The Exhibitor (1954)

New D-l Speaker From NTS New York — A new speaker for drive-in theatres has been announced by National Theatre Supply. The unit consists of a four inch Alnico-V, aluminum voice coil speaker, spring mounted into the two halves of a very compact, well designed, die cast aluminum housing. This method of mount¬ ing assures a floating suspension which reduces shock, minimizes magnet shifting and simplifies replacement, it is claimed. The housing also accommodates a per¬ forated, anodized aluminum speaker screen, a volume control with recessed control knob and an extruded acrylic handle. This new speaker for drive-ins makes use of a floating suspension mounting to reduce shock. The housing, which is finished in a dur¬ able silver hammertone enamel baked on over a zinc chromate base, has a two step window bracket for positioning in any car under all conditions as well as on the speaker post coupling unit. The blue fin¬ ish of the speaker screen matches the transparent blue of the extruded acrylic handle. The handle, an oval tube made by Anchor Plastics Company, Long Island City, N. Y., provides space inside for a phosphorescent theatre name or slogan card which glows in the dark. Function¬ ally, the handle makes it much more con¬ venient for the drive-in patron to place the speaker in his car and return it to the correct position on the speaker post. Re¬ gardless of the outdoor temperature var¬ iations, the handle is said to be always pleasant to the touch. This is due to the insulating properties of the plastic ma¬ terial. A Koiled Kord or straight neoprene covered cable makes the connection from the post unit to the speaker. Toledo To Have New Ozoner Toledo, O. — The Theatre Operating Company has announced that ground has been broken for a new theatre. In addi¬ tion to accommodating 1500 cars, it will have an 800-seat indoor theatre. Known as the Glass Mile Drive-In, and located across from Toledo’s new Glass Mile Shopping Center, the theatre will be a $410,000 project. Opening date will be within six weeks. Glass City Construction Company is the general contractor. Theatre Equipment Company will install EPRAD Duo-Stereo¬ phonic sound, in-the-car speakers, and Strong Electric lamps and rectifiers. The¬ atre Equipment will also supervise con¬ struction. Fairchild Announces New Model Perspecta Integrator Unit Whitestone, L. I. — A new model of the Fairchild Perspecta Stereophonic Sound Integrator was announced by Sherman M. Fairchild, President of Fairchild Record¬ ing Equipment Company. Designated as Model 315C, this new version consists of the standard Perspecta Integrator and Power Supply mounted on vertical chassis of the recessed type. It was indicated by company spokesmen that this new model would permit mount¬ ing in theatre installations where hori¬ zontal space is at a premium. The unit is designed for normal rack mounting and features easy accessibility to all com¬ ponents for installation as well as service. International Report ( Continued, from page PT-&) The Astrolite screen is 45 feet wide. On the sixth floor of the same building there is the Arcobaleno Theatre, very popular with the American colcny in Rome. It is a small 250-seat house where only original version pictures are shown. (In Italy all foreign language films are dubbed into Italian). The sound equip¬ ment is Westrex Advanced with Century projectors and Ashcraft arc lamps. On the same floor there is a beautiful tea-room. Flush with ONE QUART of water! YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE FLOODED RESTROOMS AND DRAINAGE FIELDS! SAFEWAY actually SAVES: 75% of water supply » 50% of drain field cost Ask for descriptive folder SAFEWAY SANITATION CO. P. O. Box 34 • Buffalo 15, N. Y. C A F E WAV J TOILETS 1 'Ifau.’i ^bn.ioc-9n 9*t&unancc Clinic By Joseph Thanhauser, Jr. Thanhauser We once had the honor to have an insurance client who quite seriously wanted to economize on his insurance by eliminating “extended coverage.” His words still ring in our ears, “I have enough fire insurance I don’t know why we have to extend it.” § I Probably many in sureds are equally ignorant of the necessity for carrying an i | extended coverage endorsement. How¬ ever, not only is the extended coverage en¬ dorsement to the fire insurance policy im¬ portant in many instances, but in some instances it is more important than the original fire insurance. For example, in areas bordering on the Gulf of Mexico, in Dade County, Florida, and in the Tornado Belt, the extended coverage en¬ dorsement is much more important than fire insurance. For example, in Dade County, Florida, many companies in re¬ cent years have enjoyed a fire loss ratio of less than 10 per cent and have suffered under an extended coverage loss ratio of an excess of 100 per cent. What then does the extended coverage endorsement cover? In brief, the extended coverage endorse¬ ment covers loss to property resulting from windstorm, hail, explosion, riot at¬ tending a strike, civil commotion, air¬ craft, vehicles, and smoke. Some of these are of very minor im¬ portance. Here is a typical example of smoke damage where the extended coverage endorsement is of importance: You may have what you would call a fire resulting from combustion within electrical circuits. However, if these are merely short circuits and relate solely to electrical disturbances and do not flare out at the flames the loss is not one from fire under the fire insurance policy. How¬ ever, in many instances these fires (as you would call them) cause a consider¬ able amount of smoke damage. None of it is covered under the fire policy but all of the smoke damage is covered under the extended coverage endorsement. Some of the other provisions are obvious. If an airplane makes an emer¬ gency landing in your drive-in theatre and happens to knock off the screen (this is not impossible since the Empire State Building’s major loss to date was that caused by an airplane) the coverage to your screen is afforded by the extended coverage endorsement. Probably the most important coverage in the entire extended coverage endorse¬ ments as it effects the owners of drive-in theatres is the coverage afforded by wind¬ storms. This is the coverage that protects you in the case of a Florida hurricane, an Indiana Tornado, and a just plain oldfashioned terrific 75 miles an hour wind¬ storm. PT-26 PHYSICAL THEATRE DEPARTMENT of MOTION PICTURE EXHIBITOR August 18, 1954