International photographer (Feb-Dec 1929)

Twenty-two The INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER September, 1929 festival. It's gorgeous. Beyond Michigan avenue thousands of colored lights are multiplied a hundred-fold in the waters of Lake Michigan as Chicago yachtsmen pay their tribute to Thomas Edison. I wonder how it looks out West. "Above Los Angeles and Hollywood. In all the world no sight like this. The whole country is ablaze from the islands of the Pacific to the Sierra Nevada Mountains and from the Mexican boundary north to Santa Barbara. The battleships in the harbor are playing streamers from their searchlights across the sky, while the upper air is full of planes doing stunts and shooting fireworks. Every oil field is brilliant with innumerable lights. The hundreds of towns and cities have crowded on every watt of electric energy they possess and the great studios of Hollywood, so greatly indebted to Edison, usually dark at night, are burning up with fountains, cascades, streamers and Hashes of lights of all colors. The main arteries of Los Angeles and the great thoroughfares leading to the beach cities are rushing rivers of light from hundreds of thousands of automobiles, while the beach fronts for a distance of one-hundred and fifty miles are celebrating with fireworks. There is music everywhere and Hollywood boulevard looks like a thousand animated rainbows. From up here seventy-two cities can be seen, each one a blazing star, the effect being too gorgeous and impressive for words and now, friends of radio land we will send you back to Mr. McNamee. "This is Graham McNamee again, ladies and gentlemen. 1 hope you have enjoyed your aerial tour of the United States and have thus been able to get some picture of these great festivals of light which are being held all over the country — and all over the world. And remember that you have seen only a tiny portion of this great event. It seems to me that, with the entire consent of Mr. Volstead, the whole world is lit tonight. Every village and hamlet. Every crossroads. And the man who made it all possible is chuckling here like a school boy. Some grey-haired youngster down at one of the tables has just yelled, 'Hey, Tom !' "And now we will hear a few words from several distinguished citizens who will thank Mr. Edison on behalf of the United States for the blessings the Age of Light has bestowed upon this country. After that we will hear, for the first time in the history of the world, the other countries as they pay tribute to this kindly epoch maker. "We are privileged tonight to be present at history in the making, ladies and gentlemen. I hope every child in the country is close to a loud speaker at this moment. Great moments in history are not frequent and it now seems eminently proper to me that the first practical international broadcast should convey the thanks of the world to the founder of this Age of Light and that you and I and our children should be allowed to listen in. The next voice you will hear, ladies and gentlemen, will be that of our London announcer." And then in a country, blazing with light, vibrant with the emotion only such an event as this can evoke, will come a great international broadcast. HELL'S ANGELS AGAIN Gaetano Gaudio has been released from his contract at Warner Brothers by General Manager Koenig in order that he may return to Caddo for the purpose of re-making the dramatic sequences of "Hell's Angels" with sound. Brother Gaudio will set up for his first shots on August 26th. The recall of Gaudio by Producer Howard Hughes is a fine compliment to this fine cameraman. o AT FIRST NATIONAL By LES ROWLEY Buddy Longworth is busy shooting publicity stills. Lyman Broening is dieting on cheese cake and milk. The 659 gang on "Loose Ankles" — Sid Hickox, director of photography; Bill Adams, Buddy Laughton, Nelson Larabee, George Beckman, Palmer Belmont, Jack Alton, Al Smalley, Les Rowley, stills. John Seitz is rehearsing another speech. This is the second one. Smiling Bud Laughton is the beau brummel of the studio. Sid Hickox is not only a cameraman; he also repairs garage doors. ROY DAVIDGE FILM LABORATORIES An Exclusive "Daily"* Laboratory QUALITY AND SERVICE % 6701-6 715 SANTA MONICA BOULEVARD HOllywood 1944