Motion Picture News (Apr - Jun 1914)

lOO THE MOTION PICTURE NEWS A New Type of Amateur Projector The Victor Animatograph Combines Professional Features with Portability— New and Desirable Features of the Machine. MOTION picture exhibitors are no longer confined to the theatre. With the improvement of projection apparatus there has come the portable machine specially designed for use in the home, schools, small halls, churches and other places where elaborate outfits are out of the question for the display of educational films. People in the trade have noticed this tendency in the field, a tendency, however, which will in no way interfere with the attendance at places of public amusement. To supply this new demand, manufacturers have begun to make projectors which are truly portable, which can, at the same time, take full standard reels. The machine manufactured by the Victor Animatograph Company, of Davenport, Iowa, meets all the requirements expected of an apparatus of this character. It gives the professional illumination while retaining the portable feature. It is ready for instantaneous service, and can be set up in three minutes anywhere. The company is directing attention especially to its one great feature of illumination. This has always been a weak point in many instruments intended for general use, outside of mot-ion picture theatres. By means of a new optical system originated by the Victor company, an instrument was produced that gives the "motion picture show" image — a ten to twelve foot image of all the required brilliancy, clearness and steadiness, by use of an arc lamp that attaches direct to an incandescent socket. Besides illumination, the Animatograph ofTers several new and desirable features. One of the more important being the permanently set lamp-house for either the motion picture or stereopticon side of the machine. This means no adjustment ot the lamp, the manufacturers declare, except occasional feeding of the carbons as they burn apart. By one move, the lamp is shifted from one side to the other without disturbing the position of the arc, or clearness of the field. Carbons may also be changed without losing the arc adjustment. The outfit is complete with every required accessory except the screen Two small cases hold the entire outfit, and the weight being about thirtyfive pounds, it can be readily seen that it is light enough for one person to handle with ease. NEBRASKA CONVENTION ENDS Special to The Motion Picture News. Grand Island, Neb., June 4. The state convention of the Nebraska State Branch No. 22, M. P. E. L. of A., came to a close here yesterday after a profitable meeting. The next meeting will be held in Omaha, and exhibitors from six states besile Nebraska will be invited. The delegates to the Dayton convention, who were instructed for M. A. NefT, will be Frank Harris, A. R. Pramer, G. S. Weaver, A. P. Ake, G. J. Warren, and S. A. Haymen. Officers were elected as follows: E. C. Preston, president; R. M. Schlaes, first vice-president; G. J. Warren, second vice-president; G. S. Weaver, secretary; S. A. Haymen, treasurer; S. Harding, national vicepresident. The convention closed with an entertainment by the Commercial Club of Grand Island. SELIG ARTISTS PRAISED The artists of the Selig Polyscope plant in Chicago have received numerous courteous letters of appreciation from representatives of the Edison, the Vitagraph and the Lubin companies, who came to Chicago to attend the grand ball given by the motion picture exhibitors at the Coliseum recently, and who were afterwards entertained informally at the big plant around Selig Square. WINS CONTEST Margarita Fischer, leading woman for the Beauty company, won a recent popularity contest run by the "Photoplay Magazine." PAULINE FREDERICK GOES TO FAMOUS PLAYERS Pauline Frederick, one of the most prominent stars on the American stage, has been engaged by the Famous Players Film Company, through their president, Adolph Zukor. She is to be presented in a dramatization of Hall Caine's best known work, 'The Eternal City," which will be played in and around Rome, Italy. Miss Frederick will sail for Europe on June 6, where she will join Messrs. Porter and Ford, who are at work producing "Monsieur Beaucaire" with James K. Hackett in the title rode. ]\liss Frederick has been most prominent in such productions as 'The Little Grey Lady," "The Music Master," "The Dollar Mark," "The Fourth Estate" and "Joseph and His Brethren." GREAT SEA DISHSTER ONE THOUSAND LIVES LOST ON EMPRESS OF IRELAND First Authentic Views A re Now Ready ! Ten photographic views with six posters $3. Send money, postal order or wire, and views will be shipped promptly C. O. D. MEXICAN WAR VIEW CO. Room 303-167 W. Washington St. Chicago, III. QUALITY IN DEVELOPING— PRINTING RECORD DELIVERIES Let us try one sample of your work. No order too big; none too small. If the STANDARD did it, it's all the camera took. 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