Showmen's Trade Review (Jan-Mar 1944)

48 SHOWMEN'S TRADE REVIEW February 19, 1944 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING Ten cents per word (10 words minimum). No cuts or borders. No charge for name and address. 5 insertions for the ptice of 3. Money order or check with copy. Ads will appear as soon as received unless otherwise instructed. Address: Classified Dept., SHOWMEN'S TRADE REVIEW, 1501 Broadway, New York 18, N. Y. EQUIPMENT WANTED WHAT YOU GOT— I'LL TAKE — AND PAY CASH — Arcs, Rectifiers, Lenses, Projectors, Motors, etc. Give age, condition, first letter. Box 638, c/o Showmen's Trade Review, 1501 Broadway, New York 18, N. Y. POP CORN MACHINES WANTED. All electric French Fry type. Highest cash price. Furnish full description and quantity available. Hundred machines for sale, all makes. Krispy Kist Korn Co., 120 S. Halsted, Chicago 6, 111. LOOKING FOR SOUND PORTABLE PROJECTORS— 16MM or 35MM — Highest prices paid. Box 639, c/o Showmen's Trade Review, 1501 Broadway, New York 18, N. Y. NEW EQUIPMENT CLOSING OUT BOX-OFFICE HEATERS, $6.95; Rear shutters for Simplex, $77.50; Box-office reports, 18c pad; Latest electrolux vacuum cleaners, complete $85.00; Aluminum foil snipes, $1.00 dozen; Lobby pickup pans with toy brooms, $1.59; Baby spots, $6.95; Box-office chairs, $6.50; Collapsible 36" x 48" beaded screens, $11.50; Rectifier bulbs, 15 ampere gordos, $6.95; Six ampere Westinghouse, $3.95; Fine quality leatherette — 50 yard rolls — $1.41 yd.; Suprex carbon savers, 98c; Vocochrome snowhite soundscreens, 23 YiC sq. ft.; Flextone washable, 30j4c; Crystal beaded, 39J/-C. Winter bargain bulletin ready. S.O.S. Cinema Supply Corp., 449 West 42nd St., New York City 18, N. Y. SCREEN RENOVATING PREDDEY SCREEN COATING easily applied by brush to old or soiled screens making them like new. Gallon can covering average screen $8.00 with instructions. Proven. Reliable. Preddey Theatre Supplies, 188 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco 2, Calif. SITUATION WANTED MANAGER AND PUBLICIST— 20 years' major circuit experience. Thorough knowledge all phases theatre operation, advertising and exploitation. Age 39, draft exempt. Box 637, Showmen's Trade Review, 1501 Broadway, New York City 18, N. Y. SOUND EQUIPMENT STILL SOME LEFT— INDUCTEE SOLD OUT— public address amplifiers, microphones, speakers, baffles, at knockdown prices. Send for bulletin Rem-8. S.O.S. Cinema Supply Corp., 449 West 42nd St., New York City 18, N. Y. SIMPLEX 2000' semi-professional 1000 watt sound projectors, as is $325.00; other makes $99.50 up; Plenty 16mm Sound Projectors, Bell & Howell, Victor, RCA, Universal; RCA Rack Panel PA83 Amplifiers, $35.00; Jensen 14" Superspeakers, reconditioned $39.50; Soundheads, $9.95 up; amplifiers, $4.95 up; New RCA Multicellular Horns, $79.50; Western Electric 555 Receivers, $17.95; new Portable Screens, $7.95 up. Send for lists. S.O.S. Cinema Supply Corp., 449 West 42nd St., New York 18, N. Y. FACTORY REBUILT — Late model "Soundmaster" sound heads with rotary scanning, gyrofilter, direct connected motor, modern up-to-date amplifiers and speaker systems. BALLANTYNE CO., 222 N. 16th, Omaha 2, Nebr. STUDIO EQUIPMENT 35/16mm REDUCTION PRINTERS, sound $475.00; Picture $675.00; 35mm Film Phonograph, $375.00; Studio Glowlamp Recorder, 35mm, complete $555.00; Hollywood 16mm Recorder with Berndt-Maurer type Galvanometer complete, $795.00; Blue Seal 3 element Glowlamps, $22.75. Send for Studio and Laboratory Equipment listings. S.O.S. Cinema Supply Corp., 449 West 42nd St., New York City 18, N. Y. THEATRE FOR LEASE FOR LEASE 600 SEAT THEATRE, college town, 5000 population, central West Virginia. Harry M. Hymes, Grand Opera House, Buckhannon, W. Va. THEATRE GAMES CONTROLLED BINGO GAME— die cut— 12 ways to win, $3.50 a thousand. 16 or 70 ways to win, two colors, $4.00 a thousand. Box 581, c/o Showmen's Trade Review, 1501 Broadway, New York 18, N. Y. DIE CUT BINGO CARDS— $2.00 per 1000. 1-75, 1-100. Immediate delivery. S. Klous, c/o Showmen's Trade Review, 1501 Broadway, New York 18, N. Y. THEATRE SEATING 140 GRAND RAPIDS VENEER CHAIRS, reconditioned, $2.50; 360 Heywood-Wakefield, as is, $3.50; 250 American Veneers, rebuilt, $3.75; 1107 Heywood late model metal plated Red Velour new fully upholstered backs, newly upholstered leatherette spring edge cushions, aisle lights, beautiful design, rebuilt, $8.75. Wire for list. S. O. S. Cinema Supply Corp., 449 West 42nd St., New York City 18, N. Y. THEATRES WANTED MODERN, FULLY EQUIPPED, PAYING THEATRE in town from 1500 to 5000 population. Write complete details. Geo. L. Painter, 620 Lawrence St., Lake Charles, La. THEATRE WANTED. Have the cash to buy theatre or theatres in town over ten thousand. Correspondence confidential. Box 635, Showmen's Trade Review, 1501 Broadway, New York 18, N. Y. USED EQUIPMENT 100 Ft. 35/mm DeVry camera excellent condition. 2" F-35 lens— $85.00. J. E. Richardson, P. O. Box 686, Ponca City, Oklahoma. STAGE SETTING FOR 12' x 30' PROSCENIUM, $52.50; Ticket Chopper, $19.50; Simplex SI Latest Type Mechanism, rebuilt, $475.00; Brandt Jr. Coin Changers, $119.50; Payroll type, $95.00; 20/40 ampere Arc Generators, $57.50; Twin 50 ampere Suprex Rectifiers, rebuilt, $297.50; Single 45 ampere, $112.50; Electric Household Range, 4 Plates, white enamel, shopworn, $67.50; Reflectors, assorted sizes, 50% off; Peerless 8" condenser lenses, $3.95 ; Thirty Ampere Rectifiers with tubes, $99.50; Kliegl 2000 watt Spotlamp on Casters, $59.50; Simplex Intermittents, $9.95; Motiograph Projector Mechanisms, $95.00; Send for Winter Bargain Bulletin. S. O. S. Cinema Supply Corp., 449 West 42nd St., New York City 18, N. Y. DOUBLE SIMPLEX SOUND SYSTEM, 2000' SP Projectors; 4 point Pedestals; 1000 watt lamps; NP5 Simplex Amplifier; Loudspeaker and cables. Suitable for small house. Cases scuffed; need slight repairs. Entire outfit $750.00. M. S. England, 85 Van Braam St., Pittsburgh, Pa. ENCYCLOPEDIA EXPLOITATION THE BOOK of SHOWMANSHIP POPULAR PRICED EDITION ONLY $1.95 POSTPAID Cash With Order, Please; No C.O.D. SHOWMEN'S TRADE REVIEW 1501 Broadway, New York 18, N. Y. (Continued from Page 44) COWBOY AND THE SENORITA (Rep.) Western. Principals: Roy Rogers, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Dale Evans, Mary Lee, John Hubbard. Director, Joe Kane. Plot: Two prospectors are accused of kidnapping a young girl when they're found with her bracelet in their possession. They escape and locate the girl who returns with them to help her protect her gold mine. The man engaged to the youngster's cousin is trying to steal the mine from her and that's why she ran away. With the help of the Sons of the Pioneers, the two prospectors catch the crooks and expose the fiance. SONORA STAGECOACH (Mono.) Western. Principals: Hoot Gibson, Bob Steele, Chief Thundercloud, Rocky Camron, Bettv Miles. Director, Robert Tansey. Plot: The Trail Blazers are sent to take a prisoner from a neighboring town to Sonora to stand trial. The men guilty of the crime this man is being held for try to kill him on the way. But the boys make arrangements to catch the real culprits by following the stagecoach. In this way the Trail Blazers get the gang and a confession — -and clear an innocent man's name. KISMET (MGM) Drama. Principals: Ronald Colman, Marlene Dietrich, James Craig, Edward Arnold, Joy Page. Director, William Dieterle. Plot: A magician, beggar and clever rascal in old Bagdad skillfully maneuvers his daughter into marriage with a young prince. He gains an important position in a distant land for himself and wins a gorgeous wife in the bargain. He attains all this through conjuring humorous lies and reckless thievery with the help of two comical stooges. THE SCARLET CLAW (Univ.) Mystery. Principals: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Paul Cavanaugh, Gertrude Astor. Director, Roy William Neill. Plot: The famous sleuth, vacationing in Canada is called in to help solve several murders believed to have been caused by a legendary monster who is terrorizing the countryside again. While searching for the monster he narrowly escapes death on the fog-shrouded marshes. By working out a clever trap, Holmes captures the beast and surprises everyone when he reveals the true identity of the killer. MARINE RAIDERS (RKO) Drama. Principals: Pat O'Brien, Robert Ryan, Ruth Hussey, Frank McHugh, Barton MacLane. Director, Harold Schuster. Plot: A Major and his Marine Raiders stop the Japs one of those days on 'Canal. It's a tremendous fight and he ends up with a bomb splinter in his leg. Shipped to Australia he meets and is about to marry a member of the Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force, when he's shipped home. Here he's put to work training marines through every phase of combat, then back to Australia with the troops. He marries the girl when he gets there, just before he leaves on an "expendable" mission. LADY IN THE DEATH HOUSE (PRC) Drama. Principals: Jean Parker, Lionel Atwill, Marcia Mae Jones, Douglas Fowley, Robert Middlemas, Joe Devlin. Director, Steve Sekely. Plot: A young scientist takes a job as an executioner because he believes life can be restored after death. In this position he is able to help his fiancee when she is sentenced to die for the killing of a man found dead in her apartment. By locking himself in the room with the panel board of switches he stops her execution until a friend brings in the real killer.