Walton C. Ament
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Walton C. Ament was an attorney
and film executive who produced Frank Buck
’s film Jungle Cavalcade
. Ament was an outspoken champion of newsreels. “The newsreel has not lost its vitality. It is not obsolescent. Never has it been more important,” he wrote in 1944. In 1946 Ament received a plaque from the War Activities Committee for voluntary war services.
in New York.
. He was subsequently Vice President, then Vice President and General Manager. During his tenure, he won an Oscar for producing Spills and Chills, a Best Live Action Short Film, Sports News Review Series. He also produced Frank Buck
’s film Jungle Cavalcade
.
Attorney at law
An attorney at law in the United States is a practitioner in a court of law who is legally qualified to prosecute and defend actions in such court on the retainer of clients. Alternative terms include counselor and lawyer...
and film executive who produced Frank Buck
Frank Buck (animal collector)
Frank Howard Buck was a hunter and "collector of wild animals," as well as a movie actor, director, writer and producer...
’s film Jungle Cavalcade
Jungle Cavalcade (1941 film)
Jungle Cavalcade is a compilation of footage from Frank Buck’s first three films depicting his adventures capturing animals for the world's zoos.-Scenes:Among the scenes in the film:...
. Ament was an outspoken champion of newsreels. “The newsreel has not lost its vitality. It is not obsolescent. Never has it been more important,” he wrote in 1944. In 1946 Ament received a plaque from the War Activities Committee for voluntary war services.
Early years
Walton C. Ament was the son of James McKeag Ament, listed on the 1920 US census as a chauffeur, and Ida May Campbell Ament. Walton graduated from Pennsylvania State College and Harvard Law School. He worked for the law firm Donovan, Leisure, Newton, and LombardDonovan, Leisure, Newton & Irvine
Donovan, Leisure, Newton & Irvine was a white-shoe New York law firm. It was founded in 1929 by General William "Wild Bill" Donovan, often called the Father of the CIA. The firm dissolved in 1998. Its notable antitrust cases include a series of lawsuits involving American Cyanamid in the 1960s...
in New York.
Film career
In 1939 Ament was appointed an editor at Pathé NewsPathe News
Pathé Newsreels were produced from 1910 until the 1970s, when production of newsreels was in general stopped. Pathé News today is known as British Pathé and its archive of over 90,000 reels is fully digitised and online.-History:...
. He was subsequently Vice President, then Vice President and General Manager. During his tenure, he won an Oscar for producing Spills and Chills, a Best Live Action Short Film, Sports News Review Series. He also produced Frank Buck
Frank Buck (animal collector)
Frank Howard Buck was a hunter and "collector of wild animals," as well as a movie actor, director, writer and producer...
’s film Jungle Cavalcade
Jungle Cavalcade (1941 film)
Jungle Cavalcade is a compilation of footage from Frank Buck’s first three films depicting his adventures capturing animals for the world's zoos.-Scenes:Among the scenes in the film:...
.