International photographer (Feb-Dec 1929)

Thirty-two The INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER December, 1929 The Daily Qrind By RALPH B. STAUB OTTO HIMM has been singing the Morris plan song of late. Otto says it is called "A LOAN AT LAST." * * DICK FRYER said his assistant owed a lot to his parents and was still borrowing. * * JERRY ASH said he once had an assistant that worked in a penny arcade and he got fired because he couldn't remember the prices. » * JOHN STUMAR says an old maid is a girl who said NO once too often. * * ALVIN WYCKOFF quotes the old maid's prayer as: Man to old maid: "Do you look under the bed and then pray before you go to sleep?" Old Maid — "Oh, no, I pray first and then look under the bed." * * JIMMY PALMER says the height of conceit is a baldheaded man putting salt on his head to make people think he has dandruff. * * ROY KLAFFKI was bawling out his assistant when Howard Hurd happened along. Howard asked to give the boy a chance, stating that even a worm would turn. Roy's answer was: "IT'S NO USE, THIS GUY'S THE SAME ON BOTH SIDES." * * CHARLIE BOYLE has been having considerable trouble with his car of late. Charlie found the payments too close together. * * GEORGE UNHOLTZ says that four out of five girls have IT and the other one has to walk home. * * ROY HUNT said he had an assistant that was so dumb he thought LEHIGH VALLEY was a brother of RUDY. * * BILLY WILLIAMS quotes a Rabbi as saying: "IT WON'T BE LONG NOW," just after he had his nose remodeled. * * EDGAR LYONS says a flapper is a girl who wears three things and two of them are shoes. * * PEV MARLEY says his director's script girl thinks a dependable husband is a dead one with insurance. * * BUD LONGWORTH was ace still man on our newsreel the other day at First National making a revival of Keystone days with Ford Stering, Louise Fazenda, John Dillon, Eddie Cline and William Seiter. * # JOE WALKER wants our brother members to know that he has invented a gadget for quick focusing while using a booth. As soon as Joe gives us a still picture of same we want to give him a real writeup on this time and money saver for the producer. * * AL GREEN says that some day he hopes to be a great car conductor. Al thinks the change would do him good. THE ARC RETURNS Recent large orders for carbon arc equipment placed by Paramount, as well as Fox, give substance to rumors that several large producers, including Fox, are considering adoption of the new silent arcs exclusively in the production of talkies. Fox now has more than a million dollars worth of lighting equipment of which less than ten thousand dollars worth is incandescent, while recent purchases of carbon arc exceed $100,000. Carbon arcs are said to give more definition to the countenance than is possible with hard lighting. Actors also like to work with arcs better because they are free from the excessive heat generated by the big bulbs. Another indication that carbon arc lighting has regained its old supremacy is seen in the recent selection of "Street Angel," Wm. Fox Movietone, as the best photographed picture of the year by the Awards Committee of the National Academy of Moving Picture Arts and Sciences. Controversy over the respective merits of carbon arc and hard lighting has waged ever since the advent of the talkies when arc equipment then in use was considered noisy for talkie production. Perfection of a choke coil that elimates the commutator ripple, together with extensive experiments in the handling of carbon arcs in talkie production, seems to have turned the tide of battle. GRanite 4194 NATIONAL CARBONS— CONDENSERS The Wholesale Supply Company CHEMICALS, DRY COLORS, DYES FIREWORKS, OILS, PAINTS, SHELLACS, ETC. MERCER PATCHES Specializing in Supplies for the Motion Picture Industry at Wholesale Prices 1047 NORTH WILCOX AVENUE HOLLYWOOD L. Guy Wilky now with F. W. Murnau and Robert J. Flaherty Photographing a Super-Special Production in the South Seas for Colorart Synchrotone, Ltd. Frederic Colburn Clarke 404 Burbank PHOTOGRAPHS Police dogs for sale. Best pedigreed stock in America FOR RENT LATE MODEL BELL & HOWELL With Fearless Speed Movement Astro Lenses F. 2, 3, and Full Equipment Ask Jimmy Palmer or Secretary of Local Phone WH-2249 or OX-5515 ELMER G. DYER Now Shooting the Akeley Camera with Sound for Hoot Gibson MELROSE Trunk Factory UNION MADE Camera Cases for UNION CAMERAMEN UNION MADE Camera Number Boards Trunk and Luggage Repairing Our Specialty Automobile Trunks, Sample and Makeup Cases to Order GLadstone 1872 646 N. Western LOS ANGELES, CALIF.