Motion Picture Herald (Apr-Jun 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 price of three. Contract rates on application. No border or cuts. Forms close Mondays. Publisher reserves 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) THEATRES ACCOUNT ILLNESS. 900 SEAT BEAUTIFUL second run theatre city, 80,000 population. Fine equipment. doing good business. Six thousand cash or terms. Responsible party. Located Atlanta Exchange area. CAPITAL CITY SUPPLY. 161 Walton St. Atlanta, Ga. HELP WANTED WANTED— THEATRE MANAGERS. EXPERI enced. Exploitation-Minded. For key and neighborhood houses. Pittsburgh and surrounding territories. Write in detail to Charles Comar, Personnel Manager, STANLEY WARNER THEATRE, 2217 Clark Building, Pittsburgh, Pa. MANAGER FOR LARGE FIRST-RUN THEATRE, live metropolitan area just outside New York City ; experienced in exploitation and promotion ; aggressive circuit. BOX 2925, MOTION PICTURE HERALD. DRIVE-IN EQUIPMENT CURLEY SPEAKER CORDS, STRETCH 8’. THREE conductors of #22 wire. Government surplus. Case lot of 200 at $100 per case. Samples, $1.00. HARRY BERNS, SO Winder St., Detroit 1, Mich. IN-CAR SPEAKERS $4.25 ! YEAR WARRANTY. 4" unit, steel case painted blue-white. Price per set 2 speakers, junction box, $12.25. S.O.S. CINEMA SUPPLY CORP., 602 W. 52nd St., New York 19. VENTILATING EQUIPMENT PEAT THE HEAT BUT NOT THESE PRICES! Bp llbearinsr Bucketblade Exhaust Fans 12”, $25.50: 16”, $37.50; 18”, $45. Prompt deliveries Blowers and Airwashers. Send for details. S.O.S. CINEMA SUPPLY CORP., 602 W. 52nd St., New York 19. WANTED TO BUY THEATRE CARPET, PAIR 60 AMPERE lamps, changeable letter sign. BOX 395, Rochester, N. Y. NEW EQUIPMENT INTERMITTENT MOVEMENTS— NEW SURPLUS for Simplex $69.50; DeVry $59.50; Holmes $24.50. Automatic enclosed rewinds $69.50. S.O.S. CINEMA SUPPLY CORP., 602 W. 52nd 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 bound, $7.25 postpaid. QUIGLEY BOOKSHOP, 1270 Sixth Avenue, New York 20, N. Y. SAVE MONEY, PREVENT WASTE, PUT THE Master Guide To Theatre Maintenance in the hands of your managers and assistant managers. Costs $5.00 — could save you a thousand times as much. QUIGLEY BOOKSHOP, 1270 Sixth Avenue, New York 20, N. Y. POPCORN WORLD-WIDE HEADQUARTERS FOR POPcorn, popcorn equipment and supplies. POPCORN VILLAGE, Nashville, Tenn., U.S.A. USED EQUIPMENT H.I. LAMPHOUSES GALORE! PEERLESS MAGnarcs, $395 pr. ; Strong Mogul, Brenkert Enarc, Forest U.T., Ashcraft, Ballantyne, $300 — all good condition. Available on Time. S.O.S. CINEMA SUPPLY CORP.. 602 W. 52nd St.. New York 19. EXCELLENT COATED PROJECTION LENSES— many brand new ! Wollensak, “Sunray” Series I. 2", 3", 3y2", 3%", 5", 5%", 6", 7%", $35.00 pair. Superlite Series III "C” coated 2%", 3”, 3L4", $150 pr. Others available, tell us your needs. Trades Taken. Wire or telephone order today. S.O.S. CINEMA SUPPLY CORP., 602 W. 52nd St., New York 19. SAVINGS GALORE AT STAR! HERTNER 70/140 generator, reconditioned, $595 ; magnarc lamphouses, rebuilt like new, $515; Series I lenses, 4", only $9.50 pair ; thousands of other tremendous bargains ; what do you need? STAR CINEMA SUPPLY, 621 W. 55th St., New York 19. STUDIO EQUIPMENT HALLEN SYNCHRONOUS 17V2MM RECORDER. B22, value $1950, excellent $495 ; Neumade RK-102 Film Racks, hold 102, 1000' reels, originally $165. new $87.50 ; Arriflex II 35mm camera complete, $2000 value, $1195; Arriflex Cinekad Blimp, w/follow focus, $995 ; Amer. Cinematographers Handbook, Vz price, $2.50; Bridgamatic Jr. 16mm Automatic Processor, $1500 value, $975 ; Maurer 16 Camera, lens, 2 magazines, synemotor, 12V motor w/battery, all cases, complete $2395 ; Moviola 35mm composite sound/picture, $495. S.O.S. CINEMA SUPPLY CORP., 602 W. 52nd St., New York 19. Arthur Dent Dies at 69 LONDON : Maurice Arthur Dent, 69, one of the true motion picture pioneers of Great Britain, died here at his home Monday night following a heart attack. Mr. Dent introduced the late John Maxwell, father of the present Associated British Picture Corporation, to the industry and assisted in the production of Alfred Hitchcock’s “Blackmail,” acclaimed as one of the first great talkies. After studying for the ministry, Mr. Dent became an actor and in 1914 distribution manager in Scotland for Famous Players Feature Film Company. In 1919 he became managing director of Waverly Films, Ltd., and later founder-director of Associated British Picture Corporation, and managing director of Wardour Films, Ltd. Mr. Dent also was one of the founders of the Scottish Cinema Trade Benevolent Fund, the Cinema Club of Glasgow, and served as chaplain of Ainima Lodge of Scotland He was a vice-president of the Kinematograph Renters Society, resigning in 1943. He later became managing director of Advance Films, producing organization, and Adelphi Films. Boris Vermont Dies ; Famed Documentarian Boris Vermont, 53, well-known motion picture documentarian, died June 25 at Mount Sinai Hospital following a brief illness. At the time of his death, Mr. Vermont was chief of the department handling foreign versions for 20th CenturyFox. It was his responsibility to translate American films into the versions seen in many foreign countries. He was once an independent film producer in Europe with headquarters in Paris and was also for a time a producer of documentary films. As an independent producer, he also created the first anti-Nazi film, ‘YThe World in Arms,” in 1937. He came to the United States in 1942. In October, 1947, he joined 20th Century-Fox’s International Corporation headed by Murray Silverstone. He received an Oscar in 1952 for his film on Vermeer, “The Light in the Window.” He is survived by his wife, Mildred, a son, Peter, and a brother, Alberto. Manning J. Glick, 68 CLEVELAND: Manning J. Glick, 68, veteran film salesman, died here June 23. Prior to his death he had been for more than ten years a member of the 20th-Fox sales personnel, and prior to that had been with Columbia sales. In the film industry 40 years, Mr. Glick at one time owned theatres in Dennison and Ulrichsville, Ohio. He leaves a wife, son and brother. David S. Nelson David S. Nelson, 64, proprietor of the State theatre in O’Fallon, Illinois, died of a heart attack at his home June 22. He was a former manager of the Wellston, McNair and Maplewood theatres in Missouri. Surviving are his widow, his mother and a brother. Cinerama Theatre Opens in Venezuela Harry M. Kalmine, vice-president and general manager of Stanley Warner Corporation, has announced the signing of a contract for the opening of the first Cinerama theatre in the Spanish-speaking world, the Teatro Del Este in Caracas, Venezuela. The Spanish-speaking world premiere, with “This Is Cinerama” as the opening presentation, will take place September 13 and will be attended by an elite audience of the top Latin American figures in politics, industry and finance. 38 MOTION PICTURE HERALD, JUNE 30, 1956