Movie Makers (Jan-Dec 1937)

40 JANUARY 1937 "TITLE-CRAFT" JUNIOR TITLES 20c to 35c "Title-Craft" Junior titles (sampled above) offer extra values without extra cost. Machine-lettered in tasteful, legible arrangements on backgrounds of your own selection, and skillfully filmed, they present a truly professional appearance. 8 words or less on your choice of black or dozens of all-over pattern, fabric, and poster-effect backgrounds: 8 mm., 20c; 16mm., 25c. On your choice of dozens of photographs : 8mm., 30c; 16mm., 35c Let us make your next titles. To select backgrounds, see your dealer's sample book. BELL & HOWELL COMPANY 1842 Larchmont Ave., Chicago EXCHANGE YOUR 16MM. FILMS • TIRED OF YOUR OLD FILMS? • WHY KEEP THEM? • SEND THEM TO US. WE WILL EXCHANGE THEM FOR DIFFERENT SUBJECTS, EQUAL OR BETTER. 9 Exchange Fee plus Postage • App. 400 ft. Sound on Film S3. 50 per ree App. 400 ft. Sound on Disc 2.50 per ree App. 400 ft. Silent 75c. per ree Include a list of all your pictures, so you wil not receive any duplicates. Indicate your pref' erence: comedy — drama — cartoon — travel — or educational. Visual Instruction Supply Corp. 1757 BROADWAY BROOKLYN, N. Y. /7AORAI£ Movi£ VSfRvicfy HEADQUARTERS FOR Genuine Kodachrome Titles Handlettered __$3.50 Printed 1.25 <mm>M'UMMxm "EDWARD J. STEICHEN" America s Foremost Photographer How he works — of interest to all still and movie makers. I REEL 16mm. (silent). •■SPORT OF FENCING"— I reel (silent). "MEN OF SHIPS"— I reel (sound). "CITY OF CONTRASTS"— 2 reels (sound). These films were made by a noted still photographer and movie producer. IRVING BROWNING, 110 W.40 St., N.Y.C. FREE Don't buy any moving picture cameras, projectors or supplies until you have seen our amazing new January Clearance Sale Boob — just out! Quality you'll appreciate — at prices you can afford! Send for your free copy now. CENTRAL CAMERA CO. 230 S. Wabash Dcpt. 41. Chicago CidVuiHt SALE Catalog For the time, at least, there has been no building of new skyscrapers. But we have filmed them all — the sheep fold, the May dances and the march of the city's buildings — and our movies and '"stills" show the city's change for nearly two decades. My window, I think, is ideal, but every window in Manhattan that commands a view offers a similar opportunity for a sample history of the city on cine film. Try a seasonal record first, and then, if the material appeals to you, follow it through the years. If you are a metropolitan Arab and shift your dwelling each year, then you can compile an even more varied cine history, From the IF indoles of New York. Amateur clubs [Continued from page 21] screened his latest Kodachrome study, This Side of Paradise, which he completed in Italy during last summer. Increased interest in permanent club quarters is being shown by the membership, and reports indicate that the first rushes of the club's photoplay are coming through well. In Staten Island ■ The facilities and operation of the Cine-Kodak Special were discussed and demonstrated by Frank E. Gunnell, ACL, at a recent gathering of the Staten Island Cinema Club, in preparation for that club's filming of its birthday celebration to be held this month. Mr. Gunnell's talk was the first of a series of such discussions on specialized subjects to be given by members of the Staten Island group. On the projection part of the program there were screened R and H Clock Toiver Dedication, by George T. Smith, ACL, and E. W. Wilby, ACL: Cross Country, by H. S. Wilson, ACL; Around the Calendar with My Family, by Dr. F. W. Brock: Choosing a Scenario, from the League Club Library. Portland projects ■ Members' films in color and a film on Bonneville Dam, by Charles A. Piper, led the program of a late meeting of the Portland (Ore.) Cine Club, according to the report of secretary Arthur E. Gibbs. Byron J. Beattie is president of this veteran movie group, with Oscar R. Urfer serving as librarian of the club's considerable collection of films offered on loan to members. Summer Studies ■ In Connecticut, members of the Hartford Cinema Club have seen the travel reels of W. R. C. Corson, ACL, and of Clement Scott, reports secretary H. E. Cowles. Following a considerable interregnum, the office of club president. which was made vacant by the death of the late Hiram Percy Maxim, ACL, has been filled by William E. Goeben, ACL, long time vicepresident during Mr. Maxim's leadership. Practice I Two practical experiments in film production have recently been concluded by members of the Jefferson City (Mo.) Cinema Club, reports president E. P. Burch, ACL. The first effort was limited to writing and making titles for a personal film submitted by George Leonard, while the second featured shooting a short 8mm. film story at one meeting and editing and titling it at the next. Mr. Burch states that these activities, carried on by the club's more experienced members, have been of real value to the beginning movie makers in the group. Round table ■ Informality has become the keynote of the Amateur Cinema Club of Haverhill (Mass.) and, after the business and reports are over, the meetings assume a casual, social aspect. One personal problem leads to another, until even the usually silent members bring out questions that they otherwise would not ask. After this general discussion period, some practical phase of movie making is worked out for the benefit of everybody present. The last thing done along this line was editing some film that had just come from the processing station. At the next meeting, titles were inserted and appropriate arguments and reasons placing each one were given. Junior looks both ways [Continued from page 17] you grow up, Junie — a radio operator?" Junior, lying flat on his stomach on the ground, reaches into the bait can and starts fingering a squirmy angleworm. "I dunno," he replies. "Maybe I'll go to college and be a doctor or a president or something." You can see that Junior is thinking hard. He rolls over on his back and looks up at the cloud broken sky. Birds are singing in the trees about him. He closes his eyes, and the first thing he knows he's fast asleep. The sequences which follow will be photographed in the months and years that follow. There will be Junior's first pair of long pants, his graduation from high school, the new girl friend, his enrollment in college. The extra curricular activities on the campus may consume considerable footage, covering the '"frosh soph" scrap, football practice, fraternity rushing, military drill, the Junior Ball and commencement ceremonies. The film can halt at any point — the "frosh soph" scrap, for instance. Jun