The Exhibitor (1954)

MOST ECONOMICAL, COMPACT STEREOPHONIC IN-THE-CAR SPEAKER! THE LOW-COST EPRAD '^STEREO 2"-ONLY $12 With the new "Stereo 2" you can give your patrons Stereophonic Sound effects— ECONOMICALLY. A new concept of binaural sound bringing all three channels through two 3V2" cones in one speaker case. Driveins with single-coned speakers can now add Stereophonic Sound without re-wiring ramps. HI-FIDELITY PERFORMANCE at low cost. Two-way speaker same approxi¬ mate size and weight as standard speaker. Mounts on rear view mirror, top of dash, ash tray or window. Also available; "The Star" $5.50; "Universal" $7.60; "Stereo 3" $14.75, and the famous "Glow-Top" illuminated junction box. EPRAD 1208 Cherry Street Toledo 4, Ohio TLL-ruKi'osi *^y[ou Cant (Setter WILLIAMS SCREEN COMPANY 1 373 SUMMIT LAKE BLVD., AKRON, OHIO ORIGINATORS Of AIL-PIASTIC t SEAMLESS PLASTIC SCREENS in MODERN THEATRE SEATING iesl cWicc ivoro tte priced to ■ \ttxurioos ^te® iritetortit®'^"^^ inFAl SEATING COMPANY ^Uu, a*td ^Uat Aw444id Ute. ^n<ide. Motiograph projectors, models H, HU, HK and K, sold from 1D26 to 1941, did not have a readily removable projector aper¬ ture, the company reported. However, Motiograph now makes available a new unit which can be easily installed in the field which permits instantaneous change of apertures. Nine different size apertures are said to also be available. As a result, old Motiograph projectors can now be modified at low cost to project pictures in any desired aspect ratio . . . . . . William B. Hughes has been ap¬ pointed manager of Ansco’s Los Angeles sales district, according to an announce¬ ment released by William Balch, general sales manager of the film and camera company. In his new position Hughes will be responsible for the operation of Ansco’s Los Angeles district offices and ware¬ houses, and for sales of amateur and pro¬ fessional film, cameras, etc., in parts of California, Nevada, and Arizona . . . . . . The February issue of Popular Electronics, a Ziff-Davis publication, will carry a feature story dealing with stereo¬ phonic sound for the motion picture the¬ atres, and the pioneering role played by Altec Service Corporation, according to Bert Ennis, Altec’s publicity director . . . . . . Sterling Theatres, Seattle, Wash., recently signed a service parts contract with the RCA Service Company for their west coast theatres, it was announced by W. L. Jones, vice-president. Technical Products department, RCA Service Com¬ pany. The contract calls for service and supplying of parts for optical and stereo¬ phonic sound equipment in Sterling the¬ atres located in California, Oregon, and Washington. RKO-Pathe Demonstrates TV-Movie Camera Combination New York — RKO-Pathe demonstrated a test of a procedure which utilizes tele¬ vision as a means of cutting time and costs in movie-making, at the annual conven¬ tion of the Public Relations Society of America at the Roosevelt Hotel, it was re¬ vealed by Jay Bonafield, executive vicepresident of RKO-Pathe. The new process, still in an early stage, combines Diunont Laboratories’ latest in¬ vention, the Dumont Teleye, a miniature television camera, with a standard 35mm. Mitchell movie camera. European Studios Installing Perspecta Sound Equipment New York — Installation by MGM of recording equipment for Perspecta stereo¬ phonic sound in its four studios abroad, plus the progress in negotiations to equip RCA-Internaticnal studios in London, are seen as important steps in giving pictures of European producers the same chance to cash in on the boxoffice advantages of high-fidelity directional sound as is now enjoyed by so many American films using the Perspecta system, the firm reported. I HERE IS A QUICK, EASY WAY TO GET I FURTHER INFORMATION. JUST CHECK I AND RETURN. NO OBLIGATION. PROJECTION Arc Lamps . Carbons ... Carbon Savers . CtKingeovers Film Cabinets Film Magazines .. Film Spacers . Generatoi. Lamp Housb snd Porthole Blowi rs Pedestals .. Projectors Projector Parts Rectifiers Screens .. Screen Frames ... 3-D Equipment . Theatre TV SOUND Amplifiers .... Hearing Aids . Inter-Coms .... Loud Speakers . Standard Sound Systems .... Sterephonic Sound Systems . 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ROBIN, INC., Rectifiers, Motor-Generators, Screens and Projection Lenses □ STELMA ELECTRONICS, Stelma Stereophonic Sound System Q STRONG ELECTRIC CORP., Projection Lamps and Rectifiers a WAGNER SIGN SERVICE, INC., Plastic, Aluminum, Glass and Luminous Letters, Attraction Panels Q WILLIAMS SCREEN CO., All purpose Silver Screens Without charge or obligation, please send me addi¬ tional information on above checked items. I NAME I THEATRE ADDRESS I CITY, STATE I RETURN TO MOTION PICTURE EXHIBITOR 246-48 N. Clarion St., Philodelphia 7, Pa. PT-14 PHYSICAL THEATRE DEPARTMENT of MOTION PICTURE EXHIBITOR January 5, 1955