thousand times as much. QUIGLEY BOOKSHOP. 1270 Sixth Avenue, New York 20, N.Y. STUDIO EQUIPMENT MITCHELL 35MM SINGLE SYSTEM CAMERA with RCA sound, lenses, magazines, tripod, etc. $15,000 value, $6,995 ; Kliegl 5000W studio spots on stands, $300 value, $159.50 ; New Tripod Triangles, $16.95 ; Mitchell 35mm Standard Tracking Camera, $995 ; Moviolas from $195 : Hallen synchronous magnetic 16mm recorder, $1495 value, $695 ; American Cinematographer’s Handbooks, % price, $2.50. S.O.S. CINEMA SUPPLY CORP., 602 W. 52nd St., New York 19. A. Silverstone Dies at 54 Arthur J. Silverstone, 54, assistant general sales manager of 20th Century-Fox, died at Mt. Sinai Hospital, New York, December 22, following an illness. Mr. Silverstone, who spent 35 years in the film industry, began his career with United Artists and was general sales manager for that company in Great Britain from 1924-39 and was eastern district manager from 1939-42. He joined 20th-Fox in 1943 as assistant managing director in Great Britain and subsequently was general manager in Canada (1948) and eastern and Canadian sales manager (1951). He had been assistant general sales manager since April, 1954. He is survived by his wife, Pearl; a son, Paul; a daughter, Mrs. Sandra Stern; three brothers, Murray, Emanuel and Dr. Sidney Silverstone, and four sisters, Mrs. Fannie Beier, Mrs. Mollie Edelstein, Mrs. Edith Denby and Mrs. Ruth Kranz. William E. Drumbar KNOXVILLE: William E. Drumbar, associated with local theatre business for 40 years, died at Baptist Hospital December 18. Mr. Drumbar started here as city manager for the Publix Theatres Corp. in 1917. He traveled to North Carolina and Texas as district manager for the company, which later became the WilbyKincy circuit. He built and operated the Sunset and the Dawn theatres here in the early 1940s. He is survived by his widow. "Duchin Story" Big In Latin America Exceptional business in Latin America for “The Eddy Duchin Story” is reported by Columbia International branches, it is announced. The Tyrone Power-Kim Novak film is said to be breaking theatre records and topping “Picnic” and “From Here to Eternity” grosses. A week’s gross of $33,189 is reported at the Payret and Trainon theatres, far exceeding “Picnic.” In Panama City the picture topped the records of “Caine Mutiny” and “On the Waterfront” with $5,799 for the first week at the Central theatre. At Sao Paulo, Brazil, a new record of more than $210,000 for opening week on the Serrado circuit, was reported, with a record long run reportedly looming there. At Santiago de Chile, the Central theatre reported a gross of more than $9,000 in opening week. Magna Shows Income Gain Domestic roadshow distribution of the Todd-AO production of “Oklahoma!” has. enabled Magna Theatres to establish an income record in the quarter ended last October 31, George P. Skouras, Magna president, has reported to stockholders. Mr. Skouras said that film rentals and incidental income from the picture’s distribution totaled $833,000 as compared to $407,000 in the previous quarter. Expenses in connection with the distribution, including costs of prints and advertising, were $425,000, as compared to $409,000. Excess of income over expenses during the quarter was $408,000 as compared to the previous quarter where there was a loss of $2,000. In the nine months ended October 31, 1956, gross income from the distribution of “Oklahoma!” was $3,820,000 which included an advance of $2,000,000 against foreign film rentals. Expenses in connection with the distribution were $1,450,000. Excess of income over expenses in the nine-month period was $2,370,000. Mr. Skouras also informed the Magna holders of the 20th Century-Fox distribution agreement for “Oklahoma!” and the production plans for “South Pacific.” 34 MOTION PICTURE HERALD, DECEMBER 29, 1956