Cumberland Cinema Club

Alternate Name:

Cumberland Amateur Motion Picture Club

Year Founded:

1928

Location:

Vineland, New Jersey, USA

Film Formats:

16mm, 35mm

Resources:

"ANOTHER New Jersey club is recorded with the organization of the Cumberland Amateur Motion Picture Club of Vineland, N. J. This enthusiastic group has already started production of a photoplay whose name and substance have not been announced. A fully equipped laboratory is owned by the club where everything will be done, including film development. Studio equipment will be built as needed. Roy C. Ehrhardt is president and camera man; Louis Ely, vice-president: John B. d'Ippolito, Jr., secretary; Samuel Gassel, manager; Sid Unsworth, in charge of lighting; Victor Teubler, properties, and I. Kricheff, publicity manager." (Gale 124)

"THE Cumberland Amateur Motion Picture Club of Vineland, N. J., has finished shooting its current production, a farce comedy as yet unnamed, and the film is now being titled and edited." (Gale 391)

"The Heart of Texas Cinema Club in Waco, Texas, recently screened Nuggett Nell, 800 ft., 35mm. production of the Cumberland Cinema Club, at a program conducted on Baylor University campus." (Gale 677)

Selected references:

Gale, Arthur L. "Amateur Clubs," Movie Makers 3, no. 6 (1928): 390:391, 410:411.

Gale, Arthur L. "Amateur Clubs," Movie Makers 3, no. 12 (1928): 780:781, 819:821

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

Gale, Arthur L. "Amateur Clubs," Movie Makers 4, no. 2 (1929): 100:101, 118-119.

Gale, Arthur L. "Amateur Clubs," Movie Makers 4, no. 5 (1929): 300:301, 339:345.

Gale, Arthur L. "Amateur Clubs," Movie Makers 3, no. 10 (1929): 652:653, 673:677.

Frequent references thereafter.