Movie Makers (Jan-Dec 1952)

MOVIE MAKERS 27 clubs in the New York metropolitan area also have been offered. Movie clubs interested in applying for a booking should address David 0. Ruark, c/o Reeves Soundcraft Corporation, 10 East 52nd Street, New York 22, N. Y. Asheville A special club project will occupy the time of members of the Smoky Mountain Movie Club, ACL, this winter. Under the leadership of club president Romona Jayne, the club will produce a film about the nursery school for handicapped children at the local orthopedic hospital. At last report not all jobs had been assigned, but the script was being prepared by Jo McDaniel, ACL, art work was being studied by Louise Redus, and Dr. E. J. Chapman, ACL, Robert Campbell and Dr. Robert Schell, ACL, were asked to do the titles. Good luck to the club on this worthy project! Vailsburg gala The annual Open House of the Vailsburg Cine Club. ACL, was held in the Ivy Street School. Newark, N. J., before the holidays. It is reported that the event stimulated considerable local interest in the work of cine amateurs. The program included Mexican Molarity, by Cal Duncan, ACL; The Gannets, by Warren A. Levett, ACL ; Make Mine Magic, by George Valentine; While the Earth Remaineth, by Frank E. Gunnell, FACL, and The Director, by Mr. Duncan. In charge of arrangements were Harry Linken, Hal Glaser, ACL, and Fred Feudale. ACL. Walter Strombach, ACL, handled publicity. Winnipeg The Winnipeg Cine Club, ACL, featured at its meeting this month a screening of The Loon's Necklace, 16mm. Kodachrome production by Crawley Films, Ltd., of Canada, and winner of countless top international awards for artistic merit. It should interest our readers to know that Crawley Films was found Clarenc ed by F. Radford and Judith Crawley, amateur winners in 1939 of the third Maxim Memorial Award. On the same program were a series of 100 foot rolls of sound on film produced as a group effort by the Ottawa Cine Club. A different method of recording the sound was employed in each of the three tests, as explained by Watson Balharrie, ACL, of the Ottawa group. Also shown was Far Away Places, 500 feet of 8mm. color, by club member Don Fonger. Chicago ASSOC. Conrad A. Bauer heads the new officers of the Associated Amateur Cinema Clubs, in Chicago, as president, with Alice Koch as vicepresident. Margaret E. Conneely, ACL, is secretary, and Oscar Clements, ACL, is treasurer. The AACC is composed of twelve member clubs, all located in the Chicago metropolitan area. Schenectady Le0 Schaab, ACL, has been chosen chairman of the Movie Group, of the Schenectady Photographic Society, ACL, with Mildred Tucker as secretary. Highlight of the winter programs came this month when W. A. Gluesing, of General Electric, was guest speaker at a joint session of the Society. Mr. Gluesing's remarks covered the fields of effective winter photography, still or cine, editing and musical scoring. He projected three films, Cloud Trail, Ski Legs and White Ecstasy. Enqland Our English contemporary, Amateur Cine World, announces this month the winners in the Intermediate Competition sponsored by the magazine. In Class A were the following: Awheel in the Cevennes, by Geoffrey R. Kerby; Hallo, Penelope!, by Gordon Davies; Summer Snapshots, by G. C. Hanney, and Wedding Day, also by Mr. Davies. In Class B were A Dog's Life, by Lewis Webley ; Hectic Holiday, by A. Sidi; Portrait of Peter, NEWS i ! This World Famous Lens Maker Introduces New V/i" Telephoto Lens for 8mm Movies. Steinheil-Munchen, Germany has been a byword among photographers for over 100 years. Their precision lenses have been on the lens boards of view cameras, portrait cameras, and press cameras — the choice of photographers who demand the best. Now, home movie makers can enjoy Steinheil-Munchen quality with this entirely new telephoto lens. In sharpness, correction, and resolution, it is second to none. 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