The Film Daily (1945)

8 • EQUIPMENT NEWS iSi^ DAILY Monday, July 2, 1945 A Swtion of Tn'E. FILM DAILY oos^re•rniivffl; oOTcring tbe e<iuipm<3>t field, pubafced every second week by Wid'i Filmf «ik1 'itei Folks, Inc.. 1501 Broadway, New Y<»rk Vitj John W. Alicoate, Publisher; Booald '4 Mersereau, General Manager; Chester B. 3ahn, Editor; George H. Morris, Kquipment Fditor; West Coast Bureau, 6425 Hollywood Boulerard, Hollywood, Cal., Ralph Wilk, Bureau Chief. Spokane House Will Be Completed Aug. 1 Spokane, Wash. — The $130,000 Garland Theater, under construction at Monroe and Garland here, will be completed Aug. 1, it is declared by the architectural firm of Funk, Molander & Johnson. Equipment for the theater is costing $17,160, and has been purchased from B. P. Shearer & Co., prominent West Coast theater supply house. License to Greenhouse For Manila Equipment (Continued from Page 7) secured an export license in Washington, D. C. to ship theater and sound equipment for a house in Manila. He is negotiating with a former Manila first-run operator to rebuild a theater there, but in event these negotiations fall through, he has financial backing for construction of a new theater. Greenhouse will continue in production in Hollywood, in addition to his Manila theater plans. Fox Bows in New Orleans; Has Unique Seating Plan New Orleans — A new theater, the Fox, located at Elysian Fields Ave. and Gentilly Road, has opened here. Installations include inverted floor, seating arrangement that allows first row patrons same ease of view as those in the back. Fox Theater Corp., independent, is owner. Zenith Honors War Dead Chicago — Zenith Corp. has dedicated a plaque at their Chicago headquarters to the following employes who have lost their lives in the country's service: Lt. Edward Durica, Lt. Ballard McCain, Cpl. Henry Mika, Pfc. Charles Corr, Vernon Fish, Walter Bieganowski, Allerton Clark, Ronald Geuder, Earl Ryder, Charles Kevish and Wayne Philbric. For prompt service for parts for all makes of seats, write: Chicago Used Chair Mart, 844 So. Wabash Avenue, Chicago, Illinois. Okay en Stale Code (Continued from Page 7) aters and other places of public assembly, the task of formulating tbe code has been lightened to ah appreciable degree by the adoption in total of the SMPE's projection room standards and recommendations. Over a period of years, SMPE has perfected not oniy projection rooni arrangement, but also has set up highly tlhcient ways and means ol promoting safety and reducing fire hazards in booths as well as in the physical opert'.tion of machines. Booth safety, it is understood, is ccns-ide] ed bj the New York State labor Department, under whose jurisdiction the code is, as one of the most vital considerations £or the protection not only of audiences but of the projectionists. Code provisions are even at this time down in black and white, but another two or three months will have to be devoted to polishing all phraseology so that there will be no doubt as to what each and every provision means. Cumberland Amuse. Co. To Build Another Stand Fayetteville, Tenn. — A new movie theater will be constructed here by Cumberland Amusement Co., McMinnville, as soon as WPB grants the priorities, according to President Cowan Oldham. The Capitol, another Cumberland house here, is managed by Mrs. Edith Hardin. W-K Purchases Site Jasper, Ala. — Site has been bought and plans drawn for a new WilbyKincey theater here after the war. New Post for Mills Chicago — T. C. Mills has been been named sales manager of Federal Electric's electrical division. SEEKING A DEPENDABLE SOURCE OF SUPPLY FOR YOUR THEATRE TICKETS? INTERNATIONAL OFFERS: Dependable service . . . Low cost . . . 47 year's experience serving flieatres, stadiums, amusement parks, etc. We can supply your needs. Roll, machine folded, reserve seats, etc. Write for samples, prices or oilier information. Delivery free Maine to Virginia. INTERNAtlONAL TICKET /^COMPANY 52 GRAFTON AVE-'^iSf^ NEWARK 4, N. J. SALES OFFICES IN PRINCIPAL CENTERS Church Property Is Bought By Sudekum Nashville — Site of the local First Lutheran Church purchased by Tony Sudekum, Crescent Amusement head, for $100,000, may later be used for a film theater or recreation center, but the congregati:n will be allowed to continue use of the building for some months. Sudekum is a member of this church which is the oldest in continuous service here. Two More Outlets Set For Oregon Sector Portland, Ore. — Charles Gilmore, of Portland announces start of work on a motion picture theater at Sandy, Ore. The theater seating capacity will be about 600 according to J. A. DeYoung, architect. Harry Moyer, operating theaters ill Portland, Gresham and Milwaukie, Ore. announces that he also will start construction of a motion picture theater at Sandy, located on the Loop. The cost of the house is given as $45,000. Idaho Stand's Loss $2,000 Nampa, Ida. — Film fire in the Majestic Theater's projection booth did estimated damage of $2,000. ImproYement Foresee In Output of Carpet (Continued from Page 7) hopeful expectancy of more output of peacetime products. This optimistic attitude, however, is being somewhat tempered by the f£;ct that from 75 to 80 per cent 0:8^^ the industry's yardage was for waA production. Manufacturers are cautiously inclining to the belief that! output would begin to climb, per; haps in September, but maybe not until January. , When cutbacks come, following re | laxation of controls on carpet ma: terial, reconversion will require from ' five to six months. Meanwhile, elaborate plans are being made for postwar merchandising of floor coverings. The shortage of carpets within the film theater field has been so critical since Pearl Harbor that a huge backlog of sales has grown up. PostWar Sign Huddle Chicago — Chicago Sign Ass'n. ■ hosted meeting of the National Electric Sign Ass'n. at the local Palmer House. President Ely presided and Tom Flannery and his staff from Whiteway Electric also participated. Post-war plans were under discussion. Keep Your Eye on That Hair On the fine hair of booth performance, hangs a good deal of box ofTice performance. Like Damocles in the fable, it's smart for you to keep an eye on that hair. In our business of servicing booths In thousands of theatres, we have learned that good operation hangs— almost literally—by a hair. A little dust here, a oose cog there — the tiniest slip due to human or mechanical fault can mean the difference between first rate or second best. That's why exhibitors are glad to pay a little more for our unfailing standard of quality. 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