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3 5 Millimeter Division
Russell T. Ervin, Jr.,
East Orange, N. J.
WINNERS OF THE PHOTOPLAY MAGAZINE CONTEST 16 Millimeter Division Special Award
B. V. Covert, Kennin Hamilton,
Lockport, N. Y. Toronto, Canada
9 Millimeter Division
C. R. Underwood,
St. Louis, Mo.
THE FIRST SYMPOSIUM
Announcing the Result of the Photoplay Magazine Amateur Contest
THE first amateur film contest has ended and four amateurs are richer by S500 each. The contest, conducted by Photoplay, an important national motion picture magazine, was begun in June. 1927. It offered a S500 prize to the producer of the best film in the 16mm division, the 35mm division and the 9mm division, and another prize of the same amount to be awarded without reference to division entry.
The contest closed February 15 of this year. Films were judged bv Hiram Percy Maxim, president of the Amateur Cinema League: S. L. Rothafel ("Roxy"), theatre owner and radio favorite: Nickolas Muray, wellknown artistic photographer: and James Quirk, editor, and Frederick James Smith, managing editor, of Photoplay. The winners were the Motion Picture Club of the Oranges ( Russell T. Ervin. director i in the 35mm division. B. V. Covert in the 16mm division. Clarence R. Lnder
By Roy W. Winton
wood in the 9mm division, and Kennin Hamilton, special award without reference to division.
Honorable mentions were given to \K illiam George Taylor. Hollvwood, Cal.. and Thomas Fisher. Pittsburgh. Pa., in the 35mm division: B. V. Covert, Margaret L. Bodine. Philadelphia. Pa., and Clyde Hammond, l oungstown. Ohio, in the 16mm division, and A. F. Weymeyer, Covington, Ky., in the 9mm division.
Films submitted covered a wide variety of subjects. There were photoplays, travel scenes, nature studies, ethnological records, family movies, news reports, ironical film comments and sport pictures. The photoplays outnumbered any one other class, although there were not so many photoplays as there were films of all other types. In spite of a general amateur shvness to exhibit, a goodly number of films were received. There was a
general tendency to attempt the unusual, which too frequently was conceived in terms of the grotesque and horrible. In the main the photography was good: some of it was excellent. There was an encouraging evidence of cinematic experiment and serious efforts were made to use the amateur camera as a distinct artistic medium. In general, the architect's plan was larger than the house and one had a sense of being hurried in viewing the films. Only a few of the contestants caught the proper relation between limited footage and comfortable story telling.
From these films the Amateur Cinema League will produce a serious study of amateur accomplishment as revealed in the largest collection of amateur films ever assembled. A committee of experts, under the chairmanship of the League's managing director, is viewing the films and analyzing them, and (Continued on page 422)
William G. Taylor, Hollywood, Calif.
35 Millimeter Division
WINNERS OF HONORABLE MENTION
Margaret L. Bodine, Thomas Fisher A. F. Weymeyer,
Philadelphia, Pa. Pittsburgh, Pa. Covington, Ky.
16 Millimeter Division 35 Millimeter Division 9 Millimeter Division
Clyde Hammond,
Youngstown, Ohio
16 Millimeter Division
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