Boxoffice (Jul-Sep 1962)

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RATE'S: 20: per word, minimum 32.00, cash with copy. Four consecutfve 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. • CLtflRIHG HOUSE HELP WANTED REPRESENTATIVE WANTED. Outdoor advertising in conjunction with Theatre Display Frame Service. Protected territory. An opportunity to build for the luture. For details contact: Romar-Vide Co., Chetek, Wisconsin. Manager, first run neighborhood, Chicago. State all in lirst letter re experience, status, etc. Information confidential. Boxoffice 9538. HELP WANTED Manager, employed, family man, age 44. Experienced conventional and drive-in, seeking one or more situations, preferably North or Southwest, consider others. Boxoffice 9533. Manager: Conventional de luxe first run in large city. Young, college degree. Presently chain publicity director, experienced all phases, buying, booking and supervision. Boxoffice 9534. Circuit advertising director and supervisor wants more responsibility and better future . . . presently employed same capacity . . . thorough knowledge all phases of conventional, drive-in ana art operations . . . young and enjoys responsibility. College degree plus. Boxoffice 9535. Projectionist-Manager, former theatre owner desires position, 15 years experience. Boxoffice 9537. Experienced, all phases, presently employed as District Manager. Age 40, family. Conventional & Drive-In. Boxoffice 9545. Manager, Chicago area, excellent opportunity. Include photo, references, replies confidential. Boxoffice 9547. LIKE TO LIVE IN SUNNY CALIFORNIA? Drive-in and Walk-in theatre managers wanted. Excellent opportunities with large circuit offering good salaries, pleasant working conditions, liberal medical, hospitalization and life insurance coverage, plus excellent retirement plan. All replies will be strictly confidential. Write Pat R. Notaro, Pacific Drive-In Theatres Corp., 141 So. Robertson Blvd., Los Angeles 48, Calif. Enclose recent snapshot with resume. POPCORN MACHINES Ten Giant Star units, used. $100 each. Manley Popper, twenty available. All other makes. Replacement kettles, for all makes. 120 S. Hcdsted, Chicago 6, Illinois. INTERMISSION TAPES WEEKLY TAPE SERVICE: Intermission tapes that sparkle . . . guaranteed to sell . . . customized . . . free sample. Commercial Sound Service, P.O. Box 199, Cheyenne, Wyoming. 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 SIGN UP NOW FOR GOOD: Replace those battered marquee letters! Weatherproof Masonite black or red, fit all signs, 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. SHARPEN UP THOSE FUZZY PICTURES: Replace with Brandnew Variable Superscope Anamorphics — V4 original cost. Limited quantity, pair, $195. S.O.S., 602 S. 52nd, New York 19. GENERAL EQUIPMENT— USED REAL VALUES! Simplex X-L Intermittents, Rebuilt, $125; Strong Mogul latest model Lamphouses, beautiful, $345 pair; 65/130 ampere generator, complete, reconditioned, $425; Simplex sound system complete, rebuilt, only $745$ Thousand other bargains. Star Cinema Supply, 621 West 55th Street, New York 19. Complete Booth Equipment: Two projectors, Simplex heads, RCA sound, 3 rectifiers, amplifier speakers and nearly new 1-piece 12'x20' all plastic screen. Theatre closing Sept. 15. Sell for $800 — you pay shipping charges. Contact Bob Pritchard, 514 N.E. Prescott, No. 2, Portland 11, Oregon. U. S. ARMY THEATRE OUTFITS COMPLETE projection and sound from $895. Amplifiers, soundheads, projectors, arc lamps, generators, cheap. S.O.S., 602 W. 52nd, New York 19. Two Kollmorgen back-up lenses, 5.25, $89.95. Marhenke, 2426 Bradford Rd., Baltimore 34, Maryland. EQUIPMENT WANTED Wanted: Complete set of good drive-in equipment. Cheap. Boxoffice 9540. TOP DOLLAR FOR RCA, SIMPLEX SOUNDHEADS — Century, Super Simplex, DeVry, Simplex SP Portables, Hi-Intensity Rectifiers. Boxoffice 9543. Pair of 2V2" projection lens (used); also, 1 pair of good used projection heads & soundheads; 1 pair of CinemaScope lens (used). Boxoffice 9548. 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 REPAIR SERVICE GATORHIDE guaranteed to repair your broken reflectorfl Hundreds already savedl Your supplier; or $2.95 postpaid. GATORHlDE, Box 71, Joplin, Missouri. 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, 339 West 44th St., New York 36, N. Y. Burlesk or Exploitation features (35mm) available. Mack Enterprises, Centralia, Illinois. GUARANTEED ATTENDANCE: A line at your theatre, week alter week, for only small change. A 2c flicker picture ring to 1st 100 kiddies adds to 1,000 matinee attendance over ten weeks. A line crt the boxoffice will increase attendance and improve your appearance. 36 varieties, any amount. Box 248, Pulaski, Wisconsin. GIVEAWAY 1963 AUTOMOBILE ... no cost to theatre. Contact Harry Clingan, Interstate Theatre Service, 10109 Hillcrest, Kansas City, Mo. THEATRES FOR SALE West Coast theatres ior sale. Write lor list. Theatre Exchange Company, 260 Kearney Street, San Francisco 8, California. 420-Car Drive-In Theatre. $15,000 down payment. New Century heads installed this year. Contact Ward Olson, Phone GA 5-9183, Box 1249, Las Vegas, New Mexico. For Sale: Carver Theatre and Shopping Center, Alexandria, Va. Excellent, strictly modern, lully equipped, well established 800-seat colored theatre and stores. Thickest populated area in Virginia. Wish to retire. Contact: H. A. Wasserman, owner. 425-seat East Central Illinois; all newly redecorated and air conditioned; 20 miles from University ol Illinois. Excellent equipment Must see to appreciate. Boxollice 9541. Theatre For Sale: North Central Minnesota in county seat town ol 2,000. Only theatre in county, excellent tourist area. Equipment excellent condition, 600 seats. $10,000 down, easy terms. Boxoffice 9542. Illness forces sacrifice sale modern brick theatre. Stereophonic sound; 36’ screen; 420 seats. Three apartments & Beauty Shop rental. Otto Sorensen, Powers Lake, North Dakota. FLORIDA: Cinemorada, Islamorada, new modern 500-seat theatre. Cost $147,000 to build. $15,000 cash and assume mortgages of $75,000. This is cm exceptional situation. Write Duncan, 13000 SW 63rd Avenue, Miami 56. THEATRES FOR LEASE 450-Seat Theatre ior Lease. Only theatre in Crestline, Ohio. Good family operation. Minimum cash required. Glen Martin, Box 6, Bucyrus, Ohio. Phone 2-2118. THEATRES WANTED Wanted to buy or lease indoor theatre :n metropolitan areas, population at least 75,000. Contact William Berger, Metropolitan Hotel, Cincinnati, Ohio. Do you have a theatre or theatres for sale? Have $50,000 cash to invest. Experienced. Would consider forming partnership. Boxoffice 9546. REFRESHMENT SUPPLIES For Free Samples: Victor's Quick Mix Dry Flavor concentrate to make one gallon syrup write to: Victor Products, Box 8004, Richmond, Va. FILMS WANTED Wanted: 35mm sound features. Send lists to Cinema, 2426 Bradford Rd., Baltimore 34, Maryland. SLIDES Glass Slides . . . Now only $1.00 postpaid. Whitley, 2123 Stanley, Ft. Worth, Texas. MISCELLANEOUS ANTIQUE HERALDS FOR SALE: You will chuckle at the merchants and theatre copy in these old 10 to 15 page weekly programs of leading Vaudeville and Photoplay Houses, Keith, Pantages, etc. Dating back from 1927 to 1912. Very rare. 44 programs. What is your offer? S. S. Williams, Suburban Theatre, Norfolk, Va. 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 2S'x25", 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 6eat covers. Service Seating Co., 1525 West Edsel Ford, Detroit 8, Michigan. Tyler 8-9481, Texas 4-2738. Chairs rebuilt anywhere, 27 years expert workmanship, eewed covers. Arthur Judge, 2100 E. Newton Avenue, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. SERVICE MANUAL & MONTHLY SERVICE BULLETINS PROJECTIONISTS, EXHIBITORS, REPAIRMEN— You need Trout's Simplified Maintenance Manual Plus Monthly Service Bulletins on Servicing All Makes of Sound & Projection Equipment — Schematics on amplifiers; Drawings; Illustrations; trouble-shooting charts; “How to repair projectors," intermittent movements; data on screens, lenses, carbons, arc lamps, generators, rectifiers, etc. Data on servicing 16-35-70mm equipment. Trout's special service tips and news. Lists of where-to-get parts. Indorsed by the industry— used by men operating equipment in the Navy, Army and Air Force. Edited by the writer with over 20 years of practical experience of servicing and writing. The price with loose-leaf Binder, plus monthly additional service sheets, only $7.50, cash or check, please. No CODs. Wesley Trout, Publisher, Box 575, Enid, Oklahoma. 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 :: September 10, 1962