Educational film magazine; (19-)

"THE TRAGEDY OF RUSSIA" nnHE following review of this remarkable photoplay in seven reels is taken from the Film-Express, of Berlin, Germany: The international film market will without doubt be profoundly stirred by the film, The Tragedy of Russia. This sensational film transports us to the near with an astounding fidelity to facts, and permits us to see with our own eyes the most important events of world-history. The great myriad-empire, Russia, has a nightmare. After the blood- bath of the world war it is plunged into the aimless, chaotic rule of Kerensky, and then cast down into the confusion of th? greatest imag- inable political and social changes. The terrifying Russian colossus collapses like a house of cards. All that surrounded him goes to wreck and ruin, in deepest misery and to the accompaniment of the shrieks of the masses. Thirsting for blood, the mob seizes power and avenges itself gruesomely for its sufferings of centuries. The film is constructed on a strictly historical foundation. The wealth of authentic pictures and the original surroundings in which the film came into being form a sufficient guarantee for its popularity. It is particularly worthy of note that, despite the sharpest objectivity, the film is absolutely free of everytrace of propaganda of any kind. Neither the agitator from the political right nor the agitator from the left can find any argument in this film to support his position. The events unroll themselves before the eyes of the spectators in the form of a drama, chronologically exact and true. Those interested in acquiring the American rights should write or cable the director of the Polish-American Film Factory, ^'Orient-Film," Rymanicz, Warsaw, Newo-Senatorska 8, Poland. LATEST PATHE REVIEWS PATHE REVIEW NO. ISO features "The Running Broad Jump," demonstrated by international athletes, the English and American styles being contrasted. By means of slow-motion photography, all the minute differences in style and form, too subtle for the eye to catch, are registered. "The City of Romance" shows historical views of St. Augustine, Fla- The Hy Mayer Capitol Travelaugh, "The City-Bred Generation," gives humorous thoughts on the future of the coming gen- erations of children. "The Tale of a Tire" illustrates the history of an automobile shoe from crude rubber to finished product. "Springtime in Northern Africa," the Pathdcolor travel-picture, glimpses picturesque locales and people seen on a 200-mile burro trip inland from Tangiers. Path4 Review No. 131 opens with "The River Beautiful," which fol- lows the Ausable River in New York State from the peaceful valley where it is scarcely more than a brook to the region where it drops seventy feet in two miles and becomes a turbulent torrent. Here occurs one of the scenic wonders of America, the Ausable Chasm, a gigantic groove worn by the river deep into the valley's sandstone floor. The slow-motion feature of this reel, "Basketball-Aces," analyses some of the difficult shots in the game effected by star players at Teachers' Col- lege, Columbia University. The Pathecolor feature gives views of L'Es- terel, a region where the French Alps reach out to the west. Entitled "The Cliff Dwellers of France," it shows views of mountain-side villages some of which date back to the times of the Roman invasion. ''Jarave- Jarave," a Mexican dance once sacred to tiie Tarascan Indians, and "AU-Year Celery," grown in Florida, complete the film. Under the title "The Feminine Touch," PatM Review No. 132 offers a demonstration of "good form" in athletics by college girls at Colum- bia University, the slow motion shots emphasizing a grace of movement not achieved by men. Three sight-seeing trips as va!ried as the conti- nents they represent are: "In the Piazza of St. Mark's," a Pathecolor jaunt around Venice; "In the Emperor's Tea Gardens," a visit to Kobata Uji, Japan, where tea for the emperor is picked and sorted; and "Steaming Up Mount Washington," a climb of 3,700 feet by cog-wheel railroad up the highest peak of the White Mountains. "Hoo's Hoo!" is the picture-story of an owl who deserted life in the trees for the society of human beings. Pathi Review No. 133 offers a slow-motion study of Johnson and Tilden, the world's greatest tennis players in action. This is followed by "Hunting Wild Turkeys," a bit of an old-fashioned sport practised m Western Maryland. Two Pathecolor studies are included: "Mother Nature Obliges," being scenes of the practical uses made of hot bubbling springs in YeUowstone National Park, and "The Oldest Seaport in Europe," Malaya, Spain. A glimpse of the ancient industries and cus- toms of Morocco completes the film. A highly interesting presentation of the evolution of armor from days of ancient warfare to the present time and illustrated by treasured relics at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, is an outstanding feature of PatM Revietv No. IS4. These views include a fine suit of armor for both horse and man worn by a high French officer of the Fifteenth Century; steel foot-casings, a helmet long reverenced as be- longing to Joan d'Arc; the modem adaptation of armor to use in the Great War; and a scene in the armorer's smithy of the Museum. "Good Form In Golf," a slow-motion offering, shows Barnes and Hutchin- son playing the game; "The River of the Gods" is the Tomoko in the Everglades, Florida, held sacred by the Seminole Indians; "The Lakes of Lomliardy," a study of northern Italian lakes; and "The Capital of the Sahara," glimpses of life in Laghouat, Algeria, aretboth Pathecolor offerings of much beauty. I 6 6 5 5 (Universal).. INDIANA INDORSERS' APPROVED LISTS MRS. CHARLES L. DAVIDSON, Chairman Picture Committee, 417 E. 17th St., Indianapolis Ind. Viewing of these pictures before booking is advisable in mo^ instances, especially where they are to be shown before group of children and young people.— Editor. "Indicates an especially good picture. ADULT Wedding Bells—Constance Talmadge (First National). (Problems of life) What Every Woman Knows—Lois Wilson (Lasky)... (Teaches highest sense of love and marriage) *The Road to London—Bryant Washburn (Pathi) (Romance in London) Once to Every Woman—Dorothy Phillips (Universal)... (Drama dealing with worldly ambitions) Kazan—Jane Novak, James Curwood (Far North Story) Twin Husbands—Dolly Walbert (Universal) , (A farce with dramatic situations) The Call of Youth (Lasky).^ (English Romance) Guile of Woman—Will Rogers (Ooldwyn) (Love affairs of a Swede Sailor) The Last Door—Eugene O'Brien (Selznick) (Crook story of mystery and intrigue) The Miracle of Manhattan (Selznick)., (Social drama) The Man of the Forest (First National) (Western drama) Wolves of the North—Eva Novak (Alaskan melodrama) Blind Wives (Fox) . (Domestic drama—recommend shortening of love scene between Russian wife and lover) *The Sky Pilot—John Bowers (First National) (Good Western drama) Proxies (Vitagraph) _ _ (Crook picture with good moral) The Scarab Ring—Alice Joyce (Vitagraph).... (Mystery story of lost ring) The Golden Snare (First National) (Story of the Northwest) Stranger Than Fiction—Katherine MacDonald (First National) (Underworld melodrama) *The Great Adventure—Lionel Barrymore (First National) _... . f (Adult comedy, scene laid in London) ~ 'C The Mistress of Slienston«^-Pauline Frederick (Robertson-Cole) % i (English romance) ~' *i \ The Land of Hope—Alice Brady (Realart) _ | (Romance of immigrant girl) f Playthings of Destiny—Anita Stewart (First National) | \ (Drama and romance) XT , , , FAMILY Nobody's Kid—Mae Marsh (Famous) (Orphan asylum romance) 'Sentimental Tommy (Famous Players) (Scotch romance) *That Something—Margaret Wilson (Herrman Film. Company) ... (Rotarian picture) Two Weeks With Pay—Bebe Daniels (Realart) (Comedy romance) The Whistle—William Hart (Paramount) (Factory drama) ~ •The Midnight Bell—Charles Ray (First National) _ (Rural romance) *Courtship of Miles Standish _ 6 (I*uritan romance) After Your Own Heart—Tom Mix (Fox) „ S (Comedy romance) *The Highest Law (Select) _ _ _ 5 (Good patriotic picture) Message from Mars—Bert Lytell (Metro) _ _ *j (English romance—Scene laid Christmas eve) 'Conquest of Canaan—Thomas Meighan (Famous Players). „ (Booth Tarkington romance) *Such a Little Queen—Constance Binney (Realart) (Romance) •Lavendar and Old Lace—Margaret Snow (PatM) (Romance) Keeping Up With Lizzie—Enid Bennett (Roekett Film Company) _ A Ix)st Romance—Conrad Nagle (Paramount) t (Comedy drama) •Too Much Speed—Wallace R.eld (Paramount) _ 5 (Racing picture) •Double Speed—Wallace Reid (Paramount). 8 (Comedy romance) u