The Cine Technician (1935-1937)

10 The Journal of the Assocuifioii of Cine-Techiiicin lis Ma\ , 1935 Success to the ''Journal" Messages from the Association's Patrons I SHOULD like to congratulate the Association of CineTechnicians on their enterprise in publishing a Journal. Any organisation to be successful must have an easy means of communication with its members, apart from their attendance at meetings, and there is no doubt that a Journal does provide a bond of union which it is difficult to create in any other way. The great advance which is being made by the British Cinema Industry naturally depends on many factors, and I wish all good luck to the members of the Association in their efforts to raise the status of the industry to which they are attached, and to preserve for themselves a proper position within that industry. Herbert G. Williams, M.P. I AM glad to write a few words of encouragement and good wishes for the Association of Cine-Technicians. It is a great pleasure to me to feel myself associated with an Organisation doing such excellent work. It is, in my view, of the utmost importance that the Association should go forward efficiently organised with a long-term policy and with its plans well-determined. The film industry in England is going to grow by leaps and bounds as time goes on, and will undoubtedly become one of the most important of British industries. The part played by technicians is of course of primary importance to the wellbeing and the success of the industry. That technicians should be members of an Association such as ours, which can watch their interests and plan for their future position in the industry, seems to me a very wise and statesman-like policy. I send my good wishes to the Organisation with great pleasure, and I only hope that I may be able to be of some service from time to time to this work, which may well become of national importance. Kenneth de Courcy. I WOULD like to send all my very best of good wishes to the Association of Cine-Technicians, and in particular to the first number of the Journal, which I understand will shortly be published. It must be a source of pride and pleasure to all the members of the Association of Cine-Technicians to note the consistent progress which has been so particularly in evidence during the past year, in the general standard of British Films. This must have been very largely due to the splendid efforts of the members of the Association of Cine-Technicians, and must, I am sure, be a source of pride to them. The world as a whole, and the British public in particular, lias shown to an increasing degree how much they appreciate the vastly improved standard of technique involved. I hope most sincerely that the Association will continue to receive the support of all those employed in the industry who may be eligible for its membership, and I am certain that as long as its efforts continue to be wisely directed, the Association will be capable of doing a very great deal to help its members and watch over their welfare. The Rt. Hon. Earl Howe, P.C, C.B.E., V.D. STILL CEDRIC MAIN PhotoRrnph Lewis Protheroe Composite Make-up Study Unit at work on the Butcher-Pantlier Production "Cock o' The North" at the Stol Studios. Directed bv Oswald A. Mitchell and Challis Sanderson. Featuring Marie Lohr, George Carney and Ronnie Hepworth.