Movie Makers (Jan-Dec 1945)

138 NEWS OF THE INDUSTRY Answers the query "What's new?" for filmer and dealer D. E. B. STEVENSON, ACL Citizen of the day Helen Van Auken, who neither hears nor speaks, applied for a position with the Wollensak Optical Company of Rochester, N. Y., in writing when her younger brother went into the Army. She got the job. She is helping to turn out Wollensak lenses for the Army Air Corps. She cleans, lacquers and inspects the objectives which will again be available for public consumption after the war. Her contribution was considered outstanding enough to cause WHEC, a Rochester radio station, recently to honor her as Rochester's "Citizen of the Day." Capture of Iwo lima In one reel Castle Films Inc 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York 20. N. Y., has released two outstanding American battles: MacArthur Liberates Manila and U. S. Marines Capture Iwo Jima. Along the same road that American troops were forced to retreat in 1942, their successors have hurled morale breaking blows against Japan in the liberation of Manila. Combat cameramen have been in the front ranks, to secure some of the Pacific war's outstanding cinematography. The struggle for the possession of Iwo Jima. only 700 miles from Tokyo, is seen in the second half of the reel. This most costly action of the Pacific war has been recorded by cameramen in its full ferocity. The ascent of Mount Suribachi is shown in all its fury. The film is of such unusual • Helen Van Auken, "Citizen of the Day," chosen by WHEC radio station of Rochester, N. Y., works on Wollensak lenses, although handicapped, in her brother's stead ' Genera! of the Army Douglas MacArthur, USA, inspects wrecked Japanese airplanes in MacArthur Liberates Manila, recent Castle Films release. quality that Castle Films has announced that it will take precedence over all previous Castle movies. It is available at photographic dealers in two 8mm. and three 16mm. versions, including a sound on film edition. Portable Screen The Radiant Manufacturing Corporation, 1140 West Superior Street, Chicago 22, 111., has just brought to the market a newly developed, fully portable screen in sizes from seven by nine feet to eleven by fourteen feet. The unit is constructed of rustproof, sturdy, fully collapsible steel frames with springs to hold the screen smooth and flat. It is supported on legs that raise the screen as high as five feet above the ground. The screen. Fold-Pak, is washable; it can be folded and is unusually bright. The entire unit, folded and placed in its carrying case, is easily transportable in a motor car. It has been designed especially for use on large and small stages in auditoriums, at outdoor gatherings and for road shows and conventions, wherever a large screen is needed. DeVry appointment Ira L. Fleming has been appointed to a newly created post as chief engineer of the DeVry Corporation of Chicago. For the past five years, Mr. Fleming has been in charge of sound engineering in DeVry's amplifier and speaker division. In his new position, he will be in close cooperation with the government agencies handling motion picture sound equipment and panoramic gunnery trainers for the Army, Navy and Marine Corps. Mr. Fleming will create an international field engineering service department for DeVry, handling the installations and maintenance of theatre projection equipment after the war. New RCA official Milton A. Romney has been appointed sales manager for the Radio Corporation of America-Victor's 16mm. equipment in the Cleveland area. Mr. Romney has been associated with RCA-Victor for the past two years as sales representative in the Chicago regional office. For more than twenty years he has had close contact with the industrial field and film producers in the Middle West. During a large part of this time, he was engaged in the banking business in Chicago. Mr. Romney will make headquarters at RCA-Victor's Cleveland office, and his territory will include Ohio, Michigan, West Virginia. Kentucky and western [Continued on page 150]