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First Edition<br />
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Second<br />
Now Ready!<br />
Edition<br />
HOW<br />
TO<br />
MANAGE<br />
A<br />
THEATRE<br />
A Practical Guide<br />
to<br />
Successful<br />
Theatre Operation<br />
Learn about motion picture theatre<br />
management and operation by studying<br />
this comprehensive book, which has<br />
been endorsed by many leading executives.<br />
This book will help a manager to<br />
build attendance on poor nights. It explains<br />
why some theatres fail while<br />
others succeed.<br />
Price<br />
Only<br />
$5<br />
Postage<br />
Paid<br />
Order Today!<br />
ant Qa^ue/i<br />
15 West Grand Avenue<br />
ffighland Park 3<br />
Michigan<br />
.CKflRinGHOUSf.<br />
POPCORN MACHPIES<br />
(Continued from inside bacli<br />
RebuiJt Popcorn Machines lor sile. Fully guarmteed.<br />
Price from $150. Consolidated Confec<br />
tlons, 1314 S. Wabash. Oilcaeo S. III.<br />
Blevins Is national headquarters for popcori<br />
machines. Silver Stars, Super Stars, Com Cribs<br />
Old machines taken in trade. Blevlns Popcorr<br />
Co.. Nashville, Tenn.<br />
Star popcorn macblnes. All models. Prunt?<br />
Seed & Oraln Co., 620 N. 2nd St., St. Louis 2<br />
Mo.<br />
Bargain prices in used and completely recon<br />
ditioned popcorn machines. Blevlns Popcorn Co.<br />
Nashville, Tenn.<br />
Burch, Manley, Cretors, Advance, all electrl'<br />
trench fry types. 60 Hollywood type, theatr.<br />
special electric poppers from $250. Karmelkori<br />
Equipment, 120 8. Halsted, Chicago 6, III.<br />
Popcorn Machines. Good condition. Rea.son<br />
ably priced. Cbas. B. Darden & Co., P. 0. Boj<br />
2207, Dallas, Tex.<br />
POPCORN SUPPLIES<br />
Home of "Rush Hour" popcorn and popcorr<br />
supplies. Send for price list. Pninty Seed 1<br />
Grain Co.. B20 N. 2nd St., St. Louis 2. Mo<br />
Established 1874.<br />
Bee Hive for '48 is the best ever! Blevlns no<br />
only Elves yoti best popcorn but savea ytu moocf<br />
on all seasonine. baes, boxes, etc. Blevlns Pop<br />
corn Co., Nashville. Tenn.<br />
Attractively printed popcorn cartoons for sak<br />
lOe size, $6 M: 25c size. $16.75 M. Fablat<br />
Knntnev. fiOfl N. Aihland. Green Bay. Wis.<br />
Popcorn. Losp's Blockbuster Purdue Hybrid. 500<br />
baes at $13.25 per bae; 10 bags, $127.50. Pops<br />
$125 lip per bag. Sample on refluest. Lose<br />
Brothers. 206 E. Jefferson St.. Louisville, Ky.<br />
BUSINESS STIMULATORS<br />
Comic books again available as premiums, eiveaways<br />
at your kiddy shows. Larse variety latest<br />
48-page newsstand editions. Comics Premium Co.,<br />
4I2B Greenwich St., New York City.<br />
Bingo with more action. $2.75 thousand cards<br />
Also other games. Novelty Games Co., 1434 Bedford<br />
Ave.. Brnoklrn Ifi. N. Y.<br />
Only legal game for theatres. Legal In any<br />
stale. Bltrgest business booster since Bank Night.<br />
"Listen to Win" copyright 1947 by L.T.W. Co<br />
Write today for Information. Secure exclusive<br />
rights for your town now. Listen to Win Co.. Box<br />
33fi. Camhridge. Ohio.<br />
Binoo die-cut cards. 75 or 100 number, $3 per<br />
M. Screen dial $20. Premium Products, 354 W.<br />
441h St.. New York 18. N. Y.<br />
Best theatre business stimulator yet devised. No<br />
coupons, nothing to sign. Will sell part Interest<br />
to party who can promote It on national basis.<br />
Write C. Young. 1731 E Superior St.. Puluth.<br />
Minn.<br />
SIGNS<br />
Easy Way to Paint Sijns. Use letUr patterns<br />
Avoid sloppy work and wasted time. No experience<br />
needed for expert work. Write for free samples,<br />
.lohn Itahn. B-1329 Central Ave., Chicago<br />
51, III.<br />
MISCELLANEOUS<br />
Splendid opportunity to acquire franchise in<br />
tstabiished State Right Field in southern exchange<br />
center, Pos=;ibilltIes unlimited for film<br />
man with sales ability. With sufficient capital,<br />
terms can be arranged. Negotiations confidential.<br />
Renlv Boxofflcc, A-3052.<br />
Attention, New York exhibitors! We will guarantee<br />
you $10,000 worth of publicity on a television<br />
venture. Please call Melrose 5-0925 for<br />
full<br />
Information.<br />
Increase popcorn sales and profits. Today hundreds<br />
of theatres are using our stunning flexglass<br />
heating and selling counters. Eliminate waste,<br />
carpet damage and fire hazards. $226 gives you<br />
de luxe popcorn merchandising. A few choice<br />
territories still onen to distributors and dealers.<br />
H. M. McLaren Specialties. 3625 W. 26th Ave.,<br />
Denver 11. Colo.<br />
For theatre staffs, drive-ins, clubs, etc., name<br />
.tnd emblem design pn popular useful "T" shirts.<br />
$11 per dozen. State sizes and color. Remit<br />
check or specify C.O.D. Sportswear of America.<br />
Box 566 B, So. Fallsburg. N. Y.<br />
eoTer)<br />
THEATRE SEATING<br />
Three cheers for these chairs, satisfied customers<br />
say! 20,000 available. Priced $3.95 up and condition<br />
is right. Ideal, Stafford, Andrews. American,<br />
He,ywood. Veneers, panelbacks, fully upholstered.<br />
Send for latest list. New address, SOS<br />
Cbiema Supply Corp.. 602 W. 52nd St., New<br />
York 19.<br />
Several thousand used upholstered opera chairs<br />
on hand. We are headquarters for the cream of<br />
the used chair crop. We pick the lots that we<br />
think you wUI like. We furnish proper slope and<br />
sections desired to fit your theatre. Our many<br />
years experience in the seating business Is your<br />
guarantee. Write for exact photo and price. We<br />
have parts for all makes of chairs. Also, leathertte<br />
25x25 in. all colors, 55c ea. Good quality.<br />
Chicago Used Chair Mart, 829 So. SUte St.,<br />
Chicago 5, HI.<br />
Theatre Chairs, 3,000 used spring cushioned<br />
lart full upholstered back and part Insert panel<br />
>)ack with spring edge and box spring cushions.<br />
1. 000 veneer chairs, 800 good backs, 600 spring<br />
iishlona and hinges. Write for prices and photo-<br />
,'raphs. Immediate delivery: advise how many you<br />
•leed. We export chairs anywhere. Jesse Cole, 2665<br />
McCiellan Ave., Valley 23446, Detroit, Mich.<br />
Parts for all chairs. Send sample for quotation.<br />
fensin Beating Co., Chicago B.<br />
Patcb-0-Seat cement. Patching cloth, solvent,<br />
»tc. Fensin Beating Co.. Chicago 5.<br />
1.600 streamlined spring cushioned full uphol-<br />
•tered modem theatre chairs, like new. Reasonable<br />
'or immediate delivery. Jesse Cole. 2666 McCiellan<br />
\ve. Phone Valley 23445. Detroit, Mich.<br />
Seats completely rebuilt In your theatre. Plenty<br />
of upholstery fabrics, springs, cushions, parts,<br />
i^r ed's Theatre Service, Vina, Ala.<br />
Tighten loose chairs with Permastone anchor<br />
cement. Fensin Seating Co., Chicago 6.<br />
Chair supplies. Everything for theatre chairs.<br />
Fensin Seating Co., Chicago 6.<br />
Used chairs, guaranteed good. Advise quantity<br />
wanted. Photographs mailed with quotation. Fensin<br />
Seating Co., Chicago 5^<br />
3,250 used chairs. Immediate delivery. Any<br />
type, spring backs, full upholstered backs, veneers.<br />
Vdvlse quantity needed. Foster Seating Co., 39<br />
Glenwnod Ave.. Minneapolis 3, Minn.<br />
Special! $1.50. Several thousand chairs, all In<br />
:ood condition. Immediate delivery. P.O.B. fac-<br />
*ory. Eastern Seating Co., 138-13 Springfield<br />
Blvd.. Springfield Gardens. Long Island, N. Y.<br />
If you want good used theatre chairs located<br />
in Texas and Oklahoma, then write to us today.<br />
The malorlty of these chairs In use now. No<br />
brokerage fee. You deal with owner. State<br />
quantity and style. Reply Boxoffice. A-3054.<br />
1,185 good quality American theatre chairs,<br />
box spring cushions: 5-ply veneer backs, $1,50<br />
each for whole lot only. Also 1.040 7-ply veneer<br />
hack with leatherette Insert panel for $1.75 each<br />
for whole lot only. Above chairs for sinned floor;<br />
fob. Milwaukee. Weight 40 lbs. each. Not crated<br />
hut loaded In truck or car. Poblockl and Sons Co..<br />
2159 South Klnnickinnic Ave, Milwaukee 7. Wis.<br />
AIR CONDITIONING<br />
Heavy duty blowers, ball-bearing equipped,<br />
15.000 cfm to 60.000 cfm. Air washers, all<br />
sizes. Hydraulic drives, two and four speed<br />
motor and controls. Immediate delivery. Dealers<br />
wanted. National Engineering and Mfg. Co., 619<br />
Wyandotte St., Kansas City. Mo.<br />
Air Washers, complete for theatres. Also<br />
complete package w.asher-air units. Low priced.<br />
Mton Manufacturing Co., 1112 Ross Ave., Dallas,<br />
Tex. .<br />
While they last. 1.600 spray nozsles. water<br />
broken to fine, misty spray. From ^4 gol- •" 2^4<br />
g.ll. per minute. 76c ea., shipped at once. Also<br />
have some belts, rotors, bearings, half price off<br />
list. 0. A. Peterson, Realtor, Clinton, Mo. Over<br />
First National Bank.<br />
For Sale: Complete 24.000 air conditioner<br />
hlower, 5-horse motor washer, hydraulic control.<br />
Regent Theatre. Blue Rapids, Kas.<br />
For Sale: Copper tiibe-flnned water cooling and<br />
heating coil, size 5x5 ft., and automatic valve,<br />
in original crate. Cost $700. Cash $400. Box<br />
471. Cairo. HI.<br />
For Sale. Buffalo air washer system, complete<br />
with pump, washer and blower: 36,000 CFM.<br />
capacity. In perfect condition and ready In all<br />
respects for Installation. The Texas Tlieatre.<br />
Jasper. Tex.<br />
MORE CLASSIFIED ON INSIDE<br />
BACK COVER<br />
46 BOXOFHCE :: May 22, 1948<br />
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