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HELP WANTED
anted; Experienced operators and general themalntenance
man. Only experienced answer,
- R. N. Smith Theatres. Mission. Tcjl
anafler: Midwest theatre in town 40.000. Sal-
$85. Group insurance. Opportunity for good
man to advance. Reply in confldcDCe. Boxe,
AB. 624 8. Michigan Ave., Chicago 5, 111.
(anted: House manager or eiperiCTiced assistant
knows theatre operation for southea-stern Viri
territory. Air mail special delivery qualifions,
references and salary expected. Boxoffice.
0.
.re you the man? If you have had experience
aging a foreign film house and understand
rrtlslng and publicity for that type of operate
have an opening as manager In our
luxe art theatre, located In a large New Engclty.
Write full details, age. salary, and
ude photograph if possible. Lockwood L Gor-
Enterprlses, Inc., 260 Tremont St., Boston.
tfanted: Operator*Assistant manager for drive-in
iniliwr theatre. Must be general mainlece
man. Write K. N. Griper. Wallace Theatres.
heatre managers and student managers wanted.
of largest national circuits operating theain
Iowa and Nebr;Lsk;i. Excellent opporlunfor
advancement. Send picture, information
irdinn experience, salary reiiuired, etc., In
t k'tter. Also state reason for desiring change
posilion. Letters kept in strictest confidence.
Iff.ss Boxoffice. 4980.
Jjcneral manager in full charge of two 1,000-
(Uluxe outdoor theatres in Indianapolis. An
clltnl jwsition and opportunity vuth a good
ny and earnings participation for the right
rutiw. Must haie the proper background and
icriiTH'e in all operation phases including
fast and impt)rtant food and concessions
ni-'ss In these theatres. Reply, giving qualifiions
and references, Joe Cantor. 3225 N.
Tldian Street. lndi;inapolis.
POSITIONS WANTED
Projectionist available, experienced all phases,
e employer for 21 years. House sold reason
this advertisement. Reference. H. A. Garrett.
umann. Ark.
Manager, 18 years experience, buying, hooking,
ploltation. married, sober and dependable. Exct
pood livable salary. Boxoffice, 4972.
25 years show business, small towns. Trojec-
>ni.st. electrician, manager, sound and projector
pair, maintenance. Age 42. Minimum $65.
rmanent. Boxoffice. 4991.
BUSINESS STIMULATORS
ii Bingo with more action, $3.50 thousand cards.
|lso other games. Novelty Games Co., 1434
edford Ave.. Brookl)Ti 16, N. Y.
Comic books available as premiums, giveaways
kiddy shows. Large variety, latest newsand
editions. Comics Premium Co., 412B, Greenich
St., N. Y. C. Publications for premiums
exclusively) since 1939.
Bingo die-cut cards. 75 or 100 numbers, $3.50
er M Premium Products. 339 W. 44th St.. New
ork 18, N. Y.
Build attendance with real Hawaiian orchids,
ew cents each. Write l-lowers of Hawaii, 670
Lafayette Park Place. Los Angeles 5, Calif.
i Balloons for Greatest Show on Earth, Snow
i'hite. Samples free. Balloons, 146 Walton,
itlaiiia.
Ga.
DRIVE-IN THEATRE EQUIPMENT
Order now. Take time paying. Complete dual
rojection/sound from $1,595. In-car speakers.
15.95; pair w/junction box. underground cable.
70 M, Send for equipment list. Dept. C. S.O.S.
.Inemii Supply Corp.. 602 W. 52nd St.. New
'ork 19.
Popcorn machines, half price. Wiener. Hamirger.
Sno-Cone. Peanut Roasters. Bun Warmers,
jppers Supply. 146 Walton St.. Atlanta. Ga.
Drive-in theatre tickets. Send for samples of
ir special printed stub rod tickets for dri\e-lns.
ife. distinctive, easy to check. Kansas City
.icket Co., Dept. 10. 109 W. 18th St., "Film
Jow." Ivan.^as City 8, Mo.
30X0FFICE January 3, 1953
GENERAL EQUIPMENT—USED
Used marguee letters: 80O Wagner 8" aluminum.
60c; 4" plastic. 25c; 10" plastic. 60c;
300 10" Adler aluminum. 75c. Send for list.
Dept. C. S.O.S Cinema Supply Corp.. 602 W.
52nd St.. New York 19.
Super special on super Simplex niedianlsms
Excellent condition. $525 pair. Order now—only
four pairs left. Dept. C. SOS. Cinema Supply
Corp.. 602 W. 52nd St.. New York 19.
Pay less—eet more at SUrl KCA PO-222
sound system, rebuilt. $1,250; two-unit eleetrle
ticket machines, eicelleot. $74,50: pair DeVry
12.000 series projectors; 120-watt drivc-in anplifier.
heavy bases. Strone Mogul lampbouses. rectifiers,
etc.. practically new. $2,475; ilertner
80/160 generator, complete rebuilt. $565. What
do you needf Star Cinema Supply. 441 W. 50th
St.. New York 19.
Forced out of business—Complete Century 250-
watt drivft-in sound system with emergency 75-watt
feature. R-5 soundheads. Used 12 months. Altec
serviced. $2,350. or will sell less soundheads.
Park Vu Theatre. 3821 S. 11th East. Salt Uke
City. Utah.
For sale: 160-car drlve-in equipment. Complete
screen, concession stand. Box 36. Hlllsville. Va.
Closeout specials: Simplex mechanisms with
dotible bcarlnp inlermlltonts $50; i'ecrless lowintensity
arc lamps complete with reflectors $35;
Garver low Intensity rectifiers $35; two used
sound heads for Simplex, complete with drives,
both $35; 350 used theatre chairs, padiied hack,
spring cushion $3.50 each. Qer-Bar, Inc., 442 N.
Illinois St.. Indianapolis Indiana.
4.
For sale or trade: Complete stage draperies.
.Vlso good beaded screen. Roxj' Theatre, St.
Ati.ss'ar. Iowa.
GENERAL EQUIPMENT—NEW
Order sample Masonlte marquee letter. Be convinced.
4"— 35c; 8"— 50c: 10"— 60e: 12-— 85e:
14"— $1.25; 16"— $1.50. Any color. Fits Wagner.
.\dler. Bevelite signs. Dept. C. S.O.S.
Cinema Supply Corp.. 602 W. 52nd St., New
York 19.
S.O.S. means Save on Supplies. Rectifier bulbi.
15 amp.. $4.59: Stereopt leans. 500W. $24.95;
Griswold 35mm splicers. $33.95 Dept. C. S.O.S.
Cinema Supply Corp.. 602 W. 52nd St.. New
York 19.
STUDIO AND PRODUCTION
EQUIPMENT
Capitalize your experience. Shoot local newsreels.
T\' commercials and make advcitising tieups
with local merchants. Send for Film Production
Equipment catalog. Dept. C. S.O.S.
Cinema Supply Corp.. 602 W. 52nd St.. New
York 19.
DRIVE-IN
CONSTRUCTION
Drive-in construction. I have constructed 25 or
more drive-in theatres. Some plush, some poor
boy style. Complete turn-key job by one crew.
My personal attention on each. Write or phone,
information and snapshots of past deals now In
operation. Oscar May. Outdoor Display. 518
Tierney Rd.. Fort Worth. Tex. Phone Lockwood
9186.
EQUIPMENT WANTED
Wanted: 400 used plastic marquee letters. 10"
or larger. Herbert Uoglan, Ft. Madison, Iowa.
Box 24.
Wanted: Used 70 amp. lamps, beads, magazines,
everything for 250-car drive-in. including
speakers. Anywhere New England. P.O. Box 590.
Sanford. Maine.
SERVICES,
REPAIRING
We specialize in speaker reconing. repairiiig.
Drive-in. house, radio, sound. TV. Prompt guaranteed
service. $1.50 up. SiS Mfg. Co.. B-1.
Box 594. Riverside Dr. Mobile. Ala.
POPCORN MACHINES
Popcorn machines, every possible make, at a
fraction of their original cost. Kettles for ail
make poppers. Candycorn Equipment. 120 S.
Halstead, Chicago 6, 111.
THEATRES FOR SALE
Theatre For Sale: Selective listings in Oregon
and Washington now available. Write for list.
Theatre Exchange Co., Fine Arts BIdg., Portland.
Ore.
Opportunity for wide-awake showman. 750 seals,
surburban theater fur lease. .Nominal rent, good
equipment. Located Houston. Texas, fastest growing
city in the south. Write P. 0. Box 1431,
Biy City, Tex. ^^_
Build double parking drive-in theatres under
franchl.se Patent 2.102.718. reissue 22.756. Up
to 30% more seating c.ipaclly with llltle additional
co.st. Louis Josserand. 3710 .Ml. Vernon.
Houston. Tex.
Drive-in theatres In Arkansas. Kentucky, Mississippi
and TennMsce Ileal opportunities from
$30,000 to $250,000. Write us your needs. Gus
J. Haase Theatre Brokers, 726 M & M Bldg..
Memphis. Tenn.
Two drivc-in theatres near Rlchuood, W. Va.
Will sell either one. Boxoffice, 4973.
$17,000 buys only drive-in theatre operating In
small Florida county. Might lease. Boxoffice.
4974.
For sale or lease. 36b-seat theatre. Recently
remodeled. Operating four nights a week. Trade
population 5.000. $4,500. Boxoffice. 4978.
Theatre east central Kansas county seat. Netting
$1,200 per month No competition. Owner
financially able to arrange attractive terms with
low down payment, low interest up to ten years.
Poor health. Bo.xofficc. 4992.
Modern 3D0-car drive-in theatre. Population
69.000. Open year around. $35,000. Boxtffice,
4985.
For sale: 415 upholstered chairs. IJCA saund.
Simplex. Strong Hi Lamps, automatic draw curtains,
carpated. Newly decorated, nothing to buy.
Only shosv in the county. Will finance part.
Roach Theiitre, Lincoln, Kas.
County seat town: Only house thaatre and
drive-hi. $12,000 down, balincc five years. No
competition. Box 36. HlUsvilli'. Va.
Only theatre town of 1.000. In tleh farming
area, eential Oklahonia. 320 seats; good equipment.
Making money. Have other interests.
$16,000. inchides building. Would sell nice home.
Boxoffice. 4988.
Twin screen drive-in. Twin patios, square
dance patio 40x70. Concession stand. One screen
has three-room ai)artment. Located center of
Texas, nine acres land. Third down. 'viU finance
rest. Write: C. K. Jefferles, 908 S. El Paso St.,
El Paso, Texas.
For sale: 255 seats, 16mm theatre, operating
four nights a week. Village 1.200. More seating
capacity with little additional cost. $25,000.
Casselman Theatre. Casselman. Ontario. Canada.
For sale: 600-car drive-in theatre, west Pennsylvania,
a good grosser, proven moneymaker.
Best equipment, concession leased. Cash deal
only. $90,000. Positively not leasing, no brokers,
contact owner. Boxoffice. 4990.
THEATRICAL PRINTING
Window catds. programs, heralds. Photo-Sftset
printing. Cato Show Printing Co., Calo, N. Y.
THEATRE TICKETS
Prompt service. Special printed roll tickets.
100.000. $26.70; 10.000, $7.80: 2.000. $4.95.
Each change in admission price, including change
in color. $3 extra. Double numberuig exira.
FOB. Kansas Cliy. .Mo. Cash with order. Kansas
City Ticket Co.. 109 W. 18th St.. Kansas
City, Mo
SIGNS
Easy Way to Paint Signs. Use letter patterns.
Avoid sloppy work and wasted time. No experience
needed for expert work. Write for free samples.
John Rahn, B-1329, Central Me.. Chicago
51, III.
THEATRES WANTED
Theatre. Nebraska, western Iowa, northern Kansas.
No brokers. Over 400 seats. Town 1,800
population or q\ct. Confidential. Experienced. L.
J. Burkiit. Sparta. Wis.
Wanted to lease drive-in theatre within or near
New York state. Boxoffice. 4987.
CLtflRinG Hoysf
THEATRE SEATING
Parts for all chairs. Send sample for quotation.
Fcnsln Sealing Co . Chicago 6.
Chair supplies. Everything for theatre chairs.
Fensin Seating Co.. Chicago 5.
Used chairs, guaranteed good. Advise quantity
wanted. Photographs mailed with quotation Fensin
Seating Co.. Chicago 5
Seat covers: Sewed combinations, all makes, all
styles. Send your sample for quotation. Fensin
Seating Co.. Chicago 5.
Patch-O-Seat cement. Patcfaing cloth, solvent,
etc. Fensin Seating Co.. Chicago 5.
Upholstery Fabrics: All kinds. All colors. Send
your sample for matching. Fensin Seating Co.,
Chicago 6.
Tighten loose chairs with Permastone anchor
cement. Fcnsln Seating Co.. Chicago 5.
$10 value tor only $5.95. 920 modern Heywood
7.ply veneer back, spring edge cushion
chairs, curved steel standards. Excellent condition.
Uept C. SOS. Cinema Supply Corp.. 602 W.
52nd St.. New York 19.
Many years In the seating business Is your
guarantee. Good used chairs are not loo plentlfful
but we have the pick. Full upholstered, panel
back and many other styles. We furnish iiroper
slope or level standards to fit your floor. All
sizes 18 to 2I-lnch chairs. Our prices are lowest.
Write for exact photo and price. We furnish parts
for all makes. Send sample. Good quality plastic
coated leatherette 25x201nch. all colors. 55c ea.
Chicago Used Clialr Mart. 829 South State St.,
Chicago 5. 111.
New and used rebuilt opera chairs: Write for
photos, state Incline and quantity. Parts for all
chairs, send sample for quotation. Pntch-A-Seat
to repair torn seats. $6 complete kit. specify color.
FIrmastonc to anchor loose chairs. $5 carton.
F.O.B. Chicago. General Chair Co.. 1308 Elston
Ave.. Chlc.igo 22. 111. Phone ARmltagc 6-0022.
Custom made theatre seat covers. SI: all colors,
vinyl leatherette, welting seweil on sides.
Pattern cut from your sample. Fjisy to Install.
Write for complete details. Manko Fabrics Co.,
Inc.. 114 E. 271h St.. New York 16. N. Y.
Save time and money: Arllflclal leather cut to
size 25" X 26". 49c each In lots of 50. By the
yard. $1.10 and up. Send for samples. Mystic
tapes, popular colors. 2" at $4— 3" at $6—also
60-yard rolls. Manko Fabrics Co. Inc.. 114 E.
27th St.. New York 16. N. Y.
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES
A steal. Two Mill's frozen custard machines,
complete. Like new. Write Municipal Theatre,
Milthelm. Pa.
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