Showmen's Trade Review (Apr-Jun 1944)

36 SHOWMEN'S TRADE REVIEW April 1, 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 instructed. Address: Classified Dept., SHOWMEN'S TRADE REVIEW, 1501 Broadway, New York 18, N. Y. BOOKS 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., Nev» 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 Pic ture Machine. Earle, 1130 Premont, Pontiac, Michigan GET RID OF IT NOW— I'LL PAY CASH — Arcs Rectifiers, Lenses, Projectors, Portables, Motors, etc Give age, condition, first letter. Box 643, Showmen's Trade Review, 1501 Broadway, New York 18, N. Y LOOKING FOR SOUND PORTABLE PROJEC TORS 16MM OR 35MM — Highest prices paid. Boj 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. OPERATOR WANTED. Two shows a night, no Sunday work. Salary $35.00 average about 22 hours a week. Write Mrs. Ruth Ponton, Dillwyn Theatre, Dillwyn, Va. 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 ; Soundscreeus, Crystal Beaded, 39i4c sq. ft.; Flextone Washable, iOVzC 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 39" 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 exenipt, 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-Pro fessional 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. STUDIO EQUIPMENT 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. THEATRE FOR SALE AFRAID OF COMPETITION? Don't answer this ad. 575 seat house in California. New three years ago. A money maker. Death in family. Sacrifice. Box 645, Showmen's Trade Review, 1501 Broadway, New York 18, N. Y. THEATRES WANTED 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 — 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. DEVRY 35MM SOUND PROJECTORS 2000 foot magazines, portable & semi-portable. Stinson, 521 S. Lombard. Oak Park, 111. NATIONAL VELVET (Tceh.) (MGM) Drama. Principals: Mickey Rooney, Donald Crisp, Elizabeth Taylor, Jackie Jenkins, Anne Revere. Director, Clarence Brown. Plot: A waif and the young daughter of the people with whom he lives, become interested in a horse belonging to a farmer living in their quiet English village. The girl wins the animal, so they prepare to enter him in the Grand National. Though the horse wins the race, the second horse gets the honors because the horse was ridden by the girl disguised as a boy. But the children are happy in the thought that the horse has what it takes to make a champion. SWEET AND LOW-DOWN (Fox) DramaWith-Music. Principals: Benny Goodman, Lynn Bari, Jack Oakie, Linda Darnell, Allyn Joslyn, James Cardwell. Director, Archie Mayo. Plot: Benny Goodman finds a trombone player in a tenement house in the district where he grew up. He gives him a job with his band, but the boy turns so cocky, that he ends up by forming a band of his own and taking all of Goodman's men with him. Their success is very short-lived, so they all return to Goodman, happy to admit tiiat there is only one Goodman. It takes a little longer for the trombone player to give in, but he does it eventually. CALL OF THE SOUTH SEAS (Rep.) Drama. Principals: Janet Martin, Allan Lane, Roy Barcroft, William Henry, Adele Mara. Director, Jack English. Plot: A fugitive from American justice makes himself head of a small French-owned Pacific island. There beneath a veneer of good will, he and his henchmen victimize the natives. A new arrival, who fled the U. S. as an embezzler gets a job with this man. Then an F.B.I, man arrives and it eventually turns out that the embezzler and he are working together to trap the fugitive. MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS (Tech.) (MGM) Drama. Principals: Judy Garland, Margaret O'Brien, Joan Carroll, Gloria de Haven, Mary Astor, Tom Drake, Leon Ames. Director, Vincente Minnelli. Plot: This is about a likable, middle-class American family living in St. Louis. There are five children with their pranks and their love affairs — the father and mother with their ambitions for the future of their children — a grandfather with a sense of humor and a maid who is part of all the goings-on. ALLERGIC TO LOVE (Univ.). Principals: Noah Beery, Jr., Martha O'Driscoll, David Bruce, Franklin Pangborn, Maxie Rosenbloom. Director, Edward Lilley. Plot: The ultra smart wedding of a society couple is brought to an abrupt end when the boy and girl elope. Their honeymoon is upset when the wife develops an unexplained allergy which causes them to separate. As long as they are apart, she's okay. Things look pretty bad for them, until the bride accidentally finds the cause of the trouble. When this is cleared up, the happy couple sail for home together. THE KEYS OF THE KINGDOM 20thFox) Drama. Principals: Gregory Peck, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Vincent Price, Roddy McDowall. Director, John Stahl. Plot: Based on the novel of the same name. It portrays the struggles and hardships a young priest doing missionary work in China endured. On his return to Scotland, his superiors wanted him to retire from missionary service, but after reading his memoirs permitted him to continue his work in his own wav.