Year book of motion pictures (1930)

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The Academy's Technical Digest is being issued in the form of serial papers and will also be issued in book form. Based upon lectures in the Academy's School in Fundamentals of Sound Recording and Reproduction for Motion Pictures, it contains articles by the principal sound experts on various aspects of sound recording by both disc and film methods. College Affairs The auspices of the Academy's College Affairs Committee have been extended to establishment of several desirable contracts between universities and the motion picture industry during the past year. Possibly the most outstanding of these was the introduction of the first courses in appreciation of the motion picture in major American Universities. With the cooperation of the College Affairs Committee and Academy members who delivered twelve of the lectures, the course, "Introduction to the Photoplay" was introduced into the curriculum of the University of Southern California. Assistance of the Academy was later extended toward a similar course at Stanford University. A delegation representing the Academy took part in the exercises at Stanford University, which marked the semi-centennial of the early researches in photography of motion conducted .by Leland Stanford and Edward Muybridge. Academy Sound School With the completion of the tenth lecture demonstration before the fourth section of students, the Academy School in Fundamentals of Sound Record ing and Reproduction for Motion Pictures came to a successful end December 16. In the four sections of the school, 565 studio employees had been given two months and a half of competent and authoritative instruction by the leading sound experts in the industry. Attendance in the four sections, to which enrollment had been limited, continued at an average of approximately 100 students throughout the course, and the interest and expressions of satisfaction from the students and studio executives testify to the success of the school. The first of its kind in the motion picture industry, and a pioneering step in industrial selfeducation, the Academy School had its official origin in a meeting of the Producers Branch July 31. This meeting, under the chairmanship of B. P. Schulberg, offered the recommendation to the Academy Board that a course in technical instruction be made available to studio employees. Extension of this educational work within the production industry is projected for the coming year. Preview Service Committees representing national organizations are previewing new productions almost daily in the Academy's projection theater by arrangement between the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America, Inc., and the various organizations. Those now participating are the ParentTeachers Association, Women's University Club, 1). A. R.. General Federation of Women's Clubs and American Library Ass'n, International Federation of Catholic Alumnae ,and Y. M. C. A. Film Daily Golf Tournaments WITH but a handful of enthusiastic golfers as a nucleus, the "Semi-Annual Film Daily Golf Tournaments" was inaugurated as an institution of the industry on Sept. 27, 1921, at Oak Ridge Country Club, Tuckahoe, N. Y. In an effort to develop a spirit of sportsmanship and good fellowship among those engaged in the industry, the late Joseph ("Danny") Dannenberg first conceived the idea of a tournament and presented his plan to a group of representative motion picture golfers. Their support was enlisted and the first tournament held at Oak Ridge. A second event was held in the fall of 1921, and, following that, two tournaments have been held yearly. Although the early events were only attended by Eastern film folk, they have become so popular that now film golfers travel from distant points to compete. A plan which later developed into the New York Motion Picture Club, was launched by Al Lichtman at the tourney held in the spring of 1927. Lichtman proposed that the good fellowship and sportsmanship characteristic of these Film Golf Tourneys, should find some permanent organization to further social, athletic and welfare activities of Eastern film folk. One of the most noteworthy events was that held in the fall of 1928, when the New York Motion Picture Club challenged, and defeated, the Lambs' Club foursome for possession of the first leg on the E. F. Albee Challenge Trophy. The seventeenth semi-annual event waheld on Oct. 1, 1929, at Gedney Farms Country Club in Westchester " County. The event was enlivened by a spirited battle between the Friar's Club, challengers, and the New York Motion Picture Club, for possession of the Albee Cup. The Friars were defeated, and the N. Y. M. P. Club continued champions for the third season, having defeated the Lambs' Club, a second time, at the spring tournev held on May 22, 1929, at Glen Oaks, Westlu'^ter. 558