The film: its use in popular education (1922)

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PRODUCTION 117 Screen improvements are also taking place. The new Ekualite diminishes the amount of eyestrain, and the front benchers may watch pictures without that periodical resting from the concentrated gaze. It ensures perfect comfort of vision from any angle of a cinema hall. It is needless to point out that the extension of the idea is possible, the application of the cinematograph and chronophone are illimit- able, and how much more will the Library lectures and " Half-hour talks" be appre- ciated ! Hundreds of years hence, our de- scendants may see and hear their forefathers as if their living ghosts talked and walked, long after their bones have become dust. Paper Films. British ingenuity and invention has pro- duced a further revolution in film production, reducing cost and minimizing fire risks. The inventor of this innovation in paper photoplay is Mr. Martin Harper, of London, who also has the credit to his name of producing the " ExtraHte" flickerless shutter. The com-