Motion Picture News (Sept-Oct 1921)

I 2336 Motion Picture Newt PLASTIC RELIEF ORNAMENTS AND ORNAMENTAL LIGHTING FIXTURES Write for our new ornamental Catalogue No. 2, showing over 1200 designs of Plastic Relief Ornaments. LET US ESTIMATE ON YOUR REQUIREMENTS A-1 WORKMANSHIP AND SERVICE, AT PRICES THAT ARE RIGHT National piaattr aplirf Olam^iattg 330 MAIN ST. CINCINNATI OHIO TICKET CHOPPERS We have 3 Ticket Choppers slightly shop worn but which have never been used. They are of the most modern type choppers ever produced. They have all of the features of a good chopper with a great many improvements. The price of these is $60.00 each, one of the best bargains ever offered. Descriptive circular sent upon request. These Ticket Choppers are guaranteed to be new and of the finest finish. Mahogany with white enamel and nickel trimmings. STERN METAL WORKS 1006 Vine St. Philadelphia, Pa. FOR COLOR EFFECTS USE ^^c^ Hoods Mid* of Naluril Colored GIms Colors show Beautiful and Brilliant and ar« Permanent Far Ahead of Dip and Leu Cottly REYNOLDS ELEaWC CO. 2650 W. Coa^rass St.. Chicaso, HI For S-IO W. and 25-40 W. Lamps Excellent New Camera on Market (Continued from page 2330) ment of the film there is no tension whatever; the film is perfectly free, but on the pins; these pins fit the perforations and correct registration is secured. This movement was tested in the shop by running for ten days eight hours a day at a speed greatly in excess of that which practical use will give it, after which it was taken down and measured to ascertain the wear and was found after this abuse that the wear was almost nothing. This is largely accounted for by having the cams and cam guides glass hard and lapped very smooth. In the Mitchell a smjall spool is used in the magazines, the same size which comes in the film, so it is not necessary to rewind the film or to tear out the center and waste any film; the result is after a day's work a four hundred foot roll will go again in the can without rewinding or tightening the roll. This advantage is well known to every cameraman. The throat of the magazine is three velvet covered rollers in contact; the outside rollers are on spring bearings to keep the contact constant and even. The film rolls between these rollers and rolling the film out of one side rolls it up in the other. Should the belt refuse to take up, your film will be delivered to the magazine, where it can be saved and will not jam in the camera. Owing to the small spool, a high speed take up is used to take care of the film when first starting. By using this speed we have a very loose belt and there is slippage from the start; the last fifty feet of film will take up as easy as the first few feet ; that is, the crank does not get heavier and heavier as the take up roll gets larger. An automatic shutter is provided on each camera for lap dissolves and fade outs. Maximum shutter opening is 170 degrees. This shutter is Mitchell's own patent ; it is the planitary gear type mounted on ball bearings. When the shutter closes it trips and applies a brake which may be released by pressing a button on the top of the camera near the rear. A dial is provided which indicates the instant opening of the shutter. A shutter gear-change knob changes the length of fade. Shutter may be operated in either two, four or eight feet, as the operator may desire from a full shutter opening. A shutter lever is a built-in feature by which any length of shutter fade may be had. This is in a convenient position and at the ready disposal of the operator. Each camera is provided with a Veeder set back counter built in the camera which counts the number of feet exposed. i A sensitive level is mpunted in the base o| each camera at the rear and is in plain view a| all times. As regular equipment the Mitchell supplies arm and upright which mounts on the base the camera to be used when special requiremenH demand this class of matting. They do not stod a special device for this, as every photographei has his own idea of what he wants and the§ make these attachments to order. A suns in which gauze mattes may be used can be su] plied if desired. There is a turret on each camera with plao for four lenses. An index pin is placed in convenient position which locks the turret wh< the lens has been brought to the position. regular equipment the Mitchell furnish a inch, a 2-inch and a 3-inch lens with matched finder lenses, but when a purchaser has his o lens they mount it free of charge, allowing thtf cost price of the lenses to them. A special film punch is built in each came By pressing a button on the outside a kni cuts a diagonal slot in the film; this does m leave any cuttings in the camera to foul thfl mechanism, but leaves a mark which is readiljf found in the dark room. -The American Cinematographer. Owner Constructs House A. E. Milligan, proprietor of the Lit erty theatre, Ferry street, SchuylervilU N. Y., is erecting a combination hous which will be completed by November 2« The building will be 36 by 120 feet, wU have a seating capacity of 500 and wi cost $25,000. The feature of the hous will be a forty stop pipe organ. Mr. Mil ligan is acting as his own architect an^ builder. Start Davenport House Work has been started on the $io,c house of the Baid Amusement Co. at Da venport, la. H. E. Reimer of Marsha town, la., is the architect. To Build at Madison, Wis A moving picture theatre will be erectj ed at North Fairchild and West Mil streets, Madison, Wis., on the site 00 pied by the Ford Studio. The propei is owned by the Madison Realty Compani Work will be started in a month. It's Noiseless. It's Positive. It's Foolproof. It's Economical. It's Creating Satisfied Customers Throughout the United States. Let us send you the names of a few of them. You can't move a curtain evenly by hand like you can with the Vallen Automatic Curtain Machine. You need a proper track whether you have a machine or not. We make the proper track. E. J. Vallen Electrical Co. 85 So. Canal St. Akron, Ohio Gold Fibre Screens Pre-eminent reproduction is a screen's real worth ; reputation is its market. SampUs and littraturt upon retinal ^World's Largest Producers Ji^otionPictureScreens. I