Movie Makers (Jan-Dec 1943)

AMATEUR CLUBS 336 What organized groups are doing everywhere JAMES W. MOORE, ACL Picnic in Wisconsin Initiating a new and pleasant custom, members of three amateur movie clubs bordering Lake Michigan in southeastern Wisconsin gathered recently for their First Annual Picnic, held at Petrifying Springs Park, in Kenosha. The clubs involved were the Kenosha Movie Makers Club, the Ra-Cine Club, ACL, of Racine, and the Amateur Movie Society of Milwaukee, ACL. The picnic program, which had been arranged by a joint committee from the three groups, included the singing of patriotic airs, speeches by Emery S. McNeil, ACL, Elmer Klug, ACL, and Jerry Meldgaard (Kenosha, Milwaukee and Racine presidents, respectively) and games and movie making arranged by Arline \onk, Joseph Stehlik and Joe Hoffman, with a basket supper concluding the festivities. L. A. Eights Compete Meeting in the auditorium of the Bell & Howell Building, in Hollywood, members of the Los Angeles 8mm. Club recently completed their annual summer contest, with the following results: Billy's Big Adventure, by Fred Evans, first; Studio Programs and Camera Cruises, by Irwin Dietze, second; Nitwit News, by W. D. Garlock, third. Entries rating Honorable Mention were Ice Capades, by Stanley Clemens; The Mischa Auer Radio Hour, by C. Williams Wade, jr.; Los Angeles Flood, by Dr. R. S. Petter. Guest films seen on the same program were Life in the Ozarks, by Bruce Barnhill, and A Victory Garden, or Where's The Sloan s Liniment?, by Earl Holbrook. Utah alfreSCO More than 500 members and guests of the Utah Cine Arts Club, in Salt Lake City, attended a recent outdoor screening of amateur films presented by the club on the south steps of the State Capitol Building. The purpose of the show was to acquaint service men and other newcomers to the State with Utah's attractions. Eight films, all 8mm., were presented, as follows: Cheating the Dentist, by Al. Londema, ACL; Mesa Verde, by Virginia Smith; Roamin' Holiday, by Dr. C. Elmer Barrett; Rodger, by F. K. Fullmer; Some Western Color, by Elmo H. Lund; Dog Daze, by George Brignand; Canyon Trails, by Bishop C. E. Shank; The Utah Trail, by Al. Morton, ACL, and Mrs. Morton. Ra-Cine ballots New officers have been elected and announced by members of the Ra-Cine Club, ACL, in Wisconsin, as follows: Jerome Meldgaard, president; Ange Jensen, vicepresident; Dorothy Brehm, treasurer; Tacoma Veselik, secretary; John R. Kibar, program chairman. Films screened at the election meeting include South America, by Martha Merell; Sand In Your Shoes, by William Vincent, jr., ACL, of the neighboring Kenosha Movie Makers Club; Autumn, Wildflowers and Western Wildlife, from the League's Club Library; Trees To A Home, Big Fish and African Pigmy Thrills, 16mm. sound films, presented by Richard Larsen. Sound for San FrancisCO Sound Accompaniment For Amateur Films has been the subject of discussion and demonstration by Dr. J. Allyn Thatcher, ACL, at two recent meetings of the Cinema Club of San Francisco. Dr. Thatcher concluded his project by making a disc recording in meeting of selected musical backgrounds and narrative, scored with a projected film. Films seen at late meetings have included Mountain To Seashore, by A. 0. Olson; Vacation Trip in the High Sierras, by Charles D. Hudson; Zion Canyon, by Rudy Arfsten, ACL. [Continued on page 356] * Guests at a screening for service men, recently given by the Bell Movie and Camera Club of Denver, Colorado. A. R. Bowen, ACL