American cinematographer (Jan-Dec 1959)

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AMERICAN Cinematographer November, 1 959 Vol. 40, No. 11 ARTHUR E. GAVIN Editor EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Marion Hutchins CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Derek Hill Joseph Henry Clifford Harrington Joseph V. Mascelli Herb A. Lightman TECHNICAL EDITOR Emery Huse EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD Arthur Edeson, A.S.C. Robert deGrasse, A.S.C. Burnett Guffey, A.S.C. Vi/allace Kelley, A.S.C. Arthur Miller, A.S.C. Ray Rennahan, A.S.C. John Seitz, A.S.C. Lester Shorr, A.S.C. ON THE COVER THE FAMOUS Mendenhall Glacier near Juneau, Alaska, and the iceberg-dotted lake fed from it forms background for love scene with Ray Danton and Diane McBaine for Warner Brothers' “Ice Palace," photographed by Joseph Biroc, A.S.C., in center foreground, holding meter. Others, from left, are: Gil Kissell, assistant director, George Nogle, operative cameraman; Elmer Faubian, assis¬ tant cameraman; and Director Vincent Sherman. •Feature Articles NEW, FAST REVERSAL COLOR FILM New Eastman motion picture film offers commercial producers high-speed material for color productions. SEVEN SCREENS FOR MOSCOW How America’s unique multiple-screen film presentation for the Moscow Fair was conceived, produced and staged. By Herb A. Lightman. COLOR IN MOTION PICTURES AND TV — Part III New problems arise when color productions are filmed in the usual way for exhibition on television. By Robert Allen Mitchell. TRAVELING MATTES IN COLOR The sodium lamp method employed in British studios utilizes panchromatic film for the matte negative. By Robert L. Hoult. “NOHA’S ARK” — WALT DISNEY’S FIRST NON-CARTOON ANIMATED FILM Industry’s foremost animation studio tries a new tack in animated entertainment films, tvith high success. By Arthur Rowan. 2-MIKE CONVENIENCE WITH A 1-MIKE AMPLIFIER How the single-channel Cine-Voice amplifier was modified to handle two microphones for newsreel work. By George J. Yarbrough. MOTION PICTURE CAMERAS: THE AURICON PRO-600 Description of salient features of a versatile, lightweight single-system sound camera that is ideal for in-plant industrial film production as well as newsreel filming. INDUSTRIAL FILMS NEED PRODUCTION VALUE, TOO How the same quality given feature films can enhance business and industrial films for greater audience appeal. By Darrin Scot. 672 676 680 685 688 690 •Departments INDUSTRY NEWS 646 News briefs of industry activities and progress. HOLLYWOOD BULLETIN BOARD 652 WHAT’S NEW IN EQUIPMENT, ACCESSORIES, SERVICES 656 Things that are new for makers of motion pictures. PHOTOGRAPHIC ASSIGNMENTS — By Marion Hutchins 662 Where and what TV and feature cameramen were shooting last month. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS — By Walter Strenge, A.S.C. 666 Readers’ questions ansivered by experts. EDITORIAL AND BUSINESS OFFICE: 1782 NORTH ORANGE DRIVE, HOLLYWOOD 28, CALIFORNIA. TELEPHONE: HOLLYWOOD 7-2135. AMERICAN CINEMATOGRAPHER, established 1920, is published monthly by the A. S. C. Agency, Inc., 1782 N. Orange Dr., Hollywood 28, Calif. SUBSCRIPTION: United States and Canada, $4.00 per year; Foreign, including Pan-American Union, $5.00 per year. Single copies 35 cents; back numbers 45 cents,foreign single copies, 45 cents; back numbers, 55 cents. Advertising rates on application. Copyright 1959 by A. S. C. Agency, Inc. Second-class postage paid at Los Angeles, California. NOVEMBER • 1959 645