Movie Makers (Jan-Dec 1953)

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316 DECEMBER 1953 This department has been added to Movie Makers because you, the reader, want it. We welcome it to our columns. This is your pl"ce to sound off. Send us your comments, complaints or compliments. Address: The Header Writes, Movib Makers, 420 Lexington Ave., New York 17, N. Y. ASTOUNDED Dear ACL: My wife and son and I were astounded and delighted to receive yesterday your letter advising us that our film. The Old House, had been chosen for the Hiram Percy Maxim Memorial Award for 1953. ... In the last twenty four hours constant reference to your letter and the handsome certificate has finally convinced us that the impossible has happened, and I can only say that we are deeply appreciative of this great honor. Would you please convey my appreciation and thanks to Mrs. John G. Lee, FACL, the donor of the Award, and assure her that no other recipient in the Maxim Award's long and honorable history could have been more grateful for such tremendous encouragement than I am. Keith F. Hall Brisbane, Australia VERY HAPPY Dear ACL: Needless to say, Lucille and I were very happy to learn that my film, Caineville, had been honored by being selected as one of the Ten Best Amateur Films of 1953. Best wishes for the continued success of your efforts to further the cause of amateur filming! Glen H. Turner, AACL Springville, Utah ELATED Dear Mr. Moore: Thanks ever so much for your letter of advice regarding my good fortune in again being placed among the Ten Best winners of 1953. Naturally, I'm elated! Who wouldn't be at making the ACL Top Ten two years in a row? Alfred T. Bartlett, AACL En route to Brisbane, Australia STILL THRILLED Dear ACL: Don Sutherland and I have received your letter and award certificates informing us that Seashore Safari had been chosen by the Amateur Cinema League as one of the Ten Best Films of 1953. We are both surprised and still thrilled to receive this signal honor. Our wives, who had much to do with the filming and editing, are both highly elated over the award. Ralph E. Lawrence, ACL Washington, D. C. HIGHLY HONORED Dear ACL: WE OF THE LOS ANGELES 8MM. CLUB ARE HIGHLY HONORED TO HAVE "SWITCH IN TIME" INCLUDED IN THE TEN BEST FOR 1953. Kenneth W. Ayers President Los Angeles 8mm. Club, ACL Los Angeles, Calif. DAY OF DAYS Dear Mr. Moore: Yesterday was the day of days for me! Kenneth Ayers, president of the Los Angeles 8mm. Club, phoned me during the afternoon to say that he had received a letter from you that our club project film, A Switch in Time, had been selected as one of the Ten Best. And then, when I got home from the office, I found your letter saying that my March of TV had received the same honor. The Colemans — our whole family takes part in this wonderful hobby — appreciate the honor you and the judges have bestowed on our film. These two awards certainly carry out your contention — often expressed in Movie Makers — that 8mm. can compete successfully with 16. Charles E. Coleman, ACL Santa Monica, Calif. SATISFYING EXPERIENCE Dear Mr. Moore: Clearly, it is quite unnecessary to tell you that all of us who worked on Concerto are extremely pleased with the honor you and your ACL colleagues have bestowed upon us. To place among the Ten Best is always a thrilling and satisfying experience. For my brother George and his wife Sally, who played the leading roles, and for myself, may I express our heartfelt thanks for your commendation. Warren Doremus, ACL Rochester, N. Y. JOINTLY HONORED Dear ACL: You will never know what a thrill I had when your letter was received announcing that the 8mm. film, Because of You, had won an Honorable Mention in the Ten Best Amateur Films contest. My husband and I are jointly honored, since he was the director and I would have been unable to produce the picture without his help. For us both I wish to thank the League's board of judges so very much for giving us this honor. Lucille Lloyd (Mrs. John J. Lloyd) Long Beach, Calif. HAPPY DAY Dear ACL: It was a happy day yesterday when the letter and award certificate arrived announcing that we had won Honorable Mention in the Ten Best contest! I want it to be known that my wife Dottie had a great deal to do with the success of Candy Capers by offering many suggestions and by helping in the actual photography. Thank you for the honor you have given our little film. Roy M. Fulmer, Jr., ACL Livingston, N. J. POSTMAN RANG TWICE Dear ACL: The postman rang twice today! He must have sensed the importance of the large manila envelope, and he was right. For it contained that coveted certificate with the inscription stating that Dark Interlude had been awarded Honorable Mention in the ACL Ten Best contest for 1953. William Messner, AACL Teaneck, N. J. REVIEWING MY FILM Dear Mr. Moore: May I take this opportunity to thank you and the board of judges at ACL for reviewing my film, Fabulous Florida, and including it among the Honorable Mentions in the Ten Best contest of 1953? Haven Trecker, AACL Kankakee, 111. GRATITUDE Dear ACL: It was a real thrill for everyone in our family to learn that our 8mm. contest entry, Festival Michigan, received an Honorable Mention award in the recent Ten Best competition. We certainly want to express our gratitude to all of you for recognizing our work. Cornelius Vanden Broek, ACL Grand Rapids, Mich. SO HAPPY Dear Mr. Moore: I was so happy to learn that my little film on Capri, Where the Sirens Sang, was awarded Honorable Mention in the 1953 Ten Best contest. Please convey my warmest thanks to the League's board of judges for the honor they have accorded my work. Helen C. Welsh, AACL Albany, N. Y. BARTLETT IN L.A. Dear ACL: Alfred T. Bartlett's guest program of Australian movies was shown here in Los Angeles Monday night to an enthusiastic audience of