The Film Daily (1948)

Building Remodeling Equipment Maintenance -IFDAILY • • * • NEW YORK. FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 24. 1948 Page 11 More Houses Buy Altec Lansing's "Voice of the Theater" loudspeaker systems have been purchased by the following tJieaters: Rivoli, Bridgeport, Conn.; Copley Plaza Hotel, Boston, Mass.; Strand, Gloucester, Mass.; Satuit Playhouse, Scituate, Mass.; Harden, Callicoon; Brighton, Syracuse; Dakin, New Berlin; Grand, Bradford, Pa.; Universal Newsreel, New York City; Oatka, Warsaw; Edwight, Edwight, W. Va.; Plaza, Miami Beach, Fla.; Cliffside, Cliflfside, N. C Romeo, Detroit, Mich.; Oakland, Pontiac, Mich.; Gladmer, Lansing, Mich.; Strand, Flint, Mich.; Eagle, Pontiac, Mich.; Strand, Battle Creek, Mich.; Center, Grand Rapids, Mich.; Lyric, Alpena, Mich.; Logansport State Hospital, Logansport, Ind.; Michigan, Saginaw, Mich.; Midland, Newark, 0.; State, Pontiac, Mich.; Lake, Warsaw, Ind.; Center, Saginaw, Mich.; Wolverine, Saginaw, Mich.; Riviera, Three Rivers, Mich.; Prewitt, Plainfield, Ind.; Hi Hat, Hi Hat, Ky.; State, Bowling Green, Ky.; Lebanon Drive-In, Lebanon, Ky.; Muscle Shoals, Florence, Ala.; Time, Morris, 111.; New, DeKalb, 111.; Pix, La Mars, la.; Strand, Grinell, la.; Falls, Little Falls, Minn.; Gayle, Raceland, La.; Palace, Lemmon, S. D.; Arlington, Arlington, S. D.; Argonia, Argonia, Kan.; State, Rapid City, S. D.; Dream, Russell, Kan.; Humboldt, Humboldt, Nebr. State, Dallas, Texas; Queen, Mc Allen, Texas; South Houston, South Houston, Texas; Seventh Street, Forth Worth, Texas; Sunset Drive-In, Brownwood, Texas; Empire, San Antonio, Texas; Century, Dallas, Texas; Pines, Silsbee, Texas; Select, Mineola, Texas; Palace, Fredericksburg, Texas; Delman, Houston, Texas; Canadian, Purcell, Okla.; Valley, El Paso, Texas; Pecos, Roswell, N. M. Fire Prevention Week. Set for Oct. 3 to 9 There are 25 classifications of ways in which you can lose your business through fire — and FOUR simple rules for safeguarding your property. Fire Protection Institute reminds. Occasion for the reminder is Fire Prevention Week, Oct. 3-9, which recurs as national fire losses soar to record highs. Estimates for 1948 indicate more than 10,500 lives and $700,000,000 will be destroyed by fire. ABOUT THE TRADE /-^ARBONETTE CORP. of Pittsburgh is ^^ marketing the Carbonette, described as one of the smallest and most compact soda dispensers ever to be perfected. It automatically carbonates, cools, mixes, and dispenses all three of the major brands of soft drinks. It is designed to fit into limited space, being only 14 inches high, ZBVi inches wide, 24 inches deep, and weighs only 290 pounds. e 9 D OBERT S. KELLING of the Kelling '^ Nut Co., Chicago, which supplies nut vending equipment to theaters, was a recent New York visitor to receive a bronze "Oscar" from the Financial World, an award for the best informative annual report made by any company in the candy and nut industry. • • THE MOTIVATING THEME of a new ' Guide to Interior Design, written by architect-designer Abel Faidy for the Royal Metal Mfg. Co., is the psychological aspect of interior planning. It tells the layman how to establish a hasis for making decisions regarding color, materials, harmony and the arrangement of elements. For a free copy, requests should be written on a business letterhead and mailed to the advertising department. Royal Metal Mfg. Co., 175 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago 1. • • MANY HOUSES in the Randforce Circuit are being re-equipped with Ideal slidehack chairs. STOWE CENTER ASSOCIATES, INC., is erecting a resort center in the Mt. Mansfield section of Stowe, Vt., which will include a 350-seat theater. • • 'SJJALTER GRATKOWSKl and V 7 frank Geryk have filed an application with the Board of Selectmen in Easthampton, Mass., to construct an open air theater there. • • jXENT THEATER, Brooklyn, has installed '^ Model A Motiograph projectors. • • KVEW TRANS -LUX GRANADA ' ^ will open about Oct. I with equipment and Ideal theater chairs supplied by Joe Hornstein. • • -THREE APPOINTMENTS to the staff of ■ the advertising and public relations department of Alexander Smith & Sons Carpet Co. are announced by President Frederick B. Klein. Richard P. Axten has been appointed manager of public relations. He was formerly an associate of Earl Newsom & Co., New York public relations consultants. Michael P. O'Leary has been appointed retail advertising manager, and Mrs. Emily Purcell has been appointed assistant public relations manager. • • LINCOLN THEATER, Kearny, N. ]., recently taken over by Murray Stahl, is being equipped with new marquee, Wagner letters and new front. Ladge Announces New Pronto Junior Model New Wometco Miami Drive-in Ready Nov. 1 Miami, Fla. — Wometco Theaters, Inc., has awarded contract to Thompson-Polizzo Construction Co. for the erection of all structures com^prising the new Boulevard Drive-In Theater. Contract calls for completion by Nov. 1. Seven buildings are covered by the contract, including screen tower, projection booth, rest rooms, concessions, box offices, manager's office and attendants' dressing rooms, shower and lounge. In addition there will be an acre playground area, including a miniature golf course and a pony track. The screen tower will be as tall as an eight-story building. In addition to its 1,000-car capacity, there will be an overflow parking space for 400 cars. The arena will contain 14 ramps. Installs DaWo Speakers Toledo, O. — Telegraph Drive-in, has installed DaWo in-a-car speakers to accommodate 800 cars. The drivein is operated by Jim Dempsey. Theater-Restaurant Planned by Bob Sims Auburn, Ala. — Robert Sims, president. Auburn Theater Co., Inc., has announced plans for a new 750-seater here with adjoining restaurant at a total cost of 1100,000. Building, 143 x 211 ft., constructed of brick, tile and steel, will have a color scheme of blue and gold. The facade will be of glass brick and entrance will be through an alcove. Paul W. Hofi'erbert, Gadsden, is the architect, and Batson and Cook, West Point, Ga., are the contractors. Boston — Pronto Pop Corn Sales, Inc., through Morton Ladge, president, announces the new Junior Model Pronto Pop Corn Warmer, said ito assure delivery of HOT pop corn, all the time, because of Pronto's new improved hot blast forced air heating system. The Pronto Junior is eye-catching and colorful, brilliantly illuminated, designed to attract immediate attention, lit is easily operated and requires no service. The comparatively small size of the Pronto Junior, which measures 16" square by 35" high, is said to make it ideal for installations where space is limited, for multiple installations, or alongside the present pop corn set-up. It holds over 120 10c servings of HOT pop corn, and is easily and quickly refilled from the top. The Pronto Jijnior Pop Corn Warmer has s'i^ainless steel and plastic on all parts that come in contact with the pop corn, and incorporates a new type agitator which assures positive flow of corn at all times. The combination of heat-proof construction and two heat controls — low for normal and high for peak load operation — cuts current consumption to a minimum. Operation is unusually easy. With finger tip control simply pull knob to fill any size bag or box. Plan Quincy Drive-in Quincy, Fla. — Interstate Enterprises, operators of the Shaw and Roxy Theaters in Quincy, has acquired 22 acres of land just outside the city for the eventual use as a site for a drive-in theater. Central States Drive-in Planned for Mason City Mason City, la. — Central States has announced plans for a 700-car Drive-In Theater to be built on Highway 18, West of Mason City, with construction to cost between $100,000 and $125,000. Construction is expected to get under way by September for next Summer's season. THEATRE TICKETS Stadium, Amusement Park, Ite. INTERNATIONAL TICKET CO. 54 Craflon *»«., Newark 4, N, J. Solei o*cn in N. T. and pr)nc\pa\ c'lf'iei