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October 27, 1928
EXHIBITORS HERALD and MOVING PICTURE WORLD
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Police law, License law, Sunday closing law, Police attendance, Refusal to issue license, Fire restrictions, Censorship, Operators examinations, Theatre owner's rights, A valid law — one dealing with conduction of theatre, Theatre on one floor, Injury in disobeying usher, Licenses and taxes, Infringement of names, Film and vaudeville licenses, Must prove negligence, Compromise offer not binding, Newspaper liable, Agreement not to operate, Unsafe conditions, Employe serving employer, Recovering purchase price, Simplify leases, Keep exterior safe, Use of electric signs, Duties of proprietors, Disorderly patrons, Conflicting tax laws, illuminate dark steps.
Liability of Theatre Owner
See subhead, "Employes" and "Liability and the Patron," under the general heading, LEGAL.
Lighting, Emergency
See NEW PRODUCTS
Lighting Fixtures
The Modern Motif in Lighting Fixture Design. April 14, pg. 14.
Lighting, Theatre
See also LIGHTING FIXTURES and NEW PRODUCTS
New Use of Light in the Theatre, by Prof. S. R. McCandless. June 9, pg. 17.
Lobby
See aho DECORATION and NEW PRODUCT The Lobby and Its Treatment in the Standard Theatre, by George E. Eichenlaub. April 14, pg. 42.
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Music
See also NON-SYNCHRONOUS Three Manual Portable Organ, for Use in Connection with Regular Theatre Organ, Is Built by Wade Hamilton. March 17, pg. 29.
Organ vs. Orchestra, a survey by "Better Theatres." March 17, pg. 31.
"Phantom" Organist Stirs Patrons, a presentation by Herbert Lee Kock. March 17, pg. 40.
Shopping for a Theatre Organ, by Clark Fiers. April 14. pg 33.
The Musicale as a Matinee Builder. May 12, pg. 29. New Portable Organ Is Perfected. May 12, pg. 30. Becoming Acquainted with the Mike, fcy, Ralph Waldo Emerson. June 9, pg. 29.
Faking the Picture, by Leo Terry. June 9, pg. 30.
I Learn About Organs, by Jay M. Shreck. July 7, pg. 17;
August 4, pg. 37; September 1, pg. 51.
Why Be Alarmed! by Albert F. Brown, a discussion of sound and the organist. July 7. pg. 29.
Managers of Yesterday and Today, as viewed by Henry Francis Parks, critic and organist. August 4, pg. 25. The Organist vs. Sound, by Harold Daniels. September 1, pg. 27.
How I Plaved the Picture, by W. J. Cowdry. September 29. pg. 29.
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Non-Synchronous
Musical Accompaniment Possible Through Phototone. June 9, pg. 42.
Eleclrograph Is Perfected After Three Years Experimentation. July 7, pg. 44.
You Hear as You See with the Dramaphone, by Will Whitmore. September 29, pg. 17.
The Junior Orchestraphone Is Introduced. September 29, pg. 50.
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Orchestras
See MUSIC
Organizations
Two Hundred in Attendance at Sessions of Society of Motion Picture Engineers. April 14, pg. 55. Summaries of papers read:
Theatre Manaeement, by Harold B. Franklin. Import* nee of Good Projection to the Producer, by F. H. Richardson.
The Measurement of Pulsating Currents, by W. Nelson Goodwin. Jr.
Some Notes on the Making of Duplicate Negatives, by E. Huse and C. E. Ives.
Perspective Consideration in the Taking and Projecting of Motion Pictures, by Arthur C. Hardy and R. W. Conant.
Long Life Photographic Carbons and a Light Transformer, by E. A. Williford.
Emergency Theatre Lighting Equipment, by G. Dash.
The Automatic Film Rewinding and Splicing Machine,
by William F. McLoughlin. Society of Motion Picture Engineers Hold Fall Meeting at Lake Placid. September 29, pg. 41.
Summaries of papers read:
Acoustics of Auditorium, by Paul R. Heyl.
A New Continuous Motion Picture Projector, by A. J.
Holman.
Sound Production in Theatres, by E. O. Scriven and H. B. Santee.
Effect Lighting in Theatres, by J. H. Kurlander. New Mechau Continuous Projector. Non-Intermittent Optical Projector, by J. F. Leventhal.
Recent Development in Dynamic Loudspeakers, by John A. Minton and I. G. Maloff. The Kerr Cell Method of Recording Sound, by V. Zworykin. L. B. Linn and C. R. Hanna. Horizontal Tray Type of Continuous Processing Machine, by Hugh V. Jamieson.
An Electrical Synchronizing and Resynchronizing System for Sound Motion Picture Apparatus, by W. H. Bristol.
Voltage Regulators, by F. A. Byles.
Recent Advances in Wax Recording, by Halsey A. Frederick.
Organs
See MUSIC and NEW PRODUCT P
Personalities
What Kind of a Fellow Is Frank Meyer? April 14, pg. 30. What Kind of a Fellow Is L. W. Orlove? April 14, pg. 40. What Kind of a Fellow Is C. J. Sonin? June 9, pg. What Kind of a Fellow Is Charles Caballero? September 29, pg. 35.
Plans, Theatre Floor
See FLOOR PLANS
Portable Organs
See MUSIC and NEW PRODUCT
Presentation
See also MUSIC and MOTION PICTURE PRESENTATION Presentation Acts, a list of all acts reported on in "Exhibitors Herald-World." April 28, pg. 14.
Presentation, Motion Picture
Some Novel Projected Motion Picture Presentations, by Lewis M. Townsend and William W. Hennessy. May 12, pg. 35.
Prices, Admission
See ADMISSION PRICES and LEGAL
Product, New
See also NON-SYNCHRONOUS An Electric Air Heater May 12, pg. 18. A High Intensity Spotlight. May 12, pg. 21. A Sprocket Remover. May 12, pg. 35. A Taper Pin Remover. May 12, pg. 35. A Speed Change Pulley. May 12, pg. 53. A Dual Deflector Harmonizing with Surroundings. May 12, pg 58.
A Speed Regulator. June 9, pg. 30.
A Device for Removing Worn Sprockets. June 9, pg. 42.
A Remote Control for Color Frames. June 9, pg. 43.
A New Fulco Projector. June 9, pg. 59.
A new Wurlitzer Organette. June 9, pg. 61.
A Speed Indicator. July 7, pg. 34.
A New Motiograph Projector. July 7, pg. 39.
A Universal Effect Projector. July 7, pg. 45.
A Long Range Spotlight, Floodlight and Effect Projector.
August 4, pg. 29.
An Air Diffuser. August 4, pg. 47.
An Emergency Unit Using Water as Power. September 1, Pg
An Electrical Theatre Lobby Easel. September 1, pg. 62. A Curtain Track of Steel. September 29, pg. 34. A New Transverter to Meet Requirements of Sound Pictures. September 29, pg. 51.
An Automatic Seat Indicator. March 17, pg. 38. Art Glass for Lobby Boards. April 14, pg.