Educational film magazine; (19-)

THE FILM AS INTRODUCTION TO THE SERMON Such use of the film is not an easy substitute for brain sweat in the study. The cheapest thing in the service is the film. It must never be forgotten that it is not a substitute for the sermon, not a mere pleasing presentation. Its duty is as fixed as the customary text and in- troduction. The man who uses it successfully will put as much into his spoken message which follows as into any sermon he ever preached and the message which is given in this way and which makes this use of the film justifies to the most rabid opponent of the new method. The president of the local Chamber of Commerce, liimself a Presbyterian, attended several of these motion picture sermons in Troy and ex- pressed his own, carefully arrived at opinion that sermons like these could not fail of deep (Continued from page 19) impression, that they had so Impressed him. "GoonA Pici'UHE. God Lika Dat!" It is this impression the pictures themselves make in such an atmosphere and with such a method which emphasizes tlie fact that a new type of preaching has arrived. One Sunday evening the story of the Good Shepherd was the subject of the screen. A young Italian, not six months in this country, was present and the next morning sought out the preacher. He could scarcely make himself understood in his broken English but his visit was in connection with the picture the night before. "Gooda pic- ture. God lika dat!" was his comment. It was at the showing of this same picture that little Dominic, a typical street gamin, asked, with eyes filled with excitement—"Any flghtin'? any shootin'? 'r murderin'?" Here the cheap movie was showing all its evil effects upon the im- pressionable life of childhood; but that the same medium may be used to press home lessons of truth with equal vividness came later, when, following a scene where the Shepherd, drawing his great sheath knife, had driven off the rob- bers and defended liis flock witli his life, the selfsame gamin, looking up into the eyes of the pastor's wife, said: "Miss Kelley, does God have to kill folks like that sometimes to take care of us?" When tlie picture can be used to produce impressions like tliese it has answered the question with which we begin—"is it pos- sible to use the movie successfully in a religious service?" FLASHES ON THE WORLD'S SCREEN The Y, M. C. A.. Peoria, III., has been giving movie shows everj Thursday and Saturday nights. Spe- cial music is provided. Fox Farm, I.ake City, Minn., said to be the largest silver fox farm In the United States, has been filmed. Several hundred of these beautiful animals are seen in the picture. liecent programs at the Presby- terian Qiurch, Fenton, Mich., in- cluded "The Deemster," "The Dream i)(i J." "Sins of the World," and a Ford Educational. "Deception" was screened in the ballroom of The Hotel Drake, Chi- cago, for the benefit of the Service League for the Handicapped. • * Free motion pictures are furnished by Lewis, Iowa, merchants as an inducement to farmers living near there to come to Lewis to do their trading. The pictures are shown in the town park on weekday nights. • * Wireless music and a wireless speech by Governor Dorsey of Geor- gia aceompjinied the movie sho-jv on the lawn of Thurston Hatcher's home in Deeatur. Georgia, on a re- cent Saturday evening. • « Free open air movies for eliildren were given this past summer at the Methodist Episcopal community center, Lawrence street, Philadel- phia, by Ucv. M. E. Levit. The 8how ran from 0 until 10:30 every erenloK. • • "Layers and Liars," a one-rceler demonstrating the culling process and the care of poultry, and "The Man from Painted Post" were on the program of the county fair at Mari- etta, Ind., recently. • * The local Red Cross chapter showed health fllmg and a milk- drlnklng mechanical doll at the In- (liiotrlfll exposition In South Bend, Ind. Dr. B. V. RImore, health commls- filoner. showed two veneral disease films to young men at the First Methodist Church. Rome, Ga. These are the pictures used by the T'nited States army. FILMS FOR SALE Motion Picture Suppliett HENRY BOLLMAN FILM MBRARV HKRVICK 67 W. 44tli Ht. New York STATEMENT OF THE OWNER- SHIP, MANAGEMENT, CIRCULA- TION, ETC., required by the Act of Congress of August 24, 1912, of EDUCATIONAL FILM MAGAZINE, published monthly at White Plains, N. Y., for October 1, 1921. STATE OF NEW YORK ) COUNTY OF KINGS J ^s. 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