Motion Picture Herald (Mar-Apr 1940)

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104 M OTI ON' PI CTU R E HERALD March 3 0, 19 40 1 1 VVMI II I GE Ten cents per word, money-order or check with copy. Count initials, box number and address. Minimum insertion, $1. Four insertions for the price of three. Contract rates on application. No borders or cuts. Forms close Mondays at 5 P.M. Publisher reserves the right to reject any copy. Film and trailer service advertising not accepted. Classified advertising not subject to agency commission. Address correspondence, copy and checks MOTION PICTURE HERALD, Classified Dept., Rockefeller Center, New York City THEATRES THE SOUTH. FACTORIES. CHEAP POWER. The greatest opportunities in the motion picture business are here. Let us promote a theatre for you in this glorious land. FRANK DOWLER COMPANY, Chattanooga, Tenn. WANTED TO LEASE OR BUY GOOD THEATRE, midwest or south. BOX 1258, MOTION PICTURE HERALD. WILL SELL OR LEASE FULLY EQUIPPED theatre. Town of 1,500. New York State. Write BOX 1259, MOTION PICTURE HERALD. FOR SALE, REASONABLE, NEW THEATRE 400 seats. 1,400 popuation, steady payroll, good income, southwestern Michigan. BOX 1261, MOTION PICTURE HERALD. WANTED SMALL TOWN THEATRE TO equip at least expense. Long term payments, small amount down. BOX 1265, MOTION PICTURE HERALD. POSITIONS WANTED PROJECTIONIST, HOLLYWOOD TRAINED IN modern sound projection. Experienced, sober, reliable. Good electrical and maintenance man. Unencumbered. BOX 1266, MOTION PICTURE HERALD. PROJECTIONIST, SHOW CARD ARTIST, Experienced. No liquor, tobacco. References. BEHRENS, 902 N. Eighth, Sheboygan, Wis. PROJECTIONIST, SEVEN YEARS' EXPERIENCE. All machines; sound. References. CLAUDE WYRICK, Clifty St., Harriman, Tenn. HELP WANTED OPERATORS AND MANAGERS— MOVIE CIRcuits— No. 519 STATE THEATRE, Pittsburgh, Pa. or P. O. B. No. 1001, Memphis. AGENTS WANTED RELIABLE MEN TO HANDLE GAMES IN EACH film exchange. Commission only. Must be acquainted with owners and managers. Write brief summary of past employment, reference. STANLEY GAMES, INC., 127 North Fifth St., Philadelphia, Pa. NEW GENERAL EQUIPMENT BUY NOW, PAY IN THREE YEARS, NEW sound, projectors, lamps, chairs, whatever's needed. Prices are low, too! S.O.S. CINEMA SUPPLY CORP., New York. NEW BLOWERS, WASHERS, VARIABLE SPEED pullies, wholesale. SOUTHERN AIR, 161 Walton, Atlanta, Ga. SING THE JUBILEE WITH THESE BUYS, safety film cabinets, section, $1.79; moleskin leatherette, yard, 79c; WA" reflector kits for Peerless, $14.95; spotlights, $3.95; soundscreens, 195^c foot. All brand new from our Jubilee Catalog. S.O.S. CINEMA SUPPLY CORP., New York. ROADSHOWMEN— 16MM SOUND PROJECTORS at sacrifice prices. $159.50 buys complete outfit, slightly shopworn. Only eight available, cash only. S.O.S. CINEMA SUFPLY CORP., New York. USED GENERAL EQUIPMENT SOME THEATRE CAN USE YOUR OLD equipment. A little ad here will reach thousands of potential customers. Only ten cents a word to tell the world what you have to sell. Try it today. MOTION PICTURE HERALD Rockefeller Center, New York. FOR SALE, TWO 6B PROJECTORS WITH soundheads, $200. In use at AUSTIN THEATRE, Versailles, Ind. FOR QUICK SALE, OVER FIVE CARLOADS used high grade opera chairs. Write for bargain prices. MOVIE SUPPLY CO., 1318 S. Wabash, Chicago. MOVING TO LARGER QUARTERS. YOUR opportunity to purchase veneers, panel backs and fully upholstered theatre chairs at extremely low prices. ALLIED SEATING CO., INC., 36 W. 13th St., New York City. ONE VICTOR 16MM SOUND MODEL 25 A.C. cost $415, used two years, guaranteed factory rebuilt, looks, runs like new $185. Two Powers 6B machines with stands $50 each, excellent condition, guaranteed as advertised. MUSIC SPECIALTY CO1., Union City, Ind. FOR SALE, COMPLETE BOOTH EQUIPMENT, two rebuilt Simplex with Ultraphone sound and Strong lamns at a bargain. BOX 1264, MOTION PICTURE HERALD, Chicago, 111 RECONDITIONED BLOWERS, WASHERS, VARiable speed pullies, bargains. CONDITIONEDAIRE, Box 838. Atlanta, Ga. WILL SELL 300 OPERA CHAIRS AND COMplete booth equipment for balance due on unpaid notes. MOVIE SUPPLY CO., 1318 S. Wabash, Chicago. TWO' REBUILT SIMPLEX NOW GOOD AS NEW with rebuilt Preddey low-intensity automatic reflector arc lamps $535. Free 10-day trial. N. RAFALSKI, 2202 N. Maplewood Ave., Chicago. ROOKS MOTION PICTURE SOUND ENGINEERING— 547 pages; illustrated: covers every practical method and process in present-day sound engineering. Leading engineers explain every detail of apparatus and its arrangement, with diagrams, tables, charts and graphs. This manual comes straight from the workshops of the studios in Hollywood. It is indispensable to everyone working with sound equipment. Price, $6.50 postpaid. QUI G LEY BOOKSHOP. Rockefeller Center, New York. NEW 567 PAGE BOOK ON AIR CONDITIONING by Charles A. Fuller, authority on the subject. Available for theatre owners contemplating engineering changes. Book is cloth bound with index and charts and covers every branch of the industry as well as codes and ordinances regulating installation. Order now at $4.00 a copy postpaid. QU1GLEY BOOKSHOP, Rockefeller Center, New York. RICHARDSON'S BLUEBOOK OF PROJECTION. A second revision of the Sixth Edition of Richardson's Bluebook of Projection with a complete section of Sound TroubleShooting Charts as well as a host of additional up-to-the-minute text on the latest equipment. Price $7.25 postpaid. QUIGLEY BOOKSHOP, Rockefeller Center, New York. 1940 EDITION OF FAME EDITED BY TERRY Ramsaye. The class annual of the screen, radio and stage. Recognized by executives and talent agents as the guide to box office champions. Send your order today with check or money order for $1.00. QUIGLEY BOOKSHOP, Rockefeller Center, New York. ROOK. KEEPING SYSTEM THEATRE MANAGEMENT RECORD AND TAX Register. This new accounting system is the finest book of its kind ever made available to an exhibitor. In addition to being complete in every respect, it if simple— so much so that it is not necessary to have had bookkeeping experience in order to keep an accurate, complete and up-to-the-minute record of the business of your theatre. The introductory price is only $2.00 postpaid. QUIGLEY BOOKSHOP, Rockefeller Center, New York. RUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES HAVE GOOD SITE TO BUILD THEATRE IN Long Island town of 5,000. Can draw from surrounding towns. Swell beach and summer resort. Want partner j with capital to help construction and equipping on long I lease. BOX 1249A, MOTION PICTURE HERALD. | PRESS OF C. J. O'BRIEN. INC. NEW YORK. U. S. A