Motion Picture Herald (May-Jun 1947)

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*%ene* W^YOU CAN'T DO WITHOUT the new AUTOMATICKET because AUTOMATICKET IS UNIT-DESIGNED Individual ticket issuing units operate independently. This enables your register to function smoothly even though a unit may fail. Extra units may be added as needed. AUTOMATICKET SERVICE IS CONTINUOUS No breakdowns. Your register never stops functioning. Units may be replaced without interrupting service. AUTOMATICKET NEVER LEAVES THE BOX OFFICE No time lost in repairs. Defective units can be replaced without shifting your register from its position. So simple, anyone can remove a unit and slide another into place. AUTOMATICKET IS SERVICE GUARANTEED FOREVER Your dealer always has new factorysealed units in stock. He will replace any unit free of charge for the first year. Thereafter, units are replaced at a cost based on length of service. Ticket issuing units are easily and quickly replaced. AUTOMATICKETS in one to five unit sizes are now in stock at your Theatre Supply Dealer. Registers are available in electrical and non-electrical models for 1 inch and 2 inch wide tickets. GENERAL REGISTER CORPORATION 36-20 33rd Street Long Island City 1 New York The New AUTOMATICKET. . . A Triumph of General Register Engineering! Oh* way +0 keep postfe-di-^ be a. coupon clipper The F & Y Building Service is the outstanding agency in Theatre Design and Construction in Ohio and surrounding territory. THE F fit Y BUILDING SERVICE 328 East Town Street Columbus 15, Ohio "The Buildings We Build Build Our Business" Calcutta, Rangoon, Singapore, Sidney and Wellington, N. Z. His return, by way of Hollywood, is scheduled for mid-August. Plans for the construction of a new theatre in Wichita, Kan., have been announced by O. F. Sullivan, owner and operator of Sullivan Independent Theatres. The theatre, including adjourning parking spaces, will cost $400,000 and will seat more than 1,500. Robert O. Boller, Kansas City, Mo., is the architect. Ernest A. Goad of Sault Sainte Marie, Mich., has been appointed a service inspector of Altec's Chicago district with headquarters in Iron Mountain, Mich. Mr. Goad was a projectionist with the Eskin circuit at Richland Center, Wis., and the Soo Amusement Company at Sault Sainte Marie prior to his employment with Altec. A new theatre will be built by Inland Theatres in Spokane Wash., Frank Harris, manager, has announced. The project, to cost $300,000, will combine a shopping center with the theatre, which will seat 900. Construction is to start as soon as materials become available. G. A. Pehrson is the architect. Charles R. Gilmore, president of Gibraltar Enterprises in Denver, Colo., has announced that his company will build an $85,000 theatre in Loveland, Colo., seating 900. The company already operates a theatre in Loveland, and the new project will give the city three theatres. Irvin Westenskow has sold his Liberty theatre in Condon, Ore., to Don Armitage. • Henry A. Nordmarlc, engineer, and William A. Gedris, President, of the Ideal Seating Company, Grand Rapids, examine their new retracting seat chair. The chair is described on page 30. 10 BETTER THEATRES, MAY 31, 1947