American cinematographer (Dec 1936)

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December, 1936 • American Cinematographer 497 AMERICAN CINEMATOGRAPHER A Technical and Educational publication of motion picture photography. Published monthly by the AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CINEMATOGRAPHERS, INC. 1782 N. Orange Drive Hollywood, California Telephone CRanite 2135 JOHN ARNOLD, President, A.S.C. FRED JACKMAN. Treasurer. A.S.C. Volume 17 December 1936 Number 12 Whdt to Read PATENT TROUBLES Seem to Be Brewing—on Editorial 501 TECHNICAL PROGRESS in the Industry During 1936 By the Editors 502 RHYTHMIC OPTICAL Effects for Musical Pictures By Vernon L. Walker, A.S.C 504 LIGHTING COLOR on Block and White Schedule By Gaetano Goudio, A.S.C -...505 THE DIGNITY of Cinematographic Simplicity By Horry Burdick..., 506 EXPERIMENTING with Third Dimensional Motion Pictures By David Gordon 507 A.S.C. Members on Parade 508 Next Month ©Len Roos, A.S.C., has returned to Hollywood after an extensive trip throughout Europe shooting travel pictures in color for one of our Major studios. Roos will give interesting ex- periences he encountered on this trip. • What are the Studios doing about color still photography? Magazines and newspapers are demanding colored stills. We are looking into this activity and hope to report to you in our next issue. ESTABLISHED 1918. Advertising Rates on application. Subscription; U.S. $2.50 a year; Canada, $3.50 a year; Foreign, $3.50 a year. Single copies, 25c; back num- bers, 30c. Foreign single copies. 35c; back numbers, 40c. COPYRIGHT 1936 by American Society of Cinematographers, Inc. The Staff EDITOR Charles J. VerHalen TECHNICAL EDITOR Emery Huse, A. S. C. ASSOCIATES Karl Hale Walter Blanchard CIRCULATION MANAGER L. Graham ADVISORY EDITORIAL BOARD Victor Milner, A. S. C. James Van Trees, A. S. C. Fred Jackman, A. S. C. Farciot Edouart, A. S. C. Fred Cage, A. S. C. Dr. J. S. Watson. A. S. C. Dr. L. A. Jones, A. S. C. Dr. C. E. K. Mees, A. S. C. Dr. W. B. Rayton, A. S. C. Dr. Herbert Meyer, A. S. C. Dr. V. B. Sease, A. S. C. FOREIGN REPRESENTATIVES &;orges Benoit, 100 Allee Franklin, Pavillions-sous-Bois. Seine, France. Tele- phone LeRaincy 13-19. NEW YORK REPRESENTATIVE S. R. Cowan, 19 East 47th St., New York City. Phone Plaza 3-0483. Neither the American Cinematographer nor the American Society of Cinematographers is responsible for statements made by au- thors. This magazine will not be responsible tor unsolici'’ed manuscripts.