Home Movies (1946)

212 I HOME MOVIES FOR APRIL SOPD MD SILMT FILMS * Recent Releases for Road Shows, Clubs, Schools and Churches * Latest 16mm. and 8mm. Films for Home Movie Projectors The Music Album, announced this month by Castle Films, Inc., is a new series of 16mm. sound home movies for owners of sound projectors. Each release is a single reel in length and provides three complete musical numbers, the subject, Sangs To Remember, for example includes "Take Me Out To The Ball Game," "Sidewalks of New York," and "In The Good Old Summertime." The younger jive enthusiasts will enjoy ]azz and Jitters with its "Breakfast In Rhythm," "Jiveroo," and "Jazz Etude." The series includes songs of the south, songs of the west, and carnival rhythms plus strictly dance tunes affording dancing with movies — an innovation. We, Tco, Receive is one of Cathedral Films' latest i6mm. religious film releases. Two reels, i6mm. sound, it is a subject acceptable to every religious denomination. The story concerns a soldier in the South Pacific who was shot down, pursued by Japs, then rescued by an island native whose people nurse the soldier to complete recover^'. The stor)begins with a letter being read by his parents back home, and its narrative contents revealed in flashbacks to the boy in the South Pacific. The picture relates how the missionaries, who arrived years earlier, trained the natives and schooled them in religion, were responsible for saving his life. Distribution data may be had by writing Cathedral Films, 6404 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, Calif. Official Films, Inc., 2 5 W. 45th St.. New York, announce a new catalogue of "Soundies" — 16mm. sound short subjects being distributed by this company. Illustrated and described are 72 "Sound ies" subjects which are available for outright sale at $7.5 0 each. The Shanghai Gesture, a United Artists feature production, 1 1 reels in length, is Commonwealth Pictures Corp.'s current 16mm. sound release. The Shanghai Gesture means a strange, haunting story of the most fabulous city on earth where almost anything can happen and, in this story, does. The settings, clothes, and the production are rich and magnificent. The most dramatic scene unwinds at a dinner during the Chinese New Year — a sequence which was filmed with the help of nearly the entire population of Los Angeles' famed Chinatown Exclusive 1 6mm. world distribution rights are controlled by Commonwealth Pictures Corp., 729 7th Ave., New York. The Merry Monahans is a Universal Pictures production featuring popular Donald O'Connor, Peggy Ryan and Jack Oakie in a cavalcade of the good old vaudeville days and progressing to the famous Follies. Here is excellent comedy, music and a pleasant dash of nostalgic sentiment. It is released by Bell & Howell Filmosound Library, 1801 Larchmont Blvd., Chicago. Rental rate is $17.50. Length 9 reels. The Singing Sheriff, six reels, sound, was produced by Universal Pictures and features Bob Crosby, Fay McKenzie, Samuel S. Hinds and Fuzzy Knight in a truly unique western picture that kids itself in clean, unroarious satire. There is rhyme and reason even in the introduction of the musical numbers, and an inspired commentator helps further to take it off the beaten path of modern film fare. Subject will be available after April 6, 1946 for showing to approved non-theatrical audiences from Bell & Howell Filmosound Library, 1801 Larchmont Ave., Chicago 13, 111. Base rental rate is $17.50. I Donald Duck's roliicRmt; escapades highlight the series of animated cartoons currently being released by Hollywood Film Enterprises, Inc., 6060 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, Calif. These cartoon films, reduced from early regular theatre releases, are to be had in a variety of reel sizes in both 8mm and 16mm. silent film. Prices are moderate, suggesting opportunity to accumulate a number of subjects as a feature for the amateur's home movie library. A new catalog listing all animated cartoon subjects now available and their prices may be had free by writing the company at the above address,