The Film Daily (1929)

DAILY Sunday, June 23, 1929 NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE FAST GROWING FIELD OF SYNCHRONIZATION SOUND TIPS ON EQUIPMENT AND VARIOUS DEVICES ARE NOW AVAILABLE By CHARLES F. HYNE5 IN ENGLAND SEEN ENDED ERNEST IV. FREDMAN Editor, "The Daily Film Renter" London— Bugaboo of interchangeability, which, has been the subject of heated discussions in Great Britain, has been removed, it is indicated by announcement of the London office of M-G-M that "The Broadway Melody" will be served to exhibitors using the reproducing equipment of British Talking Pictures, Ltd. Other concerns are expected to follow suit. Interchangeability situation in England is the same as in the United States, THE FILM DAILY pointed out several months ago, at a timewhen it appeared efforts were being made to create an issue in England when none existed. The stand in the matter is that distributors can lease Western Eectric recorded films for showing on any apparatus which thev feel measures up to standard. Active Week on DeForest Sound Machine Equipment Eleven shipments and five new contracts were closed for DeForest l^honofilm and Phonodisc equipment during the week. Shipments were made to the following theaters: Strand, Moundsville, W. Va.; Oxford, Philadeli^hia Capitol, Logan, Utah; Princess, Rushville, Ind.; Showboat, Ocean City, N. J.; Edgemont, Philadelphia; Mermaid, Brooklyn; Opera House, Franklin, La.; Iowa, Sheldon, la.; Paris, Paris, 111.; Rialto, Beaverfalls, Pa. New orders came from the Burns, Newport, Vt.; Sheldon, Memorial; Red Wing, Minn.; Clearfield, Philadelphia; New Preston, Baltimore, and Cannon, New Haven, Conn. Dual Installations of Bristolphone Being Made Detroit — Dual installation of Bristolijhone disc and sound-on-film reproducing etiuipment is being made at the S'trand, Alliambra, and Columbia, Kunsky houses. Film attachments now arc being installed at the Granada, Avalon and Linwood-La Salle here. Bristolidione also is being installed at the Victory, DenverState, Stoughton, Mass., and Strand, Boothbay Harbor, Me. Photophone at Mount Vernon Mt. Vernon, O. — James C. Piatt has installed Phototone equipment in the Memorial theater. Showing Speed Ithaca, N. Y.— Speed is the order of the day in the sound development, so to expedite installation of the Photo-Talker in the Temple here, three officials of the Link Piano Co. flew here in a plane from Binghamton with the apparatus, making the hop in 25 minutes. Edward Link, George Thayer and Heru-y Uhlman were the officials. iNow, the theater will be enabled to open its sound policy June 30. CLEVELAND TERRITORY Cleveland — Sound installations are slowing up in this territory. Last month exhibitors in this territory were eager to assure themselves of some sort of immediate installation. Now they are worried about the cost of operation and are waiting to see whether there will be any price reduction before they make a definite policy decision. Sumriier business, in spite of continued cool weather, is worse than usual at this time of the year. The suburban houses were hit first. Now the downtown first runs houses are experiencing a drop. S. H. Sales Co. Makes Installations of Master Philadelphia — Installations of Master reproducer are bein" speeded up by the S. H. Sales Co., handling the device. Among local houses where the apparatus has been installed are: Great Northern, Windsor, New Empress, Bell, Susquehanna, West Allegheny, Bluebird, Ritz, Lorraine, Wayne Palace, Ridge, Lehigh, Ideal, Grand, Pelham, Apex and Empress, Manayunk. Other installations have been made at Opera House, Keyser, W. Va. ; Opera House, Piedmont, W. Va.; tlie following Pennsylvania houses: Globe, Marcus Hook; Oxford, Oxford; Palace, Quakertown; Broad, Souderton; Grand, Ephrata; Collonade, Millersburg; Shapiro, Mount Union; the Opera House, Dover, Del.; and the following New Jersey theaters: Garden, Parkside, Victoria and Auditorium, Camden; Apollo, Gloucester; Morlyn, Ocean City; Runnemede, Runnemede, and Windsor, Brooklyn. Talkers at Danville, Ark. Danville, Ark. — Talkers have been introduced at the Pastime SILENT SHORTAGE, CLAIMS SHOWMAN; WIRING HOUSE Detroit — Declaring that he cannot get enough quality to keep his house on a silent policy, Wes Schram has ordered sound reproducing equipment for the Bijou. New Wright DeCoster Speaker Now on Market Wright DeCoster, manufacturer of the Wright DeCoster speakers for talking picture equipment, has added a new model to its line of reproducers, states the Edward L. Klein Corp., European distributor. The new model 107 chassis is made for 110 or 220 volts and embodies the following features: 1. 10" cone — insuring power in handling capacity and proper wave action. 2. Apex of cone suspended with leather in all models. This is designed to eliminate the d:c-cut fiher spider previously used in the regular cones. 3. Speech coil wound on a latlie-cut bakelite form for strength, uniformity, maximum winding space, and least weight. Each layer oi wire in speech coil is insulated from the next by a sheet of condenser tissue, the voltage breakdown between layers being over 200 vols. 4. The field supply in the A.C. models is obtained from a dry-disc full wave highvoltage rectifier operating on 110 volts A.C. input. The D.C. output is fed to the field coil through a Pi section filter. This filtering of the fie'd supply in combination with a bucking coil and a copper shading ring at the pole pieces, is to reduce hum to a minimum. 5. Greater sensitivity is claimed, due to greater field strength and liigher elficiency of the speech circuit especially at the lower frequencies. 6. Copper ring on front plate is designed to center the pole piece. The new model chassis is sold separately or complete with the Wright DeCoster power amplifier ready for installation. New Sound Device Detroit — Joe Portell has invented :< sound device which has been install ed at the Greenwood where demon strations are being given. Jacksonville Wiring Completed Jacksonville, Fla. — The Empress has completed installation of sound equipment, opening with "The Wild Party." Creatone at Bedford, O. Bedford, O.— Mrs. E. B. Yoerns has installed Creatone sound reproducing device in the Bedford. Talkers at Middletown, N. Y. Middletown, N. Y. — Talkers were introduced at the State here with "Show Boat" as the initial attraction. Joseph Quittner is treasurer of the theater firm. EOUR MORE THEATERS AT i mmmw wired « iVfontreal — Four local theaters, formerly the leader in their resppct'>fields of entertainment, have turned to talking picture policies on a permanent basis. The Princess for years a leading legitimate house, reopened with an RCA-Photopho'ip '•stallation, the attraction being "The Iron Mask." Extended runs are to be featured here. Loew's, the 1"est vaudeville house in Montreal, in troduced its speaking screen with "The Lights of the City" and is presenting talkers with its vaudevill The Francais, long established house catering to the large French population with French plays, reope'-"" with "soundies" at the same time, the attraction being "Syncopation." The Empress opened Sunday with its RCA-Photophone system for the presentation of a British productio" "One of the Best." The Empress is the leading surburban hoi'=e of Confederation Theaters. New Synchronizer Offered by Portell at Detroit Detroit — Portell-Phone, new reproducer, was demonstrated at the Greenwood here. Joseph G. Portell developed the device and is general manager of the company marketing it. Deal for Vitatone Sales Launched in Minneapolis Minneapolis — Negotiations are under way for national expansion of Vitatone distribution. No deal has been closed, however. L. H. Mickey Coen, distributor of the disc synchronizer, states. W.E. Service Engineers in 3 More Northwest Cities Minneapolis — Service engineers have been stationed at Duluth, Fargo and Sioux Falls by the Minneapolis district office of Electrical Research Products. De Forest Equipment at Sheldon Sheldon, la. — De Forest Phonofilni and Phonodisc equipment is being installed at the Iowa here by the Kehrberg Co. Vitaphone for Alaska House Ketchikan, Alaska^The Coliseum has been equipped with Vitaphone and is the first house here to show sound pictures.