The international photographer (Jan-Dec 1933)

March, 1933 The INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER Twenty-one BULLETIN EASTMAN FILMS so rnflyra ijns, in Cooperation with The International Photographer WHO'S WHO! Columbia i^KLINE has returned from una. location where scenes iffior "Sahara", story of the , (.hich is directed by Irvine :i| Associated with Kline in ime very unusual and artisj'ere F. M. Brown, second, dJDawson and Jack Russell IlKER has finished "Be; eas". Joe was called upon kjof those next to impossible lis aquatic feature and, good ihat he is, came through ecrand underwater stuff. Of elad to have some assistance, I ably rendered by Andre | second, and George Kelley bbey, assistants. riTETZLAFF finished "The liar", which George Seitz sfl started right off on ante which Ross Lederman is i Soldiers of the Storm." On tile Liar" Teddy had F. M. aj Anderson and Jack Russell Barkers, and on "Soldiers of nt we saw Henry Freulich u artistic ability while operI amera ; and Jack Anderson BfValsh taking good care of tfe end of the camera staff. BUST has just completed a Siing picture, "Circus Queen iich Roy Neil directed. Oph camera was Vic Scheurich i.^nd Marcel Grand and Al silthe assistants. ELER is on his third assignon quick succession, "Grass nth Lambert Hillyer as diAHre Barlatier, second camffiby Tobey and Don Brigham instants. ■rcr-First National 1 Studios >MTO did such a fine job Big the big musical special Hid Street" that the studio il1 him right back on another "i>ld Diggers of 1933," which I; Roy is directing. Mike Siond cameraman and Speed instant. j icGILL is in bad company shooting Jimmy Cagney in Jjhool", which Archie Mayo ni[ The second cameraman is Giene and the assistant, Wm. j i AN TREES just finished i»£hatterton picture. "Lilly Th Bill Wellman directing, ■w was Lou Jennings at n Jimmy Van Trees. Jr., as AUDIO is smiling these a an assignment to his lik"arrow Corners", starring ittnks, Jr., with Alf Green I Al Green is the second anand he is not related to tc Carl Guthrie is the asTy already has his next as>d that, too, is a "photoUl i", George Arliss in "Vol J. TODD now terms himself ti cameraman, having photoJi E, Brown in a baseball leow is photographing Bobby oc lg golf. Frank Kesson is id ameraman, Vernon Larson ta ICOX is waiting for his next nto get under way. a Kay P ure which Lloyd Bacon Prison Photographer Learns About Eastman Supersensitive CHICAGO, March 4. Jack Barnett, roving cameraman for Chicago Daily News Universal News Reel, tells an interesting bit of news that occurred while on an assignment in Atlanta. Georgia. Barnett. while in the South on several assignments, received a dash from Charlie Ford to cover a prison break. Jack chartered an airplane — flew over the prison — secured se\eral air views of the fugitives attempting escape through the woods landed the plane on the state highway paralleling the prison wall — set up his camera and photographed the juncture at which the break occurred. A complete story — a scoop — and what a break for me. mused Jack. But he had made one mistake — one leg of his tripod had been placed on prison property — and the guards ushered him into the prison with his complete camera equipment . . . claiming confiscation of the photographed negative. Instructed to develop a test strip of the exposed negative in the presence of the prison photographer, Jack finally succeeded in convincing him (by showing him the Super Pan label on an Eastman carton) the film had to be handled in total darkness. While the inmate photographer was developing the test — in total darkness — Barnett succeeded in transferring the exposed and unexposed negatives. Given an unconditional release, he sauntered out of the prison gates to his waiting plane, still in possession of his exposed negative ; leaving the prison photographer the possessor of several hundred feet of unexposed stock. will direct. Miss Francis requested Sid as her cameraman on this one. Associated with him are Tommy Branigan and Wesley Anderson. MILTON COHEN, in charge of the camera department, says it's another Mr. and Mrs. Milton Cohen whom a local movie columist referred to regarding a blessed event. FRED JACKMAN, in charge of the Special Effects and Projection Background Department, has been at Catalina Isthmus shooting backgrounds for several Warner Brothers pictures. With him were Bun Haskins and Fred Jackman, Jr. While on Stage Five at Warner's Burbank Studio REX WIMPY, HANS KOENEKAMP, Willard Van Enger. Russ Collings and Ted Landon carry on during Jackman's absence. Hal Roach Studios The Hal Roach plant has been going at full capacity during the month of February on "Fra Diavolo", the comic opera featuring Laurel & Hardy — (we can imagine it being comic, but by no stretch of the imagination can we — well, never mind I. However, Dennis King has the major vocal roll in the production, and certainly we would not presume to take anything away from Mr. King because we've always been an appreciative audience for him. Two units have been working on this production, ART LLO'YD at the cameras on Unit No. 1, and HAP DEPEW photographing No. 2. Depew is at this EDW. SMALL STARTS AT U. A. "Waterfront" Photographic Achievement for Ray June Unusual Atmospheric Shots Are Sensational Fox Studios LOUIS O'CONNELL has completed work on the McFadden production, "Trick for Trick", and is standing by for the next assignment. LEE GARMES has completed the first Jesse Lasky production for Fox release, "Zoo in Budapesth". Garmes has been assigned to the Lilian Harvey picture which is to be directed by Jack Blystone, and is scheduled to start any minute. JOHN SEITZ is in production on "Adorable", with Janet Gaynor under the direction of William Dieterle. Seitz is seconded by Joe McDonald and assisted by L. Molino and E. Collins. GEORGE SCHNEIDERMAN is working with Director Jack Ford on "Pilgrimage". Schneiderman is seconded by Curt Fetters and assisted by J. Gordon and L. Kunkel. Movietone City plant has two original Spanish stories in work. "Romantic Widow", directed by Lou King, is being photographed by BOB PLANCK. Planck is seconded by A. Arling and assisted by J. Farley and H. C. Smith. "Forbidden Melody" is directed by Strayer and photographed by HARRY JACKSON, who is seconded by J. Greenhalgh and assisted by R. Hoover. HAL MOHR is winding up photography on the second Lasky production. "Warrior's Husband" with Elissa Landi. This is a travesty which promises thousands of laughs, and if that promise is made good, the answer at the box office is simple. Mohr is as usual seconded by Bill Skall and Irving Rosenberg, and assisted by B. Mantino and R. Surtees. ERNIE PALMER has been assigned to the next David Butler picture . . . starting date not definitely set. ARTIE MILLER has completed the picture with Raoul Walsh, and is at present working on additional scenes for Von Stroheim's "Walking Down Broadway". EDWARD SMALL, who has written some important pages in the history of motion picture production, has launched his initial picture "I Cover the Waterfront" for United Artists. Months of preparation were given to the story and many weeks to the selection of cast and technical staff. Mr. Small's program for United Artists is both important and am •frbitious. "Waterfront" was on of the best sellers of 1932 and was written by a reporter on one of the San Diego, California, papers. Immediately followingcompletion of this production Mr. Small is preparing to start "Shanghai Gesture." The story of "Waterfront" has for its locale the immediate vicinity of San Diego, as the name implies, along the waterfront. Its atmospheric demands call for everything any cameraman could possibly have in his bag of tricks, and Ray June has come through delightfully. We have been privileged to sit in with this cameraman during the projection of many of his dailies, and right at this point we'd like to pause just long enough to hand a bouquet of compliments to the technical staff at the Consolidated Laboratories, where the processing is being done for Mr. June and United Artists. June has brought the picture to the film and the Consolidated boys have brought it to the screen, faithfully and with charming simplicity. June's photographic recordings are worthy of the nicest things that we or anyone else can say about them. They deserve special praise and we are sincerely glad to add ours for whatever they may be worth. His work shows much thought and care, which is reflected in every single scene, and it is quite evident that he has tried to make every shot the outstanding photographic incident or feature of his production. Associated with June is Stewart Thompson operating the camera, with Hal Carney and Ellis Carter assisting. HARRY PERRY was assigned to a second unit for some special work, and turned in results harmonizing pleasantly with the general key attained by June. Associated with Perry on the second unit was Jimmy Hackett. on one of the Pitts minute working Todd comedies. WALTER LUNDIN is busy taking care of the photography on one of the Taxicab Boys comedies and will doubtless draw a new assignment immediately this one is completed. LEN POWERS, who has been working with Warren Doane at Universal for the past few months, has returned to the Roach lot, where he photographed a Charley Chase comedy under the direction of Carl Harbough. CHARLIE LEVIN (the old maestro of the laboratory) has stood up nicely under the unusual rush, and screen results have been perfectly grand. Of course, it is scarcely necessary to say that when you consider the cameramen who are responsible for the work — always with Eastman Supersensitive Panchromatic Negative.