Movie Makers (Jan-May 1928)

NEWS of the INDUSTRY for AMATEURS and DEALERS Panchromatic THE Du Pont 16m.m. panchromatic negative introduced to the amateurs some two months ago opens up certain new phases of cinematography that should be extremely interesting. Panchromatic film, being sensitized strongly for the red end of the spectrum, is faster than the ordinary emulsion when used with incandescent light and in the yellow and red light of the setting sun. It is extremely valuable for registering on the emulsion beautiful cloud effects, and for distant landscapes it cuts thru the ever-present haze and makes distant objects much more clearly defined. Makeup of the amateur actor or actress can be practically eliminated, so well does this emulsion reproduce the color values of the face in monechrome. Daylight Printer A FILM printing machine which works in full daylight, prints optically from 35 mm. negative to 16 m.m., and vice versa, as well as from 16 m.m. negative to 16 m.m. positive, is announced this month by its manufacturers, Depue and Vance, Chicago, Illinois. A complete unit includes an automatic light change board, which has a giant control of 152 light changes and 22 different densities. This board can also be used with all types of optical printers, as well as the Bell & Howell continuous printer and the Duplex step printer. The camera end of the printer is easily detached and either a 35 m.m. or 16 m.m. reduction size can be used as desired. The reduction of a thousand foot 35 m.m. negative to a four hundred foot 16 m.m. positive can be accomplished in 40 minutes. The standard size unit will reduce or enlarge the positive print for special effects in making closeup sections where taken as a long shot, and will reduce to a Ph olograph by Wide World OFF FOR AFRICA WITH A CINE CAMERA George Eastman, Photographed Just Before Departing to Hunt Big Game With Mr. and Mrs. Martin Johnson. miniature for special and title effects. A unique feature of the machine is an instantaneous stop with closed shutter, thereby eliminating dark exposures on the film during the printing process. This makes splicing and cutting unnecessary in the finished print. New Library WITH this issue, the Stanley Film Library joins the fast growing family of 16 m.m. libraries offering films for home projection. The Stanley releases for February which are a hundred feet in length, include a burlesque on the theatrical newsreel, a new type of war film, a nature subject and others. The films are edited by Don Bennett, a frequent contributor of technical subjects in Amateur Movie Makers. The Right Spirit TT is with great pride that the •■■ League has the honor to announce this month that the well known firm of Charles Willoughby Inc., of New York, N. Y. presented a membership in the Amateur Cinema League to every purchaser of a certain type camera and projector during the month of January, 1928. Such splendid co-operation is deeply appreciated, as such action has many benefits, and also goes to show the liveness of one of the leading cine dealers of the country. This procedure is not a subscription or membership getting stunt, as such a gift to a new cine amateur is the finest he could receive. It brings to him the services of the League and its magazine, Amateur Movie Makers twelve times a year, packed full of helpful and interesting cinematic pointers from cover to cover. May we suggest that all our other dealei friends give careful thought to this step taken by the firm of Willoughby and give the amateur a gift that will help him enjoy his new equipment to the utmost? Credit Line npHRU a proof error, Ralph R. * Eno, Pioneer Art Title Builder, should have been given credit as the designer of the title, "On the Wings of the Storm", which appeared on page twenty-one of the January issue of this magazine. Show-At-Home Releases THE Show-At-Home Film Library's first great super releases are now available. The first of these, "Skinner's Dress Suit," with Reginald Denny and Laura La Plante, "Lorraine of the Lions," featuring Norman Kerry and Patsy Ruth Miller, "Outside the Law," with Lon Chaney and Priscilla Dean, "California Straight Ahead," with Regin O n e hundred-eleven