Movie Makers (Jan-Dec 1949)

MOVIE MAKERS 353 EASTON (PA.) CLICK-IT-CLUB meets for first annual dinner. Top of fable (r. to I.) are Paul Stull, vicepresident, and Mrs. Stull; Mrs. Robert Youlton and Mr. Youlton, president; Lcrrie Grey, toastmaster, and Mrs. Grey; Sterling Genua, secretary and treasurer. Elstree Schedule Members of the Elstree Cinegroup, of Boreham Wood, Hertfordshire, England, voted for an active summer of filming to make up for time spent in converting a Nissen hut into a permanent studio and theatre for group activities. A 16mm. club production, Poles Apart, is the main work of the current months, although two smaller films are going forward at the same time. A series of lectures on various aspects of film technique is also occupying members during the summer. St. Louis dinner Winners of this year's cups for outstanding achievement were announced at the thirteenth annual meeting and banquet of the Amateur Motion Picture Club of St. Louis, held recently at the DeSoto Hotel. Ralph Mateka, ACL, and Oscar Ochs, ACL, won first place in the 8mm. and 16mm. classes respectively, with Irwin Angelbeck and Martin B. Manovill, ACL, runners-up. Ladies in L. A. The distaff side of the Los Angeles 8mm. Club had their say at a dinner meeting early this summer. Eugenia Elliott. ACL. club secretary, won the first award and trophy in the Ladies' Contest with Desert Holiday. Second place went to Edna Knowlton for Holiday. As an added attraction, Fred Evans. FACL. chairman of the sound committee, screened The Roaring Waters of Niagara Falls, by Joseph F. Hollywood, FACL, of New York City. Louise Cramer, chairman of the Ladies' Contest committee, presided at the session. -** -g>>^. Train trips are fun [Continued from page 341] you want to make, a delegation of two or three should call on the local agent of the railroad involved and discuss the desires of the club in detail. He can then check rates and equipment available before meeting with the entire committee. At that conference a definite itinerary should be agreed on, with adequate stopovers planned for the picture program. Specific jobs may then be assigned in writing to each person on the committee. Deadlines were important aides to our financial management of the trip. For, with extremely low dues, we had no surplus in the treasury to meet the trip guarantee if enough tickets were not sold. By setting a ticket-purchase date two weeks in advance of the trip, it was possible to know from actual sales whether the guarantee had been met. If not, we still had time to cancel the train without any inconvenience to the railroad. In support of the project and the advance sale of tickets, we prepared a Train Trip letter. This contained information about the itinerary, time schedule, picture-taking possibilities, advisable clothing to wear and a reminder of the ticket sale deadline. The letter was distributed at the last regular club meeting before the trip, which was also a pep rally for the idea. The ticket quota each member was assigned to sell was reached by a simple and direct formula. We took the total number of tickets we had to sell, divided it by the number of club members and then multiplied the figure by two. It worked ! Finally, four days before the deadline, the ticket chairman sent out a mimeographed penny postal reminder with a cartoon of a worried little engine and the punch line — "No Dough — No Go!" Many club members got well acquainted on deadline day by milling around the home of the ticket chairman with money in their fists and a real concern for the success ^ J? UNIQUE FILMS for all double 8rrim. single 8mm It ■ ■ "5 and I6mm cameras. # EXPOSURE INDEX— 20-S • GUARANTEED FRESH STOCK. | -SS^s VMOi ASK fO« 0£W ■Available in.... • 8mm(DOU8lf*-SINGl!) • I6mm (please mail dealer's name if he cannot supply you) ESO-S, INC., 47m. & HOLLY KANSAS CITY, 2, MO THE RALPH R.ENO CORP. 626 W. 165 ST. • NEW YORK Send your film for free criticism or estimate. ACL COLOR LEADER! The new ACL membership leader and trailer — in brilliantly animated Kodachrome — is now ready. See inside back cover of this issue on how to get your copies. Two 3' stamps for giant catalogue. State size i 8-T6mm Silent, Sound, Sales, Rental, Exchanges. REED ft REED DISTRIBUTORS, INC. 7508 3rd AVE., BROOKLYH 9, N. T. KODACHROME DUPLICATES lie 8MM. and 16MM. 1 1 PER FINEST QUALITY I I C FOOT Mail Orders Accepted Hollywood 16mm. Industries, Inc. 6060 HOLLYWOOD BLVD. AT GOWER HOLLYWOOD 28, CALIF. Safeguard your Film. Ship in FIBERBILT CASES. 400' to 2000' 16mm. FIBERBILT CASE CO. 40 WEST 17th ST. NEW YORK CITY