Movie Makers (Jan-Dec 1937)

42 JANUARY 1937 16mm. SHIPPING AND STORAGE CASES FOR FILMS in 200, 400, 800, 1200, 1600 ft. Sizes. All sizes in stock for immediate delivery Catalog and Prices on request FIBERBILT SAMPLE CASE CO., 40 West 17th St. New York SERVICE for Movie Makers who need • PROJECTION PRINTS 16 and 8 FROM 35 28 17.5 16 9.5 8 £ 16mm. & 8mm. DUPLICATES • 16mm. NEGATIVE — POSITIVE PRINTING AND DEVELOPING 9 COPIES OF MAPS, CHARTS, ETC. • Tjll.p TYPE— HAND LETTERED I ll I CO ALL EFFECTS & TRICKS 0 LEICA & MEMO SLIDE FILM GEO. W. COLBURN LABORATORY Special Motion Picture Printing 1197 MERCHANDISE MART CHICAGO film rentals i up-to-the-minute 16mm. any subjects previously una' library incluclinis ailable. features as low as $1.00 shorts from 25c upward List on Request alan benjamin's 931 Flatbush Ave. Equip your camera with motor drive and 400 foot magazines. Its value as a sound unit will be increased very much. Details and prices on request J. C. HAILE & SONS Motion Picture Dept. 215 Walnut St. Cincinnati, Ohio • SETTER 76MM. SOUND • 8— NEW FEATURES — 8 PETER B. KYNE STORIES — For Sale or Lease — Write for Sale Catalog GARRISON ^lDA'veT:, rY. c. THE MOST EFFICIENT VERSATILE & FLEXIBLE LIGHTING UNITS MADE PHOTO-FLOOD-SPOT FLEX At All Dealers — Literature on Request PHOTOGRAPHIC SPECIALTIES Inc. 129 West 22nd Sti are particularly effective, but they are good at any time. Getting back to Los Angeles and heading south, you come to Riverside, with its Mission Inn where practically every furnishing but the hotel register and the cook stove is an antique. Here is the place to make closeups of old bells and details of mission architecture. Nearby are Smiley Heights and Redlands, floral paradises. In the heart of the town is Mount Ribodoux, with a statue of the missionary pioneer watching over it. Next below is San Diego, chief naval base on the Pacific. Unless the fleet is out on maneuvers, there are plenty of warcraft and aircraft, not to mention sailors all over the place. One good shot is on the naval float when the whale boats are bringing the liberty men to shore for their brief periods of leave. Coax the beach guard to let you stand on the float and catch not only the sailors but the welcoming committee of girls hanging over the upper railing. You have seen it in dozens of pictures, but you may want one of your own. Further along, over the border, are Caliente and Tia Juana, picturesque, but sad copies of what they were during prohibition. Lifting the ban on alcohol and the more liberal laws on horse racing, or more specifically on the laws against betting, are keeping the crowd this side the border. Still there's plenty to see and much to be photographed. Off to the east are the deserts, with the blooming town of Palm Springs jeweled into the sandy wastes of Death Valley. On weekends, the resort fairly overruns with picture players. Out in the desert are interesting shots, with the reclaimed Imperial Valley available for contrast. Still further east, over the Arizona line, are stretches of waste that are identical with the Sahara. Recently, The Garden of Allah and The Charge of the Light Brigade were made there. For short trips out of Los Angeles, there are Malibu Beach, Venice — a sort of Coney Island — Long Beach, where once no home was properly furnished without an oil derrick in the back yard, and the fishing settlement at San Pedro, mostly Spanish and Portugese. You can do all this with hired cars, but you will appreciate having your own. No other section of the country has such continuously good roads, and the sign system was perfected by the Automobile Club of Southern California at a time when no one else had thought of it. It is impossible to get lost if you stick to the cement roads. ree fil ms H To borrow the films listed in this department, simply send in your name and address to Amateur Cinema League, inc., 420 Lexington Ave., New York City, specifying the titles of the films desired. When films are limited to groups, the type and approximate size of the audience must be given. Films are loaned free except for postage. All transactions regarding booking dates and shipping arrangements are effected between distributor and applicant after the League has forwarded name and address of applicant to distributor. Please do not request a list of films from which to make a selection, as 710 list is available. Any one •in the United States may apply for films reviewed, as this service is not limited to League members. ■ The Making and Shaping of Steel, three reels, 16mm., produced under the direction of John F. Conners, ACL, and reviewed through the courtesy of The Stanley Works, is an interesting, non technical treatment of the manufacture of steel. Filmed in The Stanley Works, a factory which manufactures both strip steel and its own finished products for distribution, the picture gives in detail the authentic story of producing and selling steel. H Alternating Current Motor, produced by the Otis Elevator Company, is a 16mm. picture of three reels detailing the manufacture and assembly of a small elevator motor. The film reveals all the special tools and apparatus necessary for the motor's construction, from the time its castings are poured until it is set in operation. It is available only for group screenings, which company representatives attend, whenever they can, to answer questions and explain technical aspects. ■ Riding Skyward, two reels, 16mm... is a film tracing the improvements in vertical transportation during the past century. Produced by the Otis Elevator Company, the picture includes many interesting types of old elevator equipment and ends in a detailed presentation of the Automatic Signal Control system — the latest type of elevator service. As with other Otis Elevator films, Riding Skyward is available only for group screening. News of the industry [Continued from page 30] basic types of sword play, with foil, epee and saber. 1936 Olympic fencing stars appear in this film, as well as experts from the Fencers Club and the New York Athletic Association. The film opens with a costume sequence, depicting a Sixteenth Century duel. Precision I Precision Film Laboratories, Inc., 21 West 46th Street, New York City, opened for business this month with Debrie automatic machinery for all phases of negative positive, optical reduction, sound and picture printing and all kinds of special work. This new metropolitan laboratory will provide headquarters for fine proc