Exhibitor's Trade Review (May-Aug 1925)

Page 70 Exhibitors Trade Review Eliminating the Fire Hazard For over a year and a half the Eastman Kodak Company has been conducting an experimental study of the fire hazards of motion picture film. The object of the study was to determine better methods of protection, and to test the conviction of their engineers that the solution of the problem of minimizing the hazard lay in the proper use of the automatic sprinklers. Storage compartments have been built, filled with film, and fires started under various conditions, and the results observed. The record of this work, including photographs and diagrams, is reproduced in the book gotten out by the company. It will be noted by those reading the book, which can be obtained from Eastman, that some of the tests were made with the compartment partially loaded, because it was considered needless to use a full compartment when the fire was to be confined in a manner predetermined by experiment. It is the belief that these experiments have demonstrated that motion picture films can be stored and protected so that uncontrollable or dangerous fires will not occur. The experimental work described in the pamphlet shows clearly that in order to protect film and minimize the first hazard, certain things should be done, which in the Mr. Exhibitor: Ask at the Film Exchange* for the It'c little to ask for, but it's the_ only reliable aid you can give your musicians to help put the picture over. order of their importance are as follows: First — Protect every storage cabinet or locker used for storing film by automatic sprinklers. Second — Radically change the present sprinkler practice by increasing the number of heads commonly used, and installing ceiling baffles. Third — Install ample and adequate ventilators or gas relief openings. Fourth — Subdivide the racks by means of vertical asbestos board partitions. Fifth — Keep all film in containers or cans, using round cans about 10^> inches in diameter and 1^4 inches thick. Sixth — Store all cans on edge, that is, with the diameter in a vertical position. This makes the sprinklers more effective. Seventh — Corrugate the tops and bottoms of all containers or cans. This avoids close contact of the cans and allows a flow of water between them. Cans or containers made of or lined with nonheat conducting material are superior to the metal cans in preventing the spread of fire. Their use is recommended. Eighth — Store valuable negatives in double wall containers or cans, lined with or made from non-heat conducting material, such as fibre board, pulp board, etc. Do not store in compartments with positives and place negatives of great value in separate small vaults. Ninth — Keep film in vaults or cabinets and not on tables, shelves and desks. Rivoli Prepares for Summer Hugo Riesenfeld began an interesting innovation at the Rivoli Theatre last Sunday, June 7. At approximately six o'clock every evening there will be a short intermission, and ushers will serve ice water to all the patrons. Immediately after, Frank Stewart Adams, organist, will render a solo at the Wurlitzer for about three minutes, following which the show will continue. ZZPhelco!" CharlesW.Phellis&Co. INCORPORATED West 42nd Street, 130 New York Does Change in Weather Cause Your Organ To Be Off Pitch? EVENHEETERS Automatic Electric Heat will eliminate the trouble by MAINTAINING EVEN TEMPERATURES IN EXPRESSION CHAMBERS. EVENHEETERS are entirely automatic and electric. Reasonably priced Simple in construction Require no maintenance Approved by fire underwriters Recommended by leading organ builders Can be easily installed by your electrician Absolutely noiseless No relays or complicated wiring Entire installation inside organ chamber Write us at once, stating voltage, kind of current, size of chambers, and if any exposed walls. Cramblet Engineering Corp. Milwaukee, Wis. Office 177 Fifth St. Factory 179 Fourth St. "DE LUXE" Interchangeable FLASH SIGN (Flashes on and off) AN IDEAL DISPLAY SIGN FOR YOUR DAILY PROGRAM The most practical, most effective and lowest priced display of its kind on the market. Can be placed on the stage, in the lobby, over the ticket booth or in stores around your neighborhood. The sign inserts are to be painted on transparent paper by your sign man. This paper is obtainable in six different colors. The patented mahogany frame in front of the sign box, which is 15 inches wide and 24 inches high, and consists of two frames hinged and grooved together, grips the inserted paper and tightens it stiff as a drumhead. An ideal publicity medium that is being used extensively by Chicago Exhibitors. Ascher Bros, have several for each one of their 15 theatres. Price $10.00 F.O.B. Chicago In lots of 6 — $8.50 ea. 100 Sheets Transparent paper in assorted colors, $2.50. Mail check with order or .shipment is sent C. O. D. Can be returned after five days tryout if not satisfactory. DE LUXE STUDIOS 833 W. Washington St. CHICAGO, ILL. Robert P. Carsen Scenic Studios CONSTRUCTORS, DESIGNERS and PAINTERS of PICTURE and STAGE SETTINGS Specializing in renting scenery for professional and amateur productions. FABRIC SETTINGS ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT THEATRICAL HARDWARE and SUPPLIES 1507 No. Clark Street CHICAGO, ILL. Phone all Depts. Delaware 6022; Office, Superior 1852