Movie Makers (Jan-Dec 1952)

Record Details:

Title:
Movie Makers
Date:
Jan-Dec 1952
Publisher:
Amateur Cinema League, inc.
Volume:
Movie Makers (Jan-Dec 1952)
Leaf #:
000342
Language:
English
Collection:
Non-Theatrical Film
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
Library of Congress, MBRS, Moving Image Section
Sponsor:
Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Movie Makers, the official publication of the Amateur Cinema League, documented and championed home movies and production by local film clubs. During 27 years of publication, Movie Makers provided extensive coverage of the growth of 16mm, the availability of Hollywood films to the home, filmmaking style, amateur production, and color cinematography. -- David Pierce, 2013
Date Added:
December 02, 2023
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322 Hiram Percy Maxim Award for 1952— "Duck Soup" by Delores and Timothy Lawler, ACL The Ten Best and the Maxim Memorial Award Movie Makers proudly presents for 1952 the twenty third annual selection by the Amateur Cinema League of the Ten Best Amateur Films of the Year and the sixteenth annual Hiram Percy Maxim Memorial Award. The Maxim Memorial, which stands in the League's headquarters, was established in 1937 by Percy Maxim Lee, FACL, daughter of the Founder President of the Amateur Cinema League. On it each year there is engraved the name of the Maxim Memorial Award winner; and to that winner goes a sum of one hundred dollars and a miniature silvered replica of the Memorial itself. The Maxim Memorial Award winner for 1952 is announced herewith: THE HIRAM PERCY MAXIM MEMORIAL AWARD Duck Soup, 750 feet, 16mm. Kodachrome, with sound on tape, by Delores and Timothy Lawler, ACL, of Kenosha, Wise. Clove Ward DELORES AND TIMOTHY LAWLER, ACL, of Kenosha, Wise, ponder a problem in editing Duck Soup, 1952 Maxim Award winner. Next are presented the Ten Best Amateur Films of 1952, listed alphabetically by titles. THE TEN BEST AMATEUR FILMS Backyard Birding, 250 feet. 8mm. Kodachrome, with sound on tape, by Herbert D. Shumway, ACL, of Greenfield, Mass. Bulbs and Beauty, 1400 feet, 16mm. magnetic sound on Kodachrome, by Haven Trecker, ACL, of Kankakee, 111. Duck Soup, previously itemized. Give Us This Day, 700 feet, 16mm. Kodachrome, with sound on tape, by A. T. Bartlett, ACL, of Brisbane, Australia. Muntre Streker, 100 feet, 16111111. Kodachrome, by Mathis Kverne, of Oslo, Norway. Olvido, 850 feet, 16mm. optical sound on black and white, by Oscar J. Bonello and Roberto Robertie, of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Outsmarted Smarties, 125 feet, 8mm. Kodachrome, with sound on tape, by George Valentine, of Glenbrook, Conn. Poet and Peasant, 225 feet, 16mm. magnetic sound on Kodachrome, by Robert G. Williams, ACL, of Toledo, Ohio. The Man With The Box, 275 feet, 16mm. black and white, with sound on tape, by James L. Watson, ACL, of Worcester, Mass. The $24 Purchase, 1500 feet, 16mm. Kodachrome, with sound on tape, by Terry Manos, ACL, of New York. The Honorable Mention awards follow, listed alphabetically by titles. HONORABLE MENTION Birds of Washington, 2400 feet, 16mm. Kodachrome, by J. Don Sutherland, ACL, and Ralph E. Lawrence, ACL, of Washington, D. C. Ciudad de la Paz, 350 feet, 16mm. optical sound on Kodachrome, by Eduardo Douglas Di Fiore, ACL, of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Fire-Fighters Field Day, 325 feet, 16mm. Kodachrome, with sound on tape, by William Messner, ACL, of Teaneck, N. J. Grand Adventure, 600 feet, 8mm. Kodachrome, by Louise Fetzner, ACL, of Pasadena, Calif.