The motion picture projectionist (Oct 1928-Oct 1929)

30 The Motion Picture Projectionist September, 1 929 You Never Know You Have a Stomach When Digestion is Good So with proper current supply. The Projectionist rarely thinks about his TRANSVERTER because it functions so smoothly, quietly and efficiently. Just a little ordinary care and it operates for years, delivering uniform current satisfaction. "If you show pictures — especially Talkies' — you need a TRANSVERTER." Sold in the U. S. A. by The National Theatre Supply Co. Canadian Distributors Perkins Electric, Ltd. THE HERTNER ELECTRIC COMPANY 'vzom 12688 Elmwood Avenue jfii Cleveland, Ohio, U. S. A. Exclusive Manufacturers of the Transverter. J Universal Film Splicing Machine MODEL NO. 3 Pat. March 22:22 First-Class Results on New or Old Film Permanent Gauge No Adjusting FOR THEATRES, EXCHANGES LABORATORIES, SCHOOLS Price $6.00 GENERAL MACHINE CO., INC. 816-826 East 140th St., NEW YORK, N. Y. For sale by all Supply Dealers Paramount Now Ready To Show Wide Film FURTHER details of the new wide film which Paramount has already demonstrated in New York and which is scheduled to have a public showing on Broadway this Fall are supplied by Lorenzo Del Riccio, technician at the Long Island studios of this company, who is now on the West Coast seeking further data on production methods with an eye to improving his process. Del Riccio is credited with the Magnascope, which was first used in presenting full screen sequences of "Old Ironsides." However, Magnascope was only a method of magnifying the picture, whereas the new development is actually a larger film. 56 x 20 mm. Film The actual enlarged film picture is 56 millimeters wide and 20 millimeters in height, against the present proportions of a picture 35 by 18 millimeters. The height of the larger picture really takes up no more film than the smaller one, as Mr. Del Riccio explained that he has utilized two millimeters that were lost in the smaller picture. This wide film will be projected on a screen 20 by 40 feet. When Del Riccio went to work on this project, he was told by Jesse Lasky that there were three important points he must bear in mind. First, his enlarged screen must in no way interfere with sound equipment. In the second place, he must project a picture that would be entirely visible to spectators sitting under the balconies. Finally, there must be a minimum of changes in the theatre projection equipment. Del Riccio has obeyed these instructions and, so far as the third point is concerned, he said yesterday that only eight slight changes were necessary. The Paramount Studio has already produced a four-reel talking picture with the wide film. It is called "You're in the Army Now," and Del Riccio is satisfied with the results. He said, however, that in the first part of this film the corners of the picture were not quite sharp, a failing which was due to the manipulation of the camera. This fuzziness was corrected in. the rest of the film. New Projector Attachment Del Riccio also declared that with an attachment called an anamorphosa, which costs only $30, he could produce on the present standard size film a picture which would give wide screen results. It is really only suited to the smaller theatres, for in larger theatres the results would not be as satisfactory as those with the wider film frame. On the film the anamorphosa gives a picture that is distorted, but when it is projected this distortion is no longer apparent. Del Riccio said about this : "We have a line of chorus girls across a stage and two principals in the centre. The director has the 35-millimeter film in the camera that is set on the two principals. The number is sung and then the director desires to introduce the chorus. Without changing the position of the camera or lens the director can, by swinging the handle of the anamorphosa, cause the camera-angle to be increased until it includes the whole chorus. "The wide film will necessitate a new