Motion Picture Herald (Jan-Feb 1939)

Page scan 000103 from Motion Picture Herald

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture Herald
Date:
Jan-Feb 1939
Publisher:
[New York, N.Y. : Quigley Pub. Co.]
Volume:
Motion Picture Herald (Jan-Feb 1939)
Leaf #:
000103
Language:
English
Subjects:
motion pictures, Motion pictures -- Periodicals
Collection:
Hollywood Studio System
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
Library of Congress, MBRS, Moving Image Section
Sponsor:
Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Founded in 1915 by a Chicago printing company as a regional trade paper for Midwest exhibitors. In 1916, editor Martin Quigley bought out the owners, and over the next 15 years, he grew EXHIBITORS HERALD into one of the most important national, weekly trade papers in the film business. Quigley acquired MOTOGRAPHY in 1917 and MOVING PICTURE WORLD in 1927. In 1930, he acquired MOTION PICTURE NEWS and the new 'consolidated' publication became MOTION PICTURE HERALD. From the pulpit of his editorial page, Quigley preached the need to improve the motion picture industry and improve the quality of the films. He skillfully served as a mediator in disputes -- between distributors and exhibitors, between the film industry and the Catholic Church (Quigley was one of the architects of the Production Code). Quigley claimed that EXHIBITORS HERALD represented the 'independent exhibitor' and sections like 'What the Picture Did for Me?' certainly provided a forum for theater owners. But plenty of exhibitors viewed Quigley as a servant to the studios and large theater chains. In response, publications such as SHOWMEN'S TRADE REVIEW, INDEPENDENT EXHIBITORS FILM BULLETIN, HARRISON'S REPORTS, and BOX OFFICE were either formed or grew significantly in the years following Quigley's brief moment of consolidation in 1930. -- Eric Hoyt, 2014
Date Added:
May 30, 2024
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ttlodvm PROJECTION SOUND REPRODUCTION THE SCREEN Sound Trouble-Shooting Charts 6. DISTORTION By AARON NADELL the present installment of these charts terminates the treatment of individual items of sound equipment. The charts to follow in the future will deal with the sound system as a whole, and will for the most part go only so far as to trace the isolation of trouble to a definite apparatus unit. From that point the charts already printed, including those given below, will apply. The present charts are used in exactly the same way as their predecessors of the series, and like them are arranged with a view to giving the quickest possible relief. Things that are generally easiest to do, or most likely to prove successful, are listed first. More difficult or less hopeful measures are postponed. These charts also (like all that preceded or will follow them) must be taken only as general guides, not as infallible rules. They should be modified as individual equipment peculiarities may indicate. To Determine the Cause and Cure of DISTORTION, ORIGINATING IN AN AMPLIFIER THE TROUBLE TESTS I. Examine all tube filaments 2. Proceed per Test No. 28, NO SOUND chart, page 27, Better Theatres for July 23, 1938 3. Check plate current meter readings 4. Replace low reading tube 5. Checlt all socket voltages of low reading tube with high resistance voltmeter, and examine faulty circuit for cause of improper voltage 6. Apply Test No. 5, above to low reading tubes, and look for trouble cause in those portions of the faulty supply circuit which are common to all tubes affected THE CONDITION FOUND All filaments normal One tube not lighted TROUBLE CURED All readings normal One reading low Some readings low All readings low One reading high Some readings high All readings high Meter reads some tubes only No meter TROUBLE CURED Distortion and low reading remain TROUBLE FOUND TROUBLE FOUND NEXT TEST • No. 3 No. 2 No. No. No. No. No. No. No. 19 4 6 7 8 10 12 No. 13 No. 14 THE TROUBLE TESTS • 7. Proceed per LOW OUTPUT chart, page 37 of Better Theatres for April 2, 1938, or LOW VOLUME chart, page 29, Better Theatres for May 28, 1938 8. Replace high reading tube 9. Check socket voltages of high reading tube, beginning with control grid voltage, using high resistance meter, and examine faulty circuit for cause of improper voltage 10. Replace all high reading tubes 11. Apply Test No. 9, above, to high reading tubes, beginning with control grid voltages, and look for trouble cause in those portions of the faulty supply circuit common to all tubes affected 12. Proceed per HIGH VOLTAGE chart, page 37 of Better Theatres for April 2, 1938, or per SOUND DISTORTION chart, page 30, [CONTINUED ON FOLLOWING PAGE] THE CONDITION FOUND TROUBLE FOUND TROUBLE CURED Distortion and high reading remain TROUBLE FOUND TROUBLE CURED Distortion and high reading remain TROUBLE FOUND NEXT TEST No. II January 7 , 1939 23