Movie Makers (Jan-Dec 1936)

216 MAY 1936 ..APTU.RG the Lsharm of Spring ujid KIN-O-LUX I6MM REVERSAL FILM Each day adds new ranks to the constantly growing army of "Kin-O-Luxers" who. equipped with the familiar green or red package, parade the highways and byways in search of new subjects for their camera. Each roll of film is Scratch -Proofed by the famous Teitel Method protecting it against the deteriorating effects of time, use and the elements. No. I. Green Box, 100 ft., $3.00; 50 ft., $2.00 No. 2. Red Box, 100 ft., $3.50; 50 ft., $2.50 Prices include Scratch -Proofing. Processing and Return Postage KIN-O-LUX 105 W. 40th ST. NEW YORK PERFECT Centered and Framed With Fits the 16mm. standard lens-socket At your dealers. $12.50 postpaid, or write to ART. WOLFF 159 N. State St., Chicago, 111. Room 900 SM31M»M.EX FADING fwLASS Makes the popular fade-in and fadeout effects. In carrying case, with instructions. Price $2.00 Send for list of Gold Seal Superscenics. 100 ft. 16mm. subjects $4.50 each. ERNEST 191 ST. M. REYNOLDS CLEVELAND. OHIO "37.5" A vivid picturization of Connecticut's devastating FLOODS. Produced by Edmund Zacher, II, ACL, and Arthur Hebert, Jr., ACL. Two Editions; 200 feet, $15; 400 feet, $30. Order from Arthur A. Hebert, Jr., 55 Allyn Street, Hartford, Conn. \bo&rubodu ^ie-ady.1 Bound for VACATION LAND USE METAL LETTERS FOR MAKING TITLES Send for Price List of Capital and Lower Case Letters. H. W. Knight £r Son, Inc., Seneca Falls, N. Y. A new member of the League's board John V. Hansen, newly elected a director of the Amateur Cinema League, Inc., has achieved a distinction and renown in his chosen field that but few movie makers have attained. He has not won this eminence as a skilled movie maker casually or accidentally, for his interest in filming amounts to devotion and he has brought to it both scientific skill and artistic training — a combination that is rare enough but which exactly fits the needs of expert cinematography. Mr. Hansen was born in Denmark, where he received his early education and began the study of engineering. He came to this country in 1900 and continued his studies, first at Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute and later at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was ten years with the Western Electric Company in various capacities in reconstruction and efficiency work and later he was manager of the Eastern Sales Department of the Sloane Valve Company. After a period, he represented the Audiffren Refrigerating Company in Europe. He became interested in coal lands and, in 1925, retired from business and has since devoted himself to travel, study and particularly to movie making. In 1910, Mr. Hansen became a still photographic enthusiast and achieved recognition in many salons. He compiled a large collection of negatives representative of his travels and his interest in all forms of art and architecture. Strange as it may seem to many filmers who know Mr. Hansen's absorbing interest in movie making, he did not greet the idea initially with any warmth. Mrs. Hansen suggested that he get a movie camera but he was not enthusiastic — quite the reverse. Nevertheless, Mrs. Hansen persevered and ordered an outfit for him. The first reel displeased him and he felt that movies did not offer a field for a true photographer. However, Mrs. Hansen sagely pointed out that this was an entirely different medium and, in all likelihood, he did not know what he was doing! This seemed to put Mr. Hansen on his mettle, for the second and third reel pleased him more and aroused his interest. He determined that he was dealing with an entirely different medium and that he would have to restudy lighting and composition. Then came the revelation of what could be done in planning and editing, and Mr. Hansen dropped still photography and became a dyed in the wool movie maker. Mr. Hansen says, "I was satisfied with black and white movie making but. when color was made available for 16mm. work, I was delighted with the opportunities that it offered. Here was an opportunity to study composition in color. I saw how the study of paintings and other art integrated with composition on the screen and I found a new field for investigation and experiment — a field that theatrical movies had not covered." Filmers who have read Movie Makers for a number of years know how these experiments eventuated, for Mr. Hansen won a place in the 1932 Ten Best with his Kodacolor pictures. Studies in Blue and Chartres Cathedral and, again in 1934, he received the same distinction with a Kodacolor reel, Venice. Earlier in 1931, he had taken a place in the Ten Best with a black and white reel. Tombs of the Nobles. With both Chartres Cathedral and Tombs of the Nobles, Mr. Hansen showed his amazing ability to overcome obstacles and to get valuable pictures of things that seem impossible to film. The reel of Chartres is a study in Kodacolor of the stained glass windows from the interior, showing the rich mosaics of colored glass as the sun illuminates them. It is, in the writer's opinion, the most beautiful reproduction of these windows ever made. Tombs of the Nobles was filmed in tombs in Egypt where no artificial lighting was available. This was overcome by an ingenious arrangement of reflectors that trapped the sunlight and directed it into the narrow interiors. Mr. Hansen is generous with his time and his enthusiasm and he has presented his pictures and given lectures for numerous movie clubs, scientific societies and college and social groups. Last year in Denmark, his first Kodachrome reel was screened along with the regular movie program for a week in a theatre seating 1200, and for another showing the daily press of Copenhagen invited 300 state John V. Hansen the ACL board elected to of directors