Motion Picture Herald (Mar-Apr 1945)

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 reserves 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 (20) STUDIO EQUIPMENT 3 BERNDT MAURER 16MM. RECORDING SYSTEMS with latest variable intensity galvanometers, $1995 ; Akeley Newsreel sound Camera, modernized with variable intensity galvanometer; Portable Amplifier; Magazines; 3 Lenses with matched finders; friction tripod cables; represents $13,000 value. Special at $6,995; Duplex 35/16 Seduction Printer, $2,250. Send for list of recording and laboratory equipment. S. O. S. CINEMA SUPPLY CORP., New York 18. 16MM. STUDIO RECORDING PRODUCTION OUTfit — Berndt-Maurer, Model D Recorder, Amplifier, Power Pack 2-400 ft. Magazines, all cables, 4 Cases, Film Phonographs, Amplifier, Transformer, Mike Boom on wheels, 17 ft. extension; portable Dolly with Seat and Tripod; 1000 watt Bell & Howell Sound Projector, separate Amplifier; 12-2000 watt Fresnel Lights, Cables; Spider Boxes: Complete ready for work. Double 78 RPM Turntable in Cabinet. CAMERA MART, 70 West 45th St., New York. BUSINESS BOOSTERS ~ BINGO CARDS, DIE CUTS, 1 TO 100 OR 1 TO 75, $2.25 per thousand, $20.00 for 10,000. S. KLOUS, care of MOTION PICTURE HERALD. VENTILATING EQUIPMENT NEW AIR WASHERS, ROTARY SPRAY MAT TYPE to work with any blower — easily installed. 5,000 cfm., $115; 7,000 cfm., $140; 10,000 cfm., $170; 15,000 cfm., $200; 20,000 cfm., $230. Recirculating Pump slightly additional. New prewar Blowers starting at $106.50 for 5,500 cfm.; also EHffuser Grilles, from $21.80. AA-5 MRO Priority required. Send for Air Conditioning Catalog. S. O. S. CINEMA SUPPLY CORP., New York 18. USED EQUIPMENT SEVEN SOLD LAST MONTH — COMPLETE SIMplex Booth outfits consisting of Projectors, Lamphouses, Lens, Soundheads, Motors, Amplifiers, Speakers and sound screen. Rebuilt and guaranteed one year — $1500.— why pay more? S. O. S. CINEMA SUPPLY CORP.. Xew York 18. ARMY SURPLUS GENERATORS, GOOD FOR years, 40/80A 220V, worth $500, now $95.; Arc Spotlamp 100A with pedestal, $125.; Simplex E-7 Intermittents, $75.; Water Cooler, DC only, $77.50; Brenkert F2 combination Slide Effect Machine, cost new $750., closing out $265.; Roth Actodector Suprex Generators rebuilt, $397.50; LowIntensity Arc Lamps, $75. Spring bulletin now ready. S. O. S. CINEMA SUPPLY CORP., New York 1& 575 HEYWOOD WAKEFIELD HEAVY PANEL back, squab cushion chairs, steel tubular standards, excellent condition, as is, $4.35; 500 Hey woodWakefield heavy panel back, box spring cushion Chairs, excellent condition, $5.95; 200 Irwin heavy panel back squab cushion Chairs, excellent, as is, $4.75; 900 Irwin Chairs, heavy panel back, box spring cushions, newly reupholstered, rebuilt, $7.50; 700 American veneer Chairs, 3-ply backs and seats, reconditioned, $4.50; Aislelites, $2.97. Wire us now. S. O. S. CINEMA SUPPLY CORP.. New York 18. FOR SALE TWO MOTIOGRAPH MODEL H MAchines with Motiograph Lamps, price $250. Also one Advance profit-King popcorn machine $100. LIBERTY THEATRE, Franklin, Ky. HELP WANTED WANTED: MANAGER FOR MODERN THEATRE in coal mining camp. Also two operators for other towns. These positions permanent, with excellent opportunity for advancement. State age, draft and family status, expe,rience, references, salary expected. Drunkards, drifters and chasers need not apply. CHEROKEE AMUSEMENTS. INC., Erwin, Tenn. SERVICES FIRE EXTINGUISHER AND DOOR CLOSERS. ALL • types and sizes repaired. Mail to: MINNESOTA FIRE .EXTINGUISHER CO., 2476 University Ave., St. Paul 4, Minn. SERVICING DATA RCA PG105 $2. WESLEY TROUT, i Engineer, Enid. Okla. POSITIONS WANTED THEATRE MANAGER DESIRES CHANGE. REAL showman — community builder — expert buyer booker publicist. Will consider any good offer anywhere. Address ATHA, 1812 Elsmere Ave., Dayton, Ohio. AVAILABLE— THEATRE MANAGER OR SUPERvisor. Excellent twenty-year record. East or Central location. BOX 1851, MOTION PICTURE HERALD. THEATRES WILL BUY OR LEASE PROFITABLE THEATRE; prefer Eastern States. BOX 1846, MOTION PICTURE HERALD. WILL LEASE MOTION PICTURE THEATRE ANYwhere in Florida. Give complete details. CONRAD A. HETZEL. 319 Evernia St., West Palm Beach, Fla. THEATRE BUILDING, CORNER, BRICK, 25 x 75, Main Street, County seat; 2500; girls' college; rich community; prosperous city. MRS. TYLER, care of Glen View Hotel, Mt. Carroll, 111. WANTED TO BUY WANTED— LOW-INTENSITY ARC LAMPS, RECtifiers, 30 amperes. YEO THEATRE, Prince Edward Island, Canada. 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 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. 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. TRAINING SCHOOLS THEATRE EMPLOYEES: TRAIN FOR BETTER position. Learn moderate theatre management and advertising. Big opportunity for trained men. Established since 1927. Write now for free catalog. THEATRE MANAGERS SCHOOL, Elmira, New York. 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. Distribution Contract Renewed For RKO. Pathe Short Subject A renewal contract has been signed with RKO Radio Pictures by Pictorial Films, Inc., New York, for the distribution in 16mm of RKO Pathe's series of two-reel documentary films, "This: Is America." Offering material for edu cational film libraries, schools and colleges, the the new program consists of 13 subjects on various phases of American life. The subjects are: "Sailors All," "Letter to a Hero," "New Prisons— New Men," "Mail Call," "News Front," "Aircraft Carrier," "Viva Mexico," "Hot Money," "They Fight Again," "Rockefeller Center," "Brazil Today," "That They May Live" and "Navy Yard." OBITUARIES Alfred Tate, Film Pioneer, Dies in New York at 81 Alfred O. Tate, 81, secretary to Thomas A Edison for several years during his association with the inventor, 1883 to 1894, died last Tuesday evening at the Brooklyn Hospital, Brooklyn. Mr. Tate helped to install the machines in the Kinetoscope Parlor at 1155 Broadway, New York, the official opening of which on April 14, 1894 marked the beginning of motion picture exhibition The evening before the official opening, Mr Tate and two other young men from the Wesl Orange laboratories, having finished their installation, conceived the idea of admitting a few passersby to collect supper money. They did, but supper was late. So many passersby wanted to look "that the gross for the evening was $120 — whicl has not yet appeared on the Edison books. It was in the days of the lobster palaces. Born in Ontario, Mr. Tate was a secretary tc Samuel Insull, then associated with Mr. Edison and later secretary to the inventor when he movec his laboratories to West Orange in 1887. Mr. Tat«|l'» is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Anne Duffield > j who lives in England. Pryor L. Watts Pryor Lindsay Watts, an RCA theatre service' ■engineer in the New York metropolitan area before the war, and more recently an airborne radar specialist in the Government Group of the RCA Service Company, was killed March 5 in a plane crasl at the U. S. Army Base at Orlando, Fla., where he was preparing for an overseas assignment ir •connection with highly important military equip ment. His wife, Clara Udey Watts; his mother; Mrs. H. B.. Watts ; two sisters and a brothei survive. Ik : i Lieut. L. A. R. Innerarity, Jr. First Lieutenant Lewis A. R. Innerarity, Jr., 27 member of a mechanized cavalry reconnaissance squad of the 7th Army, was killed in action ir Germany March 20, according to a War Department message received by his parents, Mr. anc Mrs. Lewis A. R. Innerarity of Bronxville, N. Y Lt. Innerarity's father was counsel for Pathe Exchanges, Inc., and is widely known in the film industry. He is now a member of the law firm oi Coudert Brothers, New York. Percy Moore Percy Moore, 67, veteran actor, who had been executive secretary of the Episcopal Actors Guild since 1927, died in the Guild's headquarters in1 New York April 8, of a heart attack. Soon after his graduation from McGill University, Mr. Moore made his professional stage debut, appearing in numerous shows down the years. Surviving are a widow. Helen Stewart Moore, and a sister. George H. Nicolai George H. Nicolai, 80, for many years general manager of the Stair and Havlin circuit, New York, from which were booked 80 theatrical houses, many of them the property of the circuit, died at Palm Beach April 5. Ned Edris Ned Edris, 55, Tacoma, Wash., theatre operator and associate of John Hamrick in the operation of the Blue Mouse, Music Box and Temple theatres, died April 4 after a 10-day illness. "Dear Ruth" a Plagiary, Columbia Suit Charges A suit was filed in New York Supreme Court by Columbia last Friday against Norman Krasna, Joseph Hyman and Bernard Hart, author and producers, respectively, of the play, "Dear Ruth." The complaint, filed by Schwartz and Frohlich, attorneys for Columbia, charges that "Dear Ruth" plagiarizes and infringes upon a drama, "Mr. Private," which Columbia purchased from Joseph Hoffman in 1942 for $4,000. The suit asks an injunction, accounting of profits and damages. -56 MOTION PICTURE HERALD, APRIL 14, 1945