Movie Makers (Jan-Dec 1952)

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58 FEBRUARY 1952 L. A. winners Mrs Edna E Kel_ lam garnered top honors in the 1951 annual contest sponsored by the Los Angeles Cinema Club, being both the Sweepstakes winner and placing first in the live-voice-accompaniment classification. Her film was Italy and Switzerland. Other first place winners were My Graduation Day, sound-on-disc group, by Herbert F. Sturdy, ACL, and Harold Ramser; Ensenada, silent, by Charles M. Peters, and All the World's a Stage, sound on film, by Leo Caloia. Mr. Peters and Mr. Sturdy also won second place honors, in the sound-ontape and silent divisions, respectively, along with Jack Helstowski and Mildred Zimmerman, ACL. In third place were Mr. Ramser, Charles J. Ross, ACL, and Dr. H. L. Thompson, ACL, club president. A jury of six professional filmers. five of them members of the American Society of Cinematographers, judged the entries. Denver elects L. A. Durbin was elected president of the Greater Denver Cinema League, ACL, to succeed William C. Kirk, ACL, who becomes council representative. William I. Nelson was re-elected vicepresident, and Helena K. Behr, ACL, was named secretary-treasurer. Mr. Nelson gave a talk on splicing and then showed his film, Yellowstone, which was followed by Christmas at the Cootie Club, by Mr. Bergstrom; Autumn in Chicago, by Mr. Mendenhall, and a commercial film, Fishing in Norway. Brooklyn showing The Brooklyn Amateur Cine Club, ACL, featured two 8mm. films at its mid-January meeting, Nature Campers, 1951 Honorable Mention winner, by Herbert Shumway, ACL, and On Location ivith MGM, by Al Londema. The club's plans for this year's 16mm. Gala Show are shaping up. Feature of the program will be In Fancy Free, 1951 Maxim Award winner by Glen H. Turner. ACL. Venezia, Pearl of the Adriatic, 1951 Ten Best winner by Oscar H. Horovitz, ACL. has also been booked. The show will be held April 18 at the St. Felix St. Theatre, 122 St. Felix Street, Brooklyn, and tickets will be 95 cents. Further details can be had by 'phoning club president Bert Seckendorf. ACL, at WO 2-2579 or GE 8-5066. Aussie Winners The December issue of Victorian Movie Makers, published by the Victorian Amateur Cine Society, ACL. of Australia, announces the Five Best Films of 1951, as chosen in the Society's contest. Max Knobel heads the list with A Tale of Two Cities. The others are Six Minutes with Nature, by W. G. Nicholls; Quiet Afternoon, by K. F. Hall; Beach Carnival, by S. R. Vincett and Mr. Nicholls, and The Great Ocean Road, by Mr. Knobel, top award winner. Runners-up were Happy Birthday, by C. G. Dean; // These Cliffs Could Speak, by R. H. Sandercock; A Trip to the Blue Mountains, by W. R. Drew, and Moods in Meditation, by D. E. Howson. New Zealand The seventh annual screening of the Best Films of the Year, as selected from the annual contest sponsored by Christchurch Movie Club, of Christchurch, New Zealand, was held before the holidays. The program, entirely 8mm. except the first named, follows: Canterbury Chronicle, newsreel, by Roy A. Evans; Nursery Rhymes, by Mrs. K. H. Fulford, winner of Progress Cup; Tea Party for Jan, by B. W. Morse, Novice Cup; Casual Casualty, by H. B. Parkin, Bailey Cup; Christchurch Calendar, by Mrs. W. S. MacGibbon, Storey Cup ; Interrupted Holiday, by Mrs. MacGibbon, Ladies' Challenge Trophy, and The Story of the A. M. Hauser ■ " 1 ■Bte?.^ fs^J^iii KSHB It*' "\b HP* J^k ''' 1 ^^H i 7 Bk ^^■s* y^^^V AL POPPE, president of Fond du Lac Movie Makers, ACL, is host to Erma Niedermeyer, ACL, left, 1943 Maxim Award winner from Milwaukee, with club contest winners Mrs. Ivan Owen (16mm.) and Mrs. Al Hauser (8mm.). AWARD WINNERS (I. to r.) in 1951 annual contest of Richmond (Calif.) Movie Camera Club, ACL, are Robert Buckett, ACL, third; Madeline Whittlesey and Donald Hitchcox, tied second, Edna Hunting, ACL, first. Bridle Path, by J. G. Simpson, Monochrome Cup. Winner of the Ian R. Little Cup for the best film of the year, not named in the last club bulletin received, was to have been screened as well. Buffalo elects William A. Thomas, ACL, is the new president of the Amateur Cinema Club of Buffalo, with Grace Lindner, ACL, as vicepresident. Armand Sieper is secretary, and R. Korst is treasurer. Erwin Raunick will be in charge of membership, W. E. Morrison, programs, H. Lenz, contests, and Herman Lovett, publicity. Leslie Meloon is technical adviser, and Robert Corless was named in charge of the salon. Taft shows The Taft Cinema Club, in New York City, has sponsored recently a showing and demonstration of a great variety of currently available cameras. The instruments were discussed in detail and their merits compared at some length. At another late session the club witnessed the filming of a 50 foot movie by Terry Manos, ACL, with the assistance of other members of the club. Durban Xmas The Christmas meeting of the Cine 8 Club, of Durban, South Africa, featured a showing of Castle films for the benefit of the small fry and a program of different fare for their elders, an on-the-spot judging of the first entry in the club's uncut film contest and two films by A. F. MacKenzie. Evelyn and Ruth's Adventure and // Winter Comes. Washington With a popular movie making class as a special attraction behind it, the Washington Society of Cinematographers initiates its WSC Workshop this year, a sort of extension of last year's study course. A highlight of the program for