Movie Makers (Jan-Dec 1933)

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80 FEBRUARY 1933 TITLE each film as soon as it is completed. A few titles, judiciously inserted, will record and preserve the details for all time and make the pictures much more interesting. Write for our illustrated circular showing inexpensive printed titles in six attractive styles. 16mm. and 8mm. Kodascope Editing & Titling Service, Inc. 350 Madison Ave., New York, N. Y. FREE FILMS A Sensational Advance in 16mm Movies Processed just like professional film KLEERFILM Provides you with a negative and a positive print mm | We give you a positive print for projection and a negative for safe-keeping from which duplicate prints may be made, at any time, at small cost. ■ When making the print, we employ light compensation to counteract errors of under and over exposure. | We will make still enlargements from any frame in the negative — 20c each, 6 for $1.00, size 3x5. ■ The price of Kleerfilm including processing and the return of the positive and negative is extremely reasonable. We guarantee there is no film faster than Kleerfilm Hi-Speed Panchromatic. Semi-chromatic $5.00 per 100 ft. Hi-Speed Panchromatic $6.00 per 100 ft. Write for further particulars. Manufactured & Processed by CRESCENT FILM CO., INC. 122 5th Ave. New York These films, on 16, unless 35mm. is specified, are loaned free except for payment of postage. Requests should be addressed to the Amateur Cinema League, Inc., 105 W . 40th St., N. Y. C, and films desired mentioned by titles. Requests, on receipt, are forwarded to distributors who get in touch with applicants and make booking arrangements. Specific dates cannot be promised until the applicant hears from the distributor. Do not send postage with requests; when it is required, the distributor will notify the applicant. Of course, films should be returned postpaid. Some films are limited to groups, in which cases it is so stated in the reviews. In applying for films limited to groups, the type and probable size of the audience must be mentioned. Films are not available outside of the United States, unless so stated. Any amateur may apply for films reviewed as this service is not limited to A7nateur Cinema League members. B Black Magic, two reels, 16mm. and 35mm., produced by Ray-Bell Films, Inc., is a graphic illustration of how coal was formed, the uses of coal at the present time and the workings of a modern strip coal mining company. This informative film is limited to group screening. ■ Balloon Racing, one reel, 16mm. and 35mm., reviewed through the courtesy of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, shows the thrilling sport of a race wherein none of the contestants knows his destination. ^Liquid Air, one reel, 16mm. and 35mm., reviewed through the courtesy of the General Electric Company, shows the production of liquid air and includes a number of laboratory experiments. Here you may witness the amazing spectacle of the liquid boiling on a cake of ice and of an engine whose boiler uses a liquid at three hundred degrees below zero F. This film is available only to groups. Featured releases | This departme?it is for the convenience of readers in guiding them to library films announced in this issue. These films, in the main, have not been examined by Movie Makers. BBass Camera Co., Chicago, 111. This company offers good, slightly used, Pathe 16mm. sound on disc subjects. ■ Bell & Howell Co., Chicago, 111. Their two new catalogs, one of silent films, the other, sound on disc, can be had on request. Subjects range from educational films through photoplays, cartoons, sports, travel and special films for children. ■ Bolex Co., New York City. Our Gang comedies as well as many other films can be obtained from this company. ■ Eastin Feature Films, Galesburg, III. Either new or used 16mm. films may be rented or bought. A catalog is available listing good scenics and photoplays. ■ Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, N. Y. Cinegraph releases on both 8mm. and 16mm. cover a variety of comedies and films suitable for children. ■ Eastman Kodak Stores, Inc., Los Angeles, Calif. The 16mm. films of the Xth Olympiad, made by members of the Los Angeles Amateur Cine Club, are available through this Eastman store. ■ Fotoshop, Inc., New York City. This company has an extensive 16mm. film library of various subjects of varying lengths. ■ Hemenway Film Co., Boston, Mass. Of particular interest to religious groups should be The Passion Play, an outstanding film of the life of Christ. M Home Film Libraries, Inc., New York City. The 1933 catalog of Red Seal Programs is available. It contains films especially selected for home, church and school entertainment. ■ Josephson Bros., Richmond Hill, N. Y. This new and complete 16mm. library offers films from 100 foot subjects to seven reel features. Information can be had on request. | Kodascope Libraries, Inc., New York City. Releases on 16mm. for February are: His First Flame, featuring Harry Langdon and Vernon Dent; The Burglar, with Raymond McKee and Little Mary Ann Jackson; There Goes The Bride, with Lucien Littlefield, Walter Long and Martha Sleeper. The fifth edition of a catalog may be secured by request as well as a catalog of the Kodascope 8 Library. ■ Manhattan Film Rental Library, Brooklyn, N. Y. Films of various subjects on 16mm. are offered for rental or sale. ■ J. Navilio, Brooklyn, N. Y. A large library of 16mm. silent and sound on disc films may be rented or bought. Catalogs are available on receipt of a small fee which is refunded on the first order. ■ Parry Film Co., Los Angeles, Calif. Various outstanding events of the Xth Olympic Games in 100, 200 and 400 foot subjects are offered by this company. Other films are The U. S. C. — Notre Dame Football Game, The U. S. C. — Pittsburgh Football Game and Pasadena Rose Parade. ■ Willoughby's, New York City. Films of sport analysis are among the many subjects offered on 16mm. Amateur clubs [Continued from page 64] Berkeley officers In California, the Berkeley Amateur Movie Club has chosen new officers for the coming year as follows: Dr. W. A. Perkins, ACL, president; Mrs. F. R. Burton, vicepresident; C. A. Pease, treasurer; Dr. Kenneth Palmer, ACL, secretary. At a late meeting, Dr. Q. 0. Gilbert screened a Kodacolor film of flowers which featured unusual interior shots made at a flower show, and the evening was concluded with the presentation of Get the News, from the League's Club Library. Cine Section BIn Canada, the Toronto Camera Club has sponsored, recently, the formation of a cine section, to serve the interests of amateur cinematographers in the community, at an organization meeting addressed by Major G. E. Paton, director of the Provincial Motion Picture Bureau. Cine amateurs will be offered, through the well equipped club rooms of this veteran camera club, unusual facilities for following and promoting their hobby. At the first gathering, The Fall of the House of Usher and H-2-O, outstanding amateur motion pictures from the League's Club Library, were presented for study. Leslie P. Thatcher, ACL, has been a leading figure in this interesting development of brother hobbies. Bridgeport program A comprehensive discussion of editing by E. M. Marshall, ACL, was the feature of a late gathering of the Bridgeport Amateur Cinema Club, according to the report of secre