Progress SUPPLEMENT to AUGUST BULLETI L'

Progress SUPPLEMENT TO AUGUST BULLETI l'/

Roosevelt H aIel HOLLYWOOD August 20, ]929 10-Weeks Course In Sound Will Begin September 17

Convenient opportunity to review the fundamentals and theory of sound recording imd reproduction and to hear explanation and demonstration of the latest developments will be offered the personnel of the Hollywood mo tion picture studios for the first time with the opening of the Academy Sound School in September. The Board of Directors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts :lnd Sciences at its meeting August 11 formally approved the resolution adopted by the Producers Branch in July urgins; the creation of such a school. Eleven studios were represented at the*------ Branch meeting. The purpose of the school wi! not. Aoplic:>tion bl:>nks "nd !\. booklet b e to make every student a sound en giving full details of the first course gineer but the lectures and demon m the Academy Sound School may stration will present the basic princi be secured at the following offices: ples in language understandable to Academy of Motion Picture Arts those in other than technical depart and Sciences, Mezzanine, Roosevelt ments and will also provide a sys Hotel, Secretary Frank Woods, tematic resume of practical applica- GRanite 2134. tions. Pathe Studio-William Sistrom. Starts September 17 Metro-Goldwyn-1V.layer - H a r r y Rapf. The first session will be September Paramount-Famous-Lasky- B. P . 17, at the University of Southern Cali Schulberg. fornia. Ten class periods ar~ sche Fox Hollywood-Sol Wurtzel. duled in the first course. These will Fox Hills-H. Keith Weeks. be held Tuesday evenings from 7:30 W arner Bros.-WilJhrp Koenig. to 9:30. R.K.O.-William LeBaron. Dr. A. W. Nye, head of the Physics Universal-Walter Stern. Department, University of Southern Educational-E. H. Allen. California, will act as instructor for First N :> t ion"lI-Hpl W-.llis. the course. Lectures will be given by Tiffany-Stahl-John Stahl. leading sound experts from the stu United Artists-John Considine. dios, local universities and equipment research departments. Two classes will be held at U.S.C., two at U.C.L.A., quota by departments preference will four at the Academy and two at be given to Academy members. studios. A nominal tuition fee of $10 will be charged, except for members of the Application Open Academy. Fees must be deposited Application will be open to men in upon application for enrollment and all departments of motion picture pro will be refunded if the applicant is duction. From those who apply a not admitted. group of approximately a hundred It has been ararnged that so far as will be selected to take the first course. possible studio executives and depart Additional courses wi! be organized ment heads will cooperate by releas as the demand warrants. Selection ing employees during the class hours. will be based upon the recommenda In addition to regular attendance at the lectures, collateral reading will be tion of Academy members and repart required and an examination will be ment heads. If it is necessary to alot given at the end of the course. A the enrollment by fixing a limited (Continued on Page Two)

r August 30 Final 10 Weeks Course in Sound Will Begin September 17 Nomination Date (Continued from Page One) limited number of auditors and guests August 30 has been set as the final will be admitted to class sessions. date before which all . nominations must be received for the 1929 Awards Ten Weeks In Course of Merit of the Academy of Motion The lecture topics and dates will in Picture Arts and Sciences, it was an clude: nounced by the s ecretary today. 1. September 17. "A New Art in Nominating for the outstanding in the Making," an introductory talk by dividual achievements in motion pic an Academy official. "The Nature tures which will be signalized by the of Sound" by Dr. A. W. Nye, head of Academy annual awards is a privilege the physics deapartment, U.S.C. restricted to the Academy member 2. S eptember 24. "The Nature of ship. It is emphasized however that Sound" (continued, with laboratory Academy members are to nominate demonstrations ) by Dr. Nye. from the picures they have seen and that the object of the nominations is 3. October 1. "The Nat u r e of to present the names of as many as Speech and Hearing" by Dr. Vern O . possible who should be considered by Knuds en, PhYSics Department, Uni the boards of judges who will make versity .of California at Los Angeles. the final selections for the Awards. 4. October 8. "Architectural Ac- Competition Close oustics" by Dr. Knudsen. From the nominations received so 5. October 15. "Acoustics of Sound far in the 1929 Merit Awards compe Recording by J. P. Maxfield, recording tition, the candidates in each class engineer with E . R. P. 1. "Recording will be more numerous than was the Sound for Motion Pictures-The West case last year with the probability of ern Electric Systems" by Donald Mc many additional names being includ K enzie, recording engineer with E. R. ed in the final tabulation. P. 1. The acting performances of Warner 6. October 22. "The RCA System Baxter, Chester · Morris, George Ban- of Recording" by Ralph Townsend, croft, Emil Jannings, William Boyd, chief recording engineer for RCA Jean Hersholt, Douglas Fairbanks and Photophone. "The Fox-Case System" Richard Barthelmess are among those by a Fox Movietone engineer. "Com thus far leading in nominations. . parative Advantages of Film and Disc Actresses who have so far received Recording and Reproduction," by the most nominations include: Ruth qualified sound directors. Chatterton, Bessie Love, Joan Craw- ford, Mary Pickford, Nancy Carroll, Classes In Studios Phyllis Haver, Greta Garbo. 7. October 29. "Reproduction in Among the directors: Harry Beau- the Theater with the Western El mont, Roland West, Josef von Stern- ectric and RCA Systems." berg, Alan Crosland, Clarence Brown, 8 and 9. November 5 and November Ernst Lubitsch. 12. "Practical Problems in Production Among writers: Elliott Clawson, Ro- of Talking Motion Pictures" illustrat land West, Jules Furthman, Tom ed and with demonstrations by Nu Barry, Hans Kraly, Garrett Fort, gent H. Slaughter, Douglas Sheare!", Jack Cunningham. Albert de Sarte, Roy Hunter, John Among cinematographers: Harry Hilliard and ·others. Fischbeck, John Mescall, George 10. November 19. Review and ex- Barnes, Karl Struss, Clyde de Vinna, amination. Conrad Wills, Charles Stumar, Henry Sharp. Among the art directors: Hans Branch to which the award is classi Dreier, Cedric Gibbons, W . C. Menzies, fied. These boards of judges make five Edward Jewell, W. S. Darling. selections for each award which are Best Production: "The Patriot," then referred to a central board who "Alibi," "On With The Show," "Our will make the seven final selections. Dancing Daughters," "In Old Arizona," Nominations are not limited to the "White Shadows In The South Seas," approximate list of feature pictures "Four Sons," "Broadway Melody," and sent to members for their information. others. Any entertainment pictures of what Methods of Judging ever length first exhibited in Los An All nominations are submitted to geles between July 31, 1928 and Au- boards of judges representing each (Continued on Page Four) Technicians Working for Standardized Apertures

A committee of motion picture technicians has undertaken the necessary investigation and comparison to draw up a set of standards for camera and projector apertures that will reduce the present chaotic variation which is ad versely affecting theatres in the United States. Six members of the committee have been appointed as authorized by a jOint session of the Technicians Branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences with the American Society of Cinematographers and the Pacific Coast branches of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers and Amer ican . Projection Society. Additional* members of the committee will be screen may be square for one reel named. It will also work in con and rectangular for the next," junction with the standards committee "When people go to see talking pic of the Society of Motion Picture En tures they should be assured of good gineers. The group appointed follow mechanical reproduction at least as ing the meeting Thursday, August 15, we run into enough criticism without includes: J. F. Westerberg, John continuing distractions that could as Arnold, John Seitz, Sidney Burton, Al well be removed." Feinstein, Gerald Racket. Ask For Co-operation Demonstrates Methods The technical organizations also The different ways in which it has voted to refer to a committee from been found theatres show the motion 'the Producers' and the Technicians' picture image on the screen were branches of the Academy a resoiution demonstrated by Sidney Burton, presi deploring the probability that the in dent of the local chapter of the Amer troduction of wide film within the ican Projection Society. ltext year may lead to ruinous rivalry Burton explained the methods in between producing companies and vogue in conjunction with the running urging that the wide film be made in of a film. The three methods, as terchangeable for whatever equip demonstrated, were: ment is designed. "Three compaines First, placing of a mat in the aper are already in production with wide ture plate of the projection machine, film, each using a different size," J. 'f. to blot out the sound track. . Reed, chairman of the meeting, de Second, use of a drape or flipper on clared. "If nothing is done to get the the screen itself, which covers up the Clifferent people working on the de gray blank strip down the side of the velopment together to some extent at film where sound track is used. least the non-interchangeable and competitive machines will work as Third, changing the focal length of great a hardship on the theater own the lens from 5" to 472" and putting an undersized aperture plate in the ers who must install them as did the projection machine, which cuts off the r evolutionary introduction of somLd." bottom and top of the frame, to re Aperture Real Problem store the 3 x 4 proportion. "Aperture size is a real proble!ll so "The first two methods have proved far as high grade, big league repro very disagreeable in some theatres," Burton said. "The square picture is duction in the theatres is concerned," harder to see from the side seats of Ii. Ct.airman Reed declared in introduc wide house. When projected from a ing the subject for discussion. "As the steep angle it is foreshortened to an public see it the picture they have almost perfect square. been accustomed to look at apparently "With the third method," he said, "the serious problem that confronts without any difficulty of any kind in the projectionist is the fact that in any first class theatre for the past most theatres he has only two pro few years, has suddenly with the ad jection machines and with short sub vent of the talking picture gotten jects and trailers for Vitaphone and Movietone, the projectionist has trou clear out of control of the projection ble to change lenses and aperture ist. The flipper moves in or it doesu't. plates rapidly. In using a lens of this The tops of the pictures are cut off kind and with the undersized aperture or they aren't. The picture on the (Continued on Page Four) Technicians Worlc August 30 Final Nomination Date TO\Y2'fd Standards / (Continued from Page Two) (Continued from Page Three) gust 1, 1929 are eligible for consid plates, we must watch constantly or eration. risk cutting off the heads in closeups." The approximate list of eligible fea ture pictures was carefully checked to Camera ~roblems insure accuracy as to the names of These same problems, from the the pictures and the different persons viewpoint of the cameraman and art responsible for the various achieve director, in composing to meet the ments. Nevertheless, it was realized theatre practices and arrange the that there must inevitably be errors grouping so that it will look well in due to misunderstandings or other the full s ilent frame, the sound track causes. Therefore, all members of the frame and the smaller aperture area, Academy are requested to immediate were illustrated with a special reel by ly notify the Secretary of any such Karl Struss, winner of an Academy errors in the list and upon receipt of award for cinematography last year. this information the Academy mem Proposes Wide Film bership will be promptly notified. A standard wide film with the Judges to Investigate frames five holes high so that advan To further insure the proper best tage could be taken of the synchron owal of awards the judges will care ous motor speed of 1200 revolutions fully investigate facts relating to the was advocated by J. F. Westerberg, responsibility for all achievements in members of the A. S. C. who discussed which there may be reason for con some experiments he has been mak fusion. In the cases of actors and ac ing. "We could have a screen of 6000 tresses there can be no chance of dis perforations per minute or 100 putes and also in the award for the sprockets p er second, which is a good best picture of the year, but in the standard. A speed of 20 could be used cases of directors, camermen, tech for the picture, running around 93 to nicians and writers there n!ay be 94 feet a minute, thus getting a larger many discrepancies, especiallY since picture with slight increase in film. sound pictures have come into exis A film of any convenient width could tence. In all these cases to make it b e used with the five sprocket frames, certain that the proper individual gets the dynamic ratio of 1 to 1.61 being a credit for any distinctive achievement good possibility." in question the Boards of Judges will Among those present at the jOint carefully investigate. The one per meeting August 15 were: J. T. Reed, son most responsible for any of these <.hairman; Harry Perry, Warren New achievements regardless of the names comb, Peter Mole, Karl Struss, J. M. that may be placed in nominations. Nickolaus, E. H. Hansen, A. L . Gilks, The seven 1929 awards will be giv t.~eorge Mitchell, H. Keith Weeks, L ee en for the best accomplishment by ac Garmes. tor, actress, director, writer, cinem Jack R. Young, Mack Stengler, V. E. atographer, art director, and the com Miller, Elmer G. Dyer, G . R. Kersh pany whose production is considered ner, John W. Boyle, Gilbert Warren the best of the year. Gold statuette ton, Edward S. Snyder, Hal Hall, J . F trophies accompanying the awards will VVesterberg. be presented at a banquet of the Acad Sidney Burton, L. M. Wutke, Al emy planned for early January. Feinstein, E. W . Anderson. Emery Huse, George Rohde, G. F. "Everybody will have to be equip Rackett, Fred Hoefner, 1. Serriroer, ped for large films. I think that C. B. Olson, R. H. McCullough, Wm. within a year we will have a situation M. Harris, Bert Darling, Wm. F. Ran even worse than the one that con dolph. fronts us tonight to face and we will W. E. Bridge, Gordon A. Chambers, have to do the thing all over again. Michael Stemoil, J. M. Walker, C. P. Isn't it a sensible thing to get the Swanson, Selvyn Levinson, Edward M. people who have the voice and final Egan, C. L. Stong, F . B. Cayd, F. N. say in the thing to get together? We Sammis, A. Weiss, George Stevens, can save ourselves a lot of money if .10hn Ward, H. C. Silent, Ray Sweet, we come out with a large film that Elmer G . Brown, E. H. Steincamp, will be the same for Fox, M.G.M. or Louis Edelman, Nathalie Hucknall, D. any of them. Does it sound sen H. Newman, George Stringfellow, L . sible?"--Comment made from aud Pritchard, C. R. Richardson. ience at Academy meeting August 15. TheatreTrendTowardNew Aperture and Lens Change

Theaters are in a quandary among different ways of projecting talking pictures and no two studIOS h ave hit upon the same adjustment. This conclusiQIl may fairly be drawn from a survey whlch has so far reached all the major production studios and 1500 theatres throughout the country, it was stated in a preliminary report read before the jOi.nt meetin~ of the Academy Technicians Branch with the three other techmcal orgamza tions. The survey was designed to cover only theatres equipped for projecting sound-on-film. It was emphasized that+ while it gives a cross-section the re- E.R.P.1. Equipment port is by no means complete. The A detailed check-up was made by survey is being continued in prepara- Electrical Research Products, Inc. of tion for a more final report. the 306 E .R.P.I. equipped theatres in Data collected indicates that the nine western states, about 10 percent great majority of theatres are sho'w- of the number of theatres in the coun ing sound-on-film pictures in a shape try using Western Electric sound sys that is nearly square. Howeve~, a terns. This check showed that 148 of strong tendency backed by the weight the 306 theatres are doing nothing of the Publix and Fox West Coast I more than matting off the sound chains is toward the restoration ?f the' track in the projector, allowing a 3 x 4 proportion so that the Image black blank to show on the side of the will fill the usual theatre screen. screen. 123 use a movable mask over Standard practice in all the larger the side of thes creen. In 35 the Publix. houses is t?, pro~ect throug~ I smaller aperture and shorter. focal what IS called the Pubhx Aperture. Ilength lens system is in operation. The change of aperture is ordinarily made by substituting a solid sliding Photophone System wask 796 mills by 593 for the standa~d 1 The chief engineer of the RCA .906 by .680. However, the Pubhx · Photophone Company estimates that theatres are now developing an im- i less than 5 percent of Photophone proved Sliding aperture which is I equipped houses are restoring the full changed over by movement of a lever. I screen. No Photophone equipped Re-centering of the picture is accom- houses on the Pacific Coast are doing plished by using a sub-base mounting. this now although the PhotophonP A second m ethod includes a horizon- equipment when first issued provided tally movable lens mount, lever oper- for a smaller aperture in the 3 by 4 ated moving the optical center of the proportion. lens slightly to the left. Publix also has an "!lex" lens with optical correc-I Other Chains tions permitting sharp definition at The report on Warner Brothers two focal lengths, thus eliminating theatres is not yet complete. The 27 the necessity of changing lens. small-I theatres in the Skouras Brothers-War er Publix houses are being changed n er circuit in the Missouri district all over as fast as equipment becomes use a movable mask over the screen available. I and retain the squared shape when New West Coast Policy projecting sound-on-film pictures. The Fox West Coast has recently taken 16 Fox New England theatres are ·at the restored full screen as definite present using a mask on the screen policy for its 129 theatres., Equipment but if there is no better improvement has either been installed or ordered by late fall they intend to restore the 3 by 4 proportion. for half the theatres and the change is being made at the rate of about Theatre Size Small Factor one theatre a day. Where three point The question was raised whether bases are installed these can be moved anyone of the three methods of pro to center the image. For centering the jecting is more generally used in large restored full screen where the projec houses or in small houses. Reports from members of the American Pro tor is mounted on the Universal base jection Society in 80 theatres of dif the West Coast chain has on hand ad ferent sizes, (47 in Los Angeles, and justable lens holders. These, however, 33 scattered over six eastern states!) cause some spherical aberration. (Continued on Page Eight) Psycho-logy Authority Says Rectangular Screen Better

The physical nature of the eye as well as long habit is against the nearly square shape for the motion picture image, according to the view of Dr. Walter R . Miles of Stanford University. Professor of experimental psychol ogy and an outstanding authority in his field, Dr. Miles is at present at Harvard attending the International Congress of Physiology and will be chair man of a symposium on eye movements at the International Congress of Psychology which convenes at Yale n ext Month. At the request of the Academy Dr. Miles contributed the following com ment bearing on the proportions of the*------ motion picture screen. cntly established a very deep-seated Historical Habit habit which operates throughout his visual perception. Perhaps we can see "No generation of man is entirely the whole thing typified in the open tree from former generations. Wbeth ing through which the human eye el' this is accident or intention it is looks; it is characteristically much hard to determine. If we make a sur wider than it is high. vey of the tools and household articles "If one thinks over the famous that were used in Egypt as compared paintings with which he is familiar or to those that are used today we find, visits a gallery he finds most of the r,,~rhaps to our surprise, considerable canvasses with a longer horizontal uniformity in shapes and sizes. For frxis than vertical. They are thus true example, there is an optimal size and to nature as man experiences nature. weight for the hammer that is used Movement can ake place more easily in one hand. There is an optimal size on the horizontal and therefore this and shape for the hand mirror to be axis may well be a longer one than used by a woman. Many illustrations the vertical. of this come to one's mind. "The proportions of the rectangle Square L ooks Ffigher haye been a subject of scientific study "One final feature in the psychology since about 1875. At that time it was of visual perception is that the verti noted that man, in using the rec cal axis is over-estimated. A true tangle in nearly all of his buidings, square looks about three units too furniture, and conveniences, adopted a high. ratio which was strikingly different "We therefore see conformity with from the perfect square. Although man's general experience as well as there is no correct exactness in this with the accepted art practice in pro ratio it tends to be about five to eight, Jecting a picture that is wider than a combination which has been called it is tall." i.he golden cut, frequently found in crosses, windows, etc. The formula has been: the short side is to the long "There is a way, I think, whereby !;ide as the long one is to the sum of we can satisfy both the silent picture the two. This must not be regarded exhibitor and the sound picture ex as a law to be striven for or which hibitor giving them both an identical will bring punishment if it is trans composition in the 3 x 4 ratio. The gt:essed. method is just the reverse of what Photo phone did when they first be- Human Eye Wider gan. The method is to take the pic- "If we seek for a basis in the phys- ture in the camera on a smaller size, iology of the eyes and in the psychol- masking off the rest of the film, then ogy of perception the following points Iprinting the release for the sound v~r come to our notice. The eyes have sion in the usual manner and prmt one pair of muscles for moving them the release for the silent version on in the horizontal but two pairs for optical printers. Such a printer is moving them in the vertical. Vertical being used back in New York. It is movements are harder to make over made by Bell and Howell. At one a wide visual angle. As man has lived time nobody knew how to do optical in his natural environment ha has printing, but with all the skill there usually been forced to perceive more is in the business, it could be done. objects arranged in the horizontal -Comment made from audience at than in the vertical. This has appar- Academy meeting August 15. Acoustics of Set, Camera Speed Talked at Meeting

"Live" sets solve the problem of obtaining a realistic impression of depth in talking pictures, said J. P. Maxfield, of the sound engineering de partment of E.R.P.I., one of the speakers before the Academy of Motion Pic ture Arts and Sciences August 8. The impression of depth depends almost wholly on the acoustic quali ities of the set," Maxfield declared. "The property by which we hear depth with the single ear of the microphone is our ability to dis tinguish between the loudness of the direct sound coming directly from the speaker's lips as compared*,------ with the echo or reverberation that basing his belief on experiences in is actually in the room." sound picture production. The meeting was the first of a new "Motion pictures used to be photo series at which sound experts will ex graphed at 60 feet a minute and the I'lain the machinery and methods of !!peed gave good results. Theatres, in talking picture production to other an effort to get their show over branches of the organization in non speeded up the projection. The studios technical terms. M. C. Levee, treasurer then gradually increased the rate film of the Academy, was chairman. was run through the camera in order Maxfield declared that the trend to to maintain the action of the picture ward "live" sets is bringing greater at normal speed. Finally pictures freedom of movement and expression were made and projected at 90 feet to both the actor and director and is a minute. When sound came in the :permitting the writer a return to the electric companies knew they couldn't more mobile technique of the silent record sound on film at 60 and have l·icture. it projected at 90. They asked the Right Echo Needed studios and the theatres what the "When the right amount of rever- prac~ice was ~nd then built their re beration or echo is brought into the cordmg ~achmes for. the 90 foot set," Maxfield stated, "you find that I speed: It IS true that . ~.lth the present it makes very little difference whether machmery and condItIons the sound the speaker speaks four, ten or twenty can be recor~ed better in a foot and feet away fromthe microphone. The a half than m a foot. But why not (1uality changes as it should when the put the sound track on a separate ~erson goes away. When a speaker 16 mm. or small gauge film .whic~ turns his back to the microphone and could be run at 120 feet a ml~ute. "peaks, we get the same effect, the 'j'~is would not need to be run mter same change in the quality of the mlttently, .could be caref~lly e~c.losle~: voice, you would expect when a per- and the fIlm would last mdeflnIte y. son turns his back to you and, speaks," Active development of equipment A number of shots from recently I and an expansion policy was declared completed United Artists productions for RCA Photophone by F. M. Sam were shown as examples of the wider mis, Pacific Coast general representa latitude of talking picture expression tIve. afforded by a realization of this prin- New Form Presented CIple, and also indicating the technical "Overture of 1812," a pictorial rep details of adapting shooting methods resentation to accompany Tschaikow to the new style. sky's music on the theme of Napol 60 Feet a Minute Eon's march into Russia, was given its first public showing at the Academy Return to the early film practice of meeting. This picture, one of a ser I ecording and shooting film at a speed ies to establish an interpretative art ;)f 60 feet per minute was advocated form for world masterpieces of music, by Roy J . Pomeroy, pioneer sound di- was made at the United Artists stu dios by Dr. Hugo Riesenfeld and Wil rector. "The motion picture industry liam C. Menzies. is wasting three or four million dollars Jt was pointed out that while there a year by photographing at 90 feet were 65 m usicians and 45 voices in the per minute instead of 60 feet, which Finale the entire effect and volume would do just as well," Pomeroy said, (Continued on Page Eight) Acoustics of Set, Camera THEATRE TREND TOW ARD Speed Talked at Meeting NEW APERTURE AND LENS CHANGE

(Continued from Page Seven) (Continued from Page Five) were secured with only one micro phone. were tabulated. From this compara· A humorous talk, "Analyzing the tively limited analysis no generality Fnexplainable in Sound," was made can be drawn except that the larger by "Bugs" Baer, noted columnist. theatres more often use expensive equipment than the small theatres. Among those Academy members In the representative cross-section: present at the meeting were: John Of the 12 that do nothing to either Goodrich, Alfred Cohn, Lois Weber, screen or projector execept mat off Harry Perry, J. T. Reed, Nathan Lev the sound track, 6 had under a Inson, Lloyd Bacon, Tom Miranda, thousand seats, 5 less than 1500, and Roy J. Pomeroy, Ernest Vajda, Victor only one over 1500 seats. Of the 42 Voyda. using a drape over the screen 7 were Nugent H. Slaughter, Edward Kauf less than a thousand-seat houses, 10 man, Sidney Lazarus, John M. Nicko up to 1500, and 25 over 1500. Of th= laus, Charles Fred Almont, E. H . Al 25 using smaller aperture and lenses Ien, John F. Seitz, Jack White, Albert to restore full screen 6 were under a Rogell, Jean Hersholt, Rupert Julian, thousand seats, 8 under 1500, and 11 .Tos W. Girard, Julien Josephson, Gor over 1500.- don Pollock, Phil Rosen, C. E. Schoen Many Contribute baum, Percy Heath, Jane Murfin. Survey information was furnished Lenore Coffee, Wedgewood Nowell, by members of the American Projec Edward J. Montagne, C. Graham tion Society; Sam Katz for Publix Baker, Lotta Woods, H. Keith Weeks, Theatres; M. C. Batsel, chief engineer Ralph Block, J. A. Ball, J. Stuart and F. M. Sammis, Pacific Coast gen Blackton, Wesley C. Miller, A. L. eral representative of RCA Photo Gilks, Irvin Will at, M. C. Levee, Will phone; R. H. McCullough, supervisor H.itchey, Winifred Dunn, Howard of electrical equipment for Fox West Rretherton. Coast Theatres; Nathan Levinson, Guests of the Academy for the meet western division manager of E.R.P.I.; ing included Tom McNamara, Frank Herschel Stuart, general manager, Fox Butler, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Maxfield, New England theares; Charles Skou Mr. and Mrs. McNair, W. W. Lindsay, ras, Skouras Bros. Circuit; members Mr~. Margeretta Tuttle, Harry Gantz, of the American Society of Cinemato Harold Shumate, Harold Schwartz, graphers; executives of the projection Donald McKenzie, K. F. Morgan. and camera departments of the Holly wood studios. A. W. DeSart, A. Grendon, I. K . Hilliard, G. F. Rackett, Mrs. Tom Miranda, S. B. Brennecke, Austen "It is interesting to know that there Maclnerny, Mrs. Ernest Vaj.da, George is a tendency to return to dimensions Groves, Edmund North, Francis .T. approximating those used on the 01' Martin, Alfred T. Mannon, Elmer iginal Photophone prints. Clifton, Ernst M . Rovere, Jerome K. "We will be interested in the results Wilson, Arthur "Bugs" Baer. of the questionnaire being sent to ex- A. P. McKennon, Jeanett Storck, R . hibitors. The exhibitors will necesar H. Townsend, J. V. Marisca, M. Fair- ily be the ones to determine the rela b a nks, R. F. Grossman, J. R. Balsley, tive. picture dimensions finally stand Wm. H. Harris, Hugo Reisenfeld, Dave Brockman, Herbert Prior, Mrs. ardized. If the results of the survey Julien Josephson, F. N. Sammis, W. indicate that it is necessary to confine C. Smith. the essential parts of the picture to A. W. Nye, William Estabrook, Car the dimensions of a 3 x 4 picture, it roll H. Dunning, James Wilkinson, is probably only a matter of time until William J . Cowan, S. J. Twinning, these dimensions will be standard, and Joseph L. Menchen, Erwin Gelsey, Mrs. F. W. Hackstaff, Casey Robin then masks of these dimensions can son, W. C. Harcus, Mrs. Denison be used in cameras or else optical re Clift, J. E. Aiken. duction printing from full size nega H. C. Silent, V. O. Cecearini, Dr. tive used."-Excerpt from telegram Berger, Mrs. J. Stuart Blackton, from M. C. Batsel, chief engineer of Charles Stuart Blackton, D. G. Shear ('I', Norwood Fenton and Ve'rnon D. R .C.A. Photo phone, read at Academy Wood. meeting August 15.