International photographer (Feb-Dec 1929)

Ten T h INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER March, 1929 Charles Rosher to England Brother Charles Rosher sailed on the steamer Majestic on Saturday, February 9, for Elstree, England, his "home town," where he will take over a position on the photographic staff of the British International Studios. In order to accept this offer, Mr. Rosher has made special arrangements for his release from the United Artists studio, where he has been under contract since the inception of that organization more than ten years ago. The studios at Elstree, known as the Hollywood of England, were opened more than two years ago on a commercial production scale equal to that of any studio in the United States. The British International lot has at present four large stages 300 by 200 feet and 40 feet high. Other buildings house prop rooms, laboratories, carpenter shops, etc., much in the manner of local studios. The picture business must be good, the Lyons Brothers are both working. They are at the Warner studios on Vitaphone, helping Ben Reynolds put Sophie Tucker over. THE Filmoscope Stereoscopic views of Movieland Arranged in a series of subjects which will form a beautiful and instructive library. Price, $2.50 Extra roll films, each 50c The Filmoscope Co. of America Room 423 Markham Bldg. 6372 Hollywood Boulevard Hollywood California Brulatour-Eastman Research Building J. E. Brulatour, Inc., is completing construction on a class "A" building at 6706 Santa Monica boulevard, Hollwood, which will be occupied by the West Coast technical service staff of the Motion Picture Division of the Eastman Kodak Company. The feature of this newest progressive gesture by the Eastman people which is of vital interest to the cinematographer is the research laboratory which offers many interesting and potentially profitable features. This laboratory will at all times be under the supervision of men trained in the Research Department at Kodak Park, Rochester. Approximately $35,000 has been spent in mechanical and scientific equipment with many new developments pertaining to conjunctive photography in sound production. Research engineers in the service of Eastman Kodak Company have inaugurated their educational campaign on the West coast and it has been the privilege of many cameramen to hear the addresses made by these scientists at recent meetings of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and kindred picture organizations. An outstanding departure in film service is offered in the private theatre adjoining the new Research Service building. This theatre will be equipped for sound projection on the popular processes and will have comfortable seating accommodations for fifty. The theatre is being equipped under the supervision of sound engineers from the East and is expected to be a revelation in small-room sound picture production, it having been especially constructed for this purpose. The throw from projection machine to screen will be seventy-two feet; the ceiling is twenty-two feet and the width of the auditorium twenty-five feet. This theatre, the research laboratory and the research library will be available at all times day and night by appointment to all accredited technicians and executives in the industry without charge or obligation of any character. o — Brother E. G. Ullman reports business brisk in the insurance business. He is at present representing the New York Life Insurance Co. Trueball Tripod Heads MODEL B Their use for follow shots assures smooth operation, and equal tension on all movements under any condition, as they are unaffected by temperature. FRED HOEFNER Cinema Machine Shop 5319 Santa Monica Blvd. GLadstone 0243 Los Angeles CAMERA RENTALS All Kinds PARK J. RIES 1152 N. Western GRanite 1185 SAM LANDERS with Mitchell Camera for sound or high-speed work 599-249 HE. 1128 REGINALD E. LYONS Now Photographing Vitaphone Productions Warner Bros. Henry Ford, Please Notice Brother Reginald Lyons, now working at Warner Brothers studio on Vitaphone, has the distinction of being the only cameraman who owns a Blitzen Benz, an English Napier, and a McFarland automobile, to say nothing of a racing motorcycle, yet goes to and from work in a Ford.