Exhibitors Herald World (Jan-Mar 1929)

38 EXHIBITORS HERALD-WORLD January 19, 1929 The new model Cutawl is entirely portable. It is not attached in any way except by electric cord, and can be operated in any plane horizontal, vertical or oblique. It is POWERFUL having a two-speed motor, allowing the operator to use low speed on fine and intricate work and high speed where rapid cutting is practicable and desirable. It has a variable cutting stroke up to 34 inch and is convertible for sawing by substituting saw-blade for the chisel. Thus it is possible to cut several thicknesses of cardboard or wallboard at one cutting. Note example in soldiers shown to the left. Display designed and executed for the Keith-Albee Palace Theatre of Akron, Ohio, by the Art Guild of New York. All soldiers as well as the sign were made with the Cutawl Motion Picture Theatres and Studios Are Saving Money and Time with the Motion Picture Theatres all over the country are using the Cutawl daily to get Action— Variety— Sensations, with surprising success, in their exterior displays and stage presentations. Motion Picture Studios are creating setting that would be practically impossible to create without the Cutawl. There is practically no limit to the range of its usefulness, other than the ingenuity and ability of its user. Send for detailed information about our FREE 10 day Trial Offer, also list of Theatre and Studio users and complete catalog describing the new and improved Cutawl. THE INTERNATIONAL REGISTER CO. 21 So. Throop St. Chicago, 111., U. S. A. Established 1891 Movie-Phone Making Progress With 10 to 12 Weekly Wirings L. E. Goetz, general manager of the Movie-Phone Corporation located at 724 South Wabash avenue, Chicago, is making rapid progress in the installation and manufacture of the synchronized devices being sold by the MoviePhone Corporation. Recent installations have included the following theatres in the Central West: Granada theatre, Milwaukee; Burleigh theatre, Milwaukee; Grace theatre, Milwaukee; Fern theatre, Milwaukee; Rex theatre, Beloit, Wis.; Beverly theatre, Janesville, Wis.; Regent theatre, Prairie Du Chien, Wis.; Municipal theatre, Mineral Point, Wis.; four theatres of the United Theatres Circuit in Kenosha, Wis. Other installations include the Palace theatre, Pana, 111.; Hippodrome theatre, Herrin, 111.; Hippodrome theatre, Murphysboro, 111.; Opera House, Rayne, La.; Missouri theatre, Columbia, Mo.; Rex theatre. Battle Creek, Mich., and the Columbus theatre, Lowellville, Ohio. The company maintains a screening room at 746 South Wabash avenue, Chicago, and the Sun Projection Rooms at 220 West Forty-second street, New York City, are also showing the various types of apparatus the company manufactures. Goetz announced that there are a large number of installations on his books which are being made at the rate of ten to twelve a week, and states that the various producers aside from Warner Brothers, are supplying the theatres who ihave installed his equipment. Movie-Phone synchronizer Goetz also declared that the synchronized devices manufactured by the Movie-Phone Corporation are covered by patents and have other patents pending, and he claims for these devices that they are the only ones that operate directly from the motion picture machines that are free from mechanical interference, as he claims to have a special equalizing apparatus which eliminates any variation in tone. He further stated that he can make installations within seven days after receipt of order and guarantees his equipment to work equal to any others. The equipment consists of two complete synchronizing machines, one of which is shown in the illustration herewith, together with one six-tube amplifier and tubes, Monitor speaker for the booth, sound changeover device and volume control, and the auditorium speaker for the stage. These machines are sold for $1,000 F.O.B., Chicago, installation costs being paid by the exhibitor. Eddie Dowling on Coast For Sono-Art' s Audien (Special to the Herald-World) HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 15.— Eddie Dowling, Broadway musical comedy star and producer, is all set to start his first audien for the newly organized Sono-Art Productions, following his arrival here with officials of the company and Fred Newmeyer, director. Western Electric equipment will be used by Sono-Art at the Metropolitan Sound Studios, operated by the Christie Brothers. MGM Buys "Lord Byron" (Special to the Herald-World) NEW YORK, Jan. IS.— M G M has acquired screen and audien rights to "Lord Byron of Broadway," novel by Nell Martin.