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THE ACL PRESENTS
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THE TOP OF THE TEN BEST
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FOR THE FIRST TIME, The Amateur Cinema League is proud to offer to movie clubs and amateur filmers everywhere a perfectly balanced program — 1 hour and 26 minutes long — selected from award-winning films of the past year. "The Top of the Ten Best" is a unique cross section of amateur filming at its finest. Packaged on two reels, it presents an unparalleled variety of subject matter, treatment and theme. The entire production is accompanied by the original scores, re-recorded for absolute synchrony through the magic of magnetic sound on film. '"The Top of the Ten Best" is a complete program — ready to roll !
MOVIE CLUBS can present this six-star ACL show at regular meetings, annual dinners or at Gala Nights — to raise money and to win new members. And your top club films may always be added to round out the local program.
INDIVIDUAL FILMERS can screen "The Top of the Ten Best" for study and inspiration, to learn what it takes to make better movies, to entertain friends and family.
THE PROGRAM
The Man With the Box, an outstanding psychological thriller in black and white by James L. Watson, ACL. "Superlative melodrama . . . suspense-filled excitement . . . terrifying conclusion." 11 mins.
Poet and Peasant, a musical novelty by Robert G. Williams, ACL. "A technical tour de force . . . perfect synchrony of music to pictures . . . stumped most professionals." 6 mins.
Birds of Washington, a nature study by J. Don Sutherland, ACL, and Ralph E. Lawrence, ACL. "Highly competent pictorial survey of bird life . . . Informative . . . outstanding." Excerpted especially for ACL: 24 mins.
Muntre Streker, an animated cartoon novelty by Mathis Kverne, of Oslo. Norway. "Delightful tidbit . . . flawless animation . . . sparkling film fantasy." 4 mins.
INTERMISSION
Bulbs and Beauty, a documentary record of the beautiful gladiolus by Haven Trecker, ACL. "Painstaking . . . profusely close-upped sequences . . . colorful and elaborate." Excerpted especially for ACL: 20 mins.
Duck Soup, a family film by Delores and Timothy Lawler, ACL, winner of the Hiram Percy Maxim Memorial Award for 1952. "A rollicking, rambunctious household saga . . . well planned, crisply executed." 21 mins.
BE THE FIRST TO SCREEN "THE TOP OF THE TEN BEST"
Ready March 1 —Clip and Mail the Coupon, Today!
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