Showmen's Trade Review (Oct-Dec 1944)

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SHORTS BOOKING GUIDE 1944-45 PRODUCTS Running Reviewed Time Issue Of 20th CENTURY-FOX TERRYTOONS (Cont.) 5507 Gandy'> Dream Girl <T«ch.) 5508 0«ar Old Switzerland (Tech.) SPORTS REVIEWS 5351 Blue Grass Gentlemen (Tech.) 5352 Trolling For Strikes (Tech.) SPECIAL 5601 Three Sisters of the 20 Moors UNITED ARTISTS 1944-45 DAFFV-DITTYS Cross-Eyed Bull V.-ry Good (0 ..II' 4 44 UNIVERSAL NAME BAND ML'SICALS 9122 Harmony Highway (5 9123 On the Mellow Side 15 9121 Swingtime Holiday 15 SWING SYMPHONIES 9231 Aboil Ben Boogie Fair 7 . .11/ 4,44 TECHNICOLOR CARTUNES 9232 Beach Nut. The 7 9233 Ski For Two 7 SPECIAL FEATURETTES 9112 Lili Marlene 21 PERSON ODDITIES 9371 Idol of the Crowd Interesting .... 9 ..11/4/44 VARIETY VIEWS 9351 From Spruce to Bomber 9 9352 Dogs for Show . . 9 SERIALS 9781 Raiders of Ghost City 13 Chaps. 8/12/44 9681 Mystery of River Boat 13 Chaps. 9581 Jungle Queen 13 Chaps. 9881 Master Key 13 Chaps. VITAPHONE-WARNER BROS. VITAPHONE VARIETIES 1401 Their Dizzy Day Very Good ID .. 9'23'44 1402 Ski Whizz First Rate ID .11/ 4 44 1403 Outdoor Living BLUE RIBBON HIT PARADE 1304 I Love to Singa 1301 Let It Be Me 7 1305 Plenty of Money and You 1302 September In the Rain 7 1303 Sunday Go to Meeting Time 7 MELODY MASTERS 1601 Bob Wills &. His Texas Playboys Good 10 ..11/4/44 1602 Listen to the Bands 10 1603 Harry Owens &. His Royal Hawaiians 1604 Sonny Dunham & His Orch 1605 Jammin' the Blues TECHNICOLOR SPECIALS 1001 Let's Go Fishing Nice Catch . . 20 .11/4/44 FEATURETTES 1 101 I Am An American 20 1102 Proudly We Serve 20 1103 Once Over Lightly 20 1104 I Won't Play 1105 Nautical But Nice ADVANCE DOPE i L ontiinicd jroin Fagc 33) Brad Taylor. Director, Joseph Santley. Plot: I'lie .vtory of a young girl who made good and tlien came hack to help a good-natured waiter wlio helped her — and a young songwriter who didn't know who she was. The .girl agrees to play the lead, the waiter's play i.^ accepted and tlie songwriter's songs ele\atcd to fame. DUFFY'S TAVERN (Para.) Comedy. Principals: Ed Gardner, Charlie Cantor, Barry .Sullivan, Victor Moore. Marjorie Reynolds. Director, Hal Walker. Plot: Duffy is away and Archie has charge of Duffy's Tavern. He feeds fourteen ex-service men on credit, and gets himself into a jam. Archie's problem is to get work for the boys at a phonograph factor^', closed because of a shellac shortage. With the law on his neck, Archie finally gets a group of Hollywood stars, in New York on a war bond tour, to appear at a block party benefit, but not before he is mistaken for a burglar in the hotel where the stars are staying, not before he falls in love and loses the girl, and not before he gets in and out of various and sundry situations. CLASSIFIED 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. Address: Classified Dept., SHOWMEN'S TRADE REVIEW, I. SOI Broadway. New York 18, N. Y. HELP WANTED PROJECTIONIST— Experienced, draft exempt, work six nights, Saturday. Sunday matinees. $32.00 per week. Send references. Wire. Circle Theatre, Circleville, Ohio. MANAGER WANTED — able to operate if necessary. Shows every night with Saturday and Sunday matinees. Permanent position for capable energetic man. J. T. Ghosen, 225 S. Ohio, Sedalia, Mo. PROJECTIONIST WANTED IMMEDIATELY for permanent job. Good salary, good equipment, two matinees per week, good living conditions in good town. Tell all in first letter. No drifters or boozers. Palace Theatre, Lamesa, Texas. WANTED AT ONCE: Manager with some knowledge of projection ; also operators for small towns. Permanent positions with opportunity for advancement to capable and energetic men. State draft status, experience, references, salary expected. Send snapshot if convenient. Boozers, drifters and chasers need not reply. Cherokee Amusements, Inc., Erwin, Tenn. NEW EQUIPMENT 2000' SAFETY STEEL FILM CABINETS, eight section, $23.44, six section, $17.58; Rewinders, set $9.95; Thirty ampere Rectifiers including bulbs, $109.45; Automatic Curtain Machines, $95.60; Steel Curtain Track, ball bearing, $1.80 ft.; Flashlights, $1.39; Nodraft Speaking Tubes, $5.95; Latest 1944 High Intensity Arcs, $350.00; 3/16" Steel Core Curtain Cable, 11c ft.; Rear Shutters for Simplex, $77.50; Rechargeable Flashlight Batteries, $2.20; Johnson Coin Changers, $110.00; Chair Aislelites. $2.97; Beaded Soundscreens, 3954c sq. ft.. White, 30^c sq. ft. Send for Fall Bulletin. S.O.S. Cinema Supply Corp., 449 West 42nd St., New York 18, N. Y. 50 WATER COOLERS, 10/15 GAL. PER MINUTE capacity, pressure bubbler tjrpe. Cabinet 40" high, Copeland refrigeration unit, quiet running, cushion mounted, automatic overload. 110 AC; $220.00 while they last. Issue AA5 MRO priority with your order. S.O.S. Cinema Supply Corp., 449 West 42nd St., New York 18, N. Y. BURCH — MANLEY — CRETORS — ADVANCES — All electric french fry types. If you want the very best seasoning for wet poppers, we have all you can use. Immediate shipment. Karmelkorn Equipment, 120 S. Halsted, Chicago 6, 111. 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, 111. SOUND EQUIPMENT NEW VICTOR ANIMATOPHONE 16MM SOUND PROJECTORS, $425.00; Professional two speed Disc Recorder, $345.00; Rebuilt Loudspeakers, $6.75 up; IKW Delco Gasoline Power Plants, llOAC, Army Surplus, $340.00; Heavy 12" PM Speakers, $29.50; Turner Dynamic Microphones, $19.95; Late RCA Sound, Army Surplus — Send for list. S.O.S. Cinema Supply Corp., 449 West 42nd St., New York 18, N. Y. FOR SALE: 2-complete Ultraphone sound systems (amplifier sound heads, horns) Lyle Carisch, Wayzata, Minn. THEATRE GAMES CONTROLLED BINGO GAME — die cut— 12 ways to win. $3.50 a thousand. 16 or 70 ways to ynn, 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 tota. Smaller quantities, $2.25 per 1,000. 1-75, 1-100. Immediate delivery. S. Klous, c/o Showrmen's Trade Review, 1501 Broadway, New York City 18, M. Y. POR YOUR BINGO GAMES. Buy your cards from Js— controlled or uncontrolled, dye cut, play right, priced right — service supreme. Samples on request. Premium Products, 354 W. 44th St., New York 18, n Y THEATRE SEATING 137 STAFFORD HEAVY INSERTED PANEL BACK box spring cushion chairs $7.00, rebuilt, reuphoLtered. Also 200 all veneer chairs, fair condition. Lockie's Theatre. Puxico, Mo. STILL SOME AVAILABLE— Leatherette, 100 yard rolls, good quality lightweight, 50*' width, Spanish red, $1.3754 yd.; brown Spanish or bright red colonial, $1.25 yd. Smaller quantities, 10% additional. Leatherette cement, $1.25 pt.; Plastic Seat Plasters, 2" wide, $8.95 roll. S.O.S. Cinema Supply Corp., 449 West 42nd St., New York 18, N. Y. 386 IDEAL LATE TYPE FULLY UPHOLSTERED MAROON velour backs, red Spanish leatherette box spring cushions, metal lined, rebuilt, $9.25; 150 Trenton heavy fully upholstered red velour backs, and boi spring cushions, require cleaning but useable, $4.50; 1250 American heavy inserted panel back, box spring cushions, reupholstered, refinished, $6.50; 166 reupholstered fully padded backs and reupholstered box spring cushions, entirely refinished, $7.50. Send for stock list. S.O.S. Cinema Supply Corp., 449 West 42nd St., New York 18, N. Y. THEATRE FOR SALE FOR SALE: THEATRE, town 800. Good drawing territory. 200 seats, all rebuilt, reupholstered. Low overhead. Cleared over $5,000.00 last year. Lockie's Theatre, Puxico. Mo. THEATRES WANTED CASH for theatre or lease in Florida, Georgia, Alabama or South Carolina town. 1 Write 4722 Kerle Street. Jacksonville, 5, Fla. WANTED TO BUY OR RENT theatre in small town or second run large town. John Flaherty, Hotel France, Paris, Illinois. WILL BUY OR LEASE THEATRE— 400 seats and over in a town over 1500. Manager, 5304 West 30th St.. Cicero 50. 111. USED EQUIPMENT TWO LATE MODEL SIMPLEX PROJECTORS, including pair of arc lamps wnth two rectifiers, sound system and 13 x 19 screen. Frank Scaccia, Zion, lUi BEAUTIFUL BLUE VELOUR DRAPERIES virith gold-fringed valance, red brocaded satin screen curtains, all 50% fullness; with 24' wood track, excellent condition, $135.00; Stereopticons with 500W bulb, $19. 9S; Heavy Duty Vacuum Cleaner, $225.00; Brenkert Double Effect Projector, rebuilt, $595.00; Army surplus generators, $95.00; 40/80 amperes, suitable IKW or Low Intensity; Suprex Arcs, $275.00; Low Intensity, $75.00; Winter Bargain Bulletin ready. S.O.S. Cinema Supply Corp.. 449 West 42nd St., New York 18, N. Y. A FEW GOOD BURCH POP CORN MACHINES, all in first-class condition. Russell's Korn Kribs, Hartsville. Tenn. WANTED TO BUY TAKE ALMOST ANYTHING — WE'LL PAY GOOD PRICES — Arcs, Rectifiers, Lenses, Projectors, Portables, etc. Give age, condition, first letter. Bex 671. Showmen's Trade Review, 1501 Broadway, New York 18, N. Y. SOUND PROJECTORS, any make, tjrpe or condition 16mm & 35mm — Highest prices paid. Box 672, Showmen's Trade Review. 1501 Broadway, New York 18, N. Y.