Movie Makers (Jan-Dec 1950)

Record Details:

Title:
Movie Makers
Date:
Jan-Dec 1950
Publisher:
Amateur Cinema League, inc.
Volume:
Movie Makers (Jan-Dec 1950)
Leaf #:
000523
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:
September 21, 2023
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MOVIE MAKERS IMPORTANT MESSAGE TO NEW READERS OF MOVIE MAKERS You are now reading Volume 25. Number 12, the 25th Anniversary Issue of Movie Makers magazine. This issue commemorates a quarter of a century of publishing a magazine devoted exclusively to amateurs interested in making better movies. The Amateur Cinema League, publishers of Movie Makers, is naturally proud of this record and of the role it has played in many years of service to movie makers all over the world. Growing with this fascinating hobby, the ACL, since 1926, has advised and aided more than 100,000 movie makers through the pages of Movie Makers and by other League services. Since its first number, Movie Makers has brought its readers the latest news on film and equipment, helpful how-todo-it articles on every phase of movie making, initiated and sponsored the famed Hiram Percy Maxim Award and The Ten Best Contest, helped start movie clubs everywhere. Movie Makers, with every issue, has helped filmers get the most out of their hobby by presenting filming ideas, scenarios, title suggestions, lighting techniques, the latest in sound accompaniment, etc. Articles on good films and how they were made, personal news of active filmers, club news and other facets of filming are completely and fully covered and illustrated each month. You can read for yourself, in the pages of this 25th Anniversary Number, what the leaders of the amateur movie world think of MOVIE MAKERS. We know you will improve your own films by reading the ideas and suggestions contained in every issue. That's why we urge you to read the column on the right and join the ACL now. Receiving MOVIE MAKERS every month is just ONE advantage of becoming a member of the Amateur Cinema League! •••••• A, Ui. 1******, JAMES W. MOORE Managing Director 481 THE AMATEUR CINEMA LEAGUE, PUBLISHERS OF MOVIE MAKERS, CAN HELP YOU MAKE BETTER MOVIES As a Member You Receive: 1 -MOVIE MAKERS the ACL's fascinating, friendly, up-to-the-minute magazine— every month. Chock full of ideas and instructions on every aspect of movie making. 2-THE ACL MOVIE BOOK the Finest guide to 8mm. and 16mm. movie making. 311 pages of information and over 100 illustrations. This guide sells for $3.00! PLUS the Following League Services: Continuity and Film Planning Service . . . planning to make a movie of your vacation? of your family? The ACL's consulting department will work up film treatments for you, full of specific ideas on the planning, shooting and editing work. Special forms are available to help you present your ideas to the consulting department. Club Service . . . want to start a club? The ACL club department will give you helpful tips based on experience with clubs around the world for more than 23 years. Film Review Service . . . you've shot your film and now you want to know how it stacks up? Are there sequences in it that you're not quite sure of? Any 8mm. or 16mm. film may be sent to the ACL at any time for complete screening, detailed criticism and overall review. Booklets and Service Sheets . . . service sheets on specific problems that you may come up against are published at intervals. They are yours for the asking. Current booklets are: The ACL Data Book; Featuring The Family; Building a Dual Turntable. ALL THIS IS YOURS FOR ONLY $6.00 A YEAR! EXTRA NOW AVAILABLE! Official League leaders in full color! Official League lapel pins for you to wear! Official League stickers for all your equipment! SEND THE COUPON -TODAY! r "I AMATEUR CINEMA LEAGUE, 420 Lexington Avenue New York 17, N. Y. Inc. ♦ I wish to become a member of the ACL, receiving the ACL MOVIE BOOK, Movie Makers monthly, and all the League services for one year. I enclose remittance for $6 (of which $2 is for a year's subscription to Movie Makers) made payable to Amateur Cinema League, Inc. Name Street. City Zone -State_