Exhibitors Herald and Moving Picture World (Jul-Sep 1928)

26 EXHIBITORS HERALD and MOVING PICTURE WORLD September 22, 1928 Host of Subjects Will Be Analyzed At Film Engineers' Convention Technical Leaders in Industry Gathering at Lake Placid, N. Y., for Meeting September 24-28 — Sound Is Emphasized (Special to the Herald-World) 1AKE PLACID, N. Y., Sept. 18. — Motion picture engineers from all parts of the country are on their way to Lake Placid for the meeting of the -^ Society of Motion Picture Engineers which opens next Monday and will continue through Friday. WHILE sj^nchronization and sound recording will be the principal subject of the addresses of the first three days of the convention, a study of the program also shows a host of other themes to be discussed. The society welcomes discussions and papers from non-members and hopes to see every department of the industry take part in the meetings at White Face Inn. Following is the program in full: MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 10:00 a. m. Presidential Address by W. B. Cook, Kodascope Libraries, New York, N. Y. Report of Arrangements Committee. "Report of Progress in the Motion Picture Industry," by Frank Benford, Research Laboratory, General Electric Co., Schenectady, N. Y. "Public Reaction to the Sound Movies," by F. Mordaunt Hall, Motion Picture Editor, New York Times. "The Quality of Speech and Music," by J. C. Steinberg, Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc., New York City. 2:00 p. m. "The Public and Sound Pictures," by William A. Johnston, Editor, Motion Picture News, New York, N. Y. "General Principles of Sound Recording," by E. C. Wente, Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc., New York City, N. Y. "Sound Reproduction in Theatres," by E. O. Scriveu, Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc., New York, N. Y., and H. B. Santee, Electrical Research Products, Inc., New York, N. Y. "Methods of Synchronizing," by H. M. StoUer, Bell Telephone Laboratories, New York, N. Y. "The Three Electrode Vacuimi Tube and Its Application to Sound Recording," by E. W. Kellogg, Research Laboratory, General Electric Co., Schenectady, N. Y. "Sound Synchronization and Projection," by F. H. Richardson, technical editor, Exhibitors Herald and Moving Picture World, New York, N. Y. 8:00 p. m. In the Wigwam. "The Organization of Research in the Bell Telephone Laboratories," by John Mills, director of publication of the Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc. Sound Motion Picture Entertainment, courtesy Electrical Research Products, Inc. Dancing afterwards. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25 9:30 a. m. "The Sound Motion Picture Situation in Hollywood," by Frank Woods, Secretary of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Hollywood, Calif. "Characteristics of Phota Electric Cells," by L. E!. Koller, Research Laboratory, General Electric Co., Schenectady, N. Y. They Don't Do This Now But Principle's the Same There was a time when men were thrown into jail for sitting on a fence or taking a walk on Sunday, and there is little difference between the intolerance which provoked such a travesty upon freedom in Colonial days and the sentiment of "bigotry lobbyists" today who try to force blue Sundays upon America, says C. E. Holmes in a pamphlet just issued in which he gives 52 reasons why Sunday closing laws are unAmerican and un-Christian. Copies of the pamphlet may be had by addressing C. E. Holmes at 1128 Harrison street. Oak Park, III. "Light Valve Recording," (with demonstration) by Donald MacKenzie, Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc., New York, N Y. "The Kerr Cell Method of Recording Sound," by V. Zworykin, L. B. Lynn, and C. R. Hanna, Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co., E. Pittsburgh, Pa. "A Study of Ground Noise in the Reproduction of Sound by Photographic Methods," by Otto Sandvik, Research Laboratory, Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, N. Y. "The Use of Films as a Class Room Agency," by T. E. Finegan, Eastman Teaching Films, Inc., Rochester, N. Y. 12:30 p. m. Dinner. 2:00 p. m. Golf and Sports. 8:00 p. m. In the Wigwam. Sound Motion Picture Entertainment, courtesy Electrical Research Products, Inc. Kodacolor Demonstration, courtesy Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, N. Y. Dancing afterwards. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 9:30 a. m. "Acoustic Linings for Sound Proof Motion Picture Stages and Sets," by Frank S. Crowhurst, Crowhurst & Co., Hollywood, Calif. "ReVocalized Films," by Edwin Hopkins, New York, N. Y. "Acoustics of Sound Recording Rooms," by Paul E. Sabine, Riverbank Laboratories, Geneva, 111. "Acoustics of Auditorium," by Paul R. Heyl, Bureau of Standards, Washington, D. C. "Recent Developments in Dynamic Loudspeakers," by John A. Minton and I. G. Maloff, research engmeers. United Radio Corp., Rochester, N. Y. "The Optics of Sotmd Recording Systems," by A. C. Hardy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, Mass. "Recent Advances in Wax Recording," by H. A. Frederick, Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc., New York, N. Y. 2:00 p. m. "The Entertainment Value of the Sound Movie," by Harold B. Franklin, President West Coast Theatres, Inc., Los Angeles, Ca;!if. "Measuring the Quality of Sound Reproduction," by J. B. Engl, Technische Hochschule, Berlin. "An Electrical Synchronizing and Resynchronizing System for Sound Motion Picture Apparatus," by W. H. Bristol, Bristol Co., Waterbury, Conn. "Some Problems in the Projection of Soimd Movies," by H. Rubin, Supervisor of Projection, Publix Theatres Corp., New York, N. Y. "Sound Film Processing," by J. W. Cofifman, Carpenter-Goldman Laboratories, Long Island City, N. Y. "Some Thoughts about Motion Pictures with Sound," by L. T. Robinson, Director, General Engineering Labs., General Electric Co., Schenectady, N. Y. Open Forum on sound recording in conjunction with motion pictures. "A Process of Inserting Action in Backgrounds," by Dodge Dunning, Dimning Process Co., Hollywood, Calif. "Heat Absorbing Glasses," by H. P. Gage, Corning Glass Works, Coming, N. Y. 6 :30 Banquet "Early History of the Sound Movies," by Terry Ramsaye, Editor in Chief, Pathe Exchange, Inc., New York, N. Y. In the Wigwam "The Physical Characteristics of Music and Speech," (with demonstrations) by Dayton C. Miller, Professor of Physics, Case School of Applied Science, Cleveland, Ohio. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 9:30 a. m. Reports of Secretary and Treasurer. Reports of Papers and Publications, Publicity and Advertising, and Membership Committees. Report of Standards and Nomenclature Committee. "EflFect Lighting in Theatres," (with demonstration), by J. H. Kurlander, Brenkert Light Projection Co., Detroit, Mich. Announcements of new apparatus and products by the following manufacturers: Akeley (jamera Co., Ashcraft Automatic Arc Co., Eastman Kodak Co., Arthur I. Holman, Kliegl Bros., E. Leitz, Inc., Meteor Photo Chemicals Co., National Carbon Co. The above and other anparatus will be on exhibition during the convention. Now Quota Law Looms In Czechoslovakia (Washington Bureau of the Herald-World) WASHINGTON, Sept. 18.— Quota restrictions for motion pictures distributed and exhibited in Czechoslovakia will be proposed to parliament during the coming fall session, according to a report to the department of commerce from the American vice-consul at Prague. The draft of the legislation has been submitted to interested firms and organizations in Czechslovakia with a request for their comment. Authority for determining the quota is to be vested in the minister of commerce. Open Forum — Questions and suggestions are invited regarding the welfare of the Society and the motion picture industry. 12:30 p. m. Dinner. 2:00 p. m. "A Horizontal Tray Type of Continuous Processing Machine," by H. V. Jamieson, Jamieson Film Co., Dallas, Texas. "Future Developments in the 16 mm. Field," by Herbert C. McKay, Director, New York Institute of Photography, N. Y. "Voltage Regulators," by F. A. Byles, General Electric Co., Schenectady, N. Y. "A Projector for Stereo, Color, and Standard Films" (with demonstration) by George Lane, President, Carpenter-Goldman Labs., Long Island City, N. Y. "A Non-Intermittent Optical Projector," by J. F. Leventhal, New York, N. Y. "The Transmission of Movies by Radio," by Francis Jenkins, founder of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers. 8:00 p. m. In the Wigwam. "The Formation of a Photographic Image," by C. E. K. Mees, Director of Kodak Research Laboratories, Rochester, N. Y. Dancing afterwards. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 9:30 a. m. "Applicability of Stereoscopy to Motion Pictures," by Lewis Physioc, Tec. Art Studio, Hollywood, Calif. "Illumination in Motion Picture Printing," by Clifton Tuttle, Research Laboratory, Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, N. Y. "Automatic Focusing Devices for Title and Cartoon Cameras," by J. A. Norling, Loucks & Norling, Inc., New York, N. Y. "A Photometer for the Measurement of Low Illumination," by Loyd A. Jones and E. M. Lowry, Research Laboratory, Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, N. Y. "Some Characteristics of the Mercury-Neon Lamp," by L. J. Buttolph, Cooper Hewitt Electric Co., Hoboken, N. J. "Dye Toning with Single Solutions," by J. I. Crabtree and C. E. Ives, Research Laboratory, Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, N. Y. 2:00 p. m. "The Photography of Plant Life," by A. C. Pillsbury, Berkeley, Calif. "Under Sea Motion Picture Photography," by Floyd Crosby, New York, N. Y. "Some Luminous Characteristics of the Neon-Arc," by Frank Benford, Research Laboratory, General Electric Co., Schenectady, N. Y. "Some Preliminary Experiments in Medical Photography," by Clifton Tuttle and Charles Morrison, Research Laboratory, Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, N. Y. "The Preservation of Motion Picture Film," by V. A. Stewart, Film Life Fbctension Corp., New York, N. Y. J. I. Crabtree is chairman of the papers, publications and arrangements committee. U in Canada to Release Gaumont-British Films (Special to the Herald-World) TpRONTO, Sept. 18.— Arthur A. Lee, vicepresident of Gaumont-British Corporation of Canada, Ltd., has arranged for physical distribution in Canada through the Canadian Universal Film Company, Ltd., with offices throughout the dominion. The GaumontBritish Corporation will have its sales organization under the direction of Edward Auger, managing director. From 24 to 30 feature pictures will be released.