The Educational screen (c1922-c1956])

504 THE EDUCATIONAL SCREEN Selected Films For Church, School and Community at $5 and $7.50 each Thirty Subjects including Silas Manner, The Three Musketeers,.The Passion Play, Hamlet, Merchant of Venice, Hoosier Romance, Treasure Island, etc. All films guaranteed. For Particulars write Visual Educators Film Club 423 N. Galena Ave. Wyoming, 111. Hope (Two reels) — H. S. Brown, Chicago. This picture of the Triart series was inspired by the painting in the London Art Gallery of the same name, "Hope." It tells the story beautifully and dramatically of how the artist, George Frederick Watt, conceived the idea of painting the picture. The titling of the picture is full of inspiration. The artist himself is seen in his studio giving hope to a discouraged individual as he tells the story of the picture of his creation which is so famous, and so fraught with hope to all who understand its meaning. The story itself shows the forlorn wife of the sailor reported lost at sea, never giving up the last string in the harp, all others having snapped. And though her hope is deferred, she is finally rewarded with the return of her sailor husband, and the father of her new-born babe. It is one of those pictures long to be remembered, and especially so with a sermon on "Hope" to be preached with it. A German Comedy for use by any German group as an entertainment feature in clean humor is offered in the picture. Papa's Knoten (Papa's Knots). The editor of this department can arrange for its distribution as no film exchange has it, as yet. It is the story (humorous) of two professors who are very forgetful and who seek to remind themselves of things to be remembered by a method of lying knots in scarfs and handkerchiefs. Many humor-producing complications arise, part ularly in connection with two young people7 the son and the, daughter of the professors, respectively (and respectable too), who are finally the reminders to both parents that the many "knots" that fail to remind them of things to be recalled are meant to have these two young people tied by the "Marriage Knot." Two Helpful Pamphlets THE Parish Activities Service, under the direction of Reverend George M. Nell, Effingham, Illinois, has issued two pamphlets: Use of Slides in Carrying on Parish Activities and Making Movies Help in Doing Parish Work both of which contain a wealth of information on equipment and its uses, as well as numerous suggestions on ways, means and methods for those who are using visual materials in church work. In the former pamphlet the writer considers the use of projected still pictures from the standpoint of instruction solely: Still pictures shown for mere recreation are a failure in competition with motion pictures, and as most members of the parish have frequent opportunities of seeing motion pictures, it would be foolish for a parish to take up the use of stereopticon projected pictures from the mere recreational standpoint. However for instructional purposes in school and out of school, the projected still picture, either through slides or from opaque objects, has a decided advantage over the motion picture because: 1. It allows greater flexibility in its use, as it permits showing what is wanted without showing anything else, at the time when it is wanted, and as long as it is wanted. For teaching purposes this flexibility is ideal. 2. The supply of slides for teaching purposes is far superior in quantity and quality to the supply of motion picture films. The wealth of slide material covers the entire educational field, and when a slide is wanted which is not available, it can easily be made to order. The supply of opaque material is even more extensive than the slide material.