Reel and Slide (Jan-Sep 1919)

34 REEL and SLIDE Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin, "Home" of Drophead Projector So much comment has resulted from the announcement made last month in these columns of the new Drop Head Projector that a representative of Reel and Slide was sent to Fond du Lac to get all the facts available for our readers. The Drop Head Projector building is of brick, 2 stories high and measures 48 by 80 feet. It is located within a block of the Northwestern depot and in the heart of the manufacturing district of Fond du Lac. The land on which it is located extends several hundred feet to the south branch of the Fond du Lac river, allowing plenty of room for growth. The writer had the opportunity of meeting the men responsible for this enterprise and found them representative business men of the community, shrewd, alert and aggressive. The manufacturing company will devote their entire time and energy to producing Drop Head Projectors in large quantities. The sales will be handled by the Cinematic Service Co., a half million dollar Wisconsin corporation formed for that purpose. Nearly four years' time and considerably over a hundred thousand dollars has been spent in bringing this machine to its present perfection and the management are to be congratulated on the results obtained. The machine is 500 cubic inches smaller than its smallest competitor, carries two sets of lenses, one for the projection of motion The National Drop-Head Projector. pictures, the other for showing slides. It is built entirely of steel and these two features alone should create a big demand for it among schools, churches and industrial concerns where safety is necessary. A portable projector that is small, safe and simple to operate should certainly aid in hastening the progress now being made in visual instruction. The government's experts in this line of work claim that they will not be satisfied until every school and social settlement is equipped with portable projection machine of some kind and it is not hard to prophesy a bright future for these two companies in Fond du Lac. It is understood that the Cinematic Service Co. also intend to erect a large and well equipped studio for the purpose of producing educational, religious and industrial pictures of the better kind. Already they are attracting to their fold some of the best known people in the industry and ir is very probable that we are going to hear considerably more about Fond du Lac and these new industries that have such a bright future before them. It is safe to state that the market for both machines and the right kind of educational film has not yet been scratched. Film text books are coming as surely as the automobile is here to stay and the pioneers in this line of work are just as sure to reap big rewards as were those who were responsible for the birth and rapid growth of the automobile industry. Exhibitors' Convention Lauds Rothacker Printing A resolution passed at the convention of Managers of First National Exhibitors' Circuit Exchanges, the Hotel Astor, New York, April 22, 1919, reads as follows : Resolved : That we, the undersigned managers of First National Exchanges, express to Watterson R. Rothacker, president of the Rothacker' Film Manufacturing Company of Chicago, our appreciation for the splendid cooperation he has given us and for the extremes to which he and his organization have gone — far beyond the usual limits of business practice — to relieve emergencies and assist us in giving satisfactory service to our exhibitor customers. Furthermore : We feel that it is both merited and fitting that Mr. Rothacker be told that to each of us here it is a fact, proven by the statements of exhibitors to us, that no other group of exchanges can boast of prints with superior tinting and toning, with clearer definition, with more carefully printed lighting effects, or with greater quality in any particular, than that in the prints made by the Rothacker Film Manufacturing Company for the First National Exhibitors' Circuit. Furthermore : The excellent system installed by Mr. Rothacker for filling emergency orders for replacements of short lengths of torn or destroyed scenes and titles operates greatly to our advantage in the promptness and accuracy with which they are filled. Furthermore : We know, from our experience in the past with the laboratory work of other concerns, that the Rothacker Film Manufacturing Company, in comparisons of quality, service, accuracy and promptness, eminently deserves the tribute of an uninterrupted continuation of all laboratory work for First National Exhibitors' Circuit. Furthermore: It is resolved that a copy of this resolution be sent to Mr. Rothacker and to the board of directors for First National Exhibitors' Circuit. Signed : Harry Weiss, R. C. Seery, Chicago ; Bo}-d Cunningham, Washington ; W. E. Lusk, Cleveland ; C. R. Beacham, Atlanta; James Skirboll, Pittsburgh; L. Bickel, Dallas ; Jack Brainard, Oklahoma City; H. J. Fitzgerald, Milwaukee; Harry Scott, Detroit; J. F. Cubberly, Minneapolis; Lieut. Jim Anderson, Richmond; Lee Goldberg, Louisville ; Tom Spry, Boston ; J. H. Von Tilzer, New York; W. J. Heenan, Philadelphia; F. A. Fischer, Seattle; Floyd Brown, Indianapolis ; F. W. Falkner, New Jersey; E. V. Richards Jr., New Orleans ; Percy Smith, Buffalo ; Harry Nolan, Denver. We have read the foregoing and declare it to be a true copy of the original resolution. Lieut. Jim P. Anderson, Chairman. Harry Weiss, Secretary. Baumer Films, Inc., Produces Film on Dentistry A radical departure from the usual industrial field will be seen in a film now being produced by Baumer Films, Inc. The subject is educational as well as commercial and presents the salient facts of one of the most vital problems of to-day; the nature and value of teeth, their relation to health and longevity and the recently discovered treatment for pyorrhea — that peculiar disease which affects 75 per cent of the population of this country before they reach the age of thirty-five, and which has heretofore baffled the dental fraternity and students of oral hygiene. It is safe to say that no problem has occupied the attention of the scientific world to so great an extent for man}' years. The medical profession has traced many derangements of the human system to defective teeth as a primary cause. Dentistry and medicine have found a common meeting ground as a result, greatly to the benefit of the former and to the world at large. Defective teeth are admittedly the cause of backwardness among children and the boards of education are taking vigorous steps to correct the evil. This film, the temporary title of which is "A Mouthful of Wisdom," has been made both interesting for laymen and profound enough to warn and instruct the public so that they can guard against a most insidious menace to health and efficiency. The clinic and laboratories of the manufacturers of Pyorrhocide have been put at the disposal of Baumer Films during the production of this picture and every step will be made with the co-operation of recognized authorities in this branch of dental surgery. An illustrated talk on "Women in Industry" was given in the John Y. Boyd Hall at the Pittsburgh Y. W. C. A. recently by Mrs. Mabel Cronise Jones under the auspices of the Civic Club and the Federation of Industrial Clubs. The slides are those sent out by the Women in Industry Service, Department of Labor, Washington, and some of the points pre' sented were the eight-hour day, the fortyfour hour week, lunch and rest periods, equal pay for equal work, factory sanitation, correct posture and dress, employment management, co-operation, between worker and employer. Moving picture films illustrating mouth hygiene for school children were shown the committee on health and malnutrition of the Chicago school board recently by Dr. A. D. Black, dean of the dental school of Northwestern University. The films were those taken in the public schools of Bridgeport, Conn. Stereopticon slides, illustrating club work among the boys and girls in Georgia, have been received by count} agricultural agents and Miss El Dona Oliver, home economics agent. Throughout the week stereopticon lectures are to be given at various schools in the state.