The international photographer (Jan-Dec 1935)

Twelve T h INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER November, 1935 Eastman Announces New Kodak Pocket Range Finder The Kodak Pocket Range Finder is small, compact, easy to carry, clipped in a vest pocket, or on the kodak retina. Thoroughly reliable, reasonably priced and as easy to carry as a pencil. That briefly describes the new Kodak Pocket Range Finder just announced by the Eastman Kodak Company. This new range finder can be used for accurately determining correct distance for any focusing camera and especially valuable when fast lenses are used at wide apertures with the accompanying lack of depth of field. An exclusive feature of this new finder is a translucent scale visible through the eyepiece, making it possible to ascertain the correct distance while viewing the subject. A special adapter is supplied for attaching the finder to the Kodak Retina, Eastman's precision built 36-exposure miniature camera. The Kodak Pocket Range Finder retails at $7.00 and the adapter for Kodak Retina at 75 cents. Wide Angle Shots By Herbert Aller Joe Rucker, of South Pole fame, left for China (Paramount News) recently. the first camera berth at the reguest of Mae West, to you. George! Good luck Howard Anderson is off to Detroit to do an industrial pictuie for the Wilding Pictures Corp. Back in town and preparing to hop off for New York, London and Africa, is Merle LaVoy. That well known cameraman, Archie Stou-t, has just finished at Paramount and is once again to start a "Hop Along Cassidy" picture for Harry Sherman Productions. It looks like Archie will not be a sea-going man for some time. Jack Mackenzie seems to be R.K.O.'s busiest cameraman. We wonder what will happen to Jack's golf. Gus Peterson is now one of the ace cameramen for Republic Pictures. He is positively turning in some great photography. Roman Freulich, famous still cameraman, who has been on the Universal lot for many years, is now writing in that studio at the personal reguest of Carl Laemmle, Sr. In due time we are sure that Roman's name will appear on numerous pictures under the titles: "Screen Play by Roman Freulich." Frank Blackwell, Pathe Newsreeler, commissioned to write for the December issue of The International Photographer. Covering the Northwest territory with Brother Sankey we find Brother Perryman, of Hearst Metrotone, and Brother Nelson, of Paramount. Eddie Linden promises us some sensational photography in R.K.O.'s "Last Days of Pompeii." Eddie's capable assistant is Bert Willis. Lucien Ballard, who just finished "Crime and Punishment" for Columbia, is due to commence photographing one of Columbia's super-special pictures. We find Merritt Gerstad and Paul Eagler shooting first on "Shoot the Chutes," Eddie Cantor's latest picture, with Bernard Guffey as Eagler's second cameraman. Jovial Mickey Whalen recently left on a tour that will take him into every state in the union. Mickey is shooting screen tests for one of the companies. Bobby Doran has just finished two Conway Tearle pictures for Beaumont Productions at Internatonal Studios. Bobby deserves much praise for his fine photographic attainments. Leon Shamroy, after completing two at Columbia and one for Wanger, is now in New York as the cameraman and co-director with the Hecht McArthur Productions, Paramount release. Invincible and Chesterfield Productions, two of the most successful independent organizations in the motion picture business, utilize the services of that well known cameraman, M. A. Anderson, known to his fellow cameramen as "Andy." Bob Planck, who finished "Red Salute" and "The Melody Lingers On," with Edward Small Productions, is about to commence shooting an epic making picture entitled "The Last of the Mohicans," the well known story by James Fenimore Cooper. Geo. Clemens, for many years one of the most dependable second cameramen at Paramount Studios, has been elevated to The busiest cinematographer at Mascot Studios, Republic Productions, is Ernie Miller, shooting feature after feature with serials in between. Surrounded by Al Levoy, production manager, and Nat Levine, chief in charge of production, as his superiors, Ernie enjoys working for Mascot. With him is to be found Billy Nobles, also a first cameraman; Jack Marta, second cameraman; Bill Bradford, second cameraman; Monte Steadman, competent assistant. LA VOY'S SECRET QUEST Merl La Voy, champion globe trotter of the world, and just back from two years' camera shooting in the Orient, is shown here in heavy marching order enroute to all points North, South, East and West, stopping enroute to Europe, Africa, and probably the South Seas. His picture guest this time is more or less of a secret, and it is to last a long time, judging by the amount of eguipment he is loading on his big ship. The International Photographer wishes La Voy and his associates and their expedition unlimited success. Please mention The International Photographer when corresponding with advertisers.