Cinema Quarterly (1934 - 1935)

FILM SOCIETIES MORE NEW SOCIETIES. Several new groups are in course of formation. In Wolverhampton, E. L. Packer, 119 Lord Street, and in Swansea, Clifford Leech, University College, will be pleased to hear from anyone interested in plans for these centres. In Scotland, a Federation of Scottish Film Societies has been formed. Membership of the Federation, which it is intended should work in co-operation with the Federation of British Film Societies, is open to organizations in Scotland existing chiefly for the propagation of an interest in the artistic ! nd cultural values of the film. Its main objects are the consolidation of the interests of such societies and the development of the movement in areas where no societies at present exist. The chairman is George Martin Gray, of Aberdeen, and the Hon. Secretary is Forsyth Hardy, 17 S. St. Andrew Street, Edinburgh, 2. HAMPSTEAD FILM SOCIETY. A Film Society has been organized by Hampstead residents with the Everyman Cinema Theatre as its headquarters. J. S. Fairfax-Jones is acting as secretary. The objects of the society are to show films not normally given public exhibition, to revive classic films of the past, and to form a centre for discussion of technical and artistic matters relating to the cinema. Among those on the Council are C. E. M. Joad, Clough Williams-Ellis, Paul Rotha, Lawrence Hanray and Maxwell Ayrton. CHILDREN'S FILM SOCIETY. The Children's Film Society, which also has the Everyman Cinema Theatre, Hampstead, as its headquarters, is now entering the second half of its first season with a large subscribing membership. The society not only exhibits specially selected films, but makes a point of having a short talk on some aspect of film-making at each performance. Among those who have spoken at performances are Arthur Elton, Mary Field, Stuart Legg and Paul Rotha. The Secretary is Miss C. W. Harley, and among those on the Council are Mrs. Naomi Mitchison, Miss H. B. Tudor Hart, W. T. R. Rawson and Mrs. Amabel Williams-Ellis. The Directors are G. F. Noxon, C. Lawson Reece and J. S. Fairfax-Jones. THE FILM SOCIETY, 56 Manchester Street, London, W.i. 28th Oct. Joie de Vivre, Der £erbrochene Krug, Weather Forecast, Deutschland zwischen gestern und heute. 25th Nov. Beyond this Open Road, Cathode Ray Oscillograph, Gasparcolor, Das Rollende Rad, Night on the Bare Mountain, Zero de Conduite. 16th Dec. A Trip to Davy Jones" Locker, Three Minute diagrams, All Quiet in the East, Oil Symphony, Song of Ceylon, The Idea. 13th Jan. Rhapsody in Steel, Three early fragments, How Talkies Talk, Der Tonjilm, Nachtliche Ruhestorung, Sabra. ABERDEEN FILM SOCIETY. Hon. Sec, A. L. Stephen Mitchell, 15 Golden Square. 18th Nov. In der Nacht, Harlequin, Liebelei. 9th Dec. Uberfall, Ces Messieurs de la Sante. BILLINGHAM FILM SOCIETY. Hon. Sees., H. S. Coles and Mrs. E. H. Sale, 3 Cambridge Terrace, Norton-on-Tees. 21st Nov. Bronx Morning, Disney's The Picnic, Prenez Garde a la Peinture. 19th Dec. Mail, Disney's Springtime, Sous les Toits de Paris. CROYDON FILM SOCIETY. Hon. Sec, G. R. Bailey, 51 High Street. 16th Dec Harlequin, Weather Forecast, Road to Life. EDINBURGH FILM GUILD, 17 S. St. Andrew Street. 28th Oct. Spring on the Farm, Weather Forecast, Rett and Pott, Charlemagne. 18th Nov. Symphony of the Streets, Contact, Mail, Prenez Garde a la Peinture. 16th Dec. G.-B. Magazine, The Right 122