Cinema Crafters, The

Year Founded:

1927

Location:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Film Formats:

35mm

Associated Filmmakers/People:

Lewis Jacobs

Resources:

"A new group of amateur movie makers, the Cinema Crafters, are organizing in Philadelphia. Under the guiding hand of Lewis Jacobs, an artist by profession, who became aware of the tremendous possibilities of the motion picture with the advent of The Cabinet of Doctor Caligari, this group intends to produce "Alice in Wonderland," and Amateur Movie Makers hopes to offer the scenario to its readers in an early issue." ("Closeups and Swaps" 36)

References:

"Closeups and Swaps," Amateur Movie Makers 2, no. 5 (1927): 36:37.

Gale, Arthur L. "Amateur Clubs," Amateur Movie Makers 3, no. 2 (1928): 100:101, 124.

Gale, Arthur L. "Amateur Clubs," Amateur Movie Makers 3, no. 3 (1928): 164:165, 201.