The educational screen (c1922-c1956])

366 The Industrial Picture Field The Educational Screen "The Best Industrial Film of the Year" AT the convention of the Screen Advertisers Association held in Milwaukee in June, 1922, the DeVry Corporation of Chicago offered a portable motion picture projector of their make for the best industrial film of the year. The board of judges after reviewing all the films submitted in the contest ' unanimously awarded the prize to the Cycle Trades Association, Their film, "How Dreams Come True," was produced by the Rothacker Film Mfg. Company, Chicago. How Dreams Come True (One Reel— NF). Ambition rewarded is the theme of this unusual industrial photoplay which was awarded the first prize as the best industrial film produced during the current year. It features such well known stars as Ben Alexander, Peaches Graham, Bobby Hendrick, Claire Windsor and George Walsh. 1 — This story is built around the trials and tribulations of "Shorty," a typical Booth Tarkington character. 2 — "Shorty" was late for the ball game and his team was defeated. If he only had a bicycle he would have been there on time. He starts out to earn enough money to buy a bicycle. The spirit and zest he puts into every job from carrying luggage to selling papers is well portrayed. Then comes the bicycle contest, and "Shorty," with his unique bicycle, made from a saw horse frame and barrel-end wheels, wins the prize and his dreams at last come true. (Free distribution from DeVry Circulations, 1111 Center Street, Chicago.) Future Meetings There are to be held during the coming fiscal year two departmental meetings independent of the National Association. The first meeting will be held during August in New York City. Definite date of this meeting, as well as of subsequent meetings, will be published at a later date. ■ ||^ Publications Annual Report, Screen Advertisers Association, Atlantic City, June 5th and 6th. — Copies of this report may be secured by writing the secretary of the association. "Motion Pictures as an Aid to Business." — Four parts. Published in "Administration" for March, April, May, June, 1923. Ronald Press, N. Y. Joint authors — P. A. Raibourn, FamousPlayers, N. Y. C, and Roy L. Davis, DeVry Corporation, Chicago. This series of articles makes a critical analysis of the production and distribution problems connected with the use of motion pictures in business. Reprints of this series of articles may be secured by addressing the authors. Among the Producers (This department belongs to the commercial companies whose activities have a real and important bearing on progress in the visual field. Within our space limitations we shall reprint each month, from data supplied by these companies, such material as seems to offer most informational and news value to our readers. We invite all serious producers in this field to send us their literature regularly. — Editor.) System of Exchanges Established by National Non-Theatrical THE National Non-Theatrical Motion Pictures, Inc., first in the field of industrial film distribution, shows again its pigneer spirit by opening a series of exchanges in the key cities throughout the country to further facilitate and popularize the use of the film for educational purposes. MV. Levy, the president, says that the time is ripe for branching out; that activities in the field, that the sustained profit-making basis of his organization, that the possibilities for greater service to the field and the putting of an extensive library of films at the disposal of a greater number of customers, justify this step. Day by day the need for exchanges in the different cities has become more insistent. Thousands of letters have been received complaining of the difficulties attending dealings with the New York Office, from those in distant parts of the country, who, no matter how anxious they may be to secure pictures, are forced to go without them because of transportation charges. Others chafe at the delay, I