The Cine Technician (1953-1956)

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September 1955 CINE TECHNICIAN 141 GOSSIP ROUND THE Book Review U.S. TV TRENDS : "The emphasis on personal values in TV drama appears to be deepened by the nature of the audience. Whereas the motion picture audience is predominantly youthful and middleclass, the TV audience is a crosssection of the population as a whole, including working-class, middle-aged and elderly viewers who rarely, if ever, see movies," according to the Hollywood Review, Vol. 2, No. 1. Taking the interests and critical standards of such viewers into account, the Review says, the best small screen dramatic programmes often deal with problems that motion pictures characteristically avoid : unemployment as a personal crisis, the struggle of parents and children in normal families to understand each other, problems of personal relations and competence on the job, the struggle of ordinary people for self-respect. THAT TOUCH OF AUTHENTICITY. "Actress Ruth Roman stars in a strictly Hollywood version of Shakespeare's ' Macbeth.' She will portray Lady Macbeth as a gun moll named Lily Macbeth. Paul Douglas will be her husband, gangster Joe Macbeth. A cardreading fortune-teller will be the three witches rolled into one character and King Duncan emerges as Big Duncan. ' We're doing Macbeth on a sex basis,' Miss Roman said. ' I'm playing a slut. Our boy Joe is egged on by Lily to get ahead as a gangster and leaves all the killing to Lily. I'll do all my General Council {Continued) employers' association for " their continual repetition of the long intervals between meetings with the two unions concerned." PINEWOOD STUDIOS MEMBERS were advised they should not work with non-Union members coming to the Studios from the B.B.C. Film Unit. As a result of this three A.C.T members replaced three non-A.C.T. memhers on the unit concerned. GLOBE killing with a revolver. We thought a knife would be too bloody. We're going to shoot some of the scenes in Scotland. We could have done it in Hollywood, but we want that touch of authenticity . . .'." — New York Herald Tribune. WORLD WIDE STANDARD WIDTHS : That the future trend of exhibition will permit of two standards of film widths was the forecast of Eugene S. Gregg, President of Westrex, speaking at the company's Far East convention. These widths would consist of the existing 35mm. standard and a wider one for " de luxe " showings of subjects in improved versions of such systems as CinemaScope VistaVision and Todd-AO. — Daily Film Renter. (Continued from page 132) atomic energy is produced, and an interesting analysis of the importance to our society of power in any form, whether from coal or from the atom. The whole key of the message contained in this small sixpenny book can be stated thus: coal and the power it produces are becoming more and more difficult and costly to obtain; atomic energy offers the only possible alternative source of power to maintain a rising standard of living for everyone. Therefore effort should be diverted to some extent from bomb production to power stations. This is a pamphlet that any trade union might be proud to have produced. It gives important information in a concise and considered manner; it is aimed for, and indeed should hit, " the man in the street ", although it demands rather a lot of concentration from him. P.N. • MERLIN • FILMS and FACILITIES Television and Documentary Films SCRIPT TO SCREEN A PRODUCTION STAGE WILL BE AVAILABLE IN THE NEAR FUTURE SOUND SYSTEM RECORDING ■ DUBBING MOBILE RECORDING CHANNELS CAMERAS Newall & Newman Sinclairs DAYLIGHT CUTTING ROOMS ■ PREVIEW THEATRE 16 & 35 mm. • RCA MAGNETIC RECORDING EQUIPMENT AVAILABLE SHORTLY THE MERLIN FILM Co. Ltd. CLAPHAM PARK STUDIOS, LONDON, S.W.4 Telephone . . MAC 1082-3