Motion Picture News (May - Jun 1926)

2488 Motion P i c t u r c N c ■ S. M. P. E. Celebrates 10th Anniversary Attendance Large and Program Interesting at Washington Convention; Photographed with Pres. Coolidge THE convention of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers, which ended ]\Iay 6th, closed the tenth anniversary nieetinj^ of that society. The original meetin<j-, which was held in the spring of 1916, was called by C. Francis Jenkins, the founder of the S". M. P. E., at Washington, and it was fitting that the tenth anniversary should be celebrated by the convention })eiiig held in that same city. The j)rograinme was elaborately arranged and the attendance large, which was in direct contrast to the original meeting, at which a mere handful of far-sighted engineers in this industry met to found this organization to promote the technical development of the motion picture industry. The meeting was opened Monday morning. May 3rd, with an address by Col. J. Ei'anklin Bell, Engineer Commissioner of tlic District of Columbia, whose talk was followed by an address by the Society's )):-esident, Willard B. Cook. At noon of the following day, the membei's and guests of the convention were received by President Coolidge at the White House, and later had the unusual honor of being jjhotographed in a group with the President. On Monday afternoon a sight-seeing tour was taken by the wives of the members and other ladies attending the convention. A programme of papers was presented on Monday afternoon also, and that evelung a session was held in the auditorium of the Motion Picture Division of the Dej)artment of Agriculture. During the evening session, C. Francis Jenkins demonstrated his new chronoteine camera. This camera takes between 3,200 and 4,000 pictures per second — an almost unbelievable performance. During this performance, Mr. Jenkins allowed the film to fly out in the open room after passing the aperture, rather than having it remain in the camera. The terrific speed at which this film was thrown from the camera shot it straight up in the air until it hit the ceiling. This speed can readily be understood when it is realized that 3,200 pictures per second means that the film traveled at the rate of 200 feet per second. The rest of that evening's session was <l('V()ted to a demonstration of stereoscopic motion pictures by J. F. Leventhal, and the eai-ly history and growth of the motion pictrue industry (a film demonstration) bv Otto Nelson. Tuesday morning, the second day of the convention, was devoted to the presentation of papers, as \yas all day Wednesday and Thursday morning. Tuesday afternoon a sight-seeing trip was taken by the members, which included all the important places of interest in Washington. Tuesday evening, the Society was entertained by Henry W. Crandall, at a special show at his Metropolitan Theatre, after which the M. P. M. 0. Local 224 tendered a dinner and special entertainment to the members at the Lee House. Wednesday night a banquet was held, at which Henry D. Hubbard, Secretary of the Bureau of Standards, was the guest and principal speaker. The dinner was broadcast from Station WCAP. The members and guests attending the convention are as follows : Abbott, P. M., MOTION PICTURE NEWS, New York City; Brown, Douglas, 121 East 40th Street, New York City ; Capstaff, John G., Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, N. Y.; Chanier, G. L., 1 Congress Street, Jersey City, N. J. ; Cifre, J. S., 26 Piedmont Street, Boston; Cook, Willard B., 35 West 42nd Street, New York City; Cozzens, Louis S., Du Pont De Nemours Co., Parlin, N. J. ; Crabtree, John I., Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, N. Y. ; Davidson, L .E., Spencer Lens Company, Buffalo, N. Y. ; Denison, Earl J., 485 Fifth Avenue, New York City; Faulkner, Trevor, 485 Fifth Avenue, New York City; Flynn, Kirtland, 290 Ferry Street, Newark, N. J.; Fritts, P'dwin C, Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, N. Y. ; Gage, Henry P., Corning Glass Works, Corning, N. Y. ; Gray, Arthur H., Lancaster Theatre, Boston; Green, Walter E., Nicholas Power Company, New York City; Gregory, Carl Louis, 76 Echo Avenue, New Rochelle, N. Y.; Griffin, Herbert, 90 Gold Street, New York City; Hertner, J. R., 1905 West 114th Street, Cleveland; Hickman, Kenneth, Kodak Park, Rochester, N. Y. ; Hill, Roger :\L, 458 State War and Navy Bldg., Washington, D. C. ; Holman, Arthur J., 56 Cummings Road, Brookline, Mass.; Hubbard, Wm. C, 111 West 5th Street, Plainfield, N. J.; Ives, F. E., 1808 N. Park Avenue, Philadelphia ; Jenkins, C. Francis, 5502 16th Street, Washington, D. C. ; Jones, John G., Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, N. Y.; Jones, L. A., Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, N. Y. ; Kroesen, J. C, PJdison Lamp Works, Harrison, N. J.; Kunzmann, Wm. C, Suite 2, 2992 West 14th Street, Cleveland; Leventhal, J. F., 1540 Broadway, New York City, Little, W. F., 80th Street and East End Avenue, New York City; McAuley, J. E., 552 West Adams Street, Chicago; Manheimer, J. R., 155 East 44th Street, New York City; Nelson, Otto, National Cash Register Co., Dayton, Ohio; Norling, J. A., 130 West 46th Street, New York City; Norrish, B. E., 12 Mayor Street, Montreal, Canada; Palmer, M. W., 6th and Pierce Avenues, Long Island City, N. Y.; Peek, Raynu)nd S., Dept. of Trade and Commerce, Motion Picture Bureau, Ottawa, Canada; Porter, L. C, Edison Lamp Works, Harrison, N. J. ; Powrie, John H., Warner Research Laboratory, New York City; Richardson, Frank H., 516 Fifth Avenue, New York City; Ruben, Max, 2105 John R. Street, Detroit; Summers, John A., Edison Lamp Works, Harrison, N. J.; Townsend, Lewis M., Eastman Theatre, Rochester, N. Y.; Urban, Charles M., Trvington-on-Hudson, N. Y. ; Bach, B. J., Trenton, Ontario, Canada; Joy, J. M., Fox P^ilm Corp., New York City; McGuire, P. A., International Projector Corp., New York City; Patton. G. "e., Toronto, Ontario, Canada ; Slicpjjard, S. E., Eastman Kodak ('omi)any, Rochester, N. Y.; Wall, K. J., .{S Bnuufield Street, AVollaston, Mass. ; Edwards, G. E., American Projectionist. New York City; Stark, W. E., Stark Studios, New York City; Isaacs, L. B., Washington, D. C; Hubbard, Roscoe C, 203 West 146th Street, New York City. The papers presented and their authors are as follows : "The Public and Motion Pictures," by William A. Johnston, Editor, MOTION PICTURE NEWS. ' ' Some New Developments in the Production of Animated Drawings," by J. A. Norling, Bray Studios, New York City, and J. F. Leventhal. "Subtraetive Color Motion Pictures on Single Coated Film," by F. E. Ives, Philad('ll)hia. ' ' The Handling of Motion Picture Film Under Various Climatic Conditions," by R. J. Flaherty, Cinematographer, New York City. ' ' The Hyperscnsitizing of Panchromatic Motion Picture Film," by J. I. Crabtree, Research Laboratory, Eastman Kodak Company. "The New Chronoteine Camera" (demonstration), by C. Francis Jenkins, Founder S. M. P. E. "First Production of Stereoscopic Pictures in Motion Picture Theatres" (film demonstration), by J. F. Leventhal. "Early History and Growth of the Motion Picture Industry" (film demonstration), by Otto Nelson, National Cash Register Company, Dayton, Ohio. ' ' The National Bureau of Standards and Its Possible Technical Relations to the I\Iotion Picture Industry," by Dr. George K. Burgess, Director, Bureau of Standards. "Report of Progress in the Motion Picture Industry," by Carl E. Egeler, National Lamp Works, Cleveland, Ohio. "Internal Developments in the ]\[otion Picture Industry," by Carl E. Milliken. Secretary, ]\Iotion Picture Producers and Distributors of America, Inc. "The Organization and Procedure of the Public Theatre Managers ' Training School, ' ' by John F. Barry, Director of the School. "A Twelve-Year Trial of Educational Films," by F. W. Perkins, Director, Motion Picture Division, \J. S. Department of Agriculture. "Scoring a Motion Picture," by Victor Wagner, Musical Director, Eastman Theatre, Rochester, N. Y. "The Recovery of Silver from Exhausted Fixing Baths." bv J. I. Crabtree and J. F. Ross. "Staining Properties of Motion Picture Developers," by J. I. Crabtree and M. L. Dundon. "Syphons and Measuring Devices fo" Photographic Solutions," by K. C. D. Hickman, Research Lal)oratory, Eastman Kodak Company. "Display Enlargements from Single Frame Motion Pictures," by K. C. D. Hickman. "The I'se of ]\Iotion Pictures for Governmental Purposes," by Raymond S. Peck. Departnu'ut of Trade and Commerce, Motion Picture Bureau, Ottawa, Canada. {Coiitinitcd on page 2494)