Motion Picture Herald (Mar-Apr 1947)

Technicolor Up As Costs Grow 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 |pfifi| fied advertising not subject to agency commission. Address copy and checks: HuM MOTION PICTURE HERALD, Classified Dept., Rockefeller Center, New York (20) Hyfl HELP WANTED WANTED: EXPERIENCED MANAGER FOR permanent position for theatre in Illinois. Send full particulars, references, recent photo, salary expected. BOX 2093. MOTION PICTURE HERALD. USED EQUIPMENT THEATRE CHAIRS — 3.000 USED SPRING cushioned, part full upholstered back and part insert panel back, with spring edge and box-spring cushions; 1,000 veneer chairs; 800 good back, 500 spring cushions, and hinges. Immediate delivery. Advise how many you need. Write for prices and photographs. Phone Lenox 3445. JESSE COLE, 2565 McClellan Avenue, Detroit, Michigan. SIMPLEX MECHANISMS. GENUINE REAR shutters, double bearing, spiral shockproof gears, rebuilt $330.00; Powers $109.50; Peerless lamphouses $199.50 pair; Late RCA sound system $950.00. Catalog available. STAR CINEMA SUPPLY COMPANY. 459 West 46 St., New York 19. ARMY CLOSED 1,400 THEATRES— WE BOUGHT many complete outfits — Simplex SP, $995. ; Holmes L I. Arc equipments, $1,295.; DeVry High Intensity Arc equipments, $2,495. Ampro sound 16mm. high intensity Arc equipments, $1,350. Condition excellent. Super Simplex, RCA Sound, $3,850. S. O. S. CINEMA SUPPLY CORP., 440 W. 42nd St.. New York 18. 1,000 HEYWOODWAKEFIELD FULL UPHOLstered back, boxspring cushion chairs, excellent $4.95; (rebuilt $6.50); 340 General full upholstered back, boxspring cushion, rebuilt, $7.95; 200 Veneers, excellent. $3.95. Wire for list. S. O. S. CINEMA SUPPLY CORP., 449 W. 42nd St.. New York 18. FOR SALE: 35MM. FILM RECORDER. COMplete with RCA amplifiers and accessories. GRIFFITH THEATRES, 11 N. Lee, Oklahoma City, Okla. WANTED TO BUY WANT TO BUY 1,000 OR MORE GOOD USED theatre chairs, spring cushion and full upholstered back, also 1,000 or more good used veneer chairs, moderate prices. BOX 2096, MOTION PICTURE HERALD. WANTED 35MM. MOTION PICTURE FILM recorder, also 35 mm. motion picture camera. RASHID, 32 E. 28th St., New York City. THEATRES THEATRES, BEFORE YOU BUY. CONTACT Nolen Howard, Ritz Theatre Building, Payette, Idaho, or J. C. Butler, 304 S. W. 4th Avenue, Portland, Oregon. Information to qualified buyers only. A. B.C. BROKERAGE COMPANY. THEATRE WANTED — WILL BUY THEATRE showing nice profit if price is right. Give full details. BOX 2092, MOTION PICTURE HERALD. THEATRE CIRCUIT— 5 SMALL THEATRES IN Norfolk, Virginia, area. Experienced principals only. BOX 2098, MOTION PICTURE HERALD. BUSINESS BOOSTERS BINGO CARD. DIE CUTS. 1 TO 100 OR 1 TO 75. $2.75 per thousand. $25.00 per 10,000 S.. KLOUS. care of MOTION PICTURE HERALD. 340 New Theatres in Japan; Country Has 1,477 Houses Since the first of January, 1946, 340 theatres have been opened in Japan, boosting the total to 1,477, according to the Tokyo office of the Motion Picture Export Association. Two-thirds of the new outlets are old theatres reconstructed. The rest are new. Before the war Japan had approximately 1,900 NEW EQUIPMENT 1,600 FOOT REELS FOR 16MM. SOUND PROjectors. Orders accepted now for early May delivery. THORNWOOD INDUSTRIES, INC., Thornwood. N. Y. NEW CHAIRS. PROMPT DELIVERY ! ATTRACtive — modern— durable. Veneer, $5.50, 30 days; Veneer back spring edge cushion, $9,35; applied upholstered back spring edge cushion, $11.; full upholstered back spring edge cushion, $11.95, 60 days; All steel unbreakable standards, high grade mohair or heavy leatherette upholstery. Wire or phone. S. O. S. CINEMA SUPPLY CORP.. 449 W. 42nd St., New York 18. ZEISS PORTABLE SOUND PROJECTORS. $275.; carbon savers, 6mm. to 13mm., 1/3 cost, 77c: 500W Stereopticons,, $27.50; Gyro Stabilizer GYB Soundheads, $195; Snowlike flameproof soundscreens up to 10', 21^c sq. ft.; Panic Bolts. $22.50; Dimmers. 2450W, $22.50; 2000W, $19.95; 1650W, $15.95: 1350W, $13.50. Catalog mailed. S. O. S. CINEMA SUPPLY CORP., 449 W. 42nd St., New York 18. STUDIO EQUIPMENT BEAUTIFUL CINE KODAK SPECIAL CAMERA, Fl. 9 lens, $495; Mitchell animation Camera, $985.: WE Wire Recorder heads less motor and amplification. $49.50; BH Ultra Speed Shuttles, $195.: Camera Dolly, $275.; RCA Photophone complete Recording outfit, $6,475; BH 16mm. or 35mm. Soundprinters, new, $3,250.; RCA latest dual playback magazine. $395.; new Mitchell 24V Camera Motors, $295.; BH Eyemo Motorized Cameras. 3 speeds, 2" lens, 24V motor, case, $295.; New 35mm. Film Phonographs, $795. Send for Bulletin STURELAB. S. O. S. CINEMA SUPPLY CORP.. 449 W. 42nd St.. New York 18. 16MM.-35MM. USED AND NEW SOUND AND silent production equipment. Cameras. Film Recorders, Disc Recorders, Projectors, Moviolas, Tripods, Dollies, Lights, Booms, Reeves Sensitester, for Cinex tests. Sales and Service to Laboratories and Studios. We have in stock Arriflex, Cinephon as well as American made Cameras. Write for information. THE CAMERA MART. 70 West 45th St.. New York. TRAINING SCHOOLS THEATRE EMPLOYEES. TRAIN FOR BETTER position. Learn modern theatre management and advertising. Big opportunities for trained men. Established since 1927. Write now for free catalog. THEATRE MANAGERS SCHOOL, Elmira. New York. BOOKS INTERNATIONAL MOTION PICTURE ALmanac — the big book about your business — 1946-47 edition now available. Contains over 12,000 biographies of important motion picture personalities. Also all industry statistics. Complete listing of feature pictures 1937 to date. Order your copy today. $3.25 in the U. S. A.. $5.00 elsewhere. Send remittance to QUIGLEY BOOKSHOP. 1270 6th Avenue. New York 20, N. Y. RICHARDSON'S BLUEBOOK OF PROJECTION. Best seller since 1911. Now in 7th edition. Rerised 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. theatres. On the basis of Japan's 73,000,000 population, there is now only one theatre for every 47,000 people. "New Orleans" Premiere Set The world premiere of "New Orleans," Jules Levey's production for United Artists release, has been set for the Saenger theatre, New Orleans, April 26. Technicolor Motion Picture Corporation announces an increase in its price of one-half cent a linear foot of all 35mm exposure negative. Also, Technicolor is increasing the price of negative developing by one-half cent a linear foot. "Since January 1, 1946, several increases in Technicolor's price have been made which in the aggregate have not covered by any means all the increased cost to Technicolor of labor and material," says the corporation. "The occasion for the present increase is the increase of 11.17 per cent in labor rates which has been adopted retroactive to January 1, 1947." In connection with these increases Technicolor has expressed its determination to continue to try to halt and ultimately to reverse the rising trend of costs. In notifying its customers of this increase Technicolor has offered, upon notice within 14 days, to reduce commitments for photoplays the shooting of which has not yet commenced for such customers as may desire to arrange for such cancellations. Joseph Walsh, Once MPTOA Official, Dies at 55 Joseph W. Walsh, who was national vicepresident of the Motion Picture Theatre Owners of America from 1925 to 1929 and who has held many other high industry posts, died at Saranac Lake, N. Y., it was announced from his Hartford, Conn., home March 22. He was 55 years old and had been associated with the industry for more than 30 years, managing theatres in Connecticut and Rhode Island. Last year he was managing the Newington theatre, Newington, Conn. Mr. Walsh served on the committee which wrote a fair practices code for the industry, and, with Will Hays, assisted in forming the Film Board of Trade. Sir Harry Greer Sir Harry Greer, 71, chairman of Baird Television, Ltd., who 13 years ago made history when he was televised making a speech seen and heard seven miles away, died in London March 22. He proved the feasibility of telecasts with live subjects instead of films in 1934 when he addressed the shareholders in Wardour Street in London, from the Baird Studio, seven miles distant. Arthur Rankin Arthur Rankin, 50, author and actor, died March 22 at his home in Los Angeles. Between 1923 and 1934 he appeared in numerous pictures, including "Finders Keepers," "The Fall of Eve" and "Terror Trail." Universal Branch Approved A new $135,000 Universal film exchange building in Omaha has received the approval of the Civilian Production Administration, Frank Epperson of CPA has announced. MOTION PICTURE HERALD, MARCH 29, 1947