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put in the rooms of the Academy for use.by the
Academy and at the meetings of this section, it being
the plan of this section that there should be definite
scientific papers prepared and read every month'
This, gentlemett, I believe sums up our three
*onihs-of efiort and more or less covers what my
notes contain.
TrrB CuarnrtRN: That concludes the reports'
We would like to hear from any member present
or any of the visiting guests. I wonder if Mr'
Crabtiee of the Society of Motion Picture Ensineers
will not favor us ?
Mn. CnasrnnB: On behalf of the Society o{
Motion Picture Engineers, I wish to say that it has
been our fondest hope to hold a meeting out 'W'est'
We finally achieved our ambition and I am sure
that when we get back East to tell those members
r.vho failed to come out West all they missed, I am
quite sure we will have another meeting here very
soon. I guess that's about all. Thank you'
THB euarnruaN t Will Mr. Porter, Secretary
of the S. M. P. E., say something?
Mn. Ponrnn: Mr. Secretary, ladies and gentlemen:
Mr. Volck has expressed so beautifully what
has been running in my mind that there is little
left that I cun *ay. I wish to take this opportunity
to thank you all- for your hospitality and for the
*ona.tirli time that you have given us' I feel
sure that it has been oi *ot. benefit to those of us
who have come out from the East than to you people.
When men in difierent lines o{ work get to
irro*.u.h other personally, understand each other's
prott.-t, little differe,t.i. ,oott disappear and it
t.J,t in co-operation, which is o{ the greate-st benefit
to all. ait of us who have come out here go
back with the feeling that we leave behind us a
;;;;1 ;""y friends, and friendt don't quarrel; thev
i"o.t ,og.itt... It ls orrr hope that yo" !1
the West
will soo"n honor us by coming East and letting us'
at least in a measure' try to recip.rocate for all of
lft"- ift;"gt that you have done for us out here'
Thank you.
Tnr-CgarrutaN: I would like to hear from
Mr. -M*. Clark.
Cr-anr: Mr. Secretary, ladies and gentlemen:
I do not know whether I express myself pro-p-
.tty ot not, but it seems to me that through-all the
years this industry has been progressing there is
o.r" vitul point that most o{ us overlooked, and that
is that there are two deciding factors in the success
o{ motion picture production-one is technical and
the other is practical' The American Society -of
Cinematograpiers wanis in its membership men who
have alwiys teen putting into execution ideas along
the practiial application line. We have felt a very
greal ne"d for a closer affiliation with the men repiesenting
the technical angle of ouJ industry, and
also we lave felt a very keen need for the men who
were responsible for accepting the efiorts of both
of us-that is, the Producers' Association.
I think as Mr. Volck thinks, that bouquets should
be given to those who are living, and I want to go
t6sl
further in Mr. Volck's eulogy of Mr. Beetson, and
say that as President of the American Society of
Cinematographers I have had occasion to talk to
Mr. Beetson on development lines and I have always
found him to be a very just and reasonable
man in his dealings, and I want to tell you, Mr.
Beetson, that without your co-operation my success
as President o{ the American Society of Cinematographers
would have been impossible, and I personally
want to thank you.
Recently we have had the pleasure of co-operating
with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and
Sciences. That has been an added pleasure because
it has given the American Society of Cinematographers
something which we have always wanted, a
closer affiliation, and opportunity to give to the producers
a thing the American Society of Cinematographers
has been working to give them, but could
never find an opportunity to get it in. I do not
believe there is a person sitting in this house who
fully realizes the benefits that have been achieved
during these demonstrations, and their findings are
such that weeks and months will pass before we
f:ully realize the things that have been achieved during
these conventions. It has been an extreme pleasure
to me to be able to help in a small way in the
organization of the greatest research demonstration
that the motion picture industry has ever attempted.
I speak of the Mazda demonstrations. I do not
know what has been said by previous speakers here
this evening, whether there were any definite statements
made regarding the Mazda lighting situation
or not, but I am not prepared to give a definite decision
on that. But I do believe that out of the
Mazda demonstration is going to come a process of
development and betterment for the motion picture
industry greater than anything we have ever attempted.
I do not speak of the illuminating situation
alone, because out of these Mazda demonstrations
have come many things - not simply the
method of illumination we are going to use' I want
to thank the Academy for the opportunity we have
had of co-operating with them-that is one of the
great things that ihe Academy has achieved. As
President o{ the American Society of Cinematographers
I want to say this is a sort of fulfillment of
the ambition of that group collectively and individually.
We have always hoped that somehow or
other something would come to pass wherein we
could let those people who are responsible for the
scientific developments in the industry know exactly
what the men who are responsible for the
practical end needed.
That thing has been done. It has been accomplished
through the papers that have been read,
through the contacts established between various
members of our Society and the Producers.
There are a great many things I should like to
say, but I do not know how to say them. I do,
however, believe that the Academy of Motion Picture
Arts and Sciences, the Motion Picture Producers'
Association, the American Society of Cine-