Boxoffice (Oct-Dec 1962)

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. • CLEIRIDE 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. 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. MANAGER: Super de luxe indoor Akron, Ohio. We need a good house man who is tops on publicity and promotion . . . top salary . . . best references required. Phone or write: Washington Theatre Circuit, 500 Film Building, Cleveland 14, Ohio. WANTED — Experienced manager for 1st run Art Theatre in Connecticut. Call or write W. F. Dougherty, Lockwood & Gordon Theatres, 1980 Dixwell Avenue, Hamden, Connecticut. POSITIONS WANTED Now Available: Projectionist, small indoor anywhere within 200 miles of Lansing. Can furnish references. Experienced, will work reasonable, non-union. Please send answers to Boxoffice 9596. Manager: 20 years experience. Age 40. Anywhere from Denver west. Boxoffice 9595. Employed drive-in manager desires to relocate in California. Complete resume available. Boxoffice 9597. Projectionist, age 26, wants steady job, 7 years experience, drive-in or indoor. Contact Allen Spencer, Canyonville, Oregon. Employed city manager, conventional, drive-ins. Thoroughly experienced looking for better opportunity in January. Boxoffice 9598. THE ODDS ARE *17,537 to 1 You II get the job done through BOXOFFICE CLEARING HOUSE When you want to HIRE HELP ... GET A JOB DONE . . . SELL . . . BUY . . . EXCHANGE. *Net paid circulation of BOXOFFICE is 17,537 BOXOFFICE :: December 3, 1962 GENERAL EQUIPMENT— NEW WINTERIZED 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. WIDE SCREEN PICTURES WAVY? $195.00 buys pair Brandnew Variable Superscope Anamorphics. 1/4 original cost. Limited quantity. S.O.S., 602 W. 52nd, New York 19. GENERAL EQUIPMENT— USED RCA 9030 soundheads, bases, amplifiers, $500. Hertner 70-140 generator, $150. Boxolfice 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 BUYSl 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. GOVERNMENT SURPLUS projection and sound cheap — Amplifiers, Soundheads, Projectors, Arc Lamps, Generators. S.O.S., 602 W. 52nd, New York 19. FOR SALE: 1 pair Magnarc 1 kw lamps; Century 70-140 amp. motor generator, 3 ph, complete with all controls. Projectors complete; Ace mechanisms. Simplex pedestals, latest type. Western Electric 500-A sound system complete with high and low frequency speakers. One 30x19 steel spring frame concave type, factory built. One Buffalo Forge type CL fan complete with 71/2 to 3 ph 4-speed GE motor, all controls. 1 Onan 5 kw 52 amp 60 cy 120-240 1-3 ph generator. Continental gasoline engine, good for small house with frequent power failures. Any reasonable offer considered. Contact Joseph E. Massie, WOynesville, North Carolina. 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 I, Ohio. DRIVE-IN EQUIPMENT WANTED WANTED: Trains, miniature Kiddieland types for modernizing and resale to Driveins. Tc^ cosh paid. Buckeye Mfg. Company, Lake City, Minnesota. 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 onci 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 Armv. 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. SLIDES Glass Slides for coming attractions, playdcrtes, merchants, etc. Whitley, 2123 Stanley, Ft. Worth 10, Texas. THEATRES FOR SALE West Coast theatres for sale. Write for list. Theatre Exchange Company, 260 Kearney Street, San Francisco 8, California. Drive-In Theatre, COO 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 m all aspects. Act now if interested. Details on request. Boxoffice 9586. FOR SALE — In order to take advantage ol opportunity offered in California: one of the nicest drive-in theatres in state of Kansas, 365 cars, 16,000 population, well constructed, excellent condition. Very beautifully located on 9 acres of valuable land. Offered at sacrifice price for short time only. Gene & Clara Bullard, Arkansas City, Kansas. Phone HI 2-0660. 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 Wanted to Buy or Lease: Indoor theatre in metropolitan areas, population at least 75.000. Contact William Berger, Metro politcm Hotel, Cincinnati, Ohio. Responsible and experienced organization desires to lease drive-in theatres in southern Ohio-northern Kentucky. Write or wire Boxoffice 9593. Drive-Ins: Buy or lease, towns over 10.000. Cincinnati Exchange territory. Write Boxoffice 9594. 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 . . . Guarantee 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 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. GIVEAWAY 1963 AUTOMOBILE ... no cost to theatre. Contact Harry Clingon, Interstate Theatre Service. 10109 Hillcrest, Kansas City, Mo. 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. 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. BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY Nation-wide 16mm film distributor offers exclusive rights in larger cities for film booking. Customers include schools, churches, hospitals, clubs. Rent them features, shorts, educationals, religious and industrial films. Part or full time. Generous commissions. Write Boxoffice 9560. THEATRE SEATING Good used late model choirs 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, last, reasonoble, 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. EQUIPMENT WANTED Used screen, approximately 65x30 ft., lens, 2% to 4'/2 anamorphics, also complete booths. 'Will dismantle. Jewel Theatre, P. O. Box 231, Poplar Bluff, Mo. CASH PAID FOR RCA, SIMPLEX SOUNDHEADS — Century, Super Simplex, DeVry, Simplex SP Portables, Hi-Intensity Rectifiers. Boxoffice 9599. INTERMISSION TAPES WEEKLY TAPE SERVICE: Intermission tapes that sparkle . . . guaranteed to sell . . . customized . . . free sample. Commercial Sound Service, P. O. Box 199, Cheyenne, Wyoming. PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT Playground Equipment — Theatre chairs. New-Used. Lone Star Seating, Box 1734, Dallas. Handy Subscription Order Form BOXOFFICE: 825 Von Brunt Blvd., Kansas City 24, Mo. Please enter my subscription to BOXOFFICE, 52 issues per year (13 of tvhich 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 ^ 29