The Moving picture world (July 1920)

316 THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD July 17, 1920 Educational and N on -theatrical News Conducted by Margaret I. MacDonald Interests Organizing to Further Cause of Educative Films in Public Schools AT a meeting to be held very shortly at the Bray Pictograph offices, representatives of all the big producers will report on their study of the problem the educational field is turning up. An important preliminary meeting was held last week. The meeting took place at th« Harvard Club at the invitation of Carl H. Pierce, vicepresident of the Kineto Co., of America, Inc. At the suggestion of Mr. Pierce there was chosen as temporary chairman, Rowland Rogers, of Bray. Mr. Rogers explained that the producers' representatives had been called together to discuss the various and complex problems that had been developing in the rapidly expanding educational field; that they wanted to devise some way to co-operate in arriving at methods of distribution; methods of charge, etc. The territorial price also offers a great problem; whether the New York charge is to be more or less than the New York charge for the ordinary entertainment productions is a problem that still needs study. It was explained at the meeting that it had not been the intention to slight any producers and at future meetings, of which notice will be given in the publications, all producers interested in educational films are invited to attend or to send a representative. The general understanding in educational film circles is that this autumn the Board of Education is going to make its first well defined, well planned experiment in the use of motion pictures in the school rooms. It is understood that there is an appropriation of $10,000 to be spent for motion picture films and that probably all the manufacturer of educational films will be asked to submit bids on the various subjects. Three subjects have been elected for the autumn experiment, for which this $10,00 is said to be available, between September and Christmas. They are: Biology, United States Geography and English Literature. It seems to be generally understood that the normal demand as things expand; that the automatic spread of the use of educacational films and the additional subjects for which they will be used will in time bring the annual appropriation of the Board of Education for educational pictures up to $250,000. At the Harvard Club meeting the other night there were present, besides Mr. Pierce and Mr. Rogers, the following: Ilsley Boone, Argonaut Films; P. W. Blaisdell, Society of Visual Education; Dr. G. P. Benton, Worces ter Films; Dr. Maxwell Ryder, Ryder Films; Don Carlos Ellis .of the Harry Levey Service Corporation, and S. A. Bloch, of the Fox Film Corporation. One-Reel Subject Shown Why Dust Is Dangerous WHY dust is dangerous is shown in a one-reel motion picture, "Explosive Dusts," issued by the United States Department of Agriculture, in cooperation with the United States Grain Corporation. The picture is a popular presentation of a subject covered at greater length In a previous two-reeler, "Grain-Dust Explosions in Mills and Elevators, The old two-reel picture is being retained for the use of workers in the Bureau of Chemistry. The new one-reeler is especially designed for showing in high schools and other institutions, as well as before grain and milling men, fire prevention and insurance associations. Requests for the loan of the film should be made through some field worker of the Department of Agriculture, or they may be sent directly to the department. Arrangements also have been made enabling outside persons and institutions to buy prints at the cost of manufacture. Interesting Bird Studies in Pathe Review No. 60 A FEATURE of Pathe Review No. 60, released July 18, is the Pathe color offering, "The Cloud-Mothers," showing unusual close-ups of bright plumaged creatures in their own domestic settings. To secure these birdland studies the Pathe cameraman stole out at dawn and from the cover of a camouflaged camera-stand managed to photograph the nest of a mother lark. How the master craftsmen of feminine desires of milady are shown in "The Building of a Bonnet." "The Byzantine Mourning Dance" Is an Interpretation by Madame Desiree Lubovska, of the dance popular in the days of the Crusaders. "Looping the Hoops" is a Novograph presentation in slow motion, showing the skill and endurance of the hoop-juggler. With the action of the camera slowed down to eight times less than normal speed the spectator is permitted to see how easily the adept goes through his manipulations. "Touring the Top o' the World" Is a rainbow offering by Pathecolor, showing marvelous mountain views from Lauterbrunnen to Murren, in Switzerland. To the eight wonders of the world should be added the Alpine trolley, a wonderful bit of engineering which enables the tourist who does not care to climb to secure a view from the supreme, dizzy heights. Four Interesting Subjects in Goldwyn-Bray Pictograph "Beating Man at His Own Game" is the title of the leading subject in the GoldwynBray Pictograph B "045, containing advice to young women who contemplate marriage and are doubtful about their ability to handle a man. In addition to offering valuable pointers, this picture is good for a number of laughs. "Bargain Vacations for the Kiddies" is a film that will be of special interest to mothers who want to give their children an outing but cannot afford to visit an expensive summer resort. It shows an ideal place directly across from New York at the Interstate National Park on the Palisades. The process by which finger prints are taken is the subject of the third number Id this pictograph. We see the printer's ink being rolled on a glass plate, the fingers being inked and the impression being recorded on a chart. Future Overseas Airship Harry Leonard has delved into the future for Paramount Magazine of July 4 under the title of "The Transatlantic Night Express." Semi-technical and with a touch of humor, the picture describes the future aircraft that will make the journey from New York to London. Fashion styles and the lightning change* that can be effected by women in dressing Is shown in "The Truth About Women," another incident in this release, illustrated by a vaudeville headliner. Ford Weekly Shows Suit Making One of the most recent Ford Educational Weeklies released by the Goldwyn is called "To Suit Man," and details the processes through which a bolt of cloth is subjected before it becomes a suit of clothes. In this picture the cloth is shown being; sponged by being drawn between rollers and passed through a bath to shrink it in order to keep its size and shape after it has been made into a garment. Then the measuring and cutting of the cloth into pieces that are sold to the clothiers is shown. The processes of cutting hundrrds of suits at the same time from a single pattern is then presented. In Laos Land, Where the Sun Beam* Down on the Tea-Leafed Roof* of the Country Town. Scenes from the latest Paramount-Burton Holmes travel picture, "The Land of Laos." 1 — Bringing in the tea leaves for the roofs of the Lampang dwellings. 2 — One of the crudely constructed Lampang homes. 3 — Interior of the Palace where the Reclining Buddha may be seen taking a prolonged rest.