Movie Makers (Jan-Dec 1953)

MOVIE MAKERS servant and affectionate detail the state visit of Britain's ruling monarchs. Then, a few months later, World War II broke out, and no more such movies were to come from Courtney's camera. In 1946 he became head of the provincial Bureau of Information — a post which he won largely (we always thought) by his photographic skills. Off and on, over the years, we have corresponded with him in that official capacity. Matter of fact, there's a letter from him in our desk now, dated February 7. He died a week later from a heart attack, while attending a hockey game. Well, Walter Bergmann, FACL, has gone and made another amateur movie for the good of his community. The man who — as they say at political conventions — the man who won a Fellowship in ACL practically singlehanded by his cine-devotion to civic welfare in Mount Vernon, N. Y., has now produced for that city's Board of Education a one reel, black and white study called Mount Vernon Girls' Club. The picture presents a competent and informing coverage of the volunteer activities of M. V. High School girls, as they serve their younger and less fortunate sisters at a welfare club house. Produced by Mr. Bergmann over a single weekend, the film was presented on television last month by a New York City station as part of a survey on H. S. activities in the metropolitan area. I, too, saw Cinerama [Continued from page 73] marched across the screen from one panel to another instantly became sunburned ! 6. Whenever horizontal lines stretch across the screen so far as to pass from one panel into another and the camera is panned, a jiggle appears at the narrow area of junction. This, in combination with the projector jump mentioned above, produces some really grotesque effects. Queerest was in the airplane sequence when Lowell Thomas proclaimed: "Nobody ever saw Manhattan Island like this before." He was quite right: nobody ever saw the Empire State Building doing a jig before. 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