Motion Picture News (Oct 1913 - Jan 1914)

34 THE MOTION PICTURE NEWS Brass railings, brass easels and frames that are so hard to polish and keep polished can be made in wood or iron and coated with bronze. We know that the poster frames are made of wood and covered with a thin sheet of brass, and we know that the least knock on said frames leaves a bad dent. These dents will not appear on frames coated with bronze, because the coating is heavier and there is no air between the green bronze, and dark green curtains, etc. Katholion bronze is not only much cheaper than bronze casting, but is very much lighter in weight. Illustration 1 shows an outside lamp of very fine design and practical on account of its cheapness. While the columns, cornices, dome and grill work of the ticket booth could be made of Katholion bronze, the panels of the base could be bas pany, recently toyed with a real rattlesnake in the production of a picture in Los Angeles. Von Meter showed nerve, as a perfectly good rattler was employed. The snake lay on a table and the picture was cut just as the reptile coiled and struck. Von Meter jumped out of the way in time to escape the fangs. FIG. 3 wood and the coating. With Katholion bronze, any designs of mouldings can be used to make the poster frame more artistic and at same time to avoid the long flat brass surfaces so hard to keep well polished. Katholion bronze offers great possibilities to enhance the beauty and richness of a motion picture theatre. For instance: Instead of having the panels of the doors solid, made of plate glass with a curtain in the back, of stained glass, etc., the panels could be made of Katholion bronze. FIG. 4 A door, imitation mahogany, with the panels made of bronze and a dark red -curtain back of it, would produce a great effect. Many other beautiful compositions could be made on the same order: doors, imitation walnut, with the panels of old or reliefs of the same composition. It would be too long to enumerate all the possibilities for Katholion bronze in the construction and decoration of a motion picture theatre. The accompanying cuts will give an idea of some of the possibilities of Katholion bronze. Cut No. 2 shows the specimen of a statue to surmount the ticket booth. Cut No. 3 shows a bronze cove molding for cornice, and also a bronze capital for a column. Cut No. 4 shows an exterior balcony of bronze. Cut No. 5 shows a wall bracket. These illustrations are a few specimens of what can be done with the new art process, known as the Katholion bronze, and if the reader is interested in this new process, he will find that light fixtures, tablets, grille work, statues, hand-rails, friezes, basreliefs, fountains, etc., are fully illustrated in the catalog of the company. The beauty with the Katholion bronze is that you can give it any desired finish — red, black, old green bronze to suit the other decorations of the theatre. For instance, if the locks and handles on the doors of the new theatre on Eighth avenue, New York, called Ye Drury Lane, had been in imitation green bronze, they would harmonize with the other oldtime decorations and old lamps. At the offices of the Katholion Bronze Company I was shown some oak leaves with acorns, lace-work, etc., coated in bronze, without altering the smallest details. J. M. B. Harry Von Meter, the new character man of the first American com FIG. 5 HAVE YOU DECIDED TO USE BRASS LOBBY FRAMES? We are making the kind you should buy. O ur Special No. 2 Easel Frame with glass front and detachable compoboard back is great for $6.00, F. O. B. Cleveland, Ohio. THEATRE SPECIALTY MFG. CO., Inc. Remember to address us at our new home office and factory. Box 81 CLEVELAND, OHIO N. Y. office for Eastern trade only Heidelberg Bldg., 42d St., & Broadway In writing to advertisers please mention "THE MOTION PICTURE NEWS"