{"id":3226,"date":"2025-12-07T14:27:58","date_gmt":"2025-12-07T14:27:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brianpritchard.com\/wp\/?p=3226"},"modified":"2026-01-30T10:01:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T10:01:00","slug":"dworsky-film-machine-corporation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brianpritchard.com\/wp\/british-motion-picture-laboratories\/dworsky-film-machine-corporation\/","title":{"rendered":"Dworsky Film Machine Corporation"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dworsky Film Machine Corporation<\/b><\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n

This is an advertising leaflet that was found inside a booklet issued by the SMPE 'The Lubrication of Motion Picture Film<\/a>' in 1927.\u00a0 It is describing a machine to wax film prints\u00a0 that will eliminated scratches.<\/span><\/h4>\n

Their address is given as:<\/span><\/p>\n

Dworsky Film Machine Corporation<\/i><\/b><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Office and Factory<\/i><\/b><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

520 West 48th St<\/i><\/b><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

New York City<\/i><\/b><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Chickering 3353<\/i><\/b><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

There are 3 Patents issued at the US Patent Office by Abraham S Dworsky:<\/span><\/p>\n

US 1716878 for a Film Cleaning Machine 1929<\/span><\/p>\n

US 1716879\u00a0 for\u00a0 a Machine for Inspecting Films 1929<\/span><\/p>\n

US 1927784 for a Film Cleaning Machine 1933<\/span><\/p>\n

In 1929 he was listed as coming from Minneapolis, in 1933 he was in New York.<\/span><\/p>\n

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For further information on Film Waxing please see Lubrication of Motion Picture Film<\/span>.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Here is the text of the leaflet - please click image to see the pages.<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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