American cinematographer (Jan-Dec 1963)

CAMART DUAL SOUND EDITOR MODEL SB1 1 1 Edit single and double system 16mm or 35mm op¬ tical sound. Edit single system magnastripe or double system magnetic sound. Use with any 16mm motion picture viewer to obtain perfect lip-sinc matching of picture to track. Works from left to right or right to left. Dual Editor (without viewer) Optical model . . Zeiss Moviscop Viewer . . . 96.00 Special Editor-Viewer Comb. . 269.5C '$195.00 CAMART CORE DISPENSER Keeps film cores handy at all times. Attaches eas¬ ily to work table or wall. Easy to remove, easy to fill. All aluminum con¬ struction. Sixes: Length 16" $10.00 Length 24" . 12.00 Length 36", . 16.00 Aluminum Dispenser for Plastic Reels so' . 16.50 ioo' . 1 8.50 FOR MOVIOLAS CAMART TV MATTES • View the correct TV frame size • Eliminates guess work • Precision cut . . . fitted from durable heavy gauge plastic Moviola New Type Large Conversion 4x5 Picture Head for 16mm and 35mm Moviola New Standard “tilt-type” 3x4 Picture Head for 16mm and 35mm Moviola 16mm Picture Head, 23/4x3'/j ALL SIZES $5.95 INDUSTRY NEWS Continued from Page 256 In the mid-thirties, a merger with In¬ ternational Theatre Accessories Corp. saw the business well on its way to success and by the end of World War II it had become important as a major supplier of motion picture production equipment. In the mid-fifties, progress of the company under Tanney's guidance led to company opening a western office in Hollywood with Alan Macauley as manager. Eight years later, an ex¬ pansion move culminated in changing the company name to S.O.S. PhotoCine-Optics, Inc., Tanney’s retirement as president, and Macauley’s elevation to head of the company. ITALIAN FILM technicians see demonstration of ColorTran lighting equipment in Rome. Mole-Richardson Sponsors Italian Industry Meeting The opening technical meeting for the 1963 season for the A.T.I.C. (Associazione Technica Italiana Cinematografica) was held in Rome last month, sponsored by the Mole-Richardson (Italia) organization. The meeting was attended by more than 180 members of the motion pic¬ ture and television industries of Italy. Highlight of the meeting was an address by Mr. Gordon Cook, of RankTaylor-Hobson, London, who spoke on “Recent Advances in Cine Optics." Following the meeting, various types of film production equipment repre¬ sented by Mole-Richardson were dem¬ onstrated. In the photo above Mr. Ing. Cok, on the right, of Mole-Richardson, is shown demonstrating the new Color¬ Tran Quartz-King “Dual” light to cameramen and technican members of the A.T.I.C. 9 General Film Labs Marks Tenth Anniversary The president of General Film Lab¬ oratories, William E. Gephart, Jr., commemorated his firm’s 10th birth¬ day last month with the shortest speech on record for such an occasion. “We are surprised to be so big so soon.’’ he said, simply. A division of Pacific Industries, Inc. since 1956, General is one of the major Hollywood processors of professional motion-picture film, with a yearly total of approximately 140 million feet of color and black-and-white film, includ¬ ing theatrical feature films, television programs and commercials, and indus¬ trial, educational, and government films. During its ten-year span, the com¬ pany reports, it has introduced to the industry the first automated control of printing processes, and the first com¬ puterized production-control system. Other novelties include development of high-speed processing for “hot” kines, which was the backbone of the com¬ pany’s business in its early years, and the pioneering and perfecting of the 35/32 method of producing 16mm neg¬ atives and prints. FILM EFFEC7 Production Brass View Effects For “Mad-World” Arthur Krim. President, and a con¬ tingent of other United Artists top brass, held final production conferences at Film Effects of Hollywood, where photographic special effects for Stan¬ ley Kramer’s “Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World” are being completed. Linwood G. Dunn, ASC, President of Film Effects, demonstrated how miniatures, mattes, optical effects and animation are being used in the Kramer block¬ buster. Seen in above photo, taken in front of the Filin Effects of Hollywood Studio are: (l.-r.) Earl Kramer, A1 Horwitz, Dunn, Stanley Kramer, George Schaeffer, Meyer Beck, Robert S. Benjamin (Chairman of the Board. United Artists), Krim, Arnold Picker (Executive Vice President, United Artists), James R. Velde (Vice Presi¬ dent in Charge of Sales, United Art¬ ists), Robert F. Blumofe (Vice Presi¬ dent, United Artists West Coast office), David Picker (United Artists Vice President), and Eric Pleskow, (Vice President in Charge of Foreign Dis¬ tribution) . Continued on Page 310 258 AMERICAN CINEMATOGRAPHER, MAY, 1963