Year book of motion pictures (1951)

pictures than with the {joint of view of the indi\idiial organization, the pre\ie\\' chairmen, sitting as an editorial board, compile reviews published as the JOINT ESTIM.ATES OF CURRENT MOTION PICTURES. This semi monthly report is popularly known as the "Green Sheet." JOINT ESTlSlATES OF CURRENT MOTION PICTURES provides three basic appraisals: Audience suitability classifications: F— Family. .\-YP— .\dults and \oung People. A— .Adults. In addition, the "Green Sheet" provides an .ippraisal of each pictures content as to entertainment value, moral acceptability, and educational merit. As the audience classifications are not to be interpreted as merit classifications, the reviews of the pictures undertake to express the editorial hoard's judgment. Photoplays held to have outstanding merit are awarded the distinction of a star. Where the opinions of the editorial chairmen are not in agreement, the estimate of the majority is reflected in the appraisal, and the exceptions, either in audience classification or general ratings, are noted. The Motion Picture .Association prints and distributes JOINT ESTIMATES OF CURRENT MOTION PICTURES for the national groups doing the previewing. Subscriptions to JOINT ESTIM.ATES are available to individuals identified with some organized group in their community and to interested exhibitors. Requests to obtain the "Green Sheet" should be addressed to the Joint Estimates of Current Motion Pictures, 28 West 44th Street, New York 18, N. Y. Upon receipt of such request, a questionnaire will be mailed to the applicant asking what type of materials is desired, and what affiliations with public activities each applicant has in his or her community. Upon receipt of the questionnaire, the applicant will be placed on the mailing list to receive not only the JOINT ESTIMATES but other material related to specialized phases of motion picture art or industry applicable to the indicated interest or activity of the recipient. Children's Film Library In the brochure— available on request— explaining the Children's Film Library, Eric Johnston placed this introduction: "The Children's Film Library has but one aim and purpose: to keep constantly available for Saturday showings the finest possible films for the children of .America. "Ageless stories by Mark Twain, Robert Louis Stevenson, Lewis Carroll, James Fenimore Cooper and Booth Tarkington take their place in the Library beside modern tales of stirring historical happenings— life in foreign lands— diverting situations that lead to laughter. "In undertaking this project, the motion picture industr\ is proud to have a part in preserving for vounger audiences the photoplays which tile children lo\e and have made their own. "If parents will encourage the screening of these pictures at their neighborhood theatres on Saturday shows, their children, I bePeve, will be enriched in literature, advanture, fantasy and fun. We present the CHILDREN'S FILM LIBRARY with that in mind." In the Children's Film Library, there are now fifty-three pictures; many additional photoplays in current release are available to exhibitors for children's programs; the key to these pictures are ratings which appear in the semi-monthly JOINT ESTIM.ATES OF CURRENT MOTION PICTURES. Two ratings are made: CPR (Recommended for the Children's Film Library) and CP.A (.Acceptable for Children's Programs). .All the films in the Children's Film Library are previewed by groups of children as well as l)y the National Children's Film Library Committee; this dual appraisal and selection guarantees both the moral and age classification suitability and the entertainment acceptability of these pictures for special children's programs. Organizations participating in the National Children's Film Library are: .\merican Legion .Auxiliary. Protestant Motion Picture Council. Long Island Federation of Women's Clubs. .American Library Association. Parents & Teachers .Assn., Metropolitan .Area. National Society, Daughters of the .American Revolution. Parents' Magazine. Film Division, P.T.. A. —Vermont. National Federation of Music Clubs. National Board of Re\iew, Schools Motion Picture Com. .American .Association of University Women, New York State. National Council of Jewish Women. Cieneral Federation of \Vomen's Clubs. International Federation of Catholic .Alumnae. Brooklyn Motion Picture Council. Staten Island Motion Picture Council. (.)ueens Motion Picture Council. United Daughters of the Confederacy. For advice and guidance in the initiation of special children's programs or cooperation from exhibitors, address Marjorie Gronger Dawson, director, National Children's Film Library, 28 West 44lh Street, New York 18, N. Y. Providing ideal entertainment for children, ages eight to twelve, is the primary objective of the Children's Film Library; because the pictures in the Children's Film Library were designed for general audiences, these age limits are not arbitrary.