The Film Daily (1943)

iv, December 3, 1943 3$£; EQUIPMENT NEWS 13 Renovation Plans Ready For New Ames Theater ection of THE FILM DAILY compre«!v covering the equipment field, pub everv second week by VVid's Films and folks'. Inc., 1501 Broadway, New York John W. Alicoate, Publisher; Donald tsetcau, General Manager; Chester B. Editor; George H. Morris, Equipment • West Coast Bureau, 6425 Hollywood i/cird, Hollywood, Cal., Ralph Wilk, j Chief. ents Released by Vry to War Effort — DeVry Corp. here, in n of its 30th anniversary 67th birthday anniversary ; founder, the late Dr. Herman y. announces conclusion of ar its whereby several of its ted projector mechanisms are for manufacture for the A forces. G. DeVry, organization's presicxplains the corporation action ict that the U. S. Army, and the British Admiralty need ted DeVry equipment in larger :ities and at a rate of produci excess of one company's ca, to produce. Rather than exwn facilities at the expense Be, critical machinery and Govfunds, DeVry released its ts to sub-contractors royalty"or the duration. DeVry is cur,; celebrating the receipt of a star for its Army-Navy "E" ,»nt, indicating continued excelin producing motion picture equipment and electronic \\g devices. npany was founded 30 years -in 1913,— by DeVry's fathan outgrowth of his developand manufacture of the world's portable motion picture equip] — a 35mm "suitcase projector," Dr. DeVry designed and built ;e the entertainment and teach, enefits of motion pictures out ' t theater to the crossroads and ooms of the world, addition to being responsible for important developments in mopicture projector design and i ure, Dr. DeVry was also a sr of visual education by means tion pictuies, which authorities are speeding troop training 40 Ames, la. — The Ames Theater Co. has completed plans for full renovation of the New Ames Theater as one of the first post-war building j projects in Ames. Joe Gerbracht, j manager of the theater company, announced the plans. Blueprints have been drawn and completed by the Wetherall and Harrison architectural firm of Des Moines. The minute materials can be obtained the work will be started, Gerbracht said. For Excellence in the Production of Motion Picture Sound Equipment ITS A FACT! ■born DEVRY preciIheatre Projectors I Systems pred veiopments far rd previously acstandards DEVRY Reopens Greer Rialto Greer, S. C. — B. B. Horton, manager of the Rialto, has reopened the house following repairs to damaged booth equipment. per cent, and materially accelerating the schooling of production workers on new skills and techniques. To teach radio and electronics with the aid of motion pictuies, and in collaboration with Dr. Lee DeForest, often called "the father of radio and television." Dr. DeVry who is widely acclaimed as the father of visual education, founded DeForest's Training, Inc., in this city. Dr. DeVry was bo: n on Nov. 27, 1867. He died in 1941— the fifth American and the first Chicagoan to be awarded a place, with Thomas A. Edison and George Eastman, on the international honor roll of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers. Another Link Added To St. John's Chain St. John's — Absence of any theater construction ban in Newfoundland has resulted in boosting this community's total seating in theaters to 6,872 from 5,772. Difference is represented by a new 1,100-seater of stadium design. House was needed because of huge number of soldiers, sailors, airmen and civilians stationed here and in the near vicinity. B & L Theater In Maine Given Rebuilding Okay Madawaska, Me.— The B & L Theaters, with base in St. John, N. B., are rebuilding the State here. Fire destroyed the original. Seating capacity will be about 450, about 50 more than the burned theater. The same firm operates the Capitol, across the St. John River and boundary in Edmundston, N. B. Priorities on building permit and materials have been obtained. This is one of the few cases of a U. S. theater being owned on the Canadian side. B & L also operate the Savoy at Fo:t Kent, Me., which is opposite Clair, N. B., on the St. John River. State Installs Screen Calais, Me. — A new screen has been installed in the State here by Lockwood & Gordon, owners. Here's 6.H.B. for pi Your war time strategy is to make your house more appealing right now! There are many things you can do to maintain and improve its appearance and comfort. Most important, keep a weather-eye cocked on the not far distant time when you can call in usAIRco for some real box-office boosting. Yes, there'll be some new ideas. From today's war time production, usAIRco has developed new plans. But one basic idea hangs on — usAIRco will continue to design and manufacture Theatre Air Conditioning built around your box office. usAIRco systems are as big or small as your job > arcs requirements and operating budget. Comfort cooling that pays a profit is / the blueprint for your usAIRco system. J This much you can do now — maintain your house in tip-top condition — and when the time comes, you can depend on usAIRco Theatre Air Conditioning for greater profits. UNITED STATES AIR CONDITIONING CORPORATION Profits in Cooling for the Exhibitor NORTHWESTERN TERMINAL • MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA usAIRco AIR CONDITIONING Refrigerated KOOLER-AIRE This Unit, a masterpiece of engineering simplicity combines every phase of refrigerated cooling in a Single Unit. Manufactured in various sizes, it can be used singly or in combination with other units to give you the precise capacity you need. Refrigerated Kooler-Aire is a good unit to be acquainted with. Books describing this system are available. We'll be glad to send you a copy. Booth Fire Damages Film, Some Equipment Tilden, Neb. — A booth fire at the New Victory Theater at Tilden recently destroyed 1,000 feet of film and damaged some of the equipment. Manager M. M. Kruse said quick thinking on the part of the operator who pulled the burning reel from the projector saved the interior of the booth. No one was injured. The house opened Dec. 21, 1941. New Theater in N. C. Cramerton, N. C. — D. C. Cash, operating the Dixie in King's Mountain, has opened the Victory here. Exhibitors of America have many duties to perform these war days. You build unity and morale through motion picture presentations— and you promote and support the various government drives that are initiated to spur war production and civilian defense. RCA Service, like exhibitors, is carrying on important war duties: RCA engineers are rendering scheduled service to projection room equipment in thousands of theatres to "Keep 'em Running"—and other RCA Service groups are installing military equipment and instructing personnel, in this country and at the battlefronts. The RCA Service organization is today more than nation-wide ... it is world-wide . . . serving the home front and battlefronts too! RCA SERVICE CO. J IIIUl RADIO CORPORATION OF AMERICA Subsidiary Camden, N. J.