The Film Daily (1948)

Record Details:

Title:
The Film Daily
Date:
1948
Publisher:
Wid's Films and Film Folk, inc.
Volume:
The Film Daily (Jul-Sep 1948)
Leaf #:
000587
Language:
English
Collection:
Hollywood Studio System
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
Library of Congress, MBRS, Moving Image Section
Sponsor:
Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
This leading industry publication, published out of New York, was founded in 1915 by Wid Gunning (who called his publication Wid's Daily until 1922). The Film Daily documented the rise of the Hollywood studios, the transition to sound, and the evolution of the American film industry (the paper finally shuttered in 1970). The Film Daily included feature reviews, news stories, and advertisements, but its extensive coverage of short films in the 1920s and 30s distinguished it from other trade papers of the period. -- Eric Hoyt, 2011/2013
Date Added:
September 21, 2023
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Monday, September 27, 1948 11 DAILY^ First Pre-Fab Screen Tower for Drive-ins I Elizabeth Iron Works of Elizabeth, N. J., has entered the theater equipment field with the first pre-fabrieated screen tower for drive-in theaters. It is specifically designed to improve sight lines and to eliminate the d^jectionable "keystone" picture. ;, It| Bjbe erected in six days. ' The screen towers are available in these three sizes: 38 feet x 50 feet screen surface for a 350-400 car theater; 44 feet x 58 feet screen surface for a 450-650 car theater; 53 feet x 72 feet screen surface for a 650-1,000 car theater. For the overall height, to the above sizes must be added the leg sections, which will vary between 16 feet and 19 feet in height, depending on the location of the screen tower in proximity to the projection booth. Simple and complete sets of detail erection drawings come with each purchase. For example, a 44 x 58 foot screen tower can be erected in: six days at a cost of less than $1,500. This figure is based on the AFLl wage scale in metropolitan New York. Whether concave-sloped or sloped: alone, the tower is designed for a 30pound-per-square-foot wind load. The structure carries an engineering label guaranteeing it to withstand a 100-miles-an-hour gale. The bents to support the screen surface are of an all-welded construction. Structural shapes and plates incorporated therein are standard commercial No. 1020 steel. The wind bracing struts between the bents are made of 5-inch steel pipe, rounded to avoid accumulation of water and snow. ; The screen surface is made of % inch thick steel plates ribbed and; stiffened by flat bars and anglesj which are welded to the plates. The; angles serve the dual purpose of strength and the means of securing! the screen surface to the bents. The! steel plates are accurately cut and! fitted so that a minimum of joint! opening is apparent. It is suggested,; for a more desirable effect, that all ■such joints be caulked before thel first coat of field paint is applied, i RCA to Display iVetv Projector for Video Camden, N. J. — An RCA theater video projector of advanced experimental design will be demonstrated Thursday at the TESMA-TEDPA convention. Featuring reduced size and weight, new projector, just out of the development laboratories, will show 20 by 15-foot images telecast from KSD-TV, Frank M. Folson, executive vice-president of RCA, announced. New Feature Development In Fremont Rubber Tile Fremont, O. — Fremont Rubber Co. announces a new feature development in its rubber tile which affords still greater flexibility in designing patterns. Now available are 9"x9" tile which have been die cut so that the center may be removed and a 6"x6" tile of another color inserted. Fremont tile is available in eleven marbleized fade-resistant colors which go all the way through the tile, hence can't show wear, the comipany points out. The colors include Harvest Cream, Meadow Green, Azure Blue, American Beauty, Dove Grey, Light grey-black. Coral, Burnt Walnut, Scotch Plaid, Coal Frost and Ebony. Fremont tiles are uniformly 1/9" or 3/10" thick and come in accurately cut 41/2/, 6", 9" and 12" squares, with feature strips Vz" to 1%" wide and sheet border stock 36" x45". A new illustrated brochure will be sent free to anyone addressing Fremont Rubber, at 282 McPherson Highway. Trade Show Exhibitors (Continued from Page 9) Robin, Inc 52 Star Mfg. Co 23 Strong Electric Corp 54 Superior Electric Co........ 19-20-21 Theotercraft Mfg. Corp. 80 Thecrter Specialties, Inc.. . 55-56 Tol-Pak Co 22 Typhoon Air Conditioning Corp 77-78 Universal Corp 81 Vallen, Inc • 57 Wagner Sign Service, Inc 47-48 Wenzel Projector Co 1 Edward H. Wolk Co 32 Greetings fronts— \ BLUE SEAL Cll^i: DEVICES, IXC. 5-45 49th AVENUE, LONG ISLAND CITY, N. Y. Manufacturers of SUPERIOR MODE^ "A" PROJECTOR and THE ]\EW RLUE SEAL THEATER SOUBiD SYSTEM New Plastic Finish For Use in Tlieaters Chicago — Reyam Plastic Products Co., of 1525 E. 53rd St., announces the development of a new plastic finish by Dr. B. S. Friedman, in charge of the company's research and development. The new product is not a paint, not a varnish, not a lacquer, but a waterthin, transparent, clear liquid that can be wiped on with a cloth. It is intended for use in theaters; it is expected to find it adaptable for use on furniture, walls, floors, linoleum, files, window-sills, Venetian blinds. GENERAL (HAIR CO. 1308 NO. ELSTON AVENUE CHICAGO 22, ILLINOIS TeL: Arittitage 0022 PARTS for all makes of chairs ABBOTT THEATER EQUIPMENTCO. 1311 SO. WABASH AVENUE PHONE: HA. 7-7573 CHICAGO 5, ILLINOIS Theater Equipment JAKE MiTCHELL Sends greetings to his many friends in the trade 4635 WEST LAKE STREET CHICAGO, ILLINOIS EDWARD H. WOLK Mfgs. of Motion Picture Parts 1241 SO. WABASH AVENUE CHICAGO 5, ILLINOIS "COINOMETER" MONEY CHANGERS MANUFACTURED BY COINOMETER CORPORATION Chicago IT MAKES A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE It/no JOecoraiej! WRITE US YOUR REQUIREMENTS AND SEND MEASUREMENTS INTERIOR DECORATION . WALL COVERINGS ... DRAPERIES ... STAGE SETTINGS . . . CURTAIN TRACKS AND MOTORS . . . MURALS NOVELTY SCENIC STUDIOS, Inc. 32-34 WEST 60th STREET NEW YORK 23, N. Y. 30th YEAR OF SERVICE