Motion picture news booking guide (Apr 1923)

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BOOKING GUIDE 145 THEATRE VENTILATION CODE VENTILATION OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS SUBMITTED FOR APPROVAL. The code for the ventilation of public and semi-public buildings adopted by the American Society of Heating and Ventilating Engineers. References: October 14, 1922, page 1922. MISCELLANEOUS APPARATUS FOR RECORDING THE HUMAN VOICE ON MOTION PICTURE FILM. A description with illustrations of the apparatus and method used in recording the human voice on motion picture film as followed bv Professor Edgar I. Wenger of the University of Illinois. References : November 4, 1922, page 2338. DIFFERENCE BETWEEN INFLAMMABLE AND NON-INFLAMMABLE FILM. The Department of Commerce. Bureau of Standards. Washington, D. C, reports the essential features of the inflammable and non-inflammable film. References : October 7, 1922, page 1792. GERMAN EFFICIENCY IN THEIR LABORATORIES. An article explaining the efficient methods which the Germans are incorporating in their laboratories for the development and handling of motion picture film. References : December 9. 1922, page 2958. HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTS LEADING TO THE MODERN MOTION PICTURE. A paper presented before the Society of Motion Picture Engineers by C. Francis Jenkins, giving a complete resume of the apparatus and development of the modern motion picture. The continuation of this article appears in the October 21, 1922, issue, page 2078. References: October 14, 1922. page 1921. ILLUMINANTS AND METHODS FOR LIGHTING MOTION PICTURE STUDIOS. The author, F. S. Mills, in a paper before the Illuminating Engineering Society, sets forth the method and use of the various illuminants in the motion picture industry, treating on the high intensity arc lamp, the Cooper Hewitt mercury vapor lamp and the high wattage Mazda C lamp. References : December 16, 1922, page 3079. PERFECT INSPECTION AT TWICE THE SPEED NOW POSSIBLE IN FILM EXCHANGES. Description of a new apparatus which is being developed permitting the rapid inspection of motion picture film and also the detection of minute flaws in the film which ordinarily pass inspection. References: December 2, 1922. page 2820. THE MOTION PICTURE THEATRE OF THE FUTURE AND ITS EQUIPMENT. An interesting paper before the Society of Motion Picture Engineers by Samuel L. Rothafel of the Cr.pitol Theatre. New York City, making a prophecy of the probable development of the motion picture theatre of the future, bringing out also the important points in showmanship. References: January 6, 1923. page 95. The Technical Department of the Motion Picture News publishes up-to-date hints for picture presentation and also treats on all phases of theatre equipment, construction, etc.