The Film Daily (1945)

14 • EQUIPMENT NEWS Friday, September 21, 1945 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. TESMA Asks All Mfrs. To Attend Clil Meet (Continued from Page 13) tary, and E. Allan Williford, the association's president, stressed in announcements this week that "all manufacturers in the motion picture or allied fields will be welcome to attend, even though they are not members of TESMA," whose membership comprises some 60 of the trade's leading manufacturers. Williford, formerly of National Carbon, is now an official of Ansco, headquartering in New York and Binghamton, and Neu is president of Neumade Products Corp. of New York. The problems which will be discussed by TESMA, Neu asserted, "will concern all in this field (motion picture equipment)," and said that the joint TESMA-TEOPA convention is a fine opportunity to coordinate the interests of every wing of the equipment business for maximum trade and public benefit in the immediate years of peace. With both organizations meeting at the Edgewater Beach Hotel, several hundred manufacturers, supply dealers, engineers and members of the trade press are expected. Huge BIdg. Program Planned for Mindako (Continued from Page 13) Friedl, Minnesota Amusement's president. Major improvements will be effected to 11 outlets, and plans call for installation of 15,000 new seats, 36 new projectors and a newly developed lighting system in each of the 84 stands. High on the agenda for the peacetime Mindako circuit is the addition of six brand new houses. One of these will be in suburban St. Paul, and the others in Rochester, Mankato and Austin, — all in Minnesota, — ^Minot, N. D., and LaCrosse, Wis. Outlets to receive immediate and major attention are the Paramount, St. Paul; Riviera, St. Paul; Aster, Minneapolis; Lyric, Minneapolis; Paramount, St. Cloud; State, Winona; State, Fargo; Garrick, Duluth; Peoples, Superior; State, Eau Claire, and the Orpheum, Sioux Falls. Path Is Cleared for Tlieat., Studio BIdg. (Continued from Page 13) ration by War Mobilization Director John W. Snyder, while giving the "green light" to construction, by no means riiled the Government out of the picture, for coincident with the declaration he disclosed the following six-point program: (1) A Government campaign to increase supplies of scarce building materials through such steps, if necessary, as price and wage increases and priorities to break bottlenecks; (2) WPB action to prevent hoarding of building materials to avoid artificial shortages; (3) OPA to tighten price controls over building materials to counteract inflationary pressure; (4) Federal credit agencies will discourage excessive and un-sound lending on mortgages; (5) Representatives of industry groups will be called into conference here to work out voluntary program to increase quickly the production of materials and facilities needed to expand home construction; (6) The national housing agency will supply public information and an advisory service on home values. While the six-point program covers commercial building, — and it is in this phase that the film industry is directly interested, — the provisions governing home construction and public works are also relevant to filmland's position, since the availability of materials and other aspects of the plan, such as labor, will have much to do with theater and studio construction's clear post-war path. 'fl 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 DeVR Y Write DeVRY CORP., 1111 Armitage Avenue, Chicago 14, Illinois. 5-TIME WINNER! DeVRV ha* earned in ■onsecutive Army • Navy "E'(" (or cxcelleooc id pro luction of Motion Picture Sound Equipment. MOTION PICTURE SOUND EQUIPMENT Construction Resumed On Syracuse Drive-In (Continued from Page 13) April the project will be completed and opened to the public. The Drive-In is being built on a 100-acre tract at West Genesee Turnpike and Kasson Road, between Fairmount and Camillus by Myron J. Kallet, president of the Kallet Theaters, Inc., which operates the local Regent. Ground was broken by the John McKay Contracting Co. of Oneida in September, 1941. Then came Pearl Harbor and work was halted. Capacity will be about 800 autos, with parking space for 500 more to wait for the subsequent show. "Ampliitheater" Type Stand Set for N. Y. Walters Readying Bow Of New Supply House (Continued from Page 13) ing his new local business, which he will operate under the name of the Cine Supply Co. Prior to leaving Cleveland, he was guest of honor at a series of farewell functions which included a luncheon tendered by the board of directors of the Variety Club, at which they presented him with a handsome traveling bag, and a gala reception by his office associates and friends, spearheaded by James E. Scoville, of Scoville, Essick & Reif Circuit. (Continued from Page 13) first of a series of such outlets, which will rise in various locales throughout the country, has been leased to an un-named film company. All seats in the new "amphitheater" type of house are arranged in circular tiers inclining from the stage and supported by the columns and walls of the lounges and corridors, it is asserted. The building may be constructed entirely of concrete, and offers, according to Smith, sharp savings in construction costs. Following is given as an engineering analysis of an amphitheater designed for a typical city plot 200 feet square, with entrance and exits so planned that it may be placed on a corner or on the center of a block: Seating Capacity: First tier seats, 1,516; Second tier, 2,388; Third tier, 1,480; Fourth tier, 1,480; Box seats, 336, thus aggregating 7,200 seats. Size of Plot: 40,000 sq. ft.; Volume of Building, total area, 40,000 sq. ft.; total height, including full basement and roof construction, 130 ft.; volume, 5,200,000 cu. ft. Volume per seat, 722 cu. ft. Approximate cost of building, 50c per cu. ft. of volume, which for this size theater would be $2,600,000. The average existing theater has a volume of from 850 to 1,000 cu. ft. per seat. Smith points out. Have Yi bout.. the gal who kept her head by telling one toil tale after another. That may be o way to hold yourself together but we prefer to leave tall tales to others. All we like to talk about are the thousands of Altec contracts now protecting theatres everywhere. The three famous Altec services are being used by smart exhibitors because they know that good booth performance is essential to good "box office." If you're interested in this modern way to theatre efficiency, we have o story for you. Write or phone today. ATLANTA • BOSTON . CHICAGO • CINCINNATI • DALLAS DETROIT . 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