Moving Picture Age (Nov-Dec 1919)

28 MOVING PICTURE AGE Films and Where to Get Them (Continued from page 24) INSTRUCTIONAL FILMS Gaumont News. Reel, 1; producer, Gaumont News Film; exchange, same; remarks: New York City, "69th" on parade; Boston, discharge of 26th Division; Washington, D. C. ; Baltimore, fire at Industrial School, boats back from the Azores; Riverside, Cal.; round-up; San Antonio, smoke screen, heavy gale, submarine sighted; Venice, Cal. Cui display of bathing suits. Pathe Review No. 10. Reel, 1; producer, Lathe; Ruins of Timgad, colored; Ditmar, odd appetites, birds, turtle 200 years old, hippopotamus, giraffe, monkey; Novagraph, juggling with boxes, lamp and coins; Oregon, care of pear trees, sorting and boxing; caring for our wounded soldiers in California hospital, examining the wounded, X-ray pictures showing pieces of metal and bullets still in body; wounded soldiers at setting-up exercises. Topics of the Day No. 50. Reel, 'A; producer, Literary Digest; exchange, Pathe; remarks: Timely paragraphs from the press of the world. Worms and Echinoderms. Reel, 1; producer, Pathe-C. G. P. C; exchange, Beseler; remarks: Reissue. Spirographic moving in water, serpulae are worms which live in calcoreous tubes which they construct; bonellia is an inhabitant of the warm waters of Southern Europe; sea urchin is covered with prickles which make him look like a chestnut burr; starfish moves by means of five arms, each equipped with about 100 tuckers; the starfish suckers greatly magnified; ophiura, or brittle star; rose feather star found in British waters. Geology, Part I; Ice and Snow. Reel, 1; Producer, Pathe; exchange, Beseler; remarks: Reissue. Water in form of ice and snow, rain drops passing through the higher atmosphere, where the temperature is slightly below 32 degrees — the freezing point — freezes into snow flakes; iceberg floating, ice, in contact with salt, causes extreme cold; this is the principle used in freezing mixtures. Water mixed with ammonia gas and sulphuric acid, subject to compressed air and ether freezes; in this way artificial ice is produced. Winter sports. The Slate Industry. Reel, 1; producer, Lubin; exchange, Beseler; remarks: Reissue. Preparing a blast, loosening huge slabs of slate which derricks raise to the cutting yard, splitting, cutting edges, polishing and framing, school slates. Photoplay Magazine Screen Supplement No. 3. Reel, 1; producer, Ed. Film Corp. of America; exchange, same; remarks: Universal City, Hollywood, Cal., Priscilla Dean; Jack Ford directing a western picture, Edith Story and her home on Long Island, J. Warren Kerrigan, Dustm and William Farnum in speed boat, Mae Marsh in her apartment on Riverside Drive, New York, N. Y., William Russell, Geraldine Farrar in her home on 74th street, New York. When Black Is Read. Reel, 1; producer, Ed. Film Corp, of America; exchange, same; remarks: Newsboys at their game, newspapers tell of baseball game, a fire, etc.; reporter telephones story of fire, copy is prepared, linotype is like a typewriter, making big steel cylinders; 432,000 newspapers printed each hour, half a ton of ink consumed each day, papers folded and counted by machinery. Pathe Review No. 11. Reel, 1; producer, Pathe; exchange, same; remarks: Ditmar film, zebra, wild horse of Thibet; making pottery in Africa; Novagraph film, ice skating, jumping on skiis; a visit to St. Michel, French town in the Alps, views of town, waterfalls, snakelike bridge, young shepherd; caring for our wounded soldiers at Letterman Hospital, San Francisco, Cal. Appalachia. Reel, 1; producer, Pathe; exchange, Beseler; remarks: The Cumberland, Blue Ridge and Smoky mountains, customs and ideas of the folks living in remotest regions, women doing most of the work, while men hunt and fish. Cut last part, scene of making whisky. International News No. 23. Reel, 1; producer, International; exchange, Universal; remarks: Flames wreck harbor in Yokohama, Japan; San Francisco, Cal., wounded Czecho-Slavoks returning home via Siberia; London, England, Edith Cavell's body brought home from Belgium, Westminster Abbey; Coatesville, Pa., story of steel; Germany, Dr. Karl Reimer, Austrian Chancellor, map of Austria-Hungary in 1914; Paris honors memory of Joan of Arc; Archangel, the Yanks in Russia, Camp Michigan only 200 miles from the Arctic; mess time, a native of Archangel; anarehi i bombs wreck homes; New York, Judge Nott's home after the explosion, Philadelphia, Roman ( atholic Church wrecked; Boston, Judge Hayden's Washington, D. C, Attorney-General Mitchell Palmer. Where the Screen Tree Grows. Reel, 1; producer, Outing Chester Picture; exchange, same; remarks: Picture made for the Audubon Society. Bird di ign on embroidered Japanese screen, visitbird island in the Gulf of Mexico by aeroOOtj terns, the man-o'-war bird, with wings 7 feet across, Tulo, the heart of the island, on a covered raft, the purple gallinule, herons at home, baby blue herons, the egret at home, the original ii tree with birds, from which designs on screens are copied. New Screen Magazine No. 16. Reel, 1; producer, Universal; exchange, same; remarks: Fishing on big Smoky, a chat with an old fisherman about trout fishing; monsters of long ago; Abe Martin says; the growth of the telephone, the first switchboard made, one made two years later, a modern switchboard, rear view of a modern switchboard; different ways of using German helmets; some quiet spots about New York; Brooklyn Bridge, Times Square, Curb Market, Columbus Circle, speed camera. Some of California's Queer Farms. Reel, 1; exchange, Beseler; remarks: Alligator farm, thousands of little reptiles about six inches long, three or four feet long. Ostrich farm, heads of giant birds, riding an ostrich, feeding them oranges, picking the plumage. A Visit to the City of Boys at Charlevoix. Reel, 1; producer, Selig; exchange, Beseler; remarks: Charlevoix, named for the French missionary and traveler, known as the City of Boys, governed by self-elected officials; a council meeting, sleeping quarters, bathing, diving and swimming, breakfast, Judge Willis Brown addressing the boys, electing a mayor to rule the city, counting the votes, celebrating the election, preparing for the Boy City circus, circus parade, etc. A Visit to the Bronx Zoo. Reel, 1; producer, Essanay; exchange, Beseler; remarks: A collection of animals and birds, American raccoon, emu from Australia, secretary bird, dingo Australian wild dog, wart hog, marabou stork, condor of South America, California condor or vulture, storks and cranes, a collection of Florida snakes, all harmless, gila monster of Arizona, fresh water snapping turtle, Tasmanian devil, spotted or laughing hyena, puma from Texas, South American tapir, zebra, musk-ox, ducks, great-crowned pigeons, screech owl, eagle-owl, European kite, wild horses, pigmy, hippopotamus, water birds, etc. The Tiger. Reel, J4 ; producer, Ditmar; exchange, Ed. Film Corp. of America; remarks: Malaysia tiger, Bengal tiger attains weight of 500 lbs., the male, tigress, the claw, footpads, Siberian tiger attains weight of 600 pounds, tiger expressions, leopard, jaguar. Third grade. Wearers of Furs and Quills. Reel, '/2; producer, Ditmar; exchange, Ed. Film Corp. of America; remarks: African hedge-hog, Argentine armadillo, Texas armadillo. South American ant-bear, kinkajou, Peruvian opossum, flower-backed sloth from Brazil, weasel, skunk, coati-mundi of Brazil. Fourth grade. Gaumont News. Reel, 1; producer. Gaumont; exchange, same; remarks: Medals awarded by Gen. Pershing; San Francisco, "Tawny" Pershing's birthday party (a lion) one year old; Seattle, bicycle run revival; Venice, Cal., riding cross-country on bicycles; Chicago, selling viands to help raise funds; France, palm placed on grave of Quentin Roosevelt; Seattle, aerial honeymoon; Paris, President Wilson receives degree; Cleveland, Ohio, burning aeroplane; Durham, N. H., pageant; Chicago, teaching German is barred. The Only Way. Reel, 1 ; producer, Ford Motor Co.; exchange, Goldwyn; remarks; Be sure you're right, dropping refuse causes accidents and is unsanitary; safety first, look both ways in crossing the street, bicycles should hug the curb; drive cautiously, manhole left uncovered, children play ing in street, driving through safety zone, Stop Look-Listen signs, broken glass should be removed children hitching behind wagon, crossing the street, crossing in rear of a trolley, hogging the road Pathe News No. 47. Reel, 1 ; producer, Pathe exchange, same; remarks: Paris procession ir honor of Joan of Arc; Palo Alto, Cal., govern ment launches first 7,500-ton concrete tanker parasol-plane to cross Pacific, made of aluminum and covered with oiled silk; Hoboken, N. J., U. S. athletic team starts for France for inter-allied meet; Dover, England, body of Edith Cavell brought to England, services at Westminster Abbey; Washington, D. C, woman suffrage wins, Vice-President Marshall signing the bill; anarchists attempt to terrorize citizens, home of Attorney-General Palmer in Washington. Cartoon. New Screen Magazine No. 15. Reel, 1; producer, Universal; exchange, same; remarks: When Mary Pickford didn't earn a million dollars a year, some scenes from her earliest pictures; Abe Martin says ; a trip to Cairo, natives praying, cemetery of Memphis, ruined statue of Rameses II; head carved on a Mexican bean by prisoner in Guatemala; spying on the spider, a family of 300 spiderettes; some modern toys; Burlesque News, a combination of photography and cartoon, done for the first time. Hearst News No. 24. Reel, 1 ; producer International; exchange, Universal; remarks: Annapolis, Md., graduates receive diplomas from Secretary Daniels; London, Hawker and Grieves welcomed by throng; Passadena, Cal., goat show; Paris, French officers receive medals of honor; Wellesley. Mass., college girls celebrate tree day; London, American soldiers who died on British soil honored; New York, N. Y., Mrs. Murphy and son' take up new summer quarters in Zoo; Lisbon, Portugal, NC-4 finishing transatlantic flight, Lieut.-Commander Read awarded medal by President of Portugal; Indoor Sports. Cartoon. International News No. 24. Reel, 1; producer, International; exchange, Universal; remarks: British aeroplane wrecked; West Point Cadets, graduating exercises; Madrid, Spain, views of Royal Palace, etc., from an aeroplane; San Francisco, Cal., horse race; Denver, Colo., housing problem hits Zoo; Hartford, Conn., Lieut. Locklear risks life in, aerial stunts; New York, N. Y., Boy Scout parade; England, aerial "Mayflower" NC-4, Lieut.-Commander Read and crew welcomed by Mayor of Plymouth, off to take train to London. Pen Points of Progress. Reel, 1 ; producer, Pathe; exchange, same; remarks: The Stone Age, the goose quill, _ the steel pen; how fountain pens are made, pressing the rubber, pressing into tubes, hardening, 14-karat gold for pen points, stamping out pen blanks, iridium, the hardest metal known, used for tips, points inspected, pen tested. Industrial film. Fill In and Give This to Your Nearest Theater Owner 1' Proprietor Theater, City. I am anxious to have my young people see, and myself should like to witness, an exhibition of the following moving picture feature: Name of picture Producer Exchange If your theater is willing to regularly exhibit films of this class and type, you may count on the regular attendance of members of our institution and their friends. Signed Date Address Fill In and Give This to Your Nearest Theater Owner Proprietor Theater, City. 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