American Cinematographer - December 1950 - 6

Hollywood
Bulletin

Board

de Lisa. The book, being issued under
joint sponsorship of the Academy of
Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and
University of California at Los Angeles,
will be published in the spring.
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Although American-made films and Amer¬

ican motion picture artists and techni¬
cians garnered most of the awards in
the recently conducted 1950 National
Poll of the Film Daily, its award for
best cinematography went to Robert
Krasker who photographed "The Third
Man," a European production.

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Clyde De Vinna, A.S.C., veteran Holly¬

Joe MacDonald, A.S.C. - cited for
September "Picture Of The Month."

Winner of the A.S.C. Picture Of The

Month award for September is Joe Mac¬
Donald, A.S.C., for his photography
of 20th Century-Fox's "Panic In The
Streets." Award is the ninth issued so
far this year by the Society to directors
of photography in the Hollywood motion
picture industry and the first of such
awards to be received by MacDonald.
MacDonald has been one of Fox's top
directors of photography for a number
of years with an impressive record of
outstanding cinematography, including
such pictures as "Pinky," "Down To
The Sea In Ships," "Yellow Sky," "Call
Northside 777," and "Sunday Dinner
For A Soldier."
He is presently filming "U.S.S. Tea¬
kettle" for Fox, which stars Gary
Cooper.
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wood cinematographer, undertook a
spectacular filming assignment recently
to get unique camera angles from the
air for Universal-International's "Air
Cadet."
To shoot the famed F-80 Shooting
Stars in action more than 10,000 feet
above ground, DeVinna arranged to have
the tail assembly of a B-25 bomber re¬
designed to leave an opening in which
the camera could be bracketed virtually
hanging over the edge.
Above ground, flying just over a
group of fighters, De Vinna lay flat on
his stomach securely anchored to the
plane with a rope around one foot.
Leaning thus over edge of the plane, he
spent over seven hours in the air and
shot 2,000 feet of film.

*
Phil Tannura, A.S.C., last month followed

the barnstorming "Harlem Globe 1 rot¬
ters"-sensational all-colored basketball
team-around the country, training his
camera on their contests for scenes for a
forthcoming Columbia Pictures' produc¬
tion by the same name.
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Captain Don Norwood, U.S.N. retired, in¬

recting the photography on "He Ran All
The Way" for Roberts Productions, will
contribute a chapter on the technique of
lighting in cinematography for the in¬
dustry publication, "Lights, Camera,
Action . . . the How and Why of Mo¬
tion Pictures," to be edited by Muriel

ventor of the Norwood Director expo¬
sure meter and author of several tech¬
nical articles on the problems of color
temperature and exposure in photog¬
raphy, has been made an Associate Mem¬
ber of the American Society of Cinema¬
tographers. His latest article, "The Sig¬
nificant Keylight," appears in this issue.
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S.M.P.T.E.'s Spring-1951 convention will
take place at the Hotel Statler, New
York, from April 30 to May 4. Under
consideration is the Society's plan to hold
a single annual national convention in¬
stead of the two conducted annually as
at present. Action on this proposal is one

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The 1950 Academy Awards presentations-

the 23rd such event-will take place at
the RKO Pantages theatre in Holly¬
wood the evening of next March 22.
Nominations and balloting will get un¬
derway shortly after first of the year.
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James Wong Howe, A.S.C., currently di¬

AMERICAN CINEMATOGRAPHER

DECEMBER, 1950

of the first to be tackled by newlyelected president, Peter Mole, when he
takes office in January.
e
Three U. S. Army Signal Corps photog¬

raphers have been decorated for heroic
conduct in picturing the Korean conflict.
First Lt. Robert L. Strickland, Atlanta,
Georgia, was awarded the Silver Star
for "outstanding bravery and leader¬
ship while photographing the assault of
X Corps troops for the objective of
Seoul." His military and technical abil¬
ity were significant factors in the pro¬
duction of over 14,000 feet of outstand¬
ing military motion pictures, according
to the citation.
Sgt. 1st Cl. Martin W. Barnes, Osh¬
kosh, Wisconsin, and Cpl. Ronald L.
Hancock, Jacksonville, Florida, were
awarded the Bronze Star Medal for
"heroic achievement." At Inchon, Cpl.
Hancock had his camera blown apart in
his hands.
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Cinecolor's Burbank laboratory, now

working two shifts, will go to three
shifts beginning January 1st. Stepped-up
operations are planned to meet demand
of mounting orders for both Cinecolor
and the company's newer Supercinecolor
process. Company's present backlog re¬
portedly is triple the volume of business
in the company's best year.
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Sidney Solow, A.S.C., will chairman the

Academy of Motion Picture Arts And
Sciences' special committee on documen¬
tary awards for the forthcoming 23rd
Academy Awards presentation in March.
*
Film editors of Hollywood motion picture
studios are to have a social and fraternal
organization. Idea was launched formal¬
ly at a recent luncheon chairmanned by
Jack Ogilvie and Warren Low. Tenta¬
tive program includes setting up an an¬
nual awards program and banquet.
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Norbert Brodine, A.S.C., has been signed

by Twentieth Century-Fox to photo¬
graph "The Frogmen," which will start
rolling soon with an all-male cast. For
a considerable part of the two-month
shooting schedule the film company will
be at sea, operating under warlike con¬
ditions and abiding by Navy regulations.
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