Movie Makers (Jan-Dec 1953)
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NOVEMBER 1953
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Brooklyn Gala The Brooklyn Amateur Cine Club, ACL, will present its sixth annual 8mm. Gala Show on Friday, November 20, at the Neighborhood Club House, 104 Clark Street. Brooklyn (near the Hotel St. George). Tickets are priced at $.75, tax included, and may be ordered in advance from Michael Kupec, 210 East 17th Street, New York 3, N. Y.
Among the many fine films scheduled are To Build a Fire, by Harry W. Atwood, ACL; Living Dust, by George Valentine; Near Miss, ACL Honorable Mention winner in 1952, by Barry W. Dance, ACL; Seaside New York, by Sam Sohnen, ACL, and The Unknown, by David Stettner. ACL.
Westwood On November 27, the Westwood Movie Club of San Francisco will be visited by Alfred T. Bartlett, AACL, on the final leg of his trip around the world. Mr. Bartlett will speak to the members about filming Down Under and will present a selection of his fine films which will include The Enchanted Isles; Make Mine Movies and Give Us This Day, a Ten Best award winner in 1952.
UN benefit The United Nations Movie Club, ACL, in New York City, raised over $700 last month with a special show for the benefit of victims of the recent earthquake disaster in Greece. Supplementing the excellent film program was a special performance of a new radio script, Village in the Sky, by Sir Cedric Hardwicke and Luise Rainer. A good show for a good cause!
San Jose salon Among the films presented by the San Jose Movie Club at their tenth annual salon in September were Magic Medicine, by the Los Angeles 8mm. Club, ACL; Lost Weekend, by John J. Lloyd, ACL, and Two Thin Dimes, by Merle Williams, all on 8mm. The 16mm. films included A Camping AdRobert Dienethal
Gordon Broomhall
IN PASSAIC, N. J., members of the Yantacaw Camera Club, a new group, gather for a meeting.
venture, by William S. Block, ACL; Just Foolin' Around, by Gordon M. Robertson; Two Paper Cups, by Richard Baty; Sierra Summer, by Othel G. Goff, ACL; Ice Follies, by Leslie R. Olsen, ACL; Hands Around the Clock, 1950 Ten Best winner by William Messner, AACL, and Odd Fellow Hall, by Denver Sutton.
Denver AMPS Elected recently to guide the Amateur Motion Picture Society of Denver, ACL, for 1953-54 were Markley L. Pepper, ACL, president; Elmer Burkett, vicepresident; Alta Swifer, secretary-treasurer, and Walter W. Drake, ACL, member of the board. On the entertainment side of the election meeting were screenings of A Pair of Shorts and A Wolf's Tale, both by George Valentine, and Maxine's Big Moment and Maxine's Career, both by William Messner, AACL.
Honorary memberships in the society have been awarded to Messrs. Valentine and Messner and to Esther Cooke, ACL, of Albany, N. Y., in recognition of their kindnesses to the club during the past years.
Kansas City 8mm. winners in the Unusual Films contest held during the summer by the Kansas City Amateur Movie Makers,
IN CHICAGO, contest winners of Metro Movie Club, ACL, line up (I. to r.) as follows: Richard Guetl, first in 8mm.; John Frederick, second in 8; Arthur H. Elliott, ACL, making the Elliott Award; Don Barber, ACL, first in 16mm., and William Ziemer, second.
ACL, were Over the Rockies, by Lorene Martin, first, and Did You Ever, by Dr. Louis Goodson, second. In the 16mm. division, Puppet Show, by Clarence Simpson, ACL, was first, with Under Water Scenes, by Bill Moeller, second.
Milwaukee A. notice has been
received that the Amateur Movie Society of Milwaukee. ACL, is now meeting at Federal Post 203 of the American Legion at 727 East Wisconsin Avenue. If you would like to drop around to one of the meetings, the club meets on the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month at 8:15 in the evening.
Johannesburg
Members of the Johannesburg (South Africa) Amateur Cine Club, ACL, swept the field in the recent contest sponsored by the Transvaal Chamber of Mines. Wild Life Sanctuary, by D. Reucassel, took first honors, with Shivingwedzi and Kalahari, both by Dr. A. J. Broughton, ACL, taking second and third.
L. A. Eiqhts Winners of the Ladies Contest sponsored recently by the Los Angeles 8mm. Club, ACL, were Hook, Line and Sinker, by Marian Dance, first; Pooch Portraits, by Merle Williams, second, and The Court Award, by Joan Jackson, third. Judges for the evening were Nellie Lloyd, Phyllis Weethee and Louella Shaden, all from the Long Beach (Calif.) Cinema Club.
Oakland guests Members of the Richmond (Calif.) Movie Camera Club, ACL, were guests last month of the Oakland Camera Club, ACL, in the San Francisco Bay area. The program, which