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Complete Sound Systems
Ballantyne offers complete sound systems, adaptable to theatres of every size, shape, and seating capacity. These units, consisting of a pair of soundheads, single or dual channel amplifier and two-way horn system, will bring to your theatre unparalleled quality of reproduction at low cost.
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RALPH SOBELSON — Owner, Strand Theatres, Bangor, Pa. — writes:
"The regular check-ups by RCA Service technicians keep equipment in my theatres at top standards of performance." To get the benefits of RCA Service —write: RCA SERVICE COMPANY, INC., Radio Corporation of America, Camden, N. J.
You'll save time — be able to detail your requirements — by writing advertisers direct. However, The Theatre Supply Mart provides a postcard for your convenience.
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to bring all data, charts, photographs, etc., up-to-date. The new edition includes carbon arc data for 16mm. Besides data on carbons themselves, the handbook offers practical advice concerning their adjustment and alignment, their amperage and voltage requirements, and the care of electrical equipment and optical systems. •
Standards for motion picture screens established by the Society of Motion Picture Engineers through the American Standards Association, have been published in the November issue of the SMPE Journal. Creat
ing a series of standard sizes, each size is given a number identical with the overall width — -that is, a screen 8 feet wide is a No. 8, and so on up to a No. 30. Minimum effective picture size is also cited for each, dimensions being 6 inches less than overall width. The standards call for the width to be not less than one-sixth of the distance from the center of the screen to the farthest seat, and the distance between screen and front row to be not less than C. 87-foot for each foot of screen width. A fabric reinforcing border from 2^4 to 3 inches wide around the screen is prescribed, while it is
PROJECTION FACILITIES DOWN SOUTH AMERICA WAY
Theatre construction in Latin America continues at an accelerated rate, with American influence reflected in mechanical facilities and often in design as well. A recent example is the Gran Savoy in Buenos Aires. Projection equipment is entirely American, having been supplied by Compania Commercial Condor, which is headed by Senor Carlos Glucksmann, distributor for National Theatre Supply. The equipment includes Simplex projectors with Kollmorgen lenses, Peerless Magnarc lamps supplied by a Hertner motorgenerator, Simplex sound system and a Walker screen.
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