Movie Makers (Jan-Dec 1932)

MOVIE MAKERS 231 Closeups — What amateurs are doing JAMES W. MOORE ■ To support its petition for a charter from a national fraternal group, a 400 ft. reel of amateur movies is being used by a local fraternity at the University of Rochester, N. Y. The film was made through the ingenuity and friendly interest of graduate members of the national organization, all of whom were employed at Rochester by the Eastman Kodak Company. Eugene P. Rowland A "Movie Makers" cover poster • Posters of a recent Newark Athletic Club movie party featured Movie Makers covers in the design by M. D. Hammerschlag, A.C.L. and George J. Brenn, shown above. ■ Made entirely of film cutouts in which the actors or the action went wrong, a recent comedy produced by Mack Sennett suggests a similar resting place for amateur film faux pas. Movie Makers would welcome news of any such remodeled amateur mistakes, if, of course, amateurs ever make any. ■ Russell T. Ervin, Jr., A. C. L., New York City, author of Seasoning For Seasonal Sports in this issue, first cameraman for the Grantland Rice Sportlghts and a fine coach on cine athletics is, in a way, also a League discovery. Years ago he made a one reel photoplay. Ann How, which won first prize in a national amateur film contest. The news went in Movie Makers, Ann How in the League's Club Library and Mr. Ervin to Hollywood. After two years in the stu dios, he returned to New York, started as assistant on a Sportlights truck and now, for more than a year, has been Number One Man. ■ Circus Daze, 1200 ft., 16mm., made by 0. A. Zahner, A.C.L., Saint Louis, Mo., is a pleasant and successful film of circus life and of Mr. Zahner's young son. It tells the story of a lad so keen on going to the circus that he dreams of a grand adventure under the big top, only to wake at last with just another school day ahead of him. Needed interior scenes were secured by Mr. Zahner from the circus films of a fellow League member, Robert Whitfield, Colonel U. S. Army. Columbus, Ohio. H That matter about the new luncheon set reported in these columns in April didn't work out so well, it seems. The producer and husband hurried his wife off in jig time and bought the required new luncheon service. Home again, however, the lady changed her mind, dedicated the old set to her kitchen rather than to his cinema crash and the movie making husband has to buy the property plates after all. ■ The Jam Of Jim Jones, filmed by George Ward and Frank Boylan, both New York City A.C.L. members, chosen best film in all classes in a recent amateur movie contest, was neatly adapted from an old Movie Makers article. Bungler Blues. This, it will be remembered, was the story in which a camera jammed on a nice young chap out shooting a summer scenic. He, nothing daunted, prepared to use his trousers for a changing bag. Just at the crucial moment, unexpected companions — a bevy of girls, a hive of bees and an actively inquisitive bull — complicated his plan pretty badly. Judging from the present prize winning interpretation of this scheme, we take the idea back as a safe suggestion for summer filming. ■ Unusual amateur films of the recent Grand Joint Maneuvers, held by the United States Army and Navy off the Hawaiian Islands, were secured by League member R. A. Osmun, Major U. S. A. and military aide to Governor Judd at Honolulu. Major Osman caught scenes from the shore of the invaders reaching the beach with horses, artillery and other gear, greeted a few old friends among the "enemy" and went on to make scenes from the transports of the feverish landing activities there. 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