[O.P. Geer--home movies] Reels 9-11

Date1932;1937

Can DescriptionsViewing notes: Reels 9-11 'The Backward Kids.' The Girl, Blanche Geer, The Boy, Malcolm McFall. SHOULD BE PLAYED FROM TAIL, a trick film with children making gestures so that objects would behave moving through space as if by magic. (Summer activities with tent, eating donuts, wearing sailor shirts, being served food by African American maid, throwing waste in trash. Swimming.) 'The American Legion Took Over New York in September 1937.' March, New York, 1937. Autos, airplanes, motorcycles. Member Amateur Cinema League title. 'Travelling with the Geers' Adirondacks, New York. Lake George, Bolton Landing, NY. Ausable River. Lake Placid. Keene Valley. 'Washington, D.C., April 21-25, 1932.' Monuments, Capitol, White House. Fredericksburg, Virginia. Arlington Bridge. Geers return home, suitcases and seats by fire. Amateur drama, 18 minutes. 'A Morning at 19 Rector with Olney & Geer Attorneys and Counsellors-at-Law' Newly-framed house. To New York. Skyline, harbor, buildings. In office. Staged office events. SS Paris, Statue of Liberty. Bankruptcy case.

Anecdotal Comments & ReflectionsMovie Makers, April 1933 'By the Big Dome: An amateur movie maker visits the nation's capitol,' by Olin Potter Geer, ACL, Pages 144, 160, 161 "...if you go in an open car, as we did, you should be prepared for a sleet storm such as we encountered, or for the summer heat of last year. By all means take your complete field equipment. A firm tripod is a necessity and a wide angle lens is a valuable help. As for filters, we used a 2X for most of our shots, with 4X or 5X occasionally. Telephoto lenses, a two and a four inch, will come in handy". Movie Makers June 1933 p. 256) “Washington Cherry Blossoms” shown At Hartford, “Unusually fine pictures from the cameras of League member and Movie Makers’ authors were screened at a late meeting of the Hartford Amateur Motion Picture Club, under the leadership of Hiram Percy Maxim, ACL club and League President. The included ...Washington Cherry Blossoms, by Olin Potter Geer.”