The international photographer (Jan-Dec 1933)

Twenty-four T h INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPH Max, 1933 EASTMAN FILMS BRULATOI WHAT'S WHAT! Published Monthly by J. E. Brulatour, Inc., Distributor; Ea FOX With resumption of production at the Fox Western Avenue Studios, under the supervision of Mr. Sol Wurtzel, and continued heavy schedule at Movietone City, the Fox production program currently tops volume consumption of Eastman Super-sensitive Panchromatic negative on the West Coast. JOHNNY SEITZ is turning in final scenes on the Janet Gaynor picture, "Adorable," under the direction of William Dieterle. Seitz is seconded by Joe McDonald, with Lou Molino and Eddie Collins as assistants. LEE GARMES is putting the finishing touches to the Lillian Harvey picture, "My Lips Betray," under the direction of Jack Blystone. Associated with Garmes on this production were Warren Lynch, Johnny Schmitz, Jockey Feindell and Stanley Cortez as seconds, with Warner Cruze and H. C. Smith as assistants. LOU O'CONNELL is in the final production shots on the Frank Craven production, "Five Cents a Glass." Don Anderson is the second cameraman ; Harry Daw and Russell Hoover, assistants. JAMES WONC HOWE, assisted by Paul Lockwood and Harry Webb, is photographing the Spencer Tracy opus, "Power and Glory." ARTIE MILLER is in charge of the cameras on Dave Butler's current production, "Hold Me Tight," starring Jimmy Dunn. Joe La Shelle is second cameraman, and Bill Abbot and Al Lebovitch, assistants. BOB PLANCK is the Number One boy on the Wurtzel unit at the Westwood plant photographing, "It's Great to Be Alive." HAL MOHR, who topped his previous fine efforts with "State Fair," is turning in a photographic encore in "I Loved You Wednesday." Bill Skall and Irving Rosenberg are the seconds, Bob Surtees and Robert Mack, assistants. ERNIE PALMER, who continues to take bows on "Cavalcade," has started work on "Berkeley Square," under the direction of Frank Lloyd. Ernie is seconded by Dave Regan and Jake Badaracco, and assisted by Bud Mantino and Jack Epstein. UNIVERSAL JOHNNY HICKSON is on another serial and has associated with him Bill Sickner at first camera, Buddy Weiler. Carl Meister and Charley Crane, as assistants. Len Galezio is doing the air stuff with Paul Hill assisting him. LEN POWERS has completed another Warren Doane comedy entitled, "Their First Case." (Wonder wit*, kind of a case?) Jimmie Home u. rected, and the assistant cameramen were Walter Williams and Harold Graham. FRED CAMPBELL, formerly in charge of the Pathe camera department, is now holding the same executive position at Universal where he is obtaining the fullest cooperation of all his co-workers. M.G.M. RAY JUNE continues to turn in his best brand of photography on the M.G.M. production, "When Ladies Meet." He is seconded by Les White and assisted by Wilbur Bradley. OLLIE MARSH is back in production with Clarence Brown on a big aerial epic. "Night Flight." Associated with Marsh (on the ground work) are Fitzgerald and Meade, and on the air stuff, Elmer Dyer, whose activity is reported in another section of this Bulletin. HAL ROSSON, following a few .lays' vacation, has resumed work with Sam Wood on "Hold Your Man." Rosson has Dick Wade as second and Ii£.rry Parkins as assistant. GREGG TOLAND and CLYDE DE VINNA have been in San Francisco and points north (as far as Seattle) during the past month, making incidental and background scenes ior the Mervyn Le Roy M.G.M. production. "Tugboat Annie." starring Marie Dicssler. Jackson Rose and Cooper Smith are also on the photographic staff of this production and Cecil Wright and Sam Cohen are handling the assistant jobs. JAMES VAN TREES has at last stepped out of the Warner ranks en a loan to M.G.M., where he is photographing the William Wellman production, "Midnight Lady." Jimmy is seconded by his regular shadow, Lou Jennings, and assisted by Tom Dowling. PARAMOUNT Past month has been very slow at this studio with the result that tennis, motor boating and golf have claimed the attention of ERNIE HALLER, HENRY SHARP, VIC MILNER, DAVE ABEL, MILTON KRASNER. ARTHUR MARTINELLI and ARCHIE STOUT. LEO TOVER continues in production on "College Humor," the big musical winch is being directed by Wesley Ruggles. Guy Bennett is operating the cameras, and Tommy Morris efficiently handling the assistant spot. CHARLIE LANG is off on another new production, "Gambling Ship," under the direction of Lucien Gasnier. Bob Pittack is the second cameraman and Cliff (Dapper Dan) Shirpser, assistant. THE BROTHERS JENNINGS (GORDON AND DEV) are counting on some startling photographic results il'rough the high speed cameras for the Gasnier production. FARCIOT EDOUART and his associates, Dewey Wrigley. Loyal Griggs and Al Myers, are justifiably proud of their combined achievements in the Paramount productions, "The Eagle and the Hawk," "International House." "College Humor" and "Gambling Ship." FORTY, LOVE JACK GUERIN, the always genial superintendent of Consolidated Lab., had a birthday the other day and Mrs. Guerin pulled a unique surprise party on him. She invited exactly 20 couples to be present at their home to yell "SURPRISE!" Many more happy birthdays, Jack. EASTMAN SUPERI ~H H~ Sky Shooting Cinematographer Provi e> We've stood firmly on the set or location with practically every man who carries a card of 659. We've thrilled and chilled and laughed and — well — we've choked up a bit while some of the intense dramatic scenes were being recorded on Eastman Super-sensitive Panchromatic negative. We love the business or we wouldn't be in it. We're always and under all conditions and circumstances a part of it and we respond to a rib-tickling situation and a tear-jerker alike — but we have never clicked so deeply as we did at those thrilling seconds of tense air drama in "Hell's Angels." Dozens of Air pictures have been produced. Most of them great. We've given a lot of thought (and respect) to the cameramen who have been responsible for the photography — as a shining example, we present — Elmer Dyer — An unusual photographer — an unusual man — Dyer brought to Hollywood the motion pictures of Carlsbad Caverns. These pictures were made hundreds of feet in the earth and marked Dyer's first experience with Eastman Supersensitive Negative. Since that time he has exposed more than a million feet of this same great film among the clouds. His talks and lectures before technical groups are always largely at THANKS, GOODFR1END A letter reaches us from PLINY GOODFRIEND, who is en route on a special expedition to Central America. The letter comes from New York. "We expect to leave Easter Sunday and I will soon be exposing Eastman Grayback at the rate of speed which it deserves. If you are ever fortunate enough to see our picture you will probably find out what a really great latitude your new film has. "Probably no cameraman who has ever shot this fine negative has made it suffer the indignities that I will put it through. I can't blame the camera equipment if anything goes haywire because I have a Mitchell, an Akeley and a new mctor driven Eyemo. Of course the cameras and myself are infallible, so you see it is strictly up to the film. Also I must admit that laboratories seldom go haywire, so I'm putting the whole thing right in your lap. "The film will not only have to stand hot and cold temperatures, but hot and cold exposures, and I think everything will come out all right and we should bring back a wow of a picture. "Best regards to the gang. Sincerely, Pliny." tended and he never overlook m i portunity to give generous crei to I film medium of achievement. Dyer has just completed a to Salt Lake City and Den\ he "spotted" locations for his M.G.M. assignment, "Night i| which is being directed by >rr' Brown. In the accompanying picture r« Dyer dressed like Santa Clat brother — woolens — chamois and »' leathers — but even with this B( >' holstery he declares that the o «■ cuts through at altitudes ah ' ' thousand feet. Certainly, the itfl doesn't afford the same degree I dom as that affected by the u cyclists of Beverly Hills in the, revogue. Note the position of the ca ra Please mention The International oto