The Motion Picture and the Family (Oct 1934 - May 1937)

A Bulletin for All who are Interested In Better Motion Pictures The Motion Picture and ■ L.y 24 mi . The Family Comment on Current Films by Teachers, Educators, Community Leaders voi. 3 MAY 15, 1937 No. 9 Last Exhibit Of Season, On RKO Radio's "The Toast Of New York, 99 Immortalizes The Railroad Barons Who Flourished In The 609s Perhaps the most interesting panel pictures the origin of the New York Stock Exchange. Rather loosely organized in 1792 by a group of 24 brokers who agreed to bind themselves to certain trade restrictions, it had grown by the 1860's to the establishment pictured above. ANEW and vital chapter in American history comes to the screen with the issuance of RKO Radio's The Toast of New York, subject of the educational exhibit one of the panels of which is pictured above. Edward Arnold, who is gaining quite a reputation for recreating historic figures on the screen, emerges in this film as Jim Fiske, the railroad baron whose financial manipulations were largely responsible for the creation and financing of the great transcontinental railroads. Eight Picturesque Panels Last of the educational exhibits for the season, these eight panels on The Toast of New York will find their way into the schools and libraries of the United States in the early part of June and will give students an opportunity to absorb information about this colorful incident in the development of a pioneer country before the school bells ring finis to the season's activities. Incidentally they are likely to create an interest in the events of the period which will stimulate a great deal of highly profitable summer-time reading. Many famous figures move across the screen in this history of Jim Fiske and his associates. In it, the period of the '60's is recreated with extraordinary atmospheric vividness and authenticity. The picture covers the period from 1860 to the famous "Black Friday" of 1869.