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Ebruary 25 Published by CENTS American Society of Cinematographers FEBRUARy 25 Published by CENTS American Society of Cinematographers I I IN BRIGHT SUNLIGHT OR DEEP SHADOW... under incandescent or arc light WILL GIVE A BETTER RESULT THAN IS OTHER- WISE OBTAINABLE The (fiTPQNj) trade-mark has r E6 U. S. PAT Off- never been placed on an inferior product SMITH & ALLER, Ltd. 6656 Santa Monica Boulevard - HOIlywood 5H7 HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA Pacific Coast Distributors for DUPONT FILM MFG. CORP. 35 West 45th Street - New York City February 1933 • American Cinematographer 1 AMERICAN CINEMATOGRAPHER A Technical and Educational publication of motion picture photography. Published monthly by the AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CINEMATOGRAPHERS, INC., Suite 1222 Cuaranty Building, Hollywood, California. Telephone Granite 4274. JOHN ARNOLD, President, A. S. C. GEORGE SCHNEIDERMAN, Treasurer, A. S. C. Volume XIII FEBRUARY, 1933 Number 10 What to Read PHOTOS by Karl Struss, A.S.C 5 A.S.C. Tests 7 MITCHELL Noiseless Camera by Ha! Rosson, A.S.C 8 TREND of the Times 10 The Staff RECORDING Music by David Mendoza 1 1 PHOTOGRAPHY of the Month 12 EDITOR Charles VerHalen “MISCASTING” the Cinematographer J. by Victor Milner, A.S.C 13 TECHNICAL EDITOR RIDDLE Me This 14 Emery Huse, A. S. C. DIFFERENCE Between Gamma and Contrast by Emery Huse, A.S.C 16 ASSOCIATE EDITOR William Stull, A. S. C. WHEELS of Industry 18 ON the Job With Camera and Sound Men 40 COVER AND ART Dorothy Groton AMATEUR SECTION ADVISORY ENLARGEMENTS from 16 MM. Film EDITORIAL BOARD by Hatto Tappenbeck, A.S.C 20 George Schneiderman, A. S. C. KODACOLOR Experiences and Experiments Hatto Tappenbeck, A. S. C. by H. M. Armstrong 21 H. T. Cowling, A. S. C. WIPE-OFFS . How to Make Them Dr. L. M. Dieterich, A. S. C. by Frank B. Good, A.S.C 22 Dr. C. E. K. Mees, A. S. C. LIGHTING for Home Movies Dr. L. A. Jones, A. S. C. by S. W. Childs, Jr 23 Dr. W. B. Rayton, A. S. C. I MADE My Own 16 MM. Camera Dr. Herbert Meyer, A. S. C. by Raymond Harvey 24 Dr. V. B. Sease, A. S. C. NEW Stop Motion Device by Alan C. Wooley & George V. Morris.-.. 27 HERE’S How FOREICN REPRESENTATIVES by A.S.C. Members 28 Georges Benoit, % Louis Verande, 12 Rue d'Aguessau, Paris 8e. John Dored, Riga, Latvia. Herford Tynes Cowling, 311 Alex- ander Street, Rochester, N. Y. ESTABLISHED 1918. Advertising Rates on appli- Neither the American Cinematographer nor cation. Subscription: U. S. $3.00 a year; Canada the American Society of Cinematograph- $3.50 a year; Foreign, $4.00 a year; single copies 25c. ers is responsible for statements made by COPYRIGHT, 1933, by American Society of Cine- authors. This magazine will not be re- matographers Inc. sponsible for unsolicited manuscripts. ,, 2 American Cinematographer • February 1933 HOW TOWIN A Personal Movie Contest 100 % William A. FILMO first prize Page, Pa o MADE Palmer and Ernest W. “Tarzan )'• Alto, Calif., for reels. 50 % FILMO SECOND PRIZE Tatsuichi MADE |apan, tor Okamoto, Matsuyama, “Lullaby.” 1 reel. 100 % Childs FILMO third prize W Be MADE Yorl City for d Jr., New Delighted To! reel From December "American Cinematographer" HE FIRST and third prize-win- First Prize winners Page and Palmer ing movies in the American (Jeff) T on location with their Filmo Camera. writ- In Cinematographer contest were ioo ing to name a Filmo jo-DA Camera as their percent Filmo-made; the second, Bell & Howell added prize, Mr. Palmer said "The Filmo Camera was undoubtedly a great fifty percent. Filmo’s part in help- aid "(in filming "Tarzan, Jr."). "It allows ing win these prizes was not a double and triple exposures to be made with the coincidence. While taking movies success that is usually expected only of )jmm. studio cameras. of superlative quality, Filmo at [the • same time gave these winning ama- S. W. Childs, Jr., placing his B ZT H prize, teurs the utmost freedom to work a Cooke i-inch Fry lens, on his Filmo Camera. said that in shots the kind out composition and production He , of which com- pose his prize winning film, you have to be sure technique—freedom from worry as " that what you see, you get" and adds, "my to , ." whether the camera would do Filmo certainly imparts that confidence its part. Filmo’s precision is axiomatic. Yet it is not pre- supreme thrill that lies in movie making. And because cision for precision’s sake. It makes for perfect pic- Filmo Personal Movie Cameras and Projectors are tures, to begin with; and it makes for simplicity of not expensive, the exciting experience of owning operation and gratifying dependability year after year. them is open to every movie maker. Until you have made your own movies with a Filmo Call on your dealer today and look at Filmo Personal Movie Camera—until you have seen them Cameras and Projectors. Or w'rite us for complete on a Filmo Projector, you will not have had the literature. BELL & HOWELL 1848 Larchmont Ave., Chicago; n West 4ind St., New York; 7x6 North La Brea Ave., Hollywood; 310 Regent St., London (B & H Ltd.) Est. 1907. FILMO February 1933 • American Cinematographer 3 HE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CINEMA- TOGRAPHERS was founded in 1918 for T the purpose of bringing into closer confed- eration and cooperation all those leaders in the cinematographic art and science whose aim AMERICAN is and ever will be to strive for pre-eminence in artistic perfection and technical mastery of SOCIETY OF this art and science. Its purpose is to further CINEMATOGRAPHERS the artistic and scientific advancement of the cinema and its allied crafts through unceasing OFFICERS JOHN ARNOLD President research and experimentation as well as ARTHUR MILLER First Vice-President through bringing the artists and the scientists FRANK GOOD Second Vice-President Vice-President of cinematography into more intimate fellow- ELMER DYER Third GEORGE SCHNEIDERMAN Treasurer ship. To this end, its membership is composed WILLIAM STULL Secretary of the outstanding cinematographers of the BOARD OF GOVERNORS world, with Associate and Honorary member- John Arnold Fred Jackman John W. Boyle Victor Milner ships bestowed upon those who, though not Arthur Miller Hal Mohr Daniel B. Clark Ceorge Schneiderman active cinematographers, are engaged none the Elmer Dyer John F. Seitz Arthur Edeson William Stull less in kindred pursuits, and who have, by Frank Cood Ned Van Buren Alfred Cilks their achievements, contributed outstandingly PAST PRESIDENTS to the progress of cinematography as an Art Philip E. Rosen Hal Mohr Gaetano Caudio Homer Scott or as a Science. To further these lofty aims, James Van Trees John F. Seitz John W. Boyle Daniel B. Clark to fittingly chronicle the progress of cine- and Fred W. Jackman Arthur Webb, General Counsel matography, the Society’s publication, The HONORARY MEMBER is dedicated. American Cinematographer, Mr. Albert S. Howell, Chicago ASSOCIATE MEMBERS Mr. Emery Huse Dr. Loyd A. Jones Mr. Fred Cage Dr. V. B. Sease Dr. W. B. Rayton Dr. L. M. Dieterich Dr, C. E. K. Mees Dr. J. S. Watson, Jr. Dr. Herbert Meyer PUBLIC RELATIONS COMMITTEE John Arnold Edwin L. Dyer Joseph Dubray Ariel Varges Georges Benoit Charles Bell Harold Sintzenich Frank C. Zucker H. T. Cowling John Dored PRODUCTION COMMITTEE Daniel B. Clark, Chairman. MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE Hal Rosson, Chairman ENTERTAINMENT COMMITTEE Frank B. Cood, Chairman WELFARE AND RELIEF COMMITTEE Arthur Miller, Chairman RESEARCH COMMITTEE Chairman, John F. Seitz EXHIBITION COMMITTEE Dr. L. M. Dieterich Arthur Miller, Chairman, Karl Struss, Hal Rosson Daniel B. Clark. 5 4 American Cinematographer • February 1933 NE LEICA LENS DOES ALLTHISWORK The New Model D LEICA’S Standard 50mm. Elmar F:3.5 Lens Can Be Used With The Valoy Enlarger • LEICA Projectors * Stereo Attachment * Copying Apparatus * and Micro Attachment ELMAR f :3.5 Think of it—the same precision lens that lens with comes as standard equipment with your Leica Valoy ELMAR f :3.5 Camera for all pictures can also be used as a ENLARGER lens with UD- projection lens, an enlarging lens, a stereo IMO projector lens, a copying lens, a micro lens. Leica accessories are specially designed for use with Leica lenses. 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