Society of Motion Picture Engineers : incorporation and by-laws (1927)

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100 Transactions of 8.M.P.E., July 1927 black instantly." Further she says, "Don't come before the camera powdered a snow white. Some actresses think that the lighter they make themselves up the more youthful they will appear, whereas they only succeed in making themselves look like white billiard balls." Let us hope that though this article is printed in a non-theatrical paper, it will reach the eyes of the motion picture family, and have a good influence thereon. Though I have had no experience in make-up for Technicolor or other process of color photography panchromatic film, the first thing I would do would be to photograph the color catalogs under the new conditions and work accordingly. It should be quite a simple matter to get some 8X10 plates coated with panchromatic emulsion, and record the colors as before specified, and then evolve the proper make-up colors to be used. Face powders can be procured in any color, and by mixing them with the rose water solution, enamels can be made to give the desired result. The old joke about the ghastly appearance of motion picture actors may yet come true. Copies of previous issues of the Transactions that are still available may be obtained on application to the secretary, Mr. L. C. Porter, Fifth and Sussex Streets, Harrison, New Jersey. Nos. 1, 6, and 9 are out of print. The prices of the others are as follows: Nos. 2 to 8, $0.25 each; Nos. 10 to 15, $1.00 each; Nos. 16, 17, 18, $2.00 each ; Nos. 19 to 28, $1.25 each. The supply of some issues is limited.