International photographer (Feb-Dec 1929)

May, 1929 The INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER Seventeen At Lasky's Harry Fischbeck will start production soon on Clara Bow's next picture entitled "Dangerous Curves." * * Henry Gerrard is now filming "Thunderbolt" for Von Sternberg. After its finish he will photograph "The Greene Murder Case." Turtle directing. * * Roy Hunt has just finished "Burlesque" with Cromwell Sutherland directing and is starting on April 15th with the first Moran and Mack production. * * Victor Milner recently finished a Milton production "The Marriage Holiday," and will start in a few days on "Magnolia" with Dick Wallace directing. * * Eddie Cronjager is with Schertzinger making a Richard Dix picture entitled "Wheel of Life." His next will be "Grounds for Divorce," with Cukor directing. * * Harry Hallenberger recently played "first fiddle" for Henry Gerrard who was sick for a few days. By the way Henry was just recently married. Congratulations to both bride and groom. * * Rex Wimpy has finished the last of the Zane Grey series of outdoor pictures, "Stairs of Sand," Brower directing. Rex was the envy of the sound boys — seemed so simple to work again on a silent production. * * Virgil Miller, new chief of the camera department at Lasky's is recovering from his regular spring attack of the "flu." Virgil feels that he should be twins to adequately handle the day and night production. As it is he manages to get in only 16 to 18 hours per day. He didn't say what he does with his spare time. Mr. Miller reports a minimum of seven men on the photographic staff of each production with extras needed at all hours — with five companies now producing and a possibility of four more in production soon — well, figure it out yourself. * • Paramount's new sound stages are ready for shooting and were completed in the record time of forty-eight days. There are four stages housed in one building 200x220 feet. In addition to the stages there are four monitor rooms, one generator room and a heating and ventilating plant. * * President Alvin Wyckoff of Local No. 659 has completed two weeks' work with the Von Sternberg production. o The Wisdom of Old Abe Beneath the glass top of Brother James E. Woodbury's desk at his photo-finishing studio, 5356 Melrose avenue, lies a world of wisdom in the nature of careful'.v selected clippings voicing the thoughts of great thinkers of all ages. We copied this one the other day and pass it along to our members: "I do the very best I know how; the very best I can; and I mean to keep doing so until the end. If the end brings me out all right what is said against me won't amount to anything. If the end brings we out wrong, ten angels swearing I was right would make no difference."— Abraham Lincoln. "The Daily Grind" By Ralph B. Staub Latest in Mergers: Stern Bros, and Eastern Outfitting Co. * * Wonder who this guy Merger is, that's creating all the furore in Hollywood. * * Len Smith is getting huskier every day — looks like the biggest development since Florida. * # Speed Mitchell is not afraid of work — he could lie right down beside it and go to sleep. Merritt Gerstad they say was once an actor. He played the sweatband in the Green Hat. * * Lee Garms is photographing Al Jolson and Davey Lee at Warners' in Al's latest tear jerker. * # John Arnold is still being complimented for his beautiful photography in the "Broadway Melody." * * Jackson Rose has just written a new song entitled "You're the Squeak in My Talkie," for Tiffany-Stahl. * * Saw Vic Milner riding to work at Paramount in a new Ford. Don't go way folks, he owns a Lincoln too. » « Ernie Palmer says talking pictures were invented so that woman could have the last word even on the screen. « * Gene Smith, the man with the 14-inch lens, is still with Pathe studios and going strong as ever. Ask Dave Abel — he knows. * * Billy Marshall tells me he's ready to yell "Interlock" at RKO studios. Billy is about to photograph the first RKO feature talkie. * * Ray Binger has just returned from Chicago. Ray says when in Chicago you're thrown out of a cabaret — be nonchalant— light a bomb. * * Harry Perry says he hopes to live long enough to see the premiere of "Hell's Angels." Chances are he will — but by that time he will have a beard. * * Harry Davis tells me that half of his furniture goes back to Louis XIV and if he doesn't get a job soon the other half goes back on the first of the month. * • Dave Abel says he loves California where, no matter how hot the days are, it's always cool at night — in Alaska. Dave is still with Pathe making talkies. * * Ray June tells me he has eaten his first and last meal at that new stiff hat cafe in Hollywood where they charge $16 for a sandwich, $22 with mustard. * » While out with Bill Grimes at Selig Zoo making pictures with Nils Asther, and a few lions, Bill says: "When you get close to a lion don't run — look him straight in the eye." Well, I did, but from the outside of the caj;e. Thanks for the tip, Bill. Karl Struss, United Artists' great camera artist, got the thrill of his life from the way the photography of "Coquette," Mary Pickford's latest talkie, was lauded by the critics. * • Received a wire from Phil Tannura now in New York, he says half the town is run by green lights and the other half by Israelites. Phil is shooting for Pathe Sound studios. * * Saw Jack Young "shooting" some girls in a spring dance. Jack knows all about spring dances. He became a classic dancer trying to put on a union suit in an upper berth. * * Ted Tetzlaff is shoot for Al Rogell at Columbia, making the "Flying Marine" with Ben Lyon and Shirley Mason. His assistant is Lester Shore, a boy who uses his head — to keep his ears apart. * * Hap Depew who has been with Trem Carr Productions, says that is the only outfit in the business that can make two pictures for the price of one and still have enough money left over to make a onereel comedy. Hoke -urn By Ira Elmer's Car Elmer Dyer: "Do you know, I've never paid a cent for repairs on this Ford?" Billy Tuers: "Yeah. That's what a boy up at your garage told me." Self Defense Glenn Kershner: "I bought a new Mitchell Speed Camera, and traded in my player-piano as first payment." Roy Klaffki: "I didn't know they accepted player pianos as payment on new cameras." Glenn Kershner: "They usually don't but you see I live next door to George Mitchell." Sporting Note Director: "Look here, this bust of Shakespeare is on the pedestal marked 'Scott'." Property Man (Local 37) : "Well, well! He must have got his base on an error." "Ninety Days!" Judge: "What was the last work you did?" Prisoner: "Well, that was when I was a photographer's model at the Police Bureau of Identification." Give Him Time Extra Girl to Musician: "Have you 'Kissed Me in the Moonlight'?" Musician: "No, Miss. Perhaps it was the violinist. I only came with this company yesterday?" Who Can Answer This? Farciot Edouart: "Are you interested in Einstein's theory about space?" Fred Westerberg: "I sure am. How does the inside of a speed camera hold 400 feet of film when a buckle occurs yet, when you thread it up, there is scarcely room to make a decent loop."