Amateur Movie Makers (Dec 1926-Dec 1927)

Now Chicago AMATEUR cinematographers in Chicago now have a club devoted to their interests. The organization was launched recently at a meeting called by a committee appointed by the Chicago Camera Club and members of the Amateur Cinema League resident in that city. It will be known as the Movie Makers Club of Chicago. Preliminary surveys showed that over three thousand amateurs in Chicago were interested in home movies. Two hundred of these accepted the invitation to attend the opening meeting and over one hundred enrolled as charter members. Some idea of the enthusiastic response to the proposal of forming the club is shown by the list of prominent Chicagoans who have consented to act as pioneer directors. They are Mr. Philip K. Wrigley, president of the William Wrigley, Jr., Company; Mr. Styvesant Peabody, president of the Peabody Coal Company; Mr. James R. Offield, capitalist; Lieut. Commander E. F. McDonald, Jr., president of the Board of the Zenith Radio Corporation; Mr. Cary Or, cartoonist of the Chicago Tribune; Mr. Joe G. Davis, editor of the Chicago Golfer; Mr. Nelson L. Greene, editor of the Educational Screen; Mr. Orpheus M. Schantz, secretary of the Chicago^ Geographic Society and president of the Chicago Audubon Society; Mr. J. W. Work, realtor of Evanston, Illinois; the Hon. Carter M. Harrison, and Albert S. Howell, of the Bell and Howell Company. Dwight R. Furness was elected temporary president, Frank T. Farrell, treasurer, and J. G. Llewellyn, secretary. The three committees appointed to act until permanent organization is effected were an organization committee consisting of Theodore Johnson, J. George Kraft, and Clayton W. Mogg; a membership committee on which were appointed John R. Marshall, B. G. Byers, Mr. B. Mintz, and Charles Bass: and a program committee consisting of Leon Benditsky, E. A. Thirty Reeve, J. J. Fisher, and D. Lazear. The members of the pioneer committee entrusted with preliminary arrangements and calling the first meeting were Charles Bass, Arthur C. Brace, Frank T. Farrell, J. J. Fisher, Dwight R. Furness, chairman, George C. Poundstone, E. A. Reeve, and E. R. Tyson. Photograph By Eastman Kodak Co. THE BEACHCOMBER MAKES A LUCKY HAUL Noah Beery Is The Finder The activities of the club will continue on a restricted scale during the summer during which the plans will be laid by the committee for permanent organization, the election of officers, and a plan of activities for the winter programs that will serve to the fullest extent the movie makers of Chicago. Charter membership dues are $10.00 and run for one year. On the Seven Seas THE first itinerant finishing station equipped exclusively for the finishing of 16 millimeter Eastman Standard amateur motion picture film was placed in operation when the Cunard Liner, "Carinthia" left New York City on October 14th last for a cruise around the world. During the entire cruise of 38,859 miles, the finishing station was operated by an expert from the laboratories of the Eastman Kodak Company, of Rochester, N. Y. That the experiment has been highly successful is indicated by the fact that over a thousand 100-foot rolls of film were processed during the trip. Interest in the new and fascinating hobby of personal movies was at fever heat during the long jaunt around the world. The "shots" at the games of shuffleboard, taken on the ship in the afternoon were viewed by the passengers the following day in a salon which had been specially equipped for projection. Short journeys to famed beauty spots were likewise processed and seen in motion on the screen but a few hours after exposure. Many amateurs kept roundthe-world logs of the journey. So interested were the passengers that the Eastman expert in charge of the station was beseiged by amateur cinematographers each time he appeared on deck. On one occasion it was necessary to keep the station in continuous operation for twentyeight hours, to care for the film which had accumulated in one short day. This was immediately after leaving Chin-Wang-Tao, from which point splendid views of the Great Wall of China were taken. One of the most valuable features of the service was that it enabled the movie maker to see the results of his efforts on the screen very soon after the actual photographing was done. Because of the enthusiasm which prevailed, many passengers who did not possess motion picture cameras at the start, purchased them from the service station maintained in conjunction with the laboratory, and when the end of the cruise was