Moving Picture Age (Jan-Dec 1921)

October. 1921 MOVING PICTURE AGE 37 JAMES K. SHIELDS PRESENTS "THE STREAM OF LIFE" Produced by Plimpton Epic Pictures, Inc. A Six Reel Picture with Synchronized Musical Accompaniment. Rev. Harry L. Everett, D. D., First Congregational Church, Jersey City, N. J. "For the second time within the year 'The Stream of Life,' the scenario of which you wrote, has been shown in the People's Palace. This time it was given to a congregation of rive of the largest churches in Jersey City, and may I say that vast audience left the Auditorium spell-bound. It was as though they had listened to an acted play by some of tne great masters. I fear I may seem fulsome in my praise, and yet I believe this picture should be shown from 'Coast to Coast.' The beauty of its setting and the simple truth of its story will long be remembered by those who see it." Be sure and include the presentation of this picture on your program. Distribution anywhere in the United States, through 18 points. For information write PLYMOUTH FILM CORPORATION 46 West 24th Street NEW YORK CITY Views of Jerusalem, quaint architecture, the ancient Wailing Wall, Mosque of Omar which is built on the site of the Temple of Solomon, Garden of Gethsemane, etc., eruptive activities of volcano in Hawaii; hog farm in Missouri at feeding-time; seagulls and other birds on coast of Britain; scenes in Cairo showing ship makers and pottery workers. Some of Uncle Sam's Workshops.* Reel, 1; producer, Ford; exchange, Federated Film Exchanges of America. Remarks: The various departments in Uncle Sam's post office; postman collecting mail in an automobile, cancelling stamps and sorting mail, parcel post department, new aeroplane service being perfected, workshop where Libertv Bonds are made. Pathe Review No. 105.* Reel, 1; exchange, Pathe. Remarks: "The Newest Thing in Picture Printing," showing how the New York Times engrave and print their rotogravure section, making negative, placing on carbon, exposing on copper cylinders, acid bath, etc.; Novagraph slow-motion photography. "The Mystery of Wing Power," the operation of the Sea Gull's wings in the air; Hy Mayer's Travelaugh, "In the Jolly Summer Time," showing amusement devices at Coney Island; Pathecolor, showing how straw hats and baskets are made in Tunisia, Africa. Trees — A Noble Folk.* Reel, 1 ; exchange, Famous PlayersLasky Corp. Remarks: Post Nature picture. A study in trees, how they beautify the landscape, trees, young and old, quotations of famous authors. Vegetarians.* Reel, 1; producer, Kineto Co. of America; exchange, National Exchanges. Remarks: Kineto Review No. 52. Studies of animals subsisting entirely on vegetation. Roundup of rabbits on the American prairies, prize bunnies, young African elephant, Australian fruit-bat or flying-fox, Australian kangaroos, baby kangaroo, Barbary sheep, African spring bok, elands, llama, musk-ox, gnu, American bison or buffalo, wintering in British Columbia, Canada, rhinoceros, zebra and foal, dromedary, English officers training camels to trot, driven in harness like a team of horses. How Steel Is Cut: Liquid Air.* Reel, 1; exchange, Beseler Educational Film Co. Remarks: Acetylene flame intensified by oxygen produces the keenest cutting force; at 1,750 pounds pressure to the square inch and a heat of 6,300 degrees it cuts iron and steel, the compass-torch cutting boiler-tube holes, a solid block of armor plate, 16 inches square, cut in four minutes. Experiments with liquid air. Charles Urban's Movie Chats, No. 47.* Reel, 1; producer, Kineto Co. of America; exchange, State Rights. Remarks: Flowers and fruit preserved for museum purpose; animals at Zoo under doctor's care, snake, baboon, and deer, elephant sandpapered, scrubbed, and oiled. The home life of the folk in northern parts of Norway. Scenes showing how common household ammonia is made and used. Pathe Review, No. 106.* Reel, 1; exchange, Pathe. Remarks: Pathecolor out where the mud boils, mud springs in Yellowstone Park, through the Petrified Forest, waterfalls. Novagraph slow-motion photography, big horn sheep jumping over log cabin, the fisherman's coast, catching channel bass. Cut scenes of the "Dance of the Huntress." "The Round-Up on Bar-U."* Reel, 1; producer, Ford Educational; exchange, Federated Film. Remarks: Scenes of Bar-U ranch near Calgary, Canada, rounding up cattle which takes place once a year. Lectures by Detroit Supervisor DETROIT is taking seriously the problem of the proper use of visual aids in education. Three lectures on this subject were delivered at the summer session of the Detroit Teachers' College by Edwin H. Reeder, Supervisor of Visual Education in the Detroit public schools. Mr. Reeder explained the value of the slide, film, and stereograph in furnishing concrete fact material out of which may grow the thought problem and projects now considered the basis of good teaching. He also compared the still and the moving picture, using examples of each, and showed how the slide gives impressions of form and color, while the film furnishes ideas of characteristic action. The summer program of the First Unitarian Church, Toledo, Ohio, of which Dr. Howard Westwood is pastor, included a Sunday-night motion-picture service. This was started early in the summer only as an experiment, but evidences are that it will be continued as a permanent feature of the church curriculum. 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