STAR LIGHTING.

Wairarapa Daily Times, 15 January 1932, Page 2

STAR LIGHTING.

WHITE RAYS DISPLACE colour'ed. Further evidence of steady technical progress in motion picture photography is revealed by the fact that now direct white light is the only kind used to illuminate players on the set. Thq. coloured lights once used have be«R;jdiscarded as impractical, 'declares Arthur Todd, chief cameraman on The Four Marx Brothers’ latest Paramount screen farce, “Monkey Business.” “Coloured gelatine used to bemplaced in front of the lights to enable cameramen to obtain certain effects,” Todd explains. “A strong yellow light made light blue eyes photograph darker and magenta was found to soften the lines and rest the eyes. However, the new colour-sensitive film makes it impossible to use anything but white light. Incidentally, screen photography has improved with the more exacting conditions.” Adapted from an original story by S. J. Perelman and Johnston, “Monkey Business” p*>sents/y_ the inimitable quartette of clolvns in a series of hilarious antics aboard an ocean liner. In the splendid supporting cast are Thelma Todd, Ruth Hall, Rockliffe Fellowes and Tom Kennedy. Norman McLeod directed.