Exhibitors Herald and Moving Picture World (Apr-Jun 1930)

EXHIBITORS HERALD-WORLD 37 Hay 10, 1930 ti n o o o D □ 0000000000 , ■ fi n □ o o □ OOOODODOl Blackening police fry Varying Width Sound Bkcord. m 0 0 D D 0 ODOOOOOOODD 1111 mmi [Cl D D 0 D 1 0 | D D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 D 0 ( B/ackenina S/D/ice Bor Warning Density Sound Record FIGURE 5 Accepted practice for blackening splices Three Bands Parade Sheboygan Streets In Plaque Ceremony ( Concluded from page 35) like resplendency in the old and new masterpieces of literature. It also is the means for us to see and hear the world's I greatest composers, singers and musicians in all their naturalness. “Such a theatrical advantage is decidedly a civic asset in more ways than one. Particularly, outside of our own interest in entertainment in Sheboygan, it is the strongest stimulus in drawing the patronage of people from nearby towns. We citizens and merchants must be grateful for this. “Now, then, I turn to Mr. H. J. Fitzgerald, vice president and general manager of Midwesco Theatres, Inc. “Mr. Fitzgerald is a native of Wisconsin who has won outstanding recognition as a master executive in the motion picture theatre industry. “We can easily understand by his record of outstanding accomplishments why a Midwesco theatre is viewing this beautiful bronze plaque, attesting the superiority of sound reproduction and given to me for presentation by the Exhibitor’s HeraldWorld. “I am most proud and extremely happy to present this plaque to Mr. Fitzgerald, whose genius as a showman is commensurate to the honor.” Story of Mormon Church Re-enacted in Pathe News Re-enacting the story of the march of Brigham Young’s followers through the desert to their Salt Lake City home, the Mormon centenary pageant was moved from the Mormon temple to the steps of the statehouse for a performance before the cameras and microphones of Pathe Sound News. Five hundred actors, the 300-voice choir and an orchestra of 500 participated in the reel. New Small Turntable Unit Of Console Type Devised A new console type 33% r.p.m. turntable unit, has been announced by Stoner & Heath, Inc., of 122 Greenwich street, New York City. Single or double units are available, each unit being complete with volume control fader, pickup and control devices. The units are operated by synchronous motors and are designed particularly for use in radio broadcasting stations. Those Odoms at Durant, Miss., are lively ones and up-and-atSem in anything that is for the good of the town. Of course we scarcely need mention first of all that Walter Odom and his sons operate the Dtocie theatre. Here we have them posed with others of the staff as the operating staff of the railroad station at Durant. Left to right are Herman Odom, George Crow, L. C. Lott, C. Lansdrde, J. T. Neely, Walter S. Odom, G. H. Odom and Wralter Odom. Jr. Sixty Army Posts Signed for Photophone in Novel Contract Unusual in the real of sound equipment contracts is the one which places RCA Photophone equipment in sixty army posts through negotiations completed with the United States Army Motion Picture Service. This supplements a previous contract calling for 25 installations, and adds 35 including a major installation at the United States Military Academy at West Point. Twelve installations of RCA Photophone’s latest models of sound reproducing equipment will be made at once, the first at West Point, and the following without delay: Fort Eustis, Lee Hall, Va. ; Fort Clark, Spofford, Tex.; Fort Crook, Neb.; March Field, Riverside, Cal. ; Fort Oglethorpe, Chattanooga, Tenn. ; Fort Robinson, Fort Robinson, Neb.; Fort Huachuca, Fort Huachuca, Ariz. ; Fort Screven, Savannah, Ga. ; Fort Des Moines, Des Moines, la. ; Fort Dupont, Newcastle, Del. ; Fort Mclellan, Anniston, Ala. The remaining installations will be made as rapidly as possible. Many Already Equipped Army posts already equipped with RCA Photophone sound reproducing apparatus include : Fort Moultrie, S. C. ; Fort Humphreys, Va. ; Fort Sam Houston, Tex.; Fort George G. Meade, Md. ; Fort Monroe, Va. ; Tefferson Barracks, Mo. ; Fort Sheridan, 111. ; Fort Hoyle, Md. ; Fort Bragg, N. C. ; Fort Riley, Kan.; Fort Sill, Okla. ; Fort Benning, Ga. ; Fort Benjamin Harrison, Ind. ; Fort Snelling, Minn. ; Fort H. E. Wright, N. Y. ; Fort Slocum, N. Y. ; Plattshurg Barracks, N. Y. ; Madison Barracks, N. Y. ; Fort Bliss, Tex.; Fort B. A. Russell, Wyo. ; Fort Myer, Wash. ; Fort Ethan Allen. Vt. ; Fort Lewis, Wash.; Fort Francis G. Warren, Wyo. and Langley Field, Va. “Naturally we are highly elated over the fact that our earlier installations apparently lived up to our promises,” said Charles J. Ross, executive vice president of R C A Photophone. “Such an expression of appreciation of the quality of sound reproduced by RCA Photophone equipment and the apparent faith in the stability of that equipment is indeed most gratifying. Scrapping Silent Equipment “We hope through the continuation of its satisfactory performance that the officers and their families and the great bodies of men who comprise this country’s superior land forces will enjoy the programs of sound motion pictures that are provided for them and that RCA Photophone shall always merit this confidence that has been so substantially placed. No department in the government service has contributed more liberally nor more colorfully to motion picture entertainment throughout the world than the army and I believe I can say without fear of contradiction that nothing in picture and sound upon the screen brings a more profound thrill to the hearts of motion picture audiences than the appearance in action or upon parade of the boys who make up the nation’s regular army.” It is expected that all silent motion picture reproducing equipment now operating in army posts will be scrapped sooner or later and that every post in the country will be equipped with sound before the end of the present year. On 50 Types of Systems PAM amplifiers are being used in more than 50 different types of group address installations, according to R. W. Cotton, sales manager of Samson Electric Company. V'OCA-X I TIE Soxiini d. 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