International photographer (Feb-Dec 1929)

December, 1929 The INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER Forty-five The meeting of the Local passed a resolution of thanks to George K. Spoor for his generous and whole-hearted cooperation with the committee in charge. The exhibit is part of the program of Local Six-Sixty-Six to bring their members in touch with every phase of the camera motion picture work, particularly the latest developments. The next meeting will be preceded by an exposition of sound. SIX-SIXTY-SIX JUST A FEW FACTS It is not uncommon for cameramen to boast a little. We've heard that immortal trio — Hurd, Reeves and Klaffki — from 659 boost California. But the members of 666 have shown unusual restraint, and, while we have the best Natural Vision men, the best sound men, the best news men, the best industrial men and the best production men — we don't boast about it. Facts are facts. Then along comes Bill Scanlon with the best war novel ever written and we don't even boast about having the best writer of all times among us. Not us — ■ we don't boast. But we thought it might be a good idea to let you know that the secret is out despite our modesty. Speaking of "GOD HAVE MERCY ON US!" by William T. Scanlon, a member of 666 — Vrest Orton, in The Book Review, has to say: ... It must be ranked as the truest and most vital piece of American fiction to come out of the war . . . Scanlon tells truths — American soldiers robbing the dead, fighting and killing one another . . . hate and rivalry between companies, regiments and divisions ... a picture terrible in its reality . . . horrible in its import . . . Isabelle Wentworth Lawrence in a full-page review in the Boston Transcript, says: "Here's a war novel that will raise your hair . . . There is not a cootie in three hundred and thirty-seven pages, though once, on a midnight battlefield, we see, by the sudden flare of a Verey light, what the animal kingdom can do with death . . ." Robert John Bayer in the Chicago Evening Post gives Bill the lead place. He says: "It is the best war book I have read . . . Mr. Scanlon writes in a manner faintly reminiscent of Herr Remarque (Author of "All Quiet On the Western Front) but — and this may sound like literary heresy — he writes a much better book." Bill is now engaged in summing up offers for the movie rights and getting writer's cramp autobiographin" copies of the book, which is now slated among the six best sellers. As we said before we had every intention of keeping the great accomplishments of our members secret, but now that it is out we might as well tell you that we are going to have Bill rewrite Shakespeare so that it will be readable and popular. SIX-SIXTY-SIX A YELP FOR HELP In the last issue of The International Photographer on page forty-three ap peared an advertisement of this local for reporters for this page. To date the secretary has not received a line. Unleash the typewriters. Slip us the dirt. Send it to Eugene Cour. Jack Flanagan has recovered from his tussel with an appendix and sneaked out to the land of Art Reeves and Howard Hurd without so much as a tumble to the toiling secretary. We haven't heard from Ralph Lembeck in ever so long. This column would like to mention St. Paul. Isn't there anything good that can be said of the Northwest? Brother Jacobs, of 665, said hello passing through. Two detectives stopped an ex-con. in the midst of film row and then the fun began. Two coppers and one ex-con. wounded after a barrage of shots. All the cameramen were polishing lenses at the time and were unable to get set up to get in on the fight. Those pesky lenses will get dirty. Not a sound out of the noise-picklers so far this month. IT'S A HABIT WITH KLING For the fifth time in a year and a half Clifton L. Kling has been awarded Screenland's prize for the best production still of the month. His last award was for a shot in Paramount's "Half Way to Heaven" featuring Jean Arthur and Charles Rogers. — The International Projector — A GREATER DAY IS DAWNING FOR MOTION PICTURES AND EVERY PROGRESSIVE STEP IN PRACTICAL PROJECTION HAS BEEN ACHIEVED THRU THE ENGINEERING SKILL AND MANUFACTURING RESOURCES THAT WON WORLD WIDE RECOGNITION OF TRADE MARK REG'D. SUPREMACY INTERNATIONAL PROJECTOR CORPORATION 90 GOLD STREET NEW YORK