Motion Picture News (Jan-Feb 1922)

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1052 Motion Picture News N. A. M. L. FORUM ( Continued from page 1050) To use them, insert one of them two or three feet from or above “End of part 1” or “End of part 2” as the case may be and rewind. When the reel is being used and gets to within two or three feet of the end, the little square metal will drop to the bottom of the magazine, making a slight tinkling noise, this is the time to start the other projector and fade over. The piece of sheet metal is taken out when rethreading and w£und in for the next show. Ena/ 1/itEL Us I Am the Moving Picture Operator By A. J. McCosker 1AM the Moving Picture Operator. You vast army of picture lovers to whose enjoyment my life and work is dedicated seldom have occasion to note my existence. I am the Exhibitors’ ally in the oppressive booth high up near the rafters. Hour on hour my solitude is unbroken save for the clicking of my projection machine. Into my hands come endless miles of film representing millions of money, long days and nights of hoping, planning and striving. The authors’ dreams, the financiers’ rewards, the directors’ artistry, the actors’ ambitions, the exhibitors’ prestige — all these are in my keeping; to make secure by proper presentation on the screen and reflected there to beguile, amuse, excite or sadden you. I am the contact with the multitude and the custodian of your safety. I arn the Moving Picture Operator. Every operator does or should inspect his film before showing, so they can be inserted for the first show. They are so thin it will not be noticed in the rewinding and if they are smoothed down with a file, there is nothing to scratch or injure the film. A small hole may be drilled through them so they can be hung on a hook of some kind above the rewind table always within easy reach. Any operator can cut them out of tin or any other handy metal with a pair of tinner’s snips. If any of the boys try this stunt and like it. I wish they would write and tell me about it. I would never do without the little square pieces of metal. Yours for better change-overs, Bert Mellinger, Royal Theatre, Church and Spring St., Reading, Penna. Apparently Brother Mellinger has had very good success with his method of change-over. However, to one that has never used this method the question might arise, does the piece of metal ever slip and get caught with the film in any manner, scratching or tearing same? Would the metal fall down into the rollers, etc. From the description given in the letter it would seem that no such troubles had been encountered but at least we should keep these precautions in mind. Dear Ed.: Tech. Ed. Inclosed find application blank for membership in the N. A. M. L. Read the League Forum each week and certainly think it is a fine thing, and would like to see every Projectionist go into it, as it will not only help to eliminate the evils practised in the projection room but help to build up the Motion Picture industry as a whole, because Membership Buttons It has been customary for this department to furnish a celluloid membership button to new members upon receipt of their applications. Our present supply of buttons has been exhausted, and we are now considering the possibility of ordering a bronze metal button and charging the members for its actual cost. From the quotations we have at hand it appears that we would have to charge about twenty-five or thirty cents. To help us decide we would appreciate hearing from the various members on this matter. the progress of the industry itself is based on results obtained in the Projection room, and those results certainly can not be obtained when having to contend with punch marks, bad patches, misframes, etc. If there are any members of the N. A. M. L. who are having trouble and if I am able to help them, will be very glad to do so and try and do my bit to make the N. A. M. L. Projectionists 100 per cent, perfect. Will write again soon, describing my Projection room and equipment as it is considered the best in the state, and personally I believe it is. Projectionally yours, Chester Douglas. Liberty Theatre, Oregon City, Oregon. Brother Douglas certainly has the right view point for a projectionist. He feels the responsibility that rests with the fellows putting the picture on the screen. The better every part of the motion picture industry becomes the better for everyone concerned. — Ed. m m m n Blank for New League Members Member’s Name Home Address Theatre Name and Address of Theatre Manager. m m \m m m m Dear Sir: Enclosed you will find application for membership in the N. A. M. L. which I hope you will accept. Have only a small house in a small town and do my own projecting, and my one ambition is to give my patrons as near perfect projection as possible under small town conditions. After reading your projection dept, in the News for the past year, I have come to the conclusion that today it is absolutely necessary for all operators and theatre managers to work together in order to keep film in good condition. In your issue of Jan. 28, I noticed an article by R. E. Burnett No. 1413 which I think would be a good idea for all film exchanges to have printed and distributed to all projectionists. Will close with best wishes for continued success of N. A. M. L. Geo. B. Fraley, Jr. Dear Sir: Find application blank for membership in the National Anti-Misframe League. I am operator at the U. S. A. Theatre at Sidney, Neb. I have been operating for the past seven years and here I have 2 Powers 6As with mercury vapor rectifiers, spot light, etc. This is one of the best projection booths in the state of Nebraska. Yours truly, P. J. Guthrie, Sidney, N eb. Dear Sir: Am now operating at the Ohio Theatre, this city. I certainly have real equipment, two Powers C. B. machines, latest improved type, and everything in the booth to make an operator’s life worth while. We also just installed a Gardner Velvet Gold Fibre Screen. They certainly are fine. We get all films from Cincinnati and beg to say they are all in good condition, if not they are put in good condition. Am glad to see how the membership has grown. Yours respectfully, An old league member, No. 19. Harry Everhart. Ohio Theatre, Greenville, Ohio. The News Solves Problems NATIONAL ANTI-MISFRAME LEAGUE PLEDGE A S a motion picture operator who has the interest of his profession at heart and is willing to assist in eliminating some of the evils practised in the operating-room, I promise that I will to the best of my ability return films to the exchange in first-class condition. Furthermore, I will when it becomes necessary remedy all misframes, bad patches, etc., that may be in the film which I receive and in this way co-operate with my brother operators and give greater pleasure to those who make up the motion picture audience by showing films that are free from such defects. I also promise that I will not make punch marks in film, and when film is received by me, with punch holes, I will notify the exchange to that effect so that they may use their efforts to correct this evil.