Exhibitors Herald World (Jul-Sep 1930)

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52 EXHIBITORS HERALD-WORLD July 26, 1930 CLASSIFIED Advertising Ten cents per word, payable in advance. Minimum charge, ^ $1.00. Copy and checks should be addressed Classified Ad Dept. ^^ Exhibitors Herald-World, 407 So. Dearborn St., Chicago, 111. The Recognized National Classified Advertising Medium Theatres for Sale or Rent FOR SALE— MODERN BRICK-TILE THEATRE; seats 322 — sound equipment. County seat town; main line of Rock Island and Santa Fe railroads now building in. 22 miles to the nearest show. Show making money; but am forced to sell because of ill health. Address G. A. Hart, Stratford, Texas. FORCED THEATRE SALE TO SATISFY BANK Legitimate proposition. Make a real buy for 25% of value. West Virginia town, drawing population ten thousand. No opposition. Curiosity seekers save postage. Unless you have $8,000 cash don't reply. Address Box 627, Exhibitors Herald-World, 407 So. Dearborn St., Chicago, Illinois. FOR SALE — STRAND THEATRE, JESUP, GEORGIA. Population 3,000; drawing power 10,000. New road opening up giving access to another town only nine miles away with a population of 1.000. Best located theatre in the South. Forty-five miles from any large town or any other theatre. No opposition and no likelihood of any. Have five year lease, just renewed. Beautiful theatre — -reasonable rent. Doing good business. Other business interests force me to sell. 400 seats, perfect sound equipment. House has been acoustically corrected. Pipe-organ, non-synchronizing machine. Balcony for colored trade. First check for $15,000.00 gets it. Signed by W. P. Riggins, Mgr., Strand Theatre, Jesup, Georgia. THEATRE IN SOUTH BEND, INDIANA— Seating 1127 — in theatre district. Inquire Dr. J. Burke, South Bend, Indiana. GOOD PAYING 350 SEAT HOUSE, 50c and 25c, SPECIALS 75c and 35c, silent, no competitio_n, nearest sound sixty mountain miles. Building 55 ft. x 110 ft., three lots, store, six room house, dance hall, weekly dances, shows seven nights. Must sell account of altitude. Less than half cost. Snap. Address Rainbow Theatre, Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Located in the finest game and fishing country in the United States. CAN SELL YOUR THEATRE QUICKLY— SENT? ALL PARTICULARS to Albert Goldman, 5 S. Wabash Ave., Chicago, 111. FOR SALE— 250 SEAT HOUSE and equipment. Population 1100 — big drawing power — perfect sound — no competition. Have to se it to appreciate it. An opportunity. Address T. Edgar Reed, Hemdon, Virginia. A REAL NICE THEATRE IN TOWN 2500 POPULATION. Talking Pictures. Six other towns to draw from. At a bargain. Address R. W. Floyd, Dyer, Tennessee. FOR SALE— THEATRE BUILDING COMPLETE. TO\VN 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. Addres<; Box 488. Exhibitors HeraldWorld, 407 S. Dearborn St.. Chicago, Illinois. 623-SEATER WITH SOUND— Population 4,200; no opposition. Sunday town. Address Empress Theatre, Belding, Mich. Help Wanted WANTED— AN EDITOR-MANAGER for the Society of Motion Picture Engineers. Applications are hereby invited for the combined position of business manager of the Society and editor of the Society's Journal. The editor-manager will be supplied with capable editorial and clerical assistants, and his duties will be (a) to edit the Journal under the jurisdiction of the Board of Editors; (b) to transact the routine business of the Secretary and Treasurer and the various committee chairmen, and (c) to assist the President in coordinating the various activities of the Society. Desirable qualifications of the applicant include a pleasing personality, managerial and technical editorial ability, and a broad knowledee of the motion picture industry. The salary will be not less than $6,000.00 per year. Applications should be forwarded to J. H. Kur lander. Secretary of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers, 2 Clearfield Avenue, Bloomfield, New Jersey. Positions Wanted PROJECTIONIST, ELECTRICIAN, SIGN, SHOWCard Writer: and General Theatre Advertising. Nonunion, prefer small town, ten years' experience, best of references. Reliable, will go anywhere. Address T. L. Jackson, 921 W. 7th St., Joplin, Missouri. WANTED— SOMEONE WHO WILL GIVE ME WORK— ANYWHERE— AT ONCE. Operator with 8 years' experience on Powers, Motiograph, Simplex, also Sound. Paint cards, advertise. Age 2454, married, sober, no drifter. Address Lad Merritt, 456 Gettys St.. Rock Hill, S. C. AT LIBERTY— Experienced Manager for park, carnival, summer resort. Dance pavilion, hotel or club. Other amusement propositions considered. Dynamic personality. Age 38. Married; have car; go anywhere. References exchanged. Salary and percentage. State all first letter. Write, wire or phone Hemlock 5721. Guy Hallock, Duluth, Minn. VERY SUCCESSFUL THEATRE MANAGER WOULD CONSIDER change (or partnership). Hard worker and energetic. Showed results in every position held. Best references. Address Box 494, Exhibitors Herald-World, 407 S. Dearborn St., Chicago, 111. OPERATOR, EXPERIENCED ON WESTERN ELECTRIC and R. C. A. PHOTOPHONE system or silent pictures. Go anywhere; references. Address Alex Branik, 3486 Brush St., Detroit, Michigan. THEATRE MANAGER DESIRING CHANGE, preferably South or West, married, go anywhere. References; successful record. Two weeks' notice necessary; at present employed major chain. Handle any type theatre or group, executive capacity. Thorough experience all branches business. All replies will be answered. Wire or letter. Address H. Nella, Majestic Hotel, Utica, N. Y. AT LIBERTY— PROJECTIONIST. Experience on silent and talkie equipment, can give reference: will locate anywhere. Address R. E. Huard, 34 Bond St., Battle Creek, Mich. PROJECTIONIST, SOUND OPERATOR, fifteen vears experience: write or wire. Address Barney Lt:desher, 1493 Washington St., Dubuque, Iowa. THEATRE MANAGER, ORGANIST. AD WRITER. WESTERN ELECTRIC SOUND OPERATOR — Non-Union, married, aged 35. desires two or three year contract south of Mason-Dixon line or outside continental United States. At libertv about September 15th. Highest references. Address full particulars. Box 486. Exhibitors Herald-World, 407 S. Dearborn St., Chicago, Illinois. ATTENTION, THEATRE OWNERS. Specially trained managers, theatre advertising men, theatre service men, available for employment at short notice. No service charges. Address Theatre Managers Institute. 325 Washington St., Elmira. New York. ATTENTION, THEATRE OWNERS. Specially trained managers, assistant managers, advertising men, service men, available for employment at short notice. Address Theatre Managers Institute, 325 Washington St., Elmira. New York. Sound Equipment Bargains FACTORY TO YOU— CUT OUT THE MIDDLEMAN—BRAND NEW MERCHANDISE— Sound-onFilm. Heads, $198.50; Photocells, $14.95; GE Exciter Lamp, 98c: Optical Systems $29.50; Head Amplifiers, $29.60; 54 h.p. Synchronous Motors, $29.50; Rochester Built Turntables, $69.50; Samson 250 push-pull amplifier, $54.45: Audak Tuned Pickups. $33.95; Standard Audak, $17.95; Speedometers. $9.95; Wright-DeCoster Horns, $14.70; Jensen Speakers, $17.80; Exponential Horns, $48.80; Giant Exponential Units, $46.35; Junior Units, $21.95; Constant Faders, $13.90; Sound Mixers, $19.50; W. E. Approved Sound Screens, $49.00; R. C. A. Licensed Tubes, 50% off; Acoustical Felt, 2914c sq. yd.; Bargains, Demonstrators, Rebuilt Booth Equipment. Write us your needs. Address Service-on-Sound Corp., 1600 Broadway, New York City, N. Y. DISCO-PHONE TURNTABLES NOW $50.00 EACH, with pickup fader and all attachments. Free trial offer. Address The Disc-0-Phone Co., Florala, Ala. DA-TONE sound screens a foot, 60c. Beaded sound screens a foot. 75c. Synchronous ^ H.P., motors, $50.00. 5i HP. variable speed motors, $27.50. Large hub two-thousand foot reels, $2.00. Imported Mirror Arc mirrors guaranteed finest made 7", $6.00. Film Speedometers, $14.75. New Simplex magazines, upper, $19.75; lower, $29.75. Large half size lenses, $25.00. Gundlach lenses, $3.00. Mazda regulators, $37.50. Lens polish, a pint, $2.00. New Strong rectifier tubes for 30 ampere, $13.50; for IS ampere, $7.25. Heavy film splicers, $6.00. Mazda globes for any machine, discount 10%. Surefit Simplex parts, discount 10%. Two Simplex machines like new with new Strong Low-intensity lamps and G. E. low-intensity generator, $1175.00. Powers 6B Mazda machine good as new, $300.00. Two Powers 6B bases, $150.00. Any size carbons National Bio. Electra Discount 10%. Two Strong low-intensity lamps, demonstrators, $300.00. Two Strong 30 amperes rectifiers slightly used, $250.00. Two Powers 6B machines complete with heavy Grimes Turntables ready for sound projection guaranteed best made, $900.00. Write or wire us your needs. Twenty years in the theatre supply business. You take no chance when you order from the Western Motion Picture Co., Danville. 111. Equipment for Sale ONE PACENT DISC TALKING EQUIPMENT IN PERFECT CONDITION— for $600.00 cash. One extra good Simplex only slightly used for $400.00; one Simplex good condition for $300.00; one Powers 6B including GE Mazda unit for $200.00; one Reproducco Pipe Organ for $150.00. Address Royal Theatre, Arkadelphia, Arkansas. FOR SALE— 2 POWERS MACHINES with governor type speed control. Also an extra Powers head — all heads just over-hauled. Address Sun Theatre, Plainwell, Mich. MOVIEPHONE DISK EQUIPMENT for two machines — for Powers or Simplex, complete cost $1,000. Used less than a week. Lost lease. Must be sold at once at price of $150. Direction for installing. Address G. M. Beede, Westboro, Mass. TEN POWER THEATRE MACHINES AND DE LUXE MOTIOGRAPH. $85.00 each. Portable Zenith projectors. Edison Underwriters. New De Vry suitcase machines and standard De Vry movie camera. 300 reels of film. Clearance sale lists. Address National Equipment Co., 409 West Michigan St., Duluth, Minn. FOR SALE— One pair Syncrodisk Tables with pick-ups and fader. Used only sixty days. Perfect condition. Address A. D. Boon, Franklin, Mo. SIX BRAND NEW $55.00 record cabinets for $35.00 each. FOUR NEW TYPE $25.00 lens holders for $20.00 each. Address Box 489. Exhibitors Herald-World, 407 S. Dearborn St., Chicago, Illinois. FOR SALE — I have one Reproducer Pipe Organ in first-class condition. Cost $2250.00. Have $450.00 worth of music. I dare anybody to make me an offer on it. Will trade for seats. Simplex Projector or what have you? Address Strand Theatre, Jesup, Georgia. ADDITIONAL CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING ON FOLLOWING PAGE