The international photographer (Jan-Dec 1937)

HIBlfM Vol. 9 A JOURNAL OF MOTION PICTURE ARTS AND CRAFTS No. 9 Tv^WW^ A i\bw Photographer Service Technical Jury program gets under way as news and record service to manufacturers, technicians and executives on all new products for use in entertainment field. Plans are nearing completion and blanks will go into the mail this month to all manufacturers of equipment, materials, instruments, and devices used in the production of motion pic;ures or in photography for the International Photographer's new Technical Jury program. The program will have two phases. First, the new blanks will have space for all essential information on any new product — name of manufacturer, distributor, specifications, price, and the sponsors statement as to what the product is claimed to be or do. When a new product is ready to go on the market, the manufacturer or distributor may fill in the blank and mail it to International Photographer by the 20th of each month. This information will be published in a regular section each month and is intended to serve as the backbone of International Photographer's function as a medium for the exchange of news and ideas between manufacturers, technicians and executives. Second, any manufacturer so desiring, may forward to International Photographer a sample of his product for inspection by the Technical Jury, which will be composed of members of the IATSE in all important branches of motion picture production, as well as a group of technical experts and research scientists, who are regular contributors to these pages. The product submitted will be used under actual commercial production conditions and a factual news report of this use will be published in International Photographer. Prod ucts meeting the approval of the technical jury will be granted the use of an International Photographer IATSE Seal of Merit. Every person in the industry has the assurance that this program will be conducted with the highest standards of ethical and technical honesty, with no fear, favor or discrimination. Its sole aim is to establish a complete news and reference service on the equipment used daily by members of the IATSE in studios and theaters. SMPE Fall Meet Tentative lineup of papers shows equal division between news of improvements and new products. An equal division of progress in motion picture engineering between further refinements of present equipment and techniques and the development of new equipment and advances toward improved entertainment values is evidenced in the tentative lineup of papers to be presented at the fall convention of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers. The four-day session, from Monday to Thursday, October 11-14, will be held at the Pennsylvania Hotel in New York. Many of the papers already announced deal with improvements in sound equipment, film, lighting and projection. A large list of papers on new products also is scheduled. Outstanding among the latter is a description and demonstration of ■'Stereophonic" recording and reproduction l International Photographer, July. 19371 by J. P. Maxfield of ERPI. and a demonstration of three dimensional pictures by G. W. Wheelwright. III. of the Land-Wheelwright Laboratories. The tentative program for the fall "DEAR HERB": read note from Eddie Collins, at rizht. accompanying this picture: "Still in Africa, having a lot of lun mixed with work. Sid (Wagner), at left, and I are having lunch out in the blue. Wish that you were along — it was a good lunch. Looks like another month here. Give our regards to everybody." The card was sent to Herbert Aller, secretary of Local 659, IATSE. from Kenya. I gunda. Kanganyika. Africa, where the 20th-Fox company i on location for "Stanley and Livingstone."