International photographer (Feb-Dec 1929)

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Thirty-four The INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER August, 1929 Shooting Under Qround Nearly 800 feet down below the surface of the earth is a queer place to shoot a motion picture, but Carlsbad Productions recently achieved the stunt successfully in spite of many handicaps. The Carlsbad Caverns, located at Carlsbad, New Mexico, and now internationally famous, were selected as the principal locale of the picture and the King's Palace and Queen's Room, each more than 100 feet high and 150 feet square were made to constitute the "big set" of the production. The Carlsbad Caverns are owned by the Federal Government and they have been so widely exploited that a continuous stream of tourists visit them daily. It was necessary, therefore, for the motion picture people to do their work at night. M. A. Anderson, in charge of photography and lighting, with his assistant, Kay Norton, found it necessary to carry their Inkies and transformers down to the 785 foot level and a mile and a quarter from the entrance to the caves. Only Mole Richardson incandescent lamps were used and it required a force of twenty-five men four days to put the lighting equipment in place. The temperature of the rooms runs from 52 to 60 degrees and each room retains its normal temperature the year round. All the formations are limestone and are caused by the dripping of lime water. The stalactites and stalagmites grow one cubic inch in 100 years according to government estimates. Some of the rooms have water in them and most of this water is good to drink and ice cold, pleasant after a day in the desert at 110 degrees. The cast of "The Medicine Man" included Tom Santschi, Blanche Mehaffey, Philo McCullough, Donald Keith, Reed Howes, Tom Mu»"~~ Billy Franey, Mark Hamilton, Ted Wells and Margy Keyes. Jock Irwin directed. The motion picture people reported wonderful co-operation on the part of the Government's superintendent, Thomas Boles. B® ILLUSTRATING MULTICOLOR (Continued from Page Thirty-one) method are either composed of dyed images or highly efficient chemical tones or a combination of both. Multicolor uses a combination of chemical and dye toning. The film after being developed is submitted to the blue coloring bath which transposes the silver image into a selectively colored blue image. The opposite side is then selectively colored red. The film is then washed, dried and varnished, and is ready for the screen. As has been described, the multicolor process at the present time is essentially a two-color process. But if a third color was required to satisfactorily record the true colors of nature, then this third color, which would be yellow, would be selectively transferred onto either the blue or red side of the film. Due to the fact that the basic colors used by multi color are of a certain opaqueness, it has been found possible to successfully reproduce sound from multicolor positives, the sound track being colored by either one of the basic colors used in the coloring of the film. After the coloring operation, the varnishing of the film is of utmost importance since it prevents scratches and abrasions to the film and also insures the positive prints of much longer use than is possible with black and white prints. All of the methods required in the production of multicolor negatives and positives are covered by patents allowed, patents acquired, patent license, and patents pending. o Only a cheat can hope for union benefits and deny the obligation of the Union Label. EDGAR LYONS NOW PHOTOGRAPHING VITAPHONE PRODUCTIONS WARNER BROS. STUDIO WITH COMPLIMENTS Earl (Curly) Metz Assistant Cameraman EL CORTEX HOTEL 5640 Santa Monica Boulevard Hollywood, California 24-Hour Phone Service HO. 7101 Centrally Located to All Studios HARRY PERRY Available for Sound-Cinematography with MITCHELL CAMERA COMPANY'S Finest Sound Equipment OXford 1908 HEmpstead 1 128 CHAS. P. BOYLE AVAILABLE MITCHELL SOUND AND SPEED EQUIPMENT HE. 1128 HO. 7101 HARRY ZECH 1 Now Available with His Complete Super-Speed Mitchell Camera Equipment GRanite 8296 HEmpstead 1128