The Film Daily (1948)

Friday, July 30, 1948 DAILY EQUIPMENT NEWS Bigelow-Sanford Sales Rise 44.7% Bigelow-Sanford Carpet Co., Inc., reports sales for the second quarter of 1948 (ended July 2) totaled $2,057,302, an increase of 44.7 per cent over the $15,240,269 total reported for t>>e second quarter of 1947. vklMlfor the first six months of 194l>^aled $42,760,156 against $28,429,003 in the first half of last year, increase of 50.4 per cent. Earnings for the second quarter amounted to $2.36 a common share, compared with profits in like 1947 period of $1.50 a common share after adjustment for recent doubling of the number of common shares. Earnings for the first six months of 1948 amounted to $3.75 a common share against $2.25 a share in corresponding period of last year. The company has declared the regular quarterly dividends of 50c on the common stock and $1.50 on the prefeiTod, both payable Sept. 1. Indian Gov't Purchases RCA Film Equipment Purchase by the Indian Government of three RCA sound film recording systems for the production of educational motion pictures and newsreels was announced yesterday by Meade Brunet, vice-president of RCA and managing director of the RCA Int'l Division. Delivery will be made by Photophone Equipments, Ltd., associate company of RCA in Bombay. Bell & Howell Six-Month Earnings at $1,103,829 Chicago — Net earnings of Bell & Howell for the six months ended June 30 amounted to $1,103,829, equal to $2.26 per common share, after preferred stock dividends, it is reported by J. H. McNabb, president. Earnings for the quarter ended June 30 were $487,678. Bell & Howell board declared a regular quarterly dividend of $1.06% on the cumulative preferred, a regular 12% cents dividend on the common, and a 25 cents extra dividend on the common. All are payable Sept. 1, to holders of record on Aug. 14. Feinstem Sells in Haxtun Denver — Sam Feinstein has moved back to Denver after selling his Rialto, Haxtun, Colo., to Mrs. Lucille Campbell. Rosenboum Biiilding Tuscumbia, Ala — Louis Rosenbaum has begun construction of a 900seat theater here. OSCAR B. DEPVE Optical PIctare Reduction Printers, Contact, Microfilm and Soand Reduction Printers manafactured and sold by OSCAR F. CARLSON CO. 2600 Irving Park Road, Chicago 18, 111. ABOUT THE TRADE foot rod equipped on the tip with a system of wires that will change the scrims, turn the switches, and move the doors with a minimum of effort on the part of the electricians who now never have to leave the floor of the set to reach the lamps. pORTABLE "flutter indicators" and simi' lar instruments used by theater servicemen for high quality installation and maintenance of theater sound systems may now be quickly and accurately calibrated and tested by means of a new electronic test instrument developed by the RCA Service Co. The new frequency-modulated audio oscillator eliminates the limitations of mechanical instruments previously used for this purpose. By making possible extensive investigations of flutter-indicator characteristics, the new oscillator permits more accurate field tests of theater sound systems. APPOINTMENT of Dr. John M. ** Clark as assistant general manager of the photo products department, effective immediately, is announced by the T)u Pont Company. He succeeds Charles L. Wiswall, who has been appointed special assistant to the management. Dr. Clark has been general superintendent of the Photo Products Department since 1945. (Continued from Page 6) rNE VRY export manager Norman Olsen reports that Frank W. Wilson of Port au Prince, Haiti, De Vry distributor was a visitor at the Chicago plant. Wilson's Community theater in Port au Prince which opened recently has met with good patronage. • • r\lJNEDlN, FLA., will get its first •^ film theater in more than a generation when C. W. Bennett, late of Middleboro, Mich., opens a new $25,000 house there. . . . • The Minneapolis Altec Service branch has added 16 new accounts for service in the territory, O. E. Maxwell, branch manager, announced. ... • Joe Lipschitz, of Auburn, Me., has started construction of an $80,000 450-seat theater at Mechanics Falls, Me. "pjECTO-0-VAC," vacuum cleaner said ^ to be self-cleaning, no dust bag to empty, is 'being offered to theaters by the Continental Car-Na-Var Corp. Twelve and five-foot-long hoses are furnished for cleaning between theater seats. In addition to the usual tools that go with a vacuum, a 13inch nozzle, fitted with reversible squeegees, is {>rovided to increase pick-up efficiency. Record Arlloom Year Forecast by Adair Philadelphia — Herbert J. Adair, Adair, president of Artloom Carpet Co., Inc., forecasts that if business conditions remain generally as good in the last half of the year as in the first half, Artloom will have a record sales year. Adair termed the materials situation as still difficult and that considerably more production could be obtained if more materials were available. Adair disclosed net profits for the first half of 1948 of $509,984, as against $186,380, an 173 per cent jump. Net sales were $7,450,162 the first six months of the year and $3,450,162 in the second quarter, both records, he said. The need for cash for expansion and growth in machinery expenditures made it necessary to pay out somewhat less in dividends, he added. Pepsi-Cola Exec. Offices Move to West 57th Street Executive offices of the PepsiCola Co. will be moved today to 3 W. 57th St., from Long Island City. New Marquee for Kulm Kulm, N. D. — New marquee has been installed at the Kulm theater by R. Beich. Dave Sandler Develops Adjustable Parking Light Cleveland, O. — David Sandler, general manager of Theatercraft Mfg. Corp. of Cleveland, has developed an adjustable parking light which is an exclusive feature of his MobiltoneIn-Car speaker installation. Light is attached to under the junction box and may be adjusted from a pin point to flood proportions. The adjustable light is a feature of all Mobiltone speakers now in production. DoLite Screen Expanding Chicago — DaLite Screen Co. has purchased a larger building at Grand and Mead Ayes, for expansion of the business. THEATRE TICKETS stadium, Amuiement Park, Etc. H. C. Arthur, Jr. president, Fanchon & Marco, says : DO YOU WAIT UNTIL YOUR CAR BREAKS DOWN?" •'It does not make any difi'erence 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 eflRcient 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 afi'ect 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 abilitu to meet successfully the competition of other forms of entertainment. An Altec Service contract is the soundest long term investment an exhibitor can jnake today. 161 Sixth Avenue New York 13, N. V. TEE SERVICE ORGANIZATION OF THE MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY