Educational film catalog (1936)

EDUCATIONAL F*ILM CATALOG Blue of the night. 14min 16-sd-sale apply Commonwealth; 16-sd-$65; rent $3 B&H F ALSO AVAILABLE FROM lemvi: Cos CWF FiL IdM IdP liosh YES YMCA Produced by Mack Sennett "Musical comedy starring Bing Crosby singing the songs that made him loved by all radio listeners." Distributor Bosko's Easter eggs. (Happy harmonies ser.) IR 16-sd-rent apply TFC F A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer technicolor pro- duction "Animated cartoon characters in a humorous Easter story. . . Recommended for classes in cartooning and commercial art; should also be useful for classes in art appreciation, and for smaller children, in elementary grades, who may find con- versation about Easter and the relation be- tween eggs and chicks easy after seeing this cartoon." Advisory committee p-el-jh-sh Boy of the streets. 75min 16-sd-$330; rent $15 1937 Gutlohn F ALSO AVAILABLE FROM 16mm: B&H FiL IdP Rosh Twy VES Monogram production. Awarded Parents' magazine medal. Listed in Motion picture review digest, December 27, 1937 "Fable is that of the city youngster who has his own gang of pals and who would like to grow up as a ward leader or in any spot where he did not have to work. There's some allusion to the riches-and- rags angle but that's smartly glossed over briefly to follow the lad's fight to find himself." Variety "The conditions are probably overdrawn now and then, and the picture has a tendency to veer toward sentimentality, but on the whole the film can be said to accomplish its objective. It undoubtedly will play its part in creating in the public mind an awareness of the deplorable condi- tions under which many of our people live." Hollywood Spectator "Family-juvenile. Outstanding. A sincere and moving picture with genuine social meaning." Weekly guide to selected pic- tures Broken lullaby. 90min 16-sd-rent $20 Films, inc. F A Paramount production, 1932 "A . . . plea for international friendship and peace. . . It tells the . . . story of a young French violinist, shattered by hav- ing killed a young 'enemy' musician in battle, who goes to the home of the dead boy's parents in Germany to make atone- ment, finding absolution when adopted as their son. Battle scenes are minor." Distributor sh-c-adult Guide Cabinet of Doctor Caligari. 45min 16-si- rent $5 Int. film league F Produced in Germany in 1919. by Decla. Directed by Robert Wiene. Photography by Willi Hameister. Script by Karl Meyer and Hans Janowitz "Three of Germany's greatest actors [Werner Kraus, Conrad Veldt, Lil Dag- oven cooperated with a daring director, a competent cameraman, and intelligent writers, and chose to employ the medium of pictorial expression to tell the thrilling story of somnambulism and murder as seen through the eyes of a madman. The resulting 'Cabinet of Dr. Caligari,' with its distorted angular settings, its frightful Jig- saw ornamentation, and its startling con- trasts of black and white shocked the whole world into the realization that the movies could achieve many powerful ef- fects beyond realism." Distributor sh-o Candyland. 9min 16-sd-rent $3 B&H F ALSO AVAILABLE FROM 16mm: Cos West A color film which is direct reduction by Technicolor of a major Hollywood cartoon production. Universal release "Baby insists he cannot sleep, so Sand- man takes him to mythical Candy Land, where ultra-efilciency reigns among the little folk who make the sweets." Distribu- tor "The singing and music are good. This is an excellent film for children, no doubt adults would like it too. The workmen in the candy factory sing and work. They must pass inspection and prepare to make candy. There is not a dull moment in the entire film. There is much comedy as the workmen make many kinds of candy. This picture could be used at any time of the year. It is a good clean pic- ture and perhaps one of the best and most interesting for children." J.K.W. Camet de bal. 105min 16-sd-rent apply * 1937 Columbia F "This film received the 1937 gold cup award at the Venice Exposition of Cine- matography for being 'the finest film pro- duced anywhere in the world during that year.' The student will not only hear perfect French spoken in this film, but he will also hear a number of dialects which will familiarize him with provincial and Parisian French." Film and book Carnival in Flanders. 95min 16-sd-sale ap- ply: rent $25 1936 Int. film bur. F ALSO AVAILABLE FROM 16mm: CFG Den Fi Gar IdP Wis 35mm rights owned by Tri-National. The film was produced by Tobis. French title is La Kerrnesse Heroique. This version not recommended for high school audiences. Another version which runs 85 min has been specially edited for high schools Committee on exceptional photoplays of the National board of review has selected this film, from the book of the same title by Charles Spaak, as the best seen this year (1936). This is a French dialog film with English subtitles. Jacques Feyder directed. Received the Grand prix du cinema francais and the gold medal award of the Venice international exposition of cinematography "The story tells of [a town's: predica- ment when, on the eve of a carnival, the Burgomaster and aldermen learn that the Spanish plan to spend the night there. The Spanish are a battalion of King Philip's army, which have thoroughly ter- rified Flanders. . . The Burgomaster has an idea. He will pretend to be dead in the hope that the Duke will pass through the village without stopping." N.Y. Sun "Gallic wit at its crispest delivered by a splendid cast who wear their ruffs and pantaloons with an air. This with direc- tion, photography and music explains why the film won two coveted European cinema prizes. Adults." Christian science moni- tor "The rarest thing in the cinema, a really adult film. . . It is an admirable film, a little obscene like most good comedies, and beautifully acted. . . M. Feyder's camera picks out with vividness and invention absurdities in costume and character and almost as skilfully as a Restoration dra- matist he lightly works into his ribald story a touch of the genuine, the simple emotion." Spectator c Guide si • silent; sd - sound; f ■ Inflammable; nf • safety; p ■ primary; el - elementary; Jh • junior high; sh - senior high; o • college; trade - trade schools 308