Paramount Studio Engineering Department


Academy Award Nominations (Winner marker =  winner  ):
Winner markerScientific or Technical Award (Class III). To Wilbur Silvertooth and the Paramount Studio Engineering Department for the design and computation of a relay condenser system applicable to transparency process projection, delivering considerably more usable light.
Winner markerScientific or Technical Award (Class III). To Robert Henderson, the Paramount Studio Engineering Department and the Paramount Studio Transparency Department for the design and construction of adjustable light bridges and screen frames for transparency process photography.
Winner markerScientific or Technical Award (Class II). To Farciot Edouart, Earle Morgan, Barton Thompson, the Paramount Studio Engineering Department and the Paramount Studio Transparency Department for the development and practical application to motion picture production of a method of duplicating and enlarging natural color photographs, transferring the image emulsions to glass plates and projecting these slides by especially designed stereopticon equipment.
Winner markerScientific or Technical Award (Class II). To C. R. Daily, the Paramount Studio Film Laboratory, the Paramount Studio Still Department and the Paramount Studio Engineering Department for the development and first practical application to motion picture and still photography of a method of increasing film speed as first suggested to the industry by E. I. duPont de Nemours & Company.
Winner markerScientific or Technical Award (Class III). To Farciot Edouart, C. R. Daily, Hal Corl, H. G. Cartwright, the Paramount Studio Transparency Department and the Paramount Studio Engineering Department for the first application of a special anti-solarizing glass to high-intensity background and spot arc projectors.
Winner markerScientific or Technical Award (Class III). To Charles R. Daily, Steve Csillag, the Paramount Studio Engineering Department, the Paramount Studio Editorial Department and the Paramount Studio Music Department for a new precision method of computing variable tempo click tracks.
Winner markerScientific or Technical Award (Class II). To Gordon Jennings, S. L. Stancliffe, the Paramount Studio Special Photographic Department and the Paramount Studio Engineering Department for the design, construction and application of a servo-operated recording and repeating device.

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