c2000 book on Home Movies
Toronto. In the time before digital and smart phones everywhere, a sub set of amateur photographers took and projected movies. Home movies entertained us after watching the ‘boob tube’ lost interest momentarily.
The late Alan Katttelle from down Massachusetts way, was an enthusiast extraordinaire of movies. Alan wrote a definitive book titled “Home Movies – A History of the American Industry 1897 – 1979“. His 2000 book was reviewed in our issue 26-3 (Nov/Dec 2000) and begins, “Alan Kattelle, co-founder and Past President of the Movie Machine Society, Charter member and Past President of the Photographic Historical Society of New England and a collector of amateur motion picture equipment for 25 years, has produced a much awaited anthology on the topic of “Home Movies”.
“We are already well experienced to Alan’s cumulative knowledge through his frequent writings in photo history journals and his many lectures; now his knowledge has been set permanently to paper.” …
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