Moving Picture Age (Jan-Dec 1922)

MOVING PICTURE AGE April, 1922 CTiMMrTTirmmi.i.-iiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiii'.iiiMifTriiiiiii1! pii ilttt-ttt, i .rrrTrrrrrTTm mt hi /n i i iui i ii i ii n.r ii u iiihii m n ii hi ti mmimm i iumTTTTTF m\m EDWARD BOWEf/M&iNG pieectoe presentation* vWt. L. ROTHAFEL EQUIPPED WITH W RAMEN /fnjjA.w // "The Best Screen we have tried is THE RAVEN HAFTONE SCREEN" A. G. BALCOM Assistant Superintendent of Schools Newark, N. J. THE RAVEN HAFTONE SCREEN is used by noted theatres — the United States Navy and leading Schools, Churches, etc. RAVEN SCREEN CORPORATION ONE SIXTY-FIVE BROADWAY NEW YORK the film theatres, I would not rest until I had that audience back. There are so many ways of pointing a moral without openly saying that that is what you are doing. Children's stories nowadays are written with a moral very carefully concealed ; it does not stand out in bas-relief. "There are sermons in stones and good in everything." There are many pictures suitable in any church, and many a moral can be taught by means of them. We should talk about the good films as we discuss good books. Mothers must be made to realize that a picture is more than just a picture, and she must be as careful of the films her child sees as she is of the food it eats and the books it reads and the companions it has. If scenariowriting were taught in every school, the children would watch motion pictures with a critical attitude. We need to foster that spirit of criticism in our young people. We train them at school to appreciate the best in literature, and we must train them to appreciate and demand the best in films. George Ade says that films are the "most potent single influence of the century." I believe most people will agree with this statement. It behooves us to do our best to make them an influence for good. The responsibility is ours, and we cannot evade it. National Academy of Visual Instruction (Continued front page 16) terials, numerous visual educational magazines are being published monthly, and universities and colleges are acting in the capacity of state distributing centers and exchanges, engaging in production and general activities, giving courses in visual education, and assisting in conducting research work. State departments of visual education have been created, Federal departments and bureaus are seeking to expand rapidly, and philanthropic organizations and institutions are lending help in promoting this work. Many commercial companies have been incorporated to engage exclusively in the production of educational pictures, and industrial companies and concerns are engaging in the filming of their products and plants in an educational way, eliminating any approach to direct advertising. Laws governing the exhibiting of educational films are being made consistent with the present need and manner in which they are used — and advisory boards have been appointed by states to assist in drawing rules and regulations. Several standard-size fireproof projection machines have the approval of state _ fire marshals and boards of labor and industry in Pennsylvania, Indiana, and Michigan to operate without fireproof booth enclosures, and i/f//iijnjifiiiur:iiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiifiiiiffiijijfiititiiiiiiMfiiMiiiiMiuiiMiii iMtJMiiiiiiiiiJMijjiiiititifiiJiiiiiiiiniitiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiitiiiiiMifiiiiiiitiiiii/iiiiiiiiaiiiiiJiiiiMHiiniiiiniifMtiiiJiitiiiiiiiiiMiitiinMHHJiiufMiniMiunitiiii]: RELIABLE EDUCATIONAL FILM CO. iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiifi iiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiHHiiMiiiiiiiiiiMMiiiiuiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinuiiiiiiiiinMmiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii 6751 East End. Avenue Chicago llllllllllllllllllllllilllllllllllilllllllllllllllllllllllllll'llllillW^^ INN OF THE BLUE MOON .... 7 REELS THE CRISIS 8 REELS A HOOSIER ROMANCE 5 REELS FANTASMA 5 REELS MARY MAGDALENE 3 REELS SNOW WHITE 4 REELS RUMPELSTILTSKIN 4 REELS BATEESTE 5 REELS COMEDIES AND SCENICS FILMS FOR CHURCH, SCHOOL, COLLEGE AND ACADEMY. SEND FOR COMPLETE CATALOGUE OF NON-THEATRICAL FILTHS. EXCELLENT