Boxoffice (Jan-Mar 1945)

The industry's Market Place for Purchase or Sale of Equipment, Theatres, Service CLEflRinG HOUSE Classified Ads 10c Per Word, Payable in Advance. Minimum SI. 00, Display Rates on Request GENERAL EQUIPMENT— NEW THEATRES FOR SALE HELP WANTED PRE-WAR built new 4Cx60 glass size stainless steel .poster cases, equipped with 2-36" long fluorescent iighting. Catalog upon request. BEN B. POBLOCKI 5 SONS CO., 2159 So. Kinnickinnic Ave., Milwaukee " Wi NEW 35MM PORTABLE sound projectors, amplifiers. Immediate delivery. Factory rebuilt units, $390. STINSON PROJECTOR SALES, 521 S. Lombard Ave., Oak Park, 111. 16MM SOUND PROJECTOR — New. Available, MPM, 72 Fifth Ave., New York City. JOHNSON COINMETERS, $110; REAR SHUTTERS lor Simplex, $77.50; Rewinders, $9.95 set; Pressure oilers, $1.19; Baby Spots, $5.95; Automaticket machines, OPA ceiling prices; Flashlights, $1.29; Rechargeable batteries, $2.20; Flameproofed screen masking, 89c yard; Flextone washable soundscreens, 30>/2C ft.; Beaded, 39'/2C; Steel Core curtain cable, 5/16", 13c ft. S.O.S. CINEMA SUPPLY CORP., New York 18. GENERAL EQUIPMENT— USED SANCO ELECTRIC CO. SPECIALS ON REBUILT EQUIPMENT: MECHANISMS: Powers 6B, $75— Simplex single becring, $150 — Simplex double bearing, $200 — Simplex double bearing rear shutter, $300— PEERLESS LOW LAMPS, COMPLETE, $200 pair— Amplifiers, all makes, $50 up — Speakers, all makes, $25 up — Sound heads, complete, all makes, $100 up per pair —SIMPLEX 3-POINT BASES, COMPLETE, $65 eachPrices on all other equipment on request. SANCO ELECTRIC CO., 328 Film Bldg Phones: CHerry 5573, FAirmount 4958, Cleveland, Ohio. DEVRY XNORA PROJECTOR motor — practically new. Also a few new spare parts. COLEMAN THEATRE, Coleman, Wis. 1,000 WATT ELECTRIC HEATERS, $7.95; Roth Actodector Suprex generators, rebuilt, $397.50; Forest Twin 65 Copper Oxide rectifier, as is, $150; Brass 21/2 gallon fire extinguishers, rebuilt, $19.50; Heavy duty vacuum cleaner, $150; Brandt coin changers, cashier delivery, $75; Side delivery, $95; Low intensity arc lamps, $75; Simplex rebuilt complete sound projection outfits available, ready for showing, $1,500. Send for winter bulletin. S.O.S. I CINEMA SUPPLY CORP., New York 18. PAIR POWERS 6B PROJECTORS, just reconditioned; Syncrofilm D heads; G.E. motors, amplifier, booth monitor, Jensen and Racon speakers; Gardiner Automatic lamps; rectifiers. Spare tubes and parts. Price $1,250 cash. B-2118, BOXOFFICE, 825 Van Brunt Blvd., Kansas City 1, Mo. TWO MONEY MAKING SUBURBAN THEATRES for sale. Buildings and equipment, $100,000. Seating 600 and 800 seats. Sell one or both. Located midwestern city, 500,000 population. Big popcorn, candy business. Can finance half. B-2114, BOXOFFICE, 825 Van Brunt Blvd., Kansas City 1, Mo. 700 SEATS— DOWNTOWN THEATRE. Second and third run. North midwest city, 30,000. Sell equipment— $15,000 cash. Lease building heated. B-2122, BOXOFFICE, 825 Van Brunt Blvd., Kansas City 1, Mo. FOR SALE— LEASE OR PERCENTAGE. Am now ready to make deal on my "Brain Child," the only theatre in Big Lake, county seat of Reagan County, Tex. Forty wells on 40 sections four miles east make it the largest undefined deep oil pool in the world. Two other big fields — the Todd and Powell south and southwest. I own building and equipment. Impossible for me to leave my theatre here. Would consider man-and-wife combination to manage. Must have A-l references. Building not for sale. Busted folks and curiosity seekers lay off. Close theatre February 7 for many improvements. H. FORD TAYLOR, Ritz Theatre, Phone 170, Ballinger, Tex. SMALL TOWN THEATRE west Texas. Drawer B, BOXOFFICE, 408 S. Harwood St., Dallas 1, Texas. FOR SALE — THE EMORY: Atlanta's finest suburban theatre. 500 seats, a rare opportunity — should be seen to be appreciated. Terms if desired. LIONEL KEENE, 1216 S. Oxford Road, S.E., Atlanta, Ga. THEATRES WANTED WANTED TO BUY OR LEASE theatre in southern California, population 2,000 or over. All replies confidential. Give full particulars. B-2109, BOXOFFICE, 825 Van Brunt Blvd., Kansas City 1, Mo. INTERESTED IN PURCHASE or lease of theatre in small New England town. Prefer town with no other theatre, but will consider anything. All details first letter. B-2111, BOXOFFICE, 825 Van Brunt Blvd.. Kansas City 1, Mo BUY OR LEASE in town of 1,500 or over, good theatre. Prefer midwest. B-2120, BOXOFFICE, 825 Van Brunt Blvd., Kansas City 1, Mo. WILL LEASE OR BUY THEATRE ANYWHERE— suburban, downtown or town over 3,000. B-2121, BOXOFFICE, 825 Van Brunt Blvd., Kansas City 1, Mo. PROJECTIONIST and managers needed for permanent position with circuit. Good possibilities lor the right man. BOX 1431, Bay City, Texas. WANTED — MANAGER or capable assistant who wants to elevate himself in theatre operation in Tidewater, Virginia. Guaranteed good salary with future. State qualifications. Write B-2117, BOXOFFICE, 825 Van Brunt Blvd., Kansas City 1, Mo. THEATRE MANAGER: Opportunity for right man. State age, experience, references and salary required. Send photo or snapshot. THE DUNELAKE CORP., Michigan City, Ind. OPERATOR — Experienced — at once. R. L. HARRIS, Hugoton, Kas. PROJECTIONIST NEEDED — Permanent position for right man. P.O. BOX 905, Guadalupe, Calif. POSITIONS WANTED PROJECTIONIST. Have worked for South Bend and Dayton Union locals. Single, deferred. WILLIAM KEMP, Dover, Ohio. INDEPENDENT PROJECTIONIST— Fifty years old, 22 years in one locality. No liquor or tobacco. Want lifetime connection, preferably Texas. LOCK BOX 565, Omaha, Neb. OPERATOR — 18 years experience, draft exempt, sober. State salary, hours, equipment. OPERATOR, 1109>/2 Noble St., Anniston, Ala. THEATRE MANAGER — Experienced in every detail, buying, booking and general management. Furnish best of references. B-2123, BOXOFFICE, 825 Van Brunt Blvd., Kansas City 1, Mo. POPCORN MACHINES BURCH — MANLEY — CRETORS— ADVANCES— All electric french fry types. If you want the very besl seasoning for wet poppers, we have all you can use. Immediate shipment. KARMELKORN EQUIPMENT, 120 S. Halsted, Chicago 6, 111. POPCORN MACHINES FOR SALE. Manleys, Burch, Cretors, Advance and Stars. CONSOLIDATED CON FECTIONS, 1116 South Michiaan. Chicaao 5, 111. POPCORN SUPPLIES EQUIPMENT WANTED WANT BURCH Popcorn machine. POPCORN SUPPLY, Box 838, Atlanta, Ga. POPCORN MACHINES WANTED — Any make. Drawer C, BOXOFFICE, 408 S. Harwood St., Dallas 1, Texas. WANTED TO BUY 35MM CAMERA equipped with single system sound complete. Details to GRIFFITH ( THEATRES, Delman Theatre Bldg., Tulsa, Okla. 16MM and 35MM SOUND PORTABLES. ALSO WHAT HAVE YOU? HIGHEST PRICES PAID. B-2113, BOXOFFICE, 825 Van Brunt Blvd., Kansas City 1, Mo. WANTED: 500 new or used veneer theatre seats. BOX 506, Texarkana, Ark. POWERS OR SIMPLEX mechanisms. Any condition. B-2119, BOXOFFICE, 825 Van Brunt Blvd., Kansas City 1, Mo. STUDIO EQUIPMENT STUDIO RECORDING EQUIPMENT, ABSOLUTELY COMPLETE, Noiseless recorder, spare galvanometer, 2 magazines, console amplifier, 4 mixers, equalizers, 2 RCA microphones, power supply, rack, cables, etc. Worth $10,000. See it here, $6,445; Variray galvanometer, noiseless recording shutter for 16mm or 35mm optical system transformer and blueprints for mounting, $995; complete sound recording truck, worth $15,000, bargain at $7,975. Send for listings. S.O.S. CINEMA SUPPLY CORP., New York 18. FILMS FOR SALE BIG CATALOG — 35mm S.O.F. westerns, gangsters horror pictures. Perfect prints. Send for list — also buy your prints. U.S. FILMS, Box 117, Passaic, N J THEATRE SEATING 316 REUPHOLSTERED FULLY PADDED BACK, box spring cushion chairs, rebuilt, $5.95; 565 American chairs, recently reupholstered, prewar quality leatherette seven ply panel backs, box spring cushions, $7.50; 700 American veneer chairs three ply backs and seats, reconditioned, $4.50; Aislelites, $2.97. Wire us now. S.O.S. CINEMA SUPPLY CORP., New York 18. REBUILT SOFT BOX SPRING CUSHIONS, nine springs each, newly upholstered with dark green army specification plastic coated leatherette. Lasts for many years, interchangeable with any seat, $1.75; with metal bottom board, $2.00. Minimum order 25, no samples sent. Give seat size when ordering. S.O.S. CINEMA SUPPLY CORP., New York 18. 600 OPERA CHAIRS — Brand new cast iron standards for 1-inch slope floor; brand new 7 /16-inch veneer 5-ply backs; new upholstered squab seats upholstered in green plastic leatherette — all 20-inch chairs — $6.75 per chair. F O B. Chicago. Photo on request. CHICAGO USED CHAIR MART, 844 So. Wabash Ave., Chicago 5, 111. FOR IMMEDIATE SALE: 340 twenty-inch, 160 eighteen-inch, all veneer seats for level floor. Sliding wood standards, first-class condition — $3.00 each. F.O.B. shipping point. UNIVERSAL USED CHAIR CO., 1315 So. Wabash Ave., Chicago 5. SOUND EQUIPMENT RCA PHOTOPHONE 30 WATT COMPLETE PA SYSTEM, consisting army surplus amplifier, crystal band microphone, cable, tubes, PM speaker, $125; Loudspeakers, used, $6.75 up; Heavy 12" Jensen PM loudspeakers, new, $29.50; Soundman's complete testing outfits, just released, $28.40. S.O.S. CINEMA SUPPLY CORP., New York 18. POPCORN SEASONING— Bags— Boxes— Salt— dopcorn machines. What do you need? POPCORN TRADING POST, 1116 South Michigan Ave., Chicago, 111. BUSINESS STIMULATORS BINGO CARDS — Die-cut, 75 or 100 numbers, $20 lots of 10,000. Smaller quanties, $2.25 per thousand. S. KLOUS, c/o BOXOFFICE, 9 Rockefeller Plaza, New York City. THEATRE GAMES WITH GREATER AUDIENCE INTEREST. MORE THRILLS and MORE SUSPENSE. BINGO — $1.50 per thousand cards No. 1-75 die-cut. Buy direct from LOUIS KESSLER, NOVELTY GAMES CO., 1434 Bedford Ave., Brooklyn 16, N.Y. Manufacturer and printer, servicing exhibitors exclusively for over 12 years. Various other games available. ★ ★★★★★★★ *★★★★★★★ ★ * * * * * ★ • Address copy to BOXOFFICE, 825 Van Brunt Blvd., Kansas City 1, Mo. Forms close Monday noon preceding publication date. BOXOFFICE :: February 3, 1945