The Film Daily (1945)

^ 8 • EQUIPMENT NEWS ; ^'^ DAILY Friday, August 10, IS A Section of THE FILM DAILY comprenensively 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. Patents Study Eyed By Film Industry (Continued from Page 7) ture industry, with the Committee to consider the wisdom of "denying all access to our patent laws by aliens; a provision that patents granted to aliens shall be effective, as to term and remedy, only to the extent of the rights reciprocally made available to Americans in the alien's country, and a provision that patents granted to aliens shall be subject to compulsory licensing." Equipment Orders Flow In Detroit Territory (Continued from Page 7) according to Manager Clarence Williamson: Complete equipment for the new theater at Elsie, Mich., to be erected by C. M. Hovey, city manager and station agent at Elsie, for Fall opening; Wagner frames and glass in the Farnum, Hamtramck, for Louis Schlussel, and Wagner plastic letters and glass in the Radio City Theater, Ferndale, for Saul Sloan. Also, Simplex E7 mechanisms in the Senate, Detroit, and lamps in the Seville, both for the Broder Circuit; Simplex mechanisms in the Pentwater Theater, Pentwater, for Emmet Roche; Marquees for P & A Theater, Plymouth, for Harry Lush, and the new Lyons, being erected on a site near the present theater, in South Lyons, for Ed Harrow. Also, PM screens for the Broder Circuit in the Time and Seville, Detroit; Lincoln Park Theater, Lincoln Park, for Max Allen; Richard, Flint, for William Clark; Saint Ignace Theater, Saint Ignace, for Joseph D. Vallier; Rupert, Detroit, for Jack Susami, and the Gaylord Theater, Gaylord, for Olson Brothers. Woodlawn Opening Soon San Antonio, Tex. — Interstate Tbea'ers' new Woodlawn Theater will be due to open in a few weeks. For prompt service for parts for all makes of seats, write: Chicago Used Chair Mart, 844 So. Wabash Avenue, Chicago, Illinois. Sornik Joins Maxon As Chief Consultant (Continued from Page 7) with Thomas W. Lamb where he cooperated in designing such buildings as the Ziegfeld Theater and Madison Square Garden. Until recently he was in partnership with Ben Schlanger, with whom he had been designing theaters and remodeling projects for post war building in the U. S., South America and Iceland. He also collaborated with Schlanger in the preparation of a series of technical articles. Sornik's initial project with Maxon will be a series of remodeling jobs for the Rapf & Ruden Circuit. Actual construction begins next week on the circuit's Broadmoor Theater, Bloomfield, N. J. $100,000 Earmarked For Vancouver Remodeling Vancouver, Wash. — Plans for remodeling "Castle Corner," at 10th St., between Main and Broadway, of which the Castle Theater is a component, are announced hei-e. Task of designing the new project has been awarded to Day, Hilborn, local architect, and a sum of more than $100,000 has been earmarked for the improvement. To Try Again for Bids Scottsbluff, Neb. — A new effort will be made to obtain bids from contractors on the proposed $75,000 theaters planned by W. H. Ostenberg. No bids were received by Architect Charles D. Strong at the recent letting. THEATRE PROJECTORS AND SOUND SYSTEMS . . . built to specifications that far exceed getierally accepted commercial standards. . . . Learn how you get so much for so little when you buy DeVRY Write DeVRY CORP., 1 1 1 1 Armitage Avenue, Chicago 14, Illinois. 5-TIME WINNER! DeVRY has earned five consecutive Army Navy "E's" for excellence in proluction of Motion Picture MOTION PICTURE SOUND EQUIPMENT Patents Chief Favors 20 Year Litnitation Washington Bur., THE FILM DAILY Washington — So-called "20-year" bill, now pending in the House, which would limit a patent monopoly at 20 years from its filing is favored by Casper W. Oams, recently appointed Commissioner of Patents. Goms, however, said it is unfortunate that the bill may become a law when the Patent Office is so short of trained personnel. "Bill, is intended to discourage long prosecution of applications, he said, but with our staff so depleted it will not have that effect." Publix-Bamford Plans Large Asheville House Asheville, N. C. — Publix-Bamford Theaters, Inc. has leased a site on Battery Park Ave. and will build a $300,000 theater, store and office building, Carl R. Bamf ord, president, revealed. House will seat 1,500, with 1,000 seats on the main floor and the balance in the balcony. Frisina Plans Two Houses East St. Louis, 111. — Frisina Amusement Co. is preparing plans for two new theaters. One will be in the Edgemont district and the other in Rosemont. Aniline Building in Binghamton and Her (Continued from Page 7) to be built for the Ansco Film Di sion of General Aniline & Film C poration at up-state Binghamt The new building will house thi steam boilers, each wiht (' 'Litej power of 40,000 lbs. per hou^y-whi will drive two turbo generators , 300 KVA each and two turbo genei tors of 3000 KVA each. The second contract, amounting $750,000, is for a wash house at \ Rensselaer Plant of the General A; line Works Division of General A: line & Film Corp. here. This bui ing, which will measure 94 feet 244 feet and will be of two a three-story construction, will built on 48-foot concrete piles \ cause of soft ground. It will featij' a predominant use of glass brick, the outside walls. War Research Contribute( To WE Equip. Developme; si. id M IIT l( (Continued from Page 7) Corp. "Before the war. Western Elf trie had pioneered many laborato devices to speed up the evolution motion picture equipment," he sa[ "War research has accelerated t pace and has contributed treme dously to these developments." The Bigger They Are, The Better We Like Xm h 1 ^Jh, what a spunky kid v^as little David I He ambled up to monstrous Goliath, whipped out his trusty sling shot — and zingo a strike right between the eyes! Dozens of times a day Altec engineers re-enact the story of David's battle with Goliath. No equipment problem is too big for our skilled technicians. When major defects in your booth threaten to break up the show, Altec comes in punching. Our men seek out the saboteurs in projector and sound equipment before they strike. Write or phone for the facts. ATLANTA • BOSTON • CHICAGO • CINCINNATI • DALLAS DETROIT . 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