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 CONTINUOUS CONTACT 16 MM. PRINTERS, Picture, Track or both, $1,375; Miles 16mm. Recorder Reproducer, $195; Berndt Maurer 16mm. Recording Systems, latest improvements, $1,995 ; modernized Akeley Newsreel Sound Camera, Amplifier, Magazines; 3 Lenses, matched finders; tripod; $13,000 value, reduce to $6,995. Send for Spring Bulletin. 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 ACTUALLY DROP YOUR TEMPERATURE WITH new Air Washers, rotary spray mat type, 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. New prewar Blowers, starting at $106.50 for 5,500 cfm; also Diffuser Grilles, from $21.80. AA-5 MRO Priority required. Send for Air Conditioning catalog. S. O. S. CINEMA SUPPLY CORP., New York 18. 1/6 TO 3HP MOTORS, HYDRAULIC VARIABLE speed pulleys, exhaust Fans for booth and theatre boxoffice, Fans 3 speed. SOUTHERNAIRE, P. O. Box 838, Atlanta, Ga. USED EQUIPMENT ALL YOU NEED TO OPEN— COMPLETE SIMPLEX booth outfits consisting Projectors, Lamphouses, Lens, Soundheads, Motors. Amplifier. Speakers and Soundscreen. Rebuilt and guaranteed one year — $1,500. Why pay more? S. O. S. CINEMA SUPPLY CORP., New York 18. ASHCRAFT SUPREX ARC LAMP, $195; Forest twin 65 amp. Rectifier, as is, $95; rebuilt Simplex Mechanisms. $250; Footlights, 5' sections, $17.50; Candy Machine, $79.50: commercial Vacuum Cleaner, $119.50; Brandt Coin Changers, from $75: Water Cooler, DC only, $77.50; Low Intensity Arc Lamps, $75. Spring Bulletin now ready. S. O. S. CINEMA SUPPLY CORP., New York 18. MORE THAN 12,000 CHAIRS AVAILABLE— LOOK— 600 American fully upholstered velour back, squab springless cushion Chairs, good as is, $5.50; 575 HeywoodWakefield heavy panel back, squab cushion Chairs, steel tubular standards, excellent condition, as is $4.35; 500 Heywood-Wakefield heavy panel back, box spring cushion Chairs, excellent condition, $5.95; 786 Irwin rebuilt newly upholstered fully padded back, reupholstered box spring cushion Chairs, like new, $8.95; 300 solid Oak Auditorium Chairs, refinished. $3.95. Wire now for stock list. S. O. S. CINEMA SUPPLY CORP., New York 18. SERVICES FIRE EXTINGUISHER AND DOOR CLOSERS. ALL types and sizes repaired. Mail to: MINNESOTA FIRE EXTINGUISHER CO., 2476 University Ave., St. Paul 4, Minn. 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. WLB Approves Increase For Exchange Workers The Regional War Labor Board in Chicago approved a 10 per cent wage increase, retroactive to December 1, 1942, for shippers, inspectors and poster clerks in the Chicago, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, and Indianapolis exchanges. An estimated $85,000 will be paid to 485 em 58 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. EXPERIENCED THEATRE MANAGER, NOW booking and managing small film exchange, wishes to connect with theatre or circuit to assist with bookings, office work, etc.. New York or vicinity. Draft deferred. Highest references. BOX 1855, MOTION PICTURE HERALD. ASSISTANT MANAGER, 9 YEARS OF THEATRE experience from usher to manager, booth included. Have operator's license. Further information, Write BOX 173, Towanda, Pa. 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, experience, references, salary expected. Drunkards, drifters and chasers need not apply. CHEROKEE AMUSEMENTS, INC., Erwin, Tenn. « THEATRES WILL LEASE MOTION PICTURE THEATRE ANYwhere in Florida. Give complete details. CONRAD A. HETZEL, 319 Evernia St., West Palm Beach, Fla. WILL BUY MOTION PICTURE THEATRE IN NEW York or vicinity. No larger than a 600-seat house and must be in good condition. Theatre must be operating now. BOX 1853, MOTION PICTURE HERALD. SMALL TOWN THEATRE FOR SALE, IN TOWN of 2.000, also plenty of rural patronage. Located East Texas. Built 3 years ago. Brick building, good equipment, good business. 350 seats. No competition. Price, $10,000. BOX 1854, MOTION PICTURE HERALD. 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 modern theatre management and advertising. Big opportunity for trained men. Established since 1927. Write now for free catalog. THEATRE MANAGERS SCHOOL, Elmira. New York. ployees in those exchange centers, according to Sam Lamansky, secretary of the IATSE local B 45 in Chicago. Distributors involved are Columbia, United Artists, Universal, RKO, 20th CenturyFox, Warner Brothers, Paramount and Metro. The action in Chicago brings the total of exchanges benefiting from wage increase approvals to 22. Applications for increases from nine additional exchanges are still pending. St. Louis Theatres Appeal Labor Board Wage Rise St. Louis theatre owners have filed an apf with the Regional War Labor Board in Kar City from the board's decision granting a w increase of 15 per cent and other concession^ the St. Louis local of the IATSE. The thea allege that the board's ruling that the wage crease be made retroactive to January 15, lj is unfair and they demand that if it is sustai the board's order to drop one stagehand fj each five first run houses and one second house also be made retroactive. It is estimated the theatres will save about 1 a week by the dropping of the six stage hi\ and the theatres ask that the wages of the dropped be refunded as of January 15, 1944. The union also has filed notice asking fcj review of the decision. The union objects to ruling that the hours in the first run house: increased from 49 to 56 per week. Ohio Law Permits Minors And Women Employment Ohio theatres and exchanges may continu employ women and minors through passage by House of the Corey bill, by a 117 to 13 vote,; viously approved by the Senate. The bill, v, became effective immediately upon signature Governor Frank J. Lausche, because of an en ency clause, provides for the re-enactment oii Ross female labor act, which recently expired, f It originally was made into law in 1943, de opposition of organized labor. The new mei fixes a labor "curfew" of 11 P.M. for minors A bill introduced into the General Assembl Representative Walter Tarr, of Cincinnati, and pending, would permit the State Board of E( tion to retain the entire censorship receipts ( per reel, instead of the present 50 per cent, the remaining half going into the state's gej fund. The censor board operates under the Department of Education. 200 USO Units Tour for Men at Battle Fronts Entertainment on a tremendous scale is routed to the battle fronts through the effor USO-Camp Shows. It was reported early week that 200 assorted units, includin entertainers, were touring the battle areas. Tr sent across consist of Broadway plays and m> comedy hits, variety revues, hospital-sket artists, concert notables, and others. Sind organization was formed in November, 1941 separate units, with a total personnel of have gone overseas. : v tlx att I si so National Legion of Decency Reviews Eight New Films The National Legion of Decency this reviewed eight new pictures, approving si> finding two objectionable in part. In Class, unobjectionable for adults, are: "Brighton Sf ler," "Eve Know Her Apples," "Honey Ahead," "The Horn Blows at Midnight," "j for Benny," "Murder, He Says." In Class 1 jectionable in part: "Salome — Where She Da "Song of the Sarong." Charles E. Evans Dies Charles Evan Evans, 88, character actor films that, starred George Arliss, died Ap at his Uplifters Club home in Santa Monica, Surviving is his widow, the former Helen PI with whom he used to tour the Orpheum c Lt. Jerry McWhorter Lt. Jerry McWhorter, 31, former mana; Warners' Hamilton theatre, Chicago, was in action, in Germany, March 28, his famil j I informed last week. He leaves a mother and | John L. McElwaine John L. McElwaine, 58, supervisor of ele motor maintenance for the S.O.S. Cinema ! Corporation, died in New York April 1( leaves a widow, and one son, in the Army. MOTION PICTURE HERALD, APRIL 2 I It,