The Film Daily (1945)

1 12 • EQUIPMENT NEWS 7MII A Section of THE FILM DAILY comprehensively covering the equipment field, published every second week by Wid's Films and Film Folks, Inc., ISOl 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. Monogram Launches Building Program West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — First item in Monogram's post-war construction program, to be started immediately, will be the adding of 60 feet to Stage 3, according to Trem Carr, executive director. Area to be utilized will be part of the new space recently acquired, adjoining the studio property on the south, and other planned improvements will be added as soon as necessary materials can be secured. Enlargement of the stage is urgently necessary, Carr declared, to provide further space to accommodate sets for "Golden Girl" and other oncoming company product. Raytheon Asks Permit For Wide-Band Tele Washington Bureau of THE FILM \DAILY Washington — Raythecjn has joined the firms preparing to develop tele transmission in the 480-920 megacycle band, looking to speedy established of this service. The company, which is already doing developmental work toward establishing a coast-tocoast relay system for tele, FM and other radio services, has applied for permission to construct an experimental tele station in the Chicago area, with five kilowatts power. The station will be used to push forward the development of wide-band color tele. Tri-States Buys Site For Its General Offices Dallas — Purchase of semi-vacant property, 35 x 90 feet on Jackson St. in the heart of local film row, has been effected by Barton R. McLendon, Tri-States Theaters, on which will be erected a building for his general offices. Location is between rear of National Theatre Supply Co. and RCA and is across from Republic exchange, which building houses the Isley and the Leon circuits, and Allied. In same block are half-a-dozen other trade units. Gunther Building 400-Seater Syracuse, Neb. — Walter Gunther, owner of the Palace, is building a new 400-seat house. H. A. Raapke of Omaha will be the architect. ScottBallantyne Company of Omaha will provide the equipment. New Ligliting Era At Hand Says Ross (Continued from Page 11) Richardson Co., declared yesterday. With peace, Ross declared, has come the fruits of experimentation, tests and re-designing of the mechanical elements of studio lighting, and "the time is now at hand when high thermal conditions which have dogged work on film sets and sound stages, and made the work of tele actors and technicians an even more comfortless task, will be virtually an unpleasant memory." Advances, Ross said, will be apparent in both incandescent as well as arc illumination, and the manufacture of equipment will be conditioned only by the promptness with which materials can be obtained. Hand in hand with lighting improvements will be better optics, and these two factors are expected to usher-in larger stages, with consequent betterment of both motion pictures and tele presentation. Ross is optimistic also of the potentialities of Mole Richardson equipment in the foreign markets. Before the war, his organization shipped tens of thousands of dollars worth of lighting units of all types to countries overseas where no Mole Richardson agents were directly operating. Both NBC and CBS tele studios are utilizing Ross equipment, and expansion of audio-video, he said, will present a "splendid future market" for the firm. McKibbin, Westinghouse Advertising Supervisor Pittsburgh— J. M. McKibbin, assistant to the vice-president of Westinghouse Electric Corp., has been assigned supervision of all Westinghouse advertising programs, George H. Bucher, president, revealed. McKibbin has had charge of product and industry advertising since May, 1944, but will now take over all general advertising, motion pictures, radio programs, and sign identification work. Westfield House Renovated Westfield, Mass. — Renovations at the Park Theater include a new stage, new 18 by 24 foot screen, curtains, new generator, Brenkert projection lamps and coated lenses, Ray Smith, manager, announced. Periord to New Quarters Detroit — Joseph Periard, theatrical carpenter and maintenance contractor, has taken up new quarters in the Abington Theater Building. Delivers 7 Popcorn Units Chicago — David Dewey of the Chicago Theater Supply Co., reports the sale of Page popcorn units to seven Paramount theaters. Deliveries are now being made. DAILY Friday, August 24, 19^* Open' Air Biz Big, So MOAT Expands Memphis — The Memphis Open Air Theater, according to Manager Joseph Cori-ese, will have its shell enlarged and more seating capacity added. Work will be done at an estimated cost of $100,000, and Furbringer & Ehrman, architects, are preparing plans. Success of Drive-ln movies has paralleled that' of MOAT, as it is called, which recently completed its sixth season with an average nightly attendance of 2,000. See Clear Field for New 16 mm. Machines (Continued from Page 11) anticipated policy, — (1) The need for 16 mm. projectors in the rehabilitation of overseas countries which have been subjected to the destructive Nazi yoke, including Germany itself; (2) The economic handicap which manufacturers of the machines would have to face if widespread dumping were permitted by the Government, and new machines' sales retarded; and (3) The opposition which is already being voiced by responsible educational institutions to the idea of "pawning off" old machines on them, after needed reconditioning, at a price not much below that which will prevail for new machines. Word which has come out of Washington that the "war veteran" machines, which have undergone rigorous use, would be made available for educational purposes at a fraction of their original cost is considered by thoughtful educators as "harmful philanthropy." These educators contend that if films are to revolutionize instructional methods in peacetime, as they did during the war, first-class equipment must be used, or the cause of visual education will suffer. Warners Will Construct New Orleans Exchange New Orleans — Sale of the building at 150 So. Liberty St. in which the Warner exchange is located, has prompted officials of that company to decide to build their own film exchange building when materials and labor will permit. A tentative site near the present location has been selected. RCA Theater Dep't Moves Camtden — The theater and sound equipment department of the RCA international division transferred yesterday from Camden, N. J. to the RCA Building at 30 Rockefeller Plaza. Karl L. Streuber, manager of the department, announces his department will be located in suite 5224 of the RCA Building, with the telephone COlumbus 5-5900. Consirudion May Be Normal Next Spring (Continued from Page 11) paper, for the reason that numeroi new projects, while announced "immediate," are not expected to m terialize until well into 1946. Among the several channels wel qualified to predict trends in fort] coming construction is WPB's loc; director, John Nuveen, Jr., and 1 does not expect full-scale resum] tion of construction until the comin Spring, basing his estimate on ri ported scarcity of clay product lumber, cast iron pipe, and oth< essential materials. WPB appears to be encouragin; expansion of factory constructic rather than that of most other kinc because large projects of this tyj, would mean the employment c, many workers laid off by war plant. Thus the plants manufacturing fill industry equipment items, — and the! concentration is heavy locally, — wi, be in a better position to get the: construction work done than will thi exhibition field. Inventory controls are being mair tained, Nuveen points out, but d( clares that "as soon as materials b( come ample in supply they will b placed on a list which will exemp them from further control." CBS Tele Transmitter Into Chrysler Building A new ultra-high frequency tek vision transmitter will be installe' by CBS in the Chrysler Building her next December in newly acquire space in the observation area of th| 71st floor, it is announced by DiJ Peter C. Goldmark, director of er gineering research and developmeni Transmitter will broadcast tele i' high definition color, on a frequenc; of 485 megacycles, and a coaxia cable carrying the 10-megacycle sig nal will connect the transmitter t; the laboratories at 485 Madison Av(, via the studios in Grand Centra; Terminal, 15 Vanderbilt Ave. 900-Seater Included in Mount Clemens Project Mount Clemens, Mich. — A moderi motion picture theater to seat 900 ii included in the plans for the near future construction of an addition t( the Monitor-Leader Bldg., Emse( Realty Co. and R. Roy Shook, re vealed via an announcement ■ by Dr Samuel Levine and his brother, Abra^ ham, his partner in the ownership oi the building. Cuyahoga Buys Building Cuyahoga Falls, O. — Cuyahoga Falls Amusement Co., ovioier of th« Falls Theater, has purchased an adjacent building for a reported $8,000i Additional land will provide an exit for the theater property which faces Front St.