International photographer (Jan-Dec 1941)

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in a solution which produced black silver in association with a magenta dye. By a second bleach bath, the dye in the top layer was destroyed and the silver reconverted to silver halide. The top layer was then developed in a solution which produced black silver and a yellow dye. As a final step, the silver was removed from all three layers, leaving only the dye images. The earlier method required three separate developments on three continuous processing machines and drying between the machines. In the new method the film is processed continuously on a single machine. First it is developed to give a blackand-white negative. The three layers are so sensitized that the sensitizing dyes are not harmed by this first development, and, therefore, the layers are still sensitive respectively to red, green and blue light in later stages of the processing. After the negative development, the film moves through the machine to a point where it is exposed to red light through the back. This affects only the back layer, which is red sensitive, and the film is then passed to a cyan developer which develops color only in the back layer without affecting the two upper layers. After this stage, the film is exposed to blue light from above. This exposure affects only the top layer, which can then be developed in a solution producing a yellow dye. Finallv. the middle layer is developed to a magenta dye. As before, silver is produced when these dye developers function, so this has to be removed from all three layers, leaving a final film having only three superposed dye images. After processing, the film is dried, and it is returned lo the photographer for projection in amateur motion picture machines, miniature slide projectors, etc. Bull Fighters Must Be Well Dressed Even Alice Faye when she played Lillian Russell didn't have a layout of costumes like Tyrone Power will wear in his next movie. Twentieth Century-Fox will give Tyrone 24 costumes, eight of which cost $2,000 each, for his role as a matador in "Blood and Sand" which the studio will film in Technicolor. Even at $2,000 an outfit, the studio won't be indulging in any extravagant whims. Most matador costumes run between $5,000 and $10,000 each, including precious slnucs. and one that Armillita, the most famous of all bull fighters, will wear in "Blood and Sand" cost $23,000. The studio's wardrobe department has kept 10 ^'irls bus\ for the last six weeks making the costumes. Each outfit includes inner and outer stockings, pumps, silk knee breeches, silk shirt, four yards of waist sash, a gold-embroidered waistcoat studded vsith gems, a hat, and a cape of -ilk that is covered with gold embroidery. Tyrone's wardrobe budget will be triple that of Linda Darnell who plays opposite him. No More Typing A Hollywood which used to be accused of typing the stars too much, has changed policy so radically that nowadays you can even find Kay Francis playing a slinky adventuress instead of a glamour girl. It wasn't always so, of course. Until Producer-Director Herbert Wilcox came along to give her straight roles, ZaSu Pitts was mainly a pair of fluttery hands. William Powell once cancelled his contract because the movies made him a suave society heavy. But nowadays producers recognize a good player is a versatile one — or should be. Players themselves had a lot to do with forcing the change. Ginger Rogers wouldn't stay typed, but hung up the dancing shoes which brought her fame to play dramatic roles — and now look at her "Kittv Fovle," which placed Ginger in top bracket as winner of the Academy Award. Carole Lombard refused to be tagged screwball forever. Bette Davis insisted on varying roles. The men, too. Robert Montgomery shucked playboy roles for the murderer in his memorable "Night Must Fall/' Robert Taylor demands rough-and-tough parts. John Barrymore lends his profile to comedy. As marked as any player-transition, if not the most pronounced, is what Kay Francis has done with her roles. Of all the glamour girls, she seemed the one most fixed. But she also decided to show her versatility, first played that heavy with Cary Grant and Carole Lombard, swung then to the role of the motherly Jo in "Little Men." Now — well, wait till the fans see her as the adventuress in RKO Radio's "Play Girl" — the role of a woman who lived by fascinating men until the years made her change her tactics. This one really proves the typing bugaboo has joined the dodo. HiSTORICAl Facts (Continued from page 11) Pan was a success from the first, and I used it for years, to be exact until the ad\ent several years ago of Super XX. Up to thecoming of stereo backgrounds one emulsion was usually satisfactory for an entire production, but the stereo presented a chance for the still men to spread themselves. I followed the crowd. I made background negatives on several films, and still do. For fine grain I use Panatomic X or Portrait Ran. For fine shadow detail. Super Panchro Press. I find these three Eastman films gave me a fine selection that react differently enough to various filters that I can give the process department almost any desired effect. I carry both 5x7 and 8 x 10 film for backgrounds, and use the 14" Ektar coated lens exclusively. This new piece of equipment makes possible stereo plates of hitherto unsurpassed brilliance, roundness, and sharpness over the entire field. I've had a lot of success with the new coated Ektar on Kodachrome. It produces a color transparency of that lovely stereoscopic quality, and intense sharpness of detail that we all strive for since color has been added to our bag of tricks. Finally I include now-a-days several dozen Eastman Infra Red cut film for cloud effect backgrounds, and occasionally use it to shoot an Indian if he happens to be backed up against the skyline where he can't fight back. A Good Part At The Right Time Joan Fontaine, now co-starring with Cary Grant at RKO Radio in the Alfred Hitchcock's new thriller, "Before the Fact," is movietown's leading example of what one good part at the right time will do for a player. It was her role in the recent "Rebecca," which Hitchcock directed, that lifted her from stock player ranks to stardom . . . before that, during three years on the screen, she'd played in stock at the same studio where now she's starring, later had been a freelance player. "Rebecca" not only brought stardom but one of the five nominations for "best actress of 1940" voted on by members of the Academv of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Joan Blondell To Pose For Sculptor On the commission of the American Mothers' Society of New York, which has voted Joan Blondell "the most glamurous mother in America" for the second consecutive vear, \ucca Salamunich, eminent Jugo-Slavian sculptor, arrived here last week to execute a bust of the Hollywood star. Jack Oakie Signed for "Navy Blues"''' • Jack Oakie has been signed by Warner Bros, to plav the leading featured role opposite Eddie Albert in "Navy Blues." Slated for production during the early spring, "Navy Blues" will be laid in and around the San Diego naval base and on the decks of various United States men-of-war. An original storv by Arthur Horman is being adapted for the screen. New Burke & James Catalogue A brand new 92 page Burke & James catalogue announcing several new and improved items is now available to readers of INTERNATIONAL l'llo TOGRAPHER. Among the new important items are a Solar model IV enlarger for 314x414 negatives or smaller, the sensational new Grover Flexible camera, a silent mercury contact foot switch, and a Studio camera back for 4x5 and 5x7 Solar enlargers. Also included is a listing of new and used lenses from one of the nations finest stocks. Ask for free catalogue No. 141-N from Burke & James, Inc.. 223 W.Madison St., Chicago, Illinois. 18