International photographer (Jan-Dec 1941)

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fOLR yEARS JN AN ICE hpUSE With the inception nearly four years ago of Hollywood's "Low Temperature Sound Stage," California Consumers Corporation, in keeping pace with the studios' demands, has made consistent improvements both in design and quantity of equipment for use in studio snow scenes. Expanding the number of complete snow machine units from a beginning of one unit, California Consumers Corporation now has available on short notice seven units that can be brought into use at one time. Six of these snow machines are electrically driven; one is operated by a gasoline power unit. The introduction of Technicolor pictures to the Ice House created an immediate need for greatly increased refrigeration capacity. Wholehearted acceptance of the Ice House by the studios brought about larger sets which in themselves required increased capacity in refrigeration equipment. Modification of the Ice House, interior and exterior, was continually under way, in addition to the usual normal maintenance work that was continued, even during the periods the stage was unoccupied. During its brief period of operation, the Ice House or equipment has been used in nearly all pictures that have elaborate snow scenes, and hundreds of studio technicians have shivered in its arctic temperatures that are controlled at will. In the studios' use of the Ice House, many of the technicians and members of the cast have been guests of the Los Angeles Ic3 and Cold Storage division (across the street from the Stage), visiting the sub-zero freezing; rooms where hundreds of tons of frozen fish, armored with a coating of ice, are stacked like cordwood. With the introduction to the Ice House of Paramount's Technicolor production "Untamed" many changes were necessitated due to the enormous increase of carbon arc illumination required for Technicolor work. In close cooperation with Paramount's Technical Engineer, Mr. A. C. Zoulis, the Engineering Department of the California Consumers Corporation finally arrived at the conclusion that nearly 650 tons of refrigeration would be required to offset the lamp load of approximately 17,000 amperes. These 650 tons of refrigeration were needed to chill approximately 65,000 cubic feet per minute of fresh air required to replace the foul air contam( Continued on page 26) Forming an iceberg in studios with the use of real snow. 11