Boxoffice (Jan-Mar 1941)

n C. BROMBERG, president of Republic ** Pictures Corp. here, left Sunday for Miami, for a three-week vacation . . . Lee Castleberry of the Fifth Avenue Theatre, Nashville, Tenn., has left the hospital, where he spent the past four weeks, and is now recuperating at his home. Muscle Shoals Theatres is building a new house vh Florence, Ala. They recently completed one house in Tullahoma, Tenn. . . . Manning & Wink are building a 1,400seater in Dalton, Ga. Chas. A. Adams, manager of the Peachtree Theatre, lost his grandmother . . . Mrs. Solomon Miller, wife of Solomon Miller, Peachtree Theatre Co., is very ill at Georgia Baptist Hospital . . . Ted Toddy, Consolidated National Film Exchanges, Inc., has left for a trip to New York. Offices of Consolidated National Film Exchanges, Inc., have been completely redecorated at 141 Walton St., N. W. John Jenkins has left for a trip through Florida, while Mrs. Jenkins will carry on in the Atlanta office . . . Consolidated advises that many contracts and play dates have been accepted for the new version of ‘‘Birth of a Nation,’’ which is doing sensational business throughout the south and has just opened a New York run. Miss Julia Iverson Cowles, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Cowles, National Screen Service, was married Sunday, January 26, at the famous Little Church Around the Corner in New York City, to Lee Geithman . . . Ike Katz, P-R-C district manager, is back from a visit to his home office in New York, where he attended a special conference regarding forthcoming productions. Jim Young and B. S. Bryan, Atlanta salesmen for P-R-C, have returned home from the territory and report excellent business for their organization. Young is now covering eastern Tennessee and northern Alabama and Bryan has left for a tour in northeast Georgia. J. E. Duncan’s Playhouse Theatre at Carrollton will have its formal opening Friday, February 14. All equipment was purchased from Capitol City Supply Co. Capitol City also reports the sale of new equipment to James E. Clay for his house at Conyers, Ga., to be opened in the very near future. Visitors: W. R. ‘‘Bill” Griffin, Strand, Cullman, Ala., (who always gets in a little golf — with his booking) ; Joe Hackel, Ritz, Jacksonville, Fla.; Nat Williams, Rose, Thomasville, Ga.; Glover Johnson, Cherokee, Center, Ala.; Mrs. Willingham Wood, Strand, Washington, Ga.; Mrs. M. M. Osman, Strand, Covington, Ga.; L. J. Duncan, West Point, Ga., and J. H. Thompson, Martin-Thompson, Hawkinsville, Ga. SENSATIONAL lAUGAINS IN NEW — USED — FACTORY RECONDITIONED THEATRE EQUIPMENT Factory Reconditioned Simplex Projectors complete with front shutter mechanisms Double Bearing Intermittent movements — 16" upper and lower magazines — new 5 point pedestals complete with switches Per Pair $500.00 Simplex Double Bearing Mechanisms, completely rebuilt (Front Shutter) Each 195.00 Simplex Single Bearing Mechanisms, completely rebuilt (Front Shutter) Each 165.00 Five Point Pedestal Stands, complete — NEW Each 45.00 Three Point Pedestal Stands, complete — REBUILT Each 39.00 Single Bearing Movements (excellent condition) (order for spare) Each 12.00 New Powers Heavy Duty Gates Each 27.00 Powers Type 6-B Mechanisms with New Cast Iron Center Frame Roller Pin Cross movement (1 year guarantee) — NEW Each 105.00 Regular Powers 6-B Mechanisms completely Rebuilt like New, Roller Pin Cross movement (1 year guarantee) Each 95.00 Powers 6-A Mechanisms completely rebuilt Each 75.00 Powers 6-B Stands complete with upper magazines Each 45.00 Powers 6-A Stands complete with upper magazines Each 25.00 Strong Utility Suprex Arc Lamps in A-l condition Per Pair 300.00 Ashcraft Suprex Arc Lamps, completely rebuilt (good as new) Per Pair 320.00 Low Intensity Peerless Arc Lamps with regular 7 5/s " Reflectors, completely rebuilt Per Pair 168.00 Low Intensity Peerless Arc Lamps with 101/,}" conversion Reflectors, completely rebuilt Per Pair 180.00 Low Intensity Strong Arc Lamps, completely rebuilt Per Pair 175.00 Low Intensity DeLuxe Morelite Arc Lamps, 7 5/s " Reflectors, completely rebuilt Per Pair 135.00 Forest 30 Ampere Rectifiers, like new — 30 Ampere Capacity Per Pair 1OO.00 Brandt Automatic Coin Machines, like new Each 80.00 Gold Seal 2 Unit Drop Key Automatic Ticket Machine, 1 year guarantee Each 90.00 Rewinders (hand) Each 7.20 Rewinders (automatic) Each 45.00 Griswold Film Splicers Each 14.50 8-Reel Film Cabinet, good as new Each 14.50 35 Amp. Arc Spots Each 42.00 75 Amp. Arc Spots Each 78.00 Small 500-1000 Watt Spots Each 22.50 Small Pyrene Fire Extinguishers for Booths Each 7.20 Automatic Curtain Controls — NEW Each 70.00 Portable Film Cleaning Machines — NEW Each 13.50 Thide Change Overs with Foot Switches Each 42.00 Rewinding Booth Tables Each 21.00 G. E. Mazda Lamps with Transformers Each 30.00 Simplex Mazda Lamps with Transformers Each 24.00 New Aisle Lights Each 2.00 Used Simplex Portable Projector, complete with 15-watt Amplifier, Speaker and 1000-watt Mazda Lamp Each 350.00 R. C. A. P. G. 13 Sound Equipment, complete with Amplifier and Speakers, completely rebuilt for 2 machines (Simplex) 330.00 1 — Western Electric Universal Base Sound System, complete with Amplifier and Speaker. Completely rebuilt for 2 machines (Simplex) 480.00 1 — Syncrofilm Sound System, complete for 2 machines (Powers) 250.00 1000 American Seating Company 19", 20" and 21" wide Spring Cushion Chairs, inlaid panel in back, cast iron standards (exceptionally good chairs) Each 2.50 375 Spring Cushion Chairs, inlaid panel in back, covered with plush cast iron standards, 18", 19" and 20" wide ... Each 2.35 375 Spring Cushion Chairs, with leather covered seat and back, pressed steel standards, 18", 19" and 20" wide Each 2.35 500 Plain Veneer chairs (very good condition) Each 1.50 1000 Used All Steel Folding Chairs Each 1.25 Front Draw Curtains made of Cardinal Red Studio Quality Velour with 50% fullness sewed in, trimmed with two rows of 2" gold braid across bottom-webbing, grommets and tie lines at top and chainweighted at bottom (13' high by 17' wide each half). Based on stage opening 18' high by 30' wide Per Pair 75.00 Used Portable Machine Stands, complete (made of D/z" pipe adjustable) for RCA, Simplex, Simplex-Acme, and other makes of portable projectors Per Pair 25.00 We absolutely guarantee every piece of equipment sold by this company with a money back guarantee. Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Woodward, Strand, Winder, Ga., will leave this weekend for a two-week vacation in Miami . . . Employes of Republic Pictures Corp., presented George Jones, office manager, who has resigned to form the Jones-Benton Booking Service, with a traveling bag . . . Johnnie Cummings, salesman for Monogram Southern Exchanges, has been transferred to the New Orleans territory. CONSULT US FOR PRICES AND DATA ON NEW EQUIPMENT EMBRACING EVERY ITEM BEFORE YOU BUY SOUTHLAND THEATRE EQUIPMENT COMPANY INCORPORATED P. O. Box 952 lackson 5331 183 Walton St., N. W. Atlanta, Georgia BOXOFFICE :: February 8, 1941 71