National Board of Review Magazine (Jan 1939 - Jan 1942)

October, 1940 15 Comment on Community Activity Book Week Is Here ! November 10th to 16th BOOK WEEK means that the National Board of Review has prepared its 19th annual "Selected Book-Films" list. This includes the selected fihus of the year adapted from books and published plays, or having special book tie-up value. The list is priced at 10c but is free to Magazine subscribers who write for it. The dates of Book Week are also those of Education W^eek, and since the membership of a Motion Picture Council includes organizations active in these two interests there is ample opportunity to introduce film features into the observances. Helps for Book Week can be secured from Book Week Headquarters, 62 West 45th Street, New York City, and for American Education Week from the National Education Association, 1201 Sixteenth Street, N. W. Washington, D. C. Book Week slogan for 1940 is "Good Books — Good Friends." "Good Films" might appropriately be added predicting the motion picture interest. For those Councils who will particularly stress film activity at this time we offer as suggestions some of the ideas about community book-film or library tie-up, during Book Week and the year around, which have been reported to us : Mrs. B. L. Meek, President, Knoxville (Tenn.) Motion Picture Council "During Book Week we placed posters in all schools, theatres, department and music stores, libraries, the Y.W.C.A. and the Y.M.C.A. Our city librarian arranged an attractive corner for us with books and pamphlets pertaining to motion pictures and the files of our weekly movie guide, which is now a permanent feature. Our Council has presented to the corner a subscription to the National Board of Review Magazine. Persons unable to come to the library may telephone for information on current films. Our theatre manager gave the library and the Council an attractive "flash" at his largest theatre." Mrs. Joseph L. White, President, Montclair (N. J.) Motion Picture Council "We maintain what we call a still picture library. We take the stills of an outstandingpicture and file them in a large manila envelope at the library. On it we have the cast of characters, the name of the producer, and so forth. These envelopes are circulated just like books. For Mr. Smith Goes To Washington our library compiled a special program : 'Book Route to Washington Fame — Behind the Scenes Through Non-Fiction and Fiction.' " Mrs. A. S. Tucker, Advisory Vice-President, Louisiana Council for Motion Pictures "Twice a year the Council has an open meeting usually attended by two to three hundred people. At this meeting we present a leview of a very fine film or of a book that has been made into a film. The National Board of Review and other published film lists are placed in our public libraries." Mrs. Charles W. Swift, President, Motion Picture Council of Elmira, N. Y. "In our Motion Picture Week observance book stores and libraries exhibited books that were used for pictures. National Book Week was also observed with posters and exhibits in the schools and the college and in the libraries and book stores." Mr. W. W. Whittinghill, President Greater Detroit Motion Picture Council "One of the monthly meetings of the Detroit Motion Picture Council during the 193940 period was devoted to the subject of 'Film Work in the Greater Detroit Public Libraries.' This was presented in the form of a panel discussion by librarians. We also had a representative from the library on the radio in conjunction with the work of our Council."