The Film Daily (1931)

THE -2W& DAILY Sunday, March 22, 1931 © THEATER Portable Sound-on-Film Projector Put Out By Newly Formed Company A new portable sound-on-film projector, known as the American Ace, has been put out by a newly formed company and is being made by the Blair Tool Machine Corp. of New Ysrk, and manufactured for export by the Hersey Metal Products Co. of Derby, Conn. The company claims that after years of experiment and research, it has developed a machine which meets every demand and requirement in a portable sound-on-film projector using 35 mm. film. Simple enough so that it may be operated by anyone without experience or training, and plugged in on any connection using 110-volts alternating current, this projector, it is said, will reproduce a full, dulcet, mellow tone without any trace or suggestion of vibration, showing a clear, brilliant picture, light enough in weight to be carried anywhere, yet sturdy enough to stand severe service. Personnel of the company marketing the new American Ace portable projector are: N. P. McTigue, president; E. W. Jones, vice-president and general manager; P. Monahan, vice-president and secretary; M. A. Price, treasurer; J. M. Uley, sales executive, and S. Edwards, general engineer. National Screen Service Opening New Laboratory Dallas — Work of installing a complete laboratory with the latest devices for developing and printing motion picture film in the National Screen Service's big distributing office here, serving several states, is now almost completed, it is announced by Wallace Walthall, district manager. This department is inaugurated in order to serve the theaters economically with a special trailer service for the individual house. Any sort of trailer with special copy will be rendered by National at a low scale footage, Walthall reports. Markell Representing Weber Eddie Markell has been appointed New England representative to handle exclusively the Syncrofilm (sound-on-film) equipment, a product of the Weber Machine Corp of Rochester, N. Y. The device, it is said, eliminates bloop, scratch and blur, and may be attached to any projector. Device Protects Excessive Voltage in Sound System A voltage regulator for sound amplifiers, which is said to provide a positive means of insuring that the sound amplifying system will be protected from excessive voltage, is being put out by the Ward Leonard Electric Co. of Mount Vernon, N. Y. The device includes a voltmeter, which indicates the voltage, and a rheostat by which the voltage maybe controlled. This enables the projectionist to maintain proper voltage across the supply of the sound system, thereby increasing the life of the vacuum tubes, the company claims. Simpson to Make Sound Trailers Dallas— Haying recently purchased latest recording equipment which enables them to do recording on a par with the recording of the large producing companies, the Jas. P. Simpson Co. of this city is now producing advertising trailers in sound, as well as in color. Heat Resisting Mirrors Heat resisting mirrors and condensers made in standard sizes for use in motion picture projection, spotlights and flood lighting are being manufactured by Matisse Bros, of New York. Establish Operators' School The American Motion Picture Operators' School, Inc., under the direction of Ed Rowlands, has been established at 20 West 22nd St., New York. Complete courses will be given in sound projection. Day and evening classes will be held. INVISIBLE Changeover "Thide" Automatic Shutter Control witb 3-wire circuit foot switch Standard equipment in over 1,500 theatres. Fits Motiograph Model F, Simplex and Super-Simplex and Sure-Fit. With or without Rear Shutter Mounts. Rear Shutter Mounts require Model D type. Convert your Model A to Model D type. Brackets and parts on order. Send for literature. DOWSER MFG. CO. 157 Rogers Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. By M. P. Pointers and Suggestions THE hot, stuffy and sticky weather will soon be upon us. Have you started thinking about the comforts of your patrons when the dog days arrive? Have you given any consideration about making your theater a year 'round paying proposition, or will you sit back and watch the crowds swarm into the cooled comfortable houses? Whatever your plans for cooling your theater, whether it be just ordinary electric fans or a complete installation of a refrigerating system, now is the time to get busy on it. Don't wait until the first hot day comes along to wake you up. * * * The use of glass panels on the rear rails is being adopted by many theaters to insure greater comfort and less distraction for patrons in the rear rows of the auditorium. The glassing-in of the entire floor not only shuts off all outside noises from, patrons seated even in the last rows, but at the same time affords standees a clear view of the screen and sound from the screen reaching them from over the barrier. * * * If you must have advice, get it from the proper authority and stop taking chances pn hearsay. The exhibitor who accepts advice regarding projection equipment, acoustical treatment, horns, amplifying apparatus, etc., from other than engineers representing the respective products is deserving of no sympathy if he doesn't get satisfactory results. REMOTE CONTROL SPOTS MARKETED BY KLIEGL An incandescent spotlight, with electro-magnetically operated color frames, said to produce an endless variety of changing color-lighting effects, all controlled from a central point, is being marketed by Kliegl Bros., Universal Electric Stage Lighting Co., Inc., of New York. For lighting the stage, curtains, front drops and orchestra with varying color schemes, blending the colors at will, these spotlights can be installed in the most inaccessible places, and operated from back-stage, the projection booth or other convenient location. A group of these spotlights can be operated individually or simultaneously, as desired. Issues Ventilating Booklet All types of fans, stationary, oscillating, ceiling and ventilators, are described and pictured with the aid of color in a booklet recently issued by the Century Electric Co. of St. Louis and Chicago. Advance Opens Phila. Office Philadelphia — Advance Trailer Service Corp. has announced the opening of a regular exchange and office branch at 1239 Vine St., this city, under the management of B F. Stern. Draperies Decorations Magnascope Screens *40W 4 1 it Si. Settings Acoustical Treatments Acoustical Banners New York City |:'.i;if»h«TU Bring back the prestige lost through faulty sound in your theatre by installing SyNCCCfILM perfect sound reproduction and thereby gain additional steady customers and more dollars through your box. WEBER MACHINE CORP. 59 RUTTER STREET, ROCHESTER, N.Y. Export Dipt.: 15 Laight Street, New York Cablt Addnsi : Arlab, New York MUSIC and LEADER STANDS IN a variety of standard designs, with spacious and adjustable music rests, evenly illuminated without glare or light leaks; stable and sturdy ; artistically finished ; furnished completely wired with an extension cord. We also manufacture a complete line of stage lighting specialties. KLIEGL BROS Universal Electric Stage Lighting Co.. Inc. 321 West 50th Street New York. NY