Film and Radio Guide (Oct 1945-Jun 1946)

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March, 1946 FILM AND RADIO GUIDE 47 JULIUS CAESAR, Act III, Scene 2. Screen version of the forum scene of Shakespeare's play. Produced by Sidney Box. Directed by Compton Bennett. Available in 16mm from British Information Services, 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York 20. Running time, 19 minutes. Service fee, $2. Strongly recommended. Here at last is an answer to the prayer of teachers of Engish and the social studies everywhere for a classroom film version of the climactic scene in Shakespeare’s historical tragedy dealing with the assassination of Julius Caesar. As timely as today’s newspaper are the scenes which follow the murder of Caesar. As powerful as the most inspired lesson in social psychology is this presentation of rabble-rousing. Leo Genn, British stage player, is splendid as Mark Antony. He delivers the famous funeral oration with convincing effect. Following Felix Aylmer’s presentation of Brutus’s address, Director Compton Bennett’s handling of the swirling mob lends powerful support to Genn’s performance. Notable shots of mass action and striking closeups are interwoven with the speech. The effect is heightened by music composed by Ben Frankel, played by the London Symphony Orchestra, and conducted by Muir Mathieson. Even the smallest and remotest schoolhouse, if it has electricity and a projector, will now be able to make its study of Julius Caesar and its great lesson in the dangers of rabblerousing luminous indeed. w. L. MACBETH, Act II, Scene 2, and Act V, Scene 1. Screen versions of the scenes of the murder of Duncan and of Lady Macbeth's sleepwalking. Produced by Sidney Box. Directed by Compton Bennett. Available in 16mm from British Information Services, 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York 20. Running time, 19 minutes. Service fee, $2. Recommended. Wilfred Lawson plays Mac Rabble-Rousing in Ancienf Rome. TOP — "Read the will! We'll hear it, Mark Antony." MIDDLE — "Revenge! About! Seek! Burn!" BOTTOM — "Mischief, thou ort afoot; take thou what course thou wilt!"