Movie Makers (Jan-Dec 1929)

I»*«>'%'HE IMA.KEMES Western Contest WIDESPREAD interest has been aroused among amateurs in the vicinity of Stockton, Calif., by the amateur movie contest now being held by the Foto-Cine Productions Club of that city. The contest opened September 1st and will close December 31st, giving ample time for movie makers to submit their films. All League members and readers of Movie Makers, within the contest's range, are urged to submit films, because it is the intention of the Foto-Cine Productions to discover the best amateur work in Stockton and to represent that city with those films in a contest with La Jolla and other southern California towns. With the cooperation of northern California clubs, a state contest will be later undertaken. Prizes will be awarded under three classes — general films, photoplays or film stories and natural color films. The length is not limited and it will be seen that any type of amateur movie work will come under one of the three headings. The contest is recognized by the Amateur Cinema League and the results will be accepted by the League. Cooperative A MIMEOGRAPHED club paper, entitled The Fade-Out, has been initiated by the wide-awake Cleveland Movie Club. Notes on club activities, meetings and personalities are featured in the new sheet, which is to be published "at most any time." Alfred Hall Bemis, in charge of the film record of the Cleveland Air Meet being compiled by the Cleveland club, reports that the events have been completely covered and that many superlative shots were obtained by the amateur cameramen working with him. In cooperation with the Cleveland club's civic project, the Philadelphia Amateur Motion Picture Club has secured shots of the take-off of several of the derbies at the Philadelphia airport, J. W. Robbins acting as cameraman for the Philadelphians. Scenes of the flight were also obtained at the Birmingham, Ala., air field by Jack London of the Birmingham Amateur Motion Picture Association. The fine cooperation elicited in this project marks the growing strength of the amateur movie club development. Amalgamate FltO.M Edgar Holden, Newark, N. J., Comes the announcement of the amalgamation of amateur producers near Newark with the Undergraduate Motion Pictures of Princeton University. The new organization has been named the Metropolitan Undergraduate Cinema to represent the combination. The studio facilities at Princeton will be used for interior work, and amateur cameramen will be drawn from Newark, Brooklyn and the Oranges in New Jersey. A light comedy drama will be the first production of the new organization, to be followed by an experimental film in which the camera is to be treated as a person in the story. Officers include Mr. Holden, director; Charles D. Hodges, business manager; Serge A. Korfl, treasurer; Fred Frost, publicity; James McCormick, properties; Betty Holden, assistant director, and a board made up of these with Addison Hobart and A. Sherman R utter. Additional cameramen will be Joseph Free. Harry Louderbaugh, A. H. Singer and J. V. D. Bucher. The cast of the first production will be announced later. Civic Effort SCENES actually taken in the Juvenile Court and in the city jails distinguish Trustworthy, 35mm. production of the Birmingham, Ala., Amateur Motion Picture Association, which was recently given its premiere in that city. The film, made with the cooperation of the Boy Scouts, tells of the reformation of a neighborhood gang through the work of the Birmingham Boy Scouts. More than fifty scouts took part in the picture, and the principal cast includes Mrs. W. I. Woodstock, Donald Clayton, Elton Allen, Jack Meacham, Edward Wilkin. Morris McCullough, Eastone Melof, Billy Meacham, John Clover, Frank Vines, C. M. Cook. Charles Piez. Russell Barnhill, Dan McCullough and George Nagel. 9 MM. Production UNDER the leadership of George Strong, of Easthampton, L. I., My Maryland, 800 ft., 9mm., was recently completed. The film tells the story of the boy who comes to New York to make good but who, after unfortunate adventures, returns to wed the country sweetheart. In the cast are .Alma Marsland, Rosalie Baker, H. E. Marsland, Stanley Stady and Carleton Smith. Plans for 16mm. productions are under wav. Aids Personnel Work FOLLOWING the successful public presentation of Hot Shots, a film produced with the cooperation of the Kansas Gas & Electric Co., Jack Lewis, Wichita, Kansas, announces plans for the formation of an amateur motion picture club for regular production work. An organization meeting is scheduled for this month. Hot Shots depicts the adventures of Tillie, who goes to work for the Kansas Gas & Electric Co., where, through her William Haines outlook, she meets many adventures, until she is finally set (Continued on page 745) BEAUTIFUL STILL In Mudily II alers. Filmed By The Hawtliorne Photo(>raphic Club, Chicago 717