The Film Daily (1945)

Building Remodeling 9109 Equipment Maintenance • • • NEW YORK, FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 23. 1945 • • • • nNIMUM MAINTENANCE NEEDS ENUMERATED )olor Tele Progressing Despite Stress of War t Scophony's Chairman )lds That "New Start" Necessary for Science iK)ndon (By Mail) — As a prelimty to post-war provision of large en television, the production of elevision unit displaying a 3 ft. 2 ft. picture in color is described e by Sir Maurice Bonham Car, chairman of Scophony, Ltd., and declares that although the war I placed obstacles in the way of ipany's tele development, connt research is leading to "highly jortant advances." Company's experts, he says, are fident that the answer to large een tele will be found in the two -war systems which Scophony (Continued on Page 26) erilamp Goes To [A Equip. Section act calling for distribution of Westinghouse Sterilamp by the ;ater Equipment Section of RCA mnounced by the latter organiza 1. The device for killing airborne teria and sterilizing air is the t practical bactericidal agent of ed to exhibitors to help eliminate "bugaboo" of theaters' box-of s, — the patron's fear of infected in crowded theaters. ?he Sterilamp is being made avail (ConMnued on Page 26) iVoMJ To Extinguish "Fire Inspectors*'! Chicago — Fire Prevention Bureau Chief John L. Fenn has warned theater cwners that bogus fire inspectors are going around examining film stands' fire extinguishers. They either steal the virtually unobtainable equipment outright, or make note of what is worth while grabbing at a later date. Currently there is a black market on extinguishers, as companies making them before Pearl Harbor are now engaged in war work. Equipment Field Notes /'CRESCENT AMUSEMENT, Nashville, has ^^ purchased the site and plans the erection of a new theater in Huntsville, Ala., as soon as materials are available, according to Fritz Thomas, resident manager. Project, which would be the fourth for the chain in hluntsville, calls for a 1,500-seater fronting 120 ft. on Washington St. Repair of the damages and reopening of the Palace, Gallatin, Tenn., is very indefinite. Outlet was almost completely destroyed by fire recently. Projection equipment and all film was destroyed before an extinguisher could be used. * * * fiarry F. Shaw, Loew Poll division manager headquartering in New fHaven, says that all stands of that circuit, including New Haven, Hartford, Meriden, Bridgeport, Waterbury, Worcester, Springfield and Norwich, will have walls, ceilings and trim washed by Ernie Gau's Clean Rite Co. of Hartford. All Hartford houses have already been crmpieted, and the work has effected, Shaw states, a remarkable livening of the original paint colors, as well as a great economy in decoration. * * * According to preliminary plans submitted by Ackley, Bradley & Day, of Pittsburgh, Pa., architects and engineers, a new 2,000-seat open-air theater is one of the developments proposed for the Fairgrounds Park in Memphis, Tenn. Si * * The Forest Theater, Detroit house operated by Midwest Theaters Circuit, has been shuttered for remodeling. The Spicer in Akron, O., has reopened following repairs to drapes and decorations near the stage. They were damaged in a $3,000 fire on Feb. 10. New Cristobal Clubhouse Theater, Cristobal, C. Z., has opened in the wake of remodeling. It now has a new lobby and a boosted seating capacity. Edward C. Ames, assistant to the president of Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp., Toledo, and former radio news caster, has been elected a member of the Toledo Board of Education. * * « Mid-West Acoustical & Supply Co., Cleveland, distributors for Armstrong Ccrk Co., acoustical products, has moved its general offices to 256 Hanna Building. Appointment of Frank B. Evans as branch manager of Altec's Philadelphia office is announced by D. A. Peterson, Philadelphia district manager. Evans has been with the company since its inception in 1937. * * « Anent Altec, the servicing organization has signed the Walter Brackin Circuit of Alabama Theaters for sound service, repair parts and projecticn parts. The Atlanta district has also contracted for servicing of the Haberfeld & Flexer outlets in various Mississippi and Tennessee locales. The Gaiety, Portland, Ore., dark for three weeks, is about to reopen, following intensive remodeling and refurnishing. Solano Theater property at Jackson and Texas Sts., Fairfield, Calif., has been purchased by G. R. Moore frcm heirs of the estate of the late Joseph McEniry, for the sum of $22,000. Moore, who has operated the Suisun and Soland Theaters for some six years, plans to remodel the property after the war, and convert it into a fully modern theater. * <= « General Mills and Eastman Kodak, joint owners of Distillation Products, Inc., Rochester, N. Y., are now in production of the Vacuum Coating unit to coat lenses and prisms with metallic salts. Zenith Corp., Chicago, has appointed Shobe, Inc., as distributor for the Memphis territory. N. S. Shobe recently retired from the Navy as a flight instuctor. Joseph Bohlman, 646 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, has registered the NoOx electronic trademark with the Secretary of State in Springfield, III. This will cover a line of electric equipment used by the trade. Statistics Cover 16,244 Active Theaters In U. S.; PostWar bicrease Seen Minimum requirements of 16,244 actively operating film theaters in the U. S. for cleaning supplies during 1945 still constitute "big business" in the aggregate, and theatermen's needs will jump sharply in the post-war period, John Eberson, prominent film theater architect, declared at mid-week. Releasing statistics, he confirmed previous general statements by supply dealers that such maintenance items comprise a substantial part of their wartime trade, especially since (Continued on Page 26) Significance Seen In New DuMont Move Detroit — Offices recently opened by Allen B. DuMont Laboratories in local Convention Hall are designed to serve as regional headquarters for a territory that will ultimately include several mid-Eastern states, possibly extending as far South as the Carolinas. H. B. Graham, formerly with Purolator Products, Inc., makers of oil filters, has been named branch manager. At present, the Detroit office is concentrating upon servicing and needs of war plants and related industries, primarily in the field of (Continued on Page 26) JVetv Glass Loonts As A Post-War Advance St. Louis — Monsanto Chemical Co. is planning volume production of aluminum metaphosphate after the war. Product is expected to open new fields of glass manufacture because from it can be made glass which transmits a substantially greater amount of ultra-violet light. Advance represents radical departure from such bases as sand, soda ash and lime.