International photographer (Jan-Dec 1941)

International pkOTOQRApllER Vol. XIII June, 1941 No. 5 LEADING ARTICLES IN THIS ISSUE Mexico's Motion Picture Festival, Wallace — Page 3 Casting for Travelogues, Fernstrom — Page 8 Uncle Sam's Parachute Battalion, Newhard — Page 13 Using the Exposure Meter, Anderson — Page 18 PICTORIAL FEATURES Sun and Wind, Mortensen — Page 2 "Here Comes the Cavalry, Kling — Pages 6, 7 Magazine Photographers' Contest, Albin & Rhodes — Page 10 "Parachute Battalion," Sigurdson — Pages 12, 14, 15, 16 REGULAR DEPARTMENTS They Say, Rella — Page 17 16 mm. Department — Page 20 Television, Evans — Page 21 Patents, Fulwider — Page 24 Editor, Herbert Ali.ek Business Manager, Helen Boyce. Art Editor, John Corydon Hill. Contributing Editors: D. K. Allison, George Hurrell, J. N. A. Hawkins, Roman Freulich, Ernest Bachrach, Alvin Wyckoff, William V. Draper, Fred Gately, George Scheibe. Copyright, 1941, by Local 659, International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees and Moving Picture Machine Operators of the United States and Canada. Entered as Second Class matter, Sept. 30, 1930, at the Post Office at Los Angeles, California, under the Act of March 3, 1879. International Photographer, as the monthly official publication of International Pho tographers, Local 659, of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees and Moving Picture Machine Operators of the United States and Canada, not only represents the entire personnel of photographers engaged in professional production of motion pictures in the United States and Canada, but also serves technicians in the studios and theatres, who are members of the International Alliance, as well as executives and creative artists of the production community and executives and engineers of the manufacturing organizations serving the motion picture industry. International Photographer assumes no responsibility for the return of unsolicited manuscripts or material. Subscription Rates: U.S.A., $2.50; Canada-Foreign, $3.00 per year. Single Copy, 25 cents. Australian Representative: McGill's News Agency, Melbourne. Office of Publication: 6461 Sunset Blvd. (Los Angeles P. O.), Hollywood, California Telephone: Hillside 9189 Publication Date: 5th of Each Month BROWN-CAtDWEU On the cover This still by Oliver Sigurdson was made during filming of "Parachute Battalion," RKO Radio Production, as were the pictures on pages 12, 14 and 15. The shots were made from a specially constructed army car with a (.raflex under heavilv overcast skies. Efficient Courteous Service ■ EVERYTHING PHOTOGRAPHIC Professional and Amateur ■ New and Used Equipment Bought, Sold and Rented ■ ART REEVES Camera Supply Co. 1515 North Cahuenga Boulevard HOLLYWOOD CALIFORNIA Cable Address: "CAMERAS" CO CO 0 0 3 D CO CO en en -.-t -~H CD (N CM O 1 1 1 1 w ' L-. CD B 8 ! 0 0 : a -3 D1 0 0 O O ! "t. o 2 * X ir o o Ph "o CM <N H X m te o ~ CO : O S "* — i i-i H3 J2 j -1 1 % 2 i V 0 s o £ \ T X b? w £ ■— • ; v < CD W pq * c a Int 6461 □ a i & a CO > 25D A YEAR tor difficult shol» — THE ORIGINAL Scheibe's Monotone Filter INDICATES instantly how every color and light value of a scene or object will be rendered in the finished print btfore taking the picture. •:• always ready. GRADUATED FILTERS Mwofytt wni MiqWefttrcrs FOG SCENES, DIFFUSED FOCUS AND OTHER EFFECTS TJUr£ fOR FOLDER TWinoikt 210J Gcorqe H. Scheibe ORIGINATOR OP EFFECT FILTERS International Photographer for June, 1941 ORIGINATOR Ol 1927 WEST 78™ ST LOS ANGELES. CAL