Movie Makers (Jan-Dec 1953)

MOVIE MAKERS in this year's Ten Best contest was received on Thanksgiving Eve. Your award has given me confidence. And, rather than stand on my laurels, I shall work harder than ever to make some day the Ten Best circle. Barry W. Dance, ACL Los Angeles, Calif. IT'S A MIRACLE Dear Mr. Moore: While baking Thanksgiving pies Wednesday, the mailman brought the certificate for Honorable Mention with the Ten Best Amateur Films of 1952 for Grand Adventure. It's a miracle that I did not stuff the turkey with pumpkin or put cranberries in the soup — for my head was lost in a rosy cloud. Now, this fifty-two year old housewife is warning you that 1953 will bring you another adventure picture, with sound, from the beautiful canyon country of the West. This time I hope to prove that an 8mm. picture can be a Ten Best winner. I've been told it's impossible! Louise Fetzner, ACL Pasadena, Calif. Eight tilmer Fetzner has been listening to the wrong gossips. For, 29 percent of the 8mm. films entered in ACL's 1952 contest won through to honors — two in the Ten Best, five among the Honorable Mentions. Only 24'/2 percent of all 16mm. films in the competition were equally honored. Furthermore, 8mm. films have twice won the Maxim Memorial Award — first in 1940 with The Will and The Way, by Chester Glassley; most recently in 1949 with One Summer Day, by Glen H. Turner, ACL. THE ACL SPIRIT Dear ACL: I want to express my deep appreciation for your sending me the name of A. J. Lustig, ACL, of the Detroit Cinema Club, ACL, as one who might be able to show a film of mine to an elderly couple in that city. I have never seen such cooperation and friendliness as Mr. Lustig extended to me. and I hope that in some way I may be able to return his kindness. If other ACL cinema clubs have this same spirit, it means a great success for the ACL. Edmund Rushmore, ACL Reno. 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