Motion Picture Herald (Jan-Mar 1956)

from that afternoon’s program, just as they were written : “We went to the theatre and went back stage and saw where they keep their popcorn. Then we went down to the basement and saw where the big fan was. We went up stairs and saw big bulb. Then we saw movie then came back’’ — Danny Tuttle. Danny will probably never be a very great author. “Mr. Jones invited the class to visit the theatre. We went up and saw the camera. We saw a green light Mr. Jones opened the side. It was so bright that j^ou couldn’t look at it too long. We went in back of the screen and saw the speaker. When we came out somebody asked what those holes in the screen were for. He said if they weren’t in the screen we couldn’t hear very good. We went down the basement. Then we went up stairs. He gave the class some old films. Then he showed the class that film would not burn. If there was a fire it wouldn’t have been such a bad one. He got the fire extinguisher and made it go down the aisle.’’ — Robert Reeder. I had 34 essays to look over. After reading them I agree that the teachers in Northwood are underpaid. No essay, however, came up to the literary style and brevity of the one from the buck-toothed kid who described his afternoon in the following masterpiece : “Floor shape like saucer. Seat flop up and down.” Even the teacher said she learned a lot about the theatre that day. And as positive proof that I got through to some of them, my projectionist, who has been here for 20 years, said he even learned a few things himself. So did I. "V ou might as well have some fun. If you make money you just worry about it. THEATRE DESIGN {Continued from page 27) to fulfill its potentialities. It is not to belittle by a jot what the last three years have produced in the way of a better screen performance. The improvement has been great and is the more remarkable for the ingeniousness with which it has been made widely available. But the machinery of it is still, from the broadest point of view, an attachment. It has had to be. It is yet in development, however, and from this research and usage must eventually come some unity of experience as to what is best for the purpose. Theatre design free of past practice should now begin to figure in this experience in order to bring forth a system that co-ordinates and integrates all functions from camera to audience. Your doorman may be a dream . . . Your usherettes may be starlets . . . BUT EVERY PERFORMANCE STILL MUST BE PERFECT! For a perfect performance, vital operating equipment has to work without a single slip. The best man to keep it exactly that way is an expert RCA Theatre Service Engineer. He's the only man who brings to your house the full backing of RCA's technical resources. RCA SERVICE COMPANY, INC. A Radio Corporation of America Subsidiary Camden, N.J. Write for Illustrated Circular showing these and other Wenzel Improved and New Products. WENZEL NEW INTERIOR LIGHT SHIELD PRO. 55 to be used in conjunction with the PRO 47 EW78 The Improved Wenzel Heavy Duty Triple Tension Film Door Assembly WENZEL PROJECTOR CO. 2509-19 S. State St. Chicago 16, III. OK\e way fo be a, coupon clipper The F & Y Building Service is the outstanding agency in Theatre Design and Construction in Ohio and surrounding territory. THE F & Y BUILDING SERVICE 319 East Town Street Columbus 15, Ohio “The Buildings We Build Build Our Business” BETTER THEATRES SECTION 29