Motion Picture Herald (Nov-Dec 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 of three. Contract rates on application. No borders or cuts. Fomu close Mondays at 5 P. M. Publisher reserves ffie 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 (20) WANTED TO BUY WANT TO BUY SEVERAL LARGE BURCH OR Manley popcorn machines. BURKE MATTHEWS, 3200 Gonzales Street, Austin, Tex. STUDIO EQUIPMENT FOR SALE: STUDIO UGHTS, SOUND EDITOR, 16JSinm. cameras, 16mm. sound projectors. We buy — accept trade. CAMERA MART, 70 West 45th St., New York City. WESTERN ELECTRIC SALT-SHAKER MICROphone, $77.50; Blue Seal Cingelow recording lamps, $22.75; cine sound 16mm. continuoiis sound and picture printers, $975.; Mitchell llOV 3hp motors, $57.50; studio recorder, 55mm. stabilizer; extra optical; 1,000' maRazine; four mixer amplifier; VI meter; counter; microphone; synchronous motor; glow lamp. Excellent condition, $495; AskaniaDebris type 35mm. studio camera, 3 Astro F2.3 lenses; 6 magazines, synchronous motor; gyro tripod ; all features; worth $3,000. now $975. Send for listings. S. O. S. CINEMA SUPPLY CORP.. New York 18. USED EQUIPMENT TYPHOON 36" EXHAUST FAN INCLUDING Motor, 10,400 cfm, $125; Simplex single bearing intermittents, useable, $9.95; Luxlite Series 1 lenses. $5.75; Suprex 45 A rectifier, $90; stereopticons, SOOW, $19.95; Simplex mechanisms, $137.50. Come to New York — make your selection here — enough complete equipment for 15 theatres. Complete sound projection including lenses, lamphouses and iound screen from $975. S. O. S. CINEMA SUPPLY CORP., New York 18. 665 AMERICAN SEATING CHAIRS, 3 -PLY VENEER backs and seats, reconditioned, $4.50; 1,2£0 American ballbearing heavy inserted panel backs, spring cushion chairs, rebuilt, reupholstered, $6.50; 150 massive red velour fully upholstered back, soft spring cushion chairs:, good useable condition, $4.50; 166 fully reupholstered back and spring cushion chairs, rebuilt, $7.50; brown Spanish or red colonial leatherette (rolls approx. 100 yds.) 50" wide, good quality, light weight, $1.25 yd. (10% more for smaller lengths.) Wire now. S. O. S. CINEMA SUPPLY CORP.. New York 18. 386 FULL UPHOLSTERED BACK CHAIRS. NEWLY re-covered with velour and rebuilt with metal back board, box spring seat with Spanish leatherette and metal bottom board, $8.50 each; 380 5-ply veneer back chairs, with new box spring seats, newly re-covered with Spanish leatherette and completely rebuilt, $6.50 each. Inquiries invited. CAPITOL MOTION PICTURE SUPPLY, 630 Ninth Avenue, New York, N. Y. FOR SALE — COMPLETE THEATRE EQUIPMENT. Must vacate January 1st. Al condition. Price $1,000. A. KELSO, Orland, Ind. NEW EQUIPMENT SOFT BLACK SCREEN MASKING, FLAMEPROOFed, 89c; rubber matting W thick, $2.95 yd.; film cue markers, $3.25; electric water coolers, 10/15 GPM, $220; Flextone washable sound screens, 30%c sq. ft.; automatic curtain controls, $95.60 ; 3/16" curtain cable, 11c ft.; jewelled aisle lights, $2.97. Winter bulletin ready. S. O. S. CINEMA SUPPLY CORP.. New York 18. BUSINESS BOOSTERS BINCJO. CARDS, DIE CUTS, 1 TO 100 OR 1 TO 75, $2.25 per thousand, $20,000 for 10,000. S. KLOUS, care of MOTION PICrrURE HERALD. 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. HELP WANTED WANTED AT ONCE: MANAGER WITH SOME knowledge of projection; also operators for araall towns. Permanent positions with opportunity for advancement to capable, energetic men. State draft status, experience, references, salary expected. Send snapshot if convenient. Drinkers, drifters and chasers need not reply. CHEROKEE AMUSEMENTS, INC., Erwin, Tenn. FAST EXPANDING PACIFIC COAST INDEPENdent theatre circuit has openings for managers Mid assistants. Wonderful opportunity for postwar advancement. Good salaries and pleasant working conditions. In applying state age, previous experience and references. Answer BOX 1798, MOTION PICTtmE HERALD. PROJE(n"IONIST, LICENSED, MORNINGS BY Appointment. EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION, New York City. Telephone: ALgonquin 4-1700. WANTED AT ONCE— EXPERIENCED PROJECTIONist. Sober, reliable man to work with the best of machinery. Steady work for the right man. Nice cozy little town. Plenty of recreation and housing facilities. For details write: SOO AMUSEMENT CO., Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. BOOKS RICHARDSON'S BLUEBOOK OF PROJECTION. Best seller since 1911. Now in 7th edition. Revised to present last word in Sound Trouble Shooting Oiarts. 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 PICrrURE 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. QXHGLEY 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 ir conditioning. Explains various eodes and laws, eoncerning 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. THEATRES WILL LEASE OR PURCHASE THEATRE TEXAS or California. Give complete details. Box 1795, 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 POPCORN 80,000 LBS. POPCORN. TOP QUALITY, AT CEIUNG prices. BOX 1800, MOTION PICTURE HERALD. Silverman, Stern Buy Shares Of Essaness Circuit Stock Edward Silverman and Emil Stern, president and vice-president, respectively, of the Essaness Circuit in Chicago, have purchased 85 shares of the corporation's stock, for $211,789, held by Mrs. Kathryn Spiegel, widow of Sidney M. Spiegel, Jr., who was secretary-treasurer of the circuit. Mr. Spiegel's estate, which includes 290 additional Essaness shares, will amount to more than $1,000,000. OBITUARIES Ferdinand Gottschalk, Actor, Dies in London at 75 Ferdinand Gottschalk, 75, actor and playwrighl! who went to Hollywood after many years of sue ! cess in London and on Broadway, died Novem ber 10 in London. Mr. Gottschalk appeared :i "The Sign of the Cross," current Paramount re issue; "Grand Hotel," "Marco Polo," "I'll Taki Romance" and other pictures. He was a membe: of Actors' Equity Council during his active dayij in New York and was a member of the Players. I H. S. Rosenwald, Exhibitor, Killed in Italian Action Staff Sergeant Henry S. Rosenwald, 38, asso ciated with the operation of the Thalia Theatn and Fifth Avenue Playhouse, Detroit, before hist] enlistment in the U. S. Army, was killed in action' in Italy October 27, according to a telegram re ., ceived by his brother, Kurt Rosenwald, Sergeairtl V Rosenwald was a native of Germany and came ' to this country in 1934. Len Cohen Funeral services for Len Cohen, assistant treasurer of Loew's, Inc., were held Tuesday from the Riverside Funeral Chapel, New York. Missf Cohen, during her 25 years' service with Loew's.c also served as personal secretary to David Bernstein, vice-president and treasurer. James J. O'Brien Funeral services for James J. OBrien, 75, father of Morton D. O'Brien, assistant director of projection and sound for Loew's Theatres, were held November 18, from the Walter Cooke Funeral Chapel, Flushing, Long Island. Interment was in St. Mary's Cemetery, Flushing. Boake Carter Boake Carter, radio news commentator, died November 16 of a cerebral hemorrhage in Hollywood. He was 46 years old. Mr. Carter who was born in Russia of English-Irish descent, became an American citizen in 1933. Joseph Varnell Joseph Varnell, said to be the oldest exhibitor in Alabama, died in Piedmont, Ala., November 16, following a heart attack. Dedicate Raymond Blank Memorial December 3 Formal dedication of the $300,000 Raymond Blank Memorial Hospital for Children in Des Moines, will be held Sunday, December 3. The hospital, a gift to the people of Iowa, was built by Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Blank as a memorial to their son, Raymond, who died March 7, 1943. Mr. Blank is president of Tri-States and Central States Theatres, Paramount's theatre affiliate in Iowa and Nebraska. Industry leaders who will attend the dedicatory ceremonies include Barney Balaban, Leonard Goldenson, Karl Hoblitzelle, R. J. O'Donnell, John J. Friedl and W. C. Gehring. Paramount News, Fox Movietone News, and MGM's News of the Day will cover the event, which also will be broadcast over KSO and KRNT, Des Moines. The 75-bed hospital will be devoted exclusively to the treatment of children under 14. Its construction resulted from plans made by Raymond Blank himself,prior to his sudden death, for improving and enlarging the children's ward at Iowa Methodist Hospital. A special feature of the modernly equipped building is the murals designed by Walt Disney for the visual education and convalescent rooms. Technicolor Votes Dividend The board of directors of Technicolor, Inc., at a meeting November 17, declared a dividend of 25 cents per share, payable December 15, 1944, to stockholders of record November 30, according to an announcement from Dr. Herbert T. Kalmus, president. 60 MOTION PICTURE HERALD, NOVEMBER 25, 1944