Showmen's Trade Review (Apr-Jun 1944)

32 SHOWMEN'S TRADE REVIEW April 8, 1944 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING Ten cents per word (10 words minimum). No cuts or borders. No charge for name and address. 5 insertionj 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., 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. 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 PROJECTORS 16MM OR 35MM — Highest prices paid. Box 644, c/o Showmen's Trade Review, 1501 Broadway, New York 18, N. Y. LOOKING FOR GOOD 35MM SOF. Send for big free hst. We buy films and trade. U. S. Film Service, Box 117, Passaic, N. J. 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 ; Soundscreens, Crystal Beaded, 39 ^c sq. ft.; Flextone Washable, 30^c 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 SI, 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. STUDIO EQUIPMENT 5000 WATT SUNSPOTS WITH TRIPOD Stand on Casters, fresnel lens, cable, switch and bipost lamp, $16500; Khegiight 2000 Watt Beam Projectors, $66.00; IVIitchell Camera Motors, $49.50; RCA 16mm Smgle System Sound Recording Cameras, with 3 lenses, $625.00; with one lens, $395.00; 35/ 16mm Reduction Printers, Sound, $395.00; Picture, $525.00. 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 hst. S.O.S. Cinema Supply Corp., 449 W. 42 St., 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, Shovraien's Trade Review, 1501 Broadway, New York 18, N. Y, CASH FOR PAYING THEATRE— 500-1200 seats, any state considered. Write details. D. J. Byrnes, 1675 Roxbury Road, Columbus, O. WANTED— TO LEASE OR BUY Theatre. Washington-Oregon preferred. Write Ray Peacock, Fairbanks, Alaska. 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; NPS 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 3SMM SOUND PROJECTORS 2000 foot magazines, portable & semi-portable. Stinson, 521 S. Lombard. Oak Park. 111. GHOST CATCHERS (Univ.) Comedy. Principals: Olsen & Johnson, Walter Catlett, Martha O'Driscoll, Gloria Jean, Kirby Grant, Leo Carrillo, Lon Chaney. Director, Edward F. Cline. Principals: Olsen & Johnson run a night club next door to an ancient brownstone front house in New York. When new tenants move into the place and ghosts appear, they seek the help of Olsen & Johnson. Much excitement reigns between the ghostly maneuverings and the entertainment going on at the Cliib, but Olsen & Johnson take care of everything in their own way. SHAKE HANDS WITH MURDER (PRC) Mystery. Principals: Iris Adrian, Frank Jenks, Douglas Fowley. Director, Albert Herman. Plot: A girl bail bond broker goes after a released prisoner in order to save her firm from bankruptcy. She finds him at a mountain lodge, where he convinces her of his innocence and she agrees to help him find the man who framed him. They unravel the mystery, send for witnesses and prove the man's innocence by having the real culprit convict himself. SENSATIONS OF 1944 (UA) ComedyWith-Music. Principals: Eleanor Powell, Dennis O'Keefe, Mimi Forsythe, Eugene Pallette, Woody Herman and His Orchestra. Director, Andrew Stone. Plot: The son of a press agent hangs around to watch a young dancer handle his father's business. She puts all the clients to work with novel stunts and new ideas and also pitches in by doing her act with the "Circus in the Sky" night club she develops atop a New York skyscraper. Everything turns out okay, every new and old client has a job — and the son and the dancer end up by seeing eye-to-eye. HEAVENLY DAYS (RKO) Comedy. Principals: Jim Jordan, Marian Jordan, Eugene Pallette, Gordon Oliver, Raymond Walburn. Director, Howard Estabrook. Plot: As mister average man. Fibber and Molly go to Washington to help Alolly's cousin with his postwar planning. There Fibber gets into trouble when he violates the rules of visitors and attempts to address the Senate. After that incident Mr. and Mrs. McGee go back to Wistful Vista, where Fibber is presented with a silver cup as the average man — which he resentfully throws away because he's above the average. But when election time comes he retrieves it — he IS mister average citizen — he forgot to register. WING AND A PRAYER (20th-Fox) Drama. Principals: Don Ameche, Dana An-! drews, William Eythe, Charles Bickford.j Director, Henry Hathaway. Plot: An air-| craft carrier put out to sea three months after! Pearl Harbor. The men aboard are some-f what depressed by her presumably aimless wanderings. When the order to attack is finally given they realize that all this has^ been done to deceive the Japs. The Battle of Midway takes place. Our country achieves one of her greatest victories, though at ai great cost to men and planes. The Carrier is damaged and after being patched up, sails oft to receive orders for the future battle. THIRTY SECONDS OVER TOKYO; (MGM) Drama. Principles: Van Johnson,' Robert Walker, Phyllis Thaxter, Tim Mur-l dock. Director, Mervyn LeRoy. Plot: This is the personal story of a young Air Force' Captain, taken from the pages of his thrilling! book of the same name. It tells about the[ men who dropped the first bombs over Japan.! But more thrilling than the courage and! bravery displayed, is the simple, human, love' of the Captain and his wife and their unborn child.