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ft. 8mm Kodachrome, sileal, submitted by Fred Evans, Sherman Oaks, Calif.
What God Hath Wrought, 400 ft. 16mm Kodachrome, silent, submitted by Leo J. Heffernan, New York, N.Y.
Keviews of the previously-named American Cinematographer Award win¬ ners follow :
All In A Day — Consistently good photography marks this humorous docu¬ ment of the trials and tribulations that beset a man who goes fishing despite the objections of his wife. Overruling his wife’s plea that he take her to visit her mother, the man sets out on his trip early the next morning. His first disap¬ pointment comes when the pal who was to accompany him bows out. Setting out alone, trouble comes in bunches. He gets a ticket for speeding, then a flat tire, and when he arrives at the lake selected for fishing, the boat is flooded with water. After bailing it out, the man rows out on the lake, forgetting his lunch, tackle, etc., and he must return to shore — further building up his state of high dudgeon. Before night falls, he’s fallen in the lake, not to mention the fact he caught nary a fish, so he returns home a sadder but wiser man. But even then, his troubles are not over. His wife, who promised he’d ‘‘be sorry’’ for going on the trip, locks him out of the house. In the closing scene he finds solace in his little son, who remains his only friend.
One outstanding feature of this film is the maker’s ability to cut scenes as he shoots. Result is each scene dove¬ tails snugly with the next, and this greatly simplified, we are sure, the task of editing the film.
A Story Of A Disc Jockey — John Cowart, who has been making movies only a few years, demonstrates with this sound-on-film production that he has all the makings of a real profes¬ sional. Cowart was an award-winner last year, an honorable-mention winner the year before. This is his most pretentious effort to date. If nothing else, it proves that the lone cine amateur can produce serious films if he has the imagination plus the ability to organize his friends and associates in his projects. Cowart evidently has a well-knit organization of friends whose interest in amateur movies is as avid as his. Most of those who aided him in last year’s production are in there pitching again this year.
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ALL IN A DAY
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A STORY OF A DISC JOCKEY
John F. Cowart
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IN FANCY FREE
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Glen //. Turner
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MAKE MINE MAGIC
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George A. Valentine
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PHILADELPHIA STORY
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Samuel R. Fuss
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ROMANCE OF GLOUCESTER
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Bert Seckendorf
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THE SAD DUCKLING
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Denney Plumlee
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SPEAR THAT FISH
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Leon Paddock
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VENEZIA, PEARL OF THE ADRIATIC
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Oscar H. Horovitz
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WATERS AT LODORE
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41 Morton
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