Boxoffice (Apr-Jun 1937)

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SELLS AND BUYS EQUIPMENT, THEATRES. SERVICES Classified Ads 10c Per Word. Payable in Advance. bleating 4iouse Minimum $1.00. Display Rates on Request* GENERAL EQUIPMENT SOUND EQUIPMENT THEATRES FOR SALE HERE’S THE HOUSE OF SMASH HITS FOR THEATRE EQUIPMENT. S.O.S. BARGAIN Book offers large capacity Blowers, with pulleys and belts, $37.50 up. Opticals, from $9.95. Mirro-Claric Soundheads, special $76.75. Sterling Suprex Lamphouses, $129.50. Catalog Free. S.O.S. , 636-BY Eleventh Ave., New York. 6-26 LIFETIME SEATS LAST FOREVER— Replace front row upholstered and replacements for veneers. Sample $1.60; 100 lots $1.35 & $1.40. 1300 chairs panel back box spring seats, $1.65 y2 Mayer Silverman, 1010 Forbes St., Pittsburgh, Pa. 6-26 NO BARGAINS! REAL VALUE FOR YOUR DOLLARS. Reconditioned Theatre Equipment. Chairs. Simplex Projectors. Strong, Peerless, Brenkert, Super Morelite Low Intensity Lamphouses. Motor Generators. Forest Rectifiers. General Electric Mazda Lamphouses and General Electric Transformers. Ticket Registers and all Pro’ection Room Accessories. TELL US YOUR NEEDS. Trades accepted. Amusement Supply Co., Inc., 341 W. 44th St., New York City. 7-3 NEW EQUIPMENT MAKE A “SOUND” INVESTMENT. HEAR BRILLIANT NEW S.O.S. METAL TUBE Amplifiers, featuring 40 unique improvements, including Audio-Matic Volume Control. Free trial. Write S.O.S., 636-BY Eleventh Ave., New York. 6-26 USED EQUIPMENT SPECIAL DIVIDEND VALUES TO THEATRE OWNERS. Our big Clearance Event is on now! Savings 20 to 50% on Projectors, Sound Equipment, Chairs, Screens, Air Conditioners, Accessories, Supplies, etc. Send today for Bargain Catalog. Consolidated Theatre Supply Corp., 1600-C Broadway, New York. tf (b4-3) COMPLETE line of Lafayette FacsimiliTone theatre sound systems, theatre accessories and amplifying equipment. Send for free descriptive theatre bulletin No. T 26-PU, 100 Sixth Ave., New York; 901 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago; 430 W. Peachtree St., N. W., Atlanta. 7-17 COMPLETE RCA type G sound equipment, $300; rebuilt soundheads. W. B. Franke, Humboldt, la. 6-26 AIR CONDITIONING MOUNTAIN-TOP COLDNESS FOR YOUR THEATRE— “COOLA-WEATHER” COMBINATION Coolers, $495.00 up. Special Sale Corozone Midget, $7.95; Jr., $9.95; DeLuxe, $12.95; Model A, with Fan, $15.95; Model B, with Fan, $19.95. Free Air Conditioning Bulletin. S.O.S., 636-BY Eleventh Ave., New York. 6-26 ROTO-MIST ATOMIZING SPRAY NOZZLES— Involute rotary jet, non-clogging. Work at low pressure, $1.50 value. 50 or more, 65c, less 67c each. S.O.S., 636-AX Eleventh Ave., New York. 7-3 EQUIPMENT WANTED WILL BUY RCA SOUNDHEADS, SIMPLEX, POWERS PROJECTORS, ARC LAMPS, Rectifiers, Generators, Lenses. Cash Waiting. B-849, Boxoffice, 4704 E. 9th St., Kansas City, Mo. 6-26 WANTED TO BUY — Pair reflector arc lamps. Powers or Simplex projectors. Rexy Theatre, Rochester, N. Y. 6-26 BEST PRICES FOR RCA SOUNDHEADS, SIMPLEX, POWERS PROJECTORS, ARC LAMPS, Rectifiers, Generators, Lenses, all equipment. Send list to B-846, Boxoffice, 4704 East Ninth St., Kansas City, Mo. 6-19 NEW THEATRE — Missouri town 1,500 population, 300 seats. Nibblers don’t inquire. B-847, Boxoffice, 4704 E. 9th St., Kansas City, Mo. 6-26 WILL SELL 1/2 or all of theatre at Lott, Tex. An established profitable business. Equipped with $4,000 worth of latest equipment. Just discovered new oil field one mile from Lott. D. F. Luckie, Goliad, Tex. 6-26 HELP WANTED WANTED — Operator, experienced, reliable. Give qualifications, references and salary expected. Roseland Theatre, Flat River, Mo. 7-17 PpSmONS WANTED OPERATOR — Pour years experience, wants apprenticeship in union anywhere. Consider any other opening. Start any salary. References. B-848, Boxoffice, 4704 East 9th St., Kansas City, Mo. 6-26 I WANT A JOB .... MAYBE YOU NEED ME! For two years I did the “impossible” by successfully operating a theatre which all film and show men said couldn’t be done. Sold to circuit opposition who couldn’t see it before. If your house (or houses) needs new life, new ideas, bigger grosses and lower overhead, I can do it and guarantee results. Have twenty years’ practical experience in big theatres and little ones — from booth to front office; 4 years buyer and booker for Publix deluxe houses; 5 years as general manager circuit of eighteen houses; I know every angle of efficient operation. Am looking for dependable connection with independent circuit or individual where results count and politics do not. I want to build a home and a future. Minimum salary $60.00 and percentage on a 3-year contract. Address B-843, Boxoffice, 4704 E. 9th St., Kansas City, Mo. 6-12 SIMPLEX PROJECTORS and Parts— Lamphouses — Chairs — Sound Equipment and Parts — Generators — Rectifiers — Tick et Machines and Choppers — Screens — Lenses — Parts for All Machines. ASK US. We have what you need. Midwest Theatre Supply Co.. 1223 So. Wabash Ave., Chicago. tf (b3-13) Assure Yourself of getting each week's issue of BOXOFFICE by ordering your subscription today. You cannot afford to delay! DEEP CUT PRICES TO CLEAR OUR STOCKS USED LAMPHOUSES, PROJECTORS, Rectifiers, Generators — everything for theatres. Carbon Arc Lamphouses, $14.75 up. Forest Rectifiers, $24.50. Many others. S.O.S., 636-BY Eleventh Ave., New York. 6-26 Date 193 ASSCIATED PUBLICATIONS, 4704 East 9th St., Kansas City, Mo. Please enter my subscription for one year (52 issues) for BOXOFFICE (13 of which contain, The MODERN THEATRE Section and 13 of the PRODUCTION INDEX), including the New BOXOFFICE PICTURE GUIDE and DATE <5, RECORD BOOK* and BAROMETER.* □ $2.00 for 1 Year □ $3.50 for 2 Years □ $5.00 for 3 Years THEATRE CHAIRS FIFTEEN THOUSAND BARGAINS IN USED CHAIRS, 75c up. MANY FAMOUS MAKES, reconstructed, refinished. Bargain Sheet 15L Free. S.O.S., 636-BY Eleventh Ave., New York. 6-26 Name Theatre • Address City State ^ *THESE GREAT BOOKS GWEN WITH EACH YEAR'S SUBSCRIPTION I I BOXOFFICE ; : June 26, 1937 *Address copy to BOXOFFICE, 4704 E. Ninth St., Kansas City, Mo. Forms close Monday noon preceding publicathm date.