American Cinematographer - December 1950 - 23

among television film
cameramen-on the coast, at least-are
Benjamin Kline, A.S.C, and Walter
Strenge, A.S.C, both of whom have been
working consistently at the Hal Roach
studios, Hollywood's biggest TV film
production center. Kline is shooting the
Bing Crosby television film productions
and Strenge is shooting video film for
Roland Reed Productions.
The real veterans

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directors of photog¬
raphy finding increased activity in the
field of television films are Ray Fernstrom, currently shooting for John Suth¬
erland Productions, Inc., and William
Sickner, who is directing the photog¬
raphy on the Pantomime Quiz video
show. Mack Stengler, A.S.C., also may
be considered a "veteran" in this field,
having more than a year and a half of
TV film photography behind him thus
far. Stengler shot the Lone Ranger
series for television.
Some

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is currently direct¬
ing the photography on the Walt Disney
hour-long video show to be televised
Christmas day. Previously, Andriot pho¬
tographed the Life Of Riley television
shows.
Lucien Andriot, A.S.C.,

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who have become per¬
manently affiliated with the booming
television industry are Gus Peterson
and William O'Connell. Peterson is en¬
gineering the lighting of the Alan Young
show at CBS's KTTV studio. O'Con¬
nell is director of lighting at the KECATV Hollywood studio.
Other A.S.C. men

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what is reportedly the
first serial on film to be made expressly
for television went into production in
Hollywood. The serial consists of thir¬
teen chapters, each 27 minutes in length.
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Said to mark a milepost in this tremen¬
dous new industry is the first hour-long
show produced on film for television and
previewed in Hollywood last month-
Alexander Dumas' The Three Mus¬
keteers, produced by the Hal Roach
Studio for the Magnavox Corporation.
Directing the photography was Benja¬
min Kline, A.S.C.
Early in November,

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there are hundreds of films
currently being produced for television
programs, not only in Hollywood but
in Chicago and New York: Gene Les¬
ter's Hollywood Calling; Erskine John¬
son's Hollywood Newsreel; the series of
films starring Arthur Treacher, pro¬
duced by Reynolds Productions; the
Forest Ranger series by Rangers, Inc.,
Hollywood, and countless others.

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