Exhibitors Herald and Moving Picture World (Apr-Jun 1930)

48 EXHIBITORS HERALD-WORLD Hay 10, 1930 (Continued from preceding page) WANTED — Feerless or Simplex projectors, also Strong reflector arc lamps. State price, condition and number of machines. Will pay cash, or onethird down and balance C.O.D. Address Box 337 Exhibitors Herald-World, 407 S. Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois. HIGHEST PRICES paid for used opera chairs, projection machines, etc. Address Movie Supply Co., 844 Wabash, Chicago, Illinois. Insurance THE BIGGEST SAFEGUARD for your business is the sure protection afforded by insurance. BUT insurance improperly written is itself a loss of money to you. For ten years we have made a study of the theatre’s insurance needs. Call on us or write us. Address Jules Juillard & Co., Room 937, 175 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago, 111. Theatres for Sale or Rent FOR SALE— THEATRE BUILDING COMPLETE, TOWN of 12,000, no competition, fully equipped with sound and doing a nice business. Address D. O. Coleman, Southington, Conn. TWO THEATRES— TOWN 5,000; must be sold to settle estate; absolutely genuine bargain. Address Box 488, Exhibitors Herald-World, 407 S. Dearborn St., Chicago, Illinois. SACRIFICE SALE— BEAUTIFUL, NEW, MODERN BRICK THEATRE; 250 seats, perfect sound equipment. Address Princess theatre, Vardaman, Miss. ARCADIA THEATRE BUILDING, OLNEY, ILLINOIS. 650 seat, 3 stores, 7 offices, all rented; or will SELL (NOT RENT AS PREVIOUSLY STATED) the theatre alone on a good income basis. Address A. L. Redman, Pres., 212 E. Main St., Olney, Illinois. THREE HUNDRED CHAIR house in live town. Running now. Rent $75.00, very low expenses. Owner too old to continue. Exceptional opportunity for the right man. Address J. P. Redington, Scranton, Pennsylvania. FOR SALE — THEATRE BUILDING COMPLETE OR PICTURE BUSINESS ONLY. Drawing from 20,000 population. No competition. Talkies. Doing good business. Price right. Address Lyons Theatre, Lyons, Illinois. STATE THEATRE— WESTMINSTER, MARYLAND. SOUND EQUIPMENT good, stage and scenery, ten year lease, reasonable rent, 775 new seats, pipe organ. New display sign 19 ft. high with 3x10 display. Everything to make a first class show. Population 4500, good drawing from rural districts. Town has factories, college, six banks, other industries. Will stand investigation. Reason for selling, leaving for California. A sacrifice at $17,500.00 cash. Possession at once. Address Miles S. Fox, Owner, Westminster, Maryland. IN HARRISBURG, PA. Two neighborhood theatres each seating 1100. Fully equipped. Talkies. Will sell buildings or lease. Address Moe Baturin, Harrisburg, Pa. Parks for Sale PARK FOR SALE— $4,000 PROFIT guaranteed for 1930. Valuation $32,800. Sell for $29,000. $5,000 cash and balance in easy yearly payments. Address Frank Orndorff, Mattoon, Ills. Cameras for Sale AKELEY, brand new. Write for booklet. Address Wood, 204 Inland Bank, Indianapolis. Indiana. Projector Repairing BEST SHOP for repairing projection machines. Prompt service, reasonable prices. Address Movie Supply Co., 844 Wabash, Chicago, Illinois. SKILLED MECHANICS, specialized tools, and a shop equipped for but one purpose can offer you nothing but the best in repair work. That is what 1 have, and I can offer you the best in the overhauling of your motion picture machinery equipment. One of the oldest repair men in the territory, and serving some of the largest houses. Relief equipment furnished free. For results bring your work to Joseph Spratler, 12-14 E. Ninth St., Chicago, Illinois. Films for Sale COMEDIES, ACTION. WESTERN and Sensational Subjects at lowest prices. Perfect condition film. List. Address Colonial Film & Supply Co., 630 Ninth Ave., New York, N. Y. EXCELLENT WESTERNS, $3 REEL; Powers 6A Projectors, $125.00. Address Marshall Films, Rome, Georgia. Chairs for Sale FOR SALE— 280 VENEER THEATRE SEATS 50c EACH. Phototone Non-Sync., good as new with 200 records $250.00. Address Lyceum Theatre, Terre Haute, Indiana. FOR SALE— 1000 UPHOLSTERED SEATS. Imitation Spanish leather, veneered backs. $1.85 each. 1500 5-ply veneered chairs 95c each. Address Illinois Theatre Equipment Company, 1029 S. Wabash Ave., Chicago, 111. BIG BARGAIN in used Opera Chairs, 600 upholstered, 800 veneer. Address Movie Supply Co., 844 Wabash Ave., Chicago, Illinois. 1,000 used high-grade spring constructed theatre seats covered in imitation Spanish leather. The seats are all brand new with metal bottom boards. Very reasonable prices. 500 spring edge seats covered in imitation Spanish leather made by Heywood-Wakefield Company. 1,000 upholstered seats in imitation leather, veneer backs. 750 heavy 5-ply veneer theatre chairs 54 backs. Also several smaller lots of upholstered chairs, panel backs, at very attractive prices. We can furnish you with your needs — everything for the theatre— in the used line — at a great saving. For more information and prices, write Illinois Theatre Equipment Company, 1029 S. Wabash Ave., Chicago, 111. w THE VOICE OF THE INDUSTRY LETTERS FROM READERS Here's Courage, Men THE ENCLOSED REPORTS WERE written up last Saturday after reading Phil Rand’s letter in re : “What’s the matter with the silent boys?” I resolved to report on all pictures and went back a few, which I am enclosing herewith, and you will notice I quit on “One Hysterical Night” with no comment. Well, this is what I am trying to tell you about. It sure was one “hysterical night.” About the time we were running the second reel the film caught fire, which cleaned us out. We had about 200 people in the theatre, 80 of whom were seated in the balcony. By having fire escapes to each window and all doors opening outward, we marched the crowd out without any confusion or a scratch. We saved some of our loose equipment, but practically all was lost. So you see I made my resolution to report on all pictures just the right time it would be easy to carry out. We are out of business now until we can build. I am now hunting up plans and wondered if you could furnish me with plans for about a 300 seat house. — H. T. Nokes, Elite theatre, Nixa, Mo. A Projectionist Who Knoivs IT SEEMS THAT SOONER OR LATER we must all write in to the paper we derive so much benefit from. This is my turn and will try to make the best of it. I am the projectionist at this theatre and it seems our greatest grief lies in the marked up prints we must project. Instead of properly cueing changeovers, many socalled operators have the idea that a series of punched holes work as easily or better and then say, “Nobody will ever notice them” as an excuse. We have received prints with this sort of practice ranging all the way from fancy punch marks to friction tape and corn plasters. Sounds outrageous, doesn’t it, but nevertheless a fact. It seems that this sort of practice could easily be curbed by the exchanges by imposing a fine for each time this happened. A likewise bad practice is the cinching of film on 1,000 foot reels. This works serious Second Kinematograph Accounts Book Printed Book II of Kinematograph Trade Accounts, published by Gee and Co., of London, and written by Charles 11. Travis, B. A. (Comm.) of the C. H. Travis & Co., chartered accountants, is off the press, and takes up the subject of Renters Accounts, supplementary to Book I, which dealt with Exhibitors Accounts. Diagrams and charts plentifully spread throughout the book illustrate the numerous helpful points which the writer brings out. havoc with the delicate coating used on Technicolor stock. Well, so much for that. In closing may I also add that all technical articles in your valuable publication have been such a tremendous help that the manager and I feel we could qualify as sound engineers after reading them. Wishing for your continued success, I remain.— Lester Borst, Projectionist, Rivoli theatre, Two Rivers, Wis. Music Publishers ’ Crusade Against Copyright Wrongs Results in Five Arrests ( Special to the Herald-World) PHILADELPHIA, May 6. — As the result of a crusade started by the Music Publishers’ Protective Association of New York, five arrests were made in Philadelphia on April 25 of street vendors selling song sheets alleged to be infringements on copyrights. The vendors were arrested on Federal warrants as they sold the songs on Market Street. It is held by the publishers that song companies publish the sheets containing copyrighted songs in violation of the Federal statutes. Portuguese Demanded for Films Shown in Portugal (Special from Department of Commerce) WASHINGTON, May 6.— According to American Consul Samuel T. Lee, Lisbon, Portugal, the explanations of all films in Portugese territory must be written in idiomatic Portugese. There are no regulations regarding sound films but since the Government is a dictatorship a single decree of the appropriate ministry will suffice. It is understood unofficially that musical portions of sound films will probably be permitted in foreign languages but not dialog. Spanish is the only foreign language generally understood though the patrons of the best cinemas know considerable French.