"A well done travelogue of Hawaii showing the sports the tourist usually sees, the profusion of flowers, etc." PSA Journal, Nov. 1956, 45.
"The Line combines serious commentary with humorous visuals to tell us that in man's lifetime his joys (above the line) just about equal his sorrows (below the line.)" PSA Journal, Sept. 1966, 35.
"Floating, bubbling, revolving, darting, projecting, swirling, blending, forming, superimposing colors upon colors in sync with jazz music. Two numbers of different tempo and patterns, a fantasia of color configuration and music. What can one say about this type of visual and audible accomplishment on film? This will be included in the [prize winning] Package." PSA Journal, Oct. 1962, 34.
"Listen is an appropriate title for a film that won the MPD Sound Award for Richard Garman of Salt Lake City. In 9 minutes of color you will learn the life story of a cricket. You may have heard the sound of its chirping all your life, but now you will be face to face with it just as you've always heard it - then in slow motion (or speed) and then even in slower motion (or speed). You have got it to hear it to believe it" PSA Journal, Nov. 1969, 57.
"An amateur anti-smoking film produced by Helen and Sidney Mortiz that mocks cigarette advertisements of its day. Shot in the late 1960s or early 1970s and distributed by the Society of Amateur Cinematographers (SAC)." Chicago Film Archives
"An award-winning, detailed study of the life of this fascinating bird. Exciting sequences of their remarkable courage in defense of their young." Oldfilm.org
"After looking at advertising films for many years, we have reached the point where we can take them or leave them alone — but this film took us. Although presented by the General Electric Company as a sales picture, this film is really an important educational document, and it holds one's attention every minute. Camera work and sound are, of course, excellent, and the sections of the film that are illustrated by animated diagrams, to show exactly what FM (Frequency Modulation) really is, are extremely well done. We have little or no radio knowledge, but the film was so clear and concise that we not only want an FM set when the war is over, but we know why. Special mention must go to the writer of the sound commentary, for the production of an excellent narrative. We can only hope that other companies that use movies commercially will follow the high standards of quality and good taste set by this film, for its advertising is both subtle and completely inoffensive. Listen—It's FM! deserves a top score in every respect, for continuity, cinematography and sound all combine to form a perfect film." Movie Makers, Dec. 1942, 506-507.
A Little Bit of Yukon takes you on a trip north to Alaska. You get 18 minutes of some very beautiful scenery (in color, of course) and the location of some very well-stocked fishing holes. Tom Mitoma is our tour guide, with a very good job of camera work. It's an interesting film for outdoorsmen and a very easy way to take a trip to Alaska for those of us who are not," PSA Journal, Mar. 1970, 44.
"A family picture built around the young daughter of Ira Radovsky. She is coming into the age when little girls want to go for a walk when things at home are not completely as they would like them. We follow the adventures of this young lady and enjoy every moment of it." PSA Journal, Nov. 1958, 46.
"In Little Geezer, running 400 feet, Theodore Huff, ACL, has produced one of the most able and amusing burlesque film stories of the amateur year, repeating his success of that earlier satiric classic, Hearts of the West. Again he has used, with amazing directorial facility, the neighborhood youngsters as his only actors. Again he has aped, with his own peculiar genius, the threadbare cliches of professional drama, poking fun in his filming as well as his titling. Little Geezer offers fine examples of real cinema, is the sort of thing amateurs can do as well or better than professionals and is delightfully amusing in the process." Movie Makers, Dec. 1932, 561.
"Theodore Huff, ACL, has done it again! That lone wolf producer of Hearts Of The West has paralleled the gorgeous fun of his earlier panning of the purple plains as he takes the gangsters for a ride in Little Geezer. The Big Shot, his lieutenant, Greta Garbage (" — more to be pitied than sniffed at") and Scarface Macaroni are all there, played by the neighborhood kids, no one of them over eleven years old. Through their naively serious acting and his own genius at direction and editing. Mr. Huff has riddled with bursts of laughter the machine gun monarchy of professional filmdom." Movie Makers, Sept. 1932, 398.
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Amateur Cinema