International projectionist (Jan 1941-Dec 1942)

>/ OJECTION With Which is Combined Projection Engineering Edited by James J. Finn 'Monthly Chat Volume 16 JULY 1941 Number 7 Index and Monthly Chat 5 Reproducer Troubles Due to 'Grounds' 7 Leroy Chadbourne Recent Advances in Non-Reflective Lens-Coating Processes. . 11 William C. Miller Feminine Film Hands Busy in British Projection Rooms 16 Majory Boulton Itinerant Show Boom Bad News for Theatres 16 Typical Opinions on Proposed S. R. P. Changes 17 Tips on the Cleaning of Compound Lenses 17 Projector Factory Overhaul Procedure 18 RCA Takes Over Brenkert Distribution 20 At Your Service 21 News Notes Technical Hints Miscellaneous Items Published Monthly by JAMES J. FINN PUBLISHING CORPORATION 580 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK, N. Y. Circulation Manager, Ruth Entracht Subscription Representatives Australia: McGills, 183 Elizabeth St., Melbourne New Zealand: Te Aro Book Depot, Ltd., 64 Courtenay Place, Wellington England and Dominions : Wm. Dawson & Sons, Ltd., Pilgrim St., London, E. C. 4. Yearly Subscription: United States and possessions, $2 (two years, $3) ; Canada and foreign countries, $2.50. Single copies, 25 cents. Changes of address should be submitted two weeks in advance of publication date to insure receipt of current issue. Entered as second-class matter February 8, 1932, at the Post Office at New York, N. Y. under the act of March 3, 1879. International Projectionist is not responsible for personal opinions appearing in signed articles in its columns. O greater responsibility devolves upon projectionists than to protest individually and collectively against the current "investigation" of the motion picture industry by a Senatorial subcommittee now in progress in Washington. This witch-hunt by a group of self-advertising isolationist senators should be deluged by a tidal wave of protest from projectionists in behalf of the industry of which they are integral part and from which they derive their livelihood. This is your industry, too, not just the industry of producers and exhibitors. Do it now! • • • With printers being asked by 0. P. M. to list the amount of metal for type slugs now on hand, as a guide, this will probably be the last effective warning that materials necessary for the production of theatre equipment are becoming more scarce daily. Those who think that the cry of shortages was raised by manufacturers and dealers merely as a buying stimulant will all too soon discover their error. Or would you prefer a darkened theatre? • • • No word as yet from Los Angeles projectionist Local 150 anent the results of its questionnaire regarding the advisability of changing Standard Release Print specifications. We can appreciate the difficulties being encountered by Local 150's committee, particularly with respect to changeover markings and procedure, on which item there are almost as many "solutions" advanced as there are commentators. • • • Incidentally, the materials shortage has slowed down television development to a walk. Instead of the booming market in home and theatre equipment that was anticipated for this Fall, television's sponsors have been forced to turn to promoting cuffo shows of styles and the like for the few thousand home sets available in an effort to keep alive the interest of potential advertisers. Thus, the theatre field is given a breathing spell before having to tussle with another technological upheaval. • • • If these itinerant 16 mm. shows continue their present country-wide expansion rate, both the craft and their exhibitor employers are in for some severe financial headaches. These shows, frequently sponsored by groups of local merchants, can be stopped only by joint exhibitor-projectionist action, with the latter being able to deal some particularly heavy blows via the Central Union route. • • • How is your stock of tube replacements? Of p. e. cells? Of tungar bulbs? Even the studios are fearful of a shortage of electronic products, so where does this leave the non-affiliated lone theatre? JULY 1941