The filmgoers' annual (1932)

Record Details:

Title:
The filmgoers' annual
Date:
1932
Publisher:
London : Simpkin Marshall, Limited
Volume:
The filmgoers' annual (1932)
Leaf #:
00089
Language:
English
Subjects:
Motion Pictures, Film Industry Yearbook",nyarc-museumofmodernar
Collection:
United Kingdom, Hollywood Studio System, Global Cinema, and Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
The Museum of Modern Art Library, New York
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
March 21, 2024
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The Filmgoers' Annual 81 IN its rare qualities of head and of heart, " Tell England" is one of the finest pictures made. A great subject has been approached with great sincerity and great reverence and the result is something English to the uttermost and altogether inspiring. This picture is not a history of " The Immortal Gamble." It is a drama of the lives of two boys who were part of it. It is, however, so beautifully done that it must be seen and revived again and again, so that it will help to realise the belief that " the Saga of the Straits will be sung by our people long years after all who gave it orchestration are dead and turned to dust." We are told sometimes by picture producers that " war-pictures are dead." War pictures will TELL ENGLAND An Epic of Gallipoli surely die when heroism shall cease to walk upon the earth and when men shall no more remember their elder brethren. " Tell England " opens in April, 1014, introducing two schoolboy friends, Rupert Ray and Edgar Doe. They are seen in their school, at their games, and in their homes. It is an authentic picture of England : " Her sights and sounds; dreams happy as her day ; And laughter, learnt of friends ; and gentleness, In hearts at peace, under an English heaven." Then there is the coming of war, with scenes in which Fay Compton, Carl Harbord, Tony (Please turn to page eighty-four) 1 \ I -^»«»^<» J