Cinema Quarterly (1934 - 1935)

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NORTHWICH FILM SOCIETY. Hon. Sec, W. Baldwin Fletcher, I.G.I. (Alkali) Ltd., Northwich. By arrangement with Cheshire County Cinemas, Ltd., performances will now be given on Tuesday evenings in the Pavilion. These performances are open to everyone and there is no subscription. Season tickets are available at ios. 6d., 8s. and 5s. and tickets may be had for single performances at prices from 2s. to 4d. While this scheme has certain limitations, in so far, for instance, as only registered films can be shown, it might be copied with success in towns where it is impossible to arrange private or Sunday performances. There are hundreds of centres throughout the country where this system of working ought to be immediately practicable. First performance, Sept. 25. Daily Dozen at the £00, Industrial Britain. Don Qidxote. OXFORD UNIVERSITY FILM SOCIETY continues its performances as before at the Electa Cinema. Oct. 2 1 . Ces Messieurs de la Sante, Silly Symphony and Mickey Mouse. OXFORD CITY FILM SOCIETY. Hon. Sec. Mrs. Hilda Harrison, Flat B, End Street. The second season commences on Oct. 28 with La Maternelle, Krakotoa, and Harlequin. SOUTHAMPTON FILM SOCIETY will commence its fourth season in November. All performances are now given on Sunday afternoons. The Society has opened a branch office at Winchester, where nearly 100 members were obtained last season. Hon. Sec. J. S. Fairfax-Jones ; Southampton, D. A. Yeoman, 21 Ethelbert Avenue ; Winchester, Ruth Keyser and C. J. Blackburne, 12 St. Swithun Street. TYNESIDE FILM SOCIETY, c/o Literary and Philosophical Society, Newcastle. Half-season subscription, 6s. Three performances before Christmas will be held in the Haymarket Theatre on Sunday evenings. A clubroom has been secured for meetings and displays of sub-standard films. First performance, Oct. 14. Morgenrot, Tonende Handschrift, Don Dougio Farabanca. WEST OF SCOTLAND WORKERS FILM SOCIETY. Hon. Sec, James Hough, 16 Balerno Drive, Glasgow, S.W.2. This new Society has been formed " for the advancement of education " in the working classes " by the exhibition of films of an international and cultural character." Twelve Sunday evening performances will be given for a subscription of ios. First performance, Oct. 7. Road to Life, Invasion of Shanghai, Paris Markets. Oct. 21, Mutter Krausen^ %uyder Zee Dyke, Disney Cartoon. CHILDREN'S FILM SOCIETY will give six Saturday morning performances at the Everyman, Hampstead. Programmes will include Westerns, cartoons, animal, documentary and nature films. Stuart Legg, Andrew Buchanan and Mary Field will give talks on how films are made. The subscription is ios. Negotiations are proceeding for the amalgamation of the Scottish Educational Cinema Society (Education Offices, Bath Street, Glasgow) and the Scottish Educational Sight and Sound Association (17 South Saint Andrew Street, Edinburgh) and it is probable that the new organization will be known as the Scottish Educational Film Association. While both organizations were national in constitution, they were largely regional in influence and the new arrangement will avoid over-lapping and facilitate development. The former has a membership of over 600 while a Lanarkshire branch has over 500 members. Organization of film performances for children is a feature of the Edinburgh organization's work. 57