Boxoffice (Oct-Dec 1962)

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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. • CLdminB HOUSE HELP WANTED REPRESENTATIVE WANTED. Outdoor advertising in conjunction with Theatre Display Frame Service. Protected territory. An opportunity to build for the future. For details contact: Romar-Vide Co., Chetek, Wisconsin. Combination Manager-Operator for drivein and indoor theatre, yecfr round job. Contact: Mrs. W. R. Petty, Munday, Texas. Phone 7451 or 2514. MANAGER WANTED: For drive-in, also conventional theatre in the Detroit area. Good at exploitation, promotion and advertising. Send resume, age, salary desired and photo in first letter. Boxoffice 9581. Wanted: Two top-notch, aggressive showmen to be employed as managers in first-run circuit situations. Must be thoroughly experienced, definitely interested in exploitation and available for interview in Eastern City. Reply giving full resume of employment, salary requirements, references and availability for interview. Boxoffice 9588. Drive-In Manager-Operator: Must have considerable small town experience. Must desire to meet people, and exploit. Consider wife for concessions manager. New Mexico Health town. References and photo. Indicate salary. Boxoffice 9590. Experienced Manager, for first run theatre. Call or write Mr. Kliman, Berger Amusement Co., 317 Plymouth Building, Minneapolis, Minnesota. 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 — 1 2c extra to cover cost of postage. CLASSIFICATION WANTED: I ! BOXOFFICE :: November 19, 1962 GENERAL EQUIPMENT— NEW SIGN UP FOR GOOD— Replace those battered marquee letters! VVeatherproof Masonite black or red. Interchangeable all maxes, 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., c02 W. 52nd, New York 19. WIDE SCREEN PICTURES HASHY? Replace with Brandnew Variable Superscope Anamorphics — 'A 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, rtojectors, Arclamps, Generators. S.O.S., 602 W. 52nd, New York 19. RCA 9030 soundheads, bases, amplifiers, $500. Hertner 70-140 generator, $150. Boxoffice 9579. Inventory reduction: 2 Magnarc lamphouses (rebuilt); 2 Simplex high lamphouses; 2 RCA No. 1041 soundheads, 2 Brenkert BX 80 mechanisms; several E-7 & Std. Movements; 1 Altec outdoor horn. Write for low prices. Lou Walters Sales & Service Co., 4207 Lawnview Ave., Dallas. BEST BUYS! Ballantyne, PD50A amplifier, excellent, $125; Simplex portable projectors, arcs, heavy bases, complete, rebuilt, $1,395; Strong 80 ampere rectifiers, reconditioned, $365 pair. Thousand other bargains. Star Cinema Supply, 621 West 55th Street, New York 19. EQUIPMENT REPAIR SERVICE GATORHIDE your broken reflector! Results guaranteed. Shipped quick from GATORHIDE, Box 71, Joplin, Mo. $2.95 postpaid. PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT Playground Equipment — Theatre chairs. New-Used. Lone Stcfr Seating, Box 1734, Dallas. DRIVE-IN EQUIPMENT WANTED: Trains, miniature Kiddielond types for modernizing and resale to Driveins. Top cash paid. Buckeye Mfg. Company, Lake City, Minnesota. DRIVE-IN THEATRE EQUIPMENT 900 In-Car Heaters. Electromode, 500 watts, 208 V, good condition. Cost $22.50 new, will sell lot for $8.50 each. Sherwood Theatres, 5327 W. 3rd Street, Dayton, Ohio. 27, Texas. 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 CASH PAID FOR RCA, SIMPLEX SOUNDHEADS — Century, Super Simplex, DeVry, Simplex SP Portables, Hi-Intensity Rectifiers. Boxoffice 9577. 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-Leaf Servicing Manual and Monthly Service Bulletins are your answer and help. Keep your equipment in A1 condition, improve your sound and projection. Nontechnical 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 Annv. 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. THEATRES FOR SALE West Coast theatres for sale. Write for list. Theatre Exchange Company, 260 Kearney Street, San Francisco 8, California. 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. Theatre For Sale: North Central Minnesota, only theatre in county, tourist area, 600-seat. $10,000— easy terms. Boxoffice 9576. Drive-In Theatre, 600 speakers, 400 heaters, 20 acres. A-1 equipment. Casey Realty, 1023 E. Main St., Columbus 5, Ohio. De Luxe 400-seat Canadian West Coast Theatre. Modern in all aspects. Act now if interested. Details on request. Boxoffice 9586. THEATRES FOR LEASE FOR LEASE: Ace Theatre, Wilmington, Delaware. Air-conditioned, fully equipped, concession grosses are greater than rental. Contact Mr. Tony Batta, Palace Theatre, Topton, Pennsylvania. THEATRES WANTED Wonted to Buy or Lease: Indoor theatre in metropolitan areas, population at least 75,000. Contact William Berger, Metropolitan Hotel, Cincinnati, Ohio. Wcnted to Buy: Auto theatre in lower Michigan or northern Indiana. Send details. Boxoffice 9565. Wanted to Buy or Lease: Indoor theatre in Metropolitan area. Population at least 200,000. Boxoffice 9578. THEATRES WANTED: Lease or lease with option to buy . . . Intermountain area only . . . Guarcntee vs. percentage . . . let us show you how to make more profit from your properties . . . We do not believe showbusiness is dead. Write Theatre Operators, Inc. Boxoffice 9585. 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 Cords. 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. GIVEAWAY 1963 AUTOMOBILE ... no cost to theatre. Contact Harry Clingan, Interstate Theatre Service. 10109 Hillcrest, Kansas City, Mo. 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. BALLOONS — Kiddie Shows, Anniversaries, Special Events. Southern Balloon, Box 246, Atlanta 1, Georgia. SLIDES Glass Slides tor coming attractions, olaydates, merchants, etc. Whitley, 2123 Stanley, Ft. Worth 10, Texas. 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 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"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 3-9481, 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. 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. INTERMISSION TAPES WEEKLY TAPE SERVICE: Intermission tapes that spOrkle . . . guaranteed to sell . . . customized . . . free sample. Commercial Sound Service, P. O. Box 199, Cheyenne, Wyoming. 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 I YEAR □ $5.00 FOR 2 YEARS □ $7.00 FOR 3 YEARS □ Remittance Enclosed □ Send Invoice THEATRE STREET TOWN STATE NAME POSITION 29