Business screen magazine (1947)

. MIDWESTERN SCENE • Ray-Bell Films Opens a New Laboratory and Art Building ♦ Riri) H. Ra^ Film Industries, St. I'iuil. Minn., has recently nio\Lcl into a new S60,000 air(Diulitionud film laboratory and art department. These new adtlitions add 7,(100 square feet ot lloor space to make this motion |)icture production unit one ol the most complete in the country. Space lornierh occupied by these two departments has been remodelecl for the expanding Service Department of the Film Advertising Division and the Sales and Accounting departments. The ne^v Laboratory is equipped with two automatic develop FREE-A FILM DIVIDEND A FREE DIVIDEND IS IN YOUR LIBRARY Your film represents a large Investment that you MUST protect. Llle a valuable tool, it needs periodic MAINTENANCE and MODERNIZATION. As changes in product and policy occur, corresponding changes in your firm should be made to enable it to maintain the highest sales or instructional efficiency. A GREATER UTILITY for your film investment may be had by having several versions of the same film, each directed to different fields. All these things constitute a NECESSARY PROTECTION for your investment — your film. DYNASTY OFFERS MODERNIZATION SERVICE Your films can be rejuvenated' by: ADDIIONAL FOOTAGE To introduce new approaches To replace obsolete scenes NEW NARRATION To freshen and add sparlde To emphasize certain points NEV/ MUSIC AND SOUND EFFECTS To build emotional reaction To more effectively tie various sequences together RE-EDITING To smooth rough spots To blend all factors into one dynamic and purposeful film This is a modernization feature which can "revitalile" your film library, and act as Investment Insurance. YOUR FILM INVESTMENT MUST BE PROTECTED. HERE IS YOUR FILM DIVIDEND THE DYNASTY FILM CLINIC can take several OBSOLETE films, and, with new narration, sound effects, and music, produce a SPARKLING NEW SUBJECT. The cost to you— ALMOST NOTHING— Truly a film dividend. THE CLINIC is designed to doctor films that mav be slightly OBSOLETE. ROUGH IN SPOTS, or generally In NEED OF REVISION. THE CLINIC is staffed with the finest technicians in the business, with backgrounds of many years and hundreds of films that have made Hollywood's films the world's finest. FREE A COMPLETE DIAGNOSIS of ynur film at NO COST TO YOU. SEND YOUR FILMS AND INQUIRIES TO DYNASTY FILMS 5625 Sunset Blvd. Hollywood, California ing machines; one new 520,000 Foirda machine hairdles either 3.")mm or Kimm negative or positi\e film and a 3.5mm Ree\cs developing machine. It is planned to adopt the Fonda machine tor color film jsrocessing in the near future. The daily output of the lab has been more than doubled with the new equipment. Four cutting rooms, two printing rooiris, two film \aults, a generator room, a chemical storage room, a screening room and a film dr)ing room are also part of the new laboratory addition. Two new printers ha\e been installed to handle an increased demand lor 16mm color prints. The north addition to the presein studio houses the expanded Art and Animation Department. This new addition is an air-conditioned room 60 by 25 with huge windows in the north wall. An ailjoining room contains the files and stipjilies needed for the busy art department. .\lso located in the new quarters are the title canreras and the complicated animation equipment. This addition furnishes ideal conditions for the company's sixteen artists and aniiriators. Expansion in other departments of the firm has also been accomplished in the past year. A new 16mm Mitchell camera has jtist been added to the firm's already extensive 16 and 35mm photographic equipment. ♦ C.\L Di.N.N, cartoonist and art director, has announced the opening of his new art studios at 104 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago. He has resigned his post as art director for Sarra, Inc., where he headed all art activities for film production since 19-14. With his cartoons appearing regularly in leading national magazines. Dunn has won recognition as a versatile artist, and specializes in slidefilms, moticjii pictures and advertising art. With the ojjening of the new studios, his services will be available to film |ir()(luiers on a free lance basis. Good Sound Is Not Enough A Sound Slide-Film Machine must have something besides good sound quality — yes. a lot of things. It must have a good projector. The projector must be located in an accessible position. In small size machines with built-in speakers the sound must be evenly distributed. There must be carrying space for a considerable number of records, protected against warping, breaking, and dirt. There must be a built-in screen, with adequate shadow-box, so that programs can be run for small groups in semilighted rooms. There must be a tone control, to raise and lower the pitch. There must be a safety switch to protect the lamp. The case must be completely enclosed, to protect the mechanism from weather and dirt. The amplifier must be AC-DC. even in AC machines, to protect against instant damage from plugging into DC. Film cans must be locked shut while the machine is in transit. Projector must be held in rigid position while in transit. Needle cup must be locked shut so needles can not spill out and damage motor, speaker, and other parts. It must have a power line of ample length. And so on, through some forty points, all of which are necessary to make a successful Sound Slide-Film Machine. The Picturephone is engineered with the greatest degree of thoroughness ever applied to Sound Slide-Film Equipment. Everything has been thought of. The sound quality is superior, but we did not stop there. In the Picturephone we give the user every advantage, every convenience, every economy. Superior since 1937. Eight models. Be sure to get in touch with us before buying Sound SlideFilm Equipment. 0. J. McClure Talking Pictures 11 15 '2 WEST WASHINGTON BOULEVARD CHICAGO 7, ILLINOIS Telephone CANal 4914 NUMBER EIGHT • VOLUME EIGHT 1947 43