International Review of Educational Cinematography (Jul-Dec 1929)

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authorized the cinematographic presentation of the solemn ceremony of confirmation in the Cathedral of St. Stephen at Vienna. (Film Atelier, Berlin iT/57). The second cinema managed under Catholic direction is about to be opened at Breslau. (Lichtbildbuhne , Berlin 11/58). The procession of Mount St. Annaberg, the biggest religious festival of Upper Silesia, has been fiilmed. (Ufa Dicnst, Berlin 55/59). The Israelite film « Buried Alive » has met with great success in France. It features a Jewish hero and reproduces a number of beautifully reproduced religious ceremonies. (La Cinematografia , Milan 11/63). M. Protazonov is preparing an antireligious film entitled « The Festival of St. George » taken from the novel of Dergestadt. (Soviet Film Novelties 1 1/60). M. Dimitriev has produced a film entitled « In the Land of the Oudmourts » built up on the cinematographic material of the Meshrabpom Film expedition in the Vodsk region. This film presents a number of curious ceremonies of a religious character and the ritual sacrifices still practised by those populations. (Soviet Film Novelties 11/61). In the United States, Harry Warner has secured the assistance of the renowned Methodist preacher, the Rev. A. Sunday, for the publication of a number of talking films of a religious character. (Kmematograph , Berlin 11/63) TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF THE FILM D. Ulrich F. Schultz devotes an article to examining the difficulties hindering the production of documentary films on the life of animals in a state of nature. (Film Atelier, Berlin F. 6/262). The yearly examinations of the Munich School of Cinematography has given excellent results. A course in talking and sound films forms part of the program of studies for next year. (Corn cedia, Paris 8/67). In a very interesting article, M. K. Kolosoff maintains the need for creating a central experimental laboratory which would be of the greatest service in the technical cinema world. The institution of such a laboratory might serve as the basis for the foundation of a Scientific Cinematographic Institute. (Kino unci Kultur, Moscou F. 8/69). A school for training young cinema actors has been opened at Moscou under the direction of M. Zalis. One of the aims of this school is to study all the scientific questions connected with the cinematograph and especially its industrial development. (Comcedia , Paris F. 8/70). The Meshrabpom Film Co. is organizing a Comittee to study the improvements that might be made in the production of sound films. (Society for Cultural Relations between the U. R. S. S. and Foreign Countries, Moscou). M. Max Ettinger, the celebrated modern composer, deals with the several questions bearing on the silent film and sound films, in an article devoted to music in the cinema. (Freiburger Ze/tung, Freiburg F. 12/428). So as to avoid the commercial success of sound films being impaired by defective projections, the foremost American firms have decided to set up an independent commission of experts to supervise sound equipment in cinema halls. (Ri vista Cinematografica , Milan, Turin 12/446). Dr. Walter Thormer has invented a new process for taking natural colour 717