Movie Makers (Jan-Dec 1952)

26 JANUARY 1952 Maxim premiere The traditional first public screening of the year's Maxim Memorial Award winner was presented by the Amateur Cinema League early last month before members and guests of the Hartford (Conn.) Cinema Club. The Hartford group was organized by Hiram Percy Maxim, FACL, in 1926, the same year he founded the ACL, and it is the current club of his daughter Percy Maxim Lee, FACL, donor of the Award. Featured on the program, of course, was In Fancy Free, by two-time Maxim winner Glen H. Turner, ACL, of Springville, Utah. Mr. and Mrs. Turner had come on from Utah for the trophy presentation, which was made by Joseph J. Harley, FACL, President of the Amateur Cinema League, in the absence of Mrs. Lee. The other films shown were Bermudiana, by Helen C. Welsh, ACL; Venezia, by Oscar H. Horovitz, ACL; In Trente Mille Pool, by Hartford club member Eugene E. Wilson, ACL, and Movie News Scoops, by George Merz, ACL. Miss Welsh, from Albany, N. Y., and Mr. Horovitz, from Newton, Mass., also were on hand for the screening. Edmund Zacher, ACL, president of the Hartford unit, presided; Warren A. Levett, ACL, himself a Maxim Award winner in 1950, was in charge of technical arrangements, and Don Charbonneau, ACL, League consultant, introduced the pictures. Milwaukee contest Joseph Sa lerno captured both first place in the 8mm. division and the Grand Award for the 1951 annual contest of the Amateur Movie Society of Milwaukee, ACL, with his dramatic story, The Heroines. In second place, 8mm. division, was Madison Memories, by Howard Gennrich, ACL. DeLylia Mortag won first place in the 16mm. group with The Changing Scene, and White Christmas, by Laurie Kriz, ACL, placed second. Los Angeles 8's New officers of the Los Angeles 8mm. Club, ACL, installed at the club's annual banquet before Christmas, are Dr. F. F. Guerrieri, president; Eugenia Elliott, vicepresident ; Everetta Mills, secretary, and Rosalee Harrison, treasurer. Winners of the club's annual contest were announced, Barry Dance, ACL, placing first with Near Miss. The other winners were Boomerang, by Dr. Guerrieri, and Just Two, by Bob Browning; the Horton Vacation Trophy went to Louise Fetzner, ACL. The Babb Achievement Trophy, Morgan Gold Medal for best scenario and the Trophy of the Los Angeles 8mm. Club went to Mr. Dance for the best movie of the contest. The Caderette Award for outstanding participation was given Kitty Guerrieri. The projection program for the evening included Who's Who, edited by Fred Evans, FACL; Cheesecake Hound, a club production; Change of Heart, by Marian Dance; Land of the Dinne, by Mrs. Fetzner, and the three prize winners named above. Trenton programs J • George Cole, ACL, secretary of Trenton (N.J.) Movie Makers, writes us of the highlights of the club's fall programs, which included projection of a nature film by Mr. and Mrs. John JuBonn; New England and Ontario, by club president R. James Foster; Bermuda, by Dr. Evart Larrsan; Dahlias, by Harold E. Cranmer, and Watkins Glen, by Mr. Cole. The club also paid a visit to the Bronx Zoo in New York City and took considerable footage of this event. Rockford event 0nce a year Rockford (111.) Movie Makers, ACL, honors its past presidents with a dinner and program. Algot Peterson was chairman for the event this year, which was held early this month. The feature of the evening was In the Valley of the Hudson, by Julian Gromer. Metropolitan The Christmas party of the Metropolitan Motion Picture Club, ACL, of New York City, featured the showing of Molock of Erebus, by Robert F. Gowen, ACL, and The Director, by Cal Duncan, ACL, plus the customary carol singing and refreshments. Helen C. Welsh, ACL, won first place in the club's general contest with her 1951 Ten Best winner, Bermudiana. Movie News Scoops, 1951 Honorable Mention winner by George Merz, ACL, placed second, and honorable mention awards were given to Bernard Goldberg, for Majorca Island, and Allen A. Hammer, ACL, for Parrots, Orchids, Cockatoos. The annual MMPC Gala Night for 1952 will be held at Hunter College Charles H. Benjamin, ACL SPOT LIGHTING was demonstrated by Leo J. HefFernan, FACL, at recent meeting of Brooklyn Amateur Cine Club, ACL, for members' aid. Auditorium on Saturday, March 1, at 8:00 p.m. Tickets are $1.35 (tax inc.) and may be obtained by telephoning Harry Groedel, ACL, at CHickering 4-5200, or writing to him at 350 Fifth Avenue, New York, N. Y. The program, not completed at this writing, will feature In Fancy Free, 1951 Maxim Award winner, and outstanding club films. Seattle showing T"e last meeting of the old year for the Seattle Amateur Movie Club was divided into a projection and a work period. The laboratory session featured a demonstration of home processing of black and white motion picture film. On the projection side, the following films were shown: Travel to Denmark, 8mm. color, by Albert Odgaard; Alcan Highway, by Bryan Stangle, and How To Do It, by Frank Barney, ACL, a new production for General Electric. Reeves at B'klyn Solely through inadvertence, our December note reporting a demonstration of magnetic sound on film before the Brooklyn Amateur Cine Club, ACL, omitted any mention of those responsible for the demonstration. The program — which was widely acclaimed by a capacity audience — was put on by Reeves Soundcraft Corporation, pioneers in the field of magnetic film striping with their product known as Magnastripe. Reeves personnel engaged in the demonstration were Frank Rogers, Rod Parvin and William Deacy. Opportunities for a limited number of such demonstrations before other