International projectionist (Jan 1963-June 1965)

RURAL MOTIF — Walter Reade-Sterling's new Community Theatre, Eatontown, N. J. The design and construction follows the rural motif established last year with the opening of the Reade-Sterling Community Theatre in the Barclay Farms section of Cherry Hill, N. J. Photo courtesy C. S. Ashcraft Mfg. Co. The Cover Story Walter Reade-Sterling Theatres Make Fourth Ashcraft Core-Lite Installation Walter-Reade-Sterling, Inc., operating more than 50 hard tops and drive-ins in New Jersey, New York and Long Island, recently opened its latest new theatre in Eatontown, N. J. The new Community Theatre seats slightly less than 900 people, and is a near duplicate in design and construction of their new Community Theatre which opened in the Barclay Farms section of Cherry Hill, N. J. last fall. The new Eatontown Theatre is almost identically equipped as the Cherry Hill Theatre (see Nov., 1964 IP) which incidentally marks the fourth Walter Reade-Sterling theatre to be equipped with Ashcraft Core-Lite arc lamps and twelve phase selenium rectifiers within the past year. Other Reade theatres making Core-Lite installations are the Strand in Plainfield, N. J. and the Coronet, New York City. Sam Colisimo, chief of projection and maintenance for all Walter Reade-Sterling Theatres, said following the Eatontown opening, "The projected picture on the screen should be reproduced with the same lighting characteristics as when it was photographed. Modern photography demands modern projection arc lamps if perfect screen lighting is to be realized." iP Sound Service Men Receive IATSE Boost IATSE sound service engineers will receive a wage increase of $7.50 per week in two annual steps under terms of an agreement announced by Richard F. Walsh, president of the union. The new contracts with Altec and RCA provide a $5 raise effective Jan. 2, to be followed by another $2.50 on Jan. 2. 1966. They expire at the end of that year. The companies also agreed to grant a third week of paid vacation after 12 years of service. Heretofore it was 15 years. In addition, the sound men will be offered a major medical insurance plan. As in the past, the Altec and RCA pacts are expected to set a pattern for later agreements with a number of other sound service companies. iP SMPTE Conference Names Topics Chairmen NEW YORK — Topics and topic chairmen have been set for the 97th semiannual SMPTE conference and exhibit, set for March 28 to April 2, at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. Program Chairman is Dr. Richard J. Goldberg. Technicolor Corp., Research and Development Division. Applications in Science and Technology: Dr. Philip N. James, Technicolor Corp.. 2800 West Olive Ave., Burbank. Calif. 91505. Aerospace Cinematography: Lloyd E. Watson, Aerospace Corp.. P. 0. Box 95085, Los Angeles. Calif. 90045. Instrumentation & High Speed Photography: John Waddell Douglas Aircraft Co.. 3000 Ocean Park Blvd.. Santa Monica, Calif. Laboratory Practices: W. Daniel Carter, Consolidated Film Industries, 959 Seward St., Hollywood, Calif. 90038. Motion Picture & Television Abroad: Rodger J. Ross, Canadian Broadcasting Corp., 354 Jarvis St., Toronto, Ont., Canada. Motion Pictures & Television in Education: Dr. Bernard R. Kantor, University of Southern California, Dept. of Cinema, Los Angeles. Calif. 90007. Motion Pictures & Television in Medicine: Lowell Wentworth, Bay State Film Production, Inc., 80 Boylston St., Boston, Mass. New Materials and Processes: George W. Boemler, Kalvar Corp. 12345 Ventura Blvd., Suite J. Studio City, Calif. 91604. Photographic Science & Engineering: Alan Gundelfinger, Technicolor Corp.. 6311 Romaine. Hollywood 38. Calif. RapidAccess Photography : Dr. LeRoy M. Dearing, L. M. Dearing Associates, Inc., 12345 Ventura Blvd., Suite Rm Studio City, Calif. 91604, and Television Developments: Eliot Bliss, Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. TV, 7800 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, Calif. iP 16mm-35mm Xenon System Added by Xetron The Xetron Division of Carbons. Inc., Boonton, N. J., announces the addition of the Cinemeccaniea CX900 lamphouse to their line of Xenon light sources. This is a compact, highly efficient unit, designed to International Projectionist January, 1965