International photographer (Feb-Dec 1929)

Twenty-eight T h e INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER July, 1929 "THE DAILY GRIND" By RALPH B. STAUB RAN into a Scotchman looking for an extra body — he heard that JOHN BOYLE had a free head. * * HARRY FOWLER was born with a silver spoon in his mouth, but it had the name of a cafe on it. * * ALVIN KNECHTEL was once a private detective. By uncanny skill he discovered the room of a hotel by its number. * * There must be a wee bit of Scotch in EDGAR LYONS. Caught him counting his money in front of a mirror. LOOKS LIKE EDGAR DON'T TRUST HIMSELF. * * SAM LANDERS to leading lady: "IT CERTAINLY TAKES YOU A LONG TIME TO POWDER YOUR NOSE." Leading Lady: "VELL?" * * WALTER LUNDIN says he will never worry if he has to get out of the motion picture business. He says he has flat feet and can always buy a derby and a couple of cigars and become a first-class detective. * * GLEN MAC WILLIAMS' favorite story is about the Englishman, Irishman, Jew and Scotchman who entered the saloon (B. V. before Volstead). The Englishman stood a round of Bourbon. The Irishman a round of rye. The Jew stood around six foot six and the Scotchman stood around and admired them all. * * I asked ARCHIE STOUT where he got such thick lips. He says he was once a fighter and they came from his continually kissing the canvas. * * BILLY MARSHALL says he watched ARCHIE fight a few times and that the count of ten was like a lullaby to Archie. I met RAY JONES walging along the road to Universal, he looked so dangerous he should have been carrying a red lantern. * * MAX FABIAN says he knows a girl in Hollywood whose slogan is: "WHEN BETTER MEN ARE MADE I'LL MAKE 'EM." RAY JUNE says a man has a right to be as homely as he wants to, but thinks his assistant abuses the privilege. LEN POWERS has my old job at Columbia shooting Screen Snapshots. Good luck to you Len. I stayed on the job for two years and eight months. If you can beat that, I'll buy you a nice new hat. Might as well give myself a little publicity. Want you boys to know I'm making my own Star Newsreel entitled, "HOLLYWOOD SCREEN STAR NEWS." stationed at Tec Art studios with the Disney Bros., releasing direct to theatre circuits via Mr. P. A. Powers' distributing concern. MILTON K R A S N E R to his sweetheart: "Let's get married." Girl: "Aw, no." Milton: "Come on — be a support." * * ERNIE CROCKETT says an oldtimer is a guy who remembers when cameramen used to work from ten to twenty hours a day without overtime. # * GEORGE UNHOLTZ says he agrees with ERNIE. But thinks an oldtimer should be one who can remember when they wore sailor straws with ribbons hanging on them. * * Sat across from PERCY HILBURN at M-G-M the other day and noticed big holes in his shoes. Guess it won't be long before Perc. is on his feet again. * * Famous last words: Be sure your company puts the I. A. T. S. E. credit to your name on all your productions. Wify tfje pioneer* ifX^w SI 1 ' i -— *• mt w T' m ^R l~ *— ^^^% \S w %7 V 5P ^m&\ 11 ec-SHUEs * Bl This is Brother Harry M. Fowler, with the first Mitchell camera shot in June, 1919. About 1915 Mr. Leonard, then a still photographer with the American Film Company, and Harry Fowler conceived the idea of swinging the entire camera away from the photographing aperture and at Fowler's suggestion Leonard designed the internal iris, four way mats and disc filter holder. The first complete picture shot with the camera was one of the "Smiling Bill Parsons Series at the old National Studios, Gower at Santa Monica, in May or June, 1918. On the strength of this camera's remarkable ease and efficiency in operation, Wm. Parsons oi'ganized the National Camera Company to build it commercially. This company opened and equipped a shop on the present site of what is now the Mitchell Camera Corporation's factory, on Santa Monica Boulevard. After the death of Parsons the National Camera Company was taken over by the Mitchell Camera Corporation, headed by Hy. F. Boeger, with George Mitchell as chief machinest and general superintendent, who developed and perfected the Mitchell. And this was the beginning of what is now the internationally famous Mitchell camera and Mitchell speed camera. HARRY PERRY Available for Sound-Cinematography With Mitchell Camera Co.'s Finest Sound Equipment ^3 OXford 1908 HEmpstead 1128