Movie Makers (Jan-Dec 1953)
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AUGUST 1953
Italy Visitors to Italy this summer will be interested in the competition being sponsored by the Cine Club ICAL-Milano, ACL. This contest, open to all amateurs who are members of a recognized movie club anywhere in the world, is limited to twentyminute films showing the scenery of Isola Bella, Isola Madre, the "Castles of Cannero and the Rock of Angera, all at Lake Maggiore. Closing date is November 30. Special passes to the islands may be obtained from the committee at the club's headquarters, Corso Venezia No. 35, Milano.
Yctntocaw Elected recently to guide the newly formed Yantacaw Camera Club, ACL, of Passaic, N. J., are Horace M. Guthman, ACL, president; Ehman Van Biert, vicepresident; Evelyn Murray, secretary, and Fred H. Numrich, treasurer.
Directors will be Gordon Broomhall, Otto Moehlan and James A. Randazzo. Installation was conducted by the Reverend Henry J. Berkobin of the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, of Nutley, N. J., also an avid movie maker and member of the club.
Toledo The annual salon of the Toledo Amateur Movie Makers, ACL, held recently at the Toledo Museum of Art, featured screenings of Fruit Cake, by Ernest Goodwin, ACL; The Magic of a Merry Christmas, by Freeman Enbody ; Holiday in Michigan, by Harvey Russell; Around Lot 34, a 1951 Honorable Mention winner, by Henry Auger, ACL; Paintings, a 1952 Honorable Mention film, by George Canning, ACL, and Poet and Peasant, a 1952 Ten Bester, by Robert G. Williams, ACL.
TTB in Houston The Southwest Movie Makers Guild, ACL, of Houton, Texas, will present The Top of the Ten Best, ACL's new feature program which is taking the amateur film world by storm, on August 28 at the YMCA Main Auditorium, 1320 Rusk Street, Houston. Tickets are priced at $1.00, including tax, and may be obtained at the door or from Marion Riddick, managing director of the guild, at 815 Stuart Street, Houston.
Mr. Riddick has informed us that any ACL members in that area, or on a visit to Houston on that date, may obtain free tickets if they will write him ahead of time. All ACL-ers are urged to take
advantage of this generous offer and see this outstanding program of the top amateur films of 1952.
Another feature of the evening will be the first screening of one of Mr. Riddick's own films, Texas Bluebonnet Serenade, which he has just completed after two years of work. The picture, a fantasy with an original musical score by Bernie Clements, documents the bluebonnet as the state flower of Texas. Sounds good!
Braintree Members of the 16 & 8 Movie Club, ACL, of Braintree, Mass., have named Dominic Grazio, ACL, as their president for the coming season, with Alan Thewlis, first vicepresident; Winthrop Moore, second vicepresident; Mrs. Stanley E. Brackett, ACL, secretary, and Robert Mahn, treasurer. Entertainment for this election meeting included His Off Day, by J. Owen Campbell; Squeaky' s Kittens, by Walter Bergmann, FACL, and Crystal Clear, by Joseph J. Harley, FACL— all from the ACL Club Film Library.
Johannesburg t°p film in the
seventh annual Films of the Year competition held by The Amateur Cine Club, ACL, of Johannesburg, South Africa, was Continental Canvas, by Arland Ussher. Other pictures placing among the Five Best were The House, with Nobody in It, by B. T. Smith; African Journey, by E. M. Phillips ; Landmarks of Southern Rhodesia, by F. G. Abernathy, and Trio, by M. J. Kallin.
Special merit awards were given to Busman's Holiday, by I. G. Nicol, and
Au Johannesburg, by J. E. Walsh. The Bob Pollack Trophy for the best color film of South African wild life was given to Water for Game, by A. J. Broughton, ACL, and the Walsh Trophy for the best film by a novice was awarded to Mr. Kallin for Trio.
Long Beach Featured at the June meeting of the Long Beach (Calif.) Cinema Club were screenings of Lassen Peak, by Lola Pedersen; Raising Heniquen in Yucatan, by Al Larrabee, ACL; Buenas Dias, by Carlton Lay, and Turn Around — Safety, by Earl Everley, ACL. Other events enjoyed by club members recently were the desert trip to Indian Cove on May 31 and the Past Presidents' Night and Pot Luck Dinner on June 17.
Milwaukee The Amateur Movie Society of Milwaukee, ACL, was host last month to the MetTo Movie Club of River Park, ACL, from Chicago, whose members brought along a most interesting program. Among the films screened were The Big City, a 1952 Honorable Mention winner, and Big City Yuletide, both by Richard Guetl, and A Short Tale of a Dog and Racing Wings, by William E. Ziemer.
Minneapolis 8s The Minneapolis Octo-Cine Guild, ACL, presented its fourteenth annual Spring Show on May 1 to an audience of over 500 at the Bryant Junior High School.
Featured on the program were Washington, D. C, by Clifford Jurgensen, ACL; The Chocolate Cookie, by Roger
Almon H. Coulter, ACL
TOP OF THE TEN BEST program packs Denver's Bell Telephone hall at joint screening by Amateur Motion Picture Society of Denver, ACL, and Greater Denver Cinema League, ACL. William C. Kirk, ACL, and Markley L. Pepper, ACL, mounted the presentation.