The educational screen (c1922-c1956])

School Department 231 ^mainder of the reel is devoted. A harming little boy and girl enact the arts of the boy-lover and his maid: "I was a child and she was a child In this kingdom by the sea." Some beautiful photography of the cean in its various moods makes this ne of the most artistic pictures of the 2ries, for pure pictorial beauty. It is dis- nguished as well by the remarkable act- lg of the boy. The emotion on the child ice, as he grieves over his loss at the rave of Annabel Lee is as real a thing s will be found in many a long search f child movies. The artistic and spiritual quality of the nbject cannot fail to make it welcome herever something truly educational is demand. John Greenleaf Whittier American luthor Series (K) Distributor, Hodkin- >n —One of the most human and popu- ix of our poets—known best perhaps for s "Barefoot Boy" and "Maud Muller," hich have been selected to furnish the ction of the reel, after a pictorial intro- uction to Haverhill, the house of the oet's birth, and of Haverhill Academy here he worked his way through school, ome splendid scenes of the Barefoot oy and his dog, following a lovely brook n its course, carry the atmosphere of le poem successfully, but with the eatment of "Maud Muller," much more )uld be desired. Glaring faults of acting nd direction make Maud Muller more of department store model than a farmer laid. The part of the judge is poorly, Imost humorously, cast. Regrettable listakes in an otherwise satisfactory abject. The Brook (Sunset-Burred)—The well- nown lines from Tennyson's poem are lustrated by scenes photographed in poly- some coloring, showing the brook in its ourse to the sea. The result is as beautiful an interpretation of Nature as anyone could wish. The reel ends with some remarkably fine views of the sea. An inspiring film- poem for a literature class, or for a general program. The Bashful Suitor (Tri-Art) Distrib- utor, Hodkinson —This is one of the series of two-reel productions based upon some of the great masterpieces of Art— in this case the painting of Josef Israels, which now hangs in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. The story goes that the painter, at work outdoors on a Dutch landscape which he intended to call "Springtime," sees the village belle, Gretel, accompanied in her walk across the fields by her ex- tremely bashful suitor. They are a pic- turesque pair, and the painter becomes so much interested that he changes the composition of his picture so as to center it around them. In the film, the story of the girl, her suitor, and his less bashful rival is followed through to its ultimate happy outcome. The narrative becomes the background for much that is pure loveliness in photography—some of the most artistic that it has been the review- er's good fortune to see. Not without a very definite educational value are the picturesque Dutch scenes, and the insight the picture gives into the lives of the quaint Dutch characters, the lace-makers at their work, and the younger villagers at play. The birthday party alone is charming, wholesome en- tertainment. The. cast is splendid through- -out, and the acting is made more inter- esting still by the remarkable work of the little girl and the dog. Valuable from so many angles, it offers a wholesome story, beautifully unfolded, and admirably fitted for school presen- tation. The Man Without a Country (Distrib- uted by the American Legion) —Here we have Edward Everett Hale "adapted" to