Movie Makers (Jan-Dec 1949)

MOVIE MAKERS 275 were projected. Mr. Kentera was also guest speaker. J. S. Pancoast, ACL, presided at the dinner meeting. Providence show The third an nual Theatre Nite of the Providence (R. I.) Cine Club was held recently at the Wm. H. Hall Free Library in Edgewood, R. I. The program was made up entirely of club members' films, screened as follows : New England Frames, by Lester F. Shaal, ACL; Fire, by C. Leland Ramsdell, ACL; Susan Goes to Washington, by Milton L. Goff, ACL; Living Flora, by Albert Feinauer; Vagabond Days, by Arthur M. Sharp, and Pay Off, by Arthur R. Mellor. City not county The slate of officers elected in St. Louis (Mo.), as reported in these columns in May, referred to the St. Louis County Movie Club. The election of officers of the Amateur Motion Picture Club of St. Louis, ACL, held recently, resulted in A. H. Schild being named president, with M. B. Manovill. ACL. and Ruth Pankau vicepresidents. Irma Kaiser became secretary, and A. D. Schaefer assumed the duties of treasurer. Ben Betts and Raymond Gehl were chosen directors. The fifty foot unspliced film contest sponsored by the club this spring was won by Miss Pankau with her Ice Storm, and Ralph Mateka, ACL, with A Christmas Record. Buffalo annual The Museum of Science in Buffalo, N. Y., was the scene of this year's salon of the Amateur Cinema Club of Buffalo. The program of eight films included the work of club members and national prize winners from other parts of the country. From the West came Saturday Night, by R. W. Buckett; Family Affairs, by Mrs. H. D. Cameron; Genesis, Chapter 1, by Dr. Charles J. McDonald; Navajo Land, by R. V. Thiriot, and Charlie Takes a Nap, by R. G. Hall, ACL. The East was represented by New England Autumn, by Hamilton H. Jones, FACL, and Lassie Stays Home, by Raymond J. Berger, ACL. Paricutin, by Ralph E. Gray, FACL, completed the program. N. Y. Cine session A program of color film slides by Charles Hooker opened one of the last of this season's meetings of the New York Cine Club of the Deaf, ACL. On the same program, John Doe, Citizen, by Frances Christeson and Harry Merrick, and Sahuaro Land, by Frank E. Gunnell, FACL, were also screened. For the benefit of its 8mm. filmers, a subsequent program featured The Will and The Way, 1940 Maxim Award winner by Chester Glassley, borrowed from the ACL film library. The club is anxious to help other deaf and hard of hearing movie makers in the United States organize similar movie groups. Information and suggestions may be had by writing George Geltzer, club secretary, 938 Bronx Park South, Bronx 60, New York City. Los Angeles program A recent meeting of the Los Angeles Cinema Club featured a talk, How to Photograph a Travel Picture, by Winton C. Hoch, Hollywood cameraman awarded an "Oscar" this year for his color work in Joan of Arc. A study of animation was illustrated in The Way of Peace, a film about the atomic bomb, screened by the producer, Dr. Wah Chang. Picturesque Southwest, by Guy Nelli, ACL, was also projected by the producer. Other films shown were The Evolution of the Butterfly, by Jack Staikey; The Art of Enjoying Pictures, by William J. Palmer, and Your Movie Camera and How to Use It, by Paul Burnford, English producer and author. New on West Coast The newly formed Everett (Wash.) Amateur Movie Club, ACL, at its initial session, adopted a constitution and chose its first officers. Carl 0. Boynton is president, and David Carlson, ACL, is vicepresident. James Robinson became the club's secretary treasurer. William Marchand was named the club's still photographer. An open panel discussion of film techniques followed the screening of travel films produced by Mr. Boynton. Mt. Vernon gala Under the sponsorship of the Department of Audio-Visual Instruction, Board of Education, the eleventh annual Movie Nite of the Mount Vernon (N. Y.) Movie Makers was staged in the A. B. Davis High School auditorium early in June. Events of the Year, from films of members Ulysses N. Earle, George Kirstein and Mr. and Mrs. George H. Heely, headed the program. Milky Way, by Walter Bergmann, FACL, Pursuit of Happiness, a group film produced by members directed by Mr. Bergmann, and Variety, by Mr. Kirstein, made up the balance of the show. Cannes invites The Third International Amateur Film Festival, to be held at Cannes, France, from September 3 through September 11, 1949, extends a cordial invitation to American amateurs to send films in competition. Entries may be on 8mm. or 16mm. film, black and white or color, and may Safeguard your Film. Ship in FIBERBILT CASES. 400' to 2000' 16mm. FIBERBILT CASE CO. 40 WEST 17th ST. 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