Movie Makers (Jan-Dec 1953)

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104 APRIL 1953 for the streets teem with life. Here the wide angle lens will be most valuable, since many of the churches and bell towers are high, while the streets and squares from which you must shoot are usually narrow and cramped. In Siena especially you will bless those rubbersoled walking shoes, as you tramp steeply up and down the slippery, cobbled alleys. Turn northward now to visit Florence, where you should allow at least five days. For Florence is not easy to photograph. Once more you are confronted by soaring towers above dark, narrow streets, and it may take several hours of experimentation before you can find effective camera positions. It also is interesting to photograph certain subjects at varying times of day, under varying light conditions. VENICE, THE DREAM CITY From Florence, proceed to Venice, the dream city of all movie makers. Florence is actually somewhat grim and austere. Contrastingly, Venice, with its light, its brilliant coloring and its gay life, is radiant. Leave the car in the Autorimessa, a huge, modernistic garage on the edge of town, and reach your hotel by gondola. The latter is a most romantic mode of transportation, but it is also an expensive one. Nor can Classified advertisi ng 10 Cants a Word Minimum Charge $2 ■ Wordi in capitals, except first word and name, 5 cents extra. EQUIPMENT FOR SALE | BASS . . ■ Chicago. Cinema headquarters for 43 years offers money saving buys in guaranteed used equipment. 16mm. Zoomar complete, "C" mt. and Cine Special with close-up attach. List 81650.00; price 8750.00. Pan Cinor 20mm. to 60mm. for Bolex or adaptable to B&H 70DA, list $447.50; price 8325.00. Cine Special I, single sprocket, 1" //1.9, 15mm. //2.7 W.A., 8395.00. B&H 70DA, 1", //1.5 Wollensak, 15mm. //2.7 E.K. w. a.. 3" f/i B&H Telate Comb, case, 8247.50. Bolex H-16, 1" //1.4 Biotar, 2" //3.5 Cooke, 3" //2.5 Wollensak, $325.00. 8mm. Revere 99 Turret, f/2.B B&L lens, 852.50. BASS SPECIAL: Brand new Revere Mod. 55, case, list 873.50; net, 852.50. Best buys . . . Best trades always. BASS CAMERA CO., Dept. CC, 179 W. Madison St., Chicago 2, 111. ■ SHOOT YOUR OWN perfectly centered titles with any movie camera by using Bull's Eye Camera Centering System. Complete kit, $2.95 postpaid. Satisfaction guaranteed. BULL'S EYE PHOTO PRODUCTS, Box 8174 Plaza Station, Kansas City, Missouri. ■ 600 FOOT MAGAZINES FOR YOUR 100 FT. SOUND AURICON. NOISELESS MOTOR TAKE UP. GREAT LAKES MOTION PICTURE SERVICE, 12037 Grand River Ave., Detroit 4, Mich. ■ BOLEX H-16 Standard, Bell & Howell 25mm. //1.9, new model Paillard 15mm. //2.8, deluxe carrying case, single sprockets. Excellent condition, iy% years old, 3285.00. JOHN E. TAFT, 160 Eugenia Dr., Ventura, Calif. ■ SOUND PROJECTORS as low as $90.00, silent projectors a9 low as S22 50. Film bargains, silent and sound. We buy, exchange, equipment and films. Free lists; mention MM. FRANK LANE, 5 Little Bldg., Boston, Mass. | LIKE new Bolex de luxe 16mm. movie camera, Octameter view finder, Yvar 16mm. //2.8; Switar 25mm. //1.5; Yvar 75mm. //2.8; Yvar 150mm. //4.0 Visafocus lenses ; Bell & Howell Filmosound Model 185 C sound and silent projector with 2" Superproval //1-6 and 0.75" //1.6 projection lenses; Bell & Howell Filmotion Editor and Splicer, 2000 ft. rewinds; Quickset Senior elevator tripod; G.E. exposure meter; 72"x72" Da -Lite wall screen; hand held mike ; pistol grip for camera ; large leather camera and accessory bag ; make offer. HOWARD BENNETT, 50 Jenny Lane, Indianapolis, Ind. FILMS FOR RENTAL OR SALE ■ NATURAL COLOR SLIDES, Scenic, National Park9; Cities, Animals, Flowers, etc. Sets of eight, 81-95; Sample & list, 25#. SLIDES, Box 206, La Habra, Calif. H SPECTACULAR 16mm. color sequences made by daring explorer. Brown bear closeups, shipwreck, sealions, caribou. Alaska, Mexico, Europe and the Alps. Write to NEIL DOUGLAS, Box 664, Meriden, Conn. MISCELLANEOUS ■ KODACHROME DUPLICATES: 8mm. or 16mm., lie* per foot. Immediate service on mail orders. HOLLYWOOD 16MM. INDUSTRIES, Inc., 6060 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood 28, Calif. ■ SOUND RECORDING at a reasonable eost. High fidelity 16 or 35. Quality guaranteed. Complete studio and laboratory services. Color printing and lacquer coating. ESCAR MOTION PICTURE SERVICE, Inc., 7315 Carnegie Ave., Cleveland 3, Ohio. Phone: Endicott 1-2707. ■ 8mm. HOLLYWOOD TITLE STUDIO 16mm. Complete titling service. Color and black and white. SPECIAL DISCOUNT TO AMATEUR CINEMA LEAGUE MEMBERS. Send 16£ for Price List and Sample. Address: 1060 North Vista Street, Hollywood 46, Calif. ■ EXPLORE SCANDINAVIA with motion picture expedition, eight countries northern Europe. 81350 each. June 5, forty days. NEIL DOUGLAS, Lecturer, Box 664, Meriden, Conn. ■ TECHNI-CALS. Over 300 markings for photo equipment, darkroom, and titles. New type permanent decals. Send 81.50 to ANDREW J. MOTT, 439 N. Van Ness, Los Angeles 4, Calif. VARIABLE SPEED MOTOR 110 VOLT AC/DC TACHOMETER for EK CINE SPECIAL Motor drive your Cine Special with confidence! Tachometer is mounted in clear view of operator. Calibrated from 16 to 64 frames per second. Definite RED marking for 24 fps. Electrical governor adjusts speeds. Steady operation at all speeds. No adapters needed. Motor coupling attaches to camera and couples to motor. Spring steel drive arm shears if film jam occurs. Easily replaced. SPLICES NOT HOLDING? Try Jefrona all-purpose cement. Send for FREE sample. FRANK C. ZUCKER (7flm€Hfl£quipm€nT(o. ^*J*» 1600 BRonoujHu\ ncai yaRK cay ^-*" sharp pictures be made from the gently swaying craft. So put on those rubbersoled shoes once more, and walk through Venice for your filming. For, believe it or not, the entire city can be traversed on foot through a veritable warren of alleys and small bridges over the ever-present canals. Be sure to have a good city-street map here. Without it, you are all too likely to become hopelessly lost. A week is hardly sufficient to cover Venice. To me it is the most glamorous, the most photogenic of European cities. Here you live in a city of the past, although it is a lively, crowded metropolis. I know of nothing more pleasurable than to spend an hour or two at Florian's or any of the other outdoor cafes bordering the Piazza San Marco. Here, sipping a cool beverage, you behold an ever-changing spectacle: the crowds, the pigeons and the shimmering light playing over the fairy-like facade of the cathedral. Here is a spot where highly effective sequences can be shot with a minimum of effort. From Venice, it is a relatively short hop over flat country to Verona, another interesting old city. Here are the Roman amphitheatre, the busy Piazza del Erbe (the market place), the tomb of the Scaligars, the house of Juliet, and, above all, the old castle and bridge. Perfect specimens of medieval fortification, their red brick walls and turrets make fine color subjects against the blue Italian sky. SWITCH TO SWITZERLAND By the end of June or the first week in July, Italy becomes increasingly hot and also increasingly overrun by large, conducted groups of tourists. So now I suggest that you head northward to Switzerland. This tiny country is divided into sections: the southern or Italian region; the eastern or AustrianTyrolean; the central and northern German region, and the western part, which is French in speech, customs and culture. A visit to each of these areas is a must, if you wish to present a complete picture of the country. So, as representative of each section, I propose a visit to Canton Ticino, with its semi-tropical resorts and its interesting ghost towns. Next, to the Val D'Herens, not far from Zermatt and the Matterhorn. For this wild little valley has so far escaped commercial tourism. It is the one valley in Switzerland where the natives wear traditional peasant costume as daily garb. From here, go to Pontresina, in the eastern part of the country. Here again you will find characteristic Engadine-type houses, beautiful meadows and pastures in the shadow of snow-capped peaks. And last, you should not miss a stay in the environs of Interlaken, in the heart of German Switzerland, the Bernese Oberland.