Film and Radio Guide (Oct 1945-Jun 1946)

October, 1 945 FILM AND RADIO GUIDE 15 Oenone, in Tennyson’s poem, when she is deserted by Paris? Or contrasted with the furious passion of Dido when deserted by Aeneas? Should life-problems like these be discussed : should a girl marry a man she loves, even though he is of a different race, with different ideas and customs? What should a girl do when deserted by the man to whom she has entrusted all her happiness? How seriously should a naval officer take his romance with a Japanese girl? Are such romances likely to occur during America’s occupation of Japan? Pictures, in any case, hurdle the barriers of language. Our films are shown and enjoyed throughout the world. We, in turn, see the films of foreign countries. The greatest problem of this postwar period, wherever films are concerned, is the international problem. The Film Daily reports that the Soviet Government has set up an allBritish film theatre in Moscow, the first time such a thing has been done since the Red Revolution in 1917. Russia, likewise, has show-windows for its films in the theatres of New York and London. Brandon Films of New York distributes a great many Russian, French, and Spanish films to the schools of America, in 16mm. So long as the interchange of foreign films, especially for classroom use, is on a free, democratic basis, without subversive aim, they serve a useful purpose. But such films should be carefully scrutinized. In preparation for World War II, the Axis nations turned film producers {The Hollywood Reporter, April 20, 1937). They negotiated film treaties with many other countries, and began showing the world their “educa tional and cultural’’ films. This sort of thing requires eternal vigilance, and that vigilance is the price of freedom, the responsibility of the classroom, and the basis of democracy. Today the major Hollywood studios face a strong rival in the Soviet Government’s bid for European and world-wide markets for its films. They face an even stronger rival in the newly strengthened British film industry, which under the leadership of J. Arthur Rank, is beginning to offer the world such multi-million-dollar productions in Technicolor as the recently finished screen versions of Shakespeare’s Henry V and Shaw’s Caesar and Cleopatra. Furthermore, Rank has begun the development of a program of children’s films under the direction of Mary Field, a former teacher of social studies in Eng Make Literature Live With Films i FOLLOWING EXCELLENT TEACHING FILM CUSTODIAN (M-G-M) SUBJECTS ARE NOW AVAILABLE WITH STUDY GUIDES FOR CLASSROOM USE: "Treasure Island" (Lionel Barrymore, Wallace Beery, Jackie Cooper) "Tale of Two Cities" (Ronald Colman) "Mutiny on the Bounty" (Clark Gable, Charles Laughton, Franchot Tone) "Romeo and Juliet'' (Leslie Howard, Norma Shearer, John Barrymore) Each subject — 4 reels — Rental $6.00 "The Good Earth" (Louise Rainer and Paul Muni) 3 reels — $4.50 (Special Series Rate) OTHER SUBJECTS TO BE ADDED LATER Other Feature Length Films: As You Like It $17.50 Daniel Boone Count ot Monte Cristo 17.50 Prisoner ot Zenda Adventures ot Tom Sawyer 15.00 Last ot the Mohicans (Special Series Rate) Write for New Catalog of Selected Motion Pictures YMCA MOTION PICTURE BUREAU 347 Madison Avenue 19 So. LaSalle Street 710 Burt Building 351 Turk Street New York 17, N. Y. Chicago 3, III. Dallas 1, Texas San Francisco 2, Calit. 15.00 15.00 15.00