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 #:
000475
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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451 Hiram Percy Maxim Award for 1949— "One Summer Day" by Glen H. Turner, ACL The Ten Best and the Maxim Memorial Award MOVIE Makers proudly presents for 1949 the twentieth annual selection by the Amateur Cinema League of the Ten Best Amateur Films of the Year and the thirteenth annual Hiram Percy Maxim Memorial Award. The Award, consisting of one hundred dollars and a miniature silvered replica of the memorial itself, was established in 1937 by Percy Maxim Lee, FACL, daughter of the Founder President of the Amateur Cinema League. THE HIRAM PERCY MAXIM MEMORIAL AWARD One Summer Day, 350 feet, 8mm. Kodachrome, with music and sound effects on wire recording, by Glen H. Turner, ACL, of Springville, Utah. Next are presented the Ten Best Amateur Films of 1949, listed alphabetically by titles. THE TEN BEST AMATEUR FILMS Escape, 145 feet, 16mm. Kodachrome, with music on disc, by Warren Doremus, ACL, of East Rochester, N. Y. Jones Beach, 700 feet, 16mm. Kodachrome, with music on disc and narrative, by George Mesaros, FACL, of Long Beach, N. Y. Menemsha, 325 feet, 16mm. Kodachrome, with music on disc, by Jose M. Pavon, of New York City. Mexican Malarkey, 1300 feet, 16mm. Kodachrome. with music on disc, by Cal Duncan, ACL, of Lees Summit, Mo. One Summer Day, previously particularized. Storm Due, 150 feet, 8mm. black and white, with music and narrative on disc, by Francis J. Barrett, of Seattle, Wash. The Great Man Hunt, 400 feet, 16mm. Kodachrome, by Donald W. Volkman, ACL, of West Somerville, Mass. The Raggedy Man, 400 feet, 8mm. Kodachrome, with music on disc, by Andy Potter, of Sherman Oaks, Calif. The Story of Matsela, 2700 feet, 16mm. Kodachrome, with music on tape recording, by Lewis Lewis, ACL, of Cape Town, South Africa. The Witch Cat, 600 feet, 16mm. Kodachrome, with music and narrative on disc, by William A. Thomas, ACL, of Buffalo, N. Y. The Honorable Mention awards follow, listed alphabetically by titles. HONORABLE MENTION A Christmas Story, 300 feet, 16mm. Kodachrome, by Bert Seckendorf, ACL, and Vic Watson, of Brooklyn, N. Y. Adventures of Lassie, 400 feet, 8mm. Kodachrome, with music on disc, by Raymond J. Berger, ACL, of Cheektowaga, N. Y. Alaskan Gold, 1500 feet, 16mm. Kodachrome, with narrative, by Alan Probert, ACL, of Fairbanks, Alaska. Anytime After Six, 400 feet, 16mm. black and white, by E. H. Sparks, ACL, of Bristol, Conn. Bold Badmen, 600 feet, 16mm. Ansco Color, by Casimer V. Zaleski, of Canton, Ohio. Caledonian Chronicle, 400 feet, 8mm. Kodachrome, with music on disc, by Esther S. Cooke, ACL, of Albany, N. Y. Cornucopia Revisited, 500 feet, 16mm. Kodachrome, with music on disc and narrative, by William C. Kuhl, ACL, of Bethesda, Md. First Date, 970 feet, 16mm. Kodachrome, by John C. Sherard, of Kansas City, Mo. Gaspesia, 800 feet, 16mm. Kodachrome, by W. A. Levett, ACL, of West Hartford, Conn. Harmony of the Bees, 800 feet, 16mm. Ansco Color sound on film, by C. H. Bacon, ACL, of Victoria, Canada. Her Heart's Desire, 500 feet, 16mm. Kodachrome, by GLEN H. TURNER, ACL, Maxim Award winner for 1949, is seen with his 8mm. Sportster animating a scene from One Summer Day.