Moving Picture Age (Jan-Dec 1920)

February, 1920 MOVING PICTURE AGE 33 Here and There siliiniiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiu^ "Because it is impersonal, because it is real, and because it is true to life," the motion picture is the greatest agency for the Americanization of the foreign-speaking immigrants. This was from a talk given by Philip Davis, settlement worker and district director of the Community Motion Picture Bureau, at a luncheon of the members of the Pilgrim Publicity Association of Boston, Mass. * * ♦ Motion pictures showing Pharaoh's court and the experiences of the Hebrews at the time of their Passover and Exodus from Egypt, King Saul's visit to the witch of Endor and incidents from the life of Christ were given in the lecture on "The Golden Age," given at the Bijou Theater, Benton Harbor, Mich., by Bible Lecturer D. J. Morehouse of Chicago. =ii * * The big safety first moving picture, "The House That Jack Built," was shown at the Prince Theater, Tampa, Florida. This picture shows one of the greatest train wrecks, and is a lesson to employees and the public along lines of safety. * * * Visual instruction is the newest method being used in the Georgia State College of Agriculture. The college now has educational pictures covering almost every phase of farming in the entire country. The Lithuanian-Americans of St. Charles, 111., gave a moving picture entertainment at the Strand, showing pictures of the new republic of Lithuania. * * * The superintendent of the school of Bruno, Minn., Floyd E. Cook, recently gave as a community picture show, "The Shepherd of the Hills." The school owns the machine and in a town of less than 500 population $35.00 was cleared. Clean, wholesome entertainments and clean comedies shown make them popular and well patronized. * * * The Methodist Church of Mechanicsburg, Ohio, has ordered a moving picture machine. Rev. B. D. Sutton, pastor, plans to augment his sermons with biblical pictures. * * * Free moving picture shows to the public, designed to furnish recreation and educational entertainment, will be given every Friday night at the Logan, Utah, high school. The hall is equipoed with all the apparatus of a modern picture house, installed for the purpose of furnishing educational lectures to the students. An illustrated lecture on Palestine and Jerusalem was given at the Methodist Church, Morris, 111. Rev. Ira Berry, the pastor, has traveled through the holy lands and his address was based on personal experiences. Motion pictures are on the program of the Nineteenth Annual Corn Growers' and Stockmen's convention, for a two weeks' course in agriculture, held at the University of Champaign, 111. * * * The Rev. Frank W. Gunsaulus delivered an illustrated lecture on "The Gospel According to Rembrandt" at Orchestra Hall, Chicago. * * * A lecture that gave a clearer understanding of what has transpired in Russia since the Revolution was given in the New Century Auditorium, Utica, N. Y., by Wilfrid R. Humphries of Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands, who was for eleven months a Red Cross worker in Russia. Stereopticon slides of pictures taken in Russia by the speaker make the address more than usually interesting. * * * A lecture on "The Wilderness of Sinai" was given by Dr. Robinson of Whitworth College at Spokane, Wash., in the Fifth Presbyterian Church. The lecture was illustrated with pictures taken by himself in his seventeen days' journey on camel's back over the route of the Israelites' wandering in the wilderness. + * * An informal talk was given by Professor Lawrence Pumpelly on his recent trip to Serbia and Poland with the American Red Cross, at the University Club, Ithaca, N. Y. The talk was illustrated with lantern slides made from photographs which he took in those countries. * * * District Superintendent of the Anti-Saloon League C. E. Dowdell gave an illustrated lecture at the Grace M. E. Church, Carbondale, 111. The lecture was on the white slave traffic. * * * Students at the Boston Theological Seminary recently heard a lecture on preaching with the moving picture by Rev. Leslie W. Sprague, head of the religious section of the Community Motion Picture Bureau of New York. * * * An illustrated lecture on "Scotland" was given at the Presbyterian Church, Miles City, Mont. Burton Holmes' Travelogue pictures were also shown. * * * The famous lecture, "From Cannibalism to Christianity," by Alfred Foster of Australia, was given recently at the Broad Street M. E. Church, Burlington, N. J. The lecture was illustrated by 150 lantern slides, picturing the conversion of the Fiji Islanders. * * * The State Education Department, New York, sends out the announcement that a large supply of lantern slides on Palestine have been added to the collection available for circulation throughout the state. These slides, approximately 500 of them, represent the geography of Palestine and illustrate Hebrew history and the life of Christ. * * * "Children of the World" was the subject of an illustrated lecture by H. C. Ostrander at the Prospect Street Presbyterian Church, Trenton, N. J. The lecture was given especially for the children. * * * The Chamber of Commerce, Michigan City, Ind., announces an interesting series of free lectures to be given bv travelers recently returned from all parts of the world. The lectures will be illustrated by lantern slides and moving pictures. All There Is in Your Copy — On the Screen Are you getting it ? Is the detail of your image sharp and brilliant ? 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