Boxoffice (Oct-Dec 1962)

Record Details:

Title:
Boxoffice
Date:
Oct-Dec 1962
Publisher:
New York, Boxoffice
Volume:
Boxoffice (Oct-Dec 1962)
Leaf #:
000351
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: 200 per word, minimum S2.00, 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. • CKtIfllllG HOUS HELP WANTED GENERAL EQUIPMENT— NEW THEATRES FOR SALE THEATRE SEATING REPRESENTATIVE WANTED. Outdoor advertising in conjunction with Theatre Display Frame Service. Protected territory. An opportunity to build tor the future. For details contact: Romor-Vide Co., Chetek, Wisconsin. Manager Wanted: For drive-in or conventional theatre. Needed immediately. Must be responsible and exploitation minded. Send photo, complete info, and salary desired first letter. Boxoflice 9569. WANTED: Experienced managers; openings for aggressive, exploitation-minded showmen with ability handle advertising. Small town or metropolitan situation. Ex j cellent opportunity advancement. Give full I resume, age, salary requirements, first letter. Stanley Warner Theatres, 2216 Clark Bldg., Pittsburgh 22, Pa. Combination Manager-Operator for drivein and indoor theatre, year round job. Contact: Mrs. W. R. Petty, Mundcry, Texas. Phone 7451 or 2514. SIGN UP FOR GOOD— Replace those battered marquee letters] Weatherproof Masonite 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., 6()2 W. 52nd, New York 19. WIDE SCREEN PICTURES HASHY? Replace with Brandnew Variable Superscope Anamorphics — '4 original cost. Limited quantity, pair, $195.00. S.O.S., 602 W. 52nd, New York 19. GENERAL EQUIPMENT— USED GOVERNMENT SURPLUS projection and sound cheap — Amplifiers, Soundheads, Projectors, Arclomps, Generators. S.O.S., 602 W. 52nd, New York 19. EQUIPMENT WANTED POSITIONS WANTED Projectionist: Year round position only. Prefer Vt. or N. H. area. Immediate employment. Box 27, Morrisville, Vt. Experienced projectionist and maintenance man wants year round job. Nonunion. Boxoffice 9573. Manager: Drive-In and conventional, man and wife team. Wife manages concession, experienced in exploitation, promotion and gimmicks. State salary. Boxoffice 9571. Managership Wanted: Former manager Ritz, experienced advertising, booking. Military service completed. Don Meyers, 5920 McPherson, St. Louis. Handy Subscription Order Form BOXOFnCE: 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 WANTED: Used theatre booth equip ment. We dismantle. Leon Jorodsky, Perris, Illinois. CASH PAID FOR RCA, SIMPLEX SOUNDHEADS' — Century, Super Simplex, DeVry, Simplex SP Portables, Hi-Intensity Rectifiers. Boxoflice 9577. DRIVE-IN THEATRE EQUIPMENT AHVIN 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. DRIVE-IN EQUIPMENT WANTED WANTED: Trains, Drive-in Kiddie-type, for rebuilding for resale. Top cash paid. Buckeye Manufacturing Company, Lake City, Minnesota. EQUIPMENT REPAIR SERVICE GATORHIDE your broken reflector] Results guaranteed. Shipped quick from GATORHIDE, Box 71, Joplin, Mo. $2.95 postpaid. SERVICING MANUAL & MONTHLY SERVICE BULLETINS EXHIBITORS, THEATRE MANAGERS & PROJECTIONISTS — Do you want Better Sound Reproduction? Better Projection? SAVE MONEY in the projection Room Operation? Are you using correct carbon combination? Want to SAVE MONEY buying parts? Trout's Loose-LeOf Servicing Manual and Monthly Service Bulletins are your answer and help. Keep your equipment in A1 condition, improve your sound and projection. Non-technical servicing data you can easily understand at a price you can afford to pay. Data on amplifiers; schematics, pictures, drawings; simplified maintenance data on projectors, screens, rectifiers, etc. Edited by the writer with over 20 years experience servicing. Used by men operating equipment in Air Force, Navy and Army. ONLY $7.50, prepaid. Including Monthly Service Bulletins for ONE YEAR. Cash, check or P.O. No CODs. Wesley Trout, Engineer, P.O. Box 575, Enid, Okla. POPCORN MACHINES Ten Gicmt Star units, used. $100 each. Manley Popper, twenty ovtiloble. All other makes. Replacement kettles, for all makes. 120 S. Hedsted, 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. II, 109 W. 18th Street, Kansas City 8, Mo. West Coast theatres tor sale. Write for list. Theatre Exchange Company, 260 Kearney Street, Son Francisco 8, California. 500-seat de luxe theatre. Latest equipment. Write Ken Theatre, Frankenmuth, Michigan. Southern California. 700-seat indoor theatre. Louis Pick, 4205 University, Son Diego 5, California. 300-seat theatre. Northern New Jersey town of 9,500. Modern, fully equipped. Boxoffice 9570. Best Offer will buy Skyline at Morenci, Michigan. 260 cars. Write Sky, Box 57, Adrian, Michigan. FOR SALE — Modern Theatre, Central Indiana, Sell equipment — cash. Building on contract. Accept real estate down payment. Boxoffice 9572. 400-Car Drive-In Theatre, SE Ohio, 14 acres, wired for expansion, all steel tower, glazed tile concession and projection building. Ideal family operation. Boxoffice 9575. Orange Lake, Florida, year round. Nine Thousand cash — terms on balance. Money here for promotion man. Box 24, McIntosh, Fla. Theatre For Sale: North Central Minnesota, only theatre in county, tourist area, 600-seat. $10,000 — easy terms. Boxoffice 9576. THEATRES FOR SALE OR LEASE FOR RENT OR SALE: Small town theatre in Iowa of 1,800. Family operation. Boxoffice 9574. 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: conventional or drive-in theatre in Texas. Boxoffice 9568. Wanted to Buy: Auto theatre in lower Michigan or northern Indiana. Send details. Boxoffice 9565. 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 KENG, $4.50 per M. Premium Products, 339 West 44th St., New York 36, N. Y. Burlesk or Exploitation features (35mm) available. Mack Enterprises, Centredia, Illinois. GIVEAWAY 1963 AUTOMOBILE ... no cost to theatre. Contact Horry Clingon, Interstate Theatre Service, 10109 Hillcrest, Kansas City, Mo. Free Catalog, Jewelry, novelties, giveaways. New England, 124B Empire Street, Providence, R. I. TARZAN: Now doing Disney business with help of Torzon picture rings. Box 246, Pulaski, Wisconsin. LET US PROMOTE YOUR BUSINESS WITH PICTURES. Personalized heralds, window cards and calendars. Advertise more than one picture at a time. 500 heralds, $1.75, 15 window cards, $1.95, ad mat, 35c. Write for samples. Buy direct, no middleman. Fepco Theatre Advertisers, Box 795, Omaha, Nebraska. SLIDES Glass Slides for coming attractions, playdates, merchants, etc. Whitley, 2123 Stanley, Ft. Worth 10, Texas. 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 mokes of chairs. Sewed covers made to your size, also leatherette 25''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 seat covers. Service Seating Co., 1525 West Edsel Ford, Detroit 8, Michigan, Tyler 8-9461, Texas 4-2738. Chairs rebuilt anywhere, 27 years expert workmanship, sewed covers. Arthur Judge, 2100 E. Newton Avenue, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. BARGAIN: 700 Heywood-Wakefield seats, spring backs, spring bottoms. Contact: Ferris or Busch, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Phone WI 2-2100. INTERMISSION TAPES WEEKLY TAPE SERVICE: Intermission tapes that sparkle . . . guaranteed to sell . . . customized . . . free sample. Commercial Sound Service, P. O. Box 199, Cheyenne, Wyoming. REFRESHMENT SUPPLIES For Free Samples: Victor's Quick Mix Dry Flavor concentrate to moke one gallon syrup write to: Victor Products, Box 8004, Richmond, Va. 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 od times in your "CLEARING HOUSE" Section, running through ALL nine sectional editions of BOXOFFICE. Blind Ads — 12c extra to cover cost of postage. CLASSIFICATION WANTED: BOXOFFICE : : November 5, 1962