International projectionist (Jan 1961-Dec 1962)

Larry Davee Elected to Motion Picture Pioneers Larry Davee, president of Century Projector Corporation as well as president of the Theatre Equipment & Supply Manufacturers Asso. has been accepted for membership in the Motion Picture Pioneers Inc. Davee was a member of the original development group at the Bell Telephone Laboratories that developed the Western Electric disc and photographic methods of recording and reproducing sound. As a member of the staff of E. R.P.I, he was manager of the recording work of World Broadcasting Co. during which time the first high speed master copper plating was initiated and the first use of homogeneous recording materials such as Vinelite was used for phonograph records now in universal use. His most recent innovation announced by Century Projector Corporation is the all-transistorized professional motion picture theatre sound systems now being installed in theatres. His active interest in the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers is well known having been chairman of a number of committees and American Standards, sound recording active participation in the setting of and reproduction as well as projection room practice. Davee's developments including such innovations as water cooled apertures a necessity for the satisfactory operation with the larger arc lamps required for optimum operation with the larger screens used today. The many contributions to the successful operation of multiple projection processes such as Waller Gunnery Projectors, Cinerama, Cinemiracle etc., are recognized by those using these methods of obtaining peripheral vision in motion picture theatres. IP SMPTE, TESMA Discuss New Technical Group NEW YORK, N. Y., — Members of the Executive Committee of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers met here with executives of the Theatre Equipment and Supply Manufacturers Association to discuss an all-industry theatre improvement program being created by TESMA to fill the void caused by the dissolution of the Motion Picture Research Council. Following the meeting, SMPTE president John W. Servies indicated that there is no conflict between the new technical organization and the aims and purposes of the Society. "SMPTE has been active for many years," he said, "in gathering and presenting information to guide in high quality theatre presentation of motion pictures and expects to continue to do so. For this reason, we welcome the opportunity to cooperate in these phases of the TESMA program." Services, SMPTE engineering vicepresident Deane R. White, SMPTE financial vice-president Ethan M. Stifle, and SMPTE executive secretary Charles S. Stodter, met with president Larry Davee and vice-president V. J. Nolan of TESMA, to discuss areas of common interest in TESMA's proposed program for close liaison on technological and engineering staffs, film laboratories and others, for the achievement of better theatre operation. iP Levine to Make Jobs For U.S. Cameramen LOS ANGELES, CAL. — Embassy Pictures president Joseph E. Levine told some 300 key West Coast motion picture exhibitors today that he will produce th ee major motion pictures a year in the United States beginning this summer. The producer-showman, currently heading his cross-country "Showmanship Caravan" said that "Boys' Night Out" will mark his first production venture in the U. S. The original comedy written by Arne Sultan and Marvin Worth, will begin production in July in Hollywood and New York. "I cut my eye-teeth on production in Europe this year," Levine continued, "en 'The Wonder of Aladdin' and 'The Last Days of Sodom and Gomorrah.' The pictures and the properties that are owned and being prepared by Embassy Pictures are naturals for production in this country." iP GPL Announces Three Promotions Three key appointments were announced today by W. J. Tull, Vicepresident, sales and engineering at GPL Division — General Precision, Inc. John C. Forrest and Dr. Frank N. Gillette were promoted to the respective positions of director and associate director of the Engineering Division. Louis L. Pourciau has assumed the new position of head of the industrial products department of the engineering division. iP NEW IMPROVED! 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