Movie Makers (Jan-Dec 1949)

470 DECEMBER 1949 You see, a long time ago Euclid discovered it was possible to compute deflection of light rays by geometric formula. James H. Smith & Sons have used this scientific approach to lighting perfection in designing VICTOR Reflectors . . . and it is one of the reasons for VICTOR'S proven superiority in concentrating and evenly distributing MORE useable light ... as proved by actual light meter tests! Write today tor our booklet No. Mil "How VICTOR Makes the Picture" and learn how to take excellent indoor photos the way. VICTOR ADAPTA-LITES Unexcelled in efficiency, quality, AND value. See the complete range of models your dealer will have on display! For general illumination with No. 2 Photofloods, use Model AllS2, priced as illustrated (complete with stand) at S6.80. (Or purchase the same efficient reflector assembly on clamp mounting— Model All -CI or 250 -for S3.95.) /JAMES H SMITH & SONS CORP.i Griffith , ino.Ms.*j3MMJ.-MJ)lIJfJJ.hW4M film study of honey bees, both from the viewpoint of the keeper and that of the bees. Included are some extraordinary detail shots of life within the hive — the birth, life and death of a queen bee, construction of a hive, protection against natural enemies and the production of honey. Happy touches of light humor balance the more serious aspects of the subject, while the bear sequence at the end provides an amusing climax. Exceptionally well lighted and capably photographed, the picture provides entertaining and instructive screen fare. HER HEART'S DESIRE: A blonde model and the sights of New York divide the honors in Othon Goetz's Her Heart's Desire, a pleasant story of the girl who came to the Big City to model and got married instead. Good city footage is quite rare; Mr. Goetz has succeeded in achieving some startling shots of New York's splendors as he follows the thin thread of his story. It is difficult to believe that this blonde would not have found a job — but she lends glamour to a film that otherwise might show considerable weakness. ONE DINAR MORE: J. N. Unwalla has chosen a simple morality tale for the theme of this colorful film from India. A beggar pleads for alms from passersby with poor success. There appears suddenly a figure who promises him wealth if he will eschew avarice and greed. As a shower of golden coins overflows his lap, however, he begs for "one dinar more." The point of the tale is proved when this evidence of his greed causes the wealth and the figure to disappear. Although employing interesting camera viewpoints to give diversity, the single setting in a Bombay courtyard suggests a stage play rather than a motion picture. PROEM: The imaginative experiments with animated clay figures begun last year in No Credit have, in this year's Proem, proved out as a suave and wholly integrated art form. The unique and wholly delightful work of Leonard Tregillus and Ralph Luce, jr., has here come handsomely of age — both technically and creatively. Proem, conceived as a preface to the theme of Carroll's Through the Looking Glass, is of far greater filmic stature than its already rented status permits it to be rated. RECREATION HANDMADE: A joint project of the members of the Motion Picture Photography Class of the Westchester Workshop, in White Plains, N. Y., Recreation Handmade is notable for its evenness of camera work. It presents in a naturally episodic fashion various handiwork classes available to children and adults of the community. 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