Motion Picture News (Sept-Oct 1918)

1902 (Equipment Service) Motion Picture News PERFECTED PROJECTION M /TO VIES" are made possible at any time, anywhere, with a DeVry Portable Motion Picture Projector. The DeVry is always and instantly ready for an evening's entertainment or instruction ; attached to any ordinary light socket it practically runs itself. Adopted by the United States Government in all Departments where motion pictures are used, and by the American Red Cross, at home and abroad. Used also in all Y. M. C. A. work, on transports, at home and " over there." Write for Catalogue H-2 The DeVry Corporation 109y2 North Wells Street Chicago, U. S. A. No. 4 PHOTO CINES OUTFIT Never successfully equalled at the exceptional pre-war price of $250-00 Complete CAMERA-TRIPOD-2 in. F-3-5 B & L-Tessar Lens a fully equipped M. P. outfit especially adapted to topical work. Send for Descriptive Catalogue We have them right in stock — ready for delivery — models of approved type, at very reasonable prices. Send for Our Catalogue of M. P. Apparatus G. GENNERT, 24 East 13th Street, New York City PRINTERS Chicago I .os Angeles "NEWMAN" BRASS FRAMES AND RAILS Accompanying cut shows our new style unit frame for corners of theatre lobbies. Especially designed to fit irregular shaped columns and sloping entrances. Neat, attractive and complete, it enables the passerby to see at a glance the entire program. Send sketch for prices and ask for new 1918 catalog. The Newman Mfg. Co. Established 1882 Write for our Latest Catalogue 717-19 Sycamore Street, Cincinnati, Ohio 68 W. Washington Street, Chicago, Illinois Canadian Representative — J. T. Malone Films, Rialto Theatre Bldg., Montreal, Canada Pacific Coast — G. A. Metcalfe, San Francisco, Cal. Frames, Easels, Rails, Grilles, Signs, Choppers, Kick Plates, Door Bars r Unit Hinged Frames We manufacture the frames in various finishes which do not require polishing HARVEY EXPOSURE METER M.MrrrD A new principle for Motion Picture ht hl ilk Cameras. Shows Shutter Openings and all stops Tor all lenses. Exterior wont only. N*2hLitK The N°2 Harvey Exposure Meter is for other cameras. Dealer or G.LHarvy 105 So Dearborn St Chicago jPirector^ of JVeurCfkeatred ARIZONA Douglas, Ariz., is to have still another theatre. It was announced recently that L. Magana, who operates the Tivoli theatre at Agua Prieta, would open a new open air theatre on F avenue. CALIFORNIA Excavation has started for the foundation of the new California theatre, at San Diego, Cal., which is to be built on Eighth street, between Broadway and E streets. The California Theatre Company expects to spend about $50,000 on the building, it is said. ILLINOIS It has been reported that Grand Ridge, 111., is to have a motion picture theatre in the near future, as plans to that effect are now under consideration. INDIANA General Manager A. J. Brentlinger, of the Terre Haute Theatres Company, Terre Haute, Ind., announced last week that he will assume active charge of the new theatre being built in that city. Byron Brentlinger is to be local manager of the theatre. Our New Department The Complete Plan Book, which begins on page 1911 of this issue, has been acknowledged by producers and exhibitors the last word in service that serves. It is radical only in that it far surpasses what any othei motion picture trade paper has ever done for its readers and advertisers. Constructive that's what we try to make all the service which the trade gets each week. That we succeed in this is amply indicated in the many expressions voiced by " those who know." Dominates the Field Theatre and Exchange Mailing List Service We rent lists of or address contemplated or existing theatre*, mx changes, state rights owners, publicity mediums and producers. -«• lected as to territory, class, etc. Twenty thousand changes were recorded In our list last year. Its* use means a saving to you of from 30 to 60% In postage, etc. XT ISfi MOTION PICTURE DIRECTORY CO. w 80 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK Addressing Multigraphing Phone, I2Z7 Cnelsaa Printing Typewriting WE NEVER DISAPPOINT *' TELEPHONE BRYANT 5576 Be sure to mention " MOTION PICTURE NEWS " when writing to advertisers