Movie Makers (Jan-Dec 1952)

306 NOVEMBER 1952 Long Beach In conjunction with the activities of the Community Chest, the Long Beach (Calif.) Cinema Club joined forces with the Community Playhouse and local Red Feather agencies to produce a 400 foot color film. Because of You. The picture shows, through the story of a typical family in need, the use to which fund contributions are put. Among the more than 150 persons who worked on the film, which will be shown to business and employee groups during the current campaign, were John J. Lloyd, ACL, director, George Cushman, cameraman, and Norman Masterson, narrator. Denver elects At tneir recent election meeting, members of the Amateur Motion Picture Society of Denver, ACL. named George Calvin as president for the coming year. Serving with Mr. Calvin will be Leo A. Remley, ACL, as vicepresident and Alta Seifer, ACL, as secretary-treasurer. ICAL Milano Through the gracious assistance of George Favalli, ACL, the Cine Club ICAL Milano, ACL, in Italy, will screen Follow the Girls, by Oscar H. Horovitz, FACL; Ma°ic Stairway, by Harlan Webber, ACL; Russian Easter, 1942 Maxim Award winner by George Serebrykoff; Sahuaro Land, by Frank E. Gunnell. FACL. and The Unexpected, 1948 Maxim Award winner, by Ernest Kremer, ACL. Chicago party The Chicago Cinema Club, ACL. celebrated its twentieth anniversary on October 23 with a party at the Carleton Hotel in Oak Park, held under the guidance of Peter Bezek and Charlotte Rus. Color movies were taken to record the end of the club's first quarter century. Entertainment which was arranged by Esther Meshboum included the first showing of Temptation, a melodrama which was filmed at the club's Gala Night in June. Brooklyn events Harris B. Tuttle, FACL, of the Eastman Kodak Company, spoke to members of the Brooklyn Amateur Cine Club. ACL, on the subject of Translation and Visualation at their October meeting. November will see the first Guest Nite of the season on the 19th and the 8mm. Gala Nite on the 21st. Tickets and complete details may be obtained by writing to Lou Dishotsky, care of the Brooklyn club at the Neighborhood Club, 104 Clark Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. Metro Salon Members of the Metro Movie Club of River Park. ACL. in Chicago, welcomed the new season with their annual fall outing at the Illinois State Park at Channahon. Later in October, they presented their 1952 Cinema Salon. Among the films shown were The Big City, by Richard Guetl, first prize 8mm. division; Chicago Railroad Fair, by Don Barber, ACL, first prize 16mm. sound division; Eternal Blossom, by George Tahara of Honolulu, and Little Intruder, by ACL President Joseph J. Harley, FACL. Buffalo elects William A. Thomas, ACL, will serve as president of the Amateur Cinema Club of Buffalo. ACL, for the next year, with Grace Lindner, ACL, as vicepresident. Armand Sieper was elected secretary and Raymond Korst, treasurer. Win ni pea A demonstration of the new Bell & Howell 202 magnetic projector highlighted the October meeting of the Winnipeg (Canada) Cine Club. Members also saw first screenings of films taken at their annual picnic at Pine Falls last summer. LOS Angeles During the past month, the Los Angeles Cinema Club. ACL. heard and saw R. L. Cleveland demonstrate the new RCA magnetic sound projector. On the same program, members of the club saw They're All Alike, by Howard Stephens. DALE E. BEVARD, ACL, left, president of the 8-16 Home Movie Makers, ACL, of Kansas City, Mo., presents awards to G. E. Martin, ACL, C. V. Knox, ACL, and John Booz as winners in the club's recent mid-year contest. and Hail, British Columbia, by Leo J. Heffernan, FACL. winner of the Maxim Award in 1941. The club's annual contest will close on November 17, and the first screening of the prize winners will be held on December 2. MMPC— NY 8'S Last spring's Gala Night program of the New York 8mm. Motion Picture Club was presented in its entirety by the Metropolitan Motion Picture Club, ACL, of New York, on October 16. Special musical scoring for the program, on which all films but one were made by members of the New York 8's, was prepared by Archibald MacGregor, ACL, and John Hefele, ACL. L.A. 8's The Los Angeles 8mm. Club, ACL, was host to the Southern California Association of Movie Clubs at the latter group's first cinema forum on October 21. The main event of the evening was a talk on camera handling by Gilbert Easley, of Paillard Products, Inc. Mr. Easley also demonstrated the new Bolex stereo technique. N. California December 21 is the closing date for entries in the third annual Filming for Fun contest sponsored by the Northern California Association of Amateur Movie Clubs. The films will be shown to member clubs by a traveling salon during April and May next year. Further details about the contest and salon may be obtained from G. M. Robertson, 1278 Excelsior Avenue, Oakland, Calif. Omaha election Officers for the coming year of the Cinema 16 Club, ACL, of Omaha, will be George Brotherson, president, Lyle McBride, ACL, vicepresident, Mrs. Dave Williams, secretary, and Mrs. John Koutsky, treasurer. Serving on the board of directors for 1953 will be Harold Bessey, William Charnley and Harold Ramsey. Richmond hosts Officers of the Westwood Movie Club of San Francisco were the guests of the Richmond (Calif.) Movie Camera Club, ACL, at a potluck dinner last month. The visitors were entertained with showings of Wealth of the Land, depicting California, past and present, and Shedding for Summer, a comedy by Herb Goldstein about haircuts at home, featuring his own family.