Movie Makers (Jan-Dec 1949)

430 Washington opener The 1949-50 season of the Washington (D.C.) Society of Amateur Cinematographers got underway with a program calculated to stimulate members' interest in the months to come. Headlining the session was last year's Maxim Award winner, The Unexpected, by Ernest H. Kremer, ACL. Techniques of Movie Making, from Celluloid College, completed the screening portion of the evening. John E. Oliveras gave a brief talk, How to Estimate Exposure for Movies. San Francisco session A varied program was presented at a recent gathering of the Cinema Club of San Francisco. Ray Maker gave a preview of his new film, Dark Timber, in addition to Barneys Dream, a 16mm. sound on film photoplay. Matt Draghicevich projected his vacation film, My Eastern Vacation, and Adeline Meinert showed her 8mm. production, National Figure Skating Champions. New group Amateur movie enthusiasts in Lynbrook, N. Y., and vicinity have organized the Long Island Cinema Club, electing Harmon R. Traver, of Lynbrook, their first president. Vicepresident and membership chairman is Charles Rose," of West Hempstead. Edward Jacobson, of South Hempstead, and Solomon Stein, ACL, of Hempstead, are secretary and treasurer, respectively. Albany agenda A busy fall and winter calendar is promised members of the Amateur Motion Picture Society of Albany (N.Y.), ACL. At the initial fall session an open forum was held to discuss the scenario for the club production, and earlier club films were screened for study. Subsequent programs featured a lecture demonstration on projection technique, suggestions for filming a city, a first reel contest and a program presented by members of the Berkshire Museum Amateur Movie Club, ACL, of Pittsfield, Mass. Coming up are workshop night, during which members The people, plans and programs of amateur movie groups everywhere Bill Marchand, ACL JOHN C. SHERARD, right, president of 8-16 Home Movie Makers, in Kansas City, Mo., presents second award to R. L. Sutton. FIRST OFFICERS of Everett (Wash.) Amateur Movie Club are (I. to r.) James Robinson, Carl O. Boyton and David Carlson, ACL. will edit and title the club production; dealers' night, devoted to display and demonstration of movie tools; an instructional session by Frank Mantica and Madeline Lemperle, ACL, on Christmas filming, and, finally, the Christmas party, arranged by chairman Mildred Foley. Golden Gate An early fall meeting of the Golden Gate Cinematographers, ACL, of San Francisco, featured a diversified program of members' films. A. Theo. Roth, ACL, projected two films, Return Engagement to Western Parks and Exotic Birds in Our House, the latter with wire recording. Other films shown were Wedding Bells, by Karl Gitschel; Autumn in the Sierras, by George A. Sohst, and A Day at the Zoo, by Gus Brady, ACL. The club, reorganized last season, has moved to larger quarters and now holds meetings at the Masonic Temple. PSA in St. Louis The Movie Division of the PSA Convention, which met in St. Louis, Mo., in mid-October, featured a showing of Passion Play, by Harry Shigeta, international trophies winner. Other films shown included Flower Ballad, a time-lapse study by John Ott, jr.; Cuba, My Country, by Dr. Cepero, of Havana; The Life of Fish and Flowers of Havana, by Dr. A. G. Menocal, also of Cuba, and Prairie Wings, by Edgar M. Queeny, of St. Louis. A paper on editing was presented by Larry Sherwood, vicepresident of The Calvin Company. Fluidity in Motion Pictures was the subject of another paper, delivered by Vincent Hunter, FACL, APSA. Study session Members of the New York Cine Club of the Deaf, ACL, devoted a recent meeting entirely to instructional material. Bernard Gross projected his slides, Introduction to Picture Making, to open the program. This was followed by How to Use Your Camera, first of a series of films entitled You Can