Amateur Cinema Association of Siam, The

Year Founded:

1931

Location:

Bangkok, Siam, Thailand

Film Formats:

16mm

Resources:

"Under the patronage of Their Majesties, the King and Queen, the Amateur Cinema Association of Siam has recently been organized. The association, which includes all of the amateur cameramen in Bangkok, capital of Siam, has as its purpose the exchange of ideas and experience among members and the improvement of amateur movie making technique within the kingdom. A monthly magazine dealing with amateur movies is planned. The council of the association is made up of members of the Royal Family and amateur movie enthusiasts among Siam's nobility. Prince Purachatra, Minister of Railways, is the vice president. His Majesty, King Prajadhipok, is himself an able and active amateur movie maker with many reels of well photographed and well planned films to his credit. He is an Honorary Life Member of the Amateur Cinema League while Prince Purachatra and several other members of the Association's council are also League members. New members are joining rapidly and the Association promises to become one of the best organized and most active of all national amateur motion picture groups, ranking with those of Germany and Japan." (Gale 84)

Selected references:

Gale, Arthur L. "Amateur Clubs," Movie Makers 6, no. 2 (1931): 84:85, 112:114.

Gale, Arthur L. "Amateur Clubs," Movie Makers 6, no. 10 (1931): 536, 567:571.

Gale, Arthur L. "Amateur Clubs," Movie Makers 6, no. 11 (1931): 597, 612:615.

Gale, Arthur L. "Amateur Clubs," Movie Makers 7, no. 1 (1932): 18, 31:34.

Frequent references thereafter.