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IN THIS ISSUE
Charles Ford, author of the article on "Infra-Red For Dramatic Effects" (Page I 3) is a studio executive with an unusual background. Before coming to his present post as one of Republic Studio's production executives, he was for many years Editor-In-Chief of the Universal Newsreel, and producer of several series of short-subjects as we II. Robert Mitchell, Jr., whose article "Four Useful Optical Formulas" on Page 7 is eminently worth reading, is a Chemical Engineer, lately associated with one of America's major tire firms. An enthusiastic photographer, he finds relaxation in digging out apparently complicated facts and putting them to work. Arthur Martinelli, whose comments on the use of Supreme Negative appear on Page 25 is one of the industry's pioneer cinematographers.
The pictorial illustrations in this issue are again chosen from among the more notable prints of the Third Annual Rol leiflex Salon. All of them are examples of the use of Agfa films by the nation's leading pictoria lists. A most unusual example of the possibilities of modern photography is Charles James Fox' picture of the candle-light service at St. Thomas Church, New York. The exposure was made by pure candlelight, with no flash or other light to assist. The exposure was on Superpan film, 45 seconds at f :3 .5.
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MOHR NEW HEAD OF PHOTOGRAPHERS
Agfa Motion Picture Topics takes pleasure in extending to Hal Mohr, the newly-elected President of International Photographers Local 659 of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees its congratulations and best wishes. The popularity and ability of Mohr are attested by the fact that this is the second time he has been elected to the chief office of Local 659, and that he also is Past President of the A.S.C.
Our congratulations are extended equally to the other newly elected officials of Local 659. These include Herbert Aller, re-elected to the post of Business Representative, Leon Shamroy, Lucien Ballard, and William Skall as Vice Presidents, James King as Recording Secretary, and Len Powers as Sergeant-at-Arms. Edward Pyle, Ernest Depew and Fleet Southcott are the newly elected Trustees.
The new Executive Board of Local 659 includes Charles Bohny, James J. Brooks, William Clothier, Robert Coburn, Eddie Fitzgerald, Russell Harlan, Sanford Greenwald, Clifton Maupin and Lathrop Worth.
NEW WESTON FILM-SPEED CHART
For use with the well known Weston photoelectric exposure meters, the Weston Instrument Corporation has issued a new table of Weston film-speed ratings. In addition to giving up-to-date listings of all of the best known film and plate products, the new chart is noteworthy because for the first time it
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