The Film Daily (1941)

EQUIPMENT NEWS Friday, June 6, 1941 NTS Equip. Orders Continue Upswing {Continued from Page 1) Hall, Gouveneur, N. Y. Installations of E-7 projectors include Palace, Leechburg, Pa., and Schine's Norwalk, Ncrwalk, 0. This week, eight houses received National carpeting, and 10 installations were made of Walker screens. National Comfort Cooling; Irwin chairs, and National marquees were also in lively demand in various sections of the country. Simplex Four-Star sound went into the Police Recreation Center, Platte Cove, N. Y., and the Lake, Lake George, N. Y. Sources close to the company declare that the entire line of equipment is showing marked strength. Chi. Theater Operators Eye Percentage Rental (Continued from Page 1) for Summer construction and remodeling. Survey was recently completed by the local Building Managers Ass'n. Smallest percentage rentals are in the food field, while largest to date are in the parking lot business. Arthur Rubloff, well-known to the film trade, says this system of leasing provides a hedge against unknown factors of the future. EQUIPMENT FIELD NOTES DEN SHEARER, well-known equipment and " theater exec, opened his new theater in Bremerton, Wash., on May 29. William Cassidy will erect a $250,000 theater building in Midland, Mich. It will be a five-story structure and will offer 16 bowling alleys for public entertainment in addition to its film facilities. * * * Mrs. George W. Wolfard, operator of the Hamilton, Indianapolis, has completed facade improvements including new steel enamel front and marquee with fluorescent lighting. House also has a new Da-Lite screen and a General Register ticket machine. Dixie Theater, Chattanooga, Tenn., is making extensive repairs, including redecoration of the interior. $ :fe % Alex Nielson is re-equipping his Mission Theater, Solvang, Cal., with new RCA Photophone equipment in a modernization move. * * * The first of the new motion picture theaters planned for Sebring, Fla., has opened there with an impressive premiere performance. The newcomer is the Sebring, managed by Bill Jones, and offers only first-run pictures. * * * Louis Schussell will build a new 1,400seater in Melvindale, Mich., at a cost of approximately $175,000. Projection equipment has been purchased from Carl Brenkert of Detroit. Two Oklahoma Theaters Better Their Facilities Oklahoma City — Harry E. Lawrence, operator of the Majestic Theater at Madill, Okla., recently purchased new Simplex Hi lamps for the local Majestic. Mrs. Earl Barrett, owner of the Ritz, Madill, is completely remodeling that house, to include more seats, new front and marquee, redecoration inside and out, a new balcony to be added and moving of the screen back to give more auditorium space. Allen Interests Get Permit Spartanburg, S. C. — Permit has been issued by the city building inspector for construction of the new Ritz Theater on Trimmier St., to cost $18,699. The J. W. Allen Estate was listed as owner; Harold E. Woodward as architect and Potter & Shackleford, Inc., Greenville, as contractor. Riley Receives Air System Greenfield, Ind.— The Riley Theater, operated by R. R. Boots has installed a complete National Washed Air Ventilating system, including Sirocco fan and air washer. The American Blower Corp. will have charge of the installation. Crystal Improves Projection Ligonier, Ind. — Crystal Theater, operated by Phil Schloss, has purchased two Peerless Magnarc lamps and Superlite projection lenses. Y & W Interests Set To Construct Two More Gary, Ind. — Y & W circuit, with three houses here, the Palace, Tivoli and Gary, are going to build another house, seating 800, on the Bridge Road, which is expected to be ready for Fall opening. Plans are also under way for 600seat house for Crown Point. R. W. Young is the managing director of the circuit. Butterfield House Opens Detroit — Butterfield Circuit has opened its newest house, the Michigan at Traverse City, a 1,200-seater. Elmer Keeler of C. Howard Crane Associates is the architect. The Strand Theater at Lansing is being closed by Butterfield on June 1 and will be completely remodeled. To Remodel Old Blackstone Detroit — Milton Jacobson, manager of the Monroe Theater for Sam Mintz, is taking over the old Blackstone on Woodward Ave. which has just been relinquished by Raymond Schreiber of Midwest Theaters, after being kept closed about two years. The theater will be remodeled and opened in a few weeks by Jacobson. Aarons to Build Another Cincinnati — Albert and Chris Aaron, operators of the West and Sunset, Charleston, are planning a new house to open in early Fall. i The David Simkins (Mr. and Mrs.) will shutter their Arcade Theater in Gas City, hid., for GO days, during which time the house will be completely remodeled, enlarged, and seating capacity increased by 200 chairs. Lobby will be streamlined and the entire facade widened and modernized. Property adjoining has been acquired, adding about 40 more feet frontage. * * * Summer stand, the Strand, Sound View, Conn., about June 15. Connecticut has only a few regular Summer theaters. The 400-seat Tower, Walnut Beach, is being re-equipped with RCA sound preparatory to a July 1 opening. Albert Smith operates this, as well as the Colonial, in the aforementioned town. The Settos Circuit has installed a pair of Brenkert Enarc lamps in their Ohio Theater, Oakland City, Ind., and a Da-Lite silver screen in their Ohio Theater, Louisville, Ky., purchased from Indiana Theater Equipment Corporation. * * * Atlanta branch of NTS has delivered a Hertner Transverter to the Colony, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.; Walker Plastic Molded screen to the Dixie, Sylvania, Ga.; Popcorn machine to the Lee, Cuthbert, Ga.; Super Simplex projectors to the Dixie, Jackson, Ga., and Tuskegee Institute, Tuskgee, Ala., and a Gold Seal Ticket Register to the Roxy, Commerce, Ga., among many orders received from the territory. Altec Lists New Pacts And Sound Installations {.Continued from Page 1) ton, Ga., named the Bean; with David Flexer for the Haberfield and Flexer in Tennessee and Mississippi; and the New Daisy Theater, a de luxe theater for colored patrons on Memphis' famed Beale St.; as well as for the Colonial, Lawrenceville, Ga., the Leon, Tallahassee, Fla., the Park, Little Rock, Ark., the Wanoca, Wallace, N. C, the Blair, Marshville, N. C., and the Avon, Geneva, Ala. Sound installations were made in the Ritz, Forest, Miss.; the Bean, Boston, Ga.; Army and Navy Hospital, Hot Springs, Ark.; Ken Ten, Pruden, Tenn.; New Daisy, Memphis; New Franklin, Piggott, Ark.; Star, Cottonport, La.; Drive-In, Pine Bluff, Ark.; and the Jasper in Jasper, Ga. IT'S HOT IN HOLLYWOOD But wait 'till you get home YOU CAN STILL GET S.O.S. COOLA-WEATHER EQUIPMENT AT LAST YEARS PRICES Blowers from $24.00 Washers from $20.00 Larger capacities available at low prices. O EASY PAYMENTS ARRANGED • S.O.S. CINEMASUPPLY CORP. 636 Eleventh Avenue, New York, N. Y. Did you receive our new Air Conditioning Catalog? Studios Pressing '40-'41 Modernizing (Continued from Page 1) tumn spent close to $1,000,000 on M new sound stages. Paramount is now in the procesf! of building three new sound stagd one of which is expected to be conV pleted within the next few weeksA new power house is also going up RKO Fully Redecorating RKO Radio is redecorating the entire studio, installing new cooling system, constructing new dining rooms at a cost estimated at in excess of $100,000. One of the largest Process Stages in existence has beer built at RKO-Pathe Studios. Twentieth Century-Fox has expended recently some $50,000 which is apparently a forerunner of far largei improvements. Company moved theii writers into a building transferred from the Western Ave. lot to Westwood Studios; completed a new grip building; modernized a permanent New York street; and plans are under way for a new make-up building, and a structure to be added to the labor department. Universal's spending of about $160,000 includes a new building for writers and directors; new story storage vault; and a new school house. Warners officials point out that, following extensive program, the lot is so well equipped and modernized that they can now devote most of their efforts to construction of new sets. Columbia is understood to plan no new construction at this time. Republic Earmarks $2,500,000 M. J. Siegel, Republic Productions' president, states that more than $750,000 has been poured into an extensive construction program initiated last October. Ground was then broken for the $250,000 Mable Normand sound stage. Since then, an additional $500,000 has been expended on improvement program in general, and this will amount to more than $2,500,000 within the next three years. Irwin Chairs for Ashford Ashford, Ala. — New equipment installed at the Ashford Theater includes Irwin chairs and a Walker PM screen. J^S Sole Eastern Distributors, we carry the full and complete line of equipment manufactured by: — MOLE-RICHARDSON CO. Hollywood, California Incomparable Lighting Equipment Estimates Cheerfully Given Let Us Enlighten You on Your Lighting Problems CHARLES ROSS Inc. 333 W. 52nd St.. New York City Telephones: Circle 6-5470-5471