Movie Makers (Jan-Dec 1953)
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MARCH 1953
Ten Best premiere The world
premiere of ACL's new Top of the Ten Best program will take place on March 16 in the nation's capital, at a joint screening sponsored by the Washington Society of Cinematographers, ACL, and the Amateur Cinema League.
Guests of honor on this gala occasion will be Delores and Timothy Lawler, ACL, of Kenosha, Wise., producers of Duck Soup, Maxim Memorial Award winner for 1952. In an official presentation, they will receive the Maxim Award trophy from Joseph J. Harley, FACL, president of the Amateur Cinema League.
Besides Duck Soup, the joint WSCACL program will present The Man With The Box, by James L. Watson, ACL; Poet and Peasant, by Robert G. Williams, ACL; Birds of Washington (in excerpt), by Don Sutherland, ACL, and Ralph Lawrence, ACL, members of WSC; Muntre Streker, by Mathis Kverne, of Oslo, Norway; Bulbs and Beauty (in excerpt), by Haven Trecker, ACL. The entire program will be accompanied by high-fidelity magnetic sound on film.
Staged under the management of the Washington club, this ACL premiere of the Top of the Ten Best will take place at the Woodward & Lothrop auditorium, Wisconsin and Western Avenues, on the district line in Bethesda, Md. Tickets have been priced at $1.35, tax included, and are available at the following sources: by mail, from Karl Hoffman, ACL, vicepresident of WSC, at 919 Colorado Building, Washington; in person, at Brenner Photo Company. 933 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., and Eastman Kodak Stores, Inc., 607-14th Street, N.W., both in Washington, and Lochner's Photo Service, 5104 Baltimore Boulevard, Hyattsville, Md.
MMPC Gala The 1953 Gala Night of the Metropolitan Motion Picture Club, ACL, of New York City, will be held on April 11 at Hunter College Auditorium, 68th Street and Park Avenue, in Manhattan. Featured on the program will be Duck Soup, 1952 Maxim Memorial Award winner by Delores and Timothy Lawler, ACL, of Kenosha, Wise, and The $24 Purchase, by Terry Manos, ACL, first place winner in MMPC's 1952 club contest and named as one of the Ten Best Films of 1952 by ACL.
Other films that will be shown are Swiss Vignette, by Harry Groedel, ACL ;
Sweet Air, by the MMPC Project Group; Acapulco, by Leo J. Heffernan, FACL; The Man With The Box, by James L. Watson, ACL, of Worcester, Mass., and Muntre Streker, by Mathis Kverne, of Oslo, Norway. The last two pictures received awards among ACL's Ten Best Films of 1952.
Tickets for this show are priced at $1.35 (tax inc.) and may be obtained from Harry Groedel, 350 Fifth Avenue, New York, N. Y. Remember the date: April 11!
N. Y. 8s fete The New York City 8mm. Motion Picture Club will present its fifteenth annual Guest Night program on Friday, April 10, at the Hotel Statler, at 8:30 p.m. Among the films which will be shown are Backyard Birding, 1952 Ten Best award winner by Herbert Shumway, ACL, and Magic Medicine, by members of the Los Angeles 8mm. Club, ACL. Tickets, priced at $1.50, are available from Brit Boice, 211 Steuben Street, Brooklyn 5, N. Y. ; J. F. Hollywood, FACL, 65 Pine Street, New York 5, N. Y. or at the door.
Portland contest Winner of the Portland (Ore.) Cine Club, ACL, 1952 contest was Mrs. Lillian Nelson, ACL, with her film Zoological Dreamland. Honorable mentions were awarded to Victoria, B.C., by Pat Ledwidge; Pendleton Roundup, by Lela Stortz; Gresham Amateur Rodeo, by Peter Porco; Let's Keep Oregon Green, by Ashley Russell, and Yellowstone and Canada, by John Jaeger.
Milwaukee Officers for the new year were installed during the January meeting of the Amateur Movie Society of Milwaukee, ACL. They are Frank Kreznar, ACL, president; Howard Gennrich, ACL, vicepresident;
PORTLAND (Ore.) Cine Club, ACL, lines up its officers (I. to r., rear) as follows: Arthur Keys, ACL, vicepresident; William Anderson, new president; Walter Ottoson, treasurer; Pat Ledwidge, retiring president. Seated are Dr. Everett Cutler, programs; Ruth Long, publicity, and Alfred Huber, ACL, secretary.
Hope Muehlbach, secretary, and Gordon Jatzek, treasurer. The club has also announced that it will present its 1953 Gala Show on April 17. For details, write to Emily P. Mohaupt, 3607 West Galena Street, Milwaukee 8, Wise.
S. California The Southern California Association of Amateur Movie Clubs will hold a motion picture Town Meeting on March 14 and 15 in Hollywood. Among the subjects that will be discussed by members of the six clubs that make up the group will be How to Make a Movie — From A to Z. If you would like to know more about the plans for this event, John J. Lloyd, ACL, 355 Colorado Place, Long Beach 14, Calif., is the man to write.
Kansas City Recently elected to guide the 8-16 Home Movie Makers, ACL, of Kansas City, Mo., were L. H. Conrad, president; John Booz, vicepresident; H. L. Perrine, treasurer, and Mrs. Lena Keen, secretary. During January, through the courtesy of the Washington (D.C.) Society of Cinematographers, ACL, members enjoyed screenings of San Francisco, by Harrison F. Houghton, ACL, and Silhouette, a Shadowgram of the Average Man, by J. Don Sutherland,
N. California The Northern California Council of Amateur Movie Clubs, ACL, gathered for a special dinner meeting on January 17 at Belini's restaurant in Oakland. Officers for 1953 were installed during the evening.
Guiding the association for the coming year will be Gordon Robertson, president; Ray Black, vicepresident; Henry Amerio, ACL, second vicepresident; Mrs. Evelyn McCarty, secretary, and Othel Goff, ACL, treasurer. Films