Amateur Movie Makers (Dec 1926-Dec 1927)

Record Details:

Title:
Amateur Movie Makers
Date:
Dec 1926-Dec 1927
Publisher:
Amateur Cinema League, inc.
Volume:
Amateur Movie Makers (Dec 1926-Dec 1927)
Leaf #:
00016
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:
September 14, 2023
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DIRECTOR EUGENE McLAUGHLIN EXPLAINS THE "ACTION" TO THE LEADS OF "LOVE BY PROXY" WHILE CAMERAMAN RAGSDALE ADJUSTS REFLECTORS "LOVE BY PROXY" The First Amateur Motion Picture Production AU N I Q U E organization called the Motion Picture Club of the Oranges, (New Jersey Oranges!) a body of some twenty youngsters, just out of high school, who decided that they wanted to produce an amateur motion picture "thriller" chiefly for their own amusement, have written, photographed, edited and produced a five reelphotodrama called "Love By Proxy". They originated their own scenarios, built their own "sets", photographed and spliced their own titles, created their own costumes and make-ups and arranged their own special musical program. T e n B$ Frederick T. Hollo-well It is the first time a motion picture drama has ever been produced by amateurs. When the club showed it before an audience of 600 persons at the East Orange Woman's Club it "registered" 100 percent. Eugene W. Ragsdale, an East Orange youth, has been playing with a camera since he was knee high to a grasshopper. With the appearance of the first amateursized motion picture nearly two years ago he took one with him on a trip to the Adirondacks, where he "shot" some mountain scenes and strips of his friends. They turned out so well that when he returned home he projected them in his home for the amusement of himself and his schoolmates. "Why not do a real photodrama, just like they do in Hollywood ?" he suggested to them. From that suggestion was born the idea of forming a club, then and there, for the purpose of making their own movies. "Love by Proxy" is the first tangible result. It took the club the best part of a year to complete the production. First of all, of course, the scenario had to be written. That took time. Three members of