The Film Daily (1948)

It riday, July 2, 1948 DAILY EQUIPMENT NEWS Hub Rod Control I Box Marketed by GRC stub Rod Control Box is now being Dffered to theaters throughout the country through authorized dealers by " e General Register Corp., follo"^jjj^,' a successful testing period of mo're^than 14 months in several hundred Greater New York independent and circuit houses, including 22 in the Times Square-Broadway area alone. Featuring the protection of General Register's Automaticket Control System, the Stub Rod Control Box is designed to end ticket manipulations and irregularities by providing constant tight control of ticket stubs. The doorman takes tickets and tears them, handing one half to the patron in the usual way. The theater's stubs are then deposited in the boxone or more stubs at a time — and they automatically are filed in the sequence in which they have been collected and are retained in that .exact order under lock and key until removed by exhibitor or delegated representative. The box operates a week or longer without unloading, and stubs are easily and quickly removed without interrupting its operation, it is said. Stubs are removed on sealed, numbered strings, segregated by days, and each daily string of tickets may be analyzed to show admissions by ;hourly periods, time record of cashiers and doormen, missing serial numbers or tickets collected out of sequence. Ticket irregularities are immediately revealed and responsibility placed without guesswork. By correlating all tickets collection information, the Stub Rod Conjtrol Box enables the exhibitor to be constantly aware of what is going on 'between box office and door, without 3ven visiting the theater except to pollect strings of stubs, it is pointed out The Stub Rod Control Box has no moving parts and can be moved from door to door or any part of nner or outer lobby. Form Lightcraft Corp. Chicago — Arthur Freeman, B. E. Davis and L. L. Michaels have organized the Lightcraft Co., with offices at 33 N. LaSalle St., to manufacture electrical signs for the I'lmusement industry. A D L E R PLASTIC and CAST ALUMINUM "THIRD DIMENSION" LETTERS and "REMOVA-PANEL" GLASS-IN-FRAME UNITS Write for Information ADLER SILHOUEHE LEUER CO. 3021 W. 36th St. Chicago 32, III. ABOUT THE TRADE (Continued from Page 6) studio personnel concerned and other interested parties in the foreign markets. In the U. S., copies will be distributed by Westrex, 111 Eighth Ave. • • . THE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE'S 1948 Levy Medal today was awarded jointly to Dr. Jan A. Rajchman and William H. Cherry, both of the RCA Laboratories, Princeton, N. J., for their paper on "The Electron Mechanics of Induction Acceleration." • • CONFECTIONS, INC., of Chicago has acquired the Dearing Products Co. of Arcanum, 0., manufacturers of Streamlets . . . • Jack DeMarce will erect a second house, to seat 300, in Benson, Minn., next Fall. . . • State at Eustis, Fla., is installing Westinghouse air conditioning. . . • Stanley W. Ulkloss of Haddon Heights, N. J. won General Aniline & Film's slogan contest with "From Research to Reality." • • Tiro DRINK SERVICE is provided ' by the Thirst-Aid Corp. of up-state Syracuse. Franchise operators completely service the Bradley machines . . . • Talgar Theater Co. will build in Vero Beach, Fla. . . • Sanymetal Products Co. of Cleveland has available a new 20-page, six-color catalogue on toilet compartments, etc. • • V^AUL MANTZ, in connection with ' Cameramen Wilfred Cline and Sid Hickox, has come up with a revolutionary type baffle-plate which allows unlimited freedom from windstream while filming aerial sequences in the partially-open nose of his B-23 camera ship. • • rOR DRIVE-IN (open air) theaters Thea' ter Equipment Co. of Toledo, has developed an individual loud speaker which can be attached inside the window frame of OSCAR B. DEPIJE Optical Piotnre Redaction Printers, Contact, Microfilm and Sound Reduction Printers manufactured and eold by OSCAR F. CARLSON CO. 2600 Irving Park Road, Chicago 18, III. THEATRE TICKETS stadium. Amusement Park, Etc. «t>^, # ^"^^V^« INTERNATIONAL TICKET CO. S6 Crollon Ave., Newark 4, N. J. So/ei offices in N. f. ar.i principal cities each car. Each speaker has its own volume control button. A Fiberglas pad installed in the cast aluminum shell contributes to the quality of sound reproduction by reducing reverberation. A NEW THEATER is planned for ** Natneki, III., by Samuel Nieberg and associates. . . . • Michael Horn will build a 300-seat house in Bethalto, III. . . . And Arthur Struck and George Thyge will build a 450 seater in Wenona. III. • • R. E. CARNEY Theaters of Rolla, Mo., is erecting a new quonset-type theater in St. James, Mo., where the circuit now operates the 300-seat Lyric. . . • Dean Davis of Mountain Grove, Mo., is building a 350-seat quonset-type new house in that city where he has the 325-seat Cameo. • • S.O.S. CINEMA SUPPLY Corp., world's largest mail order theater equipment house, is celebrating its ''2nd year in business now in its own building, and expanding its line of services still further to include outdoor drive-in equipment and theater television. Wheeler Acquires Allen Allen, Neb. — Vernon Wheeler bought the Allen Theater here from Rubel Hutching. Artloom Carpeting Prices Tilted 5 P. C. Artloom Corp., whose name was changed from Artloom Carpet Co. at the recent Philadelphia stockholders meeting, has advanced its theater carpeting prices an average of five per cent, with mounting costs and a wage increase the influencing factors. Herbert J. Adair, executive vicepresident says it is expected that sales for the 12 weeks ended June 19, "will be close" to the $4,073,900 reported for the initial 12 weeks this year. This would bring volume for the 24-week period to approximately $8,000,000, against $3,848,816 reported a year ago. Net profit for the current quarter may be "slightly under" the $236,604, or 79 cents a common share reported in the first 12 weeks this year, Adair added. This would bring net for the 24-week period to approximately $400,000, or about $1.30 on 297,266 common shares. In the 24 weeks to June 14, 1947, Artloom reported a net profit of $186,381, or 62 cents a share. Quonset Negro Theater St. Petersburg, Fla. — A quonset theater building for Negro patronage will be set up by the Gulf Amusement Co. Estimated cost is $20,000. H. C. Arthur, Jr. president, Fanchon & Marco, says : DO YOU WAIT UNTIL YOUR CAR BREAKS DOWN?" •'It does not make any difference whether you are running a motion picture theatre or you are taking care of your own automobile. There are two ways to do it. You can let your car run until it breaks down on some important trip causing extreme discomfort to your guests who are with you and causing extreme embarrassment to you or you can keep it serviced and save money in ultimate repairs and replacements as well as wear and tear on your nerves and on those of your guests. ??You can run your projection equipment on the same principle until it breaks down. Whether it is your car or your theatre equipment, when it does break down, you will wish you had had a regular efficient service that would have saved you all of the trouble and ultimately the greater expense. "'Altec's service is assurance against breakdown. It saves against a larger expense in the long run for repairs and replacements and it saves your patrons annoyance and discomfort; both ultimately affect your P. & L. To maintain the goodwill of your patrons and their regular attendance at your theatre, don't let your equipment break down. That is my advice. Altec will help you follow it." Altec Service, known for its service "over and above the contract" is a vital ingredient of your theatre's ahilitij to meet successfully the competition of other forms of entertainment. An Altec Service contract is the soundest long term investment an exhibitor can make today. 161 Sixth Avenue Neiv York 13, \. ¥. THE SERVICE ORGANIZATION OF THE MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY