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 #:
000345
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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MOVIE MAKERS 341 WANT TO JOIN A MOVIE CLUB ? Write lo the ACL for the address of the club nearest you. If there is no club active in your community, we'll send you free a detailed bulletin on how to get one going. Address : Clubs, Amateur Cinema League, 420 Lexington Avenue, New York 17, N. Y. Schacfer's Ca ture) film; and Who Killed Cock Robin, by Dr. J. Sergay, Ferrania Trophy (best four-minute film). A special award was made to Mrs. C. Clarke for Norway, the best film by a lady member. Philadelphia Guiding the 8-16 Movie Club of Philadelphia, ACL, for the 1953-54 season will be Leonard Bauer, ACL, president ; Victor Spilker, vice-president; Emily Thurman, secretary, and Anne Bauer, treasurer. Directors are William Beska, ACL, Allen Cutler, ACL, Ralph N. Vozzy. ACL, and the Messrs. Bornmann, Sobel and Wright. Tasmania The Tasmanian Sesquicentenaial Committee Film Competition, presented by the Tasmanian Amateur Cine Society in conjunction with the Federation of Australian Amateur Cine Societies, has just been announced with a closing date of March 1, 1954. For further details about this contest, which is limited to films about Tasmania, write to J. H. Taylor, Post Office, Kingston, via Hobart, Tasmania. Berkeley On November 10, members of the Berkeley (Calif.) Movie Club journeyed to the meeting hall of the Oakland Camera Club, ACL, and presented a fine program. Films shown were Japanese Cere IN SAN FRANCISCO, members of the Westwood Movie Club honor Hugh Jessup, a visitor from the Melbourne (Australia) 8mm. Movie Club. monial Dance, by Harold Nakazawa, ACL; Call of the Open Road, by Katherine Berdan; Bugs, by Ida W. Goetjen; Canadian Rockies, by Winfield Hyde ; Vacation in Southwestern Colorado, by John Parker, and Propagating Begonias, by Carl Fox. New officers for the club are Mr. Hyde, president; E. Schinnerer, vicepresident; E. Eichner, secretary; Mr. Fox, treasurer, and A. Correa and Miss Berdan, directors. Lonq Beach New officers for the Long Beach (Calif.) Cinema Club are Bob Ferris, president ; Lewis Underwood, ACL, first vice-president; Al Larrabee, ACL, second vicepresident; Lynette Stephens, secretary, and Cliff Harris, treasurer. On the board will be Ray Stober, Bob Piccirilli and Frank Kellenberg. Chicago Salon 0n 'November 11, the Metro Movie Club of River Park, ACL, presented its 1953 Salon. On the program were From This Day Forward (Part Two), by Othon Goetz, ACL; From the Embers, by Glen H. Turner, AACL, and Racing Wings, by William Ziemer. Australia Winning all three first places in the 1953 International Gold Cup Competition sponsored by the Australian Amateur Cine Where to see THE TOP OF THE TEN BEST Date Sponsor Tickets and Information December 22 Boston Camera Club Benjamin B. Crocker 351 A Newbury Street Boston 15, Mass. January 6 Butler Camera Club Paul J. Wolfe 124 East Jefferson Street Butler, Pa. January 19 Miami Movie Makers Club George Merz 1443 Harrison Street Hollywood, Fla. January 20 Hollywood (Flo.) Bowl George Merz 1443 Harrison Street Hollywood, Fla. January 26-27 Edison Camera Club Curtis F. Bowman 72 West Adams St. Chicago, III. Society, ACL, William C. Nicholls swept the field with his films, The Ladybird, Nature in the Garden and Youth Takes Wings. Keith Hall, whose 1953 Maxim Award winner, The Old House, was last year's Gold Cup champion, placed fourth with Timothy. L.A. Eights The L°s Angeles 8mm. Club, ACL, has retained the Golden Megaphone Trophy for the third time in their annual competition with the Southwest 8mm. Club. ACL, also of Los Angeles. The L. A. film was A Switch in Time, one of ACL's Ten Best of 1953, and the Southwest entry was The Man With Dark Hair. Congratulations, Los Angeles — keep 'em coming Philadelphia The November meeting of the Philadelphia Cinema Club featured an evening of 8mm. films, including Pic-Nix, by Karl Bergman; Washington, Virginia and Luray, by Gay Bordas; Florida Vacation, by Walter Reamer, and Silver Springs, by Birch Grawl. Cape Town During October, the Cape Town (South Africa) Photographic Society, ACL, was visited by B. T. Smith of the Johannesburg Amateur Cine Club, ACL. Among the films screened for club members by Mr. Smith were The Eternal City, Coronation-1953, The House With Nobody In It, Tripoli and The Silver Fox. The last film was named one of the ten best African films for the past year.