American cinematographer (Jan-Dec 1926)

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Four AMERICAN CINEMATOGRAPHER November, 1926 Alvin V. Knechtel Is Elefted to A. S. C. Membership Is Bestowed on Distinguished Cinematographer of Varied Career Alvin V. Knechtel, A.S.C., and Knechtel, left, and Gene Tunney, heavyive'ujht champion , reviewing Tunney's "fighting forms." Still was taken while the A.S.C. member was photographing "The Wallop Works" for Pathe. Alvin V. Knechtel has been elected to membership in the American Society of Cinematographers, the A.S.C. Board of Governors announces. Knechtel, who joined First National on contract during the past month, has had a long cinematographic career, varied as well as interesting. He started in the profession in Detroit in 191^ in a small commercial laboratory. He was almost immediately assigned to the camera, and was obliged to develop and print his own work. He continued in this line for four vears, during which time he photographed several Detroit-made five-reelers. His regular work in the course of this period, however, consisted chiefly in making commercial and educational pictures, such as "The Manufacture of the Buick Car," in seven reels, and the like. With Paramount In 1919, Knechtel received an assignment from Famous Players-Lasky to make a trip to the South Seas by boat from Boston through the Panama Canal, north of Honolulu, and then south to Samoa. On this expedition, he made nine pictures for the "Paramount Magazine." In addition, he filmed "Some More Samoa" and "South Sea Magic," together with numerous short subjects and educational. Freelance On his return to New York, Knechtel worked two years with Baumer Productions, Inc., and then launched into freelance work, producing his own short subjects and selling the negatives outright to the releasing organizations. His chief sales were to Pathe with the result that he eventually joined the staff of that organization. For Pathe, he toured the United States by automobile, assembling material for short subjects, and later made another trip to Honolulu, after which he was (Continued on Page 24)