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nc. New Silent Arc from Creco, Can Be Used Two Feet from "Mike,” Firm Claims by DELBERT E. DAVENPORT B ORN, a husky baby (arc), christened the Creco Mute. And, quite unlike all other species of infants, this one makes its advent into the world without the proverbial initial “big squawk,” and. according to its manufacturers, never will it be heard by man or microphone for the whole of its life, ir- respective of its longevity, for this is a lamp designed at con- siderable cost to light sets on sound stages without letting its presence be known to anyone—even the well-known “mike” though it may stand within two feet of it. Tests, already made successfully, have proved, according to the makers, that this latest development in the way of illumination will eliminate one of the banes which has existed and persisted to the dismay of soundmen since the day A1 Jolson started letting his croon- ing of “Mammy” be heard in a movie studio. In other words, there will be no more of the extraneous noises for which the arcs have been responsible. As near the inception as possible, it should be remarked that this latest Creco triumph is another white feather in the cap of one C. Slim Roe, whose business genius and electrical wizardy has become very prominent in studio circles during the last nine years. A full year ago he looked ahead and got busy spending thousands of dollars on the then so-called “doomed” arc light, while most everybody else was rushing pell-mell into the arms of the more tranquil incandescents, suddenly shoved into the foreground of popularity due to its ability for keep- ing a-glow without bursting the ear-drums of anyone. The final result is the aforementioned Creco Mute, so named be- cause it is as much without the forces of making sound as an oyster lying at the bottom of Chesepeake Bay. When Mr. Roe asked the chief electrical engineer of one of the major studios of Hollywood to try his new lamp out on a sound stage, there naturally was a great deal of speculation, but when it developed that the soundmen themselves did not know the said lamp was even on the set, although it was in full operation all the time and within two feet of the microphone, the speculation was converted quickly into amazement, an amazement which led to Creco putting no less than twenty ex- pert mechanics to work immediately, building these Creco Mutes as rapidly as possible to meet the demand which came instantly. There are a great many things the masters of the technical side of it would like to know about this new lamp, which promises so much in the way of aiding to perfect sound on a properly economical basis. One of the main things is involved in the question: “What about the feed on the positive head, the negative one not bothering us in the least?” (Continued on Page 18) Creco’s New Silent Arc 15