Movie Makers (Jan-Dec 1953)

Record Details:

Title:
Movie Makers
Date:
Jan-Dec 1953
Publisher:
Amateur Cinema League, inc.
Volume:
Movie Makers (Jan-Dec 1953)
Leaf #:
000322
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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318 Hiram Percy Maxim Award for 1953— "The Old House" by Keith F. Hall The Ten Best and the Maxim Memorial Award Movie Makers proudly presents for 1953 the twentyfourth annual selection by the Amateur Cinema League of the Ten Best Amateur Films of the Year and the seventeenth 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 1953 is announced herewith: THE HIRAM PERCY MAXIM MEMORIAL AWARD The Old House, 500 feet, 16mm. Kodachrome, with sound on tape, by Keith F. Hall, of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Next are presented the Ten Best Amateur Films of 1953, listed alphabetically by titles. THE TEN BEST AMATEUR FILMS A Switch in Time, 200 feet, 8mm. Kodachrome. with sound on tape, by the Los Angeles 8mm. Club, ACL, of Los Angeles, Calif. Ccrineville, 450 feet, 16mm. magnetic sound on Kodachrome, by Glen H. Turner, AACL, of Springville, Utah. Canadian High Adventure, 600 feet, 16mm. optical sound on Kodachrome, by Jerry More, ACL, of Denver, Colo. Concerto, 325 feet, 16mm. black and white, with sound on disc, by Warren Doremus. ACL, of Rochester. N. Y. March of TV, 100 feet, 8mm. Kodachrome, with sound on tape, by Charles E. Coleman, ACL, of Santa Monica, Calif. Rochester Race, 1000 feet, 16mm. magnetic sound on Kodachrome, by Walter F. Chappelle jr., ACL, of Rochester, N. Y. Seashore Safari, 450 feet, 16mm. magnetic sound on Kodachrome, by Ralph E. Lawrence, ACL, and J. Donald Sutherland, ACL, of Washington, D. C. The Enchanted Isles, 750 feet, 16rnm. Kodachrome. with sound on tape, by Alfred T. Bartlett, AACL. of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The Ladybird, 200 feet, 16mm. optical sound on Kodachrome, by W. G. Nicholls, of Parkdale, Victoria. Australia. The Old House, previously itemized. The Honorable Mention awards follow, listed alphabetically by titles. HONORABLE MENTION Because of You, 130 feet, 8mm. Kodachrome, with sound on tape, by Lucille Lloyd, of Long Beach, Calif. Candy Capers, 100 feet, 8mm. Kodachrome, with sound on tape, by Roy M. Fulmer jr., ACL, of Livingston, N. J. Dark Interlude, 400 feet, 16mm. Kodachrome, with sound on tape, by William Messner. AACL. of Teaneck. N.J. Fabulous Florida, 2250 feet, 16mm. magnetic sound on Kodachrome. by Haven Trecker, AACL, of Kankakee, 111. Festival Michigan, 400 feet, 8mm. Kodachrome, with sound on tape, by Cornelius Vanden Broek, of Grand Rapids, Mich. Firenze, Queen of the Arts, 400 feet, 16mm. magnetic sound on Kodachrome, by Oscar H. Horovitz. FACL, of Newton, Mass. Green River, 375 feet, 8mm. Kodachrome. with sound on tape, by Louise M. Fetzner, ACL, of Pasadena, Calif. Monarchs of the Mountain Tops, 340 feet, 16mm. Kodachrome, with sound on tape, by Ralph O. Lund, ACL, of Seattle, Wash. The Deserted Mill, 330 feet, 16mm. Kodachrome, with sound on wire, by Irwin Lapointe, ACL. of Richmond Hill, N. Y. Where the Sirens Sang, 260 feet, 16mm. magnetic sound on Kodachrome, by Helen C. Welsh, AACL. of Albany, N. Y. Reviews of the place winners follow. The Old House Five years before the action of The Old House opens, a young man and his bride of but a year had been involved in a train wreck. The bride, Claire, was killed: