American Cinematographer - April 29, 1921 - 1

LOYALTY _.- PROGRESS _.- ART

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THE MEN WHO MAKE MOTION PICTURES

Copyrighted, 1921, by the AMERICAN SOCIETY 0"' CINEMATOGRAPHERS.
VOL. 2, NO.9

LOS ANGELES.

CALIFORNIA.

APRIL 29, 1921

At the TheatresWeek of April 25
ALHAMBRA-"The
Kid." Photographed by R. H. Totheroh,
member of A. S. C.
AMBASSADOR - "Sowing the
Wind."
Photographed
by
Rene Guissart, member of
A. S. C.
CALIFORNIA-"Kazan."
Phographed by Edward Linden
and Eddie Beesley.
CLUNE'S BROADWAY-"The
Little Clown." Photographed
by Faxon M. Dean, member
of A. S. C.
GRAUMAN'S - "What Every
Woman
Knows."
Photographed by L. Guy Wilky,
member of A. S. C.
GRAUMAN'S RIALTO - "The
Gilded Lily." Photographed
by Ernest Haller.
HIPPODROME - Monday "Broadway and Home."
Wednesday-"Cousin
Kate."
HOLLYWOOD-Monday-"Billions." Photographed by R. J.
Bergquist, member of A. S. C.
Wednesday - "Hush." Photographed by Arthur Edeson,
member of A. S. C.
'1' h u r s day - "Girls Don't
Gamble." Photographed
by
Bob Martin.
Friday and Saturday - "The
Marriage of William Ashe."
Photographed by Jackson J.
Rose, member of A. S. C.
KINEMA-"Trust
Your Wife."
Photographed by Joe Brotherton.
MILLER'S-"Behold
the Man."
MISSION - "The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse." Photographed by John F. Seitz,
member of the A. S. C.
NEW APOLLO - Monday "Passion."
Tuesday - "Her Husband's
Friend."
Wednesday - "Sins of Rosanna." Photographed by Alfred Gilks and Harry Perry.
Thursday and Friday--"Cinderella's
Twin."
Photographed by John
Arnold,
member A. S. C.
Saturday - "Eyes
of the
Heart."
Photographed
by
William Marshall.
/. r'ANTAGES, Seventh and Hill
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- "The
Servant
in
the
\::~
House." Photographed by EI-..,..
gin Lessley.
PANT AGE S, Broadway"When We Were 21." Photographed by Victor Milner,
member of A. S. C.
TALLY'S "Extravagance."
Photographed by Jackson J.
Rose, member of A. S. C.
WINDSOR - Monday-"Nineteen and Phyllis."
Photographed by Chester Lyons,
member of A. S. C.
Tuesday and Wednesday"Passion."
Thursday - "A Voice in the
Dark." Photographed by J. D.
Jennings.
Friday and Saturday-"Love
Light."
Photographed
by
Charles Rosher and Henry
Cronjager, members of A,
S. C.

TEN CENTS A COPY

AS TO THE PUBLIC
Wyndham Ma1'tyn

No matter how much a man
may be wrapped up in his profession, he must, if the final decision of success or failure rests
upon the popular verdict, consider the public in relation to
himself.
The cameraman occupies a
,.
unique position in the picture
world. He is one of the most
considerable factors which make
the screened story. This is admitted
without
question by
studio folk. The public does not
yet admit it because the public
has erroneous conceptions of
how pictures are made. The
Los Angeles populace differs
from that of other cities in being picture-wise in an unusual
degree.
In the public mind the Star is
the main thing in a picture. The
public has been educated to this
by the years of wide advertisement of the producers. Those
methods by which stars are
made is not in question here.
Very often they rise by ability.
Organizer and First President of the American Society of
The second factor which makes
for success, as the public looks
Cinematographers
at it, is the Director.
Every
No new movement starts' in working organization. Two sue- month the Director gets nearer
human endeavor before it has cessful balls have been given, and nearer the Star in the race.
been visioned by some earnest
the first at the Alexandria. The Hell may be paved with good inman. It often comes because of last at the new Ambassador Ho- tentions, but the picture world
dissatisfaction
with existing tel has been praised as the most is paved with fallen stars. "Ou
conditions. It was to the active brilliant ever given by the Mo- sont les neiges d'antan?" as Vilmind of a thoughtful camera- tion Picture Colony on the Pa- Ion remarked some centuries
ago.
man that the vision came. If cific Coast.
he had not been intensely interA selected, though small liSome of the producers, a litested in the photographic pos- brary, of acknowledged classics tle tired of stellar Temperament
sibilities in the motion picture in this branch of photography, a and its increasing cost, started
he would not have considered it file of standard trade periodicals to feature that shy and timorworth his study and effort to or- for reference, lectures on differ- ous bird, the Author. Generally
ganize cinematographers
for ent technical and artistic topics the author gets scared when he
the sole purpose of uplifting this connected with cinematography,
finds it out. As Sam Merwin
branch of the industry.
together with frequent
and remarked last week on the
In the winter of 1918 Mr. earnest
informal
discussions Lasky lot, he had been for years
Rosen confided his hopes and have aroused and held the inter- trying to live it down in his
plans to a few fellow workers, est of members.
home town and had to come to
the result being the organization
The publication of The AmerSouthern California to find himof the American Society of Cine- ican Cimemaioqro.pher was his self famous. A fourth exploitamatographers, dedicated to the idea, and judging from the ap- tion angle is the cost of producbetterment of motion photog- preciative letters received, is tion. The Public likes to see a
raphy. From a nucleus of fif- arousing interest in the ranks of set that cost a hundred thouteen picked members has grown cameramen and allied branches sand dollars.
the present enrollment of sev- of the industry.
Some of us who have piloted
enty-eight.
Mr. Rosen leaves the presi- groups of bright and inquiring
The affairs of the Society dency of the A. S. C. after two visitors around studios have
have been conducted in a care- years of constructive work and been able to watch their mental
ful business manner, thus build- quietly retires to a chair in the reactions with amusement. The
first eager inquiry of the visitor
ing the foundation for a strong Board of Governors.
is for the name of the Star. If
Another New Member At present he is photographing the lady (it is usually a lady) is
Elsie Ferguson in "Footlights." under forty she asks, next, for
Across the width of this conHis
photographic
career the name of the Director. If
tinent we grasp the hand of Mr. opened in Chicago in a portrait
she is past forty she will inquire
Roy Field Overbaugh, and as- studio, from which he began his for the story.
sure him of our pleasure in wel- work with the motion picture
She may notice that the Star
coming him to membership in camera at the American Film comes and whispers confidenthe American Society of Cine- Company at Santa Barbara.
tially into the earof a quiet and
matographers.
Later he made several films with bored looking person. It conFor two years he has been R. A. Walch and "Panthea" for cerns make-up but the visitor
Allan Dwan.
photographing
for
Director
does not know that. To this
John Robertson at Famoussame quiet man the Director
Players-Lasky Studio in New
- Norbert Brodin recently left comes and talks in a tone too
York City, where he has made for New York with Director
low to permit the visitor to hear.
such successes as "39 East" Frank Lloyd and companyto
By this time she wonders who
with Constance Binney, "Dr. photograph the Times Square it is.
Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" with John
at night to be used in the curThen she sees him turn the
Barrymore,
and "Sentimental
rent
production, "The Grim crank and knows it is the camTommy," which is now attractComedian." They have just fin- eraman. The visitor invariably
ing attention in New York City. ished exteriors at Big Bear.
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PHILIP E. ROSEN

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