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18. V/HEH£ TO GET FILIvIS
All over the co-^ntry the 'booking of films for noii-tiie?trical audiences is incireasing, Each, nonth vie shall p"u.blish a list of British Film Libraries and reviev^s of their catalogues so that borrov/ers raay extend tneir activities.
C-lTiLOGUE OF
ejLiLy films
k selected catalogue of those Filirs of all Lands (dating froiTi 1896 to 19o»4 inclusive) vvhich are still available in this country. Compiled, v/ith Introductions, uy A, Vesselo. Published by the British Film Institute, 4 Great Russell Street, Lo ndo n , V/ . C . 1 . "f r i c e ■ 2/ 6 d ,
"ITo'w that the film has forty years of e::cistence behind it'^, say the Governors of the British Film Institute, "the tim.e is ripe for a record to be compiled of material available for its study.''
V/e agree, as v^e agreed ten years bacit. But here it is, a list of some 700 films, all of ;vnich, claims the compiler, are obtainable in Britain; although when v^e put the claim to the test, it did not always vjork. .^11 the same, here is an adjnirable collection of films from v;nicii any group studying the development of the movie can pick o representative selection of programmes. Vesselo 's notes and classification are, in general, well done; but there are numerous errors and omissions v»hich arc v\*orth noting for a second edition vvhich vve hope the catalogue v;ill achieve. Among themi v^e note ?/ith surprise that Potcmxkin vvas made in 1918, Other points are: Stroheim: might have ueen given a mention vdth Th e Lie r r y G o h o un d rnd Schoedsac--: v>ith Grass; the unnamed director of The Last Perf ormiance v.as Paul Fcjos; 'lusalava , Len Lye's first film, v,8.s uncoloured; Flaherty did not edit In du s t r i a 1 Br i t a in ; Domesd-'^y England vvas made by Garruthers, not I.Iaurice Brovvne ; -instey did dot direct Gr r n t o n Tr a vd e r ; and Deserter v^as not the first Soviet sound filmi. But this is cnicken-food criticism of •what is a valuable job of great use to all follov^ers of the film. IJote the good arra^ of V/e sterns and careful annotation of early Ghaplins. The Museum of Llodern Art Film Library, with its wealth of material,' might well follow the British Film Institute's le-^d in this respect and issue a catalogue.