Boxoffice (Oct-Dec 1963)

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Title:: Boxoffice
Date:: Oct-Dec 1963
Publisher:: New York, Boxoffice
Volume:: Boxoffice (Oct-Dec 1963)
Leaf #:: 000208
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:: March 21, 2024

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THEATRE EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLY DEALERS: U S. AND CANADA KEY TO SYMBOLS: (C) Century dealers; (R) RCA affiliates; (B) Ballantyne; (E) Eprad. National Theatre Supply dealers ore indicated by name. Others are unaffiliated. ALABAMA: Birmingham — The Queen Feature Service, Inc., 1912'/2 Morris Ave. (E) ARIZONA: Phoenix — Arizona Theatrical Supply & Rentals, 324 N. 1 1 th Way. National Theatre Supply, 111 W. Jackson. Tuscon — Arizona Film Supply, 33 W. Congress St. ARKANSAS: North Little Rock — Arkansas Theatre Supply, 1015 Division. CALIFORNIA: Fresno — Midstate Theatre Supply, 1906 Thomas Ave. Los Angeles — John P. Filbert Co., Inc., 2007 So. Vermont Ave. (C) (R) (E) National Theatre Supply Co., 1961 S. Vermont Ave. Pembrex Theatre Supply, 1969 S. Vermont Ave. (C) (E) B. F. Shearer Co., 1964 S. Vermont Ave. (E) Sacramento — Glenn E. Koropp Drive-In Theatre Supply, 2731 Braynard Way. Son Froncisco — National Theatre Supply Co., 255 Golden Gate Ave. Walter G. Preddey, 187 Golden Gate Ave. (C) (E) B. F. Shearer Co. of California, 243 Golden Gate Ave. (E) Western Theatrical Equipment Co., 168 Golden Gate Ave. (C) (R) (E) COLORADO: Denver — National Theatre Supply, 21 1 1 Champa St. Service Theatre Supply Co., 2054 Broadway (B) Western Service & Supply, Inc., 2071 Broadway (C) (R) (E) CONNECTICUT: Hamden — National Theatre Supply Co., 1890 Dixwell Ave. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: Washington— Lust Theatre Supply, 1005 New Jersey Ave., N. W. R. & S. Theatre Supply, 1013 New Jersey Ave., N. W. (B) FLORIDA: Jacksonville — Roy Smith Co., 365 Park St. (R) Miami — Joe Hornstein, Inc., 273 W. Flagler St. (C) (E) GEORGIA: Albany — Dixie Theatre Service & Supply, 1010 North Slappey Dr. (B) Atlanta — Capitol City Supply, Inc., 161 Walton St. N. W. (C) National Theatre Supply, 187 Walton St. N. W. Southeastern Theatre Equipment Co., 203 Luckie St. N. W. (R) Wil-Kin Theatre Supply, 150 Walton St., sales office; 301 North Ave. N. E., general office. (E) Savannah — Rhodes Sound & Projection Service, 218 E. 56th St. HAWAII: Honolulu — Theatrical Equipment & Supply Co., 1055 Alakea St. ILLINOIS: Chicago — Abbott Theatre Equipment Co., Inc., 1311 S. Wabash Ave. (C) (E) An-Lee, Inc., 940 W. Belmont Ave. Gardner Theatre Service, Inc., 2831 N. Clark St. (E) National Theatre Supply Co., 1325 S. Wabash Ave. Coulterville — Frank McLean Theatre Service, Second & Vine Sts. INDIANA: Evansville — Evansville Theatre Supply Co., 2900 E. Chandler Ave. (E) Indianapolis — Ger-8ar, Inc., 442 N. Illinois. National Theatre Supply Co., 408 N. Illinois. Union City — Projection Equipment Co. (B) IOWA: Des Moines — Des Moines Theatre Supply, 1121 High St. (C) (E) KENTUCKY: Louisville — Falls City Theatre Equipment Co., 427-29 South 3rd St. (E) Hadden Theatre Supply Co., 209 South 3rd St. (C) (E) LOUISIANA: New Orleans — Hodges Theatre Supply Co., 2927 Jackson (E) National Theatre Supply Co., 220 S. Liberty St. Shreveport — Alon Boyd, P. O. Box 362, Town House. MARYLAND: Baltimore— J. F. Dusman Co., 12 E. 25th St. (C) (E) East Coast Theatre Supply, 5321 Kenwood Ave. ’ ational Theatre Supply Co., 417 St. Paul Place MASSACHUSETTS: Boston — Capitol Theatre Supply Co., 28 Piedmont St. (R) Major Theatre Equipment Co., 44 Winchester St. Massachusetts Theatre Equipment Co., Inc., 20 Piedmont St. (C) (E) National Theatre Supply Co., 37 Winchester St. MICHIGAN: Detroit — Amusement Supply Co., 208 W. Montcalm St. National Theatre Supply Co., 2312 Cass Ave. Theatre Equipment Co., 221 1 Cass Ave. (E) Grand Rapids — Ringold Theatre Equipment Co., 106 Michigan St. N. W. MINNESOTA: Minneapolis — Minneapolis Theatre Sup ply, 51 Glenwood Ave. (C) (R) (E) National Theatre Supply Co., 56 Glenwood Ave. MISSOURI: Kansas City — Missouri Theatre Supply Co., 115 W. 18th St. (B) (R) (E) National Theatre Supply Co., 223 W. 18th St. Shreve Theatre Supply Co., 217 W. 18th St. (C) St. Louis — National Theatre Supply Co., 3222 Olive St. NEBRASKA: Omaha — -The Ballantyne Co., 1712 Jackson St. (B) National Theatre Supply Co., 307 N. 16th St. Quality Theatre Supply Co., 1515 Davenport St. (C) (E) NEW JERSEY: Asbury Park — Clark Cinema Service, P.O. Box 835. NEW MEXICO: Clovis — Eastern New Mexico Theatre Supply Co., Box 1099. NEW YORK: Albany — Albany Theatre Supply Co., 443 N. Pearl St. (B) (C) (E) National Theatre Supply Co., 962 Broadway. Auburn — Auburn Theatre Equipment Co., 1 1 North St. Buffalo — National Theatre Supply Co., 500 Pearl St. New York — Amusement Supply Co., Inc., 234 W. 44th St. (C) Capitol Motion Picture Supply, 630 Ninth Ave. (C) (R) Crown Motion Picture Supplies Corp., 354 West 44th St. Joe Hornstein, Inc., 341 W. 44th St. (E) National Theatre Supply Co., 356 W. 44th St. S.O.S. Photo-Cine-Optics, Inc., 602 W. 52nd St. Star Cinema Supply Co., 621 W. 55th St. NORTH CAROLINA: Charlotte — Charlotte Theatre Supply, 227 S. Church St. (B) (E) Dixie Theatre Supply Co., 213 West 3rd St. (E) Independent Theatre Supply Co., 223 S. Mint St. National Theatre Supply Co., 304 S. Church St. Standard Theatre Supply Co., 1624 W. Independence Blvd. (E) Theatre Equipment Co., 1220 E. 7th St. Wil-Kin Theatre Supply, Inc., 229 S. Church St. (E) Greensboro — Standard Theatre Supply Co., Inc., 215 E. Washington St. (C) (E) OHIO: Cincinnati — National Theatre Supply Co., 1638 Central Pkwy. Cleveland — Cleveland Projector Co., 2108 Payne Ave. (B) National Theatre Supply Co., 2142 Payne Ave. (R) Ohio Theatre Supply Co., 2108 Payne Ave. (C) (E) Columbus — American Theatre Equipment Co., 165 N. High St. (B) Cuyahoga Falls — Jones Projector Co., 2727 6th St. (C) Dayton — Dayton Theatre Supply, 4679 Richwood Drive. Toledo — Theatre Equipment Co., 1206 Cherry St. (C) (E) Toledo Theatre Supply Co., 3916 Secor Rd. (B) OKLAHOMA: Oklahoma City— National Theatre Supply Co., 700 W. Sheridan Ave. Oklahoma Theatre Supply Co., 628 W. Sheridan Ave. (E) OREGON: Dayton — Motion Picture Accessories Co., Box 240. Portland — S. F. Burns Co., Inc., 1923 N. W. Kearney St. Modern Theatre Supply Co., 1923 N. W. Kearney St. B. F. Shearer Co., 1947 N. W. Kearney St. (E) West Coast Theatre Service, 1923 N. W. Kearney St. PENNSYLVANIA: Philadelphia— Blumberg Bros., 1305-07 Vine St. National Theatre Supply Co., 1310 Vine St. Superior Theatre Equipment Co., 311 North 13th St. Pittsburgh — Atlas Theatre Supply Co., 402 Miltenberger St. (E) National Theatre Supply Co., 84 Van Braam St. RHODE ISLAND: Providence — Rhode Island Theatre Supply Co., 357 Westminster St. (C) SOUTH CAROLINA: Greenville — Trio Amusement Co., 229 N. Main St. SOUTH DAKOTA: Sioux Falls — American Theatre Supply, 207 S. Main Ave. (B) TENNESSEE: Memphis — National Theatre Supply Co., 412-414 S. 2nd Ave. Tri-State Theatre Supply, 320 S. Second St. (C) (E) TEXAS: Dallas — Hardin Theatre Supply Co., 714 S. Hampton Rd. (B) (C) (E) National Theatre Supply Co., 300 S. Harwood St. Modern Sales and Service, 2200 Young St. (C) (R) Lou Walters Sales & Service Co., 4207 Lawnview Ave. El Paso — El Paso Theatre Equipment & Service Co., 2804 Catnip St. (B) (E) Houston — Southwestern Theatre Equipment Co., 1702 Rush Ave. Son Antonio — Independent Theatre Supply, 2750 E. Houston St. Equipo Sales Co., 915 S. Alamo St. UTAH: Salt Lake City — Inter-Mountain Theatre Supply Co., 264 E. First South St. National Theatre Supply Co., 256 E. First South St. Western Sound & Equipment Co., 264 E. First South St. VIRGINIA: Roanoke — Perdue Cinema Service, 313 Eugene Drive N.W. WASHINGTON: Seattle — American Theatre Supply Co., Inc., 2300 First Ave. at Bell St. (B) (E) S. F. Burns & Co., 2319 Second Ave. B. F. Shearer Co., 2318 Second Ave. (E) WEST VIRGINIA: Charleston — Charleston Theatre Supply Co., 506 Lee St. (E) Clarksburg — Lovett & Co., Box 1127. Huntington — Theatre Service & Supply Co., 1019 Tenth St. WISCONSIN: Milwaukee — Vic Manhardt Co., Inc., 3131 W. Lisbon Ave. National Theatre Supply Co., 1027 N. 8th St. The Ray Smith Co., 710 W. State St. CANADA ALBERTA: Calgary — General Sound & Theatre Equipment, Ltd., 731 Tenth Ave. Sharp's Theatre Supplies, Ltd., 104 4th St., S. W. Edmonton — General Sound & Theatre Equipment, Ltd., 10939 82nd Ave. M. L. Adamson Co., 9921 113th St. J. M. Rice & Co., Ltd., 10029 Jasper Ave. (B) BRITISH COLUMBIA: Vancouver — Dominion Theatre Equipment Co., Ltd., 970 Davie St. (C) General Sound & Theatre Equipment, Ltd., 2158 West 1 2th Ave. La Salle Recreations, Ltd., (Theatre Chair, Stadium Chair, Linoleum and Tile Carpet Div.) 945 Granville St. Theatre Equiment Supply, 2182 W. 12th Ave. (B) MANITOBA: Winnipeg — General Sound & Theatre Equipment, Ltd., 102-313 Donald St. J. M. Rice & Co., Ltd., 430 Kensington (B) NEW BRUNSWICK: St. John — General Sound & Theatre Equipment, Ltd., 166 Hollis St. NEWFOUNDLAND: St. John's — Atlantic Films & Electronics, Ltd., 22 Prescott St. Motion Picture Supplies, Ltd., 22 Prescott St. NOVA SCOTIA: Halifax — General Sound & Theatre Equipment, Ltd., 93 Prince William St. ONTARIO: Hamilton — General Sound & Theatre Equipment, Ltd., 68 Terrace Drive. London — General Sound & Theatre Equipment, Ltd., 327 Brock Ave. Ottawa — General Sound & Theatre Equipment, Ltd., 10 Bristol Ave. Timmins — General Sound & Theatre Equipment, Ltd., 305 Cedar St. N. Toronto — General Sound & Theatre Equipment, Ltd., 861 Bay St. QUEBEC: Montreal — Best Theatre Supply Reg'd, 4810 Saint-Denis General Sound & Theatre Equipment, Ltd., 160 Bates Rd. National Theatre Equipment Co., Ltd., 1434 St. Catherine St. W. RCA Victor Co., Ltd., 1001 Lenoir St. Quebec City — General Sound & Theatre Equipment, Ltd., 3226 Milleret.