Movie Makers (Jan-Dec 1942)

93 MARCH 1942 CHffl SURVEY by a Leading Photographic Magazine !— — nf *%> Again Proves OVERWHELMING POPULARITY OF IDWE (Reg. U. S. Pat. Off.) SCREENS What is probably the most extensive, unbiased survey ever made of the buying habits of camera fans was recently completed by a prominent, large-circulation photographic magazine. Thousands of readers were asked which makes of screens they owned. The replies showed: THESE READERS OWN MORE DA-LITE SCREENS THAN ALL OTHER MAKES COMBINED You, too, will want the superior performance that only a Da-Lite Screen can give — the brighter, sharper pictures of Da-Lite's specially processed Glass-Beaded surface — the easier operation of Da-Lite's simpler, more efficient mountings — and the longer service of Da-Lite's sturdier construction. Don't accept imitations! Ask your dealer for a genuine DA LITE — America's most popular screen! Write for literature! DA-LITE SCREEN CO., INC. Dept. 3MM, 2721 No. Crawford Ave., Chicago, III. 33 l/eate Closeups — What filmers are doing Mrs. Louise C. Mann, ACL, in a scene in her picture of Alaska I o Mrs. Louise C. Mann, ACL, of New York City, goes the honor of being the first of hundreds of patriotic personal filmers to register with the Amateur Cinema League their willingness to turn their cinematic skill and equipment to the service of the government. A veteran traveler, Mrs. Mann is seen in our illustration in the fur parka of the Alaskan Indian, as pictured in her own thoroughgoing study of that far northern territory. Dr. Otto J. Seifert. ACL, of New Ulm, Minn., is in the market for 16mm. color footage of Cuba, New Orleans, Mexico and Yellowstone National Park. If you have extra scenes that you would care to part with, here's your chance for a friendly sale or exchange. Address your offers directly to Dr. Seifert. I f you are eager to aid the cause of Civilian Defense with your camera — but don't know where to turn — George Vidor. in New York City, is the man you want to see. As senior warden of A.R.P. Post 6. Sector E, in Manhattan. Mr. Vidor has ideas on defense film production but no camera with which to film them. He may be reached at the post address, 159 West 80th Street, New York City. During the late First Army maneuvers in the Carolinas, Lieutenant Robert M. Pursel, ACL. of the 30th Ordnance Company, was one officer who saw to it that his battalion had some entertainment in the quiet hours of the evening. Using an Army truck with a 110 volt generator, he simply set up his own 16mm. projector under the stars and ran off more than 2800 feet of his personal travel films, taken in Venezuela and the Central Americas. During the davtime. as opportunity offered, he managed to shoot a thousand feet of film, recording the war games. Filmers in Florida who are interested in getting some real New England snow scenes are invited to get in touch with Hartman D. Colton, ACL, 53 Sunapee Street, Springfield, Mass., who is in the "swap" market for a series of views of Floridan industries. Mr. Colton's particular interests are in the citrus and sponge industries, the cypress gardens, scenes about Miami and the life of the colorful Seminole Indians. Movie makers in this country who are aiding the war effort have got to go some to catch up with the record set by C. V. Thomas, ACL, and the Durban Amateur Cine Club, in Natal. South Africa. In a recent report to League headquarters, Mr. Thomas states that the club has already collected for war charities more than a thousand dollars from subscription screenings of amateur films, besides giving countless free shows in military hospitals. Another and unique filming activity undertaken by a group from the Durban club has been the compilation of a large number of individual ten second shots of wives, relatives and sweethearts of South African troops fighting on the Libyan front. Charging fifty cents a "take," the producers collected over five hundred dollars, which, save for the cost of the film stock, was expended on comforts for the men. With this shipment, they sent, as well, the completed film as a personal greeting from the folks back home. Oymbols of Hospitality is the heart warming title which the Reverend Frederick W. Smith. ACL, of Waterville, Maine, has given to his 400 foot study of New England doorways. Although not essentially a cinematic subject, these emblems of an older age have a strange charm in their gracious message of classic beauty and tradition. Mr. Smith's camera collection of doorways and related architectural features ranges through Portland, Brunswick, Bath. Augusta. Wiscasset, Thomaston and Camden, in Maine; Andover, Lowell, Chelmsford. Stillwater, Littleton, Bradford and Merrimac. in Massachusetts; and Portsmouth, in New Hampshire. Shot in "Symbols of Hospitality," film by Frederick W. Smith, ACL