Movie Makers (Jan-Dec 1949)

74 Los Angeles 8's banquet First prize in the 1948 contest sponsored by the Los Angeles 8mm. Club went to Louise Cramer for High Heels, which was also awarded the Babb Achievement Trophy for the best picture of the year. Al Larsen won the Horton Vacation Trophy as second prize for his Farming in Michigan. The presentations were made at the club's annual banquet. Officers for 1949 were chosen in the business session preceding the dinner. Mr. Larsen became the new president, with Eugenia Elliott selected as secretary and Dean C. Stocks as treasurer. Milwaukee television series Twelve weeks of amateur movie programs were televised by WTMJ-TV just before the holidays, starring members of the Amateur Movie Society of Milwaukee. ACL. during which the producer of each weeks offering was interviewed for the benefit of the video audience. Lend Me 1 our Ear, by Erma Niedermeyer, ACL. was first shown as an experiment and proved so popular that it was followed by the eleven others. Chile national contest The five best films of the year were selected by a jury of Cine Club Amateur de Chile, ACL. as the winners of the 1948 Concurso Xacional. Florida, by Max Fuhrmann. was accorded top honors. La Copia Feliz del Eden, by Jorge Meyer, placed second. In order listed, the following filled third, fourth and fifth places: Triptico De Chile, by Carlos Feuereisen ; Hojas De Album, by Max Fuhrmann: J olando a Nueva York, by Enrique Gundermann. ACL. Albany guest screenings A highly interesting program of films was shown members of the Amateur Motion Picture Society of Albany. ACL. at their last pre-holiday meeting. All the films projected were by members of the Denver (Colo.) Cinema League. Colorado Symphony, 8mm. Kodachrome by Edmund Zj< :her. \(.l. The people, plans and programs of amateur movie groups everywhere Markley L. Pepper. ACL. led off the program, which was followed by his instructional film, also 8mm. Kodachrome, Lenses and Shudders. Next was The Invisibility Machine, by Dr. Alfred D. Kleyhauer. A 16mm. black and white picture, it demonstrates trick shots possible with the Cine Special. San Francisco World's Fair, by M. W. Sw^ansick, ACL, and Into The High Country, by Harry Bergstrom, ACL. both 16mm. Kodachrome, followed. Mr. Bergstrom's unusual film, National Shrine of St. Francis Xavier Cabrini, in 16mm. Kodachrome. a copy of which is in the Vatican Library, at Rome, concluded the showing. Johannesburg plans salon Announcement has reached the offices of the ACL that the Johannesburg Photographic and Cine Society. ACL. of South Africa, is planning its 13th International Salon — Cine Section, to be held during May of this year. It is the hope of the planning committee that this years event will be truly international, and they are inviting amateurs everywhere to submit entries. Entry blanks may be obtained by writing to the Leagues Club Department. Passaic winners Henry E. Hird, FACL. presented the prizes in the 1948 Henry Hird contest at a pre-Christmas meeting of the Passaic (N. J.) Cinema Club, ACL. In the 16mm. class. Walter A. Sargent, ACL, took first prize with A Fish Story, a film documenting the fishing industry at Gloucester. Mass. Second prize went to Werner von Bergen, ACL, for The Grand Teton. Arthur Labusohr received honorable mention for his Christmas at McBains. A humorous fantasy. 98 In The Shade, won first place in the 8mm. class for Walter P. Koechel. ACL. Frank M. Betz MAXIM AWARD winner Ernest H. Kremer, ACL (left), shows Mrs. Kremer replica of Maxim Memorial at recent presentation ceremonies before Hartford (Conn.) Cinema Club, ACL. DAYTON Amateur Movie Club, ACL, makes honorary member of Ralph E. Gray, FACL (right), as Milton H. Bolender, president, hands him jumbo card.