Boxoffice (Oct-Dec 1962)

RATES: 20( 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 Von Brunt Blvd., Eansos City 24, Mo, * CUIIfIlOe 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. MANAGER: Super de luxe indoor Akron, Ohio. We need a good house man who is tops on publicity and promotion . . . top saWy . . . 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 Employed drive-in manager desires to relocate in California. Complete resume available. Boxoffice 9597. Employed city manager, conventional, drive-ins. Thoroughly experienced looking for better opportunity in January. Boxoffice 959S. 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 wont — it will pay you to advertise your needs in THE CLEARING HOUSE HERE IS YOUR HANDY "AD ORDER" BLANK BOXOFFICE 825 Van Bnmt Blvd. Kansas City 24, Mo. 4 insertions at the price of 3 (Send Cosh With Order) Kindly insert the following ad 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: I. 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.(i0: 24" $3.00. Non sliding spring 10c additional. (107o 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 Brondnew Variable Superscope Anamorphics. V4 original cost. Limited quantity. S.O.S., 602 W. 52nd, New Yorx 19. GENERAL EQUIPMENT— USED BEST BUYS! Ballantyne, PD50A amplifier, excellent, $125; Simplex portable projectors, arcs, heavy bases, complete, rebuilt, $1,395; Strong 80 ampere rectifiers, reconditioned, ^65 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. Marquee Letters — six inch Wagner, aluminum, block, used, black, only sixty cents. Yale Theatre, 8105 St. Clair Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio. For Sale: Widescreen size 12x25 ft. and two candy machines, ten cent seller model E8— Serial No. 6305, five cent seller model C — Serial No. 2503, and one Watling weighing scale. If interested contact Frieda Schumacher, phone 153, Toluca, Illinois. Attention Optimistic Theatre Men: For sale, cheap, four track stereophonic sound system. Gently used very little. Pic Theatre, Bagley, Minn. 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, 5()0 watts, 10 ft. cord. Price, $9.75 each. Ontario Equipment Co., Toledo 1, Ohio. Drive-In Theatre Ticketsl 100,000 1x2" special printed roll tickets, $37.95. 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 EQUIPMENT WANTED WANTED: Trains, miniature Kiddielond types for modernizing and resale to Driveins. Top cash paid. Buckeye Mfg. Company, Lake City, Minnesota. 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. POPCORN MACHINES Ten Giant Star units, used. $100 each. Manley Popper, twenty available. All other makes. Replacement kettles, for all makes. 120 S. Hoisted, Chicago 6, Illinois. THEATRES FOR SALE West Coast theatres for sale. Write for list. Theatre Exchange Company, 260 Kearney Street, San Francisco 8, Calilornia. FOR SALE — In order to take advantage 01 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. Drive-in and Downtown House, 200 speakers and 250 seat house, package deal, no competition, progressive town, 3 million dollar payroll, money maker lor right person. Buyers must be serious, with good reputation. Joe Hendricks, El Dorado Springs, Mo. THEATRES FOR LEASE 500-seat indoor theatre for lease, located in prosperous North California town of 5,000. Only theatre in town. Owner retiring. Write Boxoffice 9601. THEATRES FOR LEASE OR SALE 400-car drive-in and 500-seat indoor theatre lor sale or lease in North California town of 15,000. Only theatre in area. Owner retiring. Write Boxoffice 9602. THEATRES WANTED Wanted to Buy or Lease: Indoor theatre in metropolitan areas, population at least 75,000. Contact William Berger, Metropolitan 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. Lease or buy indoor or outdoor theatre, northern Ohio. Boxoffice 9600. 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 8-9481, Texas 4-2738. Chairs rebuilt anywhere, 27 years expert workmanship, sewed covers. Arthur Judge, 2100 E. Newton Avenue, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. BUSINESS STIMULATORS Bingo, more action! $4.50 M cards. Other games available, on, off screen. Novelty Gomes 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 Clingcm, Interstate Theatre Service. 10109 Hillcrest, Kansas City, Mo. 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. 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. Non-tecnnical servicing data you can easily understand at a price you con 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. ONLIt $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, Handy Subscription Order Form BOXOmCE: 825 Von 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 :: December 10, 1962 29