American cinematographer (Jan-Dec 1926)

August, 1926 AMERICAN CIN E M AT O GR APHB R Nineteen cinematographer, least of all film people, can not be temperamental for his profession calls for unfailing, mature deliberation and judgment. In short, while the cinematographer must be somewhat a jack-of-all-trades, he must be, to vary the old proverb in a paradoxical way, a master of one — and that is cinematography. While as yet it is not generally admitted that a cinematographer can "make" a picture, it is well stipulated that he can "break" it. And if there is no royal road to learning, surely there is less of such a highway to the destination of becoming an "ace" cinematographer who has little or no precedent to guide him, but who must literally conjure his calling from the university of hard knocks, better known as the field of experience. Photograph Explosion From Air Amid Bursting Shots and Shells Risking their lives in the attempt, John A. Brockhorst and M. A. Baron, International Newsreel cinematographer and still man, photographed, from an aeroplane flying at an exceedingly low altitude, the scene of the arsenal explosion at Lake Denmark, N. J. During the course of their flight, magazines were still bursting and shells were still peppering the winds. Photographic records obtained by Brockhorst and Baron proved of great service to Army and Navy authorities in locating the exploded magazines, those which were on fire and those where there was a possibility of saving life and surrounding property. It was not until International Newsreel's serial pictures of the disaster were hurried to Dover did those in command of the "battle front" have any clear idea of just what magazines were burning and which were still likely to fall victims to the flames, with the resulting danger of more terrific explosions. At dawn Brockhorst and Baron flew over the scene of destruction and made pictures of the disaster from the air. That was the only point from which it (Continued on Page 2 4) GOERZ Products for the Motion Picture Industry Film Raw Stock: Negative, Positive Daylight-loading Spools for Bell & Howell Eyemo Cameras S. O. G. Condensers: Heat Resisting, but of Superior Optical Quality — Diameters 1 in. —12 in. All Kinds of Optical Raw Glass ^? Sole Distributors: Fish -Schur man Corporation 1050 Cahuenga Avenue, Los Angeles, Calif. GLadstone 9805 IN CANADA: John A. Chantler & Co. 200 Bay Street, Toronto, Ont. PARIS BRUSSELS VIENNA a MADRID LISBON JERUSALEM RENE GUISSART « Atmospheric Shots in Any Part of Europe Taken according to your own instructions in an artistic manner to match the phography of your production. OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENT IN EUROPE FOR: American Society oj Cinematographer s ; Frank D. Williams 118 Avenue des Champs-Elysees PARIS Cable Address: LOUVERANDE-PARIS BERLIN 1 BUDAPEST GENEVA CAIRO n ALGIERS ETC. ITC.