Showmen's Trade Review (Oct-Dec 1944)

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SHORTS BOOKING GUIDE 1944-45 PRODUCTS CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING Running Reviewed Time Issue Of 20th CENTURY-FOX TERRYTOONS (Cont.) 5507 Gindy'i Dream Qirl (Teeh.) 5508 Dear Old Switzerland (Tetli.) SPORTS REVIEWS 5351 Blue Grass Gentlemen (Teeh.) 5352 Trolling For Strikes (Teeh.) SPECIAL 5601 Three Sisters of the 20 Hoors UNITED ARTISTS 1944-45 DAFFY-DITTVS Cross-Eyed Bull Very Good 10 ..11/ 4/44 UNIVERSAL NAME BAND ML'SICALS 9122 Harmeny Highway 15 9123 On the Mellow Side 15 9121 Swingtime Holiday 15 SWING SYMPHONIES ■9231 Abou Ben Boogie Fair 7 ..11/ 4/44 TECHNICOLOR CARTUNES 9232 Beach Nut, The 7 9233 Ski For Two 7 SPECIAL FEATURETTES 9112 Lili Marlene Engrossing 21 ..M/ll/44 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 91)81 Mystery of River Boat 13 Chaps. 9381 Jungle Queen 13. Chaps. 9881 Master Key 13 Chaps. VITAPHONE-WARNER BROS. VITAPHONE VARIETIES 1401 Their Dizzy Day Very Good 10 .. 9/I3'44 11402 Ski Whizz First Rate 10 .11/ 4/44 J403 Outdoor Living BLUE RIBBON HIT PARADE <304 I Love to Singa 1301 Let It Be Me 7 1)305 Plenty of Money and You 1302 September In the Rain 7 1303 Sunday Go to Meeting Time J MELODY MASTERS II60I Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys Good 10 .11/4/44 4602 Listen to the Bonds 10 4603 Harry Owens & His Royal Hawailans 4604 Sonny Dunham & His Orch 1605 Jammin' the Blues TECHNICOLOR SPECIALS aOOl Let's Go Fishing Nice Catch . 20 .11/4/44 FEATURETTES 1101 I Am An American 2U 1102 Proudly We Serve 20 1103 Once Over Lightly Good 20 II 1 1 44 1104 I Won't Play 1 105 Nautical But Nice ADVANCE DOPE {Continued from Page 27) show business, move into the swank apartment of an absent producer so they can put on a front. Complications arise when the producer and liis lawyer turn up unexpectedly. But after the confusion clears, the quartet does a show at one of the top night clubs. WEEKEND AT THE WALDORF (MGM) Drama. Principals: Ginger Rogers, Walter Pidgeon, Lana Turner, Van Johnson, Robert Benchley. Director, Robert Z. Leonard. Plot: Events of forty-eight hours at the Waldorf change the entire lives of four people — a glamorous movie star, the hotel stenographer, a famous war correspondent, and a young aviator about to undergo what he beHeves will be a fatal operation. The stenographer chooses love rather than wealth and, because of her faith in him, the aviator finds the courage for his operation. The movie star finds that her life, despite its glamor, has been without love, which she finds in the writer. They make a date to meet in London and get married. Ten cents per word (10 words minimum). No charge for name and address. 5 insertions for tlie price of 3. Film and trailer advertising not accepted. Cash with copy. Address: Classified Dept., SHOWMEN'S TRADE REVIEW, 1501 Broadway, New York 18, V. V. HELP WANTED PROJECTIONIST— Experienced, draft exempt, work six nights, Saturday, Sunday matinees. $32.00 per week. Send references. Wire. Circle Theatre, Circleville, Ohio. 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. THEATRE MANAGER, excellent opportunity and good salary with medium sized circuit. Dickinson, Inc., 5903 Mission Road, Mission, Kansas. 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, 39 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 type. 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 — AU 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. 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 loU. 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. KOR YOUR BINGO GAMES. Buy your cards from us — controlled or uncontrolled, dye cut, play right, priced right — service supreme. Samples on request. Premium Products, 354 W. 44th St., New York 18, M Y. THEATRE SEATING 137 STAFFORD HEAVY INSERTED PANEL BACK box spring cushion chairs $7.00, rebuilt, reupholstered. Also 200 all veneer chairs, fair condition. Lockie's Theatre, Puxico, Mo, STILL SOME AVAILABLE— Leatherette, 100 yard rolls, good quality lightweight, 5^' width, Spanish red, $1.37^ 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 box 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. USED EQUIPMENT TWO LATE MODEL SIMPLEX PROJECTORS, including pair of arc lamps with two rectifiers, sound system and 13 x 19 screen, Frank Scaccia, Zion, Illinois. BEAUTIFUL BLUE VELOUR DRAPERIES with gold-fringed valance, red brocaded satin screen curtains, all 50% fullness; with 24' wood track, excellent condition, $135.00; Stereopticons with 500W bulb, $19.98; 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 BU«CH 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. Box 671, Showmen's Trade Review, 1501 Broadway, New York 18, N. Y. SOUND PROJECTORS, any make, type or condition 16mm & 35mm — Highest prices paid. Box 672, Showmen's Trade Review, 1501 Broadway. New York 18, N. Y,