The Film Daily (1931)

THE Sunday, July 12, 1931 '<M^ DAILV EQUIPMENT €> BOOTH Kinetophone-Ruby Markets Portable Sound Equipment Kinetophone souiid-on-film portable projector, operating on either AC or DC current built on and including all the features of the Holmes projector, for portable or permanent installations in auditoriums seating up to 800, with use of an auxiliary speaker adaptable for an additional 500 of audience, and said to be the only straight feed, shaft driven projection machine to be made portable, has been placed on demonstration and is now being marketed by the Kinetophone-Ruby Co. of 727 Seventh Ave., New York. Simplicity of construction is a feature of the device. There are no belts to stretch, no chains to break, no twisting of the film in threading, ball bearings throughout, a real condenser and Bausch & Lomb reflector and lights with a 500 or 1000-watt Mazda lamp. The device, it is said, can be set up in ten minutes ready for operation, as there are only four plugs to connect in setting up, these jbeing polarized so that error is imIpossible. j The complete equipment having no Istands or legs and weighing less than [200 pounds and featuring a standard ; speaker, with a collapsible baffle board making for greater portability, ;is packed in three carrying cases that lean be easily placed in a sedan for transportation. Transportation cannot effect the precision of the mechanism, it is said, for every point of control is factory micrometer adjusted. Kinetophone is equipped with a dual control amplifier of a new design which readily fades the start of one reel into the end of the reel finished, gives a picture 9 by 12 feet from any distance up to 84 feet from the screen and the unit as a whole is factory-perfected, the company claims. Ashcraft Sales on Increase Los Angeles — Sales of Ashcraft lamps are on the increase, according to an announcement made by the Ashcraft Automatic Arc Co. of this city. Among recent sales reported by the company were two of its Super High intensity lamps, two C-70 High intensity reflector lamps and two Air Blast High Lows. One of the Super Highs went to Publix, the other to Continental Accessories. Both of the C-70's were taken by the Western Theatrical Equipment, while the National Theater Supply was the purchaser of the Air Blast High Lows. Reel End Alarm Chicago — A reel end alarm, that is said to be absolutely positive in operation and can be adjusted to ring at any point desired, preventing "white screens" and miscued changeovers, is being offered by E. \V. Hulett Mfg. Company of this city. ALTERATIONS Concord, Cal. — New equipment, including reflector lamps, is being installed and general improvements being made at the Majestic. Fresno, Cal. — Gerald Hardy will open the Liberty here under the name of the New Fresno after improvements and the installation of new equipment. Hazleton, Pa. — Alterations and improvements are being made at the White Eagle Hall. Hopewell Va. — A new corporation just chartered and headed by Walter J. Coulter, has taken over the Broadway and the house, under the new name of the Beacon, is to be redecorated and new equipment installed. Youngstown, O. — Alterations and general improvements are to be made at the Park. Cleveland ■ — Alterations and improvements, including a new marquee, are being made at the Knickerl)ocker. Dublin, Mo. — John Peck, Jr., manager of the Rose, has announced that his company has purchased a building for remodeling into a modern motion picture house. Erpi Adops Inspection Machines The new film inspection and cleaning machine recently announced by the Film Inspection Machine Co. of New York has been adopted by Electrical Research Products, according to an announcement made by H. B. Coles, general manager of the former company. The new device, which automatically inspects and cleans film at the rate of 300 feet a minute, is also being adopted by major circuit i.nd film companies for protection and upkeep of their film, Coles states. INVITES DEALERS theatre supply houses and scenic studios to participate in the worldwide popularity of Vallen Curtain Control Equipment. Write for liberal distributor proposition. ELECTRICAL COMPANY, INC. AKRON, OHIO VALLEN DEVELOPSJAVING DEVICE A new carbon saver to be marketed under the trade name of "Casco," and which can burn Hi-low and High intensity carbons down to two mches and less, has been developed by Carbon Products, Inc., of New York. The device, consisting of a rod the same size as the carbon, has a tapered extension which is inserted into an opening provided for in the carbon, manufactured by the company. When the extension of the carbon I's inserted into the carbon, the company declares, there remains a free space of one-half inch between the extension and the core of the carbon. As the extension is one inch long and the free space one-half' inch, it enables one without risk to burn the carbon down to one and three-quarter inches if desired, leaving still onequarter inch of usable carbo:;. 'J he device, it is also said, assumes the function of the carbon itself, both in the turning gears and in the electrode. The carbon will burn with the same brilliance and steadiness even after it has left the electrode, as the current is transmitted to the carbon by_ the carbon saver, the company claims. Makes 16 Acoustic Installations Salt Lake Cit\ — The local branch of the National Theater Supply has recently installed Auditec acoustic jobs in 16 houses throughout the territory, the latest installations of this equipment having been at the Grand, Logan; the Ideal in Emmett, Idaho, and the Avalon in Fillmore, Wash. Magnascope Screens 340 W. 4 1 si Si JUST AROUND THE CORNER from every American theatre NATIONAL THEATRE SUPPLY COMPANY Branches in all Principal Cities