Motion Picture Herald (Nov-Dec 1944)

ilLASSIFIED ADVERTISING jen cents per word, money-order or check with copy. Count initials, box numbc iddress. Minimum insertion, $1. Four insertions, for the price of three. Contract ra pplication. No borders or cuts. Forms close Mondays at 5 P. M. Publisher r( ie right to reject any copy. Film and trailer advertising not accepted. ClassiI'ed advertising not subject to agency commission. Address copy and checks: MOTION PICTURE HERALD, Classified Dept., Rockefeller Center. New York (20) ;r and tes on sserves WANTED TO BUY HELP WANTED WANT TO BUY SEVERAL LARGE BURCH OR ' lanley popcorn machines. BURKE MATTHEWS. 3200 ronzales Street, Austin, Tex. WANTED AT ONCE: MANAGER WITH SOME knowledge of projection; also operators for small 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 and assistants. Wonderful opportunity for postwar advancement. Good salaries and pleasant working conditions. In applying state age, previous experience and references. Answer BOX 1798, MOTION PICTURE HERALD. PROJECTIONIST WANTED NOW — MAN WITH experience who desires permanent position in small E^astern town Good working conditions and salary to man interested in his work. State all qualifications and references in letter. BOX 1803, MOTIO'N PICTURE HERALD. PROJECTIONIST: MARRIED MAN WITH CHILdren preferred. Permanent position. Excellent working conditions, good wages. Best climate in United States. State all in first letter. VALLEY THEATRE, Artesia, New Mex. AXT TO BUY COLLECTION OF BACK NUM of Motion Picture Herald from January 1, 1943, to 1 ' ly 31 1944. Also Motion Picture Almanac, 1941-42, ^42-43, 1943-44. BOX 1802. MOTION PICTL'RE HERALD. STUDIO EQUIPMENT ^ FOR SALE: STUDIO LIGHTS, SOUND EDITOR, 16• '^mm. cameras, 16mm. sound projectors. We buy— accept ■rade. CAMERA MART, 70 West 45th St., New York .':ity. l' COMPLETE SOUND RECORDING TRUCK, READY ■fcr shooting on location or studio; worth $15,000, bargain .c $7,975; cine sound 16mm. continuous sound and picture .rinters, $975; Askania-Debrie type 35mm. studio camera. Astro F2.3 lenses; 6 magazines, synchronous motor; -yro tripod; all features; worth $3,000, now $975. Send or listings. S. O. S. CINEMA SUPPLY CORP., N'ew York 18. j USED EQUIPMENT w I ILL} : r^KtJJ -tL i iUi\ lo i . KjU*JL} J^Uc5iilUrsl r UxC responsible man. HABLE'S PALACE THEATRE, Winchester. Va. POSITIONS WANTED THEATRE MANAGER. EXPERIENCED SHOWman, 35, livewire. Pleasant appearance. Al references. Draft exempt. Available immediately. BOX 1801. MOTION PICTURE HERALD. 386 FULL UPHOLSTERED BACK CHAIRS, NEWLY •e-covered with velour and rebuilt with metal back board, X3X spring seat with Spanish leatherette and metal bot'.om board, $8.50 each; 380 5-ply veneer back chairs, with new box spring seats, newly re-covered with Spanish eatherette and completely rebuilt, $6.50 each. Inquiries nvited. CAPITOL MOTION PICTURE SUPPLY, 630 N'inth Avenue, New York, N. Y. ' COMMERCTAL VACUUM CLEANER, ALL ATlachments, reconditioned. $150; LI arc lamps, $75; triple ■50 amp. Forest rectirier, rebuilt, $197.50; 36" exhaust fan, ncluding motor, 10,400 cfm, $125; Luxlite Series I lenses, ■5.75; jtereopticons, 500W, $19.95. Come to New York — 'nake your selection here — enough equipment for 15 theitres. Complete sound projection, including lenses, lampnouses, and sound screen from $975. S. O. S. CINEMA SUPPLY CORP., New York 18. BOOKS RICHARDSON'S BI^UEBOOK 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 AvenuCj New York 20. FOR SALE — COMPLETE THEATRE EQUIPMENT. Must vacate January 1st. Al condition. Price $1,000. A. KELSO, Orland. Ind. MOTION PICTURE SOUND ENGINEERING. A "must" to all those working with sound equipment. Written by top-flight 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. j 900 BEAUTIFUL LATE MODEL IRWIN CHAIRS, reupholstered heavy panel backs and box spring cushions, |?7.50; 565 late American chairs, recently upholstered, fine icuality leatherette heavy panel backs and box spring cushions, $7.50; 700 American veneer chairs, three-ply backs and seats, reconditioned, $4.50. Ask for stock list. S. O. S. CINEMA SUPPLY CORP., New York 18. NEW EQUIPMENT BOX OFFICE HEATERS, 14" BOWL TYPE. $7.95; Jiluminum reels, $3.19; Army surplus RCA public address amplifiers, $95; hearing aid equipment, 25% off; screen masking, .flameproofed, 89c; film cue markers, $3.25; water coolers, 15 GPM, $220; Flextone washable sound screens, SO'/it sq. ft.; Automatic curtain controls, $95.60 ; 3/16" curtain cable, lU ft. jewelled aisle lights, $2.97. Winter bulletin ready. S. O. S. CINEMA SUPPLY CORPORATION, New York 18. 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 jiflFy. No booth complete without one, $1.00 postpaid. QUIGLEY BOOKSHOP, 1270 Sixth Avenue, New York 20. THEATRES BUSINESS BOOSTERS WILL LEASE OR PURCHASE THEATRE TEXAS or California. Give complete details. Box 1795, MOTION PICTURE HERALD. BINGO CARDS, DIE CUTS, 1 TO 100 C« 1 TO 75, $2.25 per thousand, $20,000 for 10,000. S. KLOUS, care of MOTION PICTURE HERALD. THEATRE WANTED BY INDIVIDUAL IN MIDDLE West or South. Might consider small circuit. Will buy or lease. BOX 1793, MOTION PICTURE HERALD. SIGN PAINTING TRAINING SCHOOLS THEATRE EMPLOYEES: TRAIN FOR BETTER position. Learn modern theatre management and advertising. Big opportunity for trained men. Established since 1927. Write now iac free catalog. THEATRE MANAGERS SCHOOL, Elmira, New York 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. Benjamin Cammack Marries Benjamin Y. Cammack, who is southwestern district manager for RKO Radio, was married in Oklahoma City last week to Julia Mary Sims of that city. Followitag a brief wedding trip the couple will live in Dallas, where Mr. Cammack makes his headquarters. Prior to the war he was assistant general manager of RKO's foreign division. OBITUARIES Ramish, Industry Pioneer, Dies in Los Angeles Adolph Ramish, 82, who played a prominent role in the development of motion pictures and allied industries, died unexpectedly at his home in Los Angeles November 23. He financed many early-day motion picture ventures and with the Gore Brothers and Sol Lesser founded the West Coast Theatres, which in recent years became the Fox West Coast circuit. He also was franchise holder with the First National Pictures Corporation and served as president of the Ocean Park Pier Corporation and other amusement enterprises. Mr. Ramish also was interested in Royal Amusements, Limited, operating theatres in Hawaii and the South Pacific at the time of his death. Funeral services were conducted last Monday in the Church of the Recessional, Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Los Angeles. He leaves a stepbrother, Ralph Davis, and a sister, Mrs. Sarah Bernstein. Irving Liner, Was Fabian Manager in Richmond Irving L. Liner, 48, general manager of the Fabian theatres on Staten Island, New York, died at his Staten Island home November 26. Born in Manhattan, he went to St. John's College in Brooklyn, started his career with Fox Film Corporation, and later became an exhibitor. He joined the Fabian theatres in 1938. In the first World War he received the Distinguished Service Cross. At the time of his death he was serving as chairman of the Richmond Borough Sixth War Loan theatres committee. Surviving are a widow, Marie, and two brothers, Joseph of Los Angeles and Philip of Manhattan. Mrs. Zeida Wei+man Mrs. Zelda Weitman, 69, mother of Robert M. Weitman, managing director of the New York Paramount theatre, died suddenly in New YorkNovember 26. Funeral • services were held November 27 at the Park West Memorial Chapel. Besides Mr. Weitman, she is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Lee Pollock, and two other sons, Harry and Sam. < Gerald Kent Gerald Macintosh Johnston, former actor, known on the stage and screen as Gerald Kent, died in a prison camp in Germany November 5, it was reported in New York by his mother, Mrs. Clare M. Johnston, last weekend. Theatre Managers . . . Auditorium Managers . . . Promoters . . . The Name "GRAND OLE OPRY" is the exclusive property of WSM NASHVILLE, TENN. and may not be used in any form without our permission. If in doubt, write or 'phone us. Thank you. MOTION PICTURE HERALD. DECEMBER 2. 1944 47