The international photographer (Jan-Dec 1934)

fitly, 1934 r // N T E R NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPH E K Thirty s "ven factoi <m production. These new directors have realized this ami before production prepared all angles and effects, thus by powerful photograph) have added to the value of their respective pictures. In the States, seldom it ever is a cameraman called upon to participate in a storj conference or even handed a script to read over. Whose fault this is we shall not discuss here. It is generally on the so called first da\ of production that he meets his director and begins to find out what the story is all about. And only after the director has paced up and down nervously biting his finger nails and pulling his hair, wondering where and how to get started that the cameraman is consulted and called to the rescue. We have witnessed emergencies when the unit was split or, due to tropical fever or the Johnny Walker disease the director did not show up — thousands of miles from the studio the cameraman had to take charge and, in most cases, put it over. What would the average director do in a similar situation without a cameraman ? Probably he would have walked around the camera, to him a strange looking animal, then wait around for a while, glancing at his wrist watch, then finally capitulate. This only goes to show that in Hollywood today there are a hunch of tine cameramen ready to take the megaphone. With more directors possessing camera training, soon there would appear a new technique , resulting in better pictures; for the cameraman is optically minded, a quality so essential and yet so rarely found among directors of today. The public wants new ideas ; the industry needs newblood ! What's more, the producers would not have to go far for it. It is right there near their office in the place least suspected — the place called the CAMERA DEPARTMENT. KING VIDOR FINISHES In view of many recent attacks upon the screen by women's clubs, church organizations and civic bodies, Kin", Vidor contends that the chief fault to be found with motion pictures grows out of the manner in which some producers have made love connote lust, in their stories. "By dragging the highest of human relationships through a succession of sexy cinemas," Vidor points out, "they have muddled many unthinking people's understanding of what love really is. This applies particularly to impressionable youth, because of its inexperience." In an effort to correct the misunderstanding, Kin^ Vidor unfolds an everyday romance in his new picture, "Our Daily Bread," against the panoramic background of current economic conditions, which have tested the faith of many wives and husbands in one another, of late years. Dramatically the plot brings out simply that: "Love is not love which changes when it alteration finds," as Shakespeare defined. The hero of "Our Daily Bread," played by Tom Keene, is truly a great lover — not onlj to his wife, Karen Morley, but of his jobless fellow men and woman as well, for he helps them to solve the bread-andbutter problem for their little ones, via the back-to-theland movement. When St. Paul wrote to the Corinthians: "And now abideth faith, hope and love, and the greatest of these is love." he did not mean wishy-washy sentimentalism or the so-called love of modern sex-movies, but rather the fine faith of men and women in each other, in the contest of life, enabling them to carry on together over the rough spots, to victory. And such a love-story King Vidor has filmed out of the front-page news of the day. in direct response to the overwhelming demands for more wholesome pictures. "Our Dailv Bread" will be released bv United Artists, this fall. DOUBLE MATTING (3 PATENTS. 1932) mmyiLLiAMCS ▼▼SHOTS » Phone OXford 1611 8111 Santa Monica Blvd. Hollywood, Calif. AMATEURS ! ! PROFESSIONALS ! ! Fresh 35 mm. Eastman or Dupont Gray Backed Negative Film Supplied at .02//2 per foot. KINEMA KRAFTS KOMPANY 6510 Selma Ave., Hollywood, Calif. CL. 0276 Phone CLadstone 4151 HOLLYWOOD STATE BANK The only Bank in the Industrial District of Hollywood under State Supervision Santa Monica Boulevard at Highland Avenue Motion Picture Settings and Equipment Special or Standard Any place — any time. Phone or write PAUL R. HARMER 1630 Redcliff St. Morningside 11921 Hollywood, Calif. DR. G. FLOYD JACKMAN, Dentist Member Local No. 659 706 Hollywood First Nat'l Bldg., Hollywood Blvd. at Highland Hours: 9 to 5 GLadstone 7507 And by Appointment CINEX TESTINC MACHINES CINEX POLISHING MACHINES BARSAM-TOLLAR MECHANICAL WKS. 7239 Santa Monica Blvd. Phone CRanite 9707 Hollywood, California Alvin Wyckoff Please mention The International Photographer when corresponding with advertisers