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Birmingham Film Society hopes to have another successful season. The Hon. Secretary is S. G. Hawes, 163 Pershore Road, Birmingham, 5. Performances will be held in the Scala Cinema and the subscription is 10s. 6d.
Cheshire Film Society (Hon. Sec. Miss Diana Baerlin, Whatcroft Hall, Northwich, Cheshire), commenced its season on 14th September with Bluebottles, The Spider and the Fly, and War is Hell. Eight monthly performances are to be given on Sundays at the Plaza, Northwich.
Croydon Film Society (Hon. Sec. R. H. Muxlow, 16 Northampton Road, Croydon). Monthly performances are to be held on Sunday afternoons in the Picture House, North End. The subscription is 17s. 6d. An inaugural meeting on 22nd October will be addressed by Anthony Asquith and Paul Rotha.
Edinburgh Film Guild (17 South St. Andrew Street, Edinburgh, 2). Victor Saville opens the new season with an address on 1 6th October and the first performance will be given on Sunday, 29th October, when Der Hauptmann von Kopenick will be shown.
Glasgow Film Society (Hon. Sec. D. Paterson Walker, 127 St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, C.2). Cranston's, a still larger cinema, has been booked for this season, which opens on 15th October with The Virtuous Isadore. Victor Saville will be present at this meeting and will address the Society.
Leeds Film Group (Hon. Sec. Jackson Braham, 43 Mexborough Drive, Leeds, 7). With already two successful seasons to its credit this Society hopes to remove shortly from its present private theatre, which seats only one hundred, to larger premises. During the summer months it has shown The Girl in the Moon, Nina Petrovna, and Turksib. Discussions and meetings for lectures are held periodically. The Group is also building up a library of film literature and has commenced an indexed information bureau.
Leicester Film Society (Hon. Sec. E. Irving Richards, Vaughan College, Leicester). Two performances are held on Saturday evenings once a month, the subscription being 10s. 6d. for the 8.15 performance and 7s. 6d. for the 6 p.m. performance. The first show will be given on 21st October when it is hoped to screen Der Hauptmann von Kopenick. Arrangements have been made with John Grierson to give a course of lectures on "The Art of Cinema and its Social Relationships."
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