Amateur Movie Club of Roosevelt High School, The

Alternate Name:

Honorary Drama Society of Roosevelt High School; Players' Club

Year Founded:

1927

Location:

Des Moines, Iowa, USA

Film Formats:

16mm

Resources:

"The first amateur high school movie club, so far as this department is aware, has been organized in Des Moines, Iowa. The movement had its origin when the Players' Club, the honorary dramatic society of Roosevelt High School, took movies as part of their program in some recent school activities. The society has started camera work on a production that is adapted to school life and is complete in every detail." ("Closeups and Swaps 36-37).

Selected references:

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

Gale, Arthur L. "Amateur Clubs," Movie Makers 3, no. 7 (1928): 456:457, 482:485.

Gale, Arthur L. "Amateur Clubs," Movie Makers 3, no. 9 (1928): 578:579, 617:619.

Gale, Arthur L. "Amateur Clubs," Amateur Movie Makers 3, no. 1 (1928): 33:34, 57:59.

Frequent references thereafter.