The Film Daily (1948)

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Building Remodeling Equipment Maintenance Page 6 NEW YORK, FRIDAY. MARCH 5. 1948 ABOUT THE TRADE THE DA-LITE SCREEN CO.'S new Projection Data Card will interest all those engaged in audio visual work and picture projection. A 1948 calendar, standard and metric scales, as well as a permanent memo space, are on one side. On the other side, accurate screen tables for 8 and 16 mm. motion pictures, 2x2 slides, and 35 mm. filmslides — standard aperture chart — standard screen sizes available — and a unique formula for finding the correct size screen to use with any projector and any lens, at any distance. • • A NEWLY REDESIGNED, packaged air conditioning unit that cools, dehumidifies, filters, circulates, and ventilates, has been announced by the United States Air Conditioning Corp., Minneapolis. This compact, refrigerated conditioner is available in 3 and 5 ton capacities, requires little floor space, is ready for quick installation. • • OF UNUSUAL interest to theater maintenance chiefs, a new principle in paint( Continued on Page 7) BELLISH YOUR PRESENTATION AND TRACKS Silent • Smooth • Au\ FREE CATALOG vallen,inc."«4kR,7"' I hit SIKUlNV* tLtLIKlV. Q.UKP 87 City Park Ave. Toledo2,Ohio Building Prospects Brighten Materials Inventories High, Gov't Finds Reports from the Department of Commerce that the building materials picture has brightened in the past few months are hailed by theater architects and construction firms as indicating a better chance that some of the long-projected new theater plans may soon go into actual construction. (In the past eight months, the OHE has turned down 1,881 theater project applications. Aggregate construction outlay involved was $82,271,009. In the period, the OHE gave the nod to 678 projects, representing $25,505,929.) Spokesmen believe that as materials stockpiles become larger, OHE, which has the final okay of all new theater projects, will become more lenient in its approvals. Improvement in the building materials picture was pointed out by J. Marshall Mayes, acting director of Commerce's construction division, who said the inventory outlook is "considerably brighter" than it was a year ago. Manufacturers' physical inventories of building materials at the end of 1947 in general were substantially greater than at the end of 1946. New Commerce figures indicate that manufacturers in December hit an all-time high for that month. While output decreased two per cent from November, the drop was much less than normal, it was said. $5,561,383 Net for Alexander Smith Alexander Smith & Sons Carpet Co. net income for 1947 was $5,561,383, before allocating $600,000 to the reserve for contingencies. This represents $5.74 per share of common Net income in 1946 was $4,602,404, or $4.79 per common share, also before deducting $600,000 for contingencies. Dividends paid in 1947 on the common stock were $2.70 per share against $1.80 for 1946. Consolidated net sales for 1947 were $63,160,588 as compared with $45,291,993 in 1946, an increase of 39 per cent. Both the dollar sales volume and physical production of the company were at the highest peacetime levels in Smith's 103-year history. Brock Opens $200,000 Lawton, Okla., Theater Lawton, Okla.— The Vaska Theater, one of the Southwest's largest, formally opened last night with a showing of "The Yearling." Owner is Max Brock, vice-president of the Oklahoma Theater Owners Association. New theater cost approximately $200,000. National TOA officers, state theater leaders and civic and military dignitaries, attended the opening. New Vending Machine Co. Chicago — Harry H. Brown, Freda Brown and M. S. Gordon have formed the Amusement Sales Corp. with offices at 158 E. Grand Ave. to supply theaters with vending machines. Animated Effects by Speclrolux System Demonstrations of Spectrolux, newly developed Canadian system of producing animated effects by projecting vari-colored lights upon sign surfaces at relatively high frequencies, have stirred keen trade interest in New York this week. Developed by Gordon Best, Cana( Continued on Page 7) New Dispenser Machine For Ice Cream Bars West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY San Diego, Calif. — A new type of dispenser machine has been manufactured by Vendi-Freeze Automatic Merchandising Units, offering ice cream bars at 10 cents. Two feet wide, by two feet deep and 64 inches high, it has an open type compressor unit to maintain proper temperature. The ice cream rack has a total capacity of 120 three-ounce bars and can be easily removed from the machine. Superdisplay Promotes Theater-Styled Equipment Specially constructed to fit large or small areas, "theater-styled" equipment combining popcorn machines, candy cases, and beverage dispensers is being promoted by Superdisplay, Inc., Milwaukee. Of sectional construction so that each unit can be complete in itself or joined to make a large display, the equipment is modern in design and especially eye-appealing. Dyna-beam Kliegligl Introduced by Kliegl Kliegl Bros, is introducing Dyi beam Klieglights, an entirely new ■ velopment in incandescent spotligl said to provide a more powerful be; with more desirable controls th anything heretofore available. Intended primarily for spot floodlighting the stage from d tances aof 75 to 150 feet, usua from the projection booth, it serviceable for other applicatic where long distance projection of intense light beam is required. When used for spotlighting, it equivalent to a 70 ampere arc sp light and for practical purpo. serves as well as a 100 ampere •< unit. When floodlighting any a: I greater than 6 feet wide its li| intensity is three to four times gre er than 70 or 100 ampere arcs of a type. At a throw of 100 feet it gh an average of 90 foot candles foi spot 6 ft. or smaller in diameter an average of 50 ft. candles for a ft. spread. With its spread lens 4r flood position it covers an area 2( 40 ft. wide. : * 4% WACNE, CHANGEABLE LETTERI