Home Movies (1943)

HOME MOVIES FOR OCTOBER PAGE 335 The hardships encountered in traveling from one bleak outpost to another in Newfoundland in order to entertain and show his picture, were quickly dispelled in the glow of enthusiasm that followed each screening. Everywhere, the boys clamored for more. Where a theatrical film served to lift them temporarily into a world of make-believe, it was a homey movie about everyday people, events and things that gave these men a greater measure of comfort and satisfaction. £xperimental Workshop ... • Continued from Page 325 ing. He merely placed a sheet of tracing paper, obtainable at any art store, over an illustration chosen from a magazine and traced it with india ink. Then, selecting the desired type from among advertising illustrations, he traced the letters required for his title in the same way. The tracing was next mounted over a sheet of white paper, placed in the titler, and photographed. For Kodachrome Titles, the illustration, design, and lettering can be traced with colored pencil, water colors, etc., and the tracing then applied over a sheet of contrasting colored paper to lend a pastel tone to the background. — jack Brockstcin, Chicago, III. Film Humidors Eight millimeter fans will find the attractive containers in which Max Factor "Pancake" makeup is sold make ideal humidors for 50 foot reels of 8 mm. film. There's a paper disc on the bottom of the container which provides means for attaching a permanent label carrying name of your film and other data. — Mason S. Curran, Akron, Ohio. ZJIte Reader Speak* . . . • Continued from Page )oS I need some shots of Lincoln Road, Miami Beach and of one of the hotels there. Wonder if some Home Movies reader could supply these scenes in 8mm. Kodachrome? — Norman N. King, 209 Avon Ave., Newark 8, N. J. Post-War Planning Sirs: One of our recent club meetings was devoted to a discussion on "The Type of Cine Cameras and Projectors We Should Like to See After the War." Members suggested and voted upon the following improvement ideas: For Cameras: Backwind as regular equipment; fixed focus f / 1 .9 lens; stronger spring in 8mm. cameras; critical focuser; audible footage indicator; built-in fading device; built-in exposure meter; removable film gate; frame counter; variable speed shutter; exposure guides to be placed on side of camera case giving data for speeds other than 16 f.p.s.; 8mm. sound. For projectors: Re-design lamp house vents to prevent escape of glaring light during projection; better still projection facilities; combination 8mm. and 1 6mm. projector; removable film gate; folding reel arms; interchangeable 1600 ft. reel arms for 16mm. projectors; eliminate spring belt drives; provision for quick conversion of 16mm. silent projectors for sound film. — Cyril Dvorak, Pres. Suburban Amateur Movie Club, Berwyn, III. ► Manufacturers are now devoting much time and study to post-war improvement of cine cameras and are glad to have suggestions from amateurs with workable ideas. Your club is to be congratulated for the thought given this subject and for the constructive ideas offered. — Ed. (Review* 0/ cAmateur 3ilm£... • Continued from Page ) 10 movie amateur's vernacular. Most impressive, perhaps is the really swell job of titling. Using combinations of Knight and Mitten block letters Kassen tinted the letters various colors to produce artistic compositions, especially in the opening titles. For instance, in composing the text "Photographed by Paul Kassen," the words "Photographed by" were arranged in the smaller, italic Knight letters tinted red. "Paul Kassen" was then arranged in bold capital letters tinted a soft green. Other lines in the title were similarly decorative and lent a very professional aspect to the title as a whole. Kassen's stock of Knight letters must, indeed, be inexhaustable, for all of his descriptive titles, many of them totaling five and six lines, were composed with these letters tinted red over a complimentary background which changed in tone according to the color predominating in the scene that followed it. The picture which runs fully 400 feet in 16mm. Kodachrome, is a document of interesting desert areas comprising the Petrified Forest and Death Valley national monuments. An impressive foreword opens the Petrified Forest scenes: "When the Great Architect was about to complete plans for this earth, He said 'I will provide a great playground for this Nation; will make OMMTAUlH I pay well for what I buy. So please come on . . . give me a try. Send your stuff for good hard cash. And get your money in a flash. I NEED MOVIE CAMERAS AND PROJECTORS • LEICAS AND CONTAX Write D*pt. HM Tgass Camera Co. 179 W. MADISON ST CHICAGO 2, ILL FOR ALL MOVIE FILTER NEEDS! * Harrison CINE KIT 4 FILTERS and DUAL-SNAP SHADE TO MEET ALL MOVIE FILTER NEEDS — both Kodichrom. and Black and White. The new Harrison CINE KIT contains a special Aero Lock Ring, a Dual-Snap Aluminum Sunshade, and the following de luxe Duraline Filters YL-6. GY-4. RD-4. and GR-4. Case is of durable 5-oz. Elkhld«. felt lined. $6.95 and up. (If desired, Kodnclirome users may substitute a C-4 and DAZE filter for any two of the above.) Write for Free Illustrated Folder Today HARRISON & HARRISON OPTICAL ENGINEERS 6363 Santa Monica Blvd. Hollywood. Calit. CAMERA riLM I6MM. 100 FEET — $2.40 8mm. Double. 25 Feet — $1.25 PRICES INCLUDE PROCESSING Silly Symphonies. Charlie Chaplin and other features at Vki per foot for complete subjects. Write For catalog of finished subjects. LIFE OF CHRIST— 8 REELS CROWN OF THORNS — 8 REELS ST. ANTHONY OF PADUA— 8 REELS 16mm. Sound Prints $100.00 16mm. Silent Prints 75.00 8mm. Silent 50.00 STEEL REELS 400 feet. 16mm 35* each. $4.00 Doz. 200 feet. 8mm. 25c each 400 feet. 16mm. cans 20c each. $2. Ooz. Best Welding Film Cement 20f Bottle EXHIBITORS FILM EXCHANCE 630 Ninth Ave. (Dept. H) Film Center Bldg.,N.Y.C. movies 16mm Kodachrome sudes "YOSEMITE." "YOSEMITE WILDFLOWERS." and "BLOOMING DESERT" : each 200 ft.. $36.00; or any length desired at rate of 18c per foot. "THE CANADIAN ROCKIES" : 400 ft., dupe. $50.00. "CANADIAN MOOSE"; 125 feet (no titles > . $18.75. "Golden -Mantled Ground Squirrels": 50 ft. sequence. $7.50. "Robin's Ne-st": 34 ft. sequence. $5.00. "Soaring Sea-gulls": 30 ft. sequence. $4.50. GUY D. HASELTON 7936 Santa Monica Blvd. Hollywood 46. California 8MM. — HOLLYWOOD FILM — 1 6mm. HI SPEED WESTON 100-80 25 Ft. Dbl. 8. $3 00 100 Ff. 14, $5.75 including machine processing HOLLYWOODLAND STUDIOS 9320 CALIFORNIA AVE. SOUTH SATE, CALIF. Despite Rumors Plenty of Film Available