The Film Daily (1945)

8 • EQUIPMENT NEWS l3iJ(t DAILY Friday, July 27, 1 A Section of THE FILM DAILY comprehensively covering the equipment field, published every second week by Wid's Films and Film Folks, Inc., 1501 Broadway, New York City. John W. Alicoate, Publisher; Donald M. Mersereau, General Manager; Chester B. Bahn, Editor; George H. Morris, Equipment Editor; West Coast Bureau, 6425 Hollywood Boulevard, Hollywood, Cal., Ralph Wilk, Bureau Chief. Equipment Market In India Said Big (Continued from Page 7) barrier in the way of complete exploitation of this market may be the reluctance of Indian Government officials to grant import licenses. In addition to supplies for the 1,800 theaters in India, there is also a sizeable market for studio equipment, with 42 studios, mostly in Bombay and Calcutta, turning out from 150 to 170 feature-length films per year. They include 63 sound stages varying from 40 x 70 feet to 100 X 150 feet. About half the projectors in Indian theaters are American, with German, Dutch and British also found. All are quite old, but the U. S. machines are in better shape than the others because spare parts have been more readily available even during the war. But even so it has been necessary for the Indians to begin producing their own spare parts, and it is not known whether this production will be continued when imported parts are once again plentiful. Estimate is that 200 new projectors and a like number of sound systems can be sold in India during each of the first six years after the war. The Indian Government is apparently not anxious to encourage buying from America of equipment available from the sterling area, although it is not likely they will impose anything like a complete shutdown. Barring this the market possibilities are excellent. The United States is the sole supplier of arc lamps today. BUY SELL TRADE REPAIR AU MAKES JICKET MACHINES .COIN CHANGERS^ Ticket Register Industries 218 S. WABASH AVE. CHICAGO (4) ILL. quip. Mfrs. Expect uture Bottlene(l( (Continued from Page 7) sources not acquainted with what the plants will be up against. Equipment spokesmen told Film Daily Equipment News here yesterday that the bottleneck can almost be charted now by a rising graph which will fall sharply before it finally swings to its upward march, representing the "out of the woods" manufacturing stage. Reason for the anticipated bottleneck is seen in the expansion of manufacturing facilities themselves as war orders are cut back. But while these facilities will turn out more goods than has been the case during the war to date, there will come a point where materials cannot keep up with machine and labor output. It is at this stage that distributors and retail outlets are going to have to do a lot of explaining to consumers of equipment. Thereafter, when materials gain in availability and finally exceed mechanical potential, the motion picture equipment field will be, to quote one prominent manufacturer, able to supply any demands by customers. Prior to and during the bottleneck stage, prices, it is said, will be adjusted to levels which are expected to prevail for a number of years, but until the difficult stage is passed, OPA and WPB will be prominently in the trade picture. Cohoes House to Open Cohoes, N. Y. — Fabian's Empire Theater will be re-opened August 15, following extensive repairs. Naugatuck House Opened Naugatuck, Conn. — Ralph Pasho's New Salem Theater was opened last week. THEATRE PROJECTORS AND SOUND SYSTEMS . . . built to specifications that far exceed generally accepted commercial standards. . . . Learn how you get so much for so little when you buy DeVRY Write DeVRY CORP., 1111 Armitage Avenue, Chicago 14, Illinois. 5-TIME WINNER! DeVRi has earned five consecutive Army ■ Na y "E's" for excellence in proi.iciu;n of Motion Pioturt' ^.'iii'ii I''qtipnunl MOTION PICTURE SOUND EQUIPMENT New Texas Stands ^^Identical Twins" Houstrn, Tex. — The 0. K. Theaters, Inc., of Dallas, announces plans for construction of two new theaters here to cost a total of $150,000. Both structures will be identical in design, and will be completed in 60 days. Each will have a 50-foot front and be 150 feet deep, with concrete foundations, concrete and oak floors, masonry exterior and plaster interior. Two New Outlets Set for Northwest (Continued from Page 7) build a $60,000 suburban type theater, and a similar house will be built at Naches, where he has purchased six lots from Leroy Jones. Mercy's post-war building plans, he said, include remodeling jobs on the Capital Theater in Yakima and a new theater to replace the present Lyric Theater. He will also spend $65,000 remodeling the Liberty, Yakima and Roxy theaters. He recently arranged to purchase theaters in Pasco and Kennewick. Ceilings Up for 16 mm. Projectors (Continued from Page 7) tion at the Government agen(| action. The step, however, does not c(| pletely clarify some of the confusj which has existed, but is held to i a "partially alleviating move." So] dealers and vendors of 16 mm. equ] ment are declared to be irritated an apparently continuing pract'j on the part of at least one manufil turer to have already filed a\ processed orders under AA2 dest nated AAl if the dealer or vencl expects to get anything like pron;] delivery. In one instance, a duly process] order, filed as long as six months ajl and given an AA2, was in some uj explained fashion re-classified as AA3 by WPB, while the manufactt] er told the ordering dealer that II order could not be filled now excej via an AAl. For prompt service for parts ,_,, for all makes of seats, write: m Chicago Used Chair Mart, I 844 So. Wabash Avenue, Chicago, Illinois. I |i||d||i:;p,$oit,,^^^^^^ we don't beat tom-toms to spread the word we're good. When it comes to selling our famous service, our war cry is "look at the record of performance". We know how to scalp trouble in your projection booth. And remember, small wampum will bring you big return, so send up a smoke signal for an Altec engineer— he's a i ^^^ member of the biggest tribe of troubleshooters in the business. LTEC 250 WEST 57lh STREET, THE SERVICE ORGANIZATION OF THE MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY