Movie Makers (Jan-Dec 1952)

Record Details:

Title:
Movie Makers
Date:
Jan-Dec 1952
Publisher:
Amateur Cinema League, inc.
Volume:
Movie Makers (Jan-Dec 1952)
Leaf #:
000300
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:
December 02, 2023
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280 OCTOBER 1952 Philadelphia The season's opening session of the Philadelphia Cinema Club offered a film program led off by two travel films by Belford Neff — Zion and Bryce Canyons and Crater Lake. Two additional color sound films, Harnessed Lightning and The Questing Mind, borrowed from the General Motors Research Laboratories in Detroit, completed the screening. Metro calendar The four September sessions of the Metro Movie Club, of River Park, ACL, in Chicago, provided a lively send off for the new season. The first weekly program offered In Fancy Free, 1951 Maxim Award winner, by Glen H. Turner, ACL; Life Along the Waterways, by Roy Wilcox, ACL, and Introduction to Jazz, by S. David Saxon. Calumet Movie and Slide Club, of Hammond, Ind., staged the second program. Pictures shown were Passing of the Backhouse and That Time Again, by C. Ohr, and Once Upon A Nickel, by Vincent McArty. A short business meeting and a roundtable discussion of filming problems were featured on the third program, which also included the screening of The Cinematographer. Final session of the month was feature night, the picture being Our Homeland, by A. C. Christensen. Denver dines Tne Amateur Motion Picture Society of Denver, ACL, celebrated its first birthday last month with a banquet at Cunningham's. An election of officers was held, but no details are available at this writing. Two films from the ACL Club Film Library were shown, Minnesota State Fair, by the Minneapolis Cine Club, ACL, and Doghouse Blues, by Earl H. Sparks, ACL. In addition. Hands Around the Clock, by William Messner, ACL, and Make Mine Magic, by George Valentine, were screened. Markley L. Pepper, ACL, presided. MMPC Opener The first meeting of the 1952-53 season of the Metropolitan Motion Picture Club, ACL, in New York City, was held the middle of last month. The program was led off by Aquacade Americana, by B. J. Babbitt, of the Chicago Cinema Club, ACL, followed by Cine Memoirs, by George Mesaros, FACL. After an intermission, the two concluding films shown were Romance of Gloucester, by Bert Seckendorf, ACL, of the Brooklyn Amateur Cine Club, ACL, and Johnny Gets a Haircut, by Charles Lonk, of the Chicago Cinema Club, ACL. Ralph R. Eno, ACL. newly elected president, presided at the meeting. Wichita Recent meetings of the Wichita (Kans. ) Amateur Movie Club, ACL, have offered members varied movie making fare. Demonstrations of magnetic sound on film and on tape were featured at one gathering, with Douglas Williams, ACL, using an RCA magnetic sound projector and his own specially prepared film, The Modern Miracle, for the first showing. Bill Halsey was in charge of the Revere Synchro-Tape demonstration. A subsequent program featured Along the Santa Fe Trail, presented by John Neeley. ACL, through the courtesy of the Santa Fe Railroad, and Arizona Holiday. The club meets at the new Coca-Cola plant in Wichita. Johannesburg One of the features of a recent program of the Amateur Cine Club. ACL, of Johannesburg, South Africa, was a talk by J. M. Morison on child photography. Three films also were screened: Bazley Beach, Growing Up, by R. L. Harper, and Babies Only, by P. Solnick. Club president B. T. Smith presided. Albany opening The Amateur Motion Picture Society of Albany, ACL. opened its 1952-53 season early last month. Discussion of a club filming project figured prominently in the business session that preceded the screening. Two films were shown: Little Intruder, by Joseph J. Harley. FACL. and Symphony of the Village, by Bert Seckendorf. ACL. Milwaukee Timothy M. Lawler. jr.. ACL. and Mrs. Lawler, of Kenosha, Wise, were guests of the Amateur Movie Society of Milwaukee. ACL, last month. They presented a program of three of their prize winning films, Trilogy, Isle of the Dead and Duck Soup. S. F, Screening Program chairman Jim Barbour, of the Cinema Club of San Francisco, arranged a showing of films and slides for an end of the summer session. The slides were European Cities Today, by Rudolph A. Rothe. The three films were Snow on the Run, produced by the Southern Pacific Railroad; Higlnvay Sixteen, shown through the courtesy of the Canadian Consulate General, and Glasstown — U.S.A., an industrial study produced by and about the Owens-Illinois Glass Company. Chicago agenda September and the start of its twenty fifth season provided members of the Chicago Cinema Club, ACL, with two feature films of interest, Under Texas Skies, by Willis Johnson, and Beautiful England, by George Ives, ACL. October will bring to the club South of the Border, by Walter J. Schroeder, and Springtime in Europe, by Robert Barnard, ACL. October 23 is the official birthday for the club, and the occasion will be marked with suitable festivities at the Carleton Hotel in Oak Park. Peter S. Bezek is chairman of the 25th Anniversary committee. No details of the party were available at press time. Winnipeg gala The annual ban quet of the Winnipeg Cine Club of Canada was held last month at Moore's banquet hall. The film program was provided by the ACL and comprised The Gannets, 1950 Maxim Award winner, by Warren A. Levett. ACL; My Trip to Europe, by Harry Groedel, ACL; Circus Time, by George Merz. ACL, and Voorlezer's House, by Frank E. Gunnell, FACL. Seattle showing Three films b? members were featured at the September gathering of the Seattle Amateur Movie Club, ACL. led off by A Novelty Short, by John Moran. ACL. and Mrs. Moran. Conglomeration No. 2, by Pete Delaurenti. ACL, followed. The Unexpected, by Fred Herman, an 8mm. production, concluded the program. L# A# 8's An 8mm. cine college is to be sponsored during the coming year by the Los Angeles 8mm. Club, ACL. The study groups will meet in members' homes, as present plans stand, and will range from consideration of basic filming problems to more advanced phases of movie making. The ACL Movie Book is to be used as the official text for the course. Last month the club presented the entire Gala Show program of the New York 8mm. Motion Picture Club, just as it was seen in New York City this past spring. The pictures were Dress Affair, by John Harms; Far, FarAway