Home Movies (1943)

HOME MOVIES FOR MARCH PACE 91 Castle Films, <o Rockefeller I'la/a, New York, N .Y. Post Pictures Corp., 723 Seventh Ave., New York, N. Y. Nu-Art Films i45 W. 4Jth St., New York, N. Y. Walter O. Gutlohn, Inc., 25 West 45th St., New York, N. Y. Commonwealth Pictures, Corp., 729 Seventh Ave., New York, N. Y. Filmosound Libraries c/o Bell & Howell Co., 1 801 Larchmont Ave., Chicago, 111. Hollywood Film Enterprises, 6060 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, Calif. Where it is desired only to rent films, many subjects released by the above distributors are available from the well established film rental libraries to be found in every large city. Many of these libraries rent films by mail at surprisingly small cost. On another page in this issue will be found a catalogue of film rental libraries and readers are invited to write freely of each for their lists of available films. Jull frame Splicer • • • • Continued from Page X} razor blade to pass snugly between them. At this time, mark path of the razor blade on wood block as a guide to cutting a slot there later. Next take a piece of film that was exposed in your camera — and this is important because the frame line varies with different makes of cameras — and lay it across the two metal plates so that one of the frame lines lies exactly over the space allowed for the razor blade. With the film thus in place — and it is wise to get a little assistance here — carefully mark position for sprockethole pins. There will be four pins in all, so outline the third sprocket-hole on either side of the cutting line and again, the third sprocket hole from outside edge of either plate. Best results will be obtained by indicating the exact center of each sprocket hole on the plates. The plates may then easily be drilled and the pins, fashioned from the shingle nails inserted. Slightly countersink the holes on both sides of the plates. After filing thin the nail heads, insert them from bottom sides of plates and solder them in place. Then file to size to fit film sprocket holes easily and finish with emery paper. When an unbroken strip of film is placed over the pins, the film should la}' absolutely flat, not tear the sprocket holes, and the frame line of the frame to be cut should lie directly over the cutting line. The clamps or pressure plates are made from the hasps. If the hasp swings too freely or there is any play in the hinge, remove the hinge pin and squeeze the center sleeve in a vise so that when pin is returned, the hasp will open and close smoothly without side play. This is very important, for if there is any side play, the film cutting will be inconsistent and uneven. Disregard the countersunk holes for screws already drilled in the hasp and drill new ones near the hinge. These should be slightly elongated so that the h?sp may be adjusted after being screwed into place. File edge of hasp straight and mount with round-head screws. Screw locations should be marked in the center of the elongated holes when edge of hasp is one full frame to the left of the cutting slot. Now because this hasp is adjustable sideways you will be able to remove exactly one full frame of emulsion with the piece of broken file used as a scraper. Of course you must drill a hole in the hasp where it strikes the pin so it will lie flat on splicer table. Mount the second hasp so that it comes down just to the right of the first pin and drill a hole for the second pin. The pressure lock is mounted between the two hasps and up front where it won't interfere with scraping. The secret of a good flat splice that will go through the projector without trouble is to use lots of pressure where the two films overlap. In spite of the simplicity of this lock it exerts great pressure and provides an excellent splice. Made of a piece of bar metal '/4 inch square and about 1 inch long, it is fastened to the base through the metal with a roundhead screw with a spacer slightly thinner than the hasp on the bottom and a thin washer on top to keep the screw from tightening or loosening when the lock is turned. Bevel opposite sides of the bottom so that when the lock is turned it will ride up over the hasps and force them down tight. Pressure can be adjusted by tightening or loosening the screw. After all metal parts have been smoothed up with very fine emery cloth and mounting holes and a hole for cement bottle drilled in the base, the splicer is complete, and here's how you use it: Place each successive piece of film to be spliced on the left pins and cut off clean. Then take piece of file which is the emulsion scraper and, with straight even strokes, remove the emulsion from the exposed frame of film. 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