International photographer (Jan-Dec 1941)

Cliff Edwards Forced Into Musicians Union Cliff Edwards, sometimes known as "Ukulele Ike," who has been playing his Ukulele on stage and screen for 22 years without having to join the Musicians Union, has been notified by its president, James C. Petrillo, that the ukulele has finally been classified as a musical instrument. Therefore, Edwards was told, he will have to join the union if he wishes to continue playing his ukulele on stage or screen. He applied for membership at once, because he plays the instrument as part of his current role in Warner Bros.' "The Flight Patrol." co-starring James Stephenson and Ronald Reagan. Claudette Colbert in "Remember the Day" Claudette Colbert, dark-haired film star, will return to the 20th Century-Fox lot shortly for one of the finest roles of her brilliant career. Darryl F. Zanuck announced that Miss Colbert had been signed to star in the film version of the successful stage play, "Remember the Day," which is scheduled to go into production after about six weeks. The play, one of Broadway's major hits, was written by Philo Higley and Philip Dunning. Twentieth Century-Fox is reported to have paid a fancy price for the film rights. William Perlberg will be Associate Producer of the film production. Tess Schlesinger and Frank Davis turned out the screen play for "Remember the Day," a romantic drama. Miss Colbert, one of the screen's top figures, made her last appearance on the 20th Century-Fox lot in "Drums Along the Mohawk," with Henry Fonda and John Ford as the director. That was one of the most successful pictures turned out by the studio last year. CLASSIFIED LARGE QUANTITY OF PROFESSIONAL CAMERAS AVAILABLE. WRITE FOR BARGAIN BOOKLET. BURKE & JAMES, INC., 223 W. MADISON ST., CHICAGO, ILL. WANTED TO BUY FOR CASH CAMERAS AND ACCESSORIES MITCHELL, B. & H., EYEMO, DEBRIE, AKELEY ALSO LABORATORY AND CUTTING ROOM EQUIPMENT CAMERA EQUIPMENT COMPANY 1600 Broadway New York City Tel. Circle 6-5080— Cable : CINEQUIP BELL & HOWELL, 5-WAY SOUND PRINTER. CAMERA EQUIPMENT COMPANY I'. 00 Bt-oa<hvay New York City Tel. Circle 6-5080— Cable: CINEQUIP FOR SALE: Like new. H.C.E. "Hollywood" Combination 35 mm. and 16 mm. automatic one-man developing machine. Operating capacity 3000 feet of positive or 1500 feet of negative per hour. Price $1250.00. HOLLYWOOD CAMERA EX CHANGE, 1600 N. Cahuenga Blvd. MITCHELL NC 112. LIKE NEW. Up to the minute. B. B. RAY, 300 W. Durante Road, Arcadia, Calif. TRADEWINDS (Continued from page 22) Leitz Cover Class Plates Many professional and scientific laboratories who make numerous 1 x Wi inch color transparencies have found that the ground edges of the Leitz Cover Glass Plates permit slides to be made with greater rapidity, make the final slide neater in appearance, and result in bound slides which are more uniform in size. As a convenience to those who make large numbers of slides, the Leitz Cover Glass Plates are now available in a special "Laboratory Packing" which contains 600 glass plates. This package lists at $7.00. Solar Enlargers With Variable Light Intensity Bulb Announcement comes from Burke and James, Inc. that Solar Enlargers are now fitted with a three filament lamp that provides evenly distributed 50, 100 or 150 watt illumination and a special three switch position socket. This really worth while improvement enables the operator to match the intensity of the light to the density of the negative. On thin negatives, the lower light intensity tends to improve print contrast while on dense negatives a more powerful light acts to provide a wider gradation of tones in the print. This new feature is now being furnished as standard equipment on Solar enlargers at no increase in price. Another "first" for Burke and James, Inc., Chicago, 111., comes in the form of the Solar Table Switch. The switch with its feather touch light control, (and Special Mercury contacts make for safety, no sparking, and long life) operates the new three power enlarger bulb. Depressing the push button turns the light on, depress it again and the light turns off. I OE SALE— High sound system, new. I -duet ion ;ii>i|i for immediati u e, '.■■■. i . . I I <-.-,, i ,|i [,:• era, complete ■■■. il li corder with It. & 0. Cash or u camera equipment. Am-., Tuel-.ahoe, N. quality modern portable double Berndt-Maurer Galvanometer and liner, W. E. microphone, complete $2,000.00. Single system R.C.A. head for Mitchell Standard Cammotor. $250.00. Finely built reH. Magazine, no Galvanometer, ill trade for Mitchell or H. & H. DON MALKAMES, 40 Standish Y. Agfa Triple S Ortho Newest member of the family of professional films manufactured by Agfa Ansco in Binghamton, New York, is Triple S Ortho. an achievement in film-making that brings outstanding advantages of value to many photographers. Manufacturers stale that emulsion of this new film exhibits a combination of extreme speed and high orthochromatic color sensitivity, together with an essentially long-scale, yet moderately-brilliant portrait gradation which makes it preferred on the many occasions in portraiture, commercial and illustration photography when extreme speed is necessary and the tone rendering of a highly orthochromaticfilm is desired. Speed is comparable to Agfa Superpan Press and Triple S Pan films, and its gradation and color-sensitivitj characteristics make it well adapted to use in tungsten and fluorescent illumination as well ;is daylight. Other features of interest include: a back coating for halation prevention; an antiabrasion malic surface-coating that facilitates negative retouching; and a spectral sensitivity thai permits development wilh occasional inspection by red safelight. Triple S Ortho is available through regular sources of supply in all standard sizes on Safety Base, and at no increase over standard prices for oilier Agfa orthochromatic sheet films. Hollywood Hollywood! City maligned, Censured, praised, misunderstood, — Apollo's Oracle enshrined Afar from Delphi's sacred wood! Pythia speaks, in pictured thought Old when Babel's language, banned, Became confused. In boldness wrought, Her flickering hieroglyphs are scanned By all the peoples, races, creeds, On screens stretched taut across the world. Modern Dionysian deeds, Captive visions, swift are hurled In glowing incandescence bright, To tell in Universal tongue The stories chalked in torches' light By cave-men when the world was young. City of a thousand lies, Gomorrah of Pacific Coast, To those who drink, with bleary eyes To a mephitic Sodom's toast! Scioned by a sturdy stock, Edened by Creator wise, Guardianed by Sierra's rock, Thou, an earthly paradise. Surfeited with beauty rare, Blest with months of cloudless sky, Sensuous-sweet your perfumed air, Lovely village, doomed to die! In your place a city born, Sired of visions, fed light's gleams, Taught to speak in love and scorn, Grown to fame because of dreams. Thou has suffered blasphemies, Meekly worn a martyr's crown, — Undeserved the heresies Of those who would tear thee down. You who nurtured De Longpre, Builded churches, homes and schools, Lived content and learned to pray, — List ye not to frothing fools! We who live close to your heart, Loyally defend your name, Glad to be of you a part, Proud to share your envied fame. Censured, praised, misunderstood. In a seething maelstrom whirled, Pagan, Christian Hollywood, Oracle to all the world! By Virgil Miller. 28