The Exhibitor (1966)

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Ashcraft Patent Approved ohn Sel'jy Mourned WEST RICHFIELD, O. — John Selby, president of Selby Industries, Inc., diet at his home in Bath, Ohio, Sunday, Jan. 15, 1967. Selby founded Selby In¬ dustries, In ., because he recognized years ago the great future of outdoor theatres as a peculiarly American entertainment medium. Over a period of some 22 years he helped plan and build more than 600 outdoor theatres in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico. He was parSELBY ticularly skilled in topo¬ graphical engineering and laying out drive-in theatres to accommodate the maximum num¬ ber of cars, with the greatest convenience for drivers and clear visibility for viewers. At one time, earlier in his career, Selby owned three outdoor theatres, so he brought to the planning and construction of outdoor theatres a practical and personal knowledge of their operation. He was working, during the past several years, on the development of a better screen surface which has been all but completed, and was in the process of writing a manual on how to design and construct drive-in theatres. Selby knew no working hours. He would work around the clock when engrossed in a project, and he made hundreds of trips around the nation to assist in planning and construct¬ ing drive-in theatres. Pie leaves four sons. Bill .and Tim are active in Selby Industries, Inc. Another son, Jerry, is in his own business of a similar nature. The youngest son, Mike, is a student at Akron University. There are four grandchildren. Mrs. Selby died about a year ago. Selby was born in Cleveland, graduated in 1931 from Case Institute of Technology, and spent his entire life as a resident of northeast Ohio. The continuity of Selby Industries, Inc., will be uninterrupted, and it will continue to oper¬ ate under the same basic policies and with the same personnel, products and services. NEC YORK — C. S. Ashcraft, Jr., president of the C. S. Ashcraft Mfg. Co., Inc., an¬ nounced that the U.S. Patent Office has ap¬ proved a. patent covering the invention by his father and himself of the Core-Lite system of projection arc lamp optics. The Core-Lite system, according to “Bud” Ashcraft, has been an exclusive feature of Ash¬ craft arc lamps which have been manufactured and sold while the patent has been pending. In commenting on the approval of the patent, Bud Ashcraft said, “We and our authorized dealers are delighted with the ap¬ proval of the patent for our Core-Lite system of projection arc lamp optics. It is officially recognized this is an improved and modern method of lighting all motion picture screens completely — side-to-side and top-to-bottom.” Ashcraft continued, “The Core-Lite system is the result of establishing and proving geo¬ metrical and optical equations to a, system of projection arc lamp optics. Our Core-Lite sys¬ tem makes full use of the positive carbon core magnification directly at the film aperture and dissipates the harmful brown, red, and yellow rays of the shell or rim of the carbon away from the film aperture and on to the water cooled cooling plates of the projector. The result is a brilliantly lighted picture because the white light of the magnified core of the No Aisles Here The 1,200 seats for Parker Playhouse in Fort Lauderdale will be supplied by the American Seating Company, Grand Rapids, Mich., it was announced. Total cost of the Playhouse, which opened recently, is close to $1.5 million. Parker Playhouse is equipped with a conti¬ nental seating layout, employing no aisles ex¬ cept at both sides of the theatre, according to John L. Volk, its architect. There are 26 rows of red Stellar chairs — the last one 96 feet from the stage — and no balcony. Entrances are along each side of the seating area. Bud Ashcraft (second from right) discussing the Core-Lite system of projection arc lamp optics with plant supervisor Larry Orthner, sales engineer Allen Smith, and plant manager Albert Johns. positive carbon is evenly distributed over the entire film surface at the film aperture. ‘Hotspotting’ is eliminated and overall focus is improved. The better results in screen lighting account for the unprecedented acceptance of our Core-Lite line of projection arc lamps for all processes of projection such as 70mm, 35mm, Cinemascope and flat, Cinerama, and D-150 through the use of a single 18" front Surface Cold Type Reflector.” D-150 System Explained LIOLLYWOOD — At a recent press confer¬ ence, officers of Dimension 150 stated that “The Bible” marked the first theatrical pro¬ duction photographed and exhibited in the Dimension 150 process. Commenting on the D-150 All-Purpose Projection System, Carl Williams, vice-president, mentioned that with this system the theatre owner is not bound to the obvious limitations of either a small or wide screen format. He enjoys the versatility of presenting any size picture from 35mm, “scope,” conventional 70mm, to Dimension 150 with the change in screen size (and ratio) accomplished automatically within seconds. This statement was made in response to a question regarding the range of versatility of the D-150 All-Purpose Projection System as opposed to other conventional systems which limit the exhibitor to only one basic system, be it wide screen or small screen. With such a single purpose system the exhibitor is forced to shut down for costly theatre conversion when he wishes to exhibit in another format. Asked about new developments, Williams said that they have just incorporated a new, eight-channel stereophonic sound system into the all-purpose package. Heretofore, sixchannel sound constituted the optimum in prestige theatre presentations. Theatres already equipped with the D-150 six-channel system can readily adapt to the eight-channel system. The new system was developed exclusively for D-150 by the Ampex Corporation, a leading design manufacturer of quality theatre sound equipment. Lie went on to say that they have incorpo¬ rated several new design changes in the fabri¬ cation of the D-150 screen sheet. Each screen is manufactured to D-150 specifications. This provides an optimum quality, deeply curved single screen sheet, custom engineered and fabricated for a specific theatre being equipped for the D-150 All-Purpose Projection System. ■> ’67 In $Cthe Best Pictures are being projected by \ Clearer, sharper, brighter pictures by far. With ittle fuss or bother-and at lowest cost, too. See for yourself how we can help you achieve “best picture” projection. • Perfected Standard Projectors, 70-35mm • Hi-Fidelity CINE-FOCUS® Projectors, 70-35mm • UVIR-2 Double Coated Quartz Heat Filters (The Best in Sound Reproduction, too — with Century All-Transistor Sound Systems) See your Century Dealer — or write: CENTURY PROJECTOR CORPORATION NEW YORK, N. Y. 10019 ◄ Century CINE-FOCUS 70-35mm Projector featuring CINE-FOCUS Projector Film Stabilizer PE-12 F H YSICAL THEATRE • EXTRA PROFITS DEPARTMENT cf MOTION PICTURE EXHIBITOR February 15, 1967