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A Storied Camera
and Andie MacDowell. "It was exciting
- but it was also demoralizing at the
same time because there were so many
things to photograph, and to barcode, and
to give a serial number to. Before I started
there, the cameras were in old pawnshop
cases, like the ones you'd see at Salvation
Army. And all the labels were on the
wrong cameras!"
That only accounted for what was
on display inside the Clubhouse. "Under
the building, there were dozens of handcrank cameras just sitting on the ground,"
Gainer continues. "It was unbelievable.
Astonishingly, thanks to the arid climate
- and the fact that under the house, in
that section, it had apparently never
flooded - none of the cameras were
harmed. As far as I know, they'd been
under the Clubhouse for 40 years - at
least!"
In the course of working with the
collection, Gainer identified historic
models such as Edward H. Amet's AudoMoto-Photo from 1911; the camera-andprojector system also incorporated a
phonograph recorder, making it one of the
first "sound" cameras. There was also a
camera that had been used by cinematographer G.W. "Billy" Bitzer on D.W.
Griffith's silent features The Birth of a
Nation and Intolerance.
Having made such discoveries,
Gainer decided to donate his own collection to the ASC. Further, even though he
was not a member and was, in fact, just
beginning his own career behind the
camera, he volunteered to curate the
Society's collection.
The ASC Museum was established
in 1953 by Arthur C. Miller, ASC, who
also served as its first curator ahead of his
run as ASC president from 1954-'56.
Miller's career behind the camera brought
him three Oscars for cinematography -
for the features How Green Was My Valley,
The Song of Bernadette and Anna and the
King of Siam - and his own 1912 35mm
Pathé Studio camera was just donated to
the ASC Museum this past May. [Ed.
note: Visit bit.ly/2qRzECH to read how
Gainer came to accept that camera from
Jim Mitchell.]
Following Miller, Charles G.

Top:
Cinematographer
Gregg Toland,
ASC (standing,
center, with back
to camera)
discusses a scene
with a heavily
made-up Welles
on the set of
Citizen Kane.
Middle: The
Mitchell plate -
with serial
number 2 -
displayed on the
camera body, still
with the
Armistead finish.
Bottom: The
body housing
once it was
stripped of the
finish.

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