Exhibitors Herald World (Jan-Mar 1929)

42 EXHIBITORS HERALD-WORLD March 30,1929 Above: View of the sound studio from Gou-^r Street, as jo \ar built. Left: Birdseye vieu of the project on which 200 builders are now employed. Harry Colin, vice-president; Dorothy Revier and Jack Holt, stars, watching construction. Where Columbia Audiens Will Be Made HERE are views of the new sound studio now being constructed by Columbia at that company's plant in Hollywood. The stages have been planned according to the latest discoveries in acoustical science and engineering and with a main stage 92x140 feet, facilities are expected to meet future as well as present demands. The new sound plant was described in this department last week. Western Electric equipment will be used. Power Faults Start Move to Enlist Aid Of Electrical Firms (Special to the Herald-World) BOSTON, March 26.— Following the blowing of fuses and even more serious troubles in some of the suburban and outlying theatres which have installed sound equipment, representatives of sound equipment companies are paying special attention here to this feature and are endeavoring to secure the cooperation of the companies supplying current to the theatres. The greatly increased load requires sufficient current which in some instances means additional power wiring. One Lynn theatre was unable to complete its Saturday night program last week and estimates a loss of $750 as a result of the failure of the current to operate. Patents Acquired for Making Industrial and Ad Films with Sound (Special to the Herald-World) ST. LOUIS, March 26.— E. F. Howe, president and general manager of the National Film Publicity Corporation of this city, has announced the acquisition by that concern of patent rights and recording equipment of the Warner Recording Company of Kansas City, for use in making industrial and educational short subjects for the sound screen. J. F. Warner, inventor and electrical engineer who developed the Kansas City company's method for sound reproduction and synchronization with motion pictures, has been retained as a consulting engineer for National Film Publicity Corporation. Heretofore the company has produced only silent advertising and industrial films. The company also plans to produce unbreakable phonograph records and novelty greeting records and is now negotiating for larger factory space in the vicinity of their present plant. , Qualitone Plans National Distribution from Coast (Special to the Herald-World) LOS ANGELES, March 26.— Los Angelesmade talking picture projection devices will shortly be installed in theatres in practically every state of the Union, according to Samuel Freedman, president of the Qualitone Corporation, in addressing a group of electrical and projection engineers. "We are now catching up on our production and within two weeks we expect to be turning out the machines at the rate of two a day. At the present time we have 22 installations under way in various sections of the country, and it won't be long before the Qualitone attachments will be used in every state." The Qualitone Corporation is the first California concern manufacturing sound devices to invade the national field. Pacent Devices Put in Houses on Both Coasts A. West Johnson, Oregon representative for Pacent Reproducer Corporation, reports installation of the equipment at the Granada theatre, Portland, and the Granada in Camas, Wash., of the Type 2MDA, $2,500 machines. The Venetian theatre at Hillsboro, Ore., will be equipped with a Type 4MDA, $3,500 set. Playing "The Home Towners," as the opening production in sound on a Pacent device, the Walker theatre in Brooklyn had a highly successful opening on St. Patrick's Day. The installation at the Walker is the large Pacent machine, Type 4MDA.