Movie Makers (Jun-Dec 1928)

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$500 PRIZE WINNING PICTURE! After six months' review of an almost unlimited number of entries covering practically every theme, the Contest Committee of PHOTOPLAY MAGAZINE selected "QUAIL HUNTING WITH GUN AND POINTERS" By B. V. Covert as the most attractive and interesting of the 16mm pictures. This exceptional picture of bird and dog life has been re-edited by Mr. Covert, reduced to a 200 foot reel at $15.00 HIGHLITEC N»FROM THE NEW O 13 Lindbergh turns the Spirit of St. Louis over to the Smithsonian Institute. The Kentucky Derby, America's Turf Classic. All on one 100 ft. reel $7.50 Have you ordered your five reel FILM CHEST? . . $6.50 AT YOUR DEALER— OR ORDER DIRECT FROM "GANZ" *07 5th AVE NEW YORK "A GANZ production is a guarantee of QUALITY" YCLP CAMERA'S Reflects the Wisdom of Your Choice in the Results it Obtains KINO-HYPAR tINEGOR-TELESTAR Are known for their fine corrections, their speed and fine workmanship — the best assurance of tone atmosphere, correct perspective and wealth of detail from the scenes at which you point your camera. Goerz lenses are made in a variety of speeds and focal lengths. Our service department will gladly advise you as to the best selection for your camera and the particular work you are most interested in. C.P. GOERZ AMERICAN OPTICAL CO. MANUFACTURERS OF LENSES AND PRECISION INSTRUMENTS TO AID CINE-AMATEURS 317 East 34th St. New York City THE FIRST SYMPOSIUM {Continued from page 383) will evolve from its work a fundamental evaluation of the status of amateur cinematography as it now stands. The members of this committee, in addition to the chairman, are Kenneth W. Adams, writer and former technician in continuity and editing in various professional studios; J. M. Fisher, film critic and member of the Will Hays organization; Arthur L. Gale, photoplay consultant of the Amateur Cinema League; Professor Carl Louis Gregory, F. R. P. S., author, teacher and authority on motion picture photography; Walter D. Kerst, S. M. P. E., technical consultant of the Amateur Cinema League; Herbert C. McKay, A. R. P. S., author and Dean of the New York Institute of Photography; Carl L. Oswald, author and authority on photographic processes; John W. Scott, technician with the Eastman Kodak Company; Frederick James Smith, editor and motion picture critic, and Stanley A. Tompkins, authority on photographic and cinematographic processes. This committee, which combines the best eastern authorities on amateur cinematography from many points of view, will, it is expected, produce a monograph as a result of its labors. The Amateur Cinema League claims two of the prize winners as its members. Russell T. Ervin, director of "And How", the prize-winner in the 35mm class, early joined organized amateur cinematography, together with others of his fellow club members in the Motion Picture Club of the Oranges, which organization produced this photoplay. Mr. Ervin is a resident of East Orange, N. J., and is a mechanical engineering expert whose business is in New York City. The Motion Picture Club of the Oranges is well known to readers of Movie Makers Magazine. It is a pioneer organization in amateur photoplay making. B. V. Covert, of Lockport (N. Y.) and Pinehurst (N. C), 16mm winner, is a charter League member. He is a retired automobile parts manufacturer and a cinematic traveler. Clarence R. Underwood, of St. Louis,Mo., who bore off the 9mm prize, has used Movie Makers Magazine as an advertising medium. Kennin Hamilton, of Toronto, Canada, winner of the special award, is a bond salesman of that city. "And How", winner in the 35mm class, is a photo-comedy, done in the professional manner so far as subject matter is concerned. Its technique is admirable and has most of the 422