Movie Makers (Jan-Dec 1950)

234 Buffalo salon The Amateur Cinema Club of Buffalo has presented its fourth annual show, staged at the city's Museum of Science. The program led off with Double Trouble. by Earl Brisbin, of the San Jose (Calif.) Movie Club. This was followed by Shipwreck, a club production by the Grand Rapids Amateur Movie Club; Farmer's Daughter, by Mildred J. Caldwell, FACL, of Long Beach, Calif.; Through the Valley, 1949 Honorable Mention winner by Harry Atwood, of Tucson. Ariz.; Adventures of Lassie, 1949 Honorable Mention winner, by Raymond Berger, ACL, of Buffalo; Caledonian Chronicle, 1949 Honorable Mention winner, by Esther Cooke, ACL, of Albany; The Witch Cat, 1949 Ten Best winner by William A. Thomas, ACL, of Buffalo ; Maxine's Big Moment, 1948 Ten Best winner by William Messner, ACL, of Teaneck, N. J., and Her Heart's Desire, 1949 Honorable Mention winner by Othon Goetz, ACL, of Chicago. Long Beach A. highlight of recent meetings held by the Long Beach (Calif.) Cinema Club was Ladies Night, when the club's distaff side had its chance to screen its efforts. Trophies were awarded the outstanding 8mm. and 16mm. films. At a subsequent projection gathering, Green Gold, 200 feet of 8mm. Kodachrome, by Mildred J. Caldwell, FACL, was featured. Shown on the same program were Lake Henshaw, by Carlton Lay, and Two Tourists in Europe, by Dr. Harriss. Rochester meets A recent meet ing of the 8mm. Club of Rochester, N. Y., featured a talk, Lenses and Optics, by Allen A. Cook, of the Wollensak Optical Company. In conjunction with this, the film, Lenses and Their Use, was pro jected. The entertainment portion of the program was made up of two ACL Club Library prints, Doghouse Bliies, by E. H. Sparks, ACL, and Magic Stairway, by Harlan Webber, ACL; Past Master, by George Valentine, Escape, by Warren Doremus, ACL, and Over Dose, by Francis J. Barrett. A surprise offering was the U. S. Air Corps color film, Memphis Belle. Asheville Members of the Smoky Mountain Movie Club, of Asheville, N. C. have been busy on the first and third Wednesdays of each month with special screenings for patients at Moore General Hospital. Members show their own films as well as commercial 16mm. productions. North Detroit Andrew Miedema has been awarded the Achievement Trophy of the North Detroit Cine Club, ACL, for his film. Our Florida Vacation, which placed first in the group's recent contest. The film runs 800 feet of 8mm. Kodachrome and won over eleven other entries. Runners-up in the contest were Clayton Coffman and Adam F. Werth. Mr. Miedema was recently elected for a three year term on the board of directors. Denver show The Tramway Building in Denver was the scene last month of the third annual salon sponsored by the Greater Denver Cinema League. The program opened with Rainbow Trail, by 0. L. Tapp, ACL, 1948 Ten Best winner, followed by Caledonian Chronicle, by Ether J. Cooke, ACL, and Through the Valley, by Harry Atwood, both 1949 Honorable Mentions. The program continued with The Raggedy Man, by Andy Potter; Adventures of Lassie, by Raymond J. Berger, ACL; Escape, by Warren Doremus, A A M M EASTON (PA.) CLICK-IT CLUB, ACL, gathers for second annual dinner in basement of neighboring Farmersville Church. Officers standing in rear include Paul Stull, president; Robert Youlton, toastmasrer; Edwin Jenkins, guest speaker; S. Genua, secretary, and R. Garren, vicepresident. ACL; The Unexpected, by Ernest H. Kremer, ACL, 1948 Maxim Award winner; The Witch Cat, by William Thomas, ACL, and Anytime After Six, by E. H. Sparks, ACL. All of the latter films, except The Unexpected, were Ten Best and Honorable Mention winners in the 1949 contest. Markley L. Pepper, ACL, was salon chairman. Musical arrangements were furnished by William Colin Kirk, ACL. Westwood meeting A mid-spring gathering of the Westwood Movie Club, in San Francisco, was opened with a talk by Dr. Mervyn Miller, professor of audio-visual education at the University of San Francisco, on Changing Your Hobby to a Vocation. This was followed by a screening of San Francisco, by Eric Unmack, to be taken with him on his trip to Australia next month. Metro agenda The last spring meetings of the Metro Movie Club of River Park, in Chicago, included the screening of Scandinavia, by Ralph Ibenfeldt, and The Mighty Colorado, by Ray Eggersted; a tour of Ansco film processing laboratory, and members' film night. Metro's fifth annual amateur film contest was recently concluded, and prize winners will be announced later. Los Angeles Highlight of the May meeting of the Los Angeles Cinema Club was Canyon House, by Lester S. Peterman, a film on shooting the rapids of the San Juan and Colorado Rivers. Sound and narration accompany the film, which runs fifty five minutes. The feature film was followed by The Green Squadron, by Carlos Grant, national prize winning documentary treatment of the mounted police of Chile, and Niagara Falls, by James Unsworth. A twenty five minute showing of international prize winning slides was also presented by Dr. Weitkamp. New in Georgia Through the efforts of Henry J. Burns, jr.. ACL, and his fellow hobbyists in Macon, Ga., the Ocmulgee Movie Club, ACL, has recently been organized. Mr. Burns is president, with Cecil Coke as vicepresident and Dr. W. R. Golsan as secretary. Lee Happ, ACL, is treasurer. Two directors, Sam Orr and Mrs. Thomas Halliburton, complete the roster of officers. The club has twenty one members