Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 November 1939 — Page 18

Peter: | Test Ruling On Booking

13 Companies Appeal U. S. Court Finding to Circuit Bench.

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 8 (U. P.).— A Federal Court ruling, considered one of the most important affecting the motion picture industry was ~ started toward the U. S. Supreme Court today. The lower court held

> that feature film preference to

chain theaters violated the. Sherman Anti-trust Law. Thirteen major producers are defendants. The test suit was brought by the Landis Theater, Vineland, N. J, which charged that chain theaters - were given preference over independent owners in showing feature films. The defendant companies filed an immediate appeal in the U. S. Circuit Court and it was virtually certain that the case eventually would be decided by the nation’s highest tribunal. Defendants were Warner Brothers Pictures, Inc., Warner Brothers Circuit Management Corp., Warner Brothers Theater, Inc., of New York and Pennsylvania, Vitagraph, Inc., Param Pictures, Inc. Paramount Pictures Distributing Co., Inc, REKO-Radio Pictures, Inc. Loew's Inc. 20th-Century-Fox Films Corp, Columbia Pictures Corp., Universal Film Exchanges, Inc, and United Artists Corp.

LEAGUE TO GIVE PLAYLET FRIDAY

3 : A playlet, “Reference Required,” will be given Friday night at the first performance of the Indiana Rehabilitation League’s new drama group. The performance will be held at the Public Library’s Cropsey auditorium, beginning at 7:30 p. m. Cast members are Mary A. Wilson, Dorothy Christensen, Bertha Harris and Alice M. Sullivan. Ben Russell and Richard Hathaway are the directors. Helen Sommers, pianist, also will appear on the program.

WARREN CENTRAL SHOW SCHEDULED

Members of the Warren Central High School speech class will give three plays Friday night at the school gymnasium. The performances will be under direction of W. R. Moore, speech instructor. Students taking part include Patsy Shields, Herbert Wachstetter, William Wulf, Virginia Bourne, Bert DeWitt, Frank Smith, Juanita Hope, Robert Bedell, Vivian Meek, Marion Thompson and Marjorie Pool.

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Music of sorts—all sorts—is included on India napolis’ music calendar for the next few days. Above are Vitya Vronsky and Victor Babin, the Russian guo -pianists who will open the Martens Concerts season on Sunday afternoon at English’s. And for those with a taste for lighter things, the Lyric will present

Borrah Minnevich’s

“Harmonica Rascals” (below) on its Stage for the week beginning Friday.

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—By HARRY MORRISON

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When a second dot appears that means the reel is about to be changed. For a picture that runs about 80 minutes, the average length

of a feature film, there will be three changes, or four reels. Each reel runs about 20 minutes. The projection room of the average neighborhood theater is about like that of the Uptown. We went up there the other night to see exactly what happened. There are two projectors. They're for the purpose of changing reels without any break in. the show. The operator watches for the second black dot and switches the other machine on when he sees it. As soon as the second machine is running he puts reel No. 3 in the - first machine and starts looking for more black dots. " = 2 THE FILM IS 35 millimeters wide, a little less than an inch. Along the side of the film is the sound track. It is a series of crooked lines of varying Sonsky.

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After the film has run before the light in the projector it runs before a photo-electric cell. The cell translates light into sound. Some of the newer films have two sound tracks, one on each side of the film. This makes it possible to make sound louder without distorting. The first time the result of this new technique was seen in Indianapolis was in the Jascha Heifetz film at Loew's. Each of the projectors like the ones the Uptown uses costs a total of about $1300. This includes about $100 for the lens, about $700 for the light mechanism and about $500 for the track carriage and motor. This type of projector can be used for any size theater in the city. They're about as high as a man. They don’t have to be bigger for bigger houses. All houses have at least two machines, and some of the downtown theaters have three. » # ” THERE IS A difference in sound equipment. There’s a man in addition to the operator who keeps a constant check on the sound. He watches the picture on the screen and makes sure the sound is synchronized properly with ‘images on the screen. He also checks on the proper volume. He wears earphones most of the time. When it is necessary for him to take them off, there’s a megaphone in the projection booth that can be adjusted to audience reception. He keeps tab on that. The sound comes out of a large horn behind the screen and several smaller horns under the larger one. This is usually the casa at a theater the size of the Uptown. In larger theaters there are two or more larger horns and numerous smaller ones. The larger horns carry the bass notes. The smaller the horns, the higher frequency sound they carry. Some of ‘the larger theaters are honeycombed with horns behind the screen, because, as the need for volume increases, so likewise the precautions to do away with distortion,

THE MIDWEEK calendar: AVALON — Toni ght and +t Tr thine * Castle” and ‘“‘She’s Got EveryELMON' Tonight and tomorrow: So Work’ and ‘Code of the Secret

NEMA—Tonight and to orrow: “No Man of Her Own” and is Man Is NO A1SY—Tonight and onight and to Orrow: “Winter Carnival” and * noay k an x RSON—' TRL; ingstone” and “ morrow. through a Women”. and “Co ..ESQUIR! ‘The Mikado” FOUNTAIN Sant “Let Ui nav through

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Came’ and.” AMILTON-—Tonight: of the a aour Girls.” ay: “Winter

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OE rUA~Tomleht and tomorrow: ‘“BroadJo Musketeers” and “Outside These

ORIENTAL Tonight: “Island of Lost Men” and ‘They All Come Out.” ToMorrow through Saturday, “Four Feathers” and “Quick Millions PARAMOUNT— Tonight: ring High, Swing Low’ and' chort subfec > morrow and Friday, : atunt E loi and “Arizona Mahoner w 2 PARKEK—Tonight: “Juvenile Court” and ‘‘Whispering Enemies. Tomorrow through Saturday: “Daughters Coyra geous” and “Bad Man of Brimston REX—Tonight: ‘Touchdown edi and “Girl From exico.”” Tomorrow Through Saturday: Wizard of Oz” and wy Moto Tak 8 2

short subjects. RITZ--Tonight: nemies.”’ 3 he Rains Tone

RIVOLI—Toni . “The _ Spellbinder”’ and “Clouds Ovar Europe.” Tomorrow through Sunday: ** ile, Rains Came” and’ “Dust Be Destin

My ST. CAT opt: “Frontier Marshal” and “They All Come out.” Tomorrow through. Sunday: “The Rains Came” and “Thunder Afioat.” a OWN — Tonight: “Lady -of ihe opics” and ‘Night Work.” 'omorr through Saturday: ‘Clouds over, Europe and “When Tomorrow Comes SANDERS—'Toni hi: “San Francisco” and “Lone Wolf Spy Ba. Tomorrow through Saturday: Ry Patrol” and “Ghost Town Rider SHERIDAN Tonight: “King Kong" and “Prairie Moon, ” Tomorrow through Saturday: “Daughters Coyrage ous’’ and “Mr. Wong in Chinatow SPEEDWAY—Tonight Nd tomorrow: she Came Back” and ‘Miracles for

STATE—Tonigh,, and tomorrow: ‘Hotel for and ‘Touchdown my.’

STRAND Tonia: + Slouds, Over, EuIi Baba Goes to Town. On AV, “Thunder Afloat rand

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TA Toni and ‘Inside In raat 10! through Saturday: “The nd ‘‘Code of the ‘Streets.

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THE STAGE

'On Borrowed Time' Diverting Bit Of Fantasy With Death Powerless

By JAMES THRASHER

em SPECTACLE OF DEATH ‘mortal

‘has achieved this end, first of all, by making Death look a bit ridiculous, and making his. mortal adversary a ar believable, humorous profane and fearless old gentleman by the name of Julian Northrup, more familiarly known as Gramps. No one, not even Death—or Mr. Brink, as he is known in the play —can quite maintain his dignity when he is stuck up in an apple tree and not allowed to come down until Gramps is good and ready to let him. And that is just what Gramps does. For Gramps did a good deed, and Pud, his young grandson, reads in his story book that whoever does a good deed can make a wish and it will be fulfilled) -

» ® # GRAMPS’ REQUEST doesn’t seem very portentous when he makes it. Momentarily angered

"at a boy who has stolen his ap-

ples, he casually wishes that anyone who climbs his apple tree in the back yard would have to stay there until he gets ready 5 let them down. That does it. But beiore he- Bets. Mr. Brink where he wants him, the unwelcome stranger has taken Rud’s parents and his grandmother. He comes for Gramps, too. But the old gentleman tricks him , into the tree, because he needs to stay around and protect Pud from his sanctimonious, avaricious Aunt Demefria. So, because Gramps builds a fence ‘around the tree and warns everyone away on peril of their lives, Demetria tries to get him declared insane, as well she might even if Pud’s legacy were not $50,000 and she the nearest relative. But Gramps proves Mr. Brink's ‘existence in a tremendously ex-

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man does not, on the surface, appear a Hikely subject for comedy. At least, it never had until Lawrence Watkins wrote a novel called “On Borrowed Time” and Paul Osborne converted it into a play. But the result, which closes its brief engagement at English’s tonight, is a diverting, amusing and wholly delightful bit of fantasy. Mr.

réndered powerless by the hand of

citing scene with the town doctor and the guard from the asylum, #8 ® = “ON BORROWED TIME” .is one of the most artful variations on the old theme of “love conquers all” that one could wish for. It .seems a pity, then, that last

dramatic picture. ] the five scenes of th there were too few moments without distortion of performance. The whole effect of this delicate fantasy depends upon the characters: being human and credible. Yet the usually reliable Taylor Holmes, who is Gramps, seemed to be playing, for the most part, with a Jeeter Lester hangover. It is no reflection on his “Tobacco Road” performance of three years ago that it was out of place in last night’s play. Nor was Mr. Holmes the only

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