Movie Makers (Jan-Dec 1939)

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244 MAY 1939 • Holds iilm securely on reel. • No more damaged leader. • No more scratched scenes. • Fits all reel sizes — 8mm. and 16mm. • Identifies iilm subjects. Slip proof — Scratch proof Makes your film secure! 8mm. size 75c per dozen 16mm. size $1.00 per dozen Made in the U. S. A. by BESBEE PRODUCTS CORPORATION Trenton New Jersey AMAZING PRICES On All Our Photographic Equipment Compare SAMPLE BARGAINS these prices: • Custom-Built carrying case for Keystone Projector (8 or 16) S3. 50 • GENUINE COWHIDE leather case for Keystone Camera (8 mm) 2.50 • GENUINE COWHIDE leather case for Keystone Camera (16 mm) 3.25 • Automatic Glass Beaded Screen in por table wood case — 30x40 6.50 • Glass Beaded Screen — Hang Type — 30 x 40 with case — unusual buy 3.50 • Reflex Camera F 4.5 self-focusing — up to 1/100 — sensational bargain.. $ I 2.50 • New Reflex cameras. F 3.5, Compur. self-focusing, speeds up to 1/300... 22. 50 Send TODAY for FREE Bargain List 10 Day Money Back Guarantee — Buy Direct and Save WHOLESALE CAMERA SUPPLY CO. 41 Union Square. Box 22, New York City WE MAKE TALKIES OUT OF YOUR SILENT FILMS! Narration and music on phonograph records according to your specifications. Recording for 200 ft. 16mm film, or 100 ft. 8mm film as low as $6.00. Write us. CINE RECORDING STUDIOS 304-305 Peck Bldg. Kalamazoo, Michigan SIMPLEX FADING GLASS Make fade-in, fade-out, dissolve effects. Complete with carrying case $2.00 SIMPLEX FILM CLEANING KIT Economical way of insuring clean films $3. SO Scenes in a Busy Harbor, 300 ft. 16mm. Sound film $18.50 ERNEST M. REYNOLDS 165 E. 191st St. Cleveland, Ohio same program, E. M. Underhill presented his 1300 foot Kodachrome travel picture, Northwest Passengers. In Ohio Making each meeting the sole responsibility of a single member, the North Canton Cinema Club has featured, at late gatherings, programs on Frame Enlargements, Trick Photography, Title Making, A Trip To Yellowstone and Continuity. H. H. Sloan, ACL, gave the presentation on the last named subject, which was illustrated by selected members' films and by Dummy Walks Out and Vieille France, 8mm. films from the League's Club Library. The meeting was attended by three representatives of the neighboring Alliance Cinema Club. 8-16 Contest Members of the 8-16 Movie Club, in Philadelphia, have competed among themselves in the group's first contest, with awards announced in the two classes as follows: In the 8mm. division, first place to J. Brautigan, for The Night Before Christmas, with second place to J. Stutz, for Trip Through the Zoo; in the 16mm. division, W. Rush took first award with Bull Fight, paced by G. Burnwood. with Home Reversal Process. News of the industry [Continued from page 228] pleased to learn of the large list of silent, educational 16mm. films offered in the new Rental and Sale Catalog, recently issued by the Bell & Howell Company. 1801 Larchmont Avenue, Chicago. This new list now offers 365 silent film titles, all of value to the educational field. Representative subjects are Sahara, Modern Rome, Present Day Germany, Earth and Its Seasons, Plant Life Studies and others equally interesting. Agfa Memo ^he new Agfa Memo, a pioneer miniature camera in the American field, that has been revised but not rechristened, is a precision built instrument, giving double frame pictures on perforated 35mm. film. It is attractively finished in polished metal and black morocco leather. Its lens, in focusing mount, has a speed of //3.5, and it may quickly be snapped into operating position. The incorporated shutter provides speeds of one half to 1/200 of a second, as well as bulb and time. There is a brilliant, direct view finder, automatic exposure counter and depth of field scale. The new Memo is loaded quickly and simply by means of the handy Memo cartridge, which eliminates threading. This cartridge is available, loaded with four types of Agfa film — Superpan Supreme, Ultra Speed Pan, Finopan and Fine Grain Plenachrome. The film transport is effected by the simple motion of a sliding lever. ANNOUNCING! A SUPERB NEW RHAMSTINE* ELECTROPHOT PHOTO-ELECTRIC EXPOSURE METER New performance, new value! A new Electrophot with greater sensitivity, with TWO widerange comparative film speed readings; with instant dial readings for black and white stills); instant fingertip conversions for ANY movie, color and shutter speeds 1/1000 to 2 sees. Zero-screw dial needle adjustment. Your choice of three non-glare Bakelite cases — mahogany, $ black, Ivory — yet 4 || it costs only $10 at your dealer1 see it NOW I J. THOS. RHAMSTINE + 303 BEAUBIEN ST. DETROIT. MICH. Tell your friends who are movie makers or still photographers about *• rune MOVIE MAKERS the very exceptional New York World's Fair number. Any movie maker or still photographer will want to study the sixteen pages of beautiful, natural color shots. He will want to read the informative, detailed articles on every phase of filming the Fair. What exposure should be used for night shots of the new type of lighting units at the Fair? What are the top notch photographic viewpoints at the Fair? How can the whole chromatic scheme of the Fair be captured easily on film? What indoor exhibits are most interesting and practical for movie shots? How does the sunlight fall on the most spectacular structures, fountains and exhibits? The June number of Movie Makers answers all these questions and a hundred others. It will tell you all that you will want to know about movie making and still shooting at the Fair. If you are not a League member or subscriber — reserve your own copy now at your photographic dealer's store. MOVIE MAKERS 420 Lexington Avenue New York. N. Y.