International photographer (Jan-Dec 1941)

CAMERAMEN ON WILD GOOSE CHASE It may be a wild goose chase and it may ■not. At any rate, 20th Century-Fox sent a special camera crew of five aloft in a chartered plane to photograph several flocks of wild geese flying in their typical wedge formation. The shots are needed in the picturization of Stewart Edward Whites novel, "Wild Geese Calling," which has just gone before the cameras at the studio with Henry Fonda and Joan Bennett in the maI jor roles. The plane is piloted by Marion McKeen, a veteran speed, stunt and commercial pilot. He will fly the ship first to Oregon and if the necessary footage cannot be obtained there the party will be ferried to Utah for a further attempt. The major problem, it was pointed out by both McKenn and Leon Shamroy, who heads the camera crew, will be to approach the geese at sufficiently close range to get some good shots and yet not frighten the birds so that they break formation and scatter. "But any way you look at it," said Shamroy, "it will be a wild goose chase." RKO Completes First Bloek-of-Five With its first block-of-five for 1941-42 ready for preview screenings for delegates now attending RKO Radio's Tenth Annual ! Sales Convention in New York City, the studio is working well in advance of schedule in preparation for market showings and sales under the terms of the new consent decree. Included in the quintet are some of the outstanding attractions of the new Hollywood crop. Among them is "The Devil and Daniel Webster," "Father Takes a Wife," ! "Before the Fact," and "Parachute Battalion," depicting the newest and most spectacular arm of Uncle Sam's defense forces, the parachute infantry. Public interest in this picture has been tremendously stimulated by the sensational accident at San Diego which recently grabbed off the headlines, when a chute's shroud lines became entangled in the fuselage of the plane and ! a breath-taking rescue of the dangling parachutist was effected. An almost identical episode was filmed as one of the thrilling sequences in "Parachute Battalion," which oddly enough was completed long before the San Diego episode occurred. Director Mayo Offers Services to Uncle Sam Although he is at the top of his Hollywood career, Director Archie Mayo expects to abandon the film town "for the duration" as soon as he is finished with his current 20th Century-Fox assignment, "Charley's Aunt," in which he is directing Jack Benny and Kay Francis. Mayo has already offered his services ! to the U. S. Army to head entertainment units, a post which he is fully equipped to handle. Motion Picture Equipment Studio and Laboratory Tested Since 1929 AUTOMATIC DEVELOPING MACHINE COMPLETE IN EVERY DETAIL Immediate Delivery HOLLYWOOD USERS CAN ATTEST MACHINE'S SUPERIORITY USERS ALL OVER THE WORLD CAN RECOMMEND THIS DEVELOPING MACHINE THIS PRACTICAL MACHINE CAN BE USED IN ANY CLIMATE EASILY INSTALLED— QUICK DELIVERIES • SENSITESTER— For Light Tests and Sensitometric Strips • SOUND RECORDING SYSTEMS ART REEVES Cable address: ARTREEVES 1515 Cahuenga Blvd. Hollywood. California, U. S. A. for SPEED GRAPHIC OWNERS only! supIr speedflash shots Are Easy With SISTOGUN! Here's an instrument designed by new* photographers especially for Super-Speedflash Photography— it's the Kalart Sistogun. Today — ace photographers use and endorse this focal plane Shutter Synchronizer for 3V4 x ^lA and 4x5 Speed Graphics. The Kalart Sistogun is a compact, precision instrument which really completes your Speed Graphic. It's low priced, you can install it yourself. It may be used with battery cases of most synchronizers. With Sistogun and long-peak wire-filled flash bulbs, you can get action shots even at 1/1000 sec. See the Kalart Sistogun. Try it. You, too, will say it is made to order jor those who want real action FLASH PICTURES— at SUPER SPEEDS ! Price $12.00. THE KALART COMPANY INC. G0ERZ KINO-HYPAR LENSES I 1:2.7 and f:3 I I for regular and color movies of surprising qualify. High chromatic correction . . . Focal lengths 15mm to 100 mm — can be fitted in suitable focusing mounts to Amateur and Professional Movie Cameras. Depl. 1-7 619 TAFT BLDC. HOLLYWOOD, CALIF. KALART COERZ Reflex FOCUSER — Patented — for 16mm Movie Camera users — voids PARALLAX between finder and lens — provides fullsize ground-glass image magnified 10 times. Adaptable to lenses 3" and up. Also useful as extension tube for shorter focus lenses for close-ups. Extensively used in shooting surgical operations, small animal life, etc. I COERZ Parallax-Free FOCUSER \ and FIELD FINDER CONTROL \ for Filmo 121 and Simplex-Pockette, no more off-center pictures, magnifies 4 and 8x. For Detailed Information Address Dept. IP 7 • C. P. Coerz American Optical Co. j ( 317 East 34th St., New York t American Lens Makers Since 1899 International Photographer for July, 1941 23