Movie Makers (Jan-Dec 1953)

90 APRIL 1953 CHARLES H. COLES, A.P.S.A. Author and lecturer in photography announces his to ITALY Photograph incomparable Italy under the expert guidance of a tour director who knows both Italy and photography. Travel by private motor coach, stopping along the road for pictures. Lectures en route. Personal instruction for movie or still enthusiasts, novice or experienced. This is an unusual opportunity to travel with a small, congenial group who share your interest in photography. First-class accommodations. Three weeks, leaving July 4 on a scheduled flight, returning July 26. Rome — Milan — Venice — Naples — Pompeii — Capri — Florence — the Dolomites — the Lakes. Write for information to Box 296, c/o Movie Makers 420 Lexington Avenue, New York 17, N. Y. MAKE PERFECT DISSOLVES with your BOLEX H-16 (Equipped with Pellegrini shutter) Automatic dissolve attachment available for immediate delivery This department has been added to Movie Makers because you, the reader, want it. We welcome it to our columns. This is your place to sound off. Send us your comments, complaints or compliments. Address: The Reader Writes, Movie Makers, 420 Lexington Ave., New York 17, N. Y. Also for Eastman Cine Special 5968 Santa Monica Hollywood, California if|C ppH yni n 5968 Santa Monica Blvd. COMMENTS AND LETTERS Dear Movie Makers: My article, TV and the Amateur, which you published in January, turned out OK. I have had any number of comments on it and several letters, one of which I am enclosing together with my answer. David 0. Taylor Station WGN-TV Chicago, 111. The reader letter enclosed by TV producer Taylor inquires specifically about the feasibility of using 8mm. amateur movies on television. For a number of reasons, all cited in Mr. Taylor's reply, the overall answer is: "No can do!" TEN BEST PREMIERE Dear ACL: Things have been mighty quiet here the past few days, after the electric excitement of our wonderful Top of the Ten Best premiere. It was certainly a ball for all of us from beginning to end, shot through with a warm feeling of fraternity as the program went over with such a bang. Let's keep the banner of ACL sailing even higher and higher! Harrison F. Houghton, ACL President Washington Society of Cinematographers, ACL Washington, D. C. Dear Friends: Now that we can evaluate objectively our world premiere of The Top of the Ten Best, I am sure that the whole thing — from Sunday until the last foot of film rolled through the now famous 202s on Tuesday evening — was by all odds the most terrific event our club has had within my memory. And this means back to about 1938. Again thanks for all that you did for us while here in Washington. J. Donald Sutherland, ACL Director Washington Society of Cinematographers, ACL Washington, D. C. Dear Mr. Moore: I want to thank you for your courtesy in sending me two tickets for the Washington premiere of the Amateur Cinema League's Top of the Ten Best. Another member of our staff and I attended last night. It was our first exposure to ACL films and we were very impressed with their uniformly high quality. It will be a pleasure to convey our enthusiasm to Mrs. Lee, who, as you know, was unavoidably called away by her LWV duties to Albuquerque, N. M. Muriel Ferris Executive Secretary League of Women Voters of the U. S. Washington, D. C. Mrs. John G. (Percy Maxim) Lee, FACL, donor of the Maxim Memorial Award in honor of her father, the ACL's founder president, is the national president of the League of Women Voters. FURTHER THE GOOD WORK Dear ACL: Since our annual Film Festival proved to be such an unqualified success, and since such an event would have been impossible without the films supplied by the League, our members decided at our last meeting to send you a check in the amount of $15 — this money to go to ACL's Film Library Fund to further the good work which the Library has been doing for member clubs. You will find this check enclosed herewith, together with our warm thanks for your past cooperation. Donald W. Hitchcox, ACL President Richmond Movie Camera Club, ACL Richmond, Calif. Our thanks, in turn, to the Richmond club for this concrete and generous support of the League's Film Library. JUNIOR TTB Dear ACL: Your Junior Top of the Ten Best program was shown at a regular meeting of the Cleveland Photographic Society with the Movie Group acting as hosts. Guest of honor was Mrs. Warner Seely, FACL, who explained the activities of the League and told of the help she has received as a member. Everyone here was most enthusiastic about your film and the wonderful job you are doing with it. A. J. Gerlach The Movie Group Cleveland Photographic Society Cleveland, Ohio ACL's Junior Top of the Ten Best program, rushed into production following the heavy booking demands (now extending through September) on the senior TTB show, is comprised of Birds of Washington, 16 minutes; Muntre Streker, 4 minutes, and Duck Soup, the