Movie Makers (Jan-Dec 1952)

MOVIE MAKERS $8.35. To be sure, this price does not include processing. But we won't bother to pin you down to those costs. Now let's take a look at amateur movies. For $43.30 you could equip yourself with a dandy little 8mm. movie camera. For $3.95 you could load this movie camera with a roll of 8mm. Kodachrome which, when developed, will give you four full minutes of movies. And there is no cost to you for the professional developing. But even comparative costs (on which you're already sunk) aren't the real clincher, Don. When you get through your eight dollars' worth of still film, what have you got? Ten inanimate sheets of celluloid (if you haven't ruined any during development), which only one person at a time can hold in his hand and look at! When an amateur movie maker gets back his four dollars' worth of cine film (every foot perfectly processed), what has he got? He has a vital, sparkling, breathing re-creation of life itself, that's what. And, through projection, he can share what he's created with his family and with his friends — over, and over, and over again. You bet it costs a dollar a minute, Don. But it's worth it! CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM Dear Mr. Charbonneau: I was both astonished and gratified at the length of your letter reporting your judgments of an'd comments on this year's contest films from the Richmond Movie Camera Club. Believe me when I say that I am sure our members will appreciate this greatly. As for some of your remarks being too harsh, I believe that our members will feel as I do: namely, that in the judging of this year's films we have received more constructive criticism than in any previous year of the contest. Donald W. Hitchcox, ACL Contest Chairman Richmond Movie Camera Club, ACL Richmond, Calif. Club contest judging, accompanied by impartial and constructive reviews of the films entered, is another of the unique ACL services offered exclusively to clubs holding membership in the League. SOUTH AMERICAN ANDES Dear Friends: I am making a movie on chinchilla raising for a friend who is a rancher here in Canada. Due to the fact that the natural habitat of the animal is in the South American Andes, I would like very much to secure four shots in 16mm. Kodachrome of the mountains — these to be expansive and rugged views, devoid of villages, etc. I could also use two views with natives unobtrusively in the foreground. Needless to say, I would be only too glad to exchange raw film or scenes from this area with any correspondent kind enough to take an interest in this rather unique request. Percy Gotz, ACL Apartment 16 3340 Cote St. Catherine Road Montreal, P.Q., Canada AURICON shoots ALLIGATORS in Warner Bros. "Land of the Trembling Earth // v; j&bn*. "%•' AURIC0N-PR0 16mm CAMERA used by Ted and Vincent Saizis in Okefenokee 'gator country Processed in 35mm Technicolor, and now being released by Warner Bros., is the dramatic picture-story, "Land of the Trembling Earth," the only authentic 16mm color picture ever filmed in the dark interior of Southeast Georgia's Okefenokee Swamp! This is a saga of raw courage... picturing the daring of two cameramen, Ted and Vincent Saizis (Chicago Local #666 I.A.T.S.E.), and The Naturalist and Wild Life Director of Okefenokee Swamp Park, David DaLie, as they penetrated this unexplored section of the United States, using an Auricon-Pro 16mm Camera. They recorded such amazing sights as huge attacking alligators ...a maddened mother bear... swamp snakes in natural habitat... as well as the experiences of men continually facing death ... set against the awesome brutality of one of the world's wildest areas! Watch for this unusual short subject at your neighborhood theatre. It will soon be shown to millions of movie-goers, thanks to the courage of three adventurers and the dependable operation of the Auricon-Pro Camera. BERNDT-BACH, INC. 7383 BEVERLY BLVD., LOS ANGELES 36, CALIF. Write today for free illustrated literature about the "AuriconPro." $1310.00 (and up) with 30 day money-back guarantee. You must be satisfied.