Motion Picture Herald (Jan-Feb 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. Classi i^^^ fied advertising not subject to agency commission. Address copy and checks: fSjN MOTION PICTURE HERALD, Classified Dept., Rockefeller Center, New York(20) STUDIO EQUIPMENT FOR SALE: STUDIO LIGHTS, SOUND EDITOR, 1635mm. cameras, 16mm. soiind projectors. We buy — accept trade. CAMERA MART, 70 West 45th St., New York City. VARIRAY GALVANOMETER, NOISELESS RECORDing Shutter for any 16mm. or 35mm. camera, includes optical system, transformer and blueprints for mounting, $995.; Complete Sound Recording Truck, worth $15,000, bargain at $7,975; Askania-Debrie type 35mm. Studio Camera, 3 lenses; 6 magazines, motor, gyro tripod; all features, worth $3,000, now $975. Send for listings. S. O. S. CINEMA SUPPLY CORP., New York 18. USED EQUIPMENT CLOSING OUT LOUDSPEAKERS, $6.75 UP; ARMY surplus Generators, $95; Simplex rebuilt Rear Shutter Mechanisms, $42S; Brandt Coinometers, cashier delivery, $75 ; side chute, $95. ; LI Arc Lamps, $75 ; Stereopticons, 500W, $19.95. Come to New York — make your selection here — enough equipment for 15 theatres. Complete Sound Projection including lenses, lamphouses and soundscreen from $875. S. O. S. CINEMA SUPPLY CORP., New York 18. 4000 REBUILT REUPHOLSTERED SOFT BOX Spring Cushions, nine springs each, dark green plastic coated leatherette covered, $1.75; with metal bottom board $2.; Plastic tnaterial cut to fit any size seat, 50c. Give siie when ordering. S. O. S. CTNEMA SUPPLY CORP., New Yoric 18. 90O REBUILT, REUPHOLSTERED STURDY IRWIN Chairs, heavy clover leaf panel backs, box spring cushions, $7.50; 565 American Chairs recently reupholstered prewar quality leatherette heavy panel backs^ box spring cushions, $7.50; 700 American Chairs three-ply backs and seats, reconditioned, $4.50. Ask for stock list. S. O. S. CINEMA SUPPLY CORP., New York 18. NEW EQUIPMENT AUTOMATIC REGISTERS, 3, 4 AND S UNIT, OPA ceiling prices; Soundman's Test Instruments, $28.40; Alummum Reels, $3.19; Army surplus RCA Public Address Amplifiers, $95; Screen Masking flameproofed, 89c; Flextone Washable Soundscreens, ZOyic sq. ft. ; Automatic Curtain Controls, $95.60; 5/16" Curtain Cable, 13c ft.; Jewelled Aisle Lights, $2.97. Winter Bulletin ready. S.O.S. CINEMA SUPPLY CORP., New York 18. WANTED TO BUY NEED SEVERAL LARGE BURCH, MANLEY OR Cretor w^corn machines. NORMAN MORRISON, 333 S. Broad Street, Philadelphia, Pa. SIGN PAINTING SIGN PAINTING, EASY WAY TO PAINT SIGNS. Uie letter patterns. Avoid sloppy work, wasted time. No experience needed for expert work. Free sample. JOHN RAHN, 1329 Central Ave., Chicago 51. BUSINESS BOOSTERS BINGO CARDS, DIE CUTS, 1 TO lOO OR 1 TO 75. $2.25 per thousand, $20.00 for 10,000. S. KLOUS, care of MOTION PICTURE HERALD. BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES MOTION PICTURE THEATRE UNDER CONSTRUCtion. Will seat 600. Unusual opportunity. Can help finance. Details by appointment only. ALBERT L. SKLAR, Attorney, American Bldg., Baltimore, Md. Construct Three Houses in South, and Rebuild One Plans for the construction of three new theatres and the rebuilding of one destroyed by fire, are now under way in southern cities. In Shreveport, La., an 1,800-seat house will be built at a cost POSITIONS WANTED THEATRE MANAGER: EXPERIENCED, REUable, sober. Married, 29, draft exempt. Desires change. Available immediately. BOX 1810, MOTION PICTURE HEIiALD. HELP WANTED WANTED — MANAGER FOR LOCAL THEATRE Hartford area. Write stating experience and qualifications. Salary discussed. BOX 1813, MOTION PICTURE HERALD. OPERATOR FOR LOCAL THEATRE HARTFORD area. Write stating experience and qualifications. BOX 1814, MOTION PICTURE HERALD. MANAGER WANTED FOR SMALL THEATRE IN Virginia in the Hampton Road area. State experience, qualifications and references. BOX 1815, MOTION PICTURE HERALD. THEATRES WILL LEASE OR PURCHASE THEATRE IN Cleveland, Indianapolis or Cincinnati exchange areas. Give complete details. BOX 1811 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. 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 THEAter has 30O 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 tittle 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. POPCORN POPCORN OF QUALITY. CAN GUARANTEE your year's supply. VALENTINE TIDSWELL & SONS, Greenville, Ohio. of $100,000. In Glenmore, La., W. C. Pringle will rebuild a recently burned-out house at a cost of $17,500. Dr. A. H. McCoy has begun work on a theatre in Jackson, Miss., at an estimated cost of $22,000. Fred T. McLendon of Union Springs, Ala., is building a 550-seat house in Georgiana, Ala. Film Equipment May Be Part ^, Of U. S. Exhibit in Russia ! American industrial firms will supply motion! pictures showing their production output and oper-j ations to the Russian Government for the perma-l nent industrial exhibit which will open in Moscow' sometime this year, American manufacturers of film equipment might be included among the companies invited to display their goods at the exhibition, it was announced this week by Amtorg Trading Corpora-i tion in New York. i A special hall for showings of technical film^ will be provided and thus far, it is learned, air-i plane, metals, automobile and other companies! have agreed to send pictures of their product tM Moscow^. The exhibit was planned to give Ameri-'i can manufacturers a chance to bring their products! to the attention of Russian buyers. It is understood, that Averill Harriman, U. S. Ambassador to the. Soviet Union, has advanced a plan calling fori: reciprocal exhibition of the films of Russia and' the U. S. in both countries to further relations , between the two nations. i Mancuso Returns from Pacific ■ Chief Petty Officer Ben Mancuso, formerly with! Cosmo-Sileo Company, industry photographers, arrived in New York last week from the Pacific area for a leave after two years of action. He was last in the Philippines, where he landed with the first assault troops at Leyte. He holds two Presidential Citations, a Commendation Ribbon for Wake Island and the Air Medal for more than ISO combat hours in the air. WLB Will Hear RKO Dispute The War Labor Board has set January 16 for for a hearing in New York on the contract dispute between RKO and the Motion Picture Theatre Operating Managers and Assistant Managers Guild, representing managers and their assistants in 40 RKO houses in the Metropolitan New York area. The dispute was certified to the board after RKO and the Guild failed to reach an agreement on a contract. Quiz Theatre Fire Suspect A youth believed to have been responsible for the fire in the Broadway theatre, Charlotte, N. C, last Tuesday, in which six firemen were injured, has been questioned by the police there in connection with four previous fires in the Broadway and Charlotte, and a blaze at the Carolina the week before. H. F. Kincey, head of the Kincey theatre chain, assisted officers in questioning the suspect. Levy Named to Disney Post Charles Levy, former manager of the RKO advertising and publicity department's special feature service division, has been named publicity director in New York for Walt Disney Productions, effective January 2, it was announced by Roy Disney, executive vice-president. Prior to joining RKO in 1937, Mr. Levy was with the Hearst newspapers in New York and other cities for 10 years. Warner Mansfield House Falls Warners' 9S0-seat Majestic theatre, Mansfield, Ohio, closed since June 1943, collapsed December 27, from an accumulation of ice and snow on the roof. All equipment was destroyed, with the loss estimated at $75,000. Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Honored Lieutenant Commander Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., has received the Legion of Merit for "exceptionally meritorious conduct," during the invasion of southern France, the Navy Department announced December 29. WANTED Animation and Title CamcroMSB Apply Cineffeets, 1600 BreadiHwy, New York City CI. «<«282>3 60 MOTION PICTURE HERALD. JANUARY A, I94S