Boxoffice-March.06.1948

DeVry Adapts 16mm
For Big Theatres
PORT MONMOUTH, N.
J.—A 16mm projector,
manufactured by the DeVry Corp. of
Chicago for use by the special services of
the army, can be used to show pictures effectively
on the screens of big theatres, according
to Edward K. Kaprellan, chief of the
photographic branch of the army signal
corps laboratories.
A new lens with a longer focal length has
been developed by DeVry to overcome the
problem of getting enough light in the 16mm
projectors to show pictures on big screens
suitable for 35mm film, according to Kaprelian.
The projector has also overcome
••jumping" and allows the film to run at high
speed through the projector without producing
a blurred image on the screen.
The model for the army is similar to one
that will soon be placed on the market for
the pliotographic industry, according to a
DeVry representative here.
Rank Denies Filming Off; Promises 40
LONDON Cliiirges by British fihn employes
and some theatremcn that production
is lagging at the Rank Organization studios
were flatly denied by J. Arthur Rank,
who declared his studios would turn out 40
pictures during 1948. Rank pointed out that
the original production estimate for this year
was 38, and he intends to increase this.
To indicate the increase in production over
the past two years. Rank cited figures. He
said 19 films were planned and delivered in
1946; 28 films in 1947.
Concerning a statement by the Film Industry
Employes Council that only one picture
is in work at the Pinewood studios, Rank
said this Is inaccurate. He declared: "It is
not necessary for a camera to be turning before
a film can be reckoned as '"in production."
The planning of shooting schedules
the building and striking of sets . . . are
integral parts of film production."
He listed five films in work at Pinewood—
••Dulcimer Street," now shooting: "The Passionate
Friends," to begin shooting within a
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