Motion Picture News (Oct-Dec 1929)

1248 Motion Picture News I Guard Your Organ Against the Cold! To bring out ihe exquisite lone quality of your pipe organ — to render mus:c with absolute perfection — it is essential to maintain the temperature of the pipes at approximately the temperature at which the organ pipes were tuned. Any material change in temperature will affect the pitch and throw the organ out of tune. Organ Loft Heater maintains the desired temperature by means of thermostat, which shuts off automatically as soon as this temperature is reached. No danger of overheating or chilling. No waste of electricity. This electric heater does not heat to a red temperature. Consequently there is no fire hazard and it does not dry out the air and open up joints in the woodwork. Durable in construction. Notlrng lo get out of order. Made of cast iron \\ i li aluminum finish. Occupies but little space and can be set directly on the floor of loft. Ihou^atiils in use. If rite for ca'alog, OT mail the coupon Prometheus Organ Heater in New York Theatre, 1 Prometheus 358 West Electric Cor 3th St.. Now P . York. 1 | Without any obi send a copy of cata gatio log or i on my your O part rgan pi...>.. Heater. 1 1 Town Urge All Theatres Use Same Size Sound Film Aperture Recommendations for a correlation of practice on projector apertures at theatres where special apertures are used to restore the full screen proportion from sound-on-film. pictures were made in the form of a resolution adopted at a joint meeting of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Technicians' Branch, the American Society o< Cinematographers, and the Los Angeles Chapters of the Society of Motion 1 'icture Engineers and the American Projection Society, held at the Roosevelt Hotel. Hollywood, on September ig. The resolution, based on the report of a joint committee which conducted a national survey of theatre chains, recommends that theatres making a practice of restoring sound film to full screen proportions, by means of special devices that mat off the top and bottom of the picture, do so by the use of an aperture whose size would be 0.600 by 0.800 inches on the basis of projection on the level, the horizontal center of the aperture coinciding that of the S.M.P.E. standard aperture. The technical societies jointly recommend that studios compose scenes with an area of 0.620 by 0.835 inches in producing sound-on-film pictures so that in theatres which use a smaller aperture the heads and feet of characters will not be matted off. Joint committees were authorized to investigate and make recommendations on release print standardization screen illumination. The present variation in the length and marking of the leaders on i ts from different studios and laterals and the difficulty encountered by projectionists when no silent frames are allowed at the beginning and ends of r cN for changeover will be included in ihe investigation by the committee. Represents Synchrodisk in New England Territory The Weber Machine Corporation. Rochester, manufacturer of the Synchrodisc turntable for synchronized r'i c reproduction, last week announced the appointment of a new district repre -, ntative in the New England territory, "here the Talking Picture Equipment Co., 14 Church St.. Boston, will handle Syncrodisk installations. The Synchrodisc equipment consists of two turn tables, two pick-ups and one ••hauge -over fader. The turntable may be ctached to any make of projector for ynchronized reproduction of disc record ings. Features of the device are: gears submerged in oil to give quiet operation •i id long life: very heavy construction, i e turntable weighs about 150 lbs., with snring suspension to absorb vibration: fly wheel on drive shaft: guard that has two pockets for needles, an advantage in booths where space is limited. •^ ' No. 7180 Mod *""&ir^' ern Art Wrought Iron Plant Hold ^l» er, with 3 single tapered standards, 24 inches, 30 sIPp* inches, 36 inches high, to hold pots. **jfm t%$ Beautiful display gArr ST jfyjaft and home orna ^j» / T 8« ment with 3 pots ]\\ of assorted plants and vines, green pot covers, height over all 4 feet, 4 piece set, com \ jll|Plr plete $7.50. Write for Fall and Xmas Catalogue No. 7 of Artificial Flowers, Plants, etc., mailed FREE on request. Frank Netschert Inc. 61 Barclay St. New York, N. Y. PAYS for 1TSF.LF! GOLD SEAL REGISTERS & TICKETS Automatic Ticket Register Corp. 723 Seventh Avenue, New York City riOVELTY /CEMIC rVTUDIO/' BUILT Ott MERIT DRAPERIES STAGE FURNISHINGS SCENERY and RIGGING Tell Us Your Problem! NOVELTY SCENIC STUDIOS 340 W. 41.1 St. New York City