Focus: A Film Review (1950-1951)

31. Other Films I Old Testament History. C.T.S. (A series with French Titles.) Reviewed July 1948. Life Miracles and Teaching of Jesus. Bloud et Gay. (French Titles.) Reviewed July 1948. Gospel Stories. Dawn Trust. (Series.) Reviewed July 1948. Manger to Cross. Dawn Trust. Set of three. Reviewed July 1948. Boyhood of Jesus. Dawn Trust. Reviewed March 1949. A Certain Nobleman. Dawn Trust. Reviewed March 1949. Paul's Early Life. Dawn Trust. Reviewed March 1949. Story of Joseph. S.P.C.K. VIS. Reviewed February 1950. The Passover Lamb. S.P.C.K. Reviewed February 1950. David the Shepherd Boy. S.P.C.K. Reviewed February 1950. Actes des Apotres. Lumina. (French captions). Reviewed June 1950. Good Tidings of Great Joy. (Dominican Picture Apostolate . ) Reviewed April 1950. D. CHURCH HISTORY AND LIVES OF SAINTS Life of St. Paul Cathedral Film Strips. Dawn Trust. 5 parts. Five strips of good photographs of tableaux portraying incidents in the life of St. Paul. The pictures are circular insets in a rectangular frame, which borders appropriate maps with relevant places and routes well marked. The class “Quiz” at the end of each strip is an added interest. The strips can be used with profit with children of 11 years who are too young to read “The Acts of the Apostles” or as a summary for those who already know “The Acts”. I St. Joan of Arc C.T.S. In 2 parts. Together with the lecture notes (abbreviated for children of 11 plus) these two strips provide an easy means of presenting, for the first time, the history of the Maid. Though the photography is not perfect, the material photographed is well chosen from works of art and historic buildings. Films and Strips Life of St. John Bosco. Salesian Fathers, Battersea. Sound Film. Reviewed November 1949. Lives of the Saints. C.T.S. series. Reviewed July 1948. Bishop Challoner. C.T.S. series. Reviewed April 1950. Story of Bernadette. Dawn Trust. (French.) Reviewed March 1949. St. Bruno. Editions du Berger. Reviewed June 1950. St. Louis Roi de France. Editions du Berger. Reviewed June 1950. Histoire du Christianisme. S.E.F. Reviewed July 1948. Spread of Christianity. Part I. Common Ground. Reviewed June 1950. Albert Schweitzer. (Lives of Great Christians) Common Ground. Reviewed June 1950. E. VARIOUS TOPICS Fatima Today Colour strip. Produced by Catholic Film Institute. Price 15s., with booklet. Many thousands of Catholics of all ages will have seen the feature film “Pilgrimage to Fatima” and will be glad to have this strip consisting of “stills” depicting scenes from the film taken on location in Portugal. But the strip can be recommended on its own merits apart from its value as a memento of the film. Consisting of 33 frames, it shows us the chief places connected with the apparitions; the shrines that have arisen round the Cova da Iria, the basilica, the chapel and the hospital; the village streets; the country scenes; windmills and humble cottages, the same houses in which the children lived. Close ups are given, not of the chief human characters of the story, but of those near to them who still live nearby, the aged parents of Francisco and Jacinta, and the sister of Lucia. These and others are mingled with shots of the pilgrimages, including the arrival, the penitential exercises and the prayers of the pilgrims who come in thousands not only from every village and hamlet in Portugal but from all over the world. The notes, which presuppose some knowledge of the main facts, are interesting and help to bring out the message of Fatima which is the message of prayer and penance. Fatima Today succeeds in