Moving Picture Age (Jan-Dec 1922)

26 MOVING PICTURE AGE April, 1922 QUARTER SIZE IYl inch 2% " 3 " $30 31 4 to 6 Inches $25 SOLD BY ALL LEADING SUPPLY HOUSES Send for descriptive booklet. HALF SIZE 5J4 to 8% inches $50 9 to 11 inches $60 KOLLMORGEN OPTICAL COMPANY 35 Steuben Street Brooklyn, N. Y., U. S. A. We manufacture "Snaplite Jr." lenses for portable projection machines. MINU/A Portable Screens Ask us for a Paragon type sample large enough for a practical demonstration. This is the type used extensively by Colleges, Schools, Churches and Industrial plants, everywhere. Samples and literature upon request World's Largest Producers^ Mot ion Picture Screens. DANTE'S jMm , "INFERNO" ..-■:■■:.■■ ' ■■:<-'.■■■■ ■ * (The Divine Comedy) ■ ■■...: ~ ■;■■' '. •■:■■ ■. ■. ..■;■/ '■;■ : The immortal conception %S» jmIkh of the Inferno by this im flS BH9lBn6Bra^S^''^^^S8^9 perishable author is beyond ^*B1 ma doubt one of the most in Br '^H spired and imaginative masterpieces ever con ceived. Its picturization brings to the moving pic ture industry the visual / ''WM'1 /-■■■"■ ^^''^-Ife^^lJ^li^B^ classic beyond compare. Non-theatrical exchanges and educational institutions can obtain copies or territorial rights by com municating with Wmlr*' Kwmlm l' jawitz PI? :■■ :^^^%^^i:::^^k^^^^S &. PICTURES CORPORATION The advertisement of the Raven Screen Company appearing in the March number contained the statement "Raven Haftone Screen issued by the largest and finest motion-picture houses," etc. The word "issued" should have been "is used." We regret exceedingly that this misconstruction was placed upon the Raven Screen Company's advertisement. Rural Exhibitions in Montana (Continued from page 15) greater the work with an almost complete, interested attendance ! A program was scheduled for a farmhouse one evening at 8. About noon the weather turned stormy, and the snow started to lift and travel in the air, which is a bad sign on the prairies of Montana. I started for the place and arrived at the farm home about 4. About half of the people were there then, and by 5 they were all there. They came early on account of the storm. I dare say that without the motion-picture program not more than a dozen people would have turned out because of the storm ; but as it was the project work was completed and the program was put on with good results, making a second trip unnecessary. Those present stayed all night, as the blizzard was so bad they were afraid to start home. In instances like this one I have been saved a second trip to a community, and have completed a definite piece of work, thanks to our motion pictures. Using the Projector in the Summer At summer picnics the schoolhouse is seldom large enough to hold the crowd, for at such gatherings four or five hundred is an average crowd. Therefore it is necessary to show the films outdoors, and this is successful unless it is a very windy or a bright moonlight night ; then the difficulty can be solved by getting around on the side that the wind does not strike or on the shady side of the building. In fact, in the summertime it is more comfortable to film the pictures outside than inside, and is just as satisfactory. I often put on two programs a day by filming the pictures in the afternoon. By putting a horse-blanket or some dark covering such as an overcoat over the windows no difficulty has ever been experienced in putting on a program at 2 o'clock in the afternoon. The financing of the exhibitions is very important, but not difficult. In this county educational films have always been used, and the only expense we have had has been the transportation. That amounted to a lot of money, and had to be met. The way the expense was handled was by getting the business men of the different towns to advertise on slides. These were run at the beginning of each program all over the county. Each business house was charged ten dollars per year per slide. The business houses considered it good advertising, and it more than paid our expenses and added no extra expense or work to the program. The business men were glad to co-operate with us in this way. Choice of Films Not Difficult The selection of films is the easiest part of the work. There are so many sources of good films that getting films has never' bothered me. The project work decides the subject, and then the selections are made from the dozen and one sources to visualize the subject under discussion. Really there ar.e so many sources of good films that no one need anticipate any trouble in that connection. The machine used is a DeVry projector and DeVry generator, made especially to attach to a Ford motor for power. This is a very satisfactory and complete outfit. The generator does not bother the car motor in the least, nor does the motor heat when putting on a program in warm weather. The projector is very easy to operate and requires very little attention. It is very well made and from a year's experience with it I do not see why a projector would not last ten years with proper care. The projection is good, clean-cut, and without a flicker. The experience of the writer has been that the Bausch & Lomb rough aluminum curtain, on a roller like a window curtain, gives the best satisfaction and is the most convenient to carry around. With this kind of a curtain you always have a smooth curtain, but where'a sateen or muslin curtain is used it is markedly difficult to get the surface perfectly smooth. Then too many nails are required, and often it is not permissible to drive nails where you wish your curtain. Two nails or screws placed permanently are all that is needed with our curtain. When you are through with it it can be rolled up and put in a box; strap it to the side of the automobile and it is always in good shape. Mud and rain have never bothered the curtain in the least. All of our programs are put on in rural schoolhouses or farm