Business screen magazine (1938)

(from Page 27) . . . that if film is broken in one or more machines, the machine is tripped out automatically and stops, while the other machines continue projecting. This is now being used at the World's Fair. On the Reading List: ♦ Number Six in a series of vestpocket sized essays on business films to be released by the Atlas Educational Film Company of Oak Park. Illinois is entitled Why Must Busiiiess Films Be Educational? John Curtis of the Atlas Staff scripted the series. ♦ The new edition of the "Free Loan-Sound Film Library" catalog issued by Burton Holmes Films of Chicago lists the new National League official film Baseball; To the Ladies, starrinj; Princess Alexandra Kropotkin; and The Romance of Foods, all soimd motion pictures now available for free showings to adult groups. Sent on request. ♦ Two useful volumes that should be in the film user's file are issued by the DcVry Corporation, equipment manufacturers, Chicago. Free Films for Schools, a 64-page listing of 1,400 free films from over 300 sources is published at 25c a copy. The Proceedings of the Eighth Sessio7i of the National Conference on Visual Education and Yearbook of Visual Education which contains a(ldrcs.ses, statistics, etc. on this field and contains 130 pages of useful information is BUSINESS THEATRES — I BUSINESS NEEDED ECONOMICAL LIGHT WEIGHT SLIDEFILM EQUIPMENT 1939 MODEL KI02 JUNIOR Sturdy and strong in construction, yet it weighs only 11 pounds! Sound Projects' new Model K102 Junior is easy for salesmen to carry — yet perfect in performance. Priced low enough so that the largest field sales organization can be equipped at tremendous savings over existing equipment. Modi K102 Junior plays up to a 16" record: has sufficient "true-lone" volume for audiences from one to fifty persons. Projects a bright, clear screen image. Standard equipment carries a 50 watt projector: equipped with 100 watt projector for larger audiences. Overall case dimensions: 5V4" x 13": weight only 1 1 pounds. EQUIP YOUR ENTIRE FIELD SALES STAFF (Usual Quantity Discounts Granted) Model K102 Junior (AC only) .... $37.50 Equipped for AC-DC operation, slightly higher Address Inquiries to: PRICED AT ONLY $3750 EASY TO CARRY YET STURDY K102 Weighs Only 1 1 pounds SOUND PROJECTS COMPANY 3140 WALTON STREET . CHICAGO . TELEPHONE: NEVADA 6261 Or Ask Your LocaJ Producer For Full Details THE MODERN FILM prevue tlteiitre oF AVilding Pitture Pruductioti.s located in the Argyle available at 50c the copy from the company. Medical Production Specialists ♦ The Stori/ iij Xorol. a motion picture, wa,s recently prodticed for a manufacturer of dental anesthetics by Jo.seph P. Hackel and the Photographic Fair, Ltd. Specialists in this type of production, the Photographic Fair organization offers a unicjue service to medical and scientific groups. In The Story of Noi'ol. the complete story of production of this anesthetic is told, including the actual use of the product in typical oral surgical procedure. Personnel Changes ♦ Norman l$lackl)urn, writer and supervising director, has joined the film department of J. Walter Thompson, New York. Fred FidIcr heads the department. ♦ Benj. Munsey has been named casting director of the Jam Handy organization production unit 305 E. -JSth Street. New York, according to .Jamison Handy, jjivsident. Films and Libraries: ♦ Just previewed is the new Weyerhaeser Sales Company sound motion picture Let's Build Together produced bj' Ray-Bell Films, Inc., St. Paul for distribution in the building trades. Chiefly a story of ltiml)er as used by the building trades, the film runs 30 minutes and is obtainable in both 10mm. and ,35mm. sizes by organizations in this particular field. ♦ A fascinating collection of unusual oddities make up the sub ExpERiENcE IN PRODUCTION tecluiiques saves time and expense: Beiow: a drawing is screened by rear-projection and cond)ined witli a foreground set to economize on unnecessary set building otherwi.se re(]uired to achieve the desired effect. Here the screen is shown without tlie actors and Inrctiniund ^ct Street. Chicago, studios of that organization. Typical e<iuipnient is available for use. ject-matter of the film series Oddities Beyond Belief now available from the extensive library of NuArt Films, Inc., New York. Ideal for Imsiness group supplementary use, there are six editions, each of which runs approximately ten minutes, sound, or fifteen minutes, silent. ♦ Pictorial Film Libraries. New York has just released in 16mm. sotmd, a one-reel musical comedy with the famed Sophie Tucker singing her songs in her own inimitable manner. The subject is well-adapted for commercial pro 28