Motion Picture Herald (Jul-Aug 1943)

80 MOTION PICTURE HERALD J u 2 4, 1943 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING 2oth-Fox stock Oversu bscribed 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 J[ft /^fif^ HoUf*S 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. Classified advertising not subject to agency commission. Address copy and checks: MOTION PICTURE HERALD, Classified Dept., Rockefeller Center, New York NEW EQUIPMENT SUPER QUALITY 868 PHOTOCELLS, $4.95; Bausch-Lomb 6" Series II lenses, $29.50; 1000 watt stereopticons, $35; 500 watt baby spots, $9.75; Superior Atlas 1942 projector mechanisms, $595; Presto automatic changeovers, pair, $55.75; 16mm. 1600' reels, $2.55. Late Summer Bargain Bulletin now ready. S. O. S. CINEMA SUPPLY CORP., New York 18. UNDERWRITERS APPROVED QUART FIRE extinguishers, $11.25; automatic enclosed rewinders, less motor, $59.50; Trubluelite shutters, Simplex front, rear or Powers, each $4.95; ticket boxes 40" high with sliding door and hopper, less glass, $12.95. Ask for Rem -7 Late Summer Tubilee Sale Bulletin. S. O. S. CINEMA SUPPLY CORP., New York 18. HELP WANTED WANTED EXPERIENCED PROJECTIONIST TO act as assistance to chief projectionist. Must be sober and reliable. Capable handling advertising matter. Draft exempt and capable becoming chief projectionist. Non-union, small town, independent theatre. Advise salary expected and when can report first letter. BOX 1653, MOTION PICTURE HERALD. MALE AND FEMALE ASSISTANT MANAGERS wanted for Brooklyn and Long Island theatres. State experience and draft status. BOX 1656, MOTION PICTURE HERALD. WE ARE OFFERING TO A FEW MARRIED projectionists between 25 and 40 an opportunity to work for good wages in a theatre equipment factory now engaged in war production. If these men do their work well and learn equipment thoroughly, they will be added to the company's sales organization in the post-war period. Write vour qualifications and we wi" respond promptly. BOX 1658, MOTION PICTURE HERALD. THEATRES FOR SALE $6,000 THEATRE IN SMALL NORTHern New Mexico town. Completely isolated district but adjoining farms and ranching district to draw from. Operating now only four days per week. Building leased, equipment fair. Shortage of help keeps it from operating full time. Owner lives in another state and can't look after it. BOX 1660. MOTION PICTURE HERALD. 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. USED EQUIPMENT 1/3 TON REFRIGERATING 110-V d. c. ROOM cooler, $37.50; three unit Simplex ticket machine, $345; air washer spray nozzles, $1.25; soda-acid, Foamite WA gallon fire extinguishers, $20; thousand watt spotights on stands, $29.50; dimmers from $9.95; rebuilt Imperial vacuum cleaner, $14.95. Late Summer Bargain Bulletin ready— get yours. S. O. S. CINEMA SUPPLY CORP., New York 18. 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 hare had bookkeeping experience in order to keep an accurate, complete and and up-to-minute record of the business of your theatre. The introductory price !■ only $2.00 postpaid. QUIGLEY BOOKSHOP. Rockefeller Center, New York. POSITIONS WANTED THEATRE EXECUTIVE, 38, WESTERNER, COLlege graduate, 13 years' experience buying, booking and directing operation of independent stage and screen theatres in Boston area, desires to move to a milder winter climate, in South, West or California. Seeking management or publicity direction of independent circuit or the operation of a Class A house with a good salary bonus arrangement and a future based on results. BOX 1657, MOTION PICTURE HERALD. WANTED TO BUY TICKET REGISTERS AND CHANGE MACHINES —all models. Give details. BOX 1644, MOTION PICTURE HERALD. ANYTHING IN 16MM. OR 35MM. SOUND PROjectors, rectifiers, generators, sound equipment. BOX 1654, MOTION PICTURE HERALD. TWO POWER'S 6-B STANDS COMPLETE WITH magazines and takeups. BOX 1659, MOTION PICTURE HERALD. PIPE ORGAN — STATE PRICE AND GIVE DEtails. W. L. ADAMS, Claxton, Ga. 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. SOUND TROUBLE SHOOTING CHARTS. A handy tool in the booth. Gives the answers to all questions regarding trouble shooting on every type of sound equipment. $1.00 postpaid. QUIGLEY BOOKSHOP, Rockefeller Center, New York. 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. QUIGLEY 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. QUIGLEY BOOKSHOP, Rockefeller Center, New York. 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. THEATRE MANAGERS SCHOOL, Elmira, N. Y. Within a few hours after offering 665,715 shares of Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation $1.50 no-par convertible cumulative preferred stock at $33.50 a share last Monday, Lehman Brothers and Blyth & Company, Inc., leading a nationwide underwriting group, announced the offering had been oversubscribed and the books closed. The shares offered had been owned by the Chase National Bank of the City of New York, and represented approximately 73 per cent of the 905,081 shares issued and outstanding as of July 13, 1943. The corporation will not receive any proceeds from the sale. The $1.50 preferred stock is convertible into common stock on the basis of 1J4 shares of common for each share of preferred, and is callable on 45 days' notice at $35 and accrued dividends. Conversions can be made up to within five days of the date of redemption. The $1.50 preferred is also entitled to the benefit of an annual retirement fund equal to five per cent of consolidated net earnings after deducting an amount equal to the full cumulative dividend requirements on such stock for the year. In addition to 905,081 shares of $1.50 convertible preferred stock, the company has outstanding 1,742,000 shares of no-par common and 100,000 shares of $4.50 dividend prior preferred sold recently in connection with the purchase of control of National Theatres Corporation from the Chase National Bank. Among the major banking companies included in the group of 122 investment units making the offering were: Hayden, Stone & Company; Union Securities Corporation ; White, Weld & Company ; Eastman, Dillon & Company ; Glore, Forgan & Company ; Goldman Sachs & Company ; Hallgarten & Company ; Harriman, Ripley & Company, Inc. ; Hemphill, Noyes & Company ; Hornblower & Weeks ; Kidder, Peabody & Company ; Lazard Freres & Company ; Smith Barney & Company ; Stone & Webster and Blodget, Inc., and Wertheim & Company. National Decency Legion Gives Two "B" Ratings The National Legion of Decency this week gave "B" (Objectionable in Part) classifications to Warners' "The Constant Nymph" and Paramount's "For Whom the Bell Tolls." In all, the Legion reviewed six films. The listing follows : Class A-l, Unobjectionable for General Patronage : "Hers to Hold" and "Silver Spurs." Class A-2, Unobjectionable for Adults: "Appointment in Berlin" and "So Proudly We Hail." Class B, Objectionable in Part: "The Constant Nymph" and "For Whom the Bell Tolls." The Legion described the "Constant Nymph" as "reflecting the acceptability of divorce," and concerning "For Whom the Bell Tolls," stated: "The story is set against the background of the recent Spanish Civil War," also noting in its findings "excessive brutality." Navy Promotes Thomas Orchard Thomas Orchard, formerly assistant to Louis de Rochemont, March of Time producer, last week was promoted to lieutenant commander in the Navy. At the present time he is engaged in making films for the Industrial Incentive Division of the Navy. Dr. Harvey R. DeBra Dies Dr. Harvey R. DeBra, father of Arthur De Bra, MPPDA executive, died at his home in Syracuse, N. Y., at the age of 82, on Wednesday, July 14th.