International projectionist (Jan 1961-Dec 1962)

CHEVROLET BOOTH — One of the most complete and modern projection booths of any industrial company is that of the Chevrolet Engineering Auditorium of the General Motors Technical Center, Detroit. Equipment for large screen projection of 35-mm film includes two Facelite projection arc lamps, and for 16mm projection an Eastman projector and carbon arc lamp. Two Strong Universal arc slide projectors have a light source so intense that large brilliant pictures can be projected without completely darkening the auditorium. The booth equipment also includes two Strong arc follow spotlights, one of which is at the right and not included in the picture, providing brilliant lighting of all live presentations on stage. Film Inventor A. F. Victor Dies PACIFIC GROVE, CAL. — Private services were held yesterday (Mar. 31) for Alexander F. Victor, 82, former associate of Thomas Alva Edison and inventor of the electric washing machine. The Swedish-born inventor died in a Carmel hospital. He had been in failing health for years. A one-time magician, Mr. Victor was credited with more than 300 inventions. Most of his inventions involved motion picture equipment, and he gave some of the most important ones to the motion picture industry with no patent restrictions. A non-flammable safety film was his most important. It was adopted as the standard film of the industry. He also developed the first 16 millimeter sound-on-film projector. iP PHIL WILKES DIES PIERRE, S. D. — F. S. (Phil) Wilkes, former theatre projectionist here, died recently at the age of 76. Wilkes was projectionist at the Bijou Theatre from 1908 to 1940. Survivors include his widow; sons Wesley of Seattle, and Don of Kansas City, and a daughter, Mrs. William Angell of Westfield, N. D. BRIGHTER LIGHT LONGER BURNING SHARPER PICTURE Free Test Samples Record Footage from General Film Labs HOLLYWOOD, CALIF. — General Film Laboratories, the film processing division of Pacific Industries, Inc., San Francisco, turned out more footage of completed film for motion picture and television use in its Hollywood facilities in the first three months of 1961 than in any previous threemonth period, it was announced here today (April 13). William E. Gephart, president of General Film, said the Pacific Industries division here processed approximately 25 per cent more film in the most recent three months than in the same period of 1960. He described the increase as being part of the generally brighter outlook in the entertainment industries, with both color and black and white film usage increasing. The long-term outlook continues to indicate that the processing of industrial and teaching films will be increasingly important to the General Film division as motion pictures for educational purposes find new users and markets. iP Hollywood Craftsmen By Charlie Haight, one of the old-timers at the original (now demolished) Charlie Chaplin Studios, and I had midnight supper the other night and we were reminiscing about all the crazy thing that happened during the hcv-day of picture making. He told me of the time when he burned all the original prints of "The Champ" and "The Kid" at the Chaplin studios on order of the big boss himself. It has been a long time since the old 3-strip Technicolor cameras have beer, used, and they represent a tremendous skill to manufacture. Now they are lying, along with the old 2strip cameras, on the shelves at the Technicolor plant. New cameras have been created, but recently they brought out one of the old 3-strip cameras and tried a roll of Monopak through it. It was not a successful experiment. Most all Technicolor negative is now, singlestrip and is used on conventional Mitchell Cameras. Jack Martell, assisted by James Taylor, of local 705, has been in Tahiti on M-G-M's "Mutiny on the Bounty" since before Christmas. The two costumers are dressing 600 natives as well as the full crews of 2 British ships with a full complement of Marines. Ed Finney, grip on the Warner lot, returned recently by train from Las Vegas was met by his wife at the station, with a clean set of linen and socks, to entrain right back for Las Vegas for another week for Universal and while there for the second hitch received a telegram from Columbia to stay there for an additional 4 days to help line up another epic for the Columbia company. In the never-ending controversy about pictures made here in Hollywood versus those made on European soil, the Universal-International picture "Spartacus" — a $9 million production — has received the blessings of all the IATSE locals here. The \<mai*temk&w(k*t6 CARBONS INC., BOONTON, N. J. STEADIER LIGHT LESS ATTENTION PERFECT COLOR BALANCE Free Carbon Chart International Projectionist April 1961 13