Movie Makers (Jan-Dec 1934)

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96 MARCH 1934 And NOW— THE WILLOUGHBY FILM RENTAL LIBRARY brings you a Large Selection of 16mm Sound-on-Film Reels for use in Sound-on-Film Projectors Only Now you can have private showings of SOUND FILMS — easily operated with all the perfect sound effects as you hear them in your local movie theatres. It's a new service added to the largest and most complete library of silent rental films in America. Subjects Listed BelowAreNow Available in Sound New ones being added monthly CARTOONS The Big Scare Haunted Ship Jungle Fool Snowtime Gypped in Egypt Bugville Romance Frozen Frolics Midnight Night Club Tuning In Western Whoopee TRAVELOGS Streets of Mystery In Old Madrid Gateway to India Valencia to Granada The Golden Pagoda MUSICALS Melody on Parade Gus Edwards Cliff Friend Sing 'Em Back Alive Benny Davis Singing with Singing Sam 4 Star Broadcast Tongue Twister Memories A Waltz Dream Oriental Fantasy MUSIC CLASSICS Stephen Foster Johannes Brahms Miscellaneous Subjects Spilled Salt A Drama Go Easy Doctor 2 Reel Comedy Let 'Er Buck Rodeo Thriller Par and Double Par Bobby Jones — Golf The 10th Olympiad J' ■"Y ANOTHER NEW SERVICE for those within a radius of 50 miles of New York City who ivant PROFESSIONAL ENTERTAINMENT For a moderate charge one of our operators will be glad to STAGE THE ENTIRE SHOW EITHER IN SOUND OR SILENT 16MM FILM When your church, club, school or some special event calls for professional movies — ■ we will supply the man — the equipment — the films — all you need is a room or hall! Write Us for Full Details V r Willoughbys World's Largest Exclusive Camera Supply House 110 WEST 32nd STREET, N. Y., N. Y. Featured releases | This department is for the convenience of readers in guiding them to library films announced in this issue. These films, in the main, have not been examined by Movie Makers. ■ Hemenway Film Co., Boston Mass., distributes The Passion Play, the 2000 ft. 16mm. religious film which is particularly appropriate at this lenten season. ■ Hollywood Film Enterprises, Inc., Hollywood, Calif., announces that Mickey Mouse and Silly Symphony cartoons have grown to 200 ft. features in 16mm. Some of the subjects are The Haunted House, Pioneer Days, The Barnyard Dance, Springtime, The Skeleton Dance and Cannibal Capers. The shorter lengths are still obtainable as well as these features. ■ Kodascope Libraries, Inc., New York City, offers Should Tall Men Marry?, with Stan Laurel, Jimmy Finlayson, Stuart Holmes and Martha Sleeper, a two reel comedy involving practical jokes and a donkey; The Lion and the Souse, one reel, wherein an intoxicated guest brings a lion to a houseparty; The Red Terror, two reels, and fourth episode of The Indians Are Coming, continuing this blood curdling serial with a fight with the Indians_and a faithful collie being sent with a message for help. ■ Parry Film Co., Hollywood, Calif., offers a variety of World's Fair films, reels of the equestrian events of the 1932 Olympics and two, slow motion films, World's Champion Athletes in Actio?! and Great Golf Pros in Slow Motion. | Willoughbys, New York City, inaugurates a 16mm. sound on film service this month. The following subjects are among those available: cartoons, The Big Scare, Haunted Ship, Frozen Frolics, Western Whoopee, Snowtime, Gypped in Egypt, Night Club; travelogs, Streets of Mystery, In Old Madrid, Gateway to India, Valencia to Granada, The Golden Pagoda; musicals, Melody oji Parade, Sing 'Em Back Alive, Tongue Twister, Memories, A Waltz Dream, Oriental Fantasy; miscellaneous subjects, Spilled Salt, Go Easy Doctor, Par and Double Par (with Bobby Jones), The 10th Olympiad. H The following companies also offer films for rental or sale: Bell & Howell Co., Chicago, 111.; Eastin Feature Films, Galesburg, 111.; Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, N. Y. ; Harry's Camera Shop, New York City; Guy D. Haselton, Hollywood, Calif.; Joseph Navilio, Brooklyn, N. Y. Free films | To borrow the films listed in this department, simply send in your ?iarme and address to Amateur Cinema League, Inc., 105 West 40th Street, New York City, specifying the titles of the films desired. When films are limited to groups, the type and approximate size of the audience must be given. Films are loaned free except for postage. All transactions regarding booking dates and shipping arrangements are effected between distributor and applicant after tlie League has forwarded name and address of applicant to distributor. Please do ?iot request a list of films from which to make a selection, as no list is available. Any one in the United States may apply for films reviewed, as this service is not limited to League members. ■ The U. S. S. Macon, two reels, 16mm. and 35mm., reviewed through the courtesy of the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, is a pictorial record of the construction and trial nights of this newest Navy airship. Views showing life aboard the craft and the flight over the World's Fair go with sequences taken at Lakehurst to make up an intensely interesting record film. ■ Under the Southern Cross, one reel, 16mm. or 35mm., reviewed through the courtesy of Jam Handy Picture Service, was made with the cooperation of the Munson Line and shows what sort of country the tourists using these ships will visit. The well known ports of South America (as well as a few not so well known) and side trips to the interior make this a well rounded travel subject.