Educational film guide (1945)

EDUCATIONAL FILM GUIDE 1945 EDITION 79 1. 4 LENSES AND THEIR USES. (You can make : good movies ser.) 15min 16-si-rent $1.50 RFA 791.4 jh-sh-c-adult One of a series of instructional films in movie making, made by Kenneth F. Space Presents not only a general study of the simple theory of lenses but also a detailed analysis of lenses in use. It simplifies those facts necessary for an intelligent approach and shows how to use equipment to the best advantage Simple diagrams show the action of light rays and how lenses are used to form pictures from these rays Shows various types of lenses from the wide-angle to the telephoto The specific use of each type of lens is given in the form of actual scenes taken with each lens. With the various telephotos, for example, the same scene is shown as filmed with each of the ordinary lengths of lenses available In the concluding section, many mistakes in handling and using lenses are shown and then the correct methods are illustrated Ohio MOVIES MARCH ON. (March of time ser.) 22min 16-sd-apply MMA 791.4 "A rapid survey, inspired by the work of the Museum of Modern Art Film Library, of the American motion picture industry yesterday and today. After an introduction on the work of the Film Library, there follows brief glimpses of stages in film production: shooting, construction of scenery, wardrobe and props, casting, editing. "Excerpts are then shown from early American films in the Film Library's collection, including 'The Great Train Robbery' (1903); 'The New York Hat' (1912, Mary Pickford); 'A Fool There Was' (1922, Theda Bara); 'Adrift' (1914); Mack Sennett comedies; 'Tillie's Punctured Romance' (1915, Charlie Chaplin); 'Birth of a Nation' (1915); 'Thais' (1918); 'The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse' (1921); 'Robin Hood' (1922, Douglas Fairbanks); 'The Covered Wagon' (1921); 'The Big Parade' (1925); 'The Flesh and the Devil' (1927, Garbo and Gilbert). Mention of Dr. Lee de Forest and the Warners introduces the sound film represented by 'The Jazz Singer' (1927); 'Steamboat Willie' (1928, Disney); 'All Quiet on the Western Front' (1930); 'Cavalcade'; 'The Life of Emile Zola' (Paul Muni) "Glimpses of well-known figures in the industry, among them Schenk, Barney Balaban, Cecil B. de Mille, D. W. Griffith, Buster Keaton! Mack Sennett, Sam Goldwyn, Will Hays, Joseph Breen, Jack Warner, George Schafer, Walter Wanger . . . Frank Capra, and Charlie Chaplin. The film returns in conclusion to the viewing theatre of the Film Library. . . Although a masterpiece of condensation, is not always impeccably accurate." British film inst. Ohio MUSEUM OF MODERN ART FILM SERIES. 16-si-sd-rent $15 MMA 791.4 sh-c-adult The museum has collected some of the outstanding films from 1895 to date. They have made a series of programs running for one-two hours. In the 35mm width most of the films are on safety stock but a few are available on flammable stock only; also some are available in silent versions only and some in sound only. Users should therefore make very careful inquiries The various units in Series no. 1 cover the following points: Development of the narrative; Rise of the American film; D W Griffith; German influence; The talkies (or for those not equipped with sound apparatus End of the silent era) In Series 2 the following are offered: Western film; Comedies; Film and contemporary life; Mystery and violence; and Screen personalities In 1937 the Museum offered five new programs—three on the German and two on the French film. The German programs are: Legend and fantasy. Moving camera, Pabst and realism. The sound film. The French programs are: From 'Lumiere to Ren6 Clair Advance Guard, Comedy tradition. Transition to sound. Supplementary films available for these units are: The golem, Siegfried, Metropolis, Fall of the house of Usher, Joie de vivre, Fahrmann Maria The Swedish Film and Post-War American Films" program includes: Swedish films — Seastrom and Stiller; Swedish-American film; Garbo talks; War in retrospect; Von Stroheim and realism; Comedy and Buster Keaton; Musical talkie; Gangster film. The following supplementary films are also available: Beau Brummel, Unholy three, What price glory, Public enemy. En natt, I am a fugitive from a chain gang Series V on "The Work of D. W. Griffith, 1907-1924" consists of 6 programs. For a complete list of the films used to illustrate each of the above mentioned units write to the Museum In Series VII, the Russian film the following are offered: Before the revolution, New beginnings — Eisenstein and Vertov, Two experimental groups — FEX and the Kuleshov workshop, Work of Pudovkin, Kozintzev and Trauberg, New uses of fable Series VIII consists of 6 Films of Douglas Fairbanks Series IX, Forty years of American film comedy, offers 8 programs NEWSREEL. lOmin 16-sd-$27; rent $1.50 Gut 791.4 el-jh-sh-c-adult "A well-organized account of the work of the newsreel camermen. Most people are unaware of the skill and hazards involved in taking pictures 'on the spot.' "A good vocational film for providing an understanding of the work of the newsreel cameraman." School management B&H $27; rent $1.50 IdP $1.50 Shad $1.50 OLD TIME MOVIES. 16-si-sd-$8.75-$17.50 1937 Castle 791.4 Each issue also available in a Headline edition (100ft 16-si-$2.75). Record of the beginning of the motion picture — films produced and re-edited from original negatives photographed more than 30 years ago — history, comedy, pathos — old time movie stars. Each subject (6 issues announced) a separate and distinct production. Three issues available, October 1939 are: "Yesterday lives again"; "Cowboys and Indians"; "Cast adrift — and how." The first shows such once well-known people as Lillian Russell, Andrew Carnegie. William Jennings Bryan, the Kaiser, etc. The second consists of selections from early westerns; and the third of the old comedies of Fatty Arbuckle and Mabel Normand Also available: "Gay nineties live again"; Border law"; "Revenge on the range." ft QUICKER'N A WINK. (Pete Smith specialties ser.) 9min 16-sd-apply TFC 791.4 sh An MGM production. Available only to schools "A demonstration of the new stroboscopic camera. The following are shown in both fast and slow motion: electric fan, football player kicking ball, golfer driving ball, kitten lapping milk, breaking a bubble with a pencil, dentist drilling tooth, drop of milk falling on pan, motion of humming bird wings. "Recommended for classes in physics and photography in senior high school. The wisecracking commentary does not add to the teaching value of the film." Advisory committee AMNH $1.50 SC $1.50 Ind $1.25 Syr $1.50 Ohio 355