Educational film guide ()

CLASSIFIED SUBJECT LIST 792.93 GREAT ACTRESSES OF THE PAST. Museum ModArt 50min si b&w rent $15 792.93 sh-c-ad Illustrates film production, 1911-1916. Includes performances by Gabrielle Rejane in "Madame Sans Gene" (1911), Sarah Bernhardt in "La Dame Aux Camelias" (1912), Mrs Fiske in "Vanity Fair" (1915) and Duse in "Cenere" (1916) HEARTS IN HOLLYWOOD. Weiss.Louis 1940 20min sd b&w $40, rent $3 792.93 sh-c-ad Pictures the trials and tribulations of a boy and a girl who try to crash the movies after winning local medals in dramatics HEN HOP. IntFImBur 1948 4min sd color $29.75, rent $2.50 792.93 el-jh-sh-c-ad Produced by the National Film Board of Canada . , Animation drawn directly on 35mm clear film by Norman McLaren. Prints are made from master copies which were made from the hand -drawn original A fantasy in color inspired by a very primitive type of barn dance music. Simple geometric elements build themselves up rhythmically into the shape of a hen HISTORY BROUGHT TO LIFE. TFC 1951 lOmin sd b&w (Movies and you ser) 10-yr lease $17.50 792.93 * jh-sh-c-ad Produced by Paramount Pictures. Narrated by Cecil B. DeMille Sequences from feature pictures are included to show the work done by Hollywood research experts, to bring accuracy of mood and detail to motion picture versions of historical periods Evaluation in Ed. Screen, Jan, 1951, p22 HOPPITY HOP. CanNFB 1946 3min sd color $37.50, rent $2 792.93 sh-c-ad An experimental, animated film by Norman McLaren, made by drawing directly upon 35mm movie film, in which colored shapes do a dance in time to calliope music "Simple, swift-moving forms dance about the screen in a comical manner, carrying out the mood of the music. The humorous aspects of the old-time circus calliope, such as missing stops and a tendency to go out of tune, are included on the sound track" CanNFB HORROR DREAM. Cinemal6 1949 lOmin sd color rent apply 792.93 sh-c-ad Experimental dance film by Sidney Peterson, musical score by John Cage, choreography by Marian Van Tuyl. A dancer's anxiety state before starting upon her theatre routine is cinematically shown, accompanied by Cage's sophisticated 'noise music' THE IDYL. Cinemaie 1949 lOmin sd color rent apply 792.93 sh-c-ad An experimental excursion into the dreamland of color, created by the painter Francis Lee. A lyrical treatment of moods and feelings about nature in terms of ever-changing and blending abstract color paintings, accompanied by a fitting musical score IMPROVISATION NO. 1. Cinemal6 5min si b&w rent apply 792.93 c-ad Produced by Jordan Belson "Improvised abstract shapes and patterns. Two formal and one lyrical sequence, filled with pleasing mobile compositions, blend into an exciting exhibition of 'visual' music" Distributor INTROSPECTION. Cinemal6 1947 7min si color rent apply 792.93 sh-c-ad A series of original cinematic experiments with the dance, by Sara Kathryn Arledge. Differing fundamentally from stage choreography, the film utilizes multiple exposures, wide angle lenses, and slow motion photography for its striking visual impact upon the observer LAFCADIO. Cinemaie 1951 16min sd b&w rent apply 793.93 c-ad A French film produced by Jean Beranger "A sensitive portrayal of the experiences of a bi-sexual, culminating in real or imagined suicide. The story is told in a constant mixture of realism and fantasy, reminiscent of stream-of -consciousness poetry" Distributor LEAD SHOES. Cinemal6 1950 18min sd b&w rent apply 792.93 sh-c-ad A Workshop 20 Production at the California Institute of Fine Arts by Sidney Peterson A surrealist exploration of two ballads, 'Edward' and 'The Three Ravens,' scrambled in jam session style and interwoven with a boogie-woogie score LET'S GO TO THE MOVIES. TFC 1950 lOmin sd b&w (Movies and you ser) 10-yr lease $17.50 792.93 jh-sh-c-ad Produced by RKO Radio An introduction to the series and an overall picture of the background, development and technical advances made by the motion picture industry through the years. In a rapid review of progress, stars and scenes from many films are presented including Mary Pickford, Charlie Chaplin, Al Jolson, John Barrymore, and others Evaluation in Ed. Screen, Jan. 1951, p22 LIFE AND DEATH OF A SPHERE. Cinemal6 1950 6min si b&w rent apply 792.93 sh-c-ad "A West Coast painter 'develops' a cyclical form in an abstract film, employing animated black-and-white drawings of a pronounced linear, yet unfettered quality." Distributor LIGHT REFLECTIONS. AFFlms 1948 ISmin sd color $125, rent $7.50 792.93 sh-c-ad Produced by James Davis, Princeton University Presents most unusual effects of moving, changing patterns of multi-colored reflected light. These reflections are produced by means of illuminating various designs made of highly polished transparent plastics LOOPS. CanNFB 1948 2i^min sd color $25, rent $2 792.93 el-jh-sh-c-ad An experimental film by Norman McLaren in which sound and visuals are created entirely by drawing upon film "To strange, fantastic sounds, loops of bright red and white merge, separate, and perform strange convolutions on a brilliant blue background. Emphasizing the rhythm of the unearthly music, the 'loops' carry on apparent pursuits, linkings, separations and reunions, inaking vivid and constantly changing colour patterns." CanNFB See also review in Sat. Rev, of Literature, Dec. 9, 1950 LYSIS. Cinemaie 1949 35min sd color rent apply 792.93 sh-c-ad Experimental film by Gregory Markopoulos. An impressionistic cinematic poem 625