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 #:
000370
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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352 Miami elects A recent business meeting of the Miami Movie Makers, ACL, was devoted to the election of officers for the 1949-50 season. Dr. J. M. Girard. ACL, became president, with Olin L. Simpson, ACL, as vicepresident. Richard Gleis assumed the duties of treasurer and Mrs. W. S. North those of secretary. The board of directors consists of Thomas Corwin, ACL. Edward Feinberg, E. E. Gayle, Dr. A. M. Melvin, ACL, and Gaston J. Wautier, ACL. Rockford picnic The annual outdoor meeting of the Rockford (111.) Movie Makers, ACL, held at Sinnissippi Park, was a high point of the club's midsummer season. After a picnic supper, a diverse film program was presented, led off by a production of the .\atienal Dairy Association, The Cow and I, a story of a young city couple suddenly turned farmers. This was followed by Big Trains Rolling, produced by the Association of American Railroads, and The Four Seasons, by C. C. Thill and Birger Normann, recording a trip through the Wisconsin Dells. Los Angeles social night New members of the Los Angeles 8mm. Club were feted by the older members on the special occasion of a get-acquainted session. Films of both new and old members were shown. Among those projected were International House, by Mathias Falk; Yosemite, by Rosalie Harrison; Can You Imagine?, by A. W. Apel; Santa Claus Parade— 1948, by Bob Beazell, and To Each Her Oivn, by Melita Fackler. San Francisco program The midsummer meeting of the Cinema Club of San Francisco featured a lecture on the subject of lens coating by R. S. MacCollister. His talk was illustrated with a 16mm. Kodachrome film and 35mm. color slides. A question and answer period followed. At the same meeting E. M. Clinton gave a complete demonstration of the new Polaroid Land camera. Two films were also screened during the entertainment half George Lab) The people, plans and programs of amateur movie groups everywhere Stephen Gehl BERGEN COUNTY (N. J.) workers on "Why Should I Fear Cancer?" are G. label, camera; Steve Hand, patient, and Bill Messner, ACl, director. ST. LOUIS AAA P C. winners receive cups from H. Warren, left, and I. Harper, right. Year's best filmers are (I. to r.) Irwin Angelbeck, Ralph Meteka, ACL, Oscar Ochs, ACL, and Martin B. Manoville, ACL. of the program — Rail Fans, by member Larry Duggan, and California s Golden Beginning, presented by the California Centennial Commission. Metro installs Officers for the coming season were installed at the annual banquet of Metro Movie Club of River Park, in Chicago. E. W. Diller is president, and Don Barber, ACL, is vicepresident. Offices of secretary and treasurer are filled by Carl D. Frazier, ACL, and A. J. Barcal, respectively. Irish unit plans News from the Irish Film Society, of Dublin, Eire, indicates a very active season ahead for members engaged in the group productions in progress. The current housing shortage in Dublin furnishes the theme of the forthcoming These Are The Times, a thirty minute documentary. Other shorter features recently completed by the society include Foolsmate, Fishing Village and Campa and Tibradden. Northwest birthday Members of the Northwest Cine Club, ACL, of Detroit, celebrated their first anniversary with an outing at Kent Lake this summer. There was a good deal of filming on this occasion, and the results are to be shown at the session this month. Westwood competition The annual contest for the best uncut film, conducted by the Westwood Movie Club of San Francisco, was won by Denver Sutton with Odd Fellows Hatl. Honorable mentions went to Edward Kentera, ACL, for Dream Stuff; Virginia Kentera for Double Ten, and Dorothy and Angus Shaw for Hat Box. Runners-up for citations were Shine On, Harvest Moon, by Earl Phillips, and Strawberry Pie, by Barbara and Bill Helms. The winning films were screened subsequently at a meeting of the Long Beach (Calif.) Cinema Club.