The well known UK amateur
film enthusiasts' magazine "Amateur Cine World" (known
by many as "The Moviemakers' Bible") launched a
competition for amateur films, sometime after the second World
War, around 1948 I think. Originally the prizes were
"Oscar" statuettes, in 1950 also with a cash prize of
£100. In later years other prizes were often provided by cine
manufacturers.
To encourage all the entrants, every film entered in any amateur
film gauge - 8mm / 9.5mm and 16mm was actually screened to a
panel of judges and some measure of grading was obtained by
awarding a star rating - gold; four; three; two and down to just
one star. (Yes in my youth I did enter a 9.5mm effort a couple of
times and got that one star award - better luck next time as they
say!)
The "1950 Ten Best"
programme introduction
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