Motion Picture Herald (Jul-Aug 1944)

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 ©f 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 advertising not accepted. ClassinisJ advertising not subjeci to agency commission. Address copy and check" MOTION PICTURE HERALD, Classified Dept., Rockefeller Center, New York |20J THEATRES THEATRE WANTED— $25,000 TO $50,000 FOR THEatre in town over 30.000 population in Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin. Deal with principal. Give full details. Confidential. BOX 1754, MOTION PICTURE HERALD. VENTILATING EQUIPMENT FACTORY SHIPMENT— NEW BLOWERS AVAIL able — prompt delivery — Mark your order AA5 Priority MRO (Maintenance, Repair or Operation), priced less motor. 5,500 cfm, $75; 8,500 cfm, $99.75; 11,000 cfm, $119.50; 13,500 cfm. $149.50; 22,500 cfm, $199.50 ; 27,500 cfm, $234.50. Rebuilt motors furnished at lowest market prices. Air washers also available for replacements with present equipment. Used spray nozzles, $1.25; rebuilt typhoon exhaust fans. 24", $111; 30", $132; 36", $151.20. Office cooler, y2 ton 110 DC, used $175. S. O. S. CINEMA SUPPLY CORP., New York 18. WANTED TO BUY EYEMO SINGLE -TURRET CAMERAS, LENSES, Bell & Howell standard Mitchell, tripods, viewfinders, magazines, 6 and 12 volt motors. Highest prices paid. MOGULL'S 68 West 48th St., New York City. BUSINESS BOOSTERS BINGO CARDS, DIE CUT, 1 TO 100 OS 1 TO 75, S2.25 per thousand, $20.00 for 10,000. S. KLOUS, care of MOTION PICTURE HERALD. TRAINING SCHOOLS THEATRE EMPLOYEES; TRAIN FOR BETTER position. Learn modern theatre management and advertising. Big opportunity for trained men. Established since 1927. Write now for free catalog. THEATRE MANAGERS SCHOOL, Elmira, New York. BOOKS RICHARDSON'S BLUEBOOK OF PROJECTION. Best seller since 1911. Now in 7th edition. Revised to present last word in Sound Trouble Shooting Charts. Expert information on all phases of projection and equipment. Special new section on television. Invaluable to beginner and expert. $7.25 postpaid. QUIGLEY BOOKSHOP, 1270 Sixth Avenue, New York 20. MOTION PICTURE SOUND ENGINEERING. A "must" to all those working with sound equipment. Written by topflight engineering experts of Hollywood studios and research laboratories. Covers all phases of sound engineering and equipment. Readable diagrams; charts, tables and graphs. $6.50, postpaid. QUIGLEY BOOKSHOP, 1270 Sixth Avenue, New York 20. AIR CONDITIONING, WHETHER YOUR THEATRE has 300 or 3,000 seats, this book has all the answers on air conditioning. Explains various codes and laws, concerning installation. Common sense charts. Indexed. Covers air conditioning as it relates to all branches of film industry. $4, postpaid. QUIGLEY BOOKSHOP, 1270 Sixth Avenue, New York 20. SOUND-TROUBLE SHOOTING CHARTS. THE LITtle book, with the blue cover all good operators reach for when trouble starts. Will clear up that "puzzler" on all types of sound equipment in a jiffy. No booth complete without one, $1.00 postpaid. QUIGLEY BOOKSHOP, 1270 Sixth Avenue, New York 20. BOOKKEEPING SYSTEM THEATRE MANAGEMENT RECORD AND TAX Register. A book that takes the headache out of theatre accounting. Covers every detail of accounting in theatre operation. Makes keeping of up-to-the-minute records a pleasure. Attractive leather cover with gold stamping. $2 now if you order fast. QUIGLEY BOOKSHOP, 1270 Sixth Avenue, New York 20. HELP WANTED PROJECTIONIST WANTED. FP7E HOUR DAY, alternate day and night shifts. Prefer 4F or middle aged man who can repair and take care of his equipment. State salary expected and references in first letter. COLUMBIA AMUSEMENT CO., Paducah, Ky. PROJECTIONIST-MANAGER PERMANENT Position. Attractive small town. Write H. HUNT, Clermont Theatre, Clermont, Fla. STUDIO EQUIPMENT AMERICAN 35MM CONTINUOUS PRINTER, TABLE model, fairly complete, $89.50; underwriters approved film vaults, 9 sections, complete $45; Akeley 32V DC camera motor, $29.50; Berndt-Maurer 16mm recording system, $1,995. Write for lists. S. O. S. CINEMA SUPPLY CORP.. New York 18. SIGN PAINTING SIGN PAINTING. EASY WAY TO PAINT SIGNS. Use letter patterns. Avoid sloppy work, wasted time. No experience needed for expert work. Free sample. JOHN RAHN. 1329 Central Ave., Chicago, 51, USED EQUIPMENT WPB RULES PRACTICALLY NO NEW CHAIRS available next six months — buy these now — 300 American rebuilt fully upholstered velour back, box spring cushion chairs, metal lined, like new, $10.50; 386 Stafford heavy inserted panel back, box spring cushion chairs, $6.50 rebuilt, rerupholstered ; 252 Grand Rapids ball bearing inserted panel back, box spring cushion chairs, $4.50 good condition; 700 red twill slip covers for back, 49# each, good condition. Leatherette (rolls approximately 60 yards) 50" wide, red, $1.52; other colors, $1.41 (10% more for smaller lengths). Wire now S. O. S. CINEMA SUPPLY CORP., New York 18. ONE K9A INTERNATIONAL CUTAWL, EXCELlent condition, with many chisels, $142. ROXY THEATRE. Mitchell, 3. D. ADVANCE FRENCH FRY POPCORN MACHINE, overhauled, needs painting, $89.50 ; silver screen curtains, pair, $10; Army surplus 40/80 ampere generators, $95: booth equipment available. Powers, Simplex projectors, lamphouses. soundheads, motors, amplifiers, etc. Send for special bulletins. S. O. S. CINEMA SUPPLY CORP., New York 18. MODEL 25 VICTOR 16MM. SOUND PROJECTOR, 750 watt bulb good sound, $225; Victor silent 750 watt bulb like new, $125; Holmes 35mm. silent portable, $50. PROJECTION EQUIPMENT CO., Union City, Ind. FOR SALE: ONE PAIR OF PEERLESS LOW-INtensity arc lamps with Strong 30 amp. rectifiers. Excellent condition. Complete $250. BOX 1757, MOTION PICTURE HERALD. 350 PRACTICALLY NEW SLAT BACK CHAIRS $3 each; 200 veneer back veneer seats, $2.50 each. OtliT chairs in stock. ALLIED SEATING CO., INC., 36 West 13th St., New York City. NEW EQUIPMENT 2000' FILM CABINETS, $2.93 SECTION; FILM splicers, $5.25; ideal rechargeable flashlight batteries $2.20; ushers' flashlights, $1.39; drinking fountain bubblers, $9.95; fifteen ampere rectifier bulbs, $6.95; jewelled aisle lights, $2.97; black velourette masking, 790 yard; steel core curtain cable, YlYit ft. Bargain Bulletin mailed. S. O. S. CINEMA SUPPLY CORP., New York 18. RENTAL SERVICE FILM AND EQUIPMENT RENTAL — 16MM WITH sound history of War since 1939. Complete invasion shots, Austria, Poland, France, including Normandy, etc. Also Bell & Howell sound projection equipment. EMBRO PICTURES, WESTERN STATES DISTRIBUTORS FOR W-I FILMS, 2438 North Beachwood, Hollywood 28, Cal. Telephone Hempstead 1702. Two Former Columbia Employees Decorated Two former Columbia studio employees no\ the armed forces have been decorated for brain action, according to word received at the sti Lt. Cyril Donald Wire, former studio carpei has received the Distinguished Flying Cross his part in piloting airborne troops into Fr; in the invasion. Lt. Wire is also the recipier the Soldiers Medal for his heroism in rescuing co-pilot and navigator when their plane was down into the English Channel on the second of the invasion, June 7. Pfc. Edward F. Covin, former studio messe; now in the cavalry, has received the Silver for gallantry in action March 22, at Rossum lage, Manus Island, in the Admiralty Group. \ his_ platoon stopped by heavy machine gun Private Covin crawled forward to a position w he could direct machine gun fire against an eri pillbox vital to the Jap's defense. He succe* in demolishing the pillbox, enabling his platoo resume its advance. Wa rners Files Appeal in De Havilland Contract Suit Warner Bros. Monday filed its first brief in Appellate Court, Los Angeles, seeking reversa the Superior Court's decision declaring Olivz Havilland a free agent. The brief asserts studio is entitled to 26 weeks of the star's sen still due under a seven-year contract which Vj:ners asserts ran only six and one-half years. The basic contention concerns the ques in whether players' contracts run or go into abey; :e during periods of suspension. The case, long in litigation, is considered :o have wide industry significance as establishin precedent likely to affect the status of all lc teim contracts for talent. Ship Honors Nininger, Jr., Hero of Bataan The U.S.S. Alexander R. Nininger, Jr., named in honor of a soldier killed January 1942, on Bataan after single handedly accoun for a score of Japs, is to be launched at spc ceremonies some time in August by the Ws Butler Shipbuildings, Inc., Superior, Wis. Nininger's father, Alexander R. Nininger, Sr city manager of the Florida State Theatres ho in Lake Worth, Fla. Cincinnati Group Plans Large Auditorium A site of 76,000 square feet has been acqu in the Cincinnati business district on which build a multi-purpose auditorium, at an estim; cost of $950,000, it was announced late last w. by Cincinnati financiers. The project is sponsc by Willis Vance, operating the Twentieth C tury, Ohio and Eden, Cincinnati suburban tl tres, and the State, at Newport, Ky. The st ture, on which work will start as soon as rest tions on building materials are lifted, is plar for -a. maximum seating capacity of 9,200, and include a general athletic stadium and a sp> arena, with provisions to be made for other t) of amusements. Leo Yassenoff, of the F. & Building Service, Columbus, Ohio, is the archi for the project. Decency Legion Classifies 1 6 New Pictures The Legion of Decency this week classified new films as follows: Class A-l, unobjecti able for genera! patronage: "Bordertown Tn "Marked Trail," "Mr. Winkle Goes to W; "Rustler's Hideout," "San Antonio Kid," "S I Neighbor, Sing," "Trigger Trail." Class A-2, '> objectionable for adults: "Black Magic," "De quent Daughters," "Dragon Seed," "Janie," '' What a Night," "U-Boat Prisoner," "Un Secret Orders," "Wing and a Prayer." Class objectionable in part: "Going to Town." 80 MOTION PICTURE HERALD, JULY 29, I