Motion Picture Herald (Jan-Mar 1956)

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) NEW EQUIPMENT BEST aNEMASCOPE VALUE! SEND PROJECtion throw-screen size, we’ll compute your requirements. Cinematic IV adjustable anamorphic $37S pr. Metallic seamless screens, 7Sc sq. ft. Buy on time. S. O. S. CINEMA SUPPLY CORP., 602 W. S2nd St., New York 19. BARGAINS GALORE— HOLMES PARTS! CONdenser lenses, 95c; constant speed motors $12.50; shutter shafts $1.25; sound optical lenses $9.95; intermittent $24.50; Star-Sprocket assembly $10.; EE-14070 Vertical Drive Shaft w/5 gears, bearings $9.75; lOOOW T-20C-13 Mogul prefocus Lamps $25 dozen ($3.95 each). S. O. S. aNEMA SUPPLY CORP., 602 W. 52nd St., New York 19. NEW AUTOM.'^TTC ENCLOSED REWINDS $69.50; Simplex Acme Magazines, upper and lower combination. $39.50. S. O. S. CINEMA SUPPLY CORP.. 602 W. 52nd St.. New York 19. WANTED TO BUY WANTED — ILLUSTRATED SONG SLIDES. Collector wants early pop., comic, sentimental titles. Will buy small or large lots. JOHN RIPLEY, 2400 Crestview, Topeka, Kans. POSITIONS WANTED MANAGER— CAPABLE, EXPERIENCED, FAMily man, age 38. Now assistant general manager small circuit. Consider anywhere. Pleasant working conditions. Prefer South. BOX 2892, MOTTON PICTURE HERALD. HELP WANTED SALESMEN— AGENTS MAKE EXTRA MONEY— sell nationally advertised automatic Sno-Ball Sno-Cone machines on easy terms. SNO-MASTER MFG. CO., 124 Hopkins PI., Baltimore 1, Md. THEATRES THEATRE, GROSSING $20,000 ANNUALLY, ONLY theatre in trade area of 7,500, Western Kansas. Built new from the ground up in 1948. Modern and immaculate in every way; wonderful opportunity for couple, quick pay out assured. Information and free photos mailed, no obligation whatsoever on your part. C-5691 CONTINENTAL. 804 Grand, Kansas Oty, Mo. STUDIO EQUIPMENT MICRORECORD 16/35MM AUTOMATIC PROCessing outfits, demonstrators, $136.95; Auricon 16mm Recorder $295; Neumade Editing Tables with worklight $58 value, $33.95; Moviola 35mm composite sound/ picture $495; Bardwell McAlister studio floodlites, 3 heads on rolling stand hold 12 bulbs, $180 value, $29.50; Quadlite Heads only $4.95; Stands only $19.95; 10' Title Animation Stand, motorized zoom, stop motion, $2,500 value, $975. S. O. S. CINEMA SUPPLY CORP., 602 W. 52nd St., New York 19. USED EQUIPMENT EXCELLENT COATED PROJECTION LENSES— many brand new! Wollensak “Sunray” Series I: 2", 3", PA", m", 5", 5'A", 554", 6", 7W $35.00 pair. Super Snaplite fl. 9— 2"-254" $170.00 pr. ; Superbte 2)4"-3"-354" $150.00 pr.; Superlite 354" $90.00 pi. Trades Taken. Wire or telephone order today. S. O. S. aNEMA SUPPLY CORPORATION, 602 W. 52nd Street, New York 19. PAIR DEVRY 12,000 PROJECTORS, 70 AMPERE lamphouses, rectifiers, etc., excellent, $1,495; E7 mechanisms, excellent, $475 pair; Magnarc lamphouses, late type $475 pair; Strong Ikw lamphouses and rectifiers $475 complete; bargains on new and used lenses. What do you need? STAR aNEMA SUPPLY. 621 W. 55th St., New York 19. BOOKS RICHARDSON’S BLUEBOOK 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 lx>und, $7.25 postpaid. QUIGLEY BOOKSIIOP, 1270 Sixth Avenue, New York 20, N. Y. NEW — FOR THEATRE MANAGERS — “THE Master Guide to Theatre Maintenance,” compiled from authorities, handy for reference with hard covers ana index. Chapters on maintenance of building and furnishings, on air conditioning, projection, sound, exploitation devices, all written in non-technical language especially for theatre owners, managers and staffs. Indexed for ready reference. Send $5.00 today to QUIGLEY BOOKSHOP, 1270 Sixth Avenue, New York 20, N. Y. MOTION PICTURE ALMANAC — the big book about your business — 1956 edition. Contains over 12,000 biographies of important motion picture personalities. A.lso 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. SERVICES THEATRE BLOWUPS BEST OUALITY SERVice. STITES PORTRAIT COMPANY, Shelbyville, Ind. BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES NO TELEVISION, TOWN 10,000 PEOPLE. MODern. CinemaScope, building, equipment, netting $22,000. Will pay out four years. $50,000 down. Brochure. P. McADAM, Livingston, Mont. Etl Mfotvden Dies at 67 Edward C. Dowden, 67, public relations director of Loew’s Theatres, Inc., died January 1 at his home in Garden City, Long Island, N. Y. Mr. Dowden had been with Loew’s Theatres for 27 years. Born in Brooklyn, he was first a newspaperman for the Brooklyn Citizen and later for the Standard Union. While with L o e w’ s Theatres, Inc., he handled publicity for Loew’s .Metropolitan theatre in Brooklyn, and for many years was assistant to Oscar A. Doob, and later Ernest Emerling, national publicity and advertising director of Loew’s Theatres. During World War II he was chairman of the Special Events Committee of the Motion Picture Industry’s War Activities Committee. He was active in various charitable and philanthropic activitieSu Mr. Dowden was also a member of the Silurians, a society of New York newspapermen. He is survived by his widow, Mary Theresa Dowden, their son, Marriott T. and daughter Elizabeth, and Edward C. Dowden, Jr. and Mrs. Julia A. Kepner, children of his first wife, who died in 1928, and four grandchildren. Edward F. Swanson Edward F. Swanson, 67, manager of the municipally-owned Auditorium theatre. Red Wing, Minn., died in that community December 26. At one time he was in vaudeville, and was a former member of the West Point military band, John Philip Sousa’s band and Paul Whiteman’s orchestra. Later he managed the Pantages theatre in Minneapolis. Surviving are his wife, a daughter, a brother and two sisters. Robert O. Schoham Dies HAVANA : Robert O. Schoham, manager of MGM of Cuba, died in Havana December 29. He joined the MGM organization in 1928 and became manager in Finland in 1932. Since then he served in numerous manager posts, including Belgium, Sweden and Puerto Rico. Robert D. Fairbanks WELLESLEY HILLS, MASS.: Robert D. Fairbanks, veteran Altec Service field engineer, died at his home here December 25. Mr. Fairbanks, associated with ERPI, predecessor of Altec, was engaged in theatre sound service activities for many years, ^lore recently, he had been a member of Altec’s New York headquarters engineering staff. He is survived by his wife. New Ticket Tax Approved by Connecticut Legislature HARTFORD : The Connecticut legislature has approved a tax increase measure primarily designed to raise flood-recovery funds. The amusement tax, effective February 1, is going up 25 cents to eight dollars a day for nine months, depending on the seating capacities of the theatres. Those with less than 500 seats will pay only 25 cents more daily, while those from 500 to 749 will pay $1 more per day. The tax is graduated up to $8 for those theatres with seating capacities of more than 2,500. 36 MOTION PICTURE HERALD, JANUARY 7, 1956