Movie Makers (Jan-Dec 1930)

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Prii;e $200 Available from your dealer or direct from ARC FILM CO., 729 Seventh Ave. N. Y. C. £xchande your 16mm Libiviy Film Why keep your old library films when you are tired of seeing them and can trade them for others by sending them to us and receive equally good or better of the same length in exchange at the fsUowIns prices: 400 ft. length, exchange for $2.50. 800 ft. or a two-reel feature for $5.00 J. NAVILIO FILM EXCHANGE 1757 Broadway Brdoiflyiv, N.Y... TITLES You will find our price list in the November issue of MOVIE MAKERS, on page 755. F. A. A. Dahme, Inc. 145 W. 45th St. Tel. Bryant 6796 New York City mate increase of twenty to thirty per cent in the area of the included field, as compared with the one-inch lens. A fast or wide-aperture, short-focus lens is a valuable adjunct in interior work. Question: Is it possible to secure a type of electric lamp suitable for interior illumination that may be burned in any position, that is, not limited to a vertical position when burning? Answer: Yes, such lamps may be secured and are known as the "P. S. Type." These lamps come in clear glass or in "photo-blue" glass, with a power consumption as high as 1500 watts for a single lamp. However, since they are provided with the mogul or large size base, a special socket will be needed for their use. Some of the home lighting units now on the market are equipped with this special socket but, in these, it is much better to use the standard tubular 1000-watt lamp which, in conjunction with the specially-designed reflector, gives the maximum illumination. PHOTOPLAYFARE (Continued from page 32) has progressed into dissolves and now, in The Trespasser, it has taken another step. This may be called, if a term is needed, an atmospheric sequence with music. In each instance the burst of music precedes, by a split second, the appearance of the "atmospheric" sequence. This sequence, sometimes realistic, sometimes stylized model work, builds up in the audience the atmosphere of the coming scene and, at the same time, indicates the passage of anything from minutes to years. In one instance, a stylized model city is shown with a clock tower in which the hour is sounded. This moves toward the audience, the picture getting larger and the booming of the clock getting louder, while the incidental music continues. Again, the outside of a building is shown in a driving rain, the picture being made at a weird angle. First, in electric lights, is outlined the name of the firm in whose office the action is to take place. This is followed by a caption, Somewhere in Chicago, a few months later, superimposed on the building and replacing the electric lights. These are two of many uses of this new device. This scene-changing technique, after all, goes back to the usage of the legitimate stage of thirty years ago, with modifications to suit the newer medium. Then we had painted drop curtains and the orchestra of the theatre played between acts. The curtain was always the same, for economy's sake. It would seem that all advances of the talkie are made by this new medium's approaching more and more to the true and tried legitimate stage technique with modern adaptations. As has been frequently noted in this department, the talkie offers nothing new, in essence, except the capacity to change scenes quickly and the capability of the camera to focus attention on details, by the closeup. But this device of United Artists is an improvement. It is not the only answer but it is an advance on earlier ones. The thing that happens to Miss Swanson in The Trespasser has already happened to Miss Pickford, Miss Dresser and Mr. Barthelmess. A mysterious and intriguing personality — to the cintelligenzia — has become apparent and commonplace because it clothed itself with a voice. Ronald Colman gained by this wardrobe addition, because he sounds better than he MARIONETTES AND MOTOCAMERA Sue Hastings, Puppeteer, Refilming On 9.5 mm. A Scene Of Her Santa's Toy Shop, A 16 mm. Pathegrams Subject. 56