The Moving picture world (September 1923-October 1923)

448 MOVING PICTURE WORLD September 29, 1923 Duratize YOUR FILMS PROLONG THE LIFE OF YOUR PRINTS Write for sample, or better still, send us a reel of new positive, not waxed, to be Duratized without charge. Duratizing is an economy. Not an expense. Dura Film Protector Co. ALLAN A. LOWNES. PRES. 220 WEST 42nd ST, N. Y. Phone: Bryant 6576 INSIST UPON Duratized FILMS Crandall's 1800 Seat Ambassador Is a Notably Magnificent House SPECIAL ROLL TICKETS Your own special Ticket, any colors, accurately numbered ; every roll guaranteed. Coupon Tickets for Prise Drawings; $5.06. 16.06. Prompt shipments. Cash with the order. Get the samples. Send ^T"" for Basal led Seat Coupon Tickets, serial or dated. All tickets must conform to Government regulation and bear established of admission and tax paid. SPECIAL TICKET PRICES Five Thousand fAOO Ten Thousand CM Fifteen Thousand §.50 Twenty-five Thousand CM Fifty Thousand 17 cs One Hundred Thousand 1CM Shamolrin, Pa National Ticket Co. Opera chairs and floorcoverinos. You will need both In your new building. There will be money In it for you if you get our proposition before purchasing. Factory close-outs made to suit your requirements In plain and upholstered opera chairs, at prices that save you 25% over what salesmen will quote you. Flooreoverlngs of the best made; government standard Battleship Linoleum and carpets at money. saving prices. Direct to you. J. P. REDINGTON. Scranton, Pa. HALLBERG MOTOR GENERATORS Are the best for Projectors. J. H. HALLBERG 445 Riverside Drive New York CRANDALL'S new Ambassador Theatre at Eighteenth street and Columbia Road, northwest, Washington, D. C, was thrown open to the public September 20. Located in a populous section of northwest Washington, it will undoubtedly prove a popular link in the chain of houses operated by the Crandall Amusement Company. The Ambassador is built upon the cantilever system of steel construction, with no interdependence between the steel framing and the walls. The steel structure is reared from cement footings imbedded deep in the earth, and is not at any place wall-bearing. One of the most important departures from usual practice is the distribution of the weight of the building over the earth at the rate of three tons per square foot, instead of four tons. The exterior of the theatre is of limestone in straight lintel construction, surmounted on the upper portion of the building by a stuccoed wall with delicate pilasters projecting therefrom in a highly ornamental and very light cornice. The marquise extending over the main entrance on Eighteenth street to the curb line is low and rich in design, affording both weather protection and beauty. Lobby Finished in Marble The main entrance lobby is finished in marble, with handsome pendant lighting fixtures and decorative poster frames, in which ample display of current and coming attractions can be made. There is only one marble staircase leading to the balcony, rising from the Columbia Road end of the foyer and leading directly into the promenade lounge, where comfortable chairs and divans will always be at the disposal of patrons. The balcony is broad and low and extends only a short distance over the rear of the orchestra floor, is domed at the back and distinctive in character and beauty of its lighting fixtures. The auditorium is in an Italian Renaissance design with soft, blue-grey and buff tints, set off with gold leaf and black, to produce an effect that is almost Oriental in its dignified beauty. The seats are leather with backs of embossed velvet of old gold, which, with the black and gold carpet, heavily padded, and with an exceptionally deep pile. One especially beautiful feature of the new house is the unique main ceiling lighting fixture. The entire center of this huge dome is of leaded work with draped crystal trimming and amber glass, susceptible of polychrome effects by reason of the three-color lighting system with its series of Ward Leonard dimmers and blenders. This fixture, although it appears of the lightest and most fragile construction, has an entire inner frame of structural steel upon which a man may stand to relamp the fixture or for any other necessary purpose. There will be matinees at the Ambassador on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays only, with night performances seven days a week. There will be four changes of bill Introducing the Best Designed and Most Durable REWINDER and DUMMY Ever Constructed Beautifully Finished in Battleship Grey Enamel Machined throughout. Made to stand long, hard service. Will accommodate 14" reel. Supplied by all live dealers. Manufactured and Guaranteed by C. R. BAIRD CO., 243 E. 151st Street, New York Makers and Distributors of Moving Picture Machine Parts Since 1909 a week with one-day showings on Saturday. At the Saturday matinees, prices will be: Adults, 25 cents for any seat in the house up to 5 p. m.; children, 20 cents. Nights and holiday matinees: Orchestra, adults, 40 cents, children 30 cents; balcony, adults 25 cents, children 20 cents. All prices include the war tax and none will be varied regardless of the magnitude of the feature projected upon the screen. Power's Equipped Projection Room The projection room is equipped with two 6-B improved Power's projectors, with G. E. high intensity lamps, which throw the picture on a Raven half-tone screen. The Ambassador Grand Orchestra of twenty solo artists is under the conductorship of Bailey Alart, who, in addition to being a violinist and pianist, has two light opera scores and many symphonic and lighter concert forms for full orchestra to his credit. Mr. Alart has served in the capacity of musical director in many of the most representative theatres in this country and Canada. His concert master and assistant conductor is James N. Nash, who formerly served in the same capacity at the Portola Theatre in San Francisco. In addition to the splendid orchestra, the Ambassador is equipped with a mammoth new triple-manual pipe organ. The theatre is ventilated by latest model of Typhoon cooling system, such as has operated with such conspicuous success in the other theatres comprising the Crandall chain, which, with the addition of the Ambassador and the Tivoli, under construction at Fourteenth street and Park Road, northwest, will number ten houses of the first rank in Washington and five outside. The new Ambassador is under the resident managership of Robert Etris, with Paul Hurney serving as assistant manager. The total seating capacity is approximately 1,800, and is unique in that there are no boxes on either floor. The completed, furnished and equipped theatre represents a total cost of about $500,000. The Week's Record of Albany Incorporations A half dozen motion picture companies received charters from the Secretary of State during the week ending September 15 permitting them to engage in the motion picture industry in New York State. The six companies revealed a total capitalization of but $35,500. These companies included the Efrem Zimbalist, Inc., $500, with Joseph L. Greenberg, Joseph M. Berk and Martha Tischler, New York City: Danube Film Corporation, Buffalo, $10,000, Michael Kosztin, George Takaos, Buffalo ; Julius Zakany, Lackawanna ; Columbus Cinema Production Co., Inc., $5,000, N. Scalya Minolfi, Mario A. Sola, Alfred Gandolfi, New York ; Sims Amusement Corporation, $5,000, Jonas and Mary Sims, New York; L. D. Adolph, Brooklyn; Kelly & Company, Inc., $5,000, Harry A. Kelly, Edward G. Gonzales, F. A. Lavin, New York; Foto Topics, inc.. $10,000, Harold and Charles A. Stein, William T. Hennessy, New York. Hoffman Bros, to Build Washington House The proposed erection of a new moving picture theatre in the northwest section of Washington, D. C, has been announced by Clare E.