Moving Picture Age (Jan-Dec 1920)

Mav. 1920 MOVING PICTURE AGE 29 New Screen to Show Pictures in Dayliglit A report has reached this country of a new German invention, which, if developed, may revolutionize the film industry. It is stated that by the means of the discovery of a new compound which absorbs light, German cinema scientists now assert they can show photoplays in broad daylight. The Germans use their new compound in making moving picture screens. The first broad attempt to capitalize the discovery is in the formation of a company to install miniature moving picture machines in private homes. German families, it is promised, will soon be able to see the latest features while eating dinner or pursuing household activities. The home moving picture machine will take its place beside the piano and the phonograph. As an adjunct to the new company's activities, it is planned that the new home machine will be a combination projector and camera. In this way events in the home may be photographed for future generations. It is said that the greatest good of this novel project will be the doing away with the family album. The new screen compound is called Petragaggan. It is cast in big flexible sheets and to some extent resembles leather. Its make-up is zealouslj guarded as a secret by the makers, who say that the new screen is expected to supplant present-day billboards, since it can show moving pictures on the housetops in daylight. Federal Aid Sought for Circulation of Hygiene Film There is now before Congress an amendment to the Legislative appropriation bill to provide for printing and circulating in the states the dental film, "Come Clean," prepared by the Army during the war. The amendment carries an appropriation of $15,000, part of which sum will be used by the Bureau of Education, if the item is approved by Congress, to print copies from the negative now owned by the government and the remainder for paying the expenses of Maj. Mitchell, who was responsible for and directed the preparation of the film. Maj. Mitchell will be engaged by the Bureau of Education and sent to the various states to co-operate with the state institutions in promoting better health through care of the teeth. The film, although prepared for army use, shows by means of pictures and diagrams the proper care of children's teeth. It is woven about a story of keen interest. An exciting fist fight is one of the most interesting features of the picture. The School Hygiene Association and the Society on Oral Hygiene have approved the film and requested Congress to appropriate the monev for its use in the states. "Ancient Roman Games'' was the subject of an illustrated lecture given before the high school of Quincy, 111., recently. "The Street Called Straight," an Eminent Authors picture, announced by the Goldwj-n Pictures Corporation, has been selected for showing at the Oak Cliff Christian church, Dallas, Texas, following the regular Sunday evening service. The picture was run at the Queen theater, Dallas, where it attracted so much attention that there was a demand for its presentation before the Sundaj evening congregation. Basil King's story, an adaptation of his novel of the same title, is exerting influence throughout the country in converting religious bodies to a recognition of the good in photoplays. Recently it was made the subject of a sermon at the Procathedral in Los Angeles, and everywhere it has been endorsed by organizations interested in developing the moral consciousness of a communitj'. During the run of "The Street Called Straight" at the Queen theater, it came to the notice of the pastor of the Oak Cliff Christian church, who deemed it a suitable subject with which to follow a sermon on the benefits of right living. The dramatic character of the incidents in the story serve to strengthen the force of the moral which it points. Rev. John Wert Dunning, pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Kalamazoo, Mich., has installed the moving picture as a regular part of his Sunday evening service. "A Half Hour of Motion Pictures," as the feature has been termed, follows the deliverv' of the sermon and has become very popular with all members of the congregation. During recent weeks such films as "The Land of Opportunity," "Children of Every Land," "The Roof of America," and "The Rebuilding of France" have been shown. At one of the church's weekly services recently a moving presentation of Maeterlink's "Bluebird" was given. 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