The Film Daily (1948)

Building Remodeling Equipment Maintenance FDAILY PAGE 6 NEW YORK, FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 1948 * * a * GE Air Conditioning For Theatrical Field General Electric is preparing to move into the theater air conditioningfield on a large scale. Medium will be the General Electric HD Central Plant Air Conditioner, with a cooling capacity ranging from 2.82 to 33 tons, and its heating capacity ranging from 62,000 Btu/hour to 706,000 Btu/hour. The conditioner can be worked into any special theater setup in at least five different ways, it is said. As a "package," the conditioner offers seven air conditioning essentials — heating, cooling, humidification, circulation, ventilation, dehumidification and nitration. Features of the conditioner, offered in four different sizes include: sturdy corner posts, bolted construction with lock washers, corrugated asbestos insulation, spring mounted fan assembly, highest quality V-belt drive, adjustable pitch motor pulley, high heat transfer efficiency coils, screen drip humidifiers, multi-port expansion valve, large area, low face velocity, low air resistance filters. Gives Chromium Aspect New Aluminum Paint Appliable to metal, wood or brick surfaces, an aluminum paint which produces a chromium finish appearance is being marketed by Sheffield Bronze Paint Corp. Ready mixed for use, this "chromium-finished" paint possesses the heat and rust resistance common to other aluminum paints. Device to Measure Screen Brightness Patent covering a device which determines how bright any part of a theater screen is to anyone in the audience has just been assigned to the General Electric Co. The apparatus, invented by Francis K. McCune, is mounted mallet-wise on top of a long pole which can be held in front of the top of corners of the icreen. One end of the top compartment carries a miniature flashlight which can "spot" the seats for which brightness measurements are to be made, while the other end contains a photocell which can "look" at the screen at exactly the same angle as a spectator in the designated seat. TRADE HOTEL RESERVATIONS ARE pouring into the Jefferson Hotel in St. Louis, for the 1948 annual national trade show of the Theater Equipment & Supply Manufacturers Assn., which will be held there on Sept. 28-30. Never before have reservations been made so far in advance of the show, according to Roy Boomer, secretary of the TESMA. The Theater Equipment Dealers Protective Association will hold their annual convention at the same place and on the same dates. • • ^AID-STATE THEATRE SUPPLY, '"' Inc. (formerly L. T. Rockenstein Co., Inc.) has beccme the exclusive dealer for Motiograph projectors and Motiograph-Mirrophonic sound systems in the St. Louis-Missouri territory. Mid-States is headed by Morton S. Gottlieb and Harold Block. e • LgOW STANDBY ELECTRIC power plants ' ' serve theaters, and many other places, is described and illustrated in Power Points, a magazine published by D. W. Onan & Sons, Inc., Minneapolis. • • T\A-LLTE SCREEN CO., Chicago, is "■' offering a new 16 page "miniature catalog'' which contains much helpful information in addition to illustrations and descriptions on screens for home, industry, school, and church projection. Booklet provides accurate screen tables, a standard aperture chart, and a unique formulae for finding the correct screen size for any projector and any lens, at any distance. • • LJARDINGE COMPANY, INC., York, Pa., ' ' announces the appointment of Fred Stuart of Stuart Corp., Baltimore, Md., as sales agent for Hardinge products in the Southeastern States. • • THE LUMITE DIVISION of the Chicopee Manufacturing Corp., makers of Lumite woven upholstery fabrics and screening for theater seats, will open a national trade advertising campaign to promote the fabrics, W. J. Holman, Jr., vice-president, announces. Copy and art will emphasize the features of Lumite fabrics. • • DHENOPLAST, new liquid plastic, is said ' to be the first phenolic resin coating material which can be cured without heat or pressure. According to the manufacturer it can be brushed or sprayed on practically any surface and sets within a few hours to form a high-gloss transparent coating. It is (Continued on Page 7) Western Theater Supply Reports Installations Omaha — Recent installations by Western Theater Supply Co. include: New projectors and rectifiers, Co-ed, Wayne, Neb., and new sound at the Gay, Wayne, both owned by March Bros.; complete equipment for new Uptown, Sioux City, owned by A. M. Seff; combination heating cooling system, Grand, Worthington, Minn.; RCA sound, Dodge, Fort Dodge, la.; chairs, screen, Humboldt, Humboldt, Neb.; both equipment and screen, R. W. Cummings, Lewellen, Neb.; lamps and rectifiers, Shelton, Shelton, Neb.; RCA sound and carpets, Avoca, Avoca, la.; lamps, rectifiers, carpets and popcorn machine, Iris, Edgemont, S. D.; new booth equipment, carpet, State Theater, Carl Knudsen, Red Cloud, Neb.; air conditioning, carpets, chairs, screen, lenses, Ritz, Henry Saggau, Dennison, la.; new sound and projector, J. D. Lockman, Stuart, Neb. Brookport Port Sold Brookport, 111.— The Port, a 460seater, has been sold by Walter Rieder to Joe M. Saxon of Paducah, Ky. Western Electric Names Winter to Post in Italy Julius P. Winter, formerly contract manager of the Paris office of the Western Electric Co. (France) has been appointed vice president of the Western Electric Co. of Italy. Winter is at present in New York for conferences with Western officials before leaving for Rome and his new assignment. THE STRONG ELECTRIC CORP. 87 City Park Ave. Toledo2,Ohio ofi Projection Ate JlatnpA. Drive-in Expansion At Accelerated Pace Unprecedented mushrooming o drive-in theaters is indicated in a re port from National Theater Suppl j which recently closed contracts M equip 38 new drive-in theaters in on, three-week period. On the basis of these orders, J. E j Currie, National's Drive-In TheateDepartment Manager, predicte< : "More than 300 drive-in theaters wi! be in operation before the end of th|;i year." Among the new drive-in theatei which will be National equipped art ■' Outdoor Theater, Chicago, 111.; Da-J ! enport Drive-In, Davenport, 111 -. Pioneer Drive-In, Plainview, Tex ' Clemmer Cruise-In Theater, Eatoi"p O.; Niagara Drive-In, Amherst, r Y.; Hi Way Drive-In, Marion, Ind Trail Drive-In, Amarillo, Tex. l!t] Southern Drive-In, Southern Pine, N. C; New Drive-in, Gloucester, r ' J.; SkyWay Theater, Coshocton, O Skyline Drive-In, Clarksburg, Vf Va.; Martin Drive-In, Columbus, O Comerford Drive-in, Dupont, Pa Park View Drive-In, Washington, I C; Gratiet Drive-In, Roseville, Mich Colorado Springs Drive-In, Colorad Springs, Colo., and Herrin Drive-I Herrin, 111. Korman Announces Plans For New Detroit House Detroit — Saul Korman, of Korma Theaters here, has announced plai , for the construction of a modern mf a tion picture theater at Holbrook an Jo Oakland Streets. Architect Theodore Rogvoy is con pleting plans for the 1500 seate „ construction on which is expected 1 11 begin early in May. Korman no operates the Grant, Apollo and Oal| land houses here. Sioux City Theater Will he First of 10 Sioux City, la. — The 625-seat Uptown Theater scheduled to bpen shortly will be the first unit in a new proposed circuit of 10 houses to be built by the Uptown Theater Corp. Albert M. Self of Sioux City is president of the organization. The Uptown, a nabe, cost approximately $100,000 and is the ninth theater in Sioux City. Robert M. Krueger, manager.