American cinematographer (Jan-Dec 1952)

Hollywood Bulletin Board THREE MEN responsible for success of Warner Brothers' "The Miracle of GUESTS of Sid Solow, A.S.C., (left) at July meeting of American So Our Lady of Fatima/' latest Warner-Color production, are Fred Gage, WB ciety of Cinematographers, were Hans J. Jost of Berlin, Germany, and lab head; John Brahm, director; and cameraman Edwin DuPar, (I to r). Edgar Burlin, of Hollywood. Jost heads German film lab equipment firm. FIRST PRACTICAL demonstration of Warner-Color for members of American Society of Cinematographers was given July 28th when Warner Brothers’ “The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima” was screened at the A.S.C. clubhouse in Hollywood. On hand to explain process and describe some of the problems en¬ countered in using this latest of color film processes was Fred Gage, A.S.C., head of Warner’s laboratory and credited with successful adaptation of Eastman Kodak’s color negative and positive films to studio's new color filming system. “Miracle,” by comparison with the studio’s initial Warner-Color produc¬ tion, shows tremendous improvement in both color and print quality. Respon¬ sible for camerawork was Edwin DuPar, A.S.C., who is currently shooting War¬ ner’s fourth Warner-Color production, “Springfield Rifle.” Also present at screening was John Brahm, who di¬ rected “Miracle.” • DAVID BOYLE, son of A.S.C. secretary John Boyle, was admitted to member¬ ship in the Society last month. • KARL STRUSS, A.S.C., and producerdirector Cecil B. DeMille, in a gettogether at latter’s office at Paramount Studio recently, commemorated 33 years continuous service in the motion pic¬ ture industry. Karl Struss once was DeMille’s exclusive cameraman for a • period of three years, and photographed such famous DeMille productions as “For Better or For Worse,” “Why Change Your Wife?,” “Affairs Of Anabel,” “Male and Female,” and “Sign Of The Cross.” SID SOLOW, A.S.C., head of Consoli¬ dated Film Industries’ Hollywood lab¬ oratory, announces an expansion pro¬ gram which will see company’s Holly¬ wood plant greatly expanded. New ad¬ dition under construction will house a quarter of a million dollars worth of new equipment, some of it purchased abroad. 0 KARL STRUSS and Cecil B. DeMille (I to r) celebrate 33 years of movie making. FAYTE M. BROWNE, A.S.C., director of photography at Columbia Studios for the past ten years, passed away July 18th, at the age of 56. From 1926 to 1929, he was head of the camera depart¬ ment at Warner Brothers’ studio in Bur¬ bank. After becoming a director of pho¬ tography at Columbia, he photographed more than 25 pictures, mostly westerns, for that studio. VISITING A.S.C. headquarters during their stay in Hollywood last month were T. Yokota, cinematographer with Daiei Motion Picture Co., Japan, and M. Midorikawa, technical advisor with same company. Both men were associated in the production of “Roshomon,” Japanmade film which won an Academy Award this year. • KARL FREUND, A.S.C., who developed the special photographic system used in filming the “I Love Lucy” and “Our Miss Brooks” TV film shows, has been honored with membership in the New York Academy of Sciences, organization representing all important fields of science in America. Freund, who is credited with developing a number of important instruments used in color photography and color film processing, heads Photo Research Corp., Burbank, Calif. 330 American Cinematographer August, 1952