Motion Picture Herald (Jan-Mar 1954)

CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING Fifteen cents per word, money-order or check with copy. Count initials, box number and address. Minimum insertion $ 1 .50. 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) NEW EQUIPMENT MASONITE MARQUEE LETTERS. FTT WAGtier. Adler. Bevelite sicns, 4" — 35c; S" — 50c; 10” — 60c; 12”— 85c; 14”— $1.25; 16”— $1.50 any color. S. O. S. CINEMA SUPPLY CORP.. 602 W. 52nd St., New York 19. WIDE SCREEN PRESENTATION PAYS OFF! Metallic screens 90c sq. ft. Prompt shipments I<ollmorgen lenses. Everything for Cinemascope. S. O. S. CINEMA SUPPLY CORP., 602 W 52nd St., New York 19, N. Y. HELP WANTED EXPERIENCED GENERAL MANAGER FOR new deluxe 1200-car Indianapolis outdoor theatre. Good salary and earnings participation for right active man with experience in drive-in theatre operation plus big food and concession business. No film buying. Year round employment. Paid vacation. Reply giving qualifications, references, availability. JOE CANTOR, 3225 N. Meridian St., Indianapolis. THEATRE AND CONCESSION MANAGER. Large independent Pennsylvania drive-in. No film buying or booking. Highly competitive situation requires digging for business. $100 per week, all year. No off season duties. Outline experience and state what you can and are willing to do. Replies confidential BOX 2754, MOTION PICTURE HERALD. WANTED: MANAGERS WITH EXPLOITATION and promotional experience by theatre chain situated in Eastern States. Top salaries paid. Vacations, Group Insurance and Hospitalization. Interviews will be held in Chicago and New York City during January. If interested, give complete resume and availability for interview. BOX 2756, MOTION PICTURE HERALD1. OUTDOOR THEATRE MANAGER-ONE EXPErienced in publicity and concession operation. Family group insurance. Year around job. Midwest area. $100 week. Reply in confidence. Tell all about yourself first letter. BOX 2760, MOTION PICTURE HERALD. THEATRE MANAGER— GOOD' NEWSPAPER AD man and general exploitation. Small city in Chicago territory. Group insurance. Give full account of your experience. References used after interview and onbif a deal. BOX 2758, MOTION PICTURE HERALD. MANAGER, FIRST-RUN DELUXE THEATRE, Eastern Metropolitan City, for small independent circuit. State fully qualifications, previous and present employment, and salary desired. No applications will be considered without this detailed information. If you a.re aggressive and can do the job an excellent position and security await you, with ample opportunity for advancement. BOX 2761, MOTION PICTURE HERALD. PROJECTIONIST-MANAGER, NIGHTS ONLY. Saturday & Sunday matinees. Good opening for electrician in town. Write BOX 538, Franklin, Va. SEATING S. O. S.— SAVE ON SEATS! ALL TYPES THEntre chairs from $4.95. Send for chair bulletin. S. O. S. CINEMA SUPPLY CORP,. 602 W. 52nd St.. New York 19. BOOKS “NEW SCREEN TECHNIQUES” — the new book that is a “must” for everybody in or connected with the motion picture industry — the clearly presented, authoritative facts about 3-D, Cinerama, CinemaScope and other processes — covering production, exhibition and exploitation — contains 26 illustrated articles by leading authorities — edited by Martin Quigley, Jr. 208 pages. Price $4.50 postpaid. QUIGLEY BOOKSHOP, 1270 Sixth Ave., New York 20, N. Y. RICHARDSON’S BLUE BOOK OF PROJECTION, New 8th Edition. Revised to deal with the latest technical developments in motion picture projection and sound, and reorganized to facilitate study and reference. Includes a practical discussion of Television especially prepared for the instruction of theatre projectionists, and of new techniques for advancement of the art of the motion picture. The standard textbook on motion picture projection and sound reproduction. Invaluable to beginner and expert. Best seller since 1911. 662 pages, cloth bound, $7.25 postpaid. QUIGLEY BOOKSHOP, 1270 Sixth Avenue, New York 20, N. Y. MOTION PICTURE AND TELEVISION ALMANAC — the big book about your business — 1953-54 edition. Contains over 12,000 biographies of important motion picture personalities. Also all industry statistics. Complete listing of feature pictures 1944 to date. Order your copy today, $5.00, postage included. Send remittance to QUIGLEY BOOKSHOP, 1270 Sixth Avenue, New York 20, N. Y. DRIVE-IN EQUIPMENT REPLACE INADEQUATE, OUTWORN EQUIPments with DeVry, Simplex and Century outfits rebuilt like new. (Send for lists). Time deals arranged. Incar speakers w/4" cones $15.95 pair w/junction box; underground cable $59M. S. O S. CINEMA SUPPLY CORP., 602 W. 52nd St„ New York 19. STUDIO EQUIPMENT MAKE MONEY MAKING' MOVIES — SHOOT local newsreels, TV commercials, documentaries. Arrange advertising tie-ups with local merchants. Film Production Equipment Catalog free. S. O. S. CINEMA SUPPLY CORP., 602 W. 52nd St., New York 19. BUSINESS BOOSTERS RECORD BREAKING KIDDIE GIVEAWAY. JET Airplanes $25 per 1000, $13 per 500. No C.O'.D. Check with order. BOX-OFFICE STIMULATOR CO., 9760 South 50th Court, O'aklawn, 111. USED EQUIPMENT DEVRYS’ BEAUTIFULLY REBUILT LIKE NEW $895.00 ; Holmes $495.00. All dual outfits with amplifier and speaker. Time deals arranged. S. O'. S. CINEMA SUPPLY CORP., 602 W. 52nd St., New York 19. THE RATIO IS RIGHT AT STAR! BIG SCREEN —small cost! Lowest prices on screens and lenses! Write us! Ashcraft lamphouses. 14” reflectors, rebuilt, $489.50 pair; E-7 mechanisms, 6 month guarantee. $475.00 pair; pair Simplex-Acme projectors. 50 ampere Suprex lamphouses RCA rotary stahilizer sound heavy bases rebuilt, $1,450.00. STAR CINEMA SUPPLY, 447 West 52nd St., New York 19. POSITIONS WANTED MANAGER 10 YEARS EXPERIENCE IN ALL phases of theatre operation. Now managing 2 houses, both downtown, first run. one is second largest in the state. Proven ability with advertising and exploitation. Excellent references. Available after first of year. Reason: desire change. Minimum salary $100 per week. BOX 2752, MOTION PICTURE HERALD. THEATRE EXECUTIVE AVAILABLE. PARTIAL investment possibility Handle complete chain operation BOX 2753, MOTION PICTURE HERALD. MANAGER NOW EMPLOYED DESIRES change. Long experience, large city houses, pictures, vaudeville, exploitation. BOX 2759, MOTIO'N PICTURE HERALD. THEATRES FOR SALE: MONTANA THEATRES. ROUND-UP and Martin City. Moneymakers. No television. Wire McADAM. Livingston. NEGRO THEATRE IN SOUTH ALABAMA. FOR details write J. WATERALL, Mt. Vernon, Ala. NORTHERN ILLINOIS, NEW 500 CAR DRIVEin, modern high power equipment. Modern apartment on premises. Reasonably priced. BOX 2757, MOTIO'N PICTURE HERALD. TO LEASE OR SELL— 500-SEAT THEATRE built 1940. Non-competitive town 1500 population. Balcony colored. Owner lives in distant town and operates many other enterprises. Unable to get competent help. Excellent for family operation. All furnishings and equipment in excellent condition. Write BOX 538, Franklin, Va. SERVICES WINDOW CARDS, PROGRAMS, HERALDS photo-offset printing. C'ATO SHOW PRINTING CO., Cato, N. Y. Celebrity Ball Nets $10,000 For Variety Epilepsy Fund A sellout for Celebrity Ball, the Variety Club Foundation’s New Year’s Eve party at the Waldorf Astoria, produced more than $10,000 for the Variety Club Clinic for Children with Epilepsy at the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center. William J. German, president of the Foundation, and Mrs. Seymour D. Hesse, chairlady of the Women’s Committee of the Foundation, presented a $10,000 check to Dr. H. Houston Merritt at the Ball. According to Albert G. Gorson. executive secretary of the Foundation, the final accounting is expected to produce several thousand dollars more. Celebrity Ball proved to be outstanding among the many New Year’s Eve parties in New York. The guest list of more than four hundred included many of New York’s best-known families and a host of celebrities from the entertainment world. Ben Grauer and Arlene Francis handled the entertainment at the Ball, and Maxine Keith conducted the one and one-half hour broadcast over Station WMCA. Legion Reviews Nine, One in Class "C" Reviewing nine pictures this week, the National Legion of Decency placed “Violated” in Class C (Condemned) because its subject is “unsuitable and its approach offensive to general morality.” Termed objectionable in part for all are “Act of Love,” “Tanga-Tika,” “Wicked Woman”; unobjectionable for adults “The Golden Coach,” “His Majesty O’Keefe”; and unobjection able for general patronage “The Eddie Cantor Story,” “King of the Khyber Rifles” and “Knights of the Round Table.” 425 Pictures Eligible For Academy Award A total of 425 pictures will be eligible for Academy Award consideration this year, it was announced in Hollywood by Charles Brackett, president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The list includes all pictures released for commercial showing in the Los Angeles area during the past year. Each film to qualify also must have been shown for a period of seven consecutive days following its release. Pictures meeting these requirements are automatically entered for Academy Award consideration. 42 MOTION PICTURE HERALD, JANUARY 9, 1954