Boxoffice (Jan-Mar 1963)

Page scan 000415 from Boxoffice

Record Details:

Title:
Boxoffice
Date:
Jan-Mar 1963
Publisher:
New York, Boxoffice
Volume:
Boxoffice (Jan-Mar 1963)
Leaf #:
000415
Language:
English
Collection:
Hollywood Studio System
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
BOXOFFICE was the leading American exhibitor trade paper of the post-World War II era. But the publication had modest beginnings. In 1920, Ben Shlyen founded the paper, orginally titled THE REEL JOURNAL, in an office located in Kansas City's Film Row district. Like other regional exhibitor publications, THE REEL JOURNAL focused its attention on the local -- in this case, KC and the nearby territories that the city's distribution exchanges served. By the end of the 1920s, however, Shlyen had acquired or founded several more small exhibitor papers serving other US markets. In 1932, their titles all changed to BOXOFFICE, though they continued to be published in regional editions for decades to follow. -- Eric Hoyt, 2015
Date Added:
June 06, 2024
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RATES: 20c: per word, minimum $2.00, cash with copy. Four consecutive insertions for 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. • cueeineK HELP WANTED SALESMAN wanted to represent firm selling outdoor advertising in conjunction with theatre display frame service. Opportunity to build for future. Exclusive territory available. Contact Romor-Vide Co., Chetek, Wisconsin. ART HOUSE MANAGER: Experienced. Chicago area. State all in First Letter. Replies Confidential. Boxoffice 9626. WANTED: Top showman to sell established drive-in, (personal appearance,) attraction. Unmarried, free travel, good car, appearance, salesman. Draw $100. Od against percentage. Rush qualifications, KIRMA. BOX 77. TICE, FLORIDA. Wanted: Year-around drive-in manager, experienced in exploitation and promotion. Eastern shore. Please give all particulars in letter. Boxoffice 9639. Experienced manager for drive-in theatre in central Indiana. State experience, age and family status in letter. BoxofHce 9640. POSITIONS WANTED Full time job as projectionist in southwest United States, preferably southern California or Arizona. Five years experience. Write W. R. Leckett, Box 463, Princeton, B. C., Canada. Projectionist — 18 years complete repair and maintenance of booth and sound. Will go anywhere now. Best references. Boxoffice 9641. SOUND-PROJECTION MAINTENANCE MANUAL & MONTHLY SERVICE BULLETINS PROJECTIONISTS, EXHIBITORS, MANAGERS AND REPAIRMEN: Do you want expert advice on Sound & Projection Maintenance on projectors, arc lamps, screens, projection lenses; audio amplifiers, soundheads, speakers, power supplies, etc.? 1635-70mm equipment fully covered in our Maintenance and Monthly Service Bulletins. Easy-to-understand and written so you can keep your equipment in A1 condition and SAVE MONEY in projection room operation. Used by men operating equipment in Air Force, Army and Navy. Data on new theatre transistor sound systems. Pictures, drawings and schematics. Edited by the writer with over 20 years experience; technical editor Modern Theatre. YOU NEED THIS SERVICE. Loose-leaf Manual and monthly Service Bulletins one Year $7.50; if you wont Monthly Bulletins Only, 1-year $6.50; Cosh or Check, no CODs. Send Todayl Wesley Trout, Publisher, Box 575, Enid, Oklahoma. EQUIPMENT WANTED Wanted: Late model booth equipment, will dismantle. Genesee Valley Specialty. Box 697, Rochester 3, New York. TOP PRICES PAID— for Simplex and RCA soundheads and Holmes and DeVry projectors with Mazda lamphouses! What have you? STAR CINEMA SUPPLY, 621 WEST 55th STREET, NEW YORK 19. BUY! SELL! TRADE! FIND HELP OR POSITION Through BOXOFFICE Classified Advertising Greatest Coverage in the Field at Lowest Cost Per Reader 4 insertions for the price of 3 GENERAL EQUIPMENT— NEW INDESTRUCTIBLE MASONITE REPLACEMENT marquee letters, black or red. Interchangeable, all makes, 4”-50c; 6"65c; 8"-75c; 10''-90c; 12"-$1.05; 16"-$1.75; 17"-$2.00; 24"-$3.00. Non sliding spring, 10c additional. (10% discount 100 letters or over $60.00 list). S.O.S., 602 W. 52nd, New York 19. REPLACE tired, oilsoaked, scratched, cracked CinemaScope lenses for $195. OO pair. Brand new variable Superscopes at >/4 original cost. Bargains in Backup lenses. Limited quantity. S.O.S., 602 W. 52nd, New York 19. Bausch & Lomb Anamorphics, super lenses, and Balcold Reflectors. Hortson 16mm professional projectors. For best everything! American Theatre Supply, 2300-First at Bell, Secrttle, Washington. GENERAL EQUIPMENT— USED FOR SALE: Complete Booth; E-7 Projectors; Heavy Duty Bases; Magnarc Lamps; Hertner 65-130 Generator; Simplex Sound; Super Panatar Lens; Reels and Cabinets. All good condition. Contact Ralph Shaffer, Box 321, Mansfield, Ohio. Phone 5244071. WHY REBUILD? Government surplus E7 mechanisms, beauhful condition, guaranteed, $349.50 pair; changeovers, $22.50 pair. Limited quantities. STAR CINEMA SUPPLY, 621 WEST 55th STREET, NEW YORK 19. SACRIFICE — Complete indoor equip ment. 280 upholstered seats. Simplex projectors, RCA sound, Strong lamps and rectifiers. Curtain and control, screen, CinemaScope lenses. Make offer. ROSE THEATRE, MILTON-FREEWATER, OREGON. AMPLIHERS, SOUNDHEADS, PROJECTORS, ARCLAMPS, generators from closed Army theatres, cheap. S.O.S., 602 W. 52nd, New York 19. DRIVE-IN THEATRE EQUIPiyiEm' Drive-In Theatre Tickets! 100,000 1x2" special printed roll tickets, $40.75. Send for samples of our special printed stub rod tickets for drive-ins. Safe, distinctive, private, easy to check. Kansas City Ticket Co., Dept. 10, 109 W. 18th St. (Filmrow), Kansas City 8, Mo. DRIVE-IN THEATRE CONSTRUCTION 75 Theatres Since 1951. Planning, design and construction. Turn-Key or part. Timber, screen tower, perfectionist. Certified Engineer certificate furnished, enabling low rate insurance. Oscar May Outdoor Display, 518 Tierney Rd., Fort Worth, Texas. EQUIPMENT REPAIR SERVICE GATORHIDE reflector repair cement. Easy — guaranteed— quick shipment. $2.95 postpaid. GATORHIDE, Box 71, Joplin, Missouri. BUSINESS STIMULATORS Bingo, more action! $4.50 M cords. 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, 339 West 44th St., New York 36, N. Y. Burlesk or Exploitation features (35mm) available. Mack Enterprises, Centralia, Illinois. POPCORN MACHINES Brand new counter model, all electric. Capacity, hundred portions per hour, $199.00. Replacement kettles all machines. 120 S. Halsted, Chicago 6, 111. THEATRES FOR SALE West Coast theatres for sale. Write for list. Theatre Exchange Company, 260 Kearney Street, Son Francisco 8, California. For Sale: 300-cor drive-in and downtown theatre in county seat town of 3,000 in Nebraska. Boxoffice 9619. Drive-In Theatre. Gainesville, Florida. 450 Spkrs, 15 acres. Write P.O. Box 52, Gainesville, Florida. For Sale — ^Only theatre in south Kansas town of 9,000. Best equipment. Long lease. Good business. Bargain. Boxoffice 9631. For Sale: 200-car drive-in with room for 150 more. Only drive-in in county. Lake and resort region. Building and equipment less than four years old. Will sell cheap and give terms to liquidate. Will give good deal on equipment separately. Write Mr. Francis Vorderbruggen, Starlite DriveIn, Box 576, Bagley, Minnesota. For Sale: Indoor and Drive-In theatre in North Central Texas. Boxoffice 9637. Drive-In Theatre: 375 cars, $12,500.00. Neodesha, Kansas. Population, 4,000. Profitable, no opposition. G. E. Klock. Two Theatres, too small for circuit operation, eight miles apart, no competition. Ralls and Crosbyton in West Texas. Ideal family operation, good fall business. Contact WALLACE THEATRES, INC., 330 College Ave., Lubbock, Texas. THEATRE SEATING We specialize in rebuilding opera chairs. Our 40 years experience is your guarantee. Factory trained men do the job properly. Write lor our low prices. We go anywhere. Chicago Used Chair Mart, 829 So. State St., Chicago 5, Illinois. Phone WEbster 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. Chairs rebuilt anywhere, 27 years expert workmanship, sewed covers. Arthur Judge, 2100 E. Newton Avenue, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 700 USED IDEAL CHAIRS, excellent condition. H. Schoenstadt Theatres, 1118 So. Michigan Ave., Chicago 5, 111. Phone: HA. 7-3034. Wanted: Late model theatre chairs — must have self-rising cushions. Write HAYES SEATING CO., INC., MONTOUR FALLS, N.Y. INTERMISSION TAPES Drive-In's: Increase your snack bar receipts . . . Pre-show and intermission tapes that sparkle . . . Guaranteed to sell . . . Personalized . . . Free sample. Commercial Sound Service, P.O. Box 199, Cheyenne, Wyoming. For Sale: Fully equipped theatre. 380 seats. S. W. Texas county seat. Owner retiring. Boxoffice 9634. FOR SALE: Indoor house seating 800 and 300-car drive-in theatre. Both theatres in top condition, located in thriving Alabama city. No competition. Boxoffice 9636. Modern 480-seat theatre located in a drawing area of 5,000 to 6,000. Only theatre in area. Simplex XL projectors, 30 ton air-conditioner, new oil furnace. Do not reply unless sincerely interested. Write Marvin Handlong, Troy, Missouri. Drive-In Theatre, Beatrice, Nebraska. Tovm — 12,000 population, trade area — 25,000 population. Nearest competitor 35 miles. Profitable for owner operator. $20,000 down. ?TRUVE ENTERPRISES, DESHLER, NEBRASKA. THEATRES FOR SALE OR LEASE Sale or Lease — Only drive-in theatre in a town of 15,000 with very little opposition. The only drive-in within 100 miles with several towns close around without theatre. Under one owner for 15 years. Due to other business interests I am forced to dispose of my theatre. Boxoffice 9642. Sale or Lease — Drive-in theatre in McComb, Mississippi. Write or call Mrs. R. C. Renfroe, 400 Pa. Ave. Telephone 684-2578. THEATRES FOR LEASE University Theatre, 105 Euclid. Fully equipped, busy thoroughfare. Contact. William Berger, 816 Vine Street, Cincinnati 2, Ohio. Phone RA 1-0700. Art Theatre for Lease: Excellent condition, tremendous potential. Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Boxoffice 9644. THEATRES WANTED Wanted to Buy or Lease: Indoor theatre in metropolitan areas, population at least 75,000 Contact William Berger, Metropolitan Hotel, Cincinnati, Ohio. Wanted to Buy or Lease: Indoor theatre in Metropolitan area. Population at least 200,000. Contact Harry Wald, 506 St. Charles St., St. Louis, Mo. WANTED TO LEASE: Indoor Theatres or Drive-Ins. Population 5,000 and up, preferably Southwest. Haynie and Harrington, Associates. 11512 Flamingo Lane, Dallas i 18, Texas. Wanted to lease indoor theatre in North or South Carolina or southern Virginia. J. Davis, 1003 Kimball Drive, Ocoee, Fla. Drive-in, sale or lease. Baltimore, Washington exchange area preferred. Will consider others. Boxoffice 9643. Handy Subscription Order Form BOXOFFICE: 825 Van Brunt Blvd., Kansas City 24, Mo. Please enter my subscription to BOXOFFICE, 52 issues per year (13 oi which contain The MODERN THEATRE Section). □ $3.00 FOR 1 YEAR □ $5.00 FOR 2 YEARS □ $7.00 FOR 3 YEARS n Remittance Enclosed □ Send Invoice THEATRE STREET TOWN STATE NAME POSITION BOXOFFICE :: March 4, 1963 29