Word: filmed
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Less well known, but even more deserving of notice is the co-feature, "Father Brown, Detective." the excellent Mr. Walter Connelly, aided by Paul Lucas and the exceedingly beautiful and personable Gertrude Michael, make this whimsically amusing story a film of unusual delight. The tale centers about the attempts of Flambeau (Mr. Lucas) to secure by his usual informal method, the ten famous "Flying Stars" --diamonds of superb beauty, which he desires to place about the glorious neck of Miss Michael with whom he has fallen quite in love. Walter Connelly portrays the wise priest who takes it upon himself...
What type of miniature camera did Mr. McAvoy use, was the film panchromatic, how fast a lens was used and at what aperture...
Even serious amateurs have known for years that ammonia sensitization of motion picture film was practical, even if somewhat tricky, and I am amazed that no news photographer has tried it before...
Cameraman McAvoy used a Leica camera with a Summar f2 lens, worked with the lens wide open at one-eighth second speed. His film was Du Pont Superior panchromatic, hypersensitized to half again its rated speed by exposing it to fumes of the strongest ammonia obtainable in a closed box for four minutes. Caution to novices: Film so treated should be used within eight hours. After that period it will not only lose its extra sensitivity, but may deteriorate below its original condition...
...many of the 80 millions of rolls of film sold last year were Univex, and at the all-time low price of a dime a roll...