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Gaudio's fine photography represents the kind of perfection that is automatically expected from the skilled, unpublicized, tight little fraternity which grinds Hollywood's cameras. Directors, actors, writers, producers are expected to falter and blunder now & then. But the cameraman's record must be faultless; he must go quietly about his business, supervising the lighting, arranging camera angles, advising the director on effective touches. He must operate his 425-lb. contraption of multi-lensed, cog-wheeled intricacies with as much dexterity as if it were a Leica. With shooting time costing $20 a minute and with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Picture Man's Picture | 12/2/1940 | See Source »

Sample: a playlet which takes place in "the combination cellar and playroom of the Bradley home in Pelham Manor. Mr. and Mrs. Bradley and their two children, Bobby and Susie, are grouped about their new automatic oil burner. They are all in faultless evening dress, including Rover, the family Airedale." After a sufficiently shattering amount of balloon dialogue ("Oh, Moms, I'm so glad you and Dads decided to install a Genfeedco automatic oil burner and air conditioner with the new self-ventilating screen flaps plus finger control!"), Bobby answers the door and "admits Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Surgical Instruments | 8/12/1940 | See Source »

...struggle was protracted and fierce. Suddenly the scene has cleared. The crash and thunder has momentarily, but only for the moment, died away. The miracle of deliverance achieved by the valor and perseverance, perfect discipline, faultless service, skill and unconquerable vitality is a manifesto...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: British War Report: Winston Churchill to Commons | 6/17/1940 | See Source »

Dressed in a faultless blue suit with a white carnation in his buttonhole, pearl spats and ascot tie, he strode into court, announced thai! he had come to settle the whole affair by paying out of his own pocket Mrs. Brown's $6,500 claim, her $6,000 lawyer's fee. A gratifying uproar filled the court...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NEW YORK: Altitude Record | 12/18/1939 | See Source »

...most remarkable forces in our present music world is the modern virtuoso orchestra. Orchestral players have developed such faultless technique that it is very seldom that audiences find occasion for dissatisfaction. When occasion does arise, however, it is surprising how often the trouble seems to be in the brass section...

Author: By L.c. Holvik, | Title: The Music Box | 11/7/1939 | See Source »

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