Movie Makers (Jan-Dec 1947)

MOVIE MAKERS 29 Twice winner of the Maxim Award [Continued from page 15] and difficulties, and I most assuredly would have done so, if the lure of the Hiram Percy Maxim Award and the possibility of winning it again were not before my eyes all the time. In the interim, I had had a siege of ten months and ten days in hospital. Without an incentive, it would have been all too easy to let nature take its course. When I got on my feet again, if it wasn't one thing it was another. A 320 mile trip to film a fiesta that was touted as unique. It was; it didn't happen! Shortage of film made every inch count (though I must give credit to the local dealers for their fair apportioning of scarce footage) and there was no shooting of 100 feet of film in the hope of getting ten feet that would be good. A 1500 foot reel means quite a little work. Then there was the delay in getting processed film back; if you had made a mistake, there was little chance of going back to correct it, two months later when your film arrived. Living in a foreign country has its disadvantages, also. However, all these annoyances fade into nothingness when your film is selected for the highest honor available to amateurs, the Hiram Percy Maxim Memorial Award, and when you are fortunate enough to win this honor for the second time. Then you make a firm resolve to let nothing deter you from bettering your work in the future. Today I am a very happy, and thankful, man, and I know that I have much for which to be grateful, not the least of which are the facts that an organization like the Amateur Cinema League exists, prepared to extend a helping hand to the beginner, and that the children of Hiram Percy Maxim, FACL. its Founder, have established an award that is coveted by every amateur and which sets a goal and an incentive so well worth striving to attain. May this field of endeavor always remain open and unfettered for the individual who prefers to use film, instead of pen or typewriter, to express himself and to record his impressions. I resolve . . . [Continued from page 16] when I am out in the field, and. if no natural shelter is at hand, I shall plan to create it with my hat. or coat or newspaper. I recognize that even the slightest edge fog is unpleasant on the screen and that any marked amount must be an automatic reason for discarding this spoiled footage. Further, I agree that such blemishes have been caused in for immediate delivery .... A. TESTRITE SPOTLITE Equipped with a revolving disc for variable size spots. Takes either No. 1 photoflood, or T-20 500 watt lamps. Illustrated with three sec **»« Q« tion stand «p2*l.9»$ C. NO. 1 1 FOTOLITE WITH SIDE SHIELDS Excellent for professional or amateur motion picture work. Accommodates a T1000, G1500, or No. 4 photoflood. Illustrated with four section stand, which will open to a height of <t i o i o nine feet Jpiy. IO Case Extra B. NO. 126/3 FOTOLITE Perfect for use with a No. 1 photoflood lamp for portrait work where high lighting is essential. Illustrated with three section stand.... •pO.I'r D. NO. 621/3 FOTOLITE Two aluminum reflectors, with three section stand. For No. 1 or No. 2 photofloods. Height of stand open 7 ft. Swing arms extended up 9 ft. Closed 3 ft $11 .69 Prices Subject To Change Without Notice . . . THE Camera Store 110 West 32nd St., New York 1, N. Y.