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. • CUeRlDG 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 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. Immediate opportunity for strong manager. Best in promotion and exploitation. Must be aggressive and competitive. Send complete resume with all references and recent snapshot. Armstrong Theatre Circuit, Inc., Box 337, Bowling Green, Ohio. 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. Well experienced manager wishes to promote and exploit Art Theatre in Southwest. Write Room 22 — YMCA, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Thoroughly experienced large situations; all phases theatre operations. Desire City Managership or A-1 house with future potentials; college, age 35, located West. Boxoffice 9603. THE ODDS ARE *17,537 to 1 You'll get the job done through BOXOFFICE CLEARING HOUSE When you want to HIRE HELP ... GET A JOB DONE . . . SELL . . . BUY . . . EXCHANGE. *JVet paid circulation of BOXOFFICE is 17,537 BOXOFFICE ;; December 17, 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 Brondnew Variable Superscope Anamorphics. 1/4 original cost. Limited quantity. S.O.S., 602 W. 52nd, New York 19. GENERAL EQUIPMENT— USED GOVERNMENT SURPLUS projection and sound cheap — Amplifiers, Soundheads, Projectors, Arc Lamps, Generators. S.O.S., 602 W. 52nd, New York 19. 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. DRIVE-IN E(3UIPMENT 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., fens, 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. Wanted: Used theatre booth equipment. Frank Rogers, 1122 Winton, Speedway, Indiana. Three or four track 35mm Stereophonic Reproducer. State price and condition. Warren West, 3033 Locust St., St. Louis, Mo. Wanted: 35mm portable camera, reasonable. Wylie, P. C. Box 158, Johnson City, Tenn. Wanted: Used popcorn machine. Apply Princess Pat Theatre, Alberton, P.E.I. 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.C.B. Kansas City, Mo. Cash with order. Kansas City Ticket Co., Dept. 11, 109 W. 18th Street, Kansas City 8, Mo. PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT Playground Equipment — Theatre chairs New-Used. Lone Star Seating, Box 1734 Dallas. SOUND-PROJECTION MAINTENANCE MANUAL & MONTHLY SERVICE BULLETINS PROJECTIONISTS, EXHIBITORS, MANAGERS AND REPAIRMEN: Do you want expert advice on Sound & Projection Maintenance on projectors, arc lamps, screens, orojection lenses; audio amplifiers, soundheads, speakers, power supplies, etc.? 1635-70mm equipment fully covered in our Maintenance and Monthly Service Bulletins. Easy-to-understand and written so you can keep your equipment in A1 condition and SAVE MONEY in projection room operation. Used by men operating equipment in Air Force, Army and Navy. Data on new theatre transistor sound systems. Pictures, drawings and schematics. Edited by the writer with over 20 years experience; technical editor Modern Theatre. YOU NEED THIS SERVICE. Loose-leaf Manual and monthly Service Bulletins one YeOr $7.50; if you want Monthly Bulletins Only, 1-year $6.50; Cash or Check, no CODs. Send Today! Wesley Trout, Publisher, Box 575, Enid, Oklahoma. THEATRES FOR SALE West Coast theatres lor sale. Write for list. Theatre Exchange Company, 260 Kearney Street, San Francisco 8, California. FOR SALE — In order to take advantage ot 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. (3ene & Clara Bullard, Arkansas (3ity, Kansas. Phone HI 2-0660. Orpheum Theatre. Ada, Minn. Located in the famous Red River Valley, recently remodeled, with new seats, screen, new roof and oil burner. No. 1 shape. Also 3bedroom home. Jos. R. Ullman, Ada, Minn. The Allison, 400 seats. Piedmont, Alabamg. Come and see it. For Sale: 300-seat modern theatre, town 5,000 population, central Indiana. Small down payment, balance monthly payment. Theatre now in operation. Frank Rogers, 1122 Winton, Speedway, Indiana. THEATRES FOR LEASE OR SALE 400-car drive-in and 500-seat indoor theatre tor 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 m 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 3-9481, Texas 4-2738. Chairs rebuilt anywhere, 27 years expert workmanship, sewed covers. Arthur Judge, 2100 E. Newton Avenue, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. INTERMISSION TAPES WEEKLY TAPE SERVICE: Intermission tapes that sparkle . . . guaranteed to sell . . . customized . . . free sample. Commercial Sound Service, P. O. Box 199, Cheyenne, Wyoming. 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. 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 An geles 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 Clingan, Interstate Theatre Service. 10109 Hill crest^ BALLOONS — Kiddie Shows, Anniversaries, Special Events, Southern Balloon, Box 246, Atlanta 2, Georgia. EQUIPMENT REPAIR SERVICE 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 29 THEATRES FOR LEASE 500-seat indoor theatre for lease, located in prosperous North California town of 5,000. (Unly theatre in town. Owner retiring. Write Boxoffice 9601. NEW IMPROVED GATORHIDE READYMIXED!! Save that Isroken reflector and buy your wife a new motorcycle! Gatorhide is still $2.95 postpaid and guaranteed!! Invoice with merchandise. GATORHIDE, Box 71, Joplin, Missouri.