Educational film magazine; (19-)

FLASHES ON THE WORLD'S SCREEN News Notes and Comment on Educational and Allied Films from Institutions, Organizations, Producers and Individuals in the United States and Canada and Overseas LADY DIANA MANNERS, one of the most beautiful women in Great Britain and a daughter of the Duke of Rutland, has signed a contract with J. Stuart Blackton, American film producer, to become a movie star. Is this another example of the American invasion of Europe? A new motion picture trade journal has appeared in Berlin, called The Film Exprest. It is printed in three languages: English, French and Spanish. K- A film showing the origin and effect of social diseases was shown to 1500 negro men at a meeting at Bailey's Theater, At- lanta, Ga., recently, under the auspices of the Atlanta Urban League. Doctors Burton and Stewart of the U. S. Public Health Service addressed the men. Two reels showing the progress of business methods from the earliest days to the present, leading up to the type- writer, the telephone and modern adding and bool(keeping machines, were screened at the Chamber of Commerce, Port Huron, Mich., with Arthur Witt Ramsdell of the Burroughs Adding Machine Company as lecturer. Dr. Samuel G. Grant, of New York City, spoke recently before the Bergen County Medical Society at the Union League Club in Hackensack, N. J., on "The Surgical Treatment of Chronic Diarrhoea" and "The Technique of Ano-Rectal Operations." His talk was illustrated. f A travelers' aid film, to acquaint the public with the work and needs of the Travelers' Aid representatives, was shown recently for two days at the Crystal Theater, Little Rock, Ark., with the cooperation of the local Y. M. C. A. The Grammar School of Newark, Calif., has purchased modern motion picture equipment with a fund of $500, of which $800 was supplied by the Woman's Im- provement Club. «■ Marguerite Clark, in "Widow by Proxy," was screened the afternoon and evening of December 1 and 2 by the Woman's Literary Club of Holland, Mich. World War veterans in the hospitals oi Portland, Ore., are to be entertained with movies of their own choosing. "A Trip To Mars," a feature film pro- duced in Denmark, which depicts a planet that abolished war ages ago, was shown re- cenUy at the 67th Street Y.M.C.A., New York City, in connection with a lecture by Frances S. Onderdonk on "How To Fight Soul Famine." He also used colored lan- tern slides describing social conditions in mid-Europe and the Near East. At the meeting of the Brooklyn Women's Clubs, Dr. F. Marion Tucker, President of the Drama League of New York, spoke on "The Educational Side of Motion Pic- tures as They Apply to Children." The speaker doubted the value of the comer movie and suggested the organisation of neighborhood groups to work in coopera- tion with the National Board of Review. The Bay City, Mich., Community Board has purchased two motion picture projec- tion machines and has arranged bookings for local organizations. The films are carefully selected and are designed especially for viewing by parents and children. W. F. Woodward, Director of High Schools, Portland, Ore., has laid before the school board of that city a plan to film the work of the children in the Benson Polytechnic and other local high schools. Estimates of $800 to $2,000 were submit- ted on the cost of filming. The pictures are to be exhibited in local theaters. Motion pictures made by the Loyal Order of Moose at their institute in Mooseheart, 111., were recently shown at the Illinois Theater in Macon, 111., with Dr. B. Martin Weiss, district deputy super- visor, as lecturer. The pictures describe how this generous fraternal organization trains the children of deceased members for a life career. The Pennsylvania State Board of Cen- sors has placed a ban on films which glorify crime or offer on the screen crimi- nal careers or adventures of a fascinating or alluring character. No pictures will be passed in which criminals are shown as heroes of education and refinement, who live in luxury and persistently defy and elude the authorities by their superior wit, resources and audacity, even though in the end the law catches them. Educators and Educational Exchanares Take Notice. We have an over supply of material and offer the following used, but in first class condition, film at sacrifice prices. Passion Play Wrath of the Gods Whom the Gods Destroy Rip Van Winkle Life of Napoleon Ala Baba and Forty Thieves Tour of South America Around the World In «0 Days Mother Humorous side of the War We have over 500 single reel educational Alms, travel, history, ici- ence, etc., both natural colored and hand col- ored. We will sell s limited number of these films at from 17.50 to tlO per reel; send for list. The above subject* are all multiple reel subjects SPECIAL LOT OF PRIZMA Colored Subjects at $30.00 per reel We are importers and exporters of film and can get you anything you want if not on hand, our vaults contain hundreds of subjects suitable for your work. Write us. We supply everything but the audiences ALL STAR BOOKING SERVICE, 1305 Arch Street, Phila., Pa. MOTION PICTURE PHOTOGRAPHY A COMPLBTB COURSE A practicable, usable, standard treatise for both the profefuiional clnematacrapher und tlHMC without experience. About 900 pages—400 pages of text and 100 pages uf illustrations—by New York Institute of fhotofrapky. Edited by Lieut. Carl L. Ortgory, F. K. P. B., Chief Instructor In Llnematognipliy for the Government Signnl Corps School iif Photography, at C^rumbla iTnlveniity, with sperial chapters by Charlts W. Httjl man, celebrateil Feature Photographer, and by Krirarch HpeciaUsIt of the Kant Tiinn Kodak Co, l*Uini.' di^ f\n**ONKY REFUNDED I nlL.h .J50.UU if not satisfied with this course after 5 days' examination. lEff mi IMTITUTE OF PNOTOfiRtPHT ^iSen," liSH'r"? Oept 5—145 W. 36th S(.. N. Y. t«nD» on requwt. Y "**•*-*■"" 22