Transactions of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers (1929)

Record Details:

Title:
Transactions of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers
Date:
1929
Publisher:
New York : Society of Motion Picture Engineers
Volume:
Transactions of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers (1929)
Leaf #:
000487
Language:
English
Subjects:
motion pictures, Cinematography -- Periodicals
Collection:
Technical Journals
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
Library of Congress, MBRS, Moving Image Section
Sponsor:
Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Preceeded by an unnumbered issue published in 1916 called: Incorporation and by-laws
Date Added:
November 17, 2022
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Motion Picture Arts and Sciences — Woods 471 the public for the purpose of encouraging improvement in quality and healthy entertainment values. A cultural course on motion pictures at the University of Southern California, which has been inaugurated and supervised by the Academy, is now nearly completed. The following lectures have been delivered or are scheduled: Introductory Douglas Fairbanks Dr. Kufus Von KleinSmid Dr. Karl T. Waugh Scientific Foundations Early History Later History The Silent Photoplay The Photoplay with Sound The Modern Photoplay The Story The Actor Pictorial Beauty Commercial Requirements Principle of Criticism Social Utility Photoplay and Aesthetic Culture J. A. Ball J. Stuart Blackton Frank Woods Paul Bern Benjamin Glazer Irving Thalberg Clara Beranger Conrad Nagel William Cameron Menzies M. C. Levee Edwin Schallert Dr. Karl T. Waugh Dr. J. A. Leighton Control of the Screen Prof. Emery S. Bogardus Future of the Photoplay William C. deMille It will be observed that the nature of this course is not technical and that it is meant only to create, or help create, a better understanding of the motion picture in its social aspects. The Academy, through its Boards of Judges, bestowed fifteen first awards on those deemed entitled to recognition for distinctive achievements in motion pictures in 1928. The nature and significance of this action, which it is intended to make a yearly event, will be better appreciated by considering the list of awards which are as follows : Emil Jannings, first award for his performances in ' ' The Way of All Flesh" and ''The Last Command." Janet Gaynor, first award for her performances in "Seventh Heaven," "Sunrise" and "The Street Angel." Frank Borzage, first award for directing the dramatic picture ' ' Seventh Heaven. ' '