Universal Weekly (1917-1934)

—THE MOVING PICTURE WEEKLY rthod. If a scene is supposedly iated by a gas light, electric drop irit, oil lamp, hand lantern, or even a itch, the direction of light in this I'ne actually comes from the fixture nd, and in sufficient quantities to be :cessfully recorded on the screen. To accomplish this required no end I research and days and nights of istant application in the numerous es of experiments necessary, until ;h source of light would photograph regulation motion picture speed d reproduce on the screen exactly the original — either the match, the idle or the electric light would k to the eye. rhis invention in lighting has been iated so suddenly and is so far in /ance of anything of its kind previ!ly in operation, that to the director aking the picture in which the effects are used, it seems almost uncanny; when reproduced on the screen the director can hardly believe his eyes and marvels at the fact that after all the years of artificiality and crude methods in vogue something of practical use has become a reality. "There is no doubt, whatever," said Carl Laemmle, President of the Universal Manufacturing Company, after viewing a number of scenes in current productions in which the new lighting effects were shown with a vividness really startling, "that this new discovery will have the effect of making the pictures more interesting and it will certainly contribute an added attractiveness to the product i o n s. Superintendent J I Nickolaus and Chief ' Electrician Elmore are centre pages appear a number of illustrations of the new lighting method. The first picture in the top line is Mr. Nickola u s, (Continued on page 34)