Film and Radio Guide (Oct 1945-Jun 1946)

28 FILM AND RADIO GUIDE Volume XII, No. 1 New Music Films in 16mm Ideal Pictures Corporation, 28 E. Eighth Street, Chicago 5, Illinois, announces its exclusive release in 16mm of three music subjects, presenting the National Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted b y Dr. Frederick Feher : FIRST MOVEMENT (ALLEGRO) of Beethoven’s Violin Concerto in D Major, with Grisha Goluboff a s soloist. Length, 3 reels. SECOND MOVEMENT (ANDANTE) of Schubert’s Symphony No. 8 in B Minor. Length, 1 reel. SLAVINKA Tonpoem, composed by Dr. Feher, in which the orchestra is supported by the National Philharmonic Chorus. This subject is divided into two parts, each 2 reels in length. Films for Churches Ideal Pictures Corporation has produced a series of twenty church hymns, in 16mm Kodachrome, released under the general title of “Hymn-O-Screen.” Ideal has also made a one-reel film on the general subject of Ethics. This is the first of a series and is entitled “Jimmy’s Reward.’’ 16mm Reel on Reading A one-reel 16mm movie, “It’s All Yours,’’ stressing the importance of reading, is a part of the Teen-Age Book Show program being sponsored by Pocket Books, Inc. Wyllis Cooper is producing the picture. The project, initiated by Robert F. deGraff, president of Pocket Books, Inc., is under the direction of Martha Huddleston. In addition to the film, the project furnishes high schools with colorful panels for a book exhibit. Based on American Weekly’s better-reading ad campaign and designed by J. Walter Thompson, these present books to young people in relation to their own interests in life. Each student attending the exhibit will receive a 32-page booklet prepared by the Saturday Review of Literature. A speaker, pointing up the fun and value of reading, will be supplied for assembly programs by special arrangement. Ohio Film Service L. C. Neufer, manager of the Cineshop Film Service, 3483 Lee Road, Cleveland 20, invites Ohio schools, colleges, churches, clubs, and industries to send for his attractive free catalog of recreational, educational, and religious films. Mr. Neufer sells and services almost every make of sound and silent projector equipment. He makes a specialty of the DeVry line. Ideal Motion-Picture Service Mrs. Francys E. Hoffarth, manager of Ideal Motion-Picture Service, 371 St. Johns Ave., Yonkers 4, N. Y., announces that during the past year the following 16mm features have been in greatest demand: The Last of the Mohicans, The Count of Monte Cristo, A Prisoner of Zencla, Silent Enemy, The Last Days of Pompeii, Captain Fury, and Elephant Boy. Those in the metropolitan area are invited to send for the new 1946 Ideal li^t of subjects and rates for projection service. 1945 Castle Catalog The U. S. Commissioner of Education, J. W. Studebaker, in a foreword to the valuable free catalog published b y Castle Films, 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York 20, points out that of the 683 items listed and described in this catalog, over 90 percent deal with basic skills and understandings. These reels, which the U. S. Government produced for war-time education, now have a permanent place in industry and education. Every teacher should peruse this list to select films and filmstrips appropriate to his work. Free 3-day Preview for Geography Classes A 16mm educational sound film in color, running 12 minutes, showing the wonders of the Sierras, with views along 140 miles of Death Valley, is being offered for free screening by De Vry Films & Laboratories, 1111 Armitage Ave., Chicago. The outright sale price of the film is $100. It is entitled Death Valley National Monument. Films for English Classes For a list of 25 silent 16mm films based on classics of English and American literature, write to Film Classic Exchange, Fredonia, N. Y. These films were produced during the period from 1909 to 1921 as 35mm silent theatrical features, but are still useful. Included among others are Silas Marner, Ivanhoe, The Vicar of Wakefield, The Pied Piper, Hiawatha, and Robinson Crusoe. The most notable item in the list is probably Silas Marner, aid in English classes at Newwhich has been used as a visual ark, for example, for many years. Free Guides to 16mm Feature, "Courageous Mr. Penn" Ask your 16mm library for a free reprint of the illustrated guide to “Courageous Mr. Penn.’’ This appeared in the February, 1945, issue of “Film and Radio Discussion Guide.’’ Book the film from any film library listed inside the front cover of the present issue of the GUIDE. Film libraries without this