Amateur Movie Makers (Dec 1926-Dec 1927)

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e LEAGUE t The Biltmore Hotel, Nextf York Cit^ ^ho Were To Be The Nucleus of inema League. e whose greetings were read at this first Mme. Galli-Curci — "It is certainly a very interesting movement and I shall be happy to become a member of the A. C. L. With all good wishes for the success of this genial idea." Walter Pritchard Eaton, Sheffield, Conn. — "I think that the formation of such a society might, indirectly, affect the professional movies for the better." meeting. Carl Laemmle, New York, N . Y. — "The interest shown by amateurs in all branches of the picture business cannot help but reflect itself in moving picture theatre attendance and that, as everyone knows, is the life of the business. Interest will be stimulated by the thousands of people who are using these small cameras and home projectors." Will H. Hays, New York, N. Y. — "I am much interested in the matter. For years I have been a camera man — long before I went into this work — and with the possibilities of motion pictures in the amateur field my enthusiasm has doubled. The fact is I possess nothing that I value more than the motion pictures I have been able to take of my boy with a small movie camera. There are so many phases of pleasure and usefulness in amateur motion picture photography that one has to be careful lest his enthusiasm run away with him." Commander E. F. McDonald, Jr., Chicago, III. — "There is no question in my mind but that the home moving picture projector will have a very vital influence in the home — second only to the radio. Twenty-one