Motion Picture Herald (Apr-Jun 1955)

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 border 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) HELP WANTED WANTED— THEATRE MANAGERS. EXPERIenced. Exploitation-Minded. For Key and neighborhood houses. Pittsburgh and surrounding territories. Write in detail to CHARLES COMAR. Personnel Manager, Stanley Warner Theatres, 2217 Clark Building, Rttsburgh, Penna. THEATRES FOR SALE FOR LESS THAN 1954 GROSS; ONE of Midsouth’s most successful Drive-Ins. 550 cars. New $40,000, 104' screen. Favorable ground lease. Booming community. Investigate thoroughly. $60,000 cash will handle. Able manager available. Also conventional 400 seat colored theatre same town $8,000 cash. For particulars address JOHNSON REALTY CO., Box 722, West Memphis, Arkansas. FOR SALE; 500 CAR DRIVE-IN CENTRAL OHIO City over 25,000. Wide-screen, CinemaScope. modern plant, excellent location. O^vnership disagreement. BOX 2858. MOTION PICTURE HERALD. BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES WANTED FILMS FOR DISTRIBUTION IN EAST Africa new and reissues. CHANE>RAKANT BROTHERS, Box .SHS, Nairobi. SERVICES WINDOW CARDS. PROGRAMS. HERALDS, photo-offset printing. CATO SHOW PRINTING CO., Cato. N. Y. USED EQUIPMENT FOR REAL SAVINGS— TRY STAR! Pair Simplex Rear Shutter Mechanisms, rebuilt and used two weeks, one year guarantee, $295 pair; Century Intermittents, new, $89.50; Western Electric 208 Soundheads, rebuilt, $195 pair; Pair Simplex SP Projectors, rebuilt. Strong Arc Lamphouses. Rectifiers, Amplifier, etc., $1,195; Ashcraft or Strong Lamphouses. rebuilt, new metal reflectors. $489.50 pair. What do you need? STAR CINEMA SUPPLY, 447 West 52nd St., New York 19. DRIVE-IN EQUIPMENT PAY $200 DOWN-PLAY aNEMASCOPE! CTNEmatic IV adjustable Anamorphic I^enses^ plus Snaplite Series II prime lenses, all for $595. Available on time. S. O. S. CINEMA SUPPLY CORP., 602 W. 52nd St.. New York 19. NEW EQUIPMENT PERFECT PAIR PERFECTLY PRICED! OOMbination p.iir Cinematic IV adjustable Anamorphic Lenses and pair Snaplite Series It prime projection lenses all for $595. Buy them on time with $2001 down. S. O. S. CINEMA SUPPLY CORP., 602 W. 52nd St., New York 19. SPEOAL SURPLUS SCREEN SALE.-ALL NEW! Perforated beaded lace-grommet 15'6" x 20'6", $75.; Solid 6'8" X 9'3", $25; Solid 11' x 14', $35. Solid Springroller 8'7" X 11'7", $75; Solid Rope Pulley 11' x 14', $75. S. O. S. CINEMA SUPPLY CORP., 602 W. S2nd St., New York 19. ATTENTION HOLMES USERS! INTERMITtent movements (less flywheels) $49 pair; Starwheelsprocket assembly $10 each; lOOOW T-20 C-13 Mogul Pref. Lamps, $25 dozen ($3.95 each). S. O. S. CINEMA SUPPLY (X)RP.. 602 W. 52nd St.. New York 19. SEATING VACATING (>UR IRVINGTON. N. J. WAREhouse. All chairs sacrificed — prices start at $2.95. S. O. S. CINEMA SUPPLY CORP., 602 W. 52nd St.. New York 19. BOOKS MOTION PICTURE AND TELEVISION ALMAnac— the big book about your business — 1955 edition. Contains over 12,000 biographies of important motion picture personalities. Also all industry statistics. Complete listings 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. RICHARDSON’S BLUEBOOK OF PROJECmON. 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 reiwoduction. Invaluable to begrinner and expert. Best seller since 1911, 662 pages, cloth lx>und, $7.25 postpaid. QUIGLEY B(X)KSHOP. 1270 Sixth Avenue, New York 20, N. Y. STUDIO EQUIPMENT MITCHELL TRIPOD FREEHEAD, $375; CAMEreclair w/pilot pins, 5 lenses ideal for animation, $995; new Animation stands, $1995; Moviola 35mm composite sound/picture, $495; Escalator Tripod for heaviest TV or Movie Cameras on 3 wheel dolly, $295; Motorized Dolly with 2 seats, takes heaviest cameras, $195; Rolling Stand multiple floodlights holding 13 bulbs, $180 value, now $29.50. Sw O. S. CINLMA SUPPLY CORP.. 602 W. 52nd St., New York 19. To Celebrate JVickelodeoMt Anniversary PITTSBURGH : The world premiere of MGM’s “The Cobweb” will take place June 15 at the J. P. Harris theatre here as part of the celebration of the Golden Anniversary of the Nickelodeon. John H. Harris, president of Harris Amusement Companies and son of the founder of the Nickelodeon, said he chose “The Cobweb” not only because it is a worthwhile film but also because it features Lillian Gish, in films since the early silent days. The program also will include special ceremonies at the site of the original Nickelodeon. Mayor David L. Law’rence and his official family, and County Commissioners John J. Kane, Harry Fowler and John M. Walker will join with members of the Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania and showmen throughout the area at the dedication of a new marker to be installed by the Society. It was 50 years ago June 19 that the late Senator John P. Harris opened the doors of the world’s first theatre showing motion pictures exclusively. The name Nickelodeon was coined by combining the price of admission with the Greek word for theatre. Theatre circuits throughout the country are joining in the celebration, which will start about June 13 and continue the rest of the month. Among these are the Interstate Circuit, Stanley Warner Theatres, Walter Reade Theatres, Shea Enterprises and Manos Amusement Co. Independent exhibitors in the Pittsburgh district as well as many independents in key cities also are observing the Jubilee. The first 50 patrons at all Harris theatres in this area June 19 will be admitted for five cents each — the admission price in 1905. Automobiles and fashions of that era also will have a prominent place in the celebration. Legion Approves Six of I I New Productions The National Legion of Decency last week reviewed 11 pictures, putting one in Class A, Section I, morally unobjectionable for general patronage; five in Class A, Section II, morally unobjectionable for adults; four in Class B, morally objectionable in part for all, and one in Class C, condemned. In Section I is “Santa Fe Passage.” In Sec tion II are “Rebound,” “The Shrike,” “Svengali,” “Tall Man Riding” and “That Lady.” In Class B are “The Adventures of Sadie” because of “suggestive costuming, dialogue and situations; light treatment of marriage” ; “Love Me or Leave Me” because it “reflects the acceptability of divorce ; suggestive costuming and sequence” ; “Magnificent Matador” because “suggestive situation tends to misrepresent religious practices,” and “Outlaw Girl” because it “tends to arouse sympathy for immoral actions.” In Class C is “The Bed” because “this film consists of a group of episodes all of which gravely offend Christian and traditional standards of morality and decency by reason of a condonation of immoral actions ; suggestive costuming, dialogue, situations and a sympathetic treatment of divorce.” New Film Service Company Norman Witlen, former supervisor of Transfihn’s animation camera and optical departments, and Ralph Koch, formerly of Technical Films, have formed their own firm, the K. & W. Film Service Corporation, at 1657 Broadway, New York. They assert they have the finest equipment for animation, special effects, slide films, titles, negative cutting, and bi-pack work. 190 MOTION PICTURE HERALD, JUNE 11. I955