International projectionist (Jan-Dec 1945)

J. A. Elections L..U. 521, LONG BEACH, CALIF. Ward R. LaBar, pres.; LeRoy A. Ward, vice-pres.; Alonzo S. Bennett, sec.-treas.; Robert J. Taliaferro, bus. agent; Archie C. Frist, Everett L. Covington, Gilbert A. Lahlum, Vernon G. Martz, W. L. LaBar, L A. Ward and A. S. Bennett, executive board; Roy T. Heckman, Paul W. King, Elliott Kirby, trustees; Norman D. Owens, Roy T. Heckman, A. S. Bennett, examining board. and Ralph E. Addy, sgt.-at-arms. L. U. 618, BLOOMINGTON, IND. L. Derrell Weaver, pres.; Charles Hobbs. vice-pres.; Burl McGuire, rec.-sec, bus. agent; Chester Grayson, fin. sec.-treas., and Louis Fiddler, sgt.-at-arms. SUBSCRIPTION SYSTEM ENDORSED FOR TELEVISION Arthur Levey, president of Scophony Corporation of America, in which a 50 per cent stock interest is held by Paramount Pictures, Inc., and 20th Century-Fox via corporate entities, has endorsed the recent statement by J. J. Nance, vice-president of Zenith Radio Corporation, that he believed the best way to create a "box office" for television was to introduce a subscription system whereby those sets equipped with a "scrambling'" device would receive the programs. Last fall Mr. Levey revealed that Scophony was surveying the possibilities of creating a "box office" for television and considers this method as providing an additional source of revenue for major film distributors. He stated that subscription radio, utilizing the exclusive Scophony "scrambling" device registered at the U. S. Patent Office, is the invention of Dr. A. H. Rosenthal, physicist and director of research for Scophony, and would enable the television broadcaster to accurately gauge the size of his audience. Mr. Levey explained that "Scophony believes subscription radio probably will prove a substantial factor in solving television's economic problem, and we are contemplating supplying subscribers with the latest improved model of the Scophony home television receiver successfully demonstrated in London in 1939, and which shows a picture 24 by 20 inches in size comparable to 16-mm home motion pictures, upon payment of a small installation charge plus a weekly fee of $2.25, which would enable subscribers to amortize the cost of the set in about two years." The wartime research of Scophony's scientists and engineers in Britain and America, according to Mr. Levey, has steadily improved the clarity, sharpnessand detail of the very large television pictures shown by Scophony receivers in varying models suitable for the home, school 'and theatre, in preparation for the day when television will become a commercial reality. He referred to the fact that television networks between New York-Philadelphia-Schenectady already are in operation and that extension of the service planned by ATT and the Radio Group within several years after post-war would quickly make television available to millions of people. THE DOCTOR IS ON THE WAY SLEET AND ICE curtain the road . . . the wind cuts sharp . . . but the doctor is on his way. His duty is at his patient's side, in any weather— at any hour. THE ALTEC SERVICE ENGINEER too, is always "on call*. His special training enables him to spot ailing sound and projection equipment immediately ... to prescribe and administer so that booth equipment is quickly restored to top running order . . . kept that way. The projectionist can count on the friendly cooperation of the Altec Service Engineer all the time — because his is the service of a specialist. Partners in Public Service THE SERVICE ORGANIZATION OF THE MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY FEBRUARY 1945 27