THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Sunday, March 5, 1995 TAG: 9503030154
SECTION: SUFFOLK SUN PAGE: 10 EDITION: FINAL
TYPE: A Twist of Trivia
LENGTH: Medium: 51 lines
Trivia quiz appears on Page 8
William J. ``Jim'' Spain Jr.'s Nimslo is a still camera that takes three-dimensional pictures.
You can see them without those glasses that had to be used in movie houses in the 1950s and '60s.
The four-lens camera, manufactured in England, never caught on. It is not expensive - Spain paid $150 for his in '87, and it is simple to operate - point and push.
Standard film is used, but each two shots are the equivalent of one, so the cost of processing is doubled. A roll of 24 nets 12 pictures.
The Nissei Corp. in Henderson, Nev., is the only company that prints the pictures. Spain has his rolls developed elsewhere, then sends only the negatives he wants printed.
When he loaned me the camera in 1988, the pictures were crystal clear, and the individual or thing in the foreground stood in 3-D.
Spain still uses the camera and still works closely with residents of the Zuni Presbyterian Training Center, the result of his affiliation with Oxford United Methodist Church.
It makes a good picture - Jim Spain and his special friends.
More answers . . .
1. Al Jolson's gimmick of singing on one knee originated with pain. When he was on Broadway in ``Honeymoon Express,'' he developed an ingrown toenail on his left foot. Instead of leaving the show, he got down on one knee halfway through to relieve the pain. The audience loved it. He worked the technique into other numbers later, long after the ailment was gone.
2. Boxing is a no-no in Sweden and Norway. So are handguns.
3. It was rotund Harry Von Zell who introduced the former president as Hoovert Heever.
4. Calvin Coolidge took the oath of office from his dad, Col. John Calvin Coolidge, who was a justice of the peace. The date was Aug. 3, 1923. Coolidge was vice president until the death of Warren Harding.
5. The British actors who scared the wits out of so many movie fans were Boris Karloff, who had most of his successes in Hollywood; and, later, Christopher Lee, who made his flicks in England. Both portrayed the Frankenstein monster, Dr. Fu Manchu and the Mummy. ILLUSTRATION: British actor Boris Karloff starred in many horror films.
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