Motion picture studio directory and trade annual (Apr 1917)

April 12, 1917 STUDIO DIRECTORY 15 Ideal Laboratories and Studio Complete in All Details THE Ideal Film Laboratories and Studio of Hudson Heights, N. J., on the edge of the Palisades, can be seen for many miles up and down the Hudson River. These studios are now in use by the Herbert Brcnnon Film Corporation, which produces pictures to be released by the Selznick Enterprises. The studios are fully equipped and up to date in every respect. There is one open air stage which measures 23 feet by 48 feet. The building houses two other studios, one measuring 40 feet by 50 feet and the other 60 by 100 feet. The last studio can be divided in two parts by a heavy set of double sound-proof doors, which allows two producing companies to work, one on either side, without interfering with each other. THIS large studio has eighteen overhead Cooper Hewitt lighting banks, six large floor stands, twelve broadside Wohl arc lamps and two Kliegl spot lights. The overhead lights are on a special conveyance which allows them to be moved back and forth to any part of the studio desired. •'iinmtiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiii mini iiiiiiiiiinii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin iniiiiiiiiiii iniiii i ;...' i iiiiimi i mi iiiiiiiiiii!uiiiiiiiiiiiiuuiiiy| KLUTHO STUDIOS Three Outdoor-Indoor Stages THE smaller studio, 40 by 50, has five floor stand Cooper Hewitt lights and three Duplex Wohl lights. However, the equipment from the larger studio can be quickly and easily transported to this studio if necessary. Dressing rooms are most elaborate, there being thirty all told. There are two very large dressing rooms, these being for people who work as extras, one for the men, the other for women. There are five dressing rooms for cameramen, the remainder being for the directors, actors and actresses. ANOTHER feature of this studio is the submarine tank, in which undersea pictures can be taken. The tank measures 20 feet by 30 feet. There are eight portholes to photograph from, three on the side, one at each end and three on the bottom. The studio has a fully equipped carpenter shop ; also a complete line of furniture and furnishings used for the pictures. The building is thoroughly fireproof, being constructed of cement throughout. THE studio is enclosed with glass, with peak roof. A special apparatus has been constructed at the top of the building for flushing it with water in the summer. On the same grounds with the studio is another building, called the Club House. It is owned and controlled by the Ideal people. This building has every modern convenience, also a model restaurant. NEXT is the laboratory, which contains all modern equipment to produce ideal printing and developing. Developing and printing for the trade in general is done here under the personal supervision of Frederick W. Hochstettcr. Mr. Hochstetter is the inventor and perfecter of the Combitone process of printing and toning, which he claims brings out color truer to nature than the hand coloring process. The output of the lain nail. lies is 600,000 feet of film per week. ALL air in the laboratories is washed by water before entering. Film is developed in Corcoran tanks, then sent to a room where it is dried on specially constructed drums. Printing is done on Duplex printers. Duplex cleaners are used for cleaning films. Another room for photographing titles contains a Bell and Howell camera and Cooper Hewitt floor lamps. There is another room for storing chemicals and one for cutting and examining of film. A good size projection room is also on the premises, containing Simplex projectors. A VAULT for storing of film has been specially constructed ; the outside wall is the thinnest and would collapse first in case of an explosion in the vault, thereby not endangering any other part of the building. The up-to-date equipment and the management by scientific men enable this plant to give the motion picture trade developing, printing and toning of the creditable kind. Be sure to mention " MOTION PICTURE A new method of stage construction enabling outdoor stages to be converted into indoor stages at a moment's notice Correspondence Solicited Address 22 W. 9th Street, KLUTHO STUDIOS JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA KuiiiuiiWiiniiuiiiiiiiuiiii iiiiiiiiiiraiiraiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiraiiiraiiiiiii rail iraiiiiiiiimraiiiininraiiiwniiiiiiiiiiiHiiiflnniiiiiiiiiiiiHuniBB 'iiiiiiiii:iiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiii> mini urn MICHIGAN If you want MOTION PICTURES taken in Michigan and vicinity get in touch with us. Our camera men are professionals of rare ability, men who are capable of securing the right picture at the right time. We are fully equipped to act as agents for News-weeklies, producers of Industrial pictures, or any concern that desires work done in this territory. We solicit developing, printing and title work from any concern whose slogan is quality first. WE ALSO MAKE ANIMATED CARTOONS WITH THAT SMOOTH ANIMATION. H. N. NELSON MOTION PICTURE STUDIOS 79 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Michigan Telephone Cadillac 6703 in iiiuHiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiuiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiniiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiininiiiii NEWS " when writing to advertisers