Educational film magazine; (January-December 1920)

FLASHES ON THE WORLDS SCREEN News Notes and Comment on Educational ami Allied Films from Institutions, Organizations, Producers and Individuals in the United States and Canada and (Iverseas 'rr\n 1 •' -■- in IHE End of the Road," the anti- venereal disease photoplay, described in detail in this magazine, was screened recently at the First United Brethren Church, St. Clair street and Park avenue, Indianapolis, Ind. Many church members were present and heard the ad- dress by Dr. William F. King, director of the Indiana bureau of the United States Public Health Service. William Van Daren Kelley, inventor of the Prizma natural color camera and mo- lion pictures in natural colors, has been presented witlt^a gold medal, in apprecia- tion of his genius, Jay the Society of Motion Picture Engineers. The presentation was made at the October meeting of the society held in Pittsburgh. Booth Tarkington, creator of Penrod, Baxter and other youthful characters in fiction, has contracted to write twelve two- reel comedies for Goldwyn Pictures Cor- poration. The stories will be known as the Edgar comedies. 1" The noted prison reformer and social worker, Thomas Mott Osborne, former warden of Sing Sing Prison, who organized the Mutual Welfare Association there, has written a story of prison life sho%ving the alleged brutal treatment of inmates, which has been done into film by Edward A. Mac- Manus, who produced "The Lost Battal- ion." 9" "The Way Back," the five-reel feature produced by the National Elks War Relief Commission, was shown at the Elks' head- quarters. West 43rd street, New York, re- cently. The picture was made in co-opera- tion with the Federal Board for Vocational Education. It is a contribution to the gov- ernment program for the vocational train- ing of disabled soldiers, sailors and marines. The film, it is understood, will be exhibited in the 1,300 Elks' lodges of the country before being released to the theaters. 9 "Adventure Scenics" is the title of the 31-reeI series of outdoor "shots' to be dis- ~ij "' - ■ J u,. Rrjiprtson-Cole. Some of the old man wrong in regreumg ...j ^.jj. — r. and student groups, the picture is ideal. The treatment is sincere, free from the usual display and exploitation of a personality or a setting, and honest in setting forth the characteristics of the hero and heroine and their surroundings — artistic ambition and "singing suppers," days of play and work, the freedom and the innocence of Greenwich Village as it is in places, not as it is thought to be. The Brohen Melody seems to have been divested of many of the conventions of the photoplay and more pic- tures of the same type will be heartily welcomed by dis- criminating audiences. The Broken Melody. Produced by Selznick. Distributed by Select Pictures Corporation. 5 reels. C. H. Gram, state labor commissioner of Oregon, is showing accident prevention films in the lumber and logging camps of that slate. The pictures were shuwn by the Booth-Kelly Lumber Company. Eugene; the Benson Timber Company, Clatskanie, and other concerns. The films have scenic beauty as well as propaganda value. Of- ficers of the National Safely Council ac- companied Mr. Gram on his tour of the state. The Alliance Film Company, with a cap- ital of S5,000 000. is said to be the largest producing organization yet formed in Great Britain. At Harrow Weald Park, near Hendon, it is to erect extensive studios on a plot covering 54 acres. The First Na- tional E.xhibitors' Circuit is said to have bought the output for distribution in the United States. On the consulting literary committee are Sir Arthur Pinero, Edvv;ard Knoblock, R. C. Carton, and others. 9" "King of the Rails" was one of the pic- tures shown lately at the Y. M. C. A., Moline, 111. It explains in an interesting manner many features of railroad work. Kn educational film is shown on each week's program. According to Captain W. J. Wall, presi- dent of the California Police Association, the association plans to join the Better Films Movement and work for the improve- ment of photoplays in which crime is pic- tured. The association wants film producers to depict characters, incidents and scenes with closer fidelity to life and to cease giv- ing the public false impressions of crime, criminals, and the police. Motion pictures were taken of the bank- ers in attendance at the recent twenty-ninth annual convention of the Illinois Bankers' Association in La Salle. 111. The films were made by the Brenner Film Company, Chi. cago. Nearly 600 attended the meeting. To support the arg"'".J"t in favor of the bill for the appointment of a Public Defender, to act aslcounsel for needy de- _f£JldaiV^in^,;u;y;nal'cases, which the Gen- aryland is considering, Baltimore has had a ciced dealing with this 1 f.Vmerican forest regi- rt of the government 'wer'; how California £ camp employes; how ^t heavy Pacific coast Mng on the National tbited on the movie ,nt convention of the ongress in Portland, im Manufacturing Com- ;d an airplane i!i part- W W . cm its Chicago studio. „,»,„ ^^ ^^ ,,,„.. ^^^ '" 'ske aerial views "THE GO-GETTER" strial plants. Many of rp, /^ /--,.• .1 1 r 1. '° small towns or city The Go-Getter is the story of a young man_ who came ,1,^,^ j^ ^^ ,3,j ^^,^,^^J^ back from a commendable career in the service and re- ch to obtain panoramic fused to become subject again to the slavery of tbe daily such plants. , ,. , , r TT 1 1 1 ' . •' ns and pictures of birds round on a tarm. He saw, however, that there were quite ilanned by the Rothacker "The Country Club Romance." a five-reel feature of the Bureau Valley Country Club and its members. Princeton, 111., was pro- duced in that picturesque little city re- cently at a cost of SIO.OOO. O. B. Harrauff wrote the scenario, which combines comedy drama with scenes of the club, homes and business structures of the town, and other exterior and interior views. Many socially prominent residents were the movie players. The film was shown at the Apollo Theater and the proceeds were given to the Soldiers' Memorial Communitv House. Largely through the efforts of Rev. .Am- brose M. Dwyer, of St. James' Catholic Church, Binghamton, N. Y., St. James' Lyceum has been well equipped with a fireproof booth and motion picture pro- jector to provide for illustrated lectures and screen entertainments. Lectures on the Passion Play of Oberammergau by Prof. Timothy Drake were the first scheduled. They Avere delivered on Monday afternoon after school and children of all creeds were invited to attend. The trustees of the First Universalist Church, Pasadena, Cal., having voted down the idea of running a community laundry in the basement of the church, the pastor. Rev. Carl F. Henry, now proposes that in place of the usual Sunday night services there be a peoples forum and motion pic- tures. He hopes that community educa- tion may appeal to the trustees more than "the cleanliness-next-to-Godliness" plan. Motion pictures showing the work done at the Buffalo, N. Y., tuberculosis sani- tarium illustrated a lecture by Dr. C. L. Hyde, superintendent of that institution, before the campaign commitee of the Red Cross and its supporters in Cleveland. Ohio, recentlv. "The Story of Coal," in four reels, was a feature of the chemical show at the Coliseum. Chicago. Z. F. Leopold, of the federal Bureau of Mines, discussed the pic- lures. A film illustrating gas warfare and the use of the gas mask was also shown. Windsor Hall. Bradford. England, after being in the hands of the military authori- ties for four years, has had a cinemato- graph installed by the city fathers to be used exclusively for educational purposes. Children from the elementary and second- ary schools of the city will visit the hall on a rotation system during school hours to study various subjects by way of the motion picture screen. Otto J. Nass Distributor of educational and relig- iousfilms for theStateof Rhode Island and Eastern Massachusetts. 5 years' experience Good subjects solicited 79 Fountain St., Providence, R. I. as many possibilities on the farm, under certain conditions, Films for Educational and Religious Institutions The New Atlas Catalog Now Ready Bulletins ot New Subjects Bi-Monlhly ATLAS EDUCATIONAL FILM CO., 63 E. Adams St. Chicago 24