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/^VN another page of this issue of Agfa Motion Picture Topics will be found an article tracing the history and progress of the present Agfa-Ansco Corporation and its corporate progenitors from the formation of the original Anthony company in 1842 to the present. It is an article frequently requested by those of our readers who are familiar with the romantic history and fine traditions of the firm behind Agfa-Ansco film. It is an interesting and constructive story, yet it is one we've been a bit reluctant to print.
Why? Because in common with many another magazine, we regularly find ourselves restricted by the limitations of type and pages. There is so much of a technical nature that can be said about the Agfa films and their use, and so many friends who are eager to help us say it. that it seemed unnecessarily vain to utilize useful space in telling what is, after all, the typical success story of a typical, pioneer American business enterprise.
But since our friends have had their way, we hope that the readers of this journal will find this necessarily brief introduction to the factory behind Agfa-Ansco film, and to its traditions and methods, illuminating and, to some extent, at least, inspiring. As one who read the article before its publication commented, in these hurried days of “anything for quick profits,” it is a refreshing thing to encounter an organization true to the
American business spirit of a great era. when loyal adherence to quality formed the keystone to success.
*Tp H E monthly meetings of the American Society ol Cinematographers are, we are glad to see, gaining steadily in interest and importance. Begun shortly after the opening of the A. S. C. clubhouse, primarily as social affairs, these gatherings have inevitably developed into worthwhile forums on current technical problems.
The February meeting, devoted to discussion of photoelectric exposuremeters and presided over by Past President Dan Clark, attracted the largest and most enthusiastic attendance yet recorded. The industry has reason to congratulate itself upon having an institution of this nature where, as we observed at that meeting, cameramen and laboratory experts, film specialists and meter manufacturers could sit down together and discuss their problems with complete frankness which pulls no punches, yet in a spirit of complete good fellowship.
For yet another reason this meeting was of particular significance. This is the surprisingly unanimous acceptance of meters as helpful adjuncts to modern cinematography. Opinions differed as to the most suitable types of meters, and the best methods of using them: but not a voice was raised to question the value of the device. This approval is a
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