Motion Picture Herald (Apr-Jun 1931)

May 9, 1931 Motion Picture Herald 69 reasons is that the signal is known by means of a click, and presumably from splices being made, or because other projectionists had put in their own click stop, and cases were known where as many as four or five stops were attached, so that it sounded like a telegraph when it went through. However it cannot be substituted for the dots in the Standard Release Print, for the simple reason that producers would not paste on a separate strip of film on each reel of film of their productions, and such a thing cannot be photographed into the film so that it would work. It is one of those things which might work out very well for the individual projectionist, but for various reasons I would recommend that both signals be pasted on the film and removed when the film is shipped. SOUND OR NOT MANY a projectionist has received a splendid, red hot bawling out because the stage horns took a vacation. They were as silent as a grave on a quiet night. So far as they were concerned, the audience could almost hear its collective teeth grow. The manager rang-g-g-g-g the telephone bell with a hearty will. Came "Hello." And he responded, "What in [deleted] are you fellows doing up there? Why don't you attend to business? Don't you know there is no sound?" "Why, Mr. Manager, this is a soundproof room we are in. How would we know that?" "Well of all the double-distilled dumbbells. Haven't you got a monitor horn. Why haven't you got it working?" "It is working but " "It is working? Then why don't we get sound down here?" You see, friend manager was not aware that the fact that the monitor horn is functioning perfectly, is absolutely no proof that the screen horns are on the job. But that, nevertheless, is the fact. That is just one more thing the monitor horn doesn't do. Monitor horns do just one thing, and one thing only — they advise the projectionist that there is sound on, or in, the system. That does not necessarily mean that the stage horns are functioning, however. Possibly the stage hands failed to plug them in! DUPED PRINTS OUR OLD friend, Kenneth R. Caldwell, projectionist at Shea's Bailey theatre, Buffalo, N. Y., is with us again with the following. "I am writing to ask you to throw your influence against something I hold to be a gross violation against everything right and proper, and that is the present tendency of exchanges in supplying larger theatres with duped disc prints of pictures. "As all the producers have now changed over to making only sound-on-film recording, they have been forced to dupe discs for the smaller houses which have nothing but Good Theatre Lighting is Reflected in Increased Box Office Receipts The theatre-going pubHc is attracted to well-Hghted motion picture theatres. That goes without saying. This organization has designed and installed some of the finest theatre lighting systems in the United States. It makes no difference whether you are planning to build a new theatre or remodel an old one, we can be of distinct service to you. You can gain an excellent idea of what we have done in the theatre lighting field from the new Hub Handbook which has just been issued. It is for Architects, Engineers, and Executives — a unique file of readily accessible and valuable information. A copy is yours for the asking. Sound Reproduction Equipment Stage Switchboards Footlights Borderlights Stage Pockets Emergency and Exit Lighting Units Complete Theatre Lighting Equipment Factory and General Offices 2219-2225 West Grand Avenue Chicago Telephone Seeley 6440-1-2-3 Branch Offices in New York Toledo, Milwaukee, Minneapolis Cove Lighting Exit Signs Spotlights Service Boards Panelboards Usher Signals Directional Signs Flood Lights Mobile Flood Lighting Equipment MAIL YOUR TRIAL ORDER TODAY for HAND PAINTED Each on heavy poster paper in 5 or more attractive colors and ■rtiatically airbrushad any up to 36 in. x 10 /(. Write for prices on other sizes on paper-muslin and cards. Ooa Day Ssrvica Gat th* Bnt PrIcsB Os Nat Include Postage They Cett Less //. DRYFHOUT 736 SO.WABASH AVE CHOGQILL Garver KuRRENT Changer Tor Better Aiirror A rc Projection The logical D.C. producing unit for any low intensity lamp. Endorsed by leading lamp manufacturers. It does the work, is economical in operation, and low in cost. Complete information, gladly. REPRESENTATIVES IN LARCE CITIES rWirfrayCARVER ElECTRICCO.