Boxoffice (Apr-Jun 1961)

RATES: 15c per word, minimum 51.50, cash with copy. Four consecutive insertions lor price of three. CLOSING DATE: Monday noon preceding publication date. Send copy and • answers to Box Numbers to BOXOFFICE, 825 Van Brunt BlvcL, Kansas City 24, Mo. • CLEIIRII1G HOUSE HELP WANTED S S $ HIGH EARNINGS: Exclusive territory available salesman interested selling cooperative advertising in conjunction with theatre outdoor frame service. Theatre contacts beneficial but not essential. Opportunity knocks so answer. Write or wire, Romar Vide Company, Chetek, Wisconsin. Managers Wanted: Excellent opportunity for two (2) alert, aggressive, experienced men able to handle own advertising, exploitation. Deluxe theatres; small towns; metropolitan areas. Top progressive independent circuit. Write Boxoffice, 9287, giving complete resume. Replies held strictly confidential. Clerk, midwestern theatre supply house. Must know equipment; light repairs. References. Write qualifications Boxoffice, 9296. Wanted: General Manager — three theatres. Steady. Apply Soo Amusement Co., Sault Ste Marie, Michigan. Manager Wanted: Permanent Position. Many benefits. Call KEllogg 1-1600 or write Walter Reade, Inc., Mayfair House, Deal Road, Oakhurst, N. J. POSITIONS WANTED Manager: Experienced, best references, available now. Go anywhere. B. L. Haley, 905 South Elm Street, Brady, Texas. Assistant Manager, 23 years of age. Experienced and very interested in the business. Prefer Hollywood or L. A. area. Excellent references. Available May 22, 1961. Boxoffice, 9277. Man with 30 years experience in all phases of theatre operations, indoor and drive-in, wants manager job. Will manage on salary and commission. Boxoffice, 9290. Projectionist: Wish to be relocated in the South. Reliable and dependable Boxoffice, 9295. BUSINESS STIMULATORS Bingo, more action! $4.50M cards. Other games available, on, off screen. Novelty Games Co., 106 Rogers Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. Build attendance with real Hawaiian orchids. Few cents each. Write Flowers ol Hawaii, 670 S. Lafayette Place, Los Angeles 5, Calif. Bingo Cards. Die cut 1, 75-500 combinations. 1, 100-200 combinations. Can be used for KENO, $4.50 per M. Premium Products, 346 West 44th St., New York 36. N. Y. Midget Bibles. $50/thousand. lxl'/j", 224 pages. Samples, prices 10c. JohnsonSmith, D-951, Detroit 7. Comic Books . . . Toys . . . Novelties . . . Free catalog. Hecht Mfg., 184 W. Merrick Road, Merrick, N. Y. BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES Want Ads Work Fast! Get Results at Once! BOXOFFICE GENERAL EQUIPMENT— USED For Sale: Drive-in amplifiers, RCA and Ballantyne. Also Manley stadium popcorn machine, Scotsman automatic super flaker ice machine. Harry Melcher Enterprises, 417 West Highland Avenue, Milwaukee 3, Wisconsin. Simplex E-7 Mechanisms, repaired, ready to use . . . guaranteed . . . will trade . . . bargains while they last. Lou Walters Projector Repair Service, 8140 Hunnicut Rd., Dallas 28, Texas. SENSATIONAL SAVINGS1 RCA MI-1050 soundheads, rebuilt, only $395 pair; RCA 400 senior 16mm projectors, reconditioned, $175; Vidoscope anamorphics, slightly used, $275 pair; Simplex portable projectors, rebuilt, new amplifier, $895 pair. What do you need? Star Cinema Supply, 621 West 55th Street, New York 19. 16mm Ampro arc sound projectors complete, $750 each. Boxoffice, 9289. Ashcraft 135 amp. Selienum Rectifiers, used 2 seasons, $700 for two. 70-140 Lincoln Generator, used 2 seasons, $400. Pair Magnarc Lamps, $300. Simplex 4star sound system complete, $500. One complete theatre equipment at a bargain. Columbus Drive-In Theatre, Columbus, Kansas. Phone 3. GENERAL EQUIPMENT— NEW SAVE WITH MASONITE MARQUEE LETTERS, fit Wagner, Adler, Bevelite. Black or red. 4", 40c, ■ 8", 60c; 10", 75c; 12", $1.00; 14", $1.50; 16", $1.75; 17", $2.00,24", $3.00 (10% discount 100 letters or over $60 list). S.O.S., 602 W. 52nd, New York 19. EQUIPMENT WANTED Theatre Chairs wanted, good condition, late model. Boxoffice, 9286. Wanted: Used theatre booth equipment. We dismantle. Leon Jarodsky, Lincoln Theatre, Paris, Illinois. DRIVE-IN THEATRE EQUIPMENT DRIVE-IN EQUIPMENT, Time Payments Rebuilt E-7 Projectors, Heavy Pedestals, RCA Soundheads, Lenses, Enarcs, Generator, new 200W Amplification, all for $2,995. S.O.S., 602 W. 52nd, New York, 19. SOUND-PROJECTION SERVICE MANUAL DO YOU WANT TROUBLE-FREE OPERATION? Better Projection and Sound Reproduction? You can have it if you own a copy of Trout's Sound-Projection Service Manual . . . Trouble-shooting cherts, voltage data, wiring diagrams, schematics . . . data on projectors, screens, lenses, arc lamps, generators and mechanisms . . . service data on amplifiers, pre amplifiers, soundheads and speakers, etc. Only $6 copy with additional service sheets every month for one year. Cash or money order ... no CODs. (In looseleaf binder) . . . Wesley Trout, Sound Engineer, Box 575, Enid, Oklahoma. Prompt Service. Special printed roll tickets. 100,000, $37.95; 10,000, $12.75; 2,000, $5.95. Each change in admission price, including change in color, $4.25 extra. Double numbering extra. F.O.B. Kansas City, Mo. Cash with order. Kansas City Ticket Co., Dept. 11, 109 W. 18th Street, Kansas City 8, Mo. THEATRES FOR SALE West Coast theatres for sale. Write for list. Theatre Exchange Company, 260 Kearny Street, San Francisco 6, Calitornia Low down payment will buy Sky-Vue Drive-In. beautiful, with finest equipment, highly profitable, wonderful climate. H. D. McCloughan, Silver City, New Mexico. Theatre for sale. Seats over 600. Colored patronage. Bradenton, Florida. Brick building, land, equipment and business. Priced very reasonable. Circuit operation for last twelve years. Bailey Theatres, 85 Decatur St., S. E., Atlanta, Ga. Small north Florida Drive-In Theatre year-round operation, very good money maker, investment returned in cbout three years. Box 87, Keystone Heights, Florida. For Sale: Rietta Drive-In and Dorothy Theatres, Henrietta, Texas. Only theatres in county. Both equipped with the best. Drive-in screen widened and painted this year. Nice, must see to believe. $12,500 for all, 1/2 down or will trade for any or all part. Out of state owner. Claud Thorp, Ryan, Oklahoma. 356-car drive-in, population 7,500. No other within 75 miles. Excellent equipment-CinemaScope. Always a money maker. CASH ONLY, $29,000. Owner has other interests. Jet Drive-In, Truth or Consequences, New Mexico. For Sale: Modern first-run theatre in Northern Michigan town. Seats 1,200. Slater Realty, Indian River, Michigan. Out of town owner, only theatre Central Texas town, about 1,800 population. Simplex equipment, CinemaScoped, very good condition. Owner could live under cooling tower. Building, equipment, $5,000. Will finance. Boxoffice, 9294. Drive-In, 300-car capacity, two highways. Also downtown theatre, 375 seats, county seat town, Western Kansas, sacrifice price for immediate sale, McNaghten Investment Company, Agents, Hutchinson, Kansas. For Sale: Theatre in Northwest Kansas, county seat town. Seats 500. Fully equipped in first class condition Ideal for family operation. No other theatre in town. Boxoffice, 9292. For Sale: Small town, 400-seat theatre completely equipped, two side rentals, modern five-room apartment. Ill health forces sale. Priced cheap. Owner, 738 Ralph, Salina, Kansas. Theatre closed, will sell all equipment. CinemcScope, Motiograph sound and projectors, Strong lamphouses, rectifiers. 400 seats. Sun Theatre, Plainwell, Michigan. THEATRES FOR SALE OR LEASE Will consider percentage lease to qualified, financially, responsible showman for six months with option to purchase or permanent lease. Only indoor, very modern, fast growing town, 5,000, central Texas. Boxoffice, 9288. THEATRES FOR LEASE For lease: Drive-in theatre and con ventional in Ohio city of 7,000. Will lease straight percentage of gross to responsible party. Address Boxoffice, 9278. For Lease: Two theatres in Sullivan county, N. Y. resort area. Contact Harden Theatres, Hancock, N. Y. POPCORN MACHINES Popcorn machines, all makes. Complete new popping units, $185.00 ex. Replacement kettles, all machines. 120 So. Hoisted, Chicago. 111. MISCELLANEOUS Intermission Slides for coming attractions, merchant ads etc. Whitley, Box 11292, Fort Worth, Texas. THEATRES WANTED Wanted: To buy or lease drive-in theatres, 500-car capacity or larger. Boxoffice 9238. Wanted: To lease theatre with option to buy, town of 2,500 population or up in Omaha, Sioux City or Sioux Falls territory. Boxoffice, 9279. Wanted; Texas theatre, reasonable, conventional suburban or small town. Lease or purchase. Send full particulars first letter. Boxoffice, 9285. Wanted to Lease: Southern or mid western drive-in with possible option to buy. Year-round operation. Boxoffice, 9280. Wanted: To buy or lease Drive-In The atres in Louisiana or Texas. Boxoffice, 9293. THEATRE SEATING Good used late model chairs available, rebuilt chairs. Chairs rebuilt in your theatre by our factory trained men, get our low prices. Parts for all makes of chairs. Sewed covers made to your size, also leatherette 25"x25", 55c ea.; 27"x27", 65c ea. Chicago Used Chair Mart, 829 South State Street, Chicago. Phone WE 9-4519. Chairs rebuilt in your theatre, re-spacing, sewed covers. Arthur Judge, 2100 E. Newton Avenue, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. SEAT RENOVATING: Neat, fast reasonable, anywhere. Sewed combination seat covers. Service Seating Co., 1525 West Edsel Ford, Detroit 8, Michigan. Tyler 8-9481, Texas 4-2738. SENSATIONAL SEATING SAVINGS! American, Heywood, Ideal chairs from $8.45. Send for Chair Bulletin. S.O.S., 602 W. 52nd, New York 19. Handy Subscription Order Form BOXOFFICE: 825 Van Brunt Blvd., Kansas City 24, Mo. Please enter my subscription to BOXOFFICE, 52 issues per year (13 of which contain The MODERN THEATRE Section). □ $3.00 FOR 1 YEAR □ $5.00 FOR 2 YEARS □ $7.00 FOR 3 YEARS □ Remittance Enclosed □ Send Invoice THEATRE STREET TOWN STATE . . . NAME POSITION BIGGER POPCORN PROFITS with all new Tender-Vender, now re-designed to even finer operations and results. Nothing to corrode, rust or peel. Warms, tenderizes ana dispenses crisp, hot, delicious popcorn. Shipped assembled; easy to move; capacities right for any location Write for facts. TENDER-VENDER POPCORN SERVICE CO., Popcorn Building, Nashville, Tennessee. For Rent or Sale: 24 fully equipped Brunswick lanes, well established operating business, choicest location . . . and . . . 50'xl20' steel & concrete theatre in Mission, B. C. "LaSalle," 945 Granville Street, Vancouver, B. C. FILMS WANTED Wanted: 35mm — 16mm sound features and shorts. Stephen Toth, Box 242, Wallingford, Conn. INTERMISSION TAPES WEEKLY TAPE SERVICE: Intermission tapes that sparkle . . . guaranteed to sell . . . customized . . . free sample. Commercial Sound Service, P. O. Box 5, Sulphur Springs, Texas. THEATRE TICKETS BOXOFFICE :: May 15, 1961