Educational film catalog (1936)

EDUCATIONALL FILM CATALOG Maria Chapdelaine— Continued simplicity of the country. A realisticjg- treatment of the manners and traditions inic- the Catholic community in the Lake Sthe John region en "Beneath the simple beauty of its scenes, the countryside and its habitants (so sym- pathetically acted by an excellent cast of • players) is a moral beauty, unobtrusive but^i- all pervading and deeply moving." Nat. F bd. of rev. mag. ;_# jh-sh-c 1°' Mary Tudor. 6R 35-si-nf-apply Film clas-j35 sic exchange ^ell "This film based on Victor Hugo's 'Mary Tudor' showing the reign of 'Bloody Mary' was produced by World in 1919." Dis- tributor '' ' J.ut3'id.ii/0t«o '(^ida-blv^ Ji «^i,i vAnti.d-'t.juCight to the screen by G. W. Pabst. Scenario by Paul Morand. Photography by Nicholas Farkas. This film marks Chaliapin's screen debut. Special music composed by Jacques Bert and Dargomijsky. Others in the cast include George Robey as Sancho Panza and Sidney Fox as Maria, Don Quixote's niece. May be had with Eng- lish or French dialog "Among the many scenes visualized . . . Is the episode in which the crazed cavalier charges headlong into the blades of a revolving windmill; the performance of the theatrical troupe which Don Quixote mis- takes for genuine royalty and of whom he begs a knightly commission; and the tournament at the Ducal Palace, where the Don maintains his air of tragic dignity despite the realization that the Duke is in- sincere and is making a fool of him before the court ladies." Producer "A masterpiece . . . one of the most moving impersonations ever seen on the screen." N.Y. Post sh-c Education of Steve Smith. 30min 16-si- rent $2.50 1935 Harmon found. F DISTRIBUTORS 16mm: YMCA Directed by Professor R. C. Hunter "Steve Smith, a student at Weston Col- lege, is so enthralled by his scholastic honors that he becomes coldly self-cen- tered, neglecting all warm human contacts. He thus gradually isolates himself, and eventually wrecks both his friendships and his love affair. A wise teacher succeeds in calling him out of himself by directing his attention to solving a research problem and winning again the girl he loves." Producer Guide 25c f Emil und die detektive. 77min 16-sd-apply 35-sd-f-apply 1932 Int. film bur. F Produced by Ufa. The International film bureau reports that the 16mm distribution- al rights in Michigan, Wisconsin, Minneso- ta, North Dakota, South Dakota and Mon- tana have been sold to the University of Wisconsin. Therefore if you are applying from any of those states for 16mm use the University of Wisconsin. Both 16mm and 35mm rights in Washington, Oregon, California, Arizona, Nevada and Idaho have been sold to the University of Cali- fornia. If applying for either 16mm or 35mm from those states use the University of California. All other users should ap- tply to the International film bureau. May be secured under title "Sherlock, Jr" with English dialog (16-sd-rent $8) from Bell & Howell "A child gang film which brings the children's cinema ... to the level of the children's stage. . . 'Emil' Is excellent, excellent for both children and their parents and better probably for the chil- •i-(ilent; sd> sound; f - Inflammable; nf - safety; el f dren. . . Call Emil, John; Neustadt, Croy- den; Berlin, London; and English would come as naturally from these children's lips as any other tongue. For Emil is not a German boy, but the Boy. As he travels alone from Neustadt to Berlin, a stranger in the railway carriage gives him sweets. When he wakens, the 140 marks he was taking to his grandmother in Berlin are gone. . . Emil . . . resolves to track down the supposed thief himself. . . Gustav is the leader of a gang and the gang is sum- moned by his horn. It includes the pro- fessor; a red Indian fan, and other cliar- acteristic specimens of boyhood. Together with Emil they plan a campaign to re- cover the stolen money. . . This film . . . Is one in which lovers of character study, lovers of humor, and lovers of children may all delight. It is also, which is much more, a film for boys. . . It gives as good a picture of boyhood as any I have ever seen, whether in word, picture or sound." Review of reviews "Sections of the film dialog. Isolated into six units for classroom preparation and edited by William Kurath, chairman of the Department of German of the Uni- versity of Arizona, with appropriate vo- cabulary notes and explanatory summaries, have been published for use with the film. Marginal indications relate reels of the film to chapters of the reader (Holt & Co.), but the short summaries preceding each unit of dialog have in mind those groups which are not using the reader. The dialog units were chosen for their value as examples of the current and prac- tical use of the language." Distributor "Perhaps the most delightful and valu- able of the German films now available in this country. . . A charming comedy." Modern Language Journal el-Jh-sh-c Eternal mask. 77min 16-sd-apply 35-sd- f-apply 1937 Mayer & Burstyn F Produced by Progress films, Berne, Switzerland Based on the novel of the same title by Leo Lapaire. A German dialogue film with English sub-titles The mind of the brilliant Dr Dumartin becomes quite hopelessly distorted and tra- ditional methods of treatment all fail. As a last resort a young associate insists that he be permitted to try his methods—and they are successful "[It] Is as thrilling and exciting as any popular motion picture that has ever come out of Hollywood. . . It has been written with such a high degree of intelligence, and it is performed with such unerring ex- cellence, that it immediately emerges as a work apart from the ordinary run of cinematic offerings." N.Y. World-Tele- gram "A very unusual subject, but holding fine entertainment qualities. . . Beautifully done, and stands alone in a new field of thought-projection on the screen." Film Dally sh-c Fighting to live. 66min 19.34 Rell fc Howell Ga 1933 Garrison DISTRIBUTORS 16m,m: IdP 16-sd-rent $12 F TT This drama of adolescence was produced by Pathe-Nathan and is available in French with English superimposed titles Jtemkin. 57niin 16-sd-sale apply; rent $15 1934 Garrison ' F DISTRIBUTORS 16mm: IdP Produced by Sergei Eisenstein in USSR, originally released by Kinematrade; and itary; jh • Junior high; sh - senior high; c • collese l;