Motion Picture News (Jan-Feb 1922)

656 Plastic Relief Ornaments Ornamental Lighting Fixtures Distinctive Designs We are equipped to manufacture special designs from architectural drawings. Let us estimate on your requirements. 1URITE FOR CATALOGUE No Job Too LARGE or Too SMALL SERVICE QUALITY PRICE Oltjr National Plastic Sclicf (Company 328 Main St., Cincinnati, Ohio WANTED Gentleman, having represented Pathe’s for 14 years and being well acquainted with the Paris trade, desires agency for good films. First-class references. Apply to MR. CHAS. MERVILLE 94 Rue La Fayette Paris, France NO. 7176 IRIS LILY BOUQUET, 24 x 30 inches, in lavender, pink, yellow, or red with natural prepared foliage, including vase, as illustrated, each $1.75, per dozen $18.00. MY SPRING CATALOGUE NO. 7, containing illustrations in colors of Artificial Flowers, Plants, Vines, etc. MAILED FREE FOR THE ASKING. FRANK NETSCHERT No. 61 Barclay St., New York, N. Y. WHY PAY MORE? THE BEST RESULTS ARE OBTAINED Rebuilt Simplex Moving Picture Machines Motor Drive $195.00 Hand Drive .... 175.00 Large Magazines, Complete, guaranteed MONARCH THEATRE SUPPLY CO. 223 Union Avenue Memphis, Tenn. Good Business in Texas The weekly reports which are constantly received indicate a very brisk business in motion picture theatre construction throughout the central southwest. The Gayety and Princess theatres at Dallas, Texas, closed their doors on December 18th, for the reason that the building is to be torn down to be replaced with a modern structure, which will house a clothing store and a movie theatre. The theatre will be called the Fox and will show pictures exclusively at popular prices. Harry Simon will erect a new theatre at Akard and Pacific Streets, Dallas, Texas, in the near future. The Buffalo theatre at Pawnee, Okla, was remodelled and will show both pictures and vaudeville. Slocum & Blackmore have opened a new movie theatre at Woodward, Okla. The Dixie theatre at Coleman, Texas, has closed down for remodelling, wiring and the increasing of its seating capacity. A new movie theatre will be built at Fairview, Okla. Harold Barlow has opened a moving picture house in the old opera house at Waukomis, Okla. — Noble. Proper Care of Motor Generator ( Continued from page 647) used for this work because the emery dust will embed itself in the face of the brushes and cause rapid wear of the commutator. The ballast rheostats provided with the equipment require very little attention. However, it is advisable to inspect the contact arm occasionally to assure that the contactor portion presses firmly against the buttons. If the buttons or contactor are burned or pitted they should be polished with sand paper. Especially in the case of a new installation after the contractors have turned the new theatre over to the management all the connection should be checked against the diagram, Figure i, to assure that the generator ballast, rheostats, control panel and lamps will function properly. It is particularly important to have the positive side of the circuit connected to the upper carbon in each lamp so that the crater will be formed on this carbon. This white hot crater produces about 80 per cent, of the total light in the arc and therefore it should be formed on the upper carbon so it may be effectively directed toward the condensers. The wiring to the control panel mounting and the meters should be also inspected. It is particularly important that the leads from the ammeter to the shunt be those supplied with the meter and provided with special slotted cable terminals. The meter is calibrated to read correctly with the shunt and these particular leads. If the leads are exchanged for others, or if they are altered by cutting and splicing to change the length, the resistance of the leads will be changed and the meter readings will be far from correct. For the same reason the voltmeter terminals should not be connected to the ammeter leads but should be connected by individual wires to the generator circuit. t U t I LfXS Motion Picture News usiness Ule rings SALESMAN WANTED — SALESMAN acquainted with buyers and who can obtain orders for sales check books, can make favorable commission arrangements with leading Chicago concern in this line. Chicago Sales Book Co., 337 W. Madison St., Chicago. A-l man as Manager or Assistant Manager of Motion Picture Theatre. Also competent to direct j the music. Address Box 80, Motion Picture News, New York. Mailing Lists MOVING PICTURE AND LEGITIMATE THEATRES 22165 Moving Picture by States, per M. $5.00 1219 Film Exchanges, for List 7.50 196 Manufacturers and Studios 3.50 419 Machine and Supply Dealers 4.00 3674 Legitimate Theatres U. S. and Canada 25.00 810 Vaudeville Theatres 7.50 A. F. WILLIAMS 166 W. Adams Street Chicago FOR COLOR EFFECTS USE <ftec° Hoods For 5-10 W. and 25-40 W. Lamp. Mads si N.lur.l Colo# .4 Glass Colors show Beautiful and Brilliant and are Permanent Far Ahead of Dip and Let* Cottly REYNOLDS ELECTRIC CO. 2(50 W. Congret. St, Chicags, III “MOTSCO" The perfect Maxda Adapter and current reducer. Demand the *aMotsco” If you want the bast. Write for full Information MONARCH THEATRE SUPPLY CO. 724 So. 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