International projectionist (Jan 1941-Dec 1942)

leature the first Thursday session, and will be followed in the afternoon by a meeting devoted to improved technique lor sound recording and reproduction. All members and visitors to the Convention are urgently requested to register at Society headquarters, inasmuch as such receipts go far toward defraying the expenses of the meeting. Special hotel rates are available for visitors to the Convention. Sightseeing trips, golfing privileges, and other diversions may be arranged at Convention headquarters. Registration cards will serve as admission to several de luxe theatres. A specially attractive program for the ladies attending the Convention is being arranged by the Ladies' Committee. A suite will be provided in the Hotel where the ladies will register and meet for the various events upon their program. The SMPE Convention terminates Thursday, October 23, and on the two following days meetings will be held in the Hotel Pennsylvania by the Acoustical Society of America, the Optical Society of America, and the Society of Rheology. A number of papers will be presented at these meetings that may be of considerable interest to members of the SMPE, and a joint luncheon of the three organizations will be held at noon on October 24. Delegates from out of town who may wish to remain over for these meetings should make the necessary , arrangements for extension of their hotel reservations. Those desiring programs in advance of the meetings may communicate with the American Institute of Physics, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N. Y. The ASA Sectional Committee on Motion Pictures (Z-22) will meet on Wednesday afternoon. October 22, at 1 :30 in the Pennsylvania Hotel. Abstracts of some of the papers scheduled for the Convention are appended hereto : A PRECISION DIRECT-READING DENSITOMETER M. H. Sweet Agfa Ansco Corporation The history of physical densitometers is briefly discussed. In spite of developments in modern electronic circuits, simple photoelectric instruments suitable for routine sensitometry are not yet in common use. The present densitometer is designed to fill this need. The minimum requirements for a satisfactory instrument are outlined. Photographic density as such, and density standardizations are discussed. The densitometer density of the present instrument as related to that of other types is demonstrated. The optical aspects, including the geometry and spectral qualities of the system, are explained, and the problem of calibration discussed. Emphasis is placed upon the practical agreement of different optical systems suitably calibrated, and specific examples are shown. The circuit arrangements of previous photoelectric densitometers are outlined. The theory and practical development of the {Continued on page 23) Materiels Shortage Worries All Exchanges Anent Cases, Reels National defense program demands is making it increasingly difficult for film company purchasing departments to obtain needed supplies and materials, including shipping cases and reels, it has been learned. Situation has resulted in a letter going to all 20th-Fox branches calling for careful handling of cases and reels and requesting that carriers be asked to guard against damage. Letter said in part: "From now on, there will be a shortage in view of the fact that if we should order 100 shipping cases, we will probably get 20 per cent of that quantity and in due time our stock will be depleted. Therefore, we cannot stress too much the fact that steps must be taken to conserve every shipping reel and case, condition permitting, and as you accumulate a surplus of shipping cases and reels, let us know so that we can transfer them to other branches whose supply may be exhausted." Vendors of cases and reels have advised 20th-Fox that priority orders makes it compulsory that the Government approve orders before manufacturers can go ahead with them. Defense program demands are said to have sent prices of needed materials skyward, while some cannot be obtained. Considerable difficulty is being encountered in having orders filled for chemicals, almost all types of metal, book papers in odd lots and electrical appliances. Neither is it possible to match color stocks due to shortage of chlorine. NEW DETROIT IA SERVICE UNIT MAKES FIELD'S FIRST DEAL Agreement reached between the new I.A.T.S.E. local in Detroit local covering doormen, ushers, candy girls and cashiers, and representatives of Co-operative Theatres of Michigan, making the first union contract in this field, averted threat of a strike. This effects nearly 200 Detroit theatres, including nearly all except first and second-runs which are being negotiated, as independents have generally agreed to follow the Co-operative agreement. Scale for usherettes, ushers and candy girls is 321/o cents per hour, with 2V2 cents raise in second and also third year, with six-day week of 40 hours and time and one-half for overtime. Doormen and chief of service are five cents above scale. Cashier's scale is not settled yet. Houses under 1,000 seats are given 2% cent concession below scale. Houses under 500 seats have 30 cent minimum which will probably be maximum where special consideration is required. RCA'S SIX-MONTH NET RCA and subsidiaries for the first six months of the year reported recently a consolidated next profit of §5,306,494 after all taxes and all other charges, a gain of 12,121.272 over the figure for the same period a year ago. Net profit for the second quarter was $2,571,921.61 as against $1,238,328.32 for the second quarter of 1940. Quarterly net is equal to .127 on the 13.881,016 shares of outstanding common: a year ago, earnings equalled .031. The profit for the first six months of 1941 is after providing $4,740,000 for Federal income and excess profits taxes, compared with $1,579,900 for the corresponding period in 1940. ARE 35*2-7 M0YSw LIGHT? jfciffMte SAYS PROJECTIONIST 'JdOHdo^itk evet tveatd ou£ you, can -tfe^'weit'&iu ifi twin Aep&cetf' STANDARD EQUIPMENT for BETTER PROJECTION. NATIONAL THEATRE SUPPLY COMPANY 22 INTERNATIONAL PROJECTIONIST