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 #:
000423
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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*2,000 in Prizes For Movie Amateurs f Of course you have read all about PHOTOPLAY MAGAZINE'S $2,000 Amateur Movie Contest. <!Full rules and details appear in the Amateur Movie Department of PHOTOPLAY each month. <IThe contest judges number HIRAM PERCY MAXIM, president of the Amateur Cinema League, S. L. ROTHAFEL, managing director of the Roxy Theater in New York City, NICKOLAS MURAY, the well known photographer, JAMES R. QUIRK, editor and publisher of PHOTOPLAY MAGAZINE, and FREDERICK JAMES SMITH, managing editor of PHOTOPLAY MAGAZINE, *I Everyone has an equal chance for a prize. $500 is offered for the best films submitted in the 36, 16 and 9 mm. divisions, with an added prize of $500 for the best film submitted in any one of these divisions. <lRead the rules and GET BUSY. *lFame and a substantial prize await you. The winning films will be shown in a New York theater and probably in other cities of the country. fJAre you reading PHOTOPLAY'S monthly department dee& . voted to amateur movies? It is full of interesting advice and information. '4 r PHOTOPLAY MAGAZINE Twenty-nine