"doc. didattico"/educational film
"a soggetto"/fiction film
"Another honorable mention goes to Leonard Clairmont, of 6247 Banner Place, Hollywood, Calif., for his tragedy, "Nemesis." Mr. Clairmont is an amateur cinematographer, although he is employed as a retoucher in a professional movie studio. "Nemesis" cost exactly $92.50. This entry was in 35 millimeters." Photoplay, Nov. 1929, 86
At home in the evening, a sophisticated young woman entertains an awkward male friend of her brother. They make small talk and dance to records -- but the boy's social anxiety overwhelms him, and he disappears in a puff of her cigarette smoke. (D.J. Duffy)
"Title, 'Nequasset Bridge is on new location of Route 1 near the famous ship-building city of Bath.'" oldfilm.org
"In this film record set in the beautiful Cumbrian countryside, sheep shearing and other farming activities take second place to fun. Whether swimming and splashing in a stream, feeding lambs, or taking a rowing boat out on the lake, there is plenty to keep children - and adults - busy. And of course we mustn't forget that essential outdoor activity - a picnic in the sunshine and fresh air." (BFI Player)
"Whitehall Newsreel featuring : Morecambe Baths opened on 27th July 1936, with a civic ceremony and female models. Followed by footage of football in Christy Park (Morecambe) then General Evangeline Booth addressing a crowd; cuts to firemen and the gutted timber yard of Hustler's Sawmills; cuts to Remembrance service and procession. Finishes with dancers dressed as sailors. Interspersed with seafront shots." (NWFA Online Archive)
"Hamilton H. Jones has again shown his marvelous ability to combine beautiful movies and fine music on the double turntable into a cinematic whole that, in New England Autumn, carries an audience through the calm delight of fall days to a climax that has great dignity and spiritual stimulation. We see autumn in its most restful and wistful mood, and the action is slowly paced in harmony with the dying year. There is leisurely strolling in the many hued woods. The leaves on the ground are scuffed through and gently scattered. We see the things that we all like to do in the forests in autumn. Finally, in an arresting sequence of autumn fruits — great, gleaming pumpkins and ruddy apples — the music turns to the inspiriting old Dutch hymn of thanksgiving. Rising first orchestrally and then voiced by a thousand singers, the chorus ends as our eyes are lifted to the simple spire of a New England church. Here is suavity, here is intelligent movie making and here are dignity and spiritual uplift." Movie Makers, Dec. 1947, 534.
Total Pages: 295
Amateur Cinema