Educational film catalog (1936)

EDUCATIONAL FILM CATALOG 1943 EDITION 791.4 HOW MOTION PICTURES MOVE AND TALK— Continued "A bit technical for regular students. Difficult to grasp so quickly." Newark Cal sd-$1.50 Rea sd-$l Cos sd Tex sd „ . ,„ Ind sd $1.25 VES si-sd-$l-$1.50 IntF sd AVest sd Ohio sd Wis sd-$l HOW TO USE FILTERS. (You can make good movies, no. 5) iSmin 16-si- sale apply; rent $1.50 1940 Harmon 791.4 sh-c-adult Guide The picture opens with a brief treatment of the general theory of filters and continues. Including an explanation of filter "factors," to a section of filter use examples All common filters such as red, green and yellow are shown along with several more special types such as the "polarizing" and diffusion filters. Scenes filmed with and with- out these filters give an idea as to the results which can be expected when they are used correctly. The film concludes with suggestions as to the care and handling of filters when in use Ohio HOW TO USE YOUR CAMERA. ISmin 16-si-sale apply; rent $1.50 1938 Har- mon 791.4 jh-sh Guide 25c "Teachers of photography-struck young- sters will welcome this excellent production . . . No less valuable will this film be for ainateur cinematographers in general, for the production has a general interest and appeal ... A carefully edited script has been skill- fully transferred to the silent screen to make clear as only the close-up of a camera can do, the reasons for doing and for avoiding doing certain things in cinematography. "The absence of a sound track is, in this instance, a treat for there is no distraction from observing carefully the action which oc- curs on the screen." E.S. NC HOW YOU SEE IT. lOmin 16-sd-loan 1941 Jam Handy 791.4 jh-sh Tells the story of persistence of vision and how it makes motion pictures possible. Animated drawings show how the image of an object is transmitted by the optic nerve to the brain, and how the image fades, instead of stopping abruptly when the object is re- moved from the field of vision. Application of the principle to a series of photographs makes them appear in a continuous unbroken motion. Animation and photography illustrate the con- struction of the motion picture projector, and the optical reasons for shutter, lens, and sprockets VES MOVIES MARCH ON. (March of time ser.) 22min 16-sd-apply MMA 791.4 "A rapid survey, inspired by the work of the Museum of Modern Art Film Library, of the American motion picture industry yesterday and today. After an introduction on the work of the Film Library, there follows brief glimpses of stages in film production: shooting, con- struction of scenery, wardrobe and props, cast- ing, editing. "Excerpts are then shown from early American films in the Film Library's collec- tion, including 'The Great Train Robbery' (1903); 'The New York Hat' (1912, Mary Pick- ford); 'A Fool There Was' (1922, Theda Bara); 'Adrift' (1914); Mack Sennett comedies; 'Tillie's Punctured Romance' (1915, Charlie Chaplin); 'Birth of a Nation' (1915); 'Thais' (1918); 'The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse' (1921); 'Robin Hood' (1922, Douglas Fairbanks); 'The Covered Wagon' (1921); 'The Big Parade' (1925); 'The Flesh and the Devil' (1927, Garbo and CJilbert). Mention of Dr. Lee de Forest and the Warners introduces the sound film, represented by 'The Jazz Singer' (1927); 'Steamboat Willie' (1928, Disney); 'All Quiet on the Western Front' (1930); 'Cavalcade'; 'The Life of Emile Zola' (Paul Muni) . "Glimpses of well-known figures in the industry, among them Schenk, Barney Balaban, Cecil B. de Mllle, D. W. Griffith, Buster Keaton, Mack Sennett, Sam Goldwyn, Will Hays, Joseph Breen, Jack Warner, George Schafer, Walter Wanger . . . Frank Capra, and Charlie Chaplin. The film returns in conclusion to the viewing theatre of the Film Library. . . Although a masterpiece of condensation, is not always im- peccably accurate." British film inst. Ohio MUSEUM OF MODERN ART FILM SERIES. 16-si-sd-rent $15 35-si-sd-f-nf- rent $30 MMA 791.4 sh-c-adult The museum has collected some of the outstanding films from 1895 to date. They have made a series of programs running for one-two hours. In the 35mm width most of the films are on safety stock but a few are available on flammable stock only; also some are available in silent versions only and some in sound only. Users should therefore make very careful inquiries The various units in Series no. 1 cover the following points: Development of the nar- rative; Rise of the American film; D. W. Griffith; German influence; The talkies (or for those not equipped with sovmd apparatus, End of the silent era) In Series 2 the following are offered: West- ern film; Comedies; Film and contemporary life; Mystery and violence; and Screen per- sonalities In 1937 the Museum offered five new pro- grams—three on the German and two on the French film. The German programs are: Leg- end and fantasy. Moving camera, Pabst and realism. The sound film. The French programs are: From 'Lumi^re to Ren6 Clair Advance Guard, Comedy tradition. Transition to sound. Supplementary films available for these units are: The golem, Siegfried, Metropolis, Fall of the house of Usher, Joie de vivre, Fahrmann Maria The Swedish Film and Post-War Amer- ican Films" program includes: Swedish films— Seastrom and Stiller; Swedish-American film; Garbo talks; War in retrospect; Von Stroheim and realism; Comedy and Buster Keaton; Mu- sical talkie; Gangster film. The following sup- plementary films are also available: Beau Brummel, Unholy three, What price glory, Public enemy. En natt, I am a fugitive from a chain gang Series V on "The Work of D. W. Griffith, 1907-1924" consists of 6 programs. For a com- plete list of the films used to illustrate each of the above mentioned units write to the Museum Series VI consists of 8 programs of non- flction films and 8 of documentary and in- structional films In Series VII, the Russian film the follow- ing are offered: Before the revolution. New beginnings—Eisenstein and Vertov, Two ex- perimental groups—FEX and the Kuleshov workshop. Work of Pudovkin, Kozintzev and Trauberg, New uses of fable. Before the pact Series VIII consists of 6 Films of Douglas Fairbanks Series IX, Forty years of American film comedy, offers 8 programs OLD TIME MOVIES. 16-si-sd-$8.7S- $17.50 1937 Castle 791.4 Each issue also available in a Headline edition (100ft 16-si-$2.75). Record of the beginning of the motion picture—films produced and re-edited from original negatives photographed more than si-silent; sd-sound: f . inflammable; nf - safety; p - primary; el - elementary; jli - Junior high; sh ■ senior hiah: 0-college; trade ■ trade schools 289