Reel Life (1915-1916)

TimelyTopics of Interest to Makers of Picture Accessories What the Manufacturers Are Doing; Interesting Gossip of the Offices and the Salesmen A POWER’S Cameragraph, No. 6B motion picture projecting machine, was used at the National Exposition of Chemical Industries during the week of September 20th, at the Grand Central Palace, New York, to project the motion pictures depicting the many different phases of the chemical industries throughout the world. S. H. Jones, President of the Gold King Screen Company, of Altus, Okla., and inventor of that famous screen, is again back at his desk, after a prolonged visit to the San Francisco Fair. He reports a pleasant and profitable trip to the coast, having secured a large number of orders. Frederick J. Bird, of the Nicholas Power Company sales department, and one of the valuable cogs in the organization which has placed the Power’s motion picture projecting machines on sych a high plane, recently returned, to his desk, after a sojourn of several weeks in the Southern States. : i iylibxqj . Salesmen of the Mutual Film Corporation, traveling throughout every section of the country, in communications to the home office, report that the new $8,000,000 Mutual Program is the one big topic of conversation in film circles everywhere. Numerous manufacturers of accessories have also reported big business increases from cities and towns where exhibitors are now showing the program and the Mutual Masterpictures. Kansas City Slide Co., 1017 Central Street. Kansas City. Mo., are issuing an attractive illustrated and descriptive catalogue of announcements, slides and their Animated Cartoon Advertising Films to fit any business that can be advertised. A postal card addressed to these people will bring you one of these valuable pamphlets. When the Auditorium Amusement Company, of Dayton, O., decided that they needed a new screen, they called into conference “Dick” Ravner, of the Rayner Feature Film & Supply Company, of their city, for some advice in regard to projection. Mr. Rayner advised them to have the Minusa Cine Products Company build them a screen for their houses according to specifications, and the latter company is now at work on this contract. I ill1 The Antoinette Theatre. 1473 Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y„ has adopted the Feaster non-rewind system, and the operator’s verdict is that they are absolutely satisfactory and that he can obtain better projection by the use of same. Byron Chandler, Inc., distributors of the Feaster non-rewind machine, with offices at 1482 Broadway, New York City, this week consummated arrangements for the handling of their product throughout the Panama, Canal Zone. The Caille Brothers Company, of Detroit, Mich., has just issued a most attractive and complete catalog, showing its various equipment for motion picture theatres. This includes a detailed description of the company’s new ticket vending machine, the method of installation and operation; also its various designs of ticket-taking machines, as well as one for making change. In addition to this, illustrations of a full line of tickets are given, from which exhibitors may choose any style which they desire. There is also illustrated a correct weight scales for the lobby, which has proven to be a great novelty. The Minusa Cine Products Company recently awoke to find itself made famous over night, when their auditor, W. L. Schoening, was spending his vacation on the banks of the Casconade River, Missouri, was visited by one of the worst rainstorms in its entire history. Railroads were flooded out everywhere, and the town of Union, Mo., was seriously threatened. Mr. Schoening, in his machine, was instrumental in saving a number of inhabitants at a summer camp near that city, before the bridges connecting it with the main land were washed away. The director^ of the Minusa Cine Products Company are seriously considering bestowing upon him an iron cross, but the modesty of auditor Schoening may forbid him from accepting. BOARD OF TRADE SLIDE CO. MANUFACTURERS OF LANTERN SLIDES AND ANIMATED PICTURES 145 West 45th Street, New York DISPLAY FRAMES $ ‘ * v i For Posters and Stills SEE Menger & Ring, Inc. 306 West 42d St., New York ASK FOR CATALOGUE Successful Exhibitors Advertise TALK <T0 YOUR PATRONS WITH RADIO MAT-SLIDES The Perfected Typewriting Slide . Sample at your supply house RADIO MAT-SLIDE CO., 313 W. 70th St., N. Y. C. For Sale 300,000 FEET Of Black Leader Guaranteed durable and pliable Samples supplied on request Price $3.75 per thousand feet, F. O. B. Chicago CASH WITH ORDER MUTUAL FILM CORPORATION 350 North Clark St. CHICAGO, ILL. REEL LIFE — Page Thirty-one l