Movie Makers (Jan-Dec 1930)

JA.MMJA.Bt'*' 1930 Now Ready POPULAR SCREEN HITS Here are a few suggestions for home entertainment Kodascope Libraries offer: MISS BLUEBEARD starring BEBE DANIELS in 5 reels. Order No. 8144. Rental charge $10. BEHIND THE FRONT featuring WALLACE BEERY and RAYMOND HATTON in 5 reels. Order No. 8151. Rental charge $10. Cinegraphs present : THE MISFIT a screamingly funny comedy with Clyde Cook in the title role 400 feet. Order No. 38. Rental charge $2. Also, many other travel and comedy Cinegraphs which may be bought outright. NOTE: — Additional charge on rental films kept over one day or sent out-of-town. Eastman Kodak Stores, Inc. 45th Street and Madison Ave. 235 West 23rd Street New York CLOSEUPS What Amateurs Are Doing EXCHANGE YOUR 16 MM. LIBRARY FILMS 400 ft. of Film for $2.50 Send any g:ood usable film to us and receive an equally good or better one of the same length in exchange. Include a list of all your pictures so you will not receive a duplicate. Indicate your preference: Comedy, Drama or Educational. Enclose §2.50 checK or money order for each 400 ft. reel plus 25 cents for postage. The usual charge of one dollar is still being made for 100 ft. lengths. HATTSTROM & SANDERS 702 Church St., Evanston, III. ^0 iou _ ^?|apppl930! i Amateur ranks will be augmented this New Year. Loved Ones and important occasions you will picturize — precious, fleeting moments, which can never be relived! How important, therefore, it is to have your prized films processed by SPECIALISTS who will develop, print and tint them in the finest professional manner, and enhance them with artistic titles. At Your Service, Expert Film Lab., Inc. 130 W. 46th Street '^ "In the Heart of Neiv York" ONCE more Mexico guards her ancient secrets from the enquiring lens of an American amateur movie maker. A. E. SmoU of Wichita, Kansas, goes down on record as the latest to be favored with the picturesque Mexican censorship. Did not the Mexican clerk who sold him his raw stock in El Paso assure Mr. Smoll that he could film to his heart's content in historic Juarez? In fact, there was nothing the Mexicans liked better than some good enthusiastic shooting. Bueno! Vayamos a Juarez. Two hundred feet of film reeled through the camera as Mr. Smoll and his brother attended the local bull fight. And no questions asked. Atmosphere and scenic shots followed by the yard, all taken in honest unconcern, for the Juarezistas seemed so friendly. And had not the Mexican clerk assured him movie making was quite all right? At last, as the warm sunlight faded and the final length of film clicked through the camera, Mr. Smoll turned back toward El Paso and home. Cuidado! No sooner had his foot touched the street car than strong hands were upon him and he was lost in a babble of excited Spanish. As the trolley moved away he broke free, only to be seized again as more police and more people swarmed about. Finally, at the police station, with a fine of ten pesos and a confiscated camera and film staring him in the face, Mr. Smoll was forced to admit that he must be under arrest. An interpreter was found; many and excited words passed back and forth: the fine was remitted — but not the film. Ah, Senor, No! For Juarez this seemed the end. Not so for Mr. Smoll. To El Paso and the Mexican clerk he went, then back across the river. By this time the camera was in the hands of the Mayor himself. More words, now, and finally the camera was returned with apologies — but not the film. Ah, Senor, No! At length Mr. Smoll came off almost completely the victor. As he turned once again toward home the precious film went with him — in the pocket of the clerk. First it must be developed and the Mayor must see it. Then, perhaps, might Mr. Smoll have the pleasure. Ah, well, I suppose we are not ones to blame His Honor for so cherishing his first chance at amateur movies. ^ Dr. John A. Donovan. League member of Butte, Montana, brought his amateur films into play in clinching an argument as to the sources of the Missouri River when his statement that it rose on his Montana ranch was challenged by Scout officials at a New York meeting. Taking the natural course of the river as his continuity chart, Dr. Donovan has cleverly spliced together innumerable scenes, from shots of its source in springs on his ranch to a final shot of the Gulf of Mexico, to build up a convincing film proof. "I'VE ALWAYS HAD A YEN TO SHOOT A FILM WHILE RIDING UP ON ONE OF THOSE THINGS—" ^ Amateurs confronted with the problem of sending films to Canada for purely non-commercial use owe a debt of gratitude to J. Purkess, enthusiastic amateur of Montreal, for clearing up once and for all the tariff question. He sends the League the following official information from the Commissioner of Customs in Ottawa: "Motion and still picture projection apparatus and films, the property of persons or firms nonresident in Canada, to be used in gratuitous exhibitions, may be admitted upon the Collector being furnished with a cash deposit in a sum equivalent to the duty and taxes payable thereon, the deposit to be subject to refund if the article be identified and exported at the Customs Port where reported inwards, or at another Port, within six months from the time of entry." M