Amateur auteurs.(then & now)(Brief Article)(Buyers Guide)

Publication: Consumer Reports

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Filmmakers faced stiff competition at the 1957 Oscars: "12 Angry Men," "Peyton Place," "The Bridge on the River Kwai" Far from Hollywood, consumers, too, were making Movies--the from kind. Home-movie cameras, $50 to $150, were powered by a key-wound motor that ran 30 or 45 seconds. They shot 50-foot...

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