1927
Chicago, Illinois, USA
"Amateur cinematographers in Chicago now have a club devoted to their interests. The organization was launched recently at a meeting called by a committee appointed by the Chicago Camera Club and members of the Amateur Cinema League resident in that city. It will be known as the Movie Makers Club of Chicago." ("Closeups" 30)
"November at a meeting of the Movie Makers Club of Chicago. This widely heralded amateur production is a film description of the Mid-West metropolis, made up of shots of that city taken by members of the Movie Makers Club and assembled by Leon Benditsky, a member of the club and an active member of the Amateur Cinema League. Naturally, this clubmade product was the feature of the meeting at which it was presented." (Gale 25)
References:
"Closeups and Swaps," Amateur Movie Makers 2, no. 8 (1927): 30:31.
Gale, Arthur L. "Amateur Clubs," Amateur Move Makers 2, no. 12 (1927): 24:25, 68.
Gale, Arthur L. "Amateur Clubs," Movie Makers 3, no. 6 (1928): 390:391, 410:411.
Gale, Arthur L. "Amateur Clubs," Movie Makers 3, no. 7 (1928): 456:457, 482:485.
Gale, Arthur L. "Amateur Clubs," Amateur Movie Makers 3, no. 1 (1928): 33:34, 57:59.
Gale, Arthur L. "Amateur Clubs," Amateur Movie Makers 3, no. 3 (1928): 164:165, 201.
Gale, Arthur L. "Amateur Clubs," Amateur Movie Makers 3, no. 5 (1928): 310:312.
Amateur Cinema