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GENERAL EQUIPMENT—USED
8i lex 4 Star Sound with high Intensity arcs
%\\. Ijelow the niarliet. Wire or write nowl New
1(1 ss. S.O.S. Cimena Supply Corporation. Driveeiit.,
602 W. 52nd St., New York 19.
:> ive-lns—need more power? Western Electric
frc $150. (Liberal trade-ins). New address,
;B(. Cinema Supply Corp., Drive-ln Dept., 602
; (P. 2nd St.. New York 19.
ytlme shadowhox beaded screens, collapsible,
3S.I in., worth $125. now $44.50: soundfllm
ini tiers. $29.50 up; colnometers, $49.50; ports-
WetSmm sound projectors, $89.50 up: lOmm
>loi. projectors, $109.75 up: complete PA systeii
$44.75: rebuilt General two unit electric
•Jcl machines, $139.50. Send for sales bulletin,
headdress. S.O.S. Cinema Supply Corp.. 602
gi St., .New York 19.
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ive your machines rebuilt and modernized fay
qy methods. All work guaranteed. Mofements
[."Clalty. Projection Service 4 Supply Co.,
liVorth nth St.. Minneapolis 3. Minn.
J'Cial! 3.000 chairs with leatherette Insert
backs, spring cushion leatherette bottoms,
,ete with center and end standards. All or
000 full
pring cusbioD
and end
each for aB
t. fob. Cleveland. General Theatre Equlplico..
3417 Prospect Ave. Phones: TOwer
0)7. FAirmount 4958. Cleveland. Ohio.
Slilarc generator. SO-160 amperes, excellent
l^ion: $450. L. & N. Theatre Corp., Antioch,
Siotion! Like new. 500 loge chairs consistred
plush mohair backs and spring cushion
lihair bottoms having red mohair arm rests,
nte with center and end standards. All 6r
tj.7.60 each, f.o.b. Cleveland. General Theatre
nent Co., 2417 Prospect Ave. Phones:
« 1-0277, FAirmount 4958, Cleveland, Ohio.
50 tor complete rebuilt booth equipment
ng two Simplex rear shutter projectors,
magazines, Ultraphone soundheads, ampliid
speaker, low intensity lamphouses and
lt|rs. Years of good service in this equipn
$100 deposit with order. Balance C.O.D.
are your needs? Get our prices first,
iaciy Theatre Supply Co., 1235 South Wabash
•e. :hicago. Phone: WEBster 7268. America's
• ist( Growing Supply House.
; Ft- Sale. New Wurlitzer drink vendors, $595
'* immediate delivery. Pair used ESF portable
Vi';J5mm sound projectors. Perfect condition,
deposit. Balance C.O.D. Candy cases,
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wood trim, four ft.. $135. Full line of
1.1 equipment. Academy Theatre Supply
;.35 So. Wabash Ave., Chicago. WEBster
^America's Fastest Growing Supply House.
Paj Peerless L.I. lamps. $150: pr. 30 amp.
;tilis. $95; pr. Simplex rear shutter heati,
iibli bearing movements, spiral gears and cast
m ps. $400: pr. Larsen soundheads, complete,
(00 two amplifiers, each $90: pr. Gardiner
.W. amps, new mirrors, $150: one Western
leet mirroplionic sound system complete, 62
ttJ type amplifiers, with Diphonic speakers,
dt: condition, $800: pr. Strong K.W. recti-
'. ed one week, $310: pr. SjTicrofilm soundil\S150.
All equipment guaranteed. Rhodes
lunflnd Projection Service, 218 East 56th St.,
|vinh,
Ga.
'Co(iete booth equipment. Pair Simplex rear
MU* projectors, double bearing movement
dest:, magazines, ultraphone soundheads, mo-
's. Irand new amplifiers. Strong intensity
mpsjIO amp. rectifiers. Bargain. $975. Write
Arricin Theatre. 3621 Main St.. Indiana
irbn
Ind.
iCorfetely rebuilt guaranteed like new proiecf
[tjianisms with new rear shutters and new
Itblflearing intermittents. Complete sound sys-
*8, joyal Soundmaster soundheads with new
itorind new gear boxes, 50 series amplifiers.
25
le Hertner transverter high intensity, like $40,000 to purchase or as
vn down
ch:uiging payment
to 60
on
cycle. Bargain.
theatre.
Prefer Virginia, North
Also,
motors
Carolina or
in most sizes. Gem South
Theatre. Carolina. All information first letter
IVis.
confidential
,.- • es
Reply Bo.xoffice, A-3050.
Sim < mechanisms. $150. Strong low intensity
c la s. $100. liCA sound complete. $500.
etlfl
. $35. Write for bargain list. Cer-Bar,
N. Illinois St.. Indianapolis, Ind.
Inrn lately available and priced right. One No.
' »; er complete 3 h.p. Allis-Chalmers pump;
' n 48 hlnwer hydraulic control TV- h.p.
''r. n siW-20 Gyra spray washers, two 45%
10, dual directional metal deflectors. Bijou
•«UMit Co., 423
w Sienn.
Fourth Ave. North, Nash-
3X(JTICE :
: June
5, 1948
GENERAL EQUIP.—USED (Conl.)
)rive-in deal "Ith SOS saved me $5,000," says
onliaiipy "Your UeVry
PG 31
tion. Crated
RCA sound system complete.
ready for shipment. This
A-1 condi-
is excellent
exliibitor. $2.4S)5 outfit
urlh Ihrice the price." Super Simplest E-7,
for any theatre up to 1.000 seats. Will sell
ft
Jiilor, Hrenkert. Motiograpli, Century, RCA or to best offer. Boxofflce. A-3063.
Booster amplifiers, fit any sound system
$650. Twin In-Car Speakers with Junction St.. Canton. HI.
;|)o $16.75, complete; 70/140 ampere motor
Igeialors. $525. Super Snapllte fl. 9 leruM
Pair Powers rebuilt. $200. Pair rear shutter
Simplex rebuilt. $600. Pair, like new, Ultraphone
soundheads, complete with new motors, $80.
Powers stands, magazines, $25. Pair 6 in. lens.
$15. Pair Ultraphone soundheads. $20 as is.
Admission sign. $7. Ed Holder, 136 East Spruce
For Sale: Two DeVry model 1, 35mm portable
sound-on-film piojectors. Complete with amplifier
and speaker. Purch.'ised new in January,
used one month. $1,000 cash. State Amusement
Co., Box 16, Metz. W. Va.
Good condition. Just taken out of the Norwood
theatre, Norwood, Ohio. One No. 1-S
Western Electric sound system complete with
Universal bases. No. 1-A soundheads, No. 41-A
and 42-.\ amplifiers: two No. 12-A horns and
two ail steel horn towers. XU for $350 f.o.b.,
Norwood, Ohio. Vogue Theatre Co., 8459 Vine
St.. Cincinnati 15. Ohio.
Powers 6B projectors, complete. $150 pair,
RCA soundlieads for Powers, motors, attachments.
$150 pair. Rialto. LaBelle. Mo.
Complete standard booth equipment including
projectors, sound, amplifiers, lamps, rectifiers
and all accessories. Bargain. Available now.
Box 5526, Cleveland, Ohio.
For Sale: Two Simplex machines in .\-l condition,
booth equipment, screen. Reasonable.
Boxoffice. A-3068.
Booth equipment for less than $3,000 cash
offered subject to prior sale. For particulars
reply Boxoffice, A-3069.
Sound Screen. 11x14. New washable Walker
pla.stic. Silver, reflective. Will sell for half
price. $75. Sharon Theatre, New Sharon. Iowa.
GENERAL EQUIPMENT—NEW
Keep customers cool! Quickly order these: Air
washers to tit your present blowers at 1946 prices.
5.000 cfm. $138: 7.000 cfm. $168: 10.000 cfm.
$204: 15.000 cfm. $240: 20,000 cfm, $276:
new blowers with motors and drives, 8.500 cfm.
$172.50: 11.000 cfm, $229.90: 13.500 cfm, $276"
22,500 cfm. $34S. Beat the heat, wire SOS
Cinema Supply Corp.. 602 W. 52nd St., New
York 19.
Drive-ln Theatre Projection and sound equipment.
Brand new; nothing else needed, $2,974.
Theatre equipment $2,794, ,and $2,280. completi
apd installed. Ace Camera Supply. 150 N. Irby.
Florence, S. C.
Poster Cases. Stainless steel or extruded aluminum
poster cases, illuminated or none-Illuminated.
Available in all sizes. Prompt delivery. Poblocki
and Sons. 2159 South Klnnlckinnic Ave., Milwaukee
7, Wis.
Carbon Savers: "Kirk's Three Screw" 6, 7,
8mm, fits all standard lamps. $1.50 ea. Distributed
by M. D. KIrkland, 3005 W. Lanvale St.,
Baltimore, Md. Send money order.
New booth equipment, complete. Simplex intermediate
high, super bases, projector R 7,
R.C.A. sound, electric ticket machine, etc. Save
25%. Was purchased for theatre I had planned
to build. 2340 North 110th. Seattle 33. Wash.
New No. 42 Oetors double gas popper with
stand and four trays. Never out of crate. $550
cash. First cashier's check gets It. Parma Theatre.
Film Bldg.. Cleveland. Ohio.
Phillips new safety carbon saver. Ask your
theatre de.iler.
THEATRES WANTED
Sell your theatre privately. Confidential correspondence
Invited. Leak Theatre Sales. 3422
Kinmorc. Dallas. 1109 Orchard Lane, Des
Moines, Iowa.
Is your theaUe lor sale? Our cash buyers are
waiting. We get quick results. Will give you a
prompt estimate of your present theatre value
Write us today. "Joe" Joseph. 2409 Sunset Ave
Phone Tale 2-7650. Dallas. Texas.
Cash for small town theatre, Texas. New Mexico.
Arizona. Condition of theatre and equipment
Will buy or lease theatre In good town anywhere
except eastern st.atcs. Box 131. St Louis
Mich.
For quick action list your theatre for sale or
lease with the only licensed real estate broker In
the southeast handling theatres exclusively A C
Cowles. 416 Peachtree Arcade. Atlanta Ga
Small theatre wanted. Buy or lease, California
Oregon, or Washington preferred. Confidence
resnecled. Walt Dowllng. 391 Springfield St
Chicoppe. Mass.
THEATRES FOR SALE
Build double parking drive-ln theatres under
franchise patent No. 2.102.718. reissue No. 22,756
and Improvements, patent pending. Up to 307o
more seating capacity with little additional cost.
Louis Josserand. Architect, 628 M & M Bldg.,
Houston, Tex.
We have theatres. .Many theatres lor sale,
worth Investigating. Contact us Immediately.
"Joe" Joseph. 2409 Sunset Ate. Phone Yale
2-7660. Dallas. Texas.
Theatres tor sale. Selecud listings in Oregon
and Washington now available. Write for list.
Theatre Exchange Co.. Fine Arts Bldg.. Portland,
Ore.
Lifetime exhibilor retiring: First run rich Kansas
county scat 5.000. One other theatre. New
Simplex booth. 550 Heywood chairs. Exceptional
concessions. Two well cooling. Includes
brick building, apartment, store. Priced, payout
33 months, $66,000. $20,000 down. State
finances. complete identification. Boxoffice,
A-3056.
Five hundred car drive-in. West Texas city
30,000. Perfect location four-lane highway. Fastest
growing city southwest. National publicity.
E-7s, Brenkert highs, RCA. Paved ramps. Concrete
tower includes apartment. Nine month
season. $2,500 profit first month 1948. Wired
for car speakers. $50,000. $15,000 down. Your
finances, identity please. Leai, 3422 Klnmore,
Dallas.
Near Dallas. Live trade center 1,000. 275
seats, new Manley, perfect equipment. Newly
decorated front. Long establLshed. Illness. $11,000.
$7,000 down. Leak, 3422 Klnmore, Dallas.
For Sale: Urive-in Theatre, 300 cars. First
and second run products, rich farming and oil
payroll. Large construction under way. Money
maker, rare opportunity. Neglected by owner with
other interests. Cash or terms. Boxoffice, .\-3061.
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Outstanding suburb. Only theatre, separate
modern community, yet near everything, Texas
metroitolis. Texas' nicest town this size. Nationally
known architect designed. 650 seats.
Trade area 15,000. Perfect film setup. Highly
profitable. $44,000. $29,000 down. Leak. 3422
Kinmore. Dallas.
Theatre near Missoula. Montana, in heart of Bitterroot
valley. Remodeled, redecorated and all
new equipment. De luxe house. Full price,
$45,000 including building. Some terms. Contact
Joseph C. Butler, ATwater 6221, 304 SW 4th Ave.,
Poreland. Ore. A. B.C. Brokerage Company.
Theatre, 274 seats, southern Idaho. Full price,
$21,000 including building. Simiilex machines.
Western Electric sound. Wire, call or write to
Nolen Howard, Bo.x 277, phone 508, Payette,
Idaho. A. B.C. Brokerage Company.
500-seat theatre, downtown Victoria. B. C. For
sale or lease. Apply State Theatre. Vancouver.
B. C.
Colored theatre in Tennessee county seat, 6,500.
County two thirds colored. Price reasonable. Reply
Bo.soffice. A-3065.
Northeast Iowa only theatre long established
town 1.700. Motiograph, Strong highs, Operadio,
380 seats mostly upholstered. Two-year payout.
$27,500. SOUTHBUST IOWA town 1.900, latest
equipment. $18 seat. Long established. Records
available, showing excellent return. Fine apartment
available. $31,000. $20,000 down. SOUTH-
WEST IOWA, rich agricultural town, 1,500. Simplex.
300 new seats, real opportunity. $17,600.
Terms. Others throughout midwest. Leak Theatre
S;i!es. 1109 Orchard Lane, Des Moines.
Theatre, Kansas (Mty, Missouri. Good moneymaker,
modern equipment, 800 seats. Priced
$12,500. H.ilf cash, balance terms. C. H. Potter.
Broker. 4423 Benton Blvd.. Kansas City, Mo.
Theatre south Missouri small town. Moneymaker,
300 seats, modern equipment, everything
first class. $21,500 building included. $13,500
cash, balance terms. C. H. Potter, Broker. 4423
Benton Blvd.. Kansas City. Mo.
Theatre, Kansas small town, modern equipment,
good money-maker. Price $9,000. $6,000 down,
balance terms. C. H. Potter, Broker, 4423 Benton
Blvd.. Kansas City. Mo.
Matex Theatre. Mab.ank. Texas. 52 miles from
city limits of DalUas. Theatre including property,
also home. R. Q. Coleman. Box 261, Mabank.
Tex-
Another D.allas siibiirb:in theatre: very profitable,
650 seats, modern equipment, attractive
front, refrigerated. Will stand rigid investigation.
Long lease. $60,000. Will handle for
$20,000. Reasonable terms. "Joe" Joseph, 2400
Sunset, Phone Yale 2-7650. Dallas' leading theatre
broker.
Dallas colored theatre. 500 seats, modern
equipment. Plenty business. Long le.asc, noncompetitive
area. $27,500. terms. Good proposition.
"Joe" Joseph. 2409 Sunset. Dallas,
Tex. Phone Yale 2-7650. Dallas' leading theatre
broker.
East Texas county seat theatre. 1.200 population,
large trade area. Does good business
hi midst of new oil field. Sheet-metal building
and extra lot. attractive front. Needs inside
decorating. Property alone worth price of $12.-
500. Cash. No terms. "Joe" Joseph. 2409
Sunset. Pall.as. Tex. Phone Yale 2-7650. Dallas'
leading theatre broker.
CUIlRinG HOUSE
THEATRES FOR SALE (Gout.)
Central Texas small town iheatre. Attractive
new booth equipment. Doing real good business.
Selling because of other business. Don't p;iis this
one up. $2,500 down. A nice family set-up.
"Joe" Joseph. 2409 Sunset. Dallas, Tex. Phone
Yale 2-7650. Dallas' leading tlieatre broker.
West Texas theatre, county seat town. 300
cushion seats, very badly managed. Needs new
owner. $1,500 down, balance $200 monthly.
This theatre badly neglected. "Joe" Joseph,
240!) Sunset, Dallxs, Tex. Phone Yale 2-7650.
Dalhus' leading theatre broker.
Note: Joe Joseph theatre customers. We have
.sold the following theatres. Please cancel off
your list: Pix Theatre. Ft. Worth: Como Theatre,
Ft. Worth; I'>lge Theatre, Kdgewood, Tex.; Ervay
Theatre. Dall.is, Tex.: and on cards dated May 1,
lii48. No. 7, No. 16, No. 4A, No. 13, and No.
IIY. We have more new theatres listed. Please
phone for information. "Joe" Joseph, 2409 Sunset,
Dallas, Tex. Phone Yale 2-7650. Dallas'
le;uling theatre broker.
280 cushioned seats theatre, good Simplex
equipment, ItCA sound, air conditioning, popcorn
and candy bar. In prosfierous mining and farming
town of 1.700. Doing a very good business.
New Fulton Tlieatre, Cuba. 111.
Two modern theatres controlling rich Texas
market center 3.500. A house and equipment
nearly new. Everything finest. B house good.
795 seats total. Community noted show goers.
$80,000 on leases. Liber.al terms. Arthur Leak.
3422 Kinmore. Dallas. Tex.
The rarest theatre opportunity ever offered.
Chain of seven deluxe city suburban theatres.
Modern equipment, parking lot, refrigeration, newly
dccor,ated inside and out. Over 5,000 seats.
Long leases or will sell properties. Offices,
storerooms and smooth organization all set up
ready for immediate possession. Over $400,000
annual gross. Price $900,000 less properties.
Will iLindle for 1/3 down to responsible parties.
State finances and whom you represent. Private
sale. Information by appointment only. "Joe"
Joseph, 2409 Sunset, Dallas, Tex. Phone Yale
2-7650. ibpu. Dallas' ijaiias leading theatre broker.
Theatre in DalLas. 480 seat suburban theatre
worth the money. $18,500. "Joe" Joseph, 2409
Sunset. Dallas, Tex. Phone Yale 2-7650. Dalla.s'
le.uiin;: tlieatre broker.
Northwest Iowa only theatre unusual town year
round average population over 2,000. Payroll,
rich agriculturally, important lake resort. Top
equipment nearly new. Upholstered seats. Absentee
owner doing fine. Local ownership potential
really outst.uiding. $25,000. Really exceptional,
Arthur Leak. IIO.") Orchard Lane,
Des Moines. 4-9087.
Northeast Texas University city 100.000. Reactivated
major airfield. 10.000 employe Du-
Pont plant opening. Liveliest industrial development
In Texas. Family show. 400 seats. $100
day gross. Now neglected. Nearly new equipment.
$22,500, liberal terms. Leak, 3422 Kinmore.
Dallas.
Only theatre town 1,200, rapidly developing
Childersburg section of Alabama. Attractive lease
and complete modern equipment for sale. A. C.
Cowles, 416 Peachtree Arcade, Atlanta. Ga.
EQUIPMENT WANTED
Holmes educators, super Simplex mechanisms.
.Simplex portables. Weber portables. Oiarles
Finger. Warwick. N. Y.
Wanted : Pair 35mm projectors with HJ.
lamps. 70 amp. and amplifier. Write Carl T.
N.ill. Rt. 4, Box 493. Corpus Christi, Tex.
REAL ESTATE
Investigate this. Selling improved business property
200x125 ft.. In exclusive Chicago neighborhood.
Included specifications for medical center,
six retail stores, 32 bowling .alleys, 1,000-seat
theatre. References required. Owner, Tony Sheftic,
Jr.. 14501 Sherman Ave, Posen, III.
Lake of Ozarks year-around vacation home. Completely
furnished, entirely modern. Boat dock, boat
and motor included. Carpenters developments 14
miles south Stover. Missouri. Highway 135 and
lake road 67. For appointment see C. H. Potter.
4423 Benton Blvd., Kansas City. Mo. W,\bash
5755.
DRIVE-IN THEATRE SUPPLIES
In-a-car speaker, $14.95. Two cast aluminum
water-proof speakers complete with junction box
and line transformer: finest construction. For
information on complete line of drive-in theatre
equipment, write Drive-In Theatre Manufacturing
Co.. 2017 Grand Ave.. Kansas City. Mo.
HELP WANTED
Projectionist. North Carolina town. State
references, experience and salary expected in first
letter. Boxoffice. A-3073.
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