Movie Makers (Jan-Dec 1947)

40 JANUARY 1947 SOUND FOR YOUR FILM FOR EXCELLENT WORKMANSHIPWE MAINTAIN SKILLED TECHNICAL STAFF, COMPLETE STUDIO FACILITIES AND BERNDTMAURER EQUIPMENT. Price List Free on ftequfl SPOT FILM PRODUCTIONS, INC. 339 EAST 48 STREET N. Y. C. FOR A BRIGHT SUCCESSFUL YEAR OF MOVIE MAKING READ Movie Makers Twelve times a year MOVIE MAKERS comes to you with interesting new ideas and help. Subscribe Now! $3.00 a Year ($3.50 Canadian and Foreign) MOVIE MAKERS 420 Lexington Avenue New York 17, N. Y. 8mm • TITLES • 16mm Ready Made Main Titles Professionally made, ready to splice into your films. Write for descriptive circulars of money saving Movie Supplies. BETTER FILMS 742 New Lots Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. CL 7-1822 manager of the photographic department, Union Pacific Railroad; Frederick G. Beach, FACL, supervisor of the motion picture bureau, New York Central System, and James W. Moore, ACL, general consultant of the Amateur Cinema League. The final contest screenings were held in the League's projection room, in New York City, over a two day period. — J.W.M. News of the industry [Continued from page 28] photographic chemistry." Extending the advantages of "Lumenizing" still further in the Cine-Kodak and Kodascope lines, Kodak announces that the Cine-Kodak Eight, Model 25, will now be equipped with a Lumenized lens system. The Cine-Kodak Editing Kit for 8mm. work is once again available in limited quantities. The kit consists of rewind, splicer. 8mm. viewer and space for cans and reels as large as the 400 foot size. Castle A second, revised edition of the Castle Films catalog will be ready for distribution this month. Eighteen new films to be released during 1947 will be included in the new book, which may be had from your dealer. General Electric The new hood with A.S.A. exposure index numbers for all type DW-48 or DW-58 exposure meters, previously mentioned in December Movie Makers in Exposure Index Numbers, has now been released by the General Electric Company, Schenectady 5, N. Y. The new hood brings up to date all G. E. exposure meters manufactured since 1940. The latest model G. E. exposure meter DW-58 Type A.S.A., comes equipped with the hood, and old models need not be altered for its use. Containing the cream of technical data concerning lamps and their use, a new seventy six page publication, G-E Bulletin LD-1, has been prepared by C. E. Weitz of the General Electric Lamp Department. The bulletin is a condensed text on the design and operation of incandescent, mercury and fluorescent light sources. It is illustrated with photographs, diagrams and charts. For forty cents, it may be had from the General Electric Lamp Department, Nela Park, Cleveland, Ohio. Pictorial George J. Bonwick was recently elected vicepresident and general manager of Pictorial Films, Inc., RKO Building, New York City, a subsidiary of Pathe Industries Inc. Mr. Bonwick has previously held positions as vicepresident, treasurer and director of Pathe Laboratories Inc., and as vicepresident and director of PRC. He succeeds Milton J. Salzburg and Harold Baumstone at Pictorial. Wollensak Despite the fact that photographic equipment has now been removed from price controls for some time, the Wollensak Optical Company, Rochester, N. Y., remains firm in its determination to keep its prices at the "pre-decontrol" level. The major part of Wollensak's current lens and shutter production is going to manufacturers of cameras, enlargers and projectors. Am pro As good will ambassador from Europa Films of Stockholm, which exclusively distributes Ampro 8mm. and 16mm. equipment in Sweden, Edward Persson recently visited the Ampro Corporation, 2835 North Western Avenue, Chicago 18, 111. Mr. Persson is widely known on the continent as an outstanding comedian. Griswold Faster production because of modernization and expansion is the keynote of the news from Griswold Machine Works, Port Jefferson, Long Island, manufacturers of film splicers. New equipment, special machines and a new, "straight line" production setup have helped to meet the company's increased demand. Griswold also announces that new products will be available in the near future. Perm Exchange Publication of its 1946-7 mail order catalog has been announced by Penn Camera Exchange, Inc., 126 West 32nd Street, New York, N. Y. The catalog runs at present to seventy two pages in length; but it has been bound in loose leaf form, making possible the future addition of new pages as more items of equipment become available. Movie makers who receive the catalog will also receive the inserts as they appear. The catalog may be had free upon written request. Radiant A new folder, describing all Radiant projection screens, has just been published by the Radiant Manufacturing Corporation. A "screen selector," so designed as to provide proper screen sizes for various lenses and projector screen distances, is featured. Photographs of all screen models are included. The brochure may be obtained by writing for folder No. 6002 to the Radiant Manufacturing Corporation, 2607 West Roosevelt Road, Chicago 8, 111. Bardwell & McAllister The right amount of light at the right time and place is particularly important with the devel