This is a vintage 1950’s Movie Theater Distributor, Dealer and Owner binder that contains brochures, catalogs, price lists, screen fabric, letters, a poster and more from Wollensak, Radiant, Wenzel, RCA and DIT-MCO (Drive-In Theatre Manufacturing Company) as well as others.
LISTING HIGHLIGHTS: There are more than 20 brochures (an additional 32 brochures if you count the Radiants into the total), 5 catalogs and or manuals, another 5 price lists, a poster, several screen fabrics, letters from Wollensak (one of which is from the VP, Wollensak himself). The true pride and joy of this listing in my opinion are the extremely rare DIT-MCO publications. Those simply don’t exist anymore and the imagery provided within of various theatre props and equipment (mainly) is iconic in nature in and of itself. More than 75 total individual pieces comprise this listing when combining the total amount of individual brochures, catalogs, letters and associative material spanning across hundreds of pages!
LISTING CONTENTS (Line listed listed flow chronologically in my eBay images but due to max capacity I was not able to show each individual item that is contained, however, ALL items you are purchasing are line listed below. Universal conditioning (UC) notes apply to all items and the UC can be found below line listed items. Items with more adverse conditioning notes that fall outside of the UC will be found at the end of each line listed item in parenthesis):
- SUPERAMA THEATRE SCREEN BY RADIANT brochure foldout. Also has a sneak preview of the actual screen. Double sided, one side is the poster as shown in images, other side when closed front cover says “Important News for the Motion Picture Industry” then opens to “Now there is a guaranteed quality theatre screen priced so low any theatre can afford it!”
- WOLLENSAK letter dated October 27, 1954
- WOLLENSAK CINEMA RAPTAR THEATRE PROJECTION LENSES two brochures (one says “NEW” on the cover and the other says “MATCHED” (bold creased directly down middle, one has pen writing on back and has hole punched to be contained within the binder)
- WOLLENSAK letter dated June 1, 1955 from Andrew A. Wollensak Vice President
- WENZEL CinemaScope Projection Equipment brochure, 4 pages
- WENZEL 8mm, 16mm & 35mm Rewinders catalog, 16 pages
- WENZEL 8mm, 16mm & 35mm Special Equipment brochure, 4 pages + 3 standalone pages
- VIDOSCOPE Super Kiptar brochure & price list, 2 pages (stapled together and business card affixed to front).
- BAUSCH & LOMB CinemaScope Attachments & Super Cinephor Projection Lenses Consumer Price List 1954
- BAUSCH & LOMB Super Cinephor & Anamorphic Lenses brochure, 4 pages (pen writing - numbers on back cover)
- RCA DYNA-LITE Silver Screen brochure with silver screen stapled within and two extra silver screens. (Some staining/yellowing from the silver screens sitting for 70 years)
- DIT-MCO Universal Speakers brochure, 6 pages
- DIT-MCO Steel Drag Brooms brochure, 2 pages
- DIT-MCO 3-D Filters brochure, 2 pages
- DIT-MCO Entrance Roadway Light, Rest Room Lights, Ramp Exit Lights, Drive Inn Theater Entrance and Exit Light, Center Aisle Lights, Concession Stand Lights, catalog, 10 pages
- DIT-MCO “Pillars of Light” Make any drive-in theatre more attractive brochure, 4 pages
- DIT-MCO 3-D Polarizing Screen Coating brochure, 6 pages
- DIT-MCO Lone Rider Mechanical coin operated horse Playground Equipment brochure, 2 pages
- DIT-MCO Whirl-A-Way Exerciser and Bodybuilder for children and furniture brochure, 6 pages
- DIT-MCO Easy Change Letters brochure with order form, 4 pages
- DIT-MCO Modernize your box office brochure, 2 pages
- DIT-MCO Rotary Power Mowers brochure, 2 pages
- DIT-MCO Curved Metal Wide Screen Frame brochure, 4 pages
- DIT-MCO Price List and Order forms, 26 pages
- DIT-MCO Drive-In Theatre Lighting Entrance & Exit Moonlighting, Floodlighting, Spotlighting, General Purpose catalog, 9 pages
- DIT-MCO Price List and Theatre Lighting Entrance (same as above, but is of a darker yellow/possibly a copy), 20 pages
***NOTE: All DIT-MCO’s are early to mid 1950’s***
- RADIANT Scientific Comparative Tests Prove Quality and Performance brochure, 1 page
- PANAVISION Super Panatar & Radiant About Panavision Letter/Catalog, 9 pages
- PANAVISION Super Panatar instruction manual, 8 pages
- ULTRA PANATAR VARIABLE ANAMORPHIC LENS Brochure, 3 pages (creased across middle)
- SUPERAMA SILVER SCREEN SQUARE encased within lambskin
- RADIANT SCREENS PARTS LIST & MODELS original mailing envelope dated Feb 21, 1961. Some of the price lists and diagrams are dated 1957. There are a total of 32 models (some are double sided 2 pages and some have 4 pages - there are several duplicates as well as similar models with variants between rollers and educators or screenmasters) of following models: W, PM, LR, QB, EC, WED, WED & CEM, ECED, EDB, EDO, EDL, CMO, DLL
- HILUX VAL Anamorphic Lens brochure, 2 pages
- BINDER (wear on all sides, but still holds the material as designed)
LANGUAGE: English
PAGES: Specified individually above
MEASURES: 17” x 22” (Superama Poster opened), 8.5” x 11” (Superama poster closed, Radiant screens parts lists and models, Ultra Panatar brochure, ALL DIT-MCO catalogs and brochures, HILUX VAL, Bausch & Lomb, Wenzel, Wollensak Letters), 6” x 6.25” (Superama silver screen fabric), 6” x 9” (Super Panatar instruction manual), 3.75” x 8.50” (DYNA-LITE), 5.75” x 8.5” (Wollensak Cinema RAPTAR brochures),
UNIVERSAL CONDITION (items line listed above conform to UC unless otherwise specified in parenthesis at the end of the item): Front and back cover corner and edge wear in the form of bumping (rounding of edges), yellowing or discoloration, possibly a dealer stamp, hole punch marks in most contained within the binder. Internal pages also may exhibit the same conditions as covers. No ripped, torn or missing pages. Overall: VERY GOOD.
SHIPPING: Fast & free via USPS (for USA). Will ship same day if payment is received by 3pm EST! Free returns! Shipped with care (cardboard backers, bubble wrap, peanuts & or double boxed whenever necessary). Signature confirmation for high value items is required.