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October 2, 1924.
Supplement to THE CINEMA
NEWS AND PROPERTY GAZETTE.
23
ODNAMENTAL METAL IN CINEMA ENRICHMENT.
J. STARKIE GARDNER EXTEND THEIR WORKS.
We have on several occasions remarked the increasinguse to which wrought-iron and other art metal work is being put in the decorative enrichment, as well as the more practical constructional features of the modern cinema. Confirmation of this comes in the shape of news that the well-known firm of J. Starkie Gardner, Limited, of Merivale Road, Putney, who specialise in this section of cinema construction and equipment, and who have the great distinction of beingmetal workers to His Majesty the King, have been forced, by extension of demands made upon them, to acquire additional premises at Deodar Road. The new workshops are being equipped with the latest machinery, in order that the utmost dispatch may be assured.
G. H. Friese-Greene, who is a son of the late \Y. Friese-Greene, of cinematography fame, and brother to Claude Friese-Greene, inventor of the latest process of British natural-colour cinematography, is technical works manager, and the great reputation of this firm for artistic design and first-class workmanship, established so many years by J. Starkie Gardner, will be fully maintained. It may here be mentioned that the firm
are carrying out some very fine ornamental bronze work for a cinema now in course of construction which will assuredly create the greatest interest in trade technical circles. Of this, more anon.
STRIPPING OLD PAINT.
A TIP FOB CINEMA MANAGERS.
Hardly a month passes — in the management of the cinema — without the need for stripping off old paint from poster board headings, advertising structures, and other fitments of the cinema. The use of the bunsen or blow-pipe is too " bothersome " for the average staff, and so the scraper is employed, much to the detriment of the woodwork.
The British and Colonial Chemical Company have just introduced a really remarkable and useful chemical method. It is in the form of a paste which so disintegrates the base of the old paint that it can be washed off with water, leaving the wood in its original clean, fresh condition — ready for repainting-. The paste is equally efficient in the removal of French polish, varnishes and stain varnishes. This new material must find a place no less essential than metal polish in the cleaning department of every well-managed cinema ; and we shall, in our next issue, endeavour to give in these columns results of actual tests.
Shadow's eliminated.
Many beautiful architectural designs have, in the past, suffered
from the use of incorrect artificial lighting ; heavy shadows
entirely destroying the contours and effects desired.
WHITE
GASFILLED
By reason of the special " spraying " process to which they are subjected, emit a soft diffused light without " glare " or " dazzle," and are eminently suitable for all interior illumination schemes.
OBTAINABLE FROM ALL LEADING KINEMA ACCESSORY HOUSES, ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS, Etc.
Advt. of The General Electric Co., Ltd., Magnet House, Kingsway, W.C2.