Amateur Movie Makers (Dec 1926-Dec 1927)

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A Safe Light for Indoor Movies The KIRBYLITE Revealing new and fascinating possibilities for your motion picture camera. Your living room becomes the studio in an instant by plugging the Kirbylite into any electric light receptacle. There is no danger of burns or fire. The lamp house remains cool to the touch. The Mazda lamp employed will not overheat wires nor blow fuses. An ideal illuminant also for the Artist Sculptor Surgeon as a working light as well as a companion for the Movie Camera or Graflex. The scientific design of the lens and reflector, an exclusive Kirbylite feature, makes possible the required high intensity of light. KIRBYLITE with 500 watt Mazda bulb stand and 12 foot electric cord with plugs and switch $42.75 KIRBYLITE Special Tripod $12.00 Available thru your dealer and at every Eastman Kodak Store. Eastman Kodak Stores, Inc. 356 Madison Avenue New York Wholesale Distributors THROUGH THE TELEPHOTE Amateur Movie Makers will heighten the pleasure of home movie making by publishing the following articles, among others, in its early issues. With everything in the motion picture field getting "bigger and better," Amateur Movie Makers feels that none of us will be satisfied until our magazine is the "biggest and best." Your cinema friends will want to read these coming features. Will you help both your friends and the Amateur Cinema League by bringing this page to the attention of prospective member-subscribers? Suggestion Through Shadows — By Paul Leni, famous German artist who designed the settings for the "Cabinet of Doctor Caligari," now in this country and engaged in creating a sinister Gothic atmosphere for the Universal Pictures Corporation production of "The Cat and The Canary." A Scenario for Amateurs — By George Kelly, famous dramatist and author of "Three Faces East," "The Show-Off," "Craig's Wife," "Torchbearers" and "Daisy Mayme." Living Natural History — By Raymond L. Ditmars, Curator of Mammals and Reptiles of the New York Zoological Park, who tells the fascinating story of ten years of filming the world's strangest denizens so they can be both seen and heard. The Talking Home Movie — By William H. Bristol, inventor, of Waterbury, Connecticut, who has made this dreamed of advance a present reality. Education and the Movie Amateur — By Herbert C. McKay, Motion Picture Editor of Photo-Era and authority on cinematography, who forecasts the place which the amateur movie maker will have in using motion pictures in education. Movie Makeup — By Eugene W. Ragsdale, Director of the Moving Picture Club of the Oranges, who gives a practical exposition of this problem from the amateur's viewpoint. Cruise of the Franconia — By Harry S. Drucker, famous news-reel photographer, who is covering this world tour, now in progress, for Amateur Movie Makers, as our special correspondent and cinematographer. Projection Problems — By Carl Louis Gregory, Dean of the New York Institute of Photography, who contributes the valuable article on Exposures to this issue of Amateur Movie Makers. Processing — By Divight R. Furness, representative of the Board of Education of the Methodist Episcopal Church, who explains this important problem in amateur cinematography. TO INSURE FOR YOURSELF THE REGULAR VISITS OF AMATEUR MOVIE MAKERS BEARING THESE PRACTICAL GIFTS TO YOU— YOU HAVE ONLY TO JOIN THE AMATEUR CINEMA LEAGUE TODAY "Dallmeyer Telephoto Lenses are made in four focal lengths. Fascinating New Uses for Your "FILMO » "Close-ups" of distant views can be made easily with Dallmeyer Telephoto Lenses; interchangeable with regular lens. With these and a Dallmeyer Ultra Speed Lens (f1.9) you can marvelously increase your range of subjects, light conditions and the quality of each and every minute negative. Send for Catalog of DALLMEYER Telephoto and Ultra Speed LENSES A Special Motion Picture Department has been maintained for 19 years handling all leading makes of Amateur and Professional Cameras and complete motion picture equipment. HERBERT & HUESGEN CO. 18 East 42nd Street, New York One