Movie Makers (Jan-Dec 1952)

250 SEPTEMBER 1952 Seattle The July meeting of the Seattle Amateur Movie Club, ACL, featured a novel idea in which the club as a whole had a hand in editing a 100 foot roll of 8mm. film. The footage was screened, then discussed and cut according to the concensus of opinion, after which it was again screened. Two short films also were shown: Apple Blossojn Festival 1952, by Anchor Jensen. ACL, and Sonee, by Ralph Lund, ACL. Braintree elects Stanley E. Brackets president, heads the list of new officers for next year of the 16 & 8 Movie Club, ACL, of Braintree, Mass. Sven Goranson, ACL, and Helen McClellan are first and second vicepresidents, respectively. Dominic Grazio, ACL, is treasurer, and Norma W. Brackett, ACL, secretary. The officers were installed at the club's first annual meeting. The club honors outstanding contributions to the film field by giving the filmers merit award leaders. The awards are determined by club membership vote. A recent guest of honor at Braintree was Harold Teele, who showed Fine Bookbinding and A Prayer. Frederick Chamberlain, ACL, was honored with a merit award leader after his showing of Girl Scout Camping. Grand Rapids Triangle Trouble, by a team of 8mm. filmers in the Grand Rapids Amateur Movie Club, ACL, placed first in a recent competition for the best unit production. Three's A Crowd, on 16mm.. placed second. The 8mm. group was headed by W. C. Robinson. The 16mm. filmers were led by David H. Esler. The subject assigned for the contest was based on the old adage "three's a crowd," with each team working out jits own interpretation of this theme. The ACL judged the results. Aussies Unite The Olinda Film Festival and first convention of Australian amateur cine [societies in January witnessed the confederation of all Australian amateur film groups under a federation of Australian Amateur Cine Societies. The first president is A. T. Bartlett, ACL, president of the Queensland Amateur Cine Society. The secretary-treasurer is Alex F. Bottomley, vicepresident of ]the, Victorian Amateur Cine Society, JACL. The nine member clubs represent all six states in the Commonwealth. Besides the two member clubs mentioned above, these include Adelaide Filmo Club, Australian Amateur Cine Society, ACL, Melbourne 8mm. Movie Club. Ormond Movie Club, South Australian Amateur Cine Society, Tasmanian Amateur Cine Society and Western Australia Amateur Cine Society. ACL. The F.A.A.C.S. invites correspondence with overseas amateur groups. The Hon. Secretary's address is No. 1 Grice Alley, Melbourne C. 1, Australia. Milwaukee-Metro The Amateur Movie Society of Milwaukee, ACL, and the Metro Movie Club, ACL, of Chicago, recently held exchange meetings. The Milwaukee group, visiting Chicago, showed Father Plays Cameraman; The Three Fishermen; The Doodlers; Winter Wonderland and Frustrated. The Chicago club showed Who's A Coward? and Chalk Talk by Carl Frazier, ACL, and Wanted, A Grandmother and The Thing by Margaret Conneely, ACL. Oscars in Del. The annual competition Oscars of the Delaware Cinema Society, of Wilmington, were awarded this year to John B. Wilson, ACL, in the 16mm. division, for The Glorious West, and to Frederick E. Hughes, for his 8mm. production, Cinder Alley. The group's recent election made Mr. Wilson president and Norris H. Venn, vicepresident. Francis J. Ryan is treasurer, and Valentine C. Weick is secretary. Okla. City Two films by 0. L. Tapp, ACL, of Salt Lake City, furnished the film portion of the annual picnic held by members of the Movie Makers Club, ACL. of Oklahoma City, held at Silver Lake in July. The films were / Walked A Crooked Mile and All In A Day. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Jensen were hosts to the club for this occasion. Iowa The Color Camera Club, of Waterloo, Iowa, has grown by leaps and bounds since its organization about a year ago and now numbers seventy six members. Harold M. Thompson, ACL, is president of the club, which has three sub-groups, the stereo division, still and slide division and the movie division. Each group meets once a month, all meetings being held in ARTHUR H. ELLIOTT, ACL, right, president of the Metro Movie Club, ACL, Chicago, presents the Elliott Trophy to Don Barber, ACL, top award winner in the club's 1952 contest. the Y.M.C.A. The movie division screening last month featured a vacation film by R. E. Boiler, ACL, club treasurer. Other officers are Mrs. Raymond Wilson, vicepresident ; Rolland Bryan, secretary; Eldon Eichmann, director, stereo division; Carl Miller, director, still and slide division, and Arthur Washburn, director, movie division. In addition to the regular meetings last month, the club as a whole enjoyed a field trip to Devil's Backbone State Park. Oakland The Movie Division of the Oakland (Calif.) Camera Club, ACL, under the chairmanship of Byron Williford, ACL, presented at one of its summer meetings a showing of travel films by Carl Fox, recently returned from a trip through Southern California and the Gulf of Mexico borderline states. A second feature was Land of Tin], a film of East Africa, produced by the Standard Oil Company. San Jose show Tne ninth annual salon of the San Jose (Calif.) Movie Club, ACL, will be held this year on the 17th and 18th of this month. A program of ten to a dozen outstanding amateur films is to be shown, including a number of Ten Best winners borrowed from the ACL Club Library. A complete listing of films is not available at this writing. Further information can be had from Miss Fearn L. Hobbs, ACL, 277 South First Street, San Jose, Calif. Boston The Movie Group of the Boston Camera Club, ACL, 351A Newbury Street, Boston, Mass., has planned for the coming season an interesting program for group study of fundamentals of filming. Starting on