Movie Makers (Jan-Dec 1949)

Record Details:

Title:
Movie Makers
Date:
Jan-Dec 1949
Publisher:
Amateur Cinema League, inc.
Volume:
Movie Makers (Jan-Dec 1949)
Leaf #:
00077
Language:
English
Collection:
Non-Theatrical Film
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
Library of Congress, MBRS, Moving Image Section
Sponsor:
Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Movie Makers, the official publication of the Amateur Cinema League, documented and championed home movies and production by local film clubs. During 27 years of publication, Movie Makers provided extensive coverage of the growth of 16mm, the availability of Hollywood films to the home, filmmaking style, amateur production, and color cinematography. -- David Pierce, 2013
Date Added:
June 13, 2024
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MOVIE MAKERS 67 separate base and one of the motors are necessary. For use with the Maurer. a special adapter plate is attached to the camera, while any of the motors may be employed. Full information on all units may be had from the manufacturer. AN interchangeable variable speed motor with tachometer is here shown assembled on the Cine Special. The motor is one of four available. Britannica catalog A forty four page two color catalog has been completed by Encyclopaedia Britannica Films. The publication, which lists close to 300 educational sound films, may be obtained by writing Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, Wilmette. 111. GE improvements A major improvement in the construction of projection lamps was recently devised by General Electric's lamp department engineers, when they introduced a method for the mechanical forming of the complex lamp filaments, hitherto formed by hand. The mechanical technique results in improved screen illumination and more uniform performance. Lamps now constructed mechanically include No. 500T10P, a 500 watt ■ 1 THE old construction of hand formed General Electric filaments is shown, left, beside the new construction of machine formed filaments. lamp rated at 25 hours, for use in 8mm. movie projectors; No. 750T12P, a 750 watt lamp rated at 25 hours, for use in both 8mm. and 16mm. projectors; and No. 1MT12P. a 1000 watt lamp rated at 10 hours, for use in lbmm. projectors. Post acquires TV Post Pictures Corporation, taking the initiative in making television a source of supply for home 16mm. films, has recently acquired three 2-reel subjects produced for television by William Cameron Menzies. The films are The Telltale Heart, by Edgar Allan Poe ; A Terribly Strange Bed, by Willkie Collins, and Marionette Mystery, an original screenplay. Post Pictures believes this constitutes the first time that films produced exclusively for television are being made available for release through 16mm. non-theatrical outlets. A new 1949 catalog of 16mm. sound films is also announced by Post Pictures. It contains eighty eight pages and includes the new Monogram program of thirty six feature pictures and Westerns. The catalog and full information on the three new" ex-television films may be had by writing Post Pictures Corporation. 115 West 45th Street. New York 19. N. Y. 1948 Guide The 1948 edition of the Educational Film Guide contains a selected, classified list of 3733 16mm. motion pictures and a comprehensive, alphabetic list which includes about 1735 additional titles. This volume is a complete revision of the 1947 edition. It is available, including all monthly supplements, at an annual subscription rate of $4.00 from the H. W. Wilson Company, 950 University Avenue. New York 52, N. Y. Alaska distribution Owners of 16mm. sound projectors in Alaska will now have a steady stream of Hollywood features and short subjects furnished them through Screen Adettes, Inc.. Portland, Oregon. Physical distribution of prints will be from Anchorage, Alaska. Film treatment spreads Peerless Film Processing Corporation, 165 West 46th Street, New York City, specialists in a vacuum-vaporating treatment that extends useful film life, announces the installation of Peerless equipment in the laboratories of Byron, Inc., of Washington, D. C. Miss America films World in Color Productions, Elmira. N. Y., announces the release of three films covering the 1948 Atlantic City Miss America contest. Titles are: Miss America of 1948, Miss America Contestants, 1948 and Miss lurlon-Pro lmm Sound On-Film Camera . . . Designed in Hollywood for the discriminating movie maker. Camera priced from $1095.00, complete with amplifier, microphone, tubes, batteries, headphones and instructions. Prompt delivery. . . see your dealer or write today for further information. • • • *>.• • • • • Z>u<U • •••••••• • •••••••• PvitaiU. Potuc* Sublet Tbtit. . , • ••••••• * • • • • •"• • • • r-^9jJ^4£04*T— -— j-| RCA Licensed ' [Jj2!t!C£ * Guaranteed One Year BERNDT-BACH,Inc. 7383 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles 36, Calif. MANUFACTURERS OF SOUND-ON-FILM RECORDING EQUIPMENT SINCE 1931