Moving Picture Age (Jan-Dec 1920)

February. 1920 MOVING PICTURE AGE 41 iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiM^ I Classified Advertising | B For Sale, Wanted or Exchange classified advertisements | g not displayed, 5c per word, minimum 30 words. This col g H umn affords you a reliable market for disposing of articles S S which ordinarily are a total loss or for exchanging your M S outgrown equipment for other desirable material. Be S S brief. Count your words, multiply the total number of g S words by five (5c) cents and send the amount with your = g advertisement. M illlllllllllll!lllll!!lll!l!ll!lllill|i|!lllllllllll!llll!lllllillllllllll!ll!!llllllllllllllllliy^ 500 EDUCATIONAL SUBJECTS in Motion Pictures suitable for lecture purposes for sale at bargain prices. History, Religion, Scenics, Science, Botany, Zoology and Social Service Subjects. Address Ray J. Fink, 4263 Franklin street, Philadelphia, Pa. COMPLETE PATHE PASSION PLAY— Hand colored, in four reels with Powers No. 6 Professional Motion Picture Machine complete witli extras ; also 2 reels of Holy City, 2 reels of Last Supper, 25 single reels of Educational and Comic subjects; all in good condition. Make offer for all or part. . Harry Stocker, 11 West 34th street, Bayonne, N. J. EARN $25 weekly, spare time, writing for newspapers, magazines. Exp. unnec. ; details free. Press Syndicate, 600, St. Louis, Mo. Pastelography for Universal Productions "The year 1920 is going to mark a new epoch in the moving picture industry, and along with other important changes which I am confident will take place, there will be a decided trend upward in the production of pictures." This statement comes from Carl Laemmle, president of Universal. Continuing, Mr. Laemmle says : "Huge sums of money will be spent by the producers next year, and pictures of surprising excellence will be the rule rather than the exception. It will be a season for the big, and unusual picture, and while I realize that it is not possible to make every film a masterpiece, it is possible to attain a higher level than has obtained up to now. The public has shown that it wants pictures of the highest quality, and when I speak of higher quality, I mean that everything that goes into the making of moving pictures will be on a higher plane. Better stories will be secured, regardless of the cost ; more attention will be paid by directors in making pictures absolutely flawless. Directors of the greatest prominence have profited by the mistakes which have been pointed out bj' an ever increasingly critical press and public, and they profess an eagerness to do their part in establishing new records. "Photographically, there doesn't seem to be much room for improvement although there are some discoveries being made which may become extremely popular. A new process known as pastelograph has been perfected by Eric Von Stroheim, the director whose first big production was "Blind Husbands." The effect of pastelography is to give moving pictures the appearance of paintings, and while the efl^ect of soft diffusion is obtained, there is none of the murkiness which appears in some of the ultra-futurist photodramas, so difficult for the eyes to follow. Mr. Von Stroheim worked out his system of pastelography in collaboration with Ben Reynolds, the Universal camera man." The PICTURE SCREEN HAS POWER OF EXPRESSION GREATER EVEN THAN THE MOST FORCEFUL DELIVERY OF WORDS IT IS NO LONGER A QUESTION OF WHY USE PICTURES— BUT HOW ? THE VICTOR PORTABLE STEREOPTICON offers the simplest, surest medium for projecting the brilHant, Hfe-size image on the screen. Powerful Mazda or gas lamps to meet all conditions. Lenses supplied for all distances. Great lists of slides illustrating hundreds of topics are available thru purchase or rental. Today— write for trial terms on the "ARISTOCRAT OF STEREOPTICONS." Also ask for slide bulletin. THE MANUFACTURERS VICTOR ANIMATOGRAPH COMPANY, Inc. 125 VICTOR BUILDING DAVENPORT, IOWA Specializing in Quality Animated Ads— Unusual Facilities for Producing Short or Long Screen Advertisements, Together with Expert Art Work and Technical Direction, Warrant You Giving This Modern Studio a Trial. ART work: Specialists skilled in animation execute the most difficult action pictures with smoothness and telling effect on the screen. LABORATORY: modern plant in the United States, with capacity for several thousand feet of film per day. Our developing and finishing is done in the most ADVERTISING PHOTOGRAPHIC: Leading national adver tisers have entrusted important productions to our staff of experts. In every case we have received proof of complete satisfaction. A high degree of photographic excellence is maintained by careful supervision of all work turned out by this plant. 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