Motion Picture Herald (Jul-Aug 1943)

July 3 , 1943 OBITUARIES 60 MOTION PICTURE HERALD CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING 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 reserve* the right to reject any copy. Film and trailer advertising not accepted. Class!fied advertising not subject to agency commission. Address copy and checks: |E#]tjl MOTION PICTURE HERALD, Classified Dept., Rockefeller Center, New York HBI NEW EQUIPMENT FAMOUS RED COMET AUTOMATIC FIRE CON trol — ceiling or wall types, standard size $4.95; senior size, $7.45; manual grenade extinguishers with bracket, standard size, $2.95; senior size, $4.35; quit gambling with your valuable equipment and your patrons' lives. No priorities required. Order yours now from S, O. S. CINEMA SUPPLY CORP., New York 18. BEAUTIFUL STREAMLINED FLUTED METAL ceiling fixtures, 24" long. 5 lights, 2 circuits, $12.95: porthole optical glass, 3"x4", $1.10; 4"x4", $1.45; box office chairs, $7.65; RCA 3'x5' multicellular high frequency horns, complete, $225; rectifier bulbs, fifteen ampere, $7.95; safety steel film cabinets, $2.93 section; 69 ampere Suprex rectifier, $211.75; Simplex 18" magazines, pair $49.50; small theatre vacuum cleaners, $89.50. Get our Jubilee Bargain Bulletin. S. O. S. CINEMA SUPPLY CORP., New York 18. USED EQUIPMENT KUMFORT KOOLER FOR LARGE OFFICE, $97.50; No. 14 heavy rubber two conductor cable, slightly used, 15c ft.; Strong Utility Suprex arc lamps available; portable sound projectors from $79.50; Peerless low-intensity arcs. $62.50. Ask for Jubilee Sale Bulletin. S. O. S. CINEMA SUPPLY CORP., New York 18. THEATRE CHAIRS — BACKS — CUSHIONS — parts. ALLIED SEATING CO., INC., 36 West 13th Street, New York City. THEATRES WANTED THEATRE IN SOUTH NEAR COAST. Cash deal. Send details. BOX 1650, MOTION PICTURE HERALD. POSITIONS WANTED THEATRE MANAGER— 14 YEARS' STAGESHOW and picture experience. Draft exempt. BOX 1640, MOTION PICTURE HERALD. FORMER THEATRE OWNER WANTS POSITION theatre manager. JOHN FLAHERTY, Danville, 111. PROJECTIONIST— WANTS POSITION. 4F DRAFT exempt, single, sober, go anywhere. 5 years' experience. Don't wire, write giving all details including salary. BIRGIL ADKINS, Morehouse, Mo. BUSINESS BOOSTERS BINGO CARDS, DIE CUT, 1 TO 100 OR 1 TO 75, $2.00 per thousand. $17.50 for 10,000. S. Klous, care of MOTION PICTURE HERALD. "Mission" Has Northwest Preview at Minneapolis A preview showing of "Mission to Moscow" was shown to northwest exhibitors, radio commentators and press representatives at Minneapolis last Thursday. Walter Duranty, wellknown political writer, addressed the group at the luncheon which followed. Among those present were John Friedl, C. B. Stiff, Don Alexander, George Carp, Charles Zinn, John Branton and Harry B. French. HELP WANTED WANTED ASSISTANT MANAGER. MUST BE experienced, sober, absolutely reliable. Al reference*, draft exempt, include snapshot. COLUMBIA AMUSEMENT COMPANY, Paducah, Ky. WANTED TO BUY TICKET REGISTERS AND CHANGE MACHINES —all models. Give details. BOX 1644, MOTION PICTURE HERALD. 16MM. OR 35MM. SOUND PROJECTORS, RECTI fiers, generators, sound equipment. BOX 1643, MO TION PICTURE HERALD. EPISCOPALIAN MISSION CHURCH NEAR Chicago would appreciate gift of theatre organ in good condition or will pay nominal price. BOX 1651, MOTION PICTURE HERALD. BOOKKEEPING 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 is simple — so much so that it is not necessary to have had bookkeeping experience in order to keep an accurate, complete and and upto-minute record of the business of your theatre. The introductory price it only $2.00 postpaid. QUIGLEY BOOKSHOP, Rockefeller Center, New York. BOOKS The 1943-44 INTERNATIONAL MOTION PICTURE ALMANAC is now in preparation. Will contain more than 12,000 biographies of players, directors, writers, technicians and executives. The biographical section is an exclusive feature. In addition it will include more than 1,250 pages crammed with motion picture facts and figures covering every phase of the business. Supply will be limited. Be sure to get your copy. Order it today! Price $3.25 prepaid in U. S. A. $5 elsewhere. QUIGLEY BOOKSHOP, Rockefeller Center, New York City. COMPLETELY REVISED 7TH EDITION OF Richardson's Blue book of Projection with treatise on Television and complete Sound Trouble -Shooting Charts, as well as a host of additional up-to-the-minute text on sound and projection equipment. Order Nowl $7.25 postpaid. QUIGLEY BOOKSHOP, Rockefeller Center, New York City. TRAINING SCHOOLS THEATRE EMPLOYEES: TRAIN FOR BETTER positions. Learn modern theatre management and advertising. Big opportunities for trained men. Established since 1927. Write now for free catalog. THEATKE MANAGERS SCHOOL, Elmira, N. Y. Two Theatres To Reopen In Massachusetts The Straight Wharf theatre in Nantucket and the Casino theatre in Newport, Mass., will reopen this summer on the straw hat circuit, according to the managements of both theatres. "Claudia" will be the Casino's first offering in a season running nine weeks with nightly performances Monday through Saturday with a matinee on Thursday. "Without Love" has been scheduled at the Casino for July 12th. Robert Sheehan, Boston Manager, Dies Robert M. Sheehan, 73, manager of the Colonial theatre in Boston until his retirement about three years ago, died on June 22nd in Boston after a long illness. He had managed the Tremont theatre in Boston for some time before taking over the post at the Colonial. He is survived by his widow, Mary; a daughter, Mrs. Richard Morrisey, and two sons, Paul and Albert. John Ludwig John Ludwig, 53, owner of the Roosevelt theatre in Milwaukee, and the Melvan theatre in Hollywood, died June 22nd in Cedars of Lebanon Hospital, Hollywood, of pneumonia. His widow, a son, Victor, and two daughters, Edith and Mrs. Florence Miller, survive. Richard D. Kenny Richard D. Kenny, 29, of the Marine Corps, died in a Jap prison camp, according to notice received in Chicago from the War Department. He was a brother of Mrs. Victor Noonan, head of the billing department of the Warner Bros. Circuit Management Corporation in Chicago. He was captured in China about seven months ago. Sergeant Joseph F. Cirino Funeral services will be held in Wilmington, Del., this week, for Sergeant Joseph F. Cirino, 21, former student assistant at Loew's Aldine theatre. Sergeant Cirino was among five members of the crew of a Flying Fortress killed when it crashed near Dyersburg, Tenn., last Wednesday. He is survived by his widow and his mother. John Donald Harrold John Donald Harrold, manager of the Giant theatre, Conshohocken, Pa., died June 21st at the Bryn Mawr Hospital, Bryn Mawr, Pa., following several weeks' illness. His widow, Alice, and two sisters survive. R. L. Bossert Private R. L. Bossert, former Eastman Kodak employee, was killed in an accident in North Africa, it was learned this week in Rochester. New York War Film Library Stocks 140 Pictures The Office of War Training of the New York State War Council has established a war film library consisting of 140 different films comprising 1,350 prints on all phases of civilian defense, morale building, etc. located at the New York City Division of War Training on Broadway. Dr. John J. Furia will supervise the department. Any city department may exhibit the films and a projector and operator will be supplied, according to Albert H. Hall, state director. Handel with Research Bureau Audience Research, Inc., founded by Dr. George H. Gallup in 1936, has research headquarters in Princeton, N. J. Dr. Leo Handel, inadvertently identified in the June 26th issue of Motion Picture Herald as head of Audience Research, is not connected with the company but heads the Motion Picture Research Bureau in New York. Wounded in Pacific Hollis Sweeney, formerly on the staff of the Poli theatre in Hartford, Conn., has been reported wounded in action, and taken to a hospital on Guadalcanal.