The Film Daily (1944)

Building Remodeling Equipment Maintenance DAILY • • • NEW YORK, MONDAY, AUGUST 28, 1944 • • • • rVPB SHAKEUP MAY AFFECT RECONVERSION SAaritimes' New Post -War Stands May Total 15 ie Retarding Factor Is heatermen's Fear That emulations Will Shift Halifax, N. S. — Survey of postaltheater building contemplated t chains and individual exhibitors scloses that a total of 15 new rases are on drawing boards or in ss tangible, but still definite, ages. This number of houses may ! more, provided conditions remain .vorable, and there is a possibility .at they may be less, should exhibion interests find wartime populaons re-shifting to any great extent, ear that too many workers will ave communities in the Maritimes itirely when the war is over, or filr into other locales in the section, (Continued on Page 22) lew Ansell Project o Cost $1,000,000 University City, Mo.— A $1,000,000 otion picture theater and apartent structure is to be erected here i the site formerly occupied by the niversal City Hall by the Bond ■ealty Co., a corporation representig interests of Louis A. and Joseph . Ansell, who operate the Empress, itz and Varsity Theaters. Site was archased recently for a reported rice of $175,000 from the Janette ealty Co. Proposed new building, to be rected when lifting of war restricons on building materials will per(Continued on Page 22) Du Pont Plant Wins Star For "E" Flag Wilmington, Del. — Men and women of Du Pont's Photo Products Department Plant, Parlin, N. J., have been notified by Robert P. Patterson, Under-Secretary of War, that they have been awarded a White Star to affix to their ArmyNavy "E" pennant. Department has been supplying the Government with motion picture film, scientific film, and other types of photo products. Equipment Notes VA/EAR and tear on equipment in Chi * " cago theaters was brought out forcefully this week when two stands shut down their air conditioning plants because their motors failed. Much extant equipment of this and other nature needs overhauling, and theater owners are scurrying around looking for replacements. * * * W. H. Kelley, formerly RCA manager in San Francisco, is now general sales manager of Galvin Mfg. Co., Chicago. * * * R. P. Dunn, L. L. Williams, and H. P. Reilly have organized the Kent Co. of Chicago, with offices at 5 North Wabash Ave., to deal in electrical devices for the trade. Several representatives of the Theater Equipment Section of RCA are planning to attend the annual meeting of the Theater Equipment Dealers "Protective Association at Chicago's Hotel Bismark, Oct. 20-22. Among company delegates will be Homer B. Snook, section's sales manager; Jack O'Brien, assistant sales manager; and Ed Auger, home office special representative. * * * Altec is installing new projection and sound equipment in the Carver Theater, Detroit, for Saul Korman, who recently purchased the house. It was formerly known as the Catherine. * * * Capitol City Supply Co., Inc., Memphis, a theater equipment and supply organization, has secured a charter of incorporation from Tennessee's State Dept. The new firm is authorized to issue 100 shares of stock at $100 per share. * * * Fire has damaged the Electric Theater, Blockton, la., forcing the house to shutter for several weeks for necessary repairs. Damage ran into several thousand dollars. Cause of the blaze has not been determined. DeVry Corp. is pushing safety among employes of its factories. Committees have been appointed for various departments, including general offices, where N. D. Olsen, export manager, is in charge of the safety setup. * * * Erwin G. Frederick, prominent Chicago theater architect, has started work on Harry Upton's Polo Theater, Polo, III. House, seating 400, will be built of Wisconsin lannon stone and granite. It will be a single floor auditorium type, with small mezzanine for offices. National Theatre Supply has been awarded the equipment contract. * * * Ace Construction Co. has been given job of taking down the huge outdoor sign of Chicago's United Artists Theater, one of the largest signs in that territory. Owing to its repair needs, it is thought best to remove it. B & K is expected to replace the sign after the war with a modernistic marquee and sign combination. * * * Pvt. John L. Phillips, 23, former employe at RCA Victor division, Indianapolis, is reported missing in action over France, according to the War Department. Pfc. Cecil F. Yates, Marine Corps, who was previously reported wounded Dec. 31, 1943, on Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, has been reported wounded a second time, the Navy Department asserts. Before entering the Navy he was employed at the Indianapolis plant of RCA Victor. * * * Frank E. Tighe, formerly of Springfield, Mass., now superintendent of Westinghouse's Lansdowne, Md., plant, has just been awarded the company's Order of Merit for outstanding work in designing and manufacturing Radar. He has been in his present post since Oct., 1942. * * # Employes of Ampro Corp., Chicago, now in the armed services will receive an extra $10 as a cash gift from the Labor-Management Committee of the company. President Axel Monson has added another $5 to the gift, so each will get a total of $15. * * * Remodeling of the front of the Westown Theater, Detroit neighborhood house operated by Wisper & Wetsman Circuit, is being started. FlexGlass mirror trim will be used through' out. OCR's Plans for Supplying Needed Equipment for Theaters May Get Setback Washington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — The current shakeup in WPB may possible affect those plans of the Office of Civilian Requirements covering theaters. The organization is suffering an acute case of jitters with various branch and department heads wondering ust where they stand and whether their orders will be subject to change in the near future. The result is that many activities, particularly those concerning reconversion and the production of goods and equipment for civilian use, have slowed up to a walk until the situation is clarified in the next few days. Plans in the working which may be affected are those for theater (Continued on Page 22) Tele Is Top Topic At NYSPA Meeting Syracuse — With New York City and State as focal points currently, and promising to be progressively so, in the development and application of television, the IA and the New York State Projectionists Association body within the IA made the video science a banner topic of discussion at meetings here. Neither the IA nor the NYSPA has any intention of sitting idly by, and watching the tele parade march past them. The lesson has been well (Continued on Page 22) Reverse English Is Used In Remodeling Frequent reports which issue from the trade to the effect that old civic and other buildings are being remodeled for motion picture use now present an instance in reverse. An old and long unused theater building in Palmetto, Fla., has been purchased for $1,000 by the municipality, and is to be converted into a modern city hall. sab.