The international photographer (Jan-Dec 1933)

The Power Behind Production COLUMBIA PICTURES CORPORATION Emil Oster, Head of Camera Department "BRIEF MOMENT." Producer, Harry Colin; author, S. II. Berhman ; screenplay by Brian Marlow ; director, David Burton ; assistant director, Wilbur McGaugh ; first cameraman, Teddy Tetzlaff; operative cameraman, Henry Freulich ; assistants, Jack Anderson and Al. Keller; stills, L. A. Shafer ; recording engineer, George Cooper; assistant, Earl Snyder; film editor, Gene Harlick ; assistant, Mel Thornton; art director, Steve Gooson ; chief electrician, Homer Planett ; chief grip, Eddie Blazdell ; chief prop, Jack Wren. Cast : Carole Lombard, Gene Raymond, Donald Cook, Jamison Thomas, Monroe Owsley, Halloway Hobbs. PARAMOUNT STUDIOS Virgil Miller, Head of Camera Department "MIDNIGHT CLUB." Producer, Bayard Veiller ; author. Oppenheim ; screenplay by Leslie Charteris and Seton I. Miller Phillips direc tors, George Somnes and Al. Hall; assistant director, Eric Locke; first cameraman, Theodore Sparkuhl ; operative cameraman, Frank Titus ; assistant, Francis Burgess ; stills, Roy Clark and Earl Crowley ; special effects, Gordon Jennings ; recording engineer, P. G. Wisdom ; film editor, Eda Warren ; chief electrician, Pat Drew ; chief grip, Bill Austin ; chief prop, Roy Krenger. Cast: Clive Brook, George Raft, Helen Vinson, Alan Mowbray, Ferdinand Gottschalk, Alison Skipworth, Sir Guy Standing. This odd looking contrivance plays a vital part in the trick photographic process for motion picture production. The illustration shows Vernon Walker, who is in charge of the special effects department at the RKO Studio, standing beside the first portable projection blimp in use. Mr. Walker is the designer of this ingenious device which permits sound recording on sets where projection backgrounds are used. It is a self contained unit, permitting quick set-ups, is portable, sound proof, fire proof, with the added convenience of the operator on the outside and not locked up in a booth. "MAMMA LOVES PAPA." Producer, Douglas MacLean; authors, Keene Thompson and Douglas MacLean; screenplay by Nunnally Johnson and Arthur Kober ; director, Norman McLeod ; assistant directors, Sid Street and Sidney Brod, first cameraman, Gilbert Warrenton ; operative cameraman, Ernest Laszlo ; assistant, James King; stills, Mack Elliott ; special effects, Gordon Jennings ; transparency process, Farciot Edourdt ; recording engineer, Jack Goodrich ; film editor, Richard Currier; chief electrician, "Sailor" Holton; chief grip, Jack Critchley ; chief prop, Al. Swindell. Cast ; Charlie Ruggles, Mary Boland, Lilyan Tashman, Walter Catlett, Ruth Warren, George Barbier, Tom McGuire, Morgan Wallace. Andre Beranger. "THREE CORNERED MOON." Producer, author, Gertrude Harris; director, first cameraman, assistant, Milton Gordon Jennings B. P. Schulberg; Tonkongy ; screenplay by S. K. Lauren and Ray Elliott Nugent ; assistant director, Harold Swartz ; Leon Shamroy ; operative cameraman, Fred Mayer ; Bridenbccker ; stills, Earl Crowley; special effects, So ; transparency process, Farciot Edourdt ; recording engineer, Earl Hayman ; film editor, Jane Loring ; chief electrician. Karl Gotham; chief grip, V. Bratton ; chief prop, Fritz Collings. Cast : Claudette Colbert, Mary Boland, Wallace Ford, Richard Aden, Tom Brown, William Bakewell, Hardie Albright, Joan Marsh. • • • • "THIS DAY AND AGE." Author, Bartlett Cormack ; director, Cecil B. De Mille; assistant director, Ray Burns; first cameraman, Peverell Marley ; operative cameramen, John Hallenberger, Fred Westerberg and William Mellor ; assistants, George Bourne, Arthur Lane and Guy Roe ; stills, Gordon Head ; special effect, Gordon Jennings ; transparency process, Farciot Edourdt ; recording engineer, Harry Lindgren ; film editor, Anne Bauchens ; chief electrician, Jimmie Simes ; chief grip, Andy Durkess ; chief prop, Joe Youngerman. Cast: Charles Bickford, Richard Cromwell, Judith Allen, Harry Green, Eddie Nugent. Ben Alexander, Lester Arnold, George Barbier. 'ONE SUNDAY AFTERNOON." Producer, Louis D. Lighton ; author, James Hagan ; screenplay by Grover Jones and William Slavens McNutt ; director, Stephen Roberts; assistant directors, Voshell and Matthews ; first cameramen, Victor Milner and Karl Struss ; operative cameramen, William Mellor, Clifford Blackstone and George Clemens; assistants, Guy Roe, E. F. Adams and Fleet Southcott ; stills, William Walling, Jr. ; special effects, Gordon Jennings ; transparency process, Farciot Edourdt ; recording engineer, Harry Mills and Harold Lewis ; film editor, Ellsworth Hoagland ; chief electricians, Karl Gotham and Howard Kelley ; chief grip, Wade Carley ; chief prop, Lou Asher. Cast: Gary Cooper. Fay Wray, Frances Fuller, Neil Hamilton. Roscoe Karns, Sam Hardy, Anne Darwell. MAYFAIR PRODUCTIONS "The Riot Squad." Producer, Harry Webb: author. Jack Natterford; director, Harry Webb; assistant, George Curtner; first cameraman, Roy Overbaugh; assistant, H. C. Ramsey; stills, John Jenkins; recording engineer, Tom Lambert; assistants, M. Leon and J. C. Landrick; film editor, Fred Baine; art director, Dave Thompson; chief electrician Billings. Cast: Flavin. Pat Patterson; chief grip, Bill Smith; chief prop, William Madge Bellamy, Pat O'Malley, Addison Richards, Jimmy "A Bedtime Story." Producer, Benjamin Glazer; author, Ray Horniinan; screenplay, Waldemar Young and Nunnally Johnson; director, Norman Taurog; assistants, Sidney Street and William Kaplan; first cameraman, Charles Lang; operative cameraman, Robert Pittack; assistant, Clifford Shirpser; stills, Mac Elliott; recording engineer, Jean Merritt; film editor. LeRoy Stone: art director, Hans Dreier; chief electrician, James Feims; chief grip, Ray Watson; chief prop, Goldsmith. Cast: Maurice Chevalier, Edward Horton, Helen Twelvetrees and Adrienne Ames. WARNER BROS. FIRST NATIONAL STUDIOS Charles Clouner, Head of Camera Department "WILD BOYS OF THE ROAD." Author. Dan O'Hearn ■ screenplay by Earl Baldwin; director, William Wellman ; assistant director, D. Zemmer; first cameraman, Arthur Todd; operative cameraman, William Schurr; assistant, Vernon Larson; stills, Mac Lilianrecording engineer, Robert Lee; film editor, Thomas Pratt; art director, A. Hartley ; chief electrician, Claude Hutchinson ; chief grip, Charles Davis; chief prop, Scotty Moore. Cast: Frank Darrow, Ed. Phillips, Helen Mack. • • • • "FOOTLIGHT PARADE." Authors and screenplay Seff and Jane Seymour; director, Lloyd Bacon; assistant Hollingshead ; first cameraman, George Barnes; operative Scotty Warren Lynch; assistant, Jack Kaufman; stills, recording engineer, Olive Garretson ; film editor, directors, Okey and Grot; chief electrician, Leo Jerry Barnhouse; chief prop, Herbert Plems. Cast: J. Cagney, Joan Blondell. Ruby Keeler, Guy Kibble by Manuel director, G. cameraman, Welbourne ; George Amy ; art Green ; chief grip, "BUREAU OF MISSING PERSONS." Author and screenplay by Robert Presnell ; director, Del Ruth ; assistant director. Chuck Hanson; first cameraman, Barney McGill ; operative cameraman, Ken Green; assistant, W. Whitley ; stills. Homer Van Pelt; recording engineer, Dolph Thomas ; film editor, Jim Gibbons ; art director, R. Haas ; chief electrician. Kay Kennedy; chief grip, Owen Cromptorr ; chief prop, Emerson. Cast: Pat O'Brien, Lew Stone, Ruth Donnelly, Bette Davis. " • • • • "RED MEAT." Author, David Karsner; screenplay by Charles Kenyon and Sidney Sutherland; director, Al. Green; assistant, Frank Shaw; first cameraman, James Van Trees; operative cameraman, L. Jennings; assistant, J. Van Trees, Jr.; stills, John Ellis; recording engineer, Charles Althouse; film editor, Bert Levy; art director. Bob Haas; chief electrician, George Sattertield ; chief grip, J. H. Carter; chief prop, Pat Patterson. Cast: Ed. Robinson, Genevieve Tobin. ANCELUS PRODUCTIONS "Worthy Deceiver." Producer. George W. Weeks; author and director, Reginald Denny; first cameraman, J. S. Brown, Jr.; assistant, Walter Haas; stills, Carl Day; recording engineer, Charles S. Franklin; assistants, Tom Lambert and Leon M. Leon; film editor, Byron Robinson; art director, Paul Palmentola; chief electrician, Jack Wallace; chief grip, Henry Horning; chief prop, Harry Grundstrum. Cast: Reginald Denny, Claudia Dell, Alden Gay. Bert Roach, Cyril Chadwick, Phil Tead, Rhea Mitchell. • • • • "Double Harness." Associate producer. Kenneth MacGowan; author, Edward Poore Montgomery; screenplay, Jane Murlin; director, John Cromwell; assistant, Doran Cox; first cameraman, Roy Hunt; operative cameraman, Eddie Pyle; assistant. James Daly; stills, John Miehle and Ollie Sigurdson : recording engineer, George Ellis; assistants, E. J. Harman and J. G. Stewart; film editor, George Nicholls. Jr.; assistant, Tom Scott; art directors, Van Nest Polglase and Charles Kirk; chief electrician, James Almond; chief grip, Jimmy Kirley; chief prop, Kennie Holmes. Cast: Ann Harding, William Powell, Henry Stephenson, George Meeker, Lucille Browne. • • • • "The Deluge." Producer. Kelly-Bischoff-Saal ; author, S. Fowler Wright; screenplay, John F. Goodrich and Warren B. Duff; director. Felix Feist, Jr.; assistant director, Eric Stacy; first cameramen, Robert Brodine and Bill Williams; operative cameraman. Harry Davis; assistants, Bert Eason, Johnny Eckard and Carl Guthrie; stills. Roman Freulick; recording engineers, Hans WTeeren and Whitey Jowett; assistants, Alf Burton, Martin Jackson and Gilbert Pollack; film editors, Rose Loewinger and Martin Cohn; assistant, Stanlev Kolbert; art director, Ralph DeLacy; chief electricians, Al. Cahen and Don Donaldson; chief grip, Robert Murphy; chief prop, Charles Henley. PLEASE MENTION THE INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER WHEN CORRESPONDING WITH ADVERTISERS