Movie Makers (Jan-Dec 1953)

248 SEPTEMBER 1953 MMPC contests The Metropolitan Motion Picture Club, ACL, of New York City, has announced the three contests which it will conduct during the 1953-54 season. A schedule card, which is reprodii el below as an excellent example of correlating club contest data, was sent to all members as the club's official contest announcement. Non-members of MMPC may write for one to this year's contest chairman, Dr. M. L. Fielding, 2 Broadway, New York 4, or they may call him at BOwling Green 9-6542. On October 1 the club will be honored with a visit from Alfred T. Bartlett, AACL, of Brisbane, Australia, where he is president of the Queensland Amateur Cine Society. Mr. Bartlett will screen three of his excellent films — Make Mine Movies, The Enchanted Isles and Give Us This Day, the latter named by ACL as one of the Ten Best of 1952. This hands-across-the-sea program, initiated by the ACL, is something that no movie maker will want to miss! Pox Valley Clyde Todson was elected president for the coming season by members of the Fox Valley (Elgin, 111.) Movie Club, ACL, recently. Serving with Mr. Todson will be Oliver Barron, ACL, vicepresident; Richard Meier, secretary; Cleteus Krunnfusz, treasurer, and John Dahlstrom, Fred Haacker and Mrs. Fred Kettner, directors. Winners of the club's contests held during the past year were announced at the installation meeting. Robert Ely and Mr. Barron won the one-reel, unedited awards for 8mm. and 16mm. respectively. Gus Holmberg, ACL, was in first place in the 8mm. silent division, with Mr. Haacker and Alvin Keuker receiving honorable mentions. George Underhill received the only award for 8mm. sound. Mr. Meier led the field in the 16mm. class, with Mr. Barron following closely with an honorable mention. Mr. Meier also won the sweepstakes award for his film, Trees. TTB in Kankakee The Kankakee (111.) Camera Club will present The Top of the Ten Best on September 16 at the Kankakee Civic Auditorium. Tickets are priced at only $1.00, including tax, and may be purchased at the door or from camera club members. For those movie makers who would like tickets in advance by mail, we suggest writing to Haven Trecker, AACL, 670 Enos Avenue, Kankakee, 111. Incidentally, an extra added attraction for the evening will be the presence as guests of honor of Delores and Timothy Lawler, AACL, producers of Duck Soup, the 1952 Maxim Award Metro winners The Metro Movie Club of River Park. ACL, in Chicago, has awarded the Arthur H. Elliott Trophy this year to Modern Samaritan, by Don Barber, ACL. This film also placed first in the sound division, with Racing Wings, by William Ziemer, taking second place. In the 8mm. division, Enchanted Isle, by Richard Guetl, took first honors, and High Iron, by John Frederick, second. Officers of this club for the 1953-54 season will be Andrew Graham, president; Dr. Frank Biedka, ACL, vicepresident; Carl Frazier, ACL, secretary, and Arthur J. Barcal, treasurer. Denver A recent meeting of the Amateur Motion Picture Society of Denver, ACL, was turned over to the screening of 8mm. films, among which were Caledonian Chronicle, by Esther Cooke, ACL; Teton Trails, by Alta Seifer, ACL, and The Big Three (Bryce Canyon, Grand Canyon and METROPOLITAN MOTION PICTURE CLUB, INC. New York, N. Y. Schedule of Contests 1953 1954 NAME OF CONTEST ELIGIBILITY LENGTH JUDGING FRIZES CLOSING DATE The GENERAL CONTEST Any member in good standing Unrestricted (Length of film not a judging factor) Judges chosen by the Contest Committee 1st JIOO.OO 2nd 50.00 3rd 25.00 Nov. 20, 1953 NOVICE CONTEST (Hairy Groedel Awards) All members except: First prize winners in General MMPC Contests—or — 10 Best Winners within 10 years Not over 16 minutes in screen time. 400' 16mm at 16fps 600' 16mm at 24fps 200' 8mm at 16fps Judging by members present at Feb. 1954 Regular Meeting 1st _.... 3 50.00 2nd . 30.00 3rd 20.00 Jan. 30, 1954 The SHORT FILM CONTESTS Any member in good standing 50' 8mm at 16fps 100' 16mm at I6fps 150' 16mm at 24lps Judges chosen by the Contest Committee Total .$100.00 Best 8mm 50.00 Best 16mm 50.00 Mar. 31, 1954 Zion National Parks), by Markley L. Pepper, ACL. A demonstration of stereo movies for the amateur completed the evening's entertainment. Later in the month, Mr. Pepper visited the Greater Denver Cinema League, ACL, and presented his Sidewalks of New York and Of Steel and Stone. That program was further enhanced by a showing of Tony Learns About Fire, an instructional film made by the Denver Fire Department. Lancaster elects Guiding the new year's activities for the Amateur Cinema Club of Lancaster, ACL, in Pennsylvania, will be R. C. Heagey as president, with J. Paul Nolt, ACL, vicepresident; P. A. Richards, secretary, and Robert C. Rosenburg, ACL, treasurer. The club has been recessed for the summer months, but will resume meetings September 23 on its customary fourthWednesday-ofeach-month schedule. L.A. Cinema Club Winners of the recent Be Your Own Critic contest sponsored by the Los Angeles Cinema Club were Barbeque, by Harold K. Folsom; Power, by Avalon and Tom Baskin, and Totem Pole Land, by Janet and Arthur E. Harvey. The winners were judged to have submitted the best suggestions as to how their pictures could have been improved and to have shown, by those suggestions, that they had the best understanding of how a picture should be made. Here is a new idea in club contests which other clubs might very well consider. St. Louis Guiding the Amateur Motion Picture Club of St. Louis for 1953-54 will be Luther Ryan, ACL, president; Merrill Jenkins, first vicepresident; Elmer Moeller, second vicepresident; George Lambier, secretary; I. L. Albert, treasurer, and Minnie Jincks and Berney Sullivan, directors. Announcement of the club's best pictures of the year was made at the election meeting. They were The Adirondacks, a 16mm. film by Michael Friedlein, and Welcome to Utah, an 8mm. film by Mr. Ryan. New Zealand Through the cooperation of the Christchurch Movie Club, ACL, in New Zealand, amateurs down under will have a chance to see a selected program of films from the ACL Club Film Library