Moving Picture World (Jul - Aug 1918)

202 THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD July 13, 1918 how thankful we ought to be that our cantonments are not in the hands of those who are going to wait "until after the war" before using the pictures for teaching purposes. It is with thoughts of this kind that we are compelled to come to the conclusion that some other name rather than procrastination is needed to better describe this crime against the youth of our schools, it is a compliment to call it ignorance because it more nearly approaches willful and criminal neglect. To those of us who are daily able to see the governmental and other pictures in this New York center of advance picture teaching, there always comes a feeling of sadness that there are thousands upon thousands who cannot enjoy the privileges which are ours; this feeling naturally inspires the efforts to do all in our power to have other multitudes share with us this great blessing. Who then can describe our feelings if when we approach those through whom this result can be best obtained they answer "not yet," "we are too busy with less important things which we prefer to do." Latest From Robert C. Bruce Regions Covered by Noted Photographer Include Wyoming, Montana, Idaho and California -with One Great Shot in Redwood Country. ROBERT C. BRUCE, whose beautiful scenics of the Great West are eagerly awaited by Rialto and Rivoli patrons in New York and by the patrons of many other first-run houses throughout the country, has just emerged from the California wilds, where he has been filming Yosemite Park, as well as the forests of giant redwoods and the Mount Shasta range in the northern part of the Golden State. Mr. Bruce writes to the Educational Films Corporation that so far this season he has obtained about 12,000 feet of exceptionally good film and he feels exceedingly pleased with his progress. From now on — he is working in Oregon and Washington — he must "jump very fast," as the forest fires are starting earlier than usual and these cause an atmospheric haze that interferes with the best photography. Among the Bruce subjects which will be released late this summer are "The Tenderfoot," "The Logging Drive" and "The Tides of Yesterday." The last named is a poetic idyll on the order of "A World o' Dreams" or "The Trail to The Sky." It is founded on Longfellow's poem, "The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls" and is a picture symphony of the sea in daylight, twilight, darkness and sunrise. "For three years," Mr. Bruce writes, "I have been trying to get a good logging picture — not the fake stuff but tinactual smashing of a log jam and the drive of the giant logs down the roaring current. I believe I have at last achieved this in my new picture, 'The Logging Drive,' which will also give a vivid presentation of logging and lumbering among the redwoods." Besides expeditions to the Teton Mountains, Wyoming; the Bitter Root Mountains, Montana; the Priest River and Shoshone Falls country in Idaho; the Shasta range and Lake Tahoe in California, Mr. Bruce and his party have completed an extensive scenic study of the Yellowstone National Park. The human and ar h( of hi ai Fr the ar combine his well known humor and gay insouciance of spirit with the grandeur of the magnificent Yosemite subject. Recently the supply of Bruces available for distribution by the Educational has been running rather low, so it will be good news to the myriad admirers of the Nature director's art that he is practically ready with another series. Interesting Educationals One Industrial Subject, One Military, One Zoological, One Scientific, and Two Travel Subjects. Reviewed by Margaret I. MacDonald. "Making an American Cheese" (Universal). In the 78th issue of the Screen Magazine will be found an interesting and well-illustrated story on the making of American cheese. The milk heated in vats to 86 degrees Fahrenheit is treated to the proper quantities of vegetable coloring matter and rennet extract, after which as the milk coagulates frequent tests are made for the thickness of the curd. With wire grids the curd is cut fine to drain out the whey. As the curd grows thicker it is milled into small strips for salting, after which it is packed into forms in which it is pressed for eighteen hours. Good cheese should be about one third butter fat we are told, and each batch is tested to prove this quality. The full process of manufacture takes 24 hours, but it is months before the cheese is cured ready for eating. "Britain's Bulwarks No. 9" (Pathe). This instructive subject pictures intimately a visit of King George and Queen Mary to the French front. They \isit the hospital at Etaples, meet the Prince of Wales, Sir Douglas Haig and King Albert of Belgium. They also inspect aeroplanes, tanks, flame throwers and study other things included under the general heading "the black arts of w ar." "From Nature's Curiosity Shop" (Universal). An interesting collection of curious little animals mostly of the lizard family are shown in the 77th issue of the Screen Magazine. Among them is the Peruvian Tegu, very strong for Ins size, and also very fat and fond of chickens, The Gila monster, whose bite is very poisonous, is shown The Mexican Horned Toad we are told is also really a lizard, and has an ingrowing disposition. The Zonure, a spiky resident of the African deserts and first cousin to tin American lizard is introduced in a slightly peeved i dition. The last of this interesting group is the shinglebacked Australian lizard. "Schema tography" (Paramount-Bray). An interesting example of the advancement of American universities in the preparation of the millions of young men and women who each year enter their doors for tinpurpose of acquiring an education, is shown in the 12m1i issue of the Pictograph. This picture, made through the courtesy of Teachers College of Columbia University, shows how the physical welfare of the students is kepi constantly in sight by a system of charts. On entering the college ea< h student has a schematograph or outline photograph made which shows the exact contour of body and limbs. By comparing this with the outline of a normally developed person the differences are immediate! j parent. These arc corrected by exercises. "British East Indies" (Post Film-Pathe). A travel number picturing life in Trinidad in an instructive way. The native barbers perform some surprising feats and might give lessons to barbers in other parts of the Scene from "The Tenderfoot" (Educational). Robert C. Bruce, Dane and Buddy. Scene from Educational's Latest Yosemite Picture.