Exhibitors Herald World (Oct-Dec 1930)

36 EXHIBITORS HERALD-WORLD October 11, 1930 Marked Progress Shown in Papers For SMPE October 20*23 Three Discussions of Color Photography Alone, Others on Stereoscopy And Myriad Other Problems of Industry (Special to the Herald-World) NNEW YORK, Oct. 9. — That unusual work is being done in practically all phases of motion picture engineering is evidenced by the program selected for the fall meeting of the SMPE October 20-23 on the roof garden of the Pennsylvania hotel. THERE will be three papers on color photography, others on stereoscopic projection, open discussion on the large screen picture, and papers on microphones, loudspeakers, recording and reproducing equipment, including 16 mm. sound projectors, theatre equipment for the hard of hearing, and on printing and developing. Foreign Situation a Topic The foreign situation will be discussed by C. J. North and N. D. Golden of the Motion Picture Division, U. S. Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, by F. S. Kirby, associate editor of Electronics, and by J. W. Coffman, president of the Audio-Cinema, just home from Russia. On the last day the members will visit the sound film laboratory of the Bell Telephone Laboratories and will see a demonstration of two-way television. Entertainment includes previews on the first day, a boat trip around Manhattan, and a banquet October 22. Officers are to be elected at this convention. Details of the program follow. Monday, October 20 8:30 to 10 a. m. Convention registration. Starting at 10 a. m. Address of welcome by Major Edward J. Bowes, Capitol theatre, New York. Response by the president. Report of the convention committee. Reports of the secretary and treasurer. Election of officers. Report of progress committee — G. E. Matthews, chairman. "Meeting Sound Film Competition Abroad," by C. J. North and N. D. Golden, Motion Picture Division, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, Washington. "International Relations in the Sound Picture Field," by F. S. Irby, associate editor, Electronics, New York. "Some Observations of the Motion Picture Industry in Russia," by J. W. Coffman, president, Audio-Cinema, Inc., New York. Starting at 2 p. m. "The Progress of Sound Motion Picture Presentation," by Harold B. Franklin, Los Angeles, Cal. Report of standards and nomenclature committee— A. C. Hardy, chairman. Open discussion — "Methods of Securing a Large Screen Picture." Report of journal committee — L. A. Jones, chairman. Report of projection committee — L. M. Townsend, chairman. "Principles and Processes of Photography in Natural Colors," by G. E. Matthews, Research Laboratory, Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester. "Three Color Subtractive Cinematography," by Palmer Miller, Brewster Color Film Corp.. Newark. Demonstration Film of a Three-color Lenticular screen process by L. M. LaPorte, Paramount Publix, New York. Committee Reports : Color — W. V. D. Kellcy, chairman; Historical — C. L. Gregory, chairman; Studio Lighting — A. C. Downes, chairman ; Theatre Lighting — C. E. Egeler, chairman; Membership, Papers and Publicity — H. T. Cowling, J. W. Coffman, W. Whitmore, chairmen. 8 p. m. Exhibition of recent films in the Roof Garden. Tuesday, October 21 8:30 to 9 a. m. Registration. Starting at 9:30 a. m. "An Entertainment City," by R. N. Goldsmith, vice-president, Radio Corporation of America, New York. "Recent Developments in Newsreel Sound Recording Equipment," by P. M. Robillard and E. F. Lyford, RCA Photophone, Inc., New York. "Some New Studio Recording Equipment," by W. P. Dutton and S. Read, RCA Victor Company, Inc., Camden, N. J. "Improvements in Dynamic Speakers," by I. Bobrovsky Serge, consulting engineer, Rochester. "Carbon and Condenser Microphones — Their Characteristics in Construction and Use," by W. C. Jones, Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc., New York. Open discussion : "Advantages and Disadvantages of Placing Sound and Picture on Separate Films." Starting at 1:30 p. m. "Motion Study with the Motion Picture Camera," by Alan Mogenson, associate editor, McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, New York. "A New Sound Picture Theatre Reproducing System," by G. Puller, Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc., New York. "A New Type Glow Lamp for Recording Sound on Film," by Joseph B. Zetka, New York. "The Madaler Process of Sound Recording and Reproducing," by H. Von Madaler, Hampton Bays, L. I. Demonstration Film Recorded by the Use of a Reflector in Combination with a Microphone, by H. W. Dreyer and M. C. Batsel, RCA Photophone, Inc., New York. "Film Noise of Non-Electric Origin," by John G. Frayne, Electrical Research Products, Inc., Hollywood. "Some Experiences in Adapting Theatres for Sound," by L. M. Townsend, Paramount Publix, New York. "A 16 mm. Portable Sound on Film Projection Equipment," by C. R. Hanna, P. L. Irwin and E. W. Reynolds, Westinghouse Electric "Realism" Cost $1,200; Was It Worth It? (Special to the Herald-World) MARTINEZ, CAL., Oct. 9.— A touch of realism was added to the showing of "The Big House," a prison drama, at the State theatre here, when a bandit staged a $1,200 holdup. John Shaw, assistant manager, got both the "touch" and the "realism." The gunman made his way into the manager's office and forced Shaw to open the safe. After he had procured the money, he bound and gagged the assistant manager. While the robbery was going on, a woman who had an appointment with the manager knocked on the door. The bandit calmly told her to return the next day and then made off with his loot. & Manufacturing Company, East Pittsburgh, Pa. Entire evening set aside for visiting Broadway theatres. Wednesday, October 22 Starting at 9:30 a. m. "Cinematographic Analysis of Mechanical Energy Expenditure in the Sprinter," by C. A. Morrisson, Eastman Teaching Films, Inc., Rochester, and W. O. Fenn, University of Rochester, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester. "Additional Characteristics of High Intensity Arcs," by D. B. Joy and A. C. Downes, Research Laboratories, National Carbon Company, Cleveland. "Double Toning of Motion Picture Film," by J. I. Crabtree and W. Marsh, Research Laboratory, Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester. "Some Observations on Stereoscopic Projection," by J. B. Taylor, Research Laboratory, General Electric Company, Schenectady. "Removing the Fire Hazard from the Handling and Storage of Film in Laboratories," by R. C. Hubbard, Consolidated Film Industries, Inc., New York. "Some Applications of the Comparison Microscope in the Film Industry," by O. E. Conklin, Redpath Laboratory, DuPont-Pathe Film Manufacturing Corporation, Parlin, N. J. "The Rocono Treatment for Film Rejuvenation," by A. P. Rittenbein, New York. "Reducing Solutions for Motion Picture Film," by J. I. Crabtree and L. E. Muehler, Research Laboratory, Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester. 2:30 p. m. Boat trip around Manhattan Island. Boat leaves Battery Pier at 2:30 p. m. 7 p. m. Semi-annual banquet in the Grill Room of the Pennsylvania hotel. Dancing afterwards. Thursday, October 23 9:30 a. m. at Bell Telephone Laboratories "A Modern Laboratory for the Study of Sound Picture Problems," by T. E. Shea, Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc. New York. "Peculiar Engineering Problems in the 16 mm. Field," by E. C. Fritts, Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester. Two-way television demonstration by H. E. Ives, Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc., New York. "A Damped Diaphragm Sound Reproducer," by Rudolph Miehling, Universal Sound System, Philadelphia. "The World's Most Powerful Microscope," by F. F. Lucas, Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc., New York. 1:30 to 2:30 p. m. Luncheon (courtesy of Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc.). 2:30 p. m. Trip through Bell Telephone Laboratories including Sound Film Laboratory. 7:30 p. m. Papers (Roof Garden, Pennsylvania Hotel). "Two-Solution Development of Motion Picture Film," by J. I. Crabtree, H. Parker and H. D. Russell, Research Laboratory, Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester. "Aiding the Theatre Patron Who Is Hard of Hearing," by F. H. Graham, Electrical Research Products, Inc., New York. "The Photoflash Lamp," by Ralph E. Farnham, General Electric Company, Cleveland. "Higher Illumination for Non-Professional Projector Equipments with Low Voltage Tungsten Filament Lamps," by V. J. Roper, General Electric Company, Cleveland. "Electrical Instruments for Test Purposes," by A. H. Wolferz, Weston Electrical Instrument Corporation, Newark. "A New and Simplified 16 mm. Projector and Camera," by C. E. Phillimore, Peko, Inc., Chicago. W B Acquires Barry Play NEW YORK. — Warner Brothers has acquired the screen rights to "You and I," the stage play by Philip Barry. The drama was a Harvard Prize Play and had an extended run on Broadway in 1922-23.