Boxoffice (Jan-Mar 1962)

RATES: 20£ per word, minimum $2.00, 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 Blvd., Kansas City 24, Mo. • CLEMHI16 HOUSE HELP WANTED REPRESENTATIVE WANTED. If you can sell advertising, we have the deal. Outdoor advertising in conjunction with Theatre Frame Service. Protected territory. An opportunity to build for the future. For details contact: Romar-Vide Co., Chetek, Wisconsin. Managers: Expanding drive-in theatre circuit in California in need of managers with drive-in experience, excellent chance for advancement. State experience, references, age and salary expected. Box office 9420. District Manager: Theatre chain on Pacific Coast operating both drive-ms and hardtops seeking district manager. The man we are looking for must have complete knowledge and experience in supervision and must be presently employed in similar capacity. Advise experience, age, reference and salary expected. Box office 9421. MANAGER for top movie house in major southwestern city. Knowledge of buying, booking and hard tickets essential. Great opportunity. Boxoffice 9427, Drive-In Theatre Manager. Experienced and bonda'ble. Midwest town of 6,500. State experience, references and salary expected. Boxoffice 9428. Assistant managers for southwest area. Boxoffice 9430. POSITIONS WANTED Drive-In manager, midwest or southwest. Promote, book, etc. Boxoffice 9414. Booker, Buyer or Manager, 15 years experience, top wages required. Present contract up June 1. Boxoffice 9419. MANAGER: Thoroughly experienced in theatre management, operation, maintenance, ambitious, capable, bondable. References, married. Boxoffice 9426. WHAT DO YOU WANT To Sell, Your Theatre? To Buy, A Theatre? A Job? A Position Open? To Buy or Sell, Equipment? Miscellaneous Articles? Whatever you want — it will pay you to advertise your needs in THE CLEARING HOUSE HERE IS YOUR HANDY "AD ORDER" BLANK BOXOFFICE 825 Van Brunt Blvd. Kansas City, 24, Mo. 4 insertions at the price of 3 (Send Cash With Order Kindly insert the following ad times in your "CLEARING HOUSE" Section, running through ALL nine sectional editions of BOXOFFICE. Blind Ads — 12e extra to cover cost of postage. CLASSIFICATION WANTED: I. GENERAL EQUIPMENT— USED Complete Booth. RCA dual sound, Brenkert heads, seats, screen, all like new. (6 original price. R. A. LeBrun, Star, Limestone, Me. NO JUNK1 Brenkert BX-60 mechanisms, $350 pair; Brannew Holmes amplifiers, latest, $175; Hilux Val anamorphics, $235 pair; RCA MI-9030 soundheads, rebuilt, $475 pair. Thousand more bargains. Star Cinema Supply, 621 West 55th Street, New York 19. Two Simplex XL projector heads, $1,600. 2040 Grand River Avenue, Detroit 26, Michigan. COMPLETE BOOTH EQUIPMENTS from closed U. S. Army Theatres, projection and sound, from $895.00. S.O.S., 602 W. 52nd, New York 19. GENERAL EQUIPMENT— NEW Have available New Bauer 70mm equipment. If interested please answer Boxoffice 9415. BLACK OR RED MARQUEE LETTERS, Weatherproof Masonite, fit all signs. 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 $60.00 list). S.O.S., 602 W. 52nd, New York 19. SUPERSCOPE ANAMORPHIC VARIABLE LENSES 1/4 original cost. Limited quantity, brand new, pair, $195. S.O.S., 602 W. 52nd, New York 19. DRIVE-IN THEATRE EQUIPMENT ARVIN ELECTRIC-IN-CAR HEATERS. Brand new, 8 per ctn. Model T-90-1, 220 volt, 500 watts, 10 ft. cord. Price, $9.75 each. Ontario Equipment Co., Toledo 1, Ohio. EQUIPMENT WANTED Wanted: 400 to 500 good used late model upholstered push-back theatre seats. Should be 20 or 22 inches in size. Cash. Boxoffice 9410. Wanted: Used theatre booth equipment. We dismantle. Leon Jarodsky, Paris, Illinois. 175/200 used speakers, RCA or equal. Reply Den Rock Drive-In Theatre, P. O. Box 44, North And-over, Mass. TOP PRICES PAID for X-L, Century and DeVry projectors, CinemaScope lenses, etc. What have you? Star Cinema Supply, 621 West 55th Street, New York 19. EQUIPMENT REPAIR SERVICE Reflector Broken? GATORHIDE guaranteed to repair it! Simple . . . easy. Kit $2.95. GATORHIDE, Box 71, Joplin, Missouri. SOUND-PROJECTION SERVICE MANUAL An Authentic Guide to Better SoundProjection — Trout’s Simplified Sound & Projection Repair Manual. Trouble-Shooting Charts — Repair data on projectors, arc lamps, motors, theatre sound systems; data on amplifiers, soundheads and speakers. Helpful schematics and diagrams. Data on lenses and screens, for indoor and drive-in theatres. Many helpful tips on servicing 16mm projectors. Additional servicing sheets sent free all during 1962. In loose-leaf binder. For exhibitors, projectionists, repairmen. Written by a Practical Engineer; 25 years experience. Only $7.50 prepaid; Cash or P. O. No CODs. Order Today. Avoid sudden breakdowns. Wesley Trout, Engineer, Box 575, Enid, Oklahoma. 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. THEATRES FOR SALE West Coast theatres for sale. Write for list. Theatre Exchange Company, 260 Kearny Street, San Francisco 8, California. FOR SALE: 290-car drive-in and 260-seat indoor theatre in Nebraska county seat town of 3,000. Fully equipped. Reasonable down payment to right party. Boxoffice 9407. Theatre for sale in Northwestern Nevada. Must sell and devote full time to Post Office department as assistant Postmaster. Sealing capacity 420. Brick building only 13 years old. Three bedroom apartment and two rentals. Completely modern. Simplex projectors, wide screen and CinemaScope. Grosses between $18,000 and $20,000 a year. Two full lots for parking with plenty of room for expansion. Located on Highway 40 in center of city. Will sacrifice for $68,000. Property was recently appraised for $122,000. Population and surrounding valleys to draw from approximately 1,600. For more information write Boxoffice 9411. 400-car drive-in in southeast Ohio. On 14 acres with room for expansion. In excellent condition. Ideal for family operation. Write Boxoffice 9408. 380-seat theatre, only one in town. Good equipment, air-conditioned, family operation. Alamo Theatre, St. Francisville, Louisiana. For Sale: 1,300-seat house, center of town, population over 100,000. In Michigan. Reasonable. Boxoffice 9423. For Sale: 600-car drive-in, population over 100,000. In Michigan. Boxoffice 9424. For Sale: Two 350-car drive-ins in good 8,000 population payroll towns in central Michigan plus heavy rural and surrounding towns draw. Fully equipped, excellent physical condition. Profitable operation April through October. Present original owner retiring. Boxoffice 9422. Middle Tennessee theatre earning good income in town of 3,000. Boxoffice 9431. Two Idaho theatres. $22,500 full price, including masonry buildings, on easy terms. Theatre Exchange, 5724 S. E. Monroe, Portland 22, Oregon. THEATRES WANTED Will buy, lease or trade for theatre or theatres, showing over $50,000 gross per year. Boxoffice 9418. Buy or Lease by private party, indoor theatre, Southern California, populalion 5,000 or more. H. Brumlik, No. 10, 2711 W. 141st Place, Gardena, California. Experienced showman will lease or purchase indoor or outdoor theatres in Illinois. Boxoffice 9429. THEATRES FOR LEASE 500-seat, fully equipped, modern colored theatre in Gadsden, Alabama. No other colored theatres or balconies. Very reasonable rent. Bailey Theatres, 85 Decatur St., S. E., Atlanta, Georgia. THEATRES FOR SALE OR LEASE Siloam Theatre, Excelsior Springs, Missouri. 400-seat, equipped and operating. Attractive lease. Boxoffice 9432. POPCORN MACHINES Ten Giant Star units, used. $100 each. Manley Popper, twenty available. All other makes. Replacement kettles, for all makes. 120 S. Halsted, Chicago 6, Illinois. THEATRE TICKETS 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. 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"x2S", 55c ea.; 27"x27”, 65c ea. Chicago Used Chair Mart, 829 South State Street, Chicago. Phone WE 9-4519. 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. Theatre chairs, Pullman type, 2,000 like new, immediately available. Will sell any quantity desired. Willing to sell for less than half the original cost. Write for particulars. Nick Diack, Eastern Seating Company, 138-13 Springfield Blvd., Springfield Gardens 13, New York. Phone LAurelton 8-3696. Theatre chairs. International, Bodiform, plywood. Lone Star Seating, Box 1734, Dallas. BUSINESS STIMULATORS Bingo, more action! $4.50 M 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 of 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. Still Available, for “STOOGES MEET HERCULES.” Stooge moving picture rings. Large or small amount, 2'/2C eac,h. Check with order. Box 248, Pulaski, Wisconsin. Wooden Nickels. Box 23, Dania 10, Florida. FILMS WANTED 16mm Sound. Opera, Classical Artists, Symphony Orchestras. Dumbrille, 5923 Jumilla, Woodland Hills, California. 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 BOXOFFICE :: February 19, 1962