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Eightcrafters

Year Founded:

1934

Location:

South Pasadena, California, USA

Film Formats:

8mm

Associated Filmmakers/People:

R. F. Oden

Resources:

"From South Pasadena, Calif., comes the news of the Eightcrafters, a production unit specializing in the use of 8mm. equipment, under the leadership of Richard F. Oden, ACL, which already has to its credit a 200 foot drama known as Mugwumpus. Photographed by Mr. Oden, under the direction of Robert Doherty, the film included in its cast Dorothy and Mary Jappel, Norman Doherty, Albert Jones, William F. Nelson, James Menzies, James Harasta and Raymond Jappel. It has had its premier screening before members of the Los Angeles Amateur Cine Club." (Moore 69)

References:

Moore, James W. "Amateur Clubs," Movie Makers 9, no. 2 (1934): 62, 68:69.