Showmen's Trade Review (Jan-Mar 1944)

52 SHOWMEN'S TRADE REVIEW March 25, 1944 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING Ten cents per word (10 words minimum). No cuts or borders. No charge for name and address. 5 insertions for the price of 3. Money order or check with copy. Ads will appear as soon as received unless otherwise insrructed. Address: Classified Dept., SHOWMEN'S TRADE REVIEW, 1501 Broadway, New York 18, N. Y. BOOKS STUDIO EQUIPMENT CAMERON'S LATEST "MAINTENANCE GUIDES COVERING Sound Picture Equipment," 4 Books to this set, all for $3.50; "Projectionists Guide Servicing Sound," $8.50; "Motion Picture Projection," $8.50. Abeles Advertising Service, 453 W. 42nd St., New York 18, N. Y. EQUIPMENT WANTED WANTED — PIPE ORGAN in fair condition. State make, stops, etc. St. Stanislaus Church, 118 N. Market St., Summit Hill, Pa. POPCORN MACHINES WANTED. Latest and largest Manley Burch, regular or counter models. Give full information. El Reno Theatres. El Reno, Oklahoma. WANTED — any kind old obsolete 35mm. Motion Picture Machine. Earle, 1130 Premont, Pontiac, Michigan. EQUIPMENT WANTED GET RID OF IT NOW— I'LL PAY CASH — Arcs, Rectifiers, Lenses, Projectors, Portables, Motors, etc. Give age, condition, first letter. Box 643, c/o Showmen's Trade Review, 1501 Broadway, New York 18, N. Y. LOOKING FOR SOUND PORTABLE PROJECTORS 16MM OR 35MM — Highest prices paid. Box 644, c/o Showmen's Trade Review, 1501 Broadway, New York 18, N. Y. HELP WANTED PROJECTIONIST for permanent, pleasant reasonable hours position. Ideal small town (near Toledo) affiliation for co-operative party. State qualification, plus salary. Town Theatre, Whitehouse, Ohio. WANTED ASSISTANT HOUSE MANAGER. Permanent position with excellent future. State age, experience, references, salary expected and draft status. Reply to Columbia Amusement Company, Arcade Theatre Bldg., Paducah, Ky. WANTED INTELLIGENT, EXPERIENCED MOTION Picture Operator with personality and appearance suitable to be eventually promoted to house managership. Give full details in your letter, stating age, experience, references, salary expected and draft status. Reply to Columbia Amusement Company, Arcade Theatre Bldg., Paducah, Ky. NEW EQUIPMENT RED COMET GRENADE EXTINGUISHERS, standard size, $2.95; senior, $4.35; Automatic Rewind Cutoff switches, $11.25; Simplex SI Mechanisms with changeovers, front-rear shutters, $565.00; Box Office Admission Signs with 50 changeable letters, $6.45 ; Soundscreens, Crystal Beaded, 39^zC sq. ft.; Flextone Washable, 30 ^4c sq. ft.; Rear Shutters for Simplex, $77.50; Lobby Pickup Pans with toy brooms, $1.59; Baby Spots, $6.95; Box Office Chairs, $6.50; Collapsible 38" x 48" Beaded Screens, $11.50; Suprex Carbon Savers, 98c. Send for Spring Bargain Bulletin. S.O.S. Cinema Supply Corp., 449 W. 42 St., New York 18, N. Y. SIGN LETTERING SIGN PAINTING. Easy way to paint signs. Use letter patterns. Avoid sloppy work — wasted time. No experience needed for expert work. Write for free samples. John Rahn, N1329 Central Ave., Chicago 51, Illinois. SITUATION WANTED THEATRE MANAGER desires change, can buy and book pictures, draft exempt, would buy theatre. Box 641, c/o Showmen's Trade Review, 1501 Broadway, New York 18, N. Y. SOUND EQUIPMENT OPERADIO 30 WATT OUTPUT AMPLIFIER, TWO 12" PM Speakers, Double microphone and one phonograph input; all in one case, $165.00; Rebuilt Soundfilm late model Amplifiers, $88.50; Astatic Floor Stand Microphones, $40.60; Simplex 2000' Semi-Professional 1000 Watt Sound Projectors, as is $325.00; other makes $99.50 up; Plenty 16mm Sound Projectors; Used Soundheads, $9.95 up; Used Amplifiers, $12.95 up; Western Electric 555 Receivers, $17.95; Send for lists. S.O.S. Cinema Supply Corp., 449 W. 42 St., New York 18, N. Y. 5000 WATT SUNSPOTS WITH TRIPOD Stand on Casters, fresnel lens, cable, switch and bipost lamp, $16500; Klieglight 2000 Watt Beam Projectors, $66.00; Mitchell Camera Motors, $49.50; RCA 16mm Single System Sound Recording Cameras, with 3 lenses, $625.00; with one lens, $395.00; 35/16mm Reduction Printers, Sound, $395.00; Picture, $625.00. Send for Bulletin. S.O.S. Cinema Supply Corp., 449 W. 42 St., New York 18, N. Y. 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— $20.00 in 10,000 lots. Smaller quantities, $2.25 per 1,000. 1-75, 1-100. IMMEDIATE DELIVERY. S. Klous, c/o Showmen's Trade Review, 1501 Broadway, New York City 18, N. Y. THEATRE SEATING 192 AMERICAN HEAVY 7 PLY VENEER BACKS, 5 PLY seats, rebuilt, $4.50; 500 Heywood Wakefield Heavy 5 ply back and seat chairs, reconditioned, $4.50; 607 Heywood late model metal plated Red Velour new fully upholstered backs, newly upholstered leatherette spring edge cushions, aisle lights, beautiful design, rebuilt, $9.50. Wire for list. S.O.S. Cinema Supply Corp., 449 W. 42 St., New York 18, N. Y. WE HAVE THE MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT to do an expert job of rebuilding and reupholstering your chairs. Work done in your theatre. John A. Moran Chair Co., 1001 West Linden St., Scranton, Pa. THEATRES WANTED WANTED TO LEASE THEATRE IN MISSOURI. Must be good location. Mr. N. A. Gaines (Personal), Bloomfield, Mo. WANT LONG LEASE. About 500 seats. West or Pacific Coast. Send details and photo. Anthony Serritella, 1202 West Grand Ave., Chicago 22, 111. WANTED TO LEASE— SMALL TOWN THEATRE by responsible showman. Thirteen years experience. Box 642, Showmen's Trade Review, 1501 Broadway, New York 18, N. Y. USED EQUIPMENT FOR SALE— TWO BURCH POPCORN MACHINES. A-l condition. Write for prices. Cecil R. Atkinson, Star Theatre, Star City, Arkansas. FOR SALE — complete booth equipment. Used Holmes, Simplex, Powers. Transformers, lamps, motors, etc. Holmes Projector Sales Co., 1717 Wyandotte, Kansas City, Mo. BRENKERT DOUBLE EFFECT PROJECTOR, $595.00; Peerless Low Intensity Jaws, positive, $3.95; negative, $2.95; Ashcraft E Suprex Lamphouse, $225.00; Simplex and Powers Parts, usable, 60% off; Rebuilt Typhoon Blower Fans, 40% off; Autocash Coin Changers, 7 racks, take pennies, $29.50; Simplex SI Latest Type Mechanism, rebuilt, $475.00; 20/40 ampere Arc Generators, $57.50; Reflectors, assorted sizes, 50% off; Peerless 8" condenser lenses, $3.95; Kliegl 2000 watt Spotlamp on Casters, $59.50; Simplex Intermittents, $9.95; Motiograph Projector Mechanisms, $95.00. Send for Spring Bargain Bulletin. S.O.S. Cinema Supply Corp., 449 W. 42 St., New York 18, N. Y. DOUBLE SIMPLEX SOUND SYSTEM, 2000' SP Projectors; 4 point Pedestals; 1000 watt lamps; NP5 Simplex Amplifiers; 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. TUCSON RAIDERS (Rep.) Western. Principals: Bill Elliott, George Hayes, Bobby Blake, Alice Fleming, LeRoy Mason. Director, Spencer Bennet. Plot: When the citizens of Painted Valley are unable to rid themselves of the tyranny of their territorial Governor and his unidentified henchmen, they send for a Federal Commissioner to come and help. Everything from stagecoach robbery to murder is committed by the crooks to prevent the arrival of the man, but they're eventually caught, thrown in jail, and the town becomes a peaceful place again. CASANOVA BROWN (RKO) Comedy. Principals: Gary Cooper, Teresa Wright, Frank Morgan, Patricia Collinge, Isabel Elsom. Director, Sam Wood. Plot: A shy, young small-towner returns from a trip to New York with his love affairs terribly involved. While there he had met and married, within three days, the daughter of a very social family. Her parents made it so miserable for them, that he was forced to leave and so went back home. The girl back home, knowing nothing of this, expects to marry him; his wife has a baby and he steals it and then when it looks as though the authorities are about to nab him for kidnapping, he proposes to a chambermaid in the hotel at which he's stopping. SOUTH OF DIXIE (Univ.) Comedy. Principals: David Bruce, Jerome Cowan, Anne Gwynne, Marie Harmon, George Cleveland. Director, Jean Yarbrough. Plot: To prevent their music publishing business from folding, one of the partners dreams up a colorful story of the other man's life and sells it to a motion picture company. He then takes the man through the South, as a publicity stunt. There, as a memlter of an old Southern family, he runs into trouble because of a feud and a southern gal who falls for him. To his surprise when he finally confesses the hoax, the motion picture company still want his story and his girl welcomes him back with open arms. MARRIAGE IS A PRIVATE AFFAIR (MGM) Drama. Principals: Lana Turner, John Hodiak, James Craig, Frances Gifford, Natalie Shafer, Morris Ankrum. Director, Robert Z. Leonard. Plot: The gay, irresponsible daughter of a socially prominent family marries a young Army Air Corps Lieutenant. Her flighty notions of marriage mars their bliss because he, given an Army discharge on account of a vitally important secret job he must do, has to buck down to hard work. When she meets another man and he confesses his love, she decides to get a divorce. She realizes before it's too late, that it is her husband she really loves, so she puts through a long distance call to him in Australia, where he is fighting with his old Air Corps Squadron. TROCADERO (Rep.) Drama. Principals: Rosemary Lane, Johnny Downs, Ralph Morgan, Dick Purcell, Ida James, Marjorie Manners. Director, William Nigh. Plot: The owner of a speakeasy, in prohibition days, loses his business when the law is repealed. This breaks his health, but he rejoices in the fact that he had the foresight to provide for the future of his step-children. After his death, the boy goes to college and the girl and an old friend take over the place. Then, when the boy is finished with his education, he comes back to help turn the place into a swanky nightclub; while the girl marries the orchestra leader.