Boxoffice (Jan-Mar 1945)

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PROJECTORS WORTHY OF A PROUD NAME A PROUD NAME in the motion picture world, DeVRY is justly proud of its new 35mm motion picture projectors for which orders are now being accepted. Into these streamlined, rugged, durable and troublefree essentials to audience satisfaction has gone a wealth of engineering knowledge and experience. Back of their sterling performance in the theater, are new manufac turing techniques, improved machinery, broadened facilities — and the skilled craftsmanship of men who have earned their FOURTH Army-Navy "E” award for excellence in the production of motion picture sound equipment. RESULT: a theater projector that exceeds generally accepted commercial standards in every respect. Coupon will bring you facts of importance. DeVRY CORPORATION, Dept. MT-B2 I 1111 Armitage Ave., Chicago 14, Illinois Please send details about the NEW DeVRY 35mm Theater Projectors and Sound Systems. I Name Address City Theater I State. . . Capacity I I VtfALKty NATIONAL THEATRE SUPPLY Division oi National « Simples * BludwortK, 1 n< What Would You Do About It? (Continuation of The Quiz Pot) peared herein before, comes again and with a “Kink.” He draws and writes: \tr “Here’s one for the engineers to ponder over. The film should be brought from the upper magazine horizontally instead of vertically. Fire doesn’t travel well horizontally. Vertical fire doors will not stop a fire everytime — I know from sad experience.” * * * Much obliged, Gabe. We don’t vouch for the practicability of your “Kink,” but gladly pass it along for comment. * * * Proj. Ray C. McQueen of the Dodge Theatre in Eastman, Georgia, camments on the “Kinks” of others hereinbefore presented and comes up with a few of his own. He writes: “I’ve been reading the Cine' Clinic for a long time, but the December 2nd edition beats them all. My fellow projectionists have been sending in some fine kinks; so here’s my two cents’ worth. “I agree with the boys that the film damage is caused by school-boy projectionists, over-aged equipment, and most of all the exchanges. “To Sgt. Bob Merry: About your footlight problem. It is a lot of bother to go backstage before each performance to turn on the floor lights so you can show off your curtain. To solve that, I cut another port in the front wall — about a twelveinch circle — just about ten inches from the projector port. Then I loosened the only wing screw about nine inches above the wing so that the whole lamp will swing over for use as a spotlight. “With no condensing lens, you can adjust the spot to cover the entire stage or a small spot for a speaker. I understand this was designed for stereopticon operation, but it works perfect for a spot or flood light. This works on the three and fivepoint stands. “While I’m on the lamphouse, I have noticed that a lot of projectionists don’t have an image to set the negative carbon. To do this, simply drill a small hole in the top of the lamp. “Another thing I have found helpful is to wire a small piece of mirror in the porthole (watching your position so that it doesn’t interfere with the fire shutter) . It can be most any shape, but try to get 26 The MODERN THEATRE SECTION