Motion Picture Herald (Jul-Aug 1936)

you have often said, we were really only machine operators. But just the same I have read your articles through all the years, which carries us back into the days of the well-remembered Moving Picture World, of which I still have all the old copies on file. Also, I have all editions of your Bluebook and want to add my say to the others that they are the best in the business. [The italics are his, though he used capital letters. — F. H. R.] "And now for the reason for this letter. Why are not we men who have to put on the picture and reproduce the sound, able to obtain more detailed information from equipment manufacturers concerning their various equipments? It seems that for some ununderstandable reason they are afraid to supply us with the blue prints, etc., that we want. In the past I have tried hard to gain every bit of information possible concerning the machinery — electrical, magnetic, acoustical and mechanical — it was possible to obtain, but the big job seems to be to get the desired information. "I am a union man, both projectionist and stage hand, and want to be efficient — in other words to be "the tops." Can you help me? I want a membership in the Society of Motion Picture Engineers, but understand they won't consider a projectionist as a regular member unless he has in some way been an outstanding man." I am sending the good brother an SMPE application blank which, if it be returned promptly, I will properly present. I believe such a man as this should be eligible to active membership, which is next to the "fellow" grade. It is, as I understand it, right to regard a man who really studies his branch of the business, whatever it may be, as something more than an associate member, one who merely wishes to receive the Journal and assist financially with dues. A fellow is, or should be, a man who not only has done good work, but has been a leader in the field. As to supplying projectionists with blueprints and full instructions, I am in thorough agreement. It is very difficult, however, to get some equipment manufacturers to take that view. MONOPLANE AND BIPLANE LAMPS J. R. pate, assistant manager of the Royal theatre in Samson, Ala., writes, "I would like information about a matter that I believe will also interest all your theatre manager and projectionist readers. The question is: What is the relative advantages of biplane and monoplane mazda projector lamps; also, the relative value of lamps containing the granulated tungsten employed to scour the deposit off the interior of the lamp globe, and the lamps that do not contain it? "As to the value of Better Theatres and your Comments therein, every one knows they are indispensable." The monoplane mazda has four coils of tungsten metal, between which is a small open space which is filled by an image of PROGRESS WITH BRENKERT BRENKERT projection lamps, each year for the past four years, have shown a far greater increase in actual number in use throughout the country than any other nationally known make. This significant fact definitely proves the trend is to BRENKERT— a reliable guide to wise purchasers— ■ The BRENKERT ENARC Sold and serviced by BRENKERT distributors across the continent. RENKERT LIGHT PROJECTION, ENGINEERS and MANUFACTURERS { Detroit, Michigan, U.S. A. "INDEPENDENT" . . . and you know you are buying QUALITY! You know that you are getting standard, trade-marked merchandise emanating from and guaranteed by responsible, ethical manufacturers. You know, too, that you are availing yourself of the experience and personal attention of a dealer who owns and manages his own establishment. You know, moreover, that the facilities of a nation-wide association of 43 theatre supply dealers are yours to command in every purchase you make — whether you require a simple accessory or a complete theatre renovation. INDEPENDENT THEATRE SUPPLY DEALERS ASSOCIATION 1501 BROADWAY J. E. ROBIN, EXECUTIVE SECRETARY NEW YORK CITY July 25, 1936 SI