Reel and Slide (Jan-Sep 1919)

24 REEL and SLIDE iimiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiNiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiii^ g I Instructional Productions | | of the Month | I Contents of NewsWeeklies, Screen Magazines, Industrials | and Scenic Reels, Which Have a Regular Release Date, Will Be Reviewed in This Department. iiffliiiiifliuiJMiimimiiiiiiiiHiiiiiitiiii iiiiiiiiii mini iiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiii lniiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiuiiiiiiiii mini iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiDiuiuuiiiiiiiiiS To Brighten a Humdrum World A few of the high lights of science, humor and travel are contained in the Universal Film Company's New Screen Magazine No. 18. Have you ever wondered what a dog thinks about? Well, the Screen Magazine shows what goes through old Carlo's brain as he watches the passing throng from between the palings of the front fence; also how Uncle Sam gains hundreds of thousands of dollars a year by watching little corners. Mary Garden pavs her income tax and her respects to Big Bill Edwards, collector of the port of New York; a diversified line of peculiar splashes splatter just as the camera saw them splush ; a trip with the cameraman to far-off India, where begging is an art and profound learning is a side line. The man who sits on the points of sharp nails the livelong day, and where "jazz" music whines on the street corners also appears. | From Mud to Mug — Pure Havana — At the Crossroads Historic Abbey — Prehistoric Creatures— How Screen Stars Register Emotions The Universal Film Company's New Universal Screen Magazine No. 19 shows picturesque Mont St. Michel, an island near the coast of France, long famous for its beautiful old abbey. The camera has caught all the quaintness of this historic old spot. A demonstration of the modern method of obtaining finger prints is given by P. W. Miller, a finger print expert of New York, and a miniature volcano has been prepared at great expense in one of the largest chemical laboratories of the country. A subject entitled "A Little Lesson in Gravitation" will give the spectator a gasp or two and probably cause the remark that the camera at times is somewhat of a prevaricator. The American Museum of Natural History, New York, has provided a unique subject. Based on years of experiment and study, scientists have determined the size, appearance and habits of giant creatures that lived when the world was young, and an animated cartoon pictures a tragedy of years ago, when a huge brontosaurus fell victim to its warlike enemy, the ceratosaurus. "How Screen Stars Register Emotions" in sure to get a laugh. For the screen stars in this release are some tiny babies who register with convincing effect such emotions as general satisfaction, pins, colic and hunger. Abe Martin's drolleries and kindly shafts of wit are generously interspersed through the film. Kinograms Gives Pot-Pourri of Recent World and Domestic Events This recent release of Kinograms offers the most diversified vizws shown since the inception of their news service. President Wilson pays a visit to Belgium and is greeted by Cardinal Mercier amidst the ruined cities of this martyred nation. The bar of the Victoria hotel in New York City, after many years given over to hard liquor, surrenders to the Salvation Army and the ice cream soda. To the millions of readers of Longfellow's famous poem, "Evangeline," a treat is in store through a Tracy Mathewson camera, which made an excursion among the apple orchards in the Basin of Minas and pictured the many scenes connected with the story of Evangeline's fidelity to her sweetheart. Kinograms also records for the first time in the history of the Methodist church that it has in many ways recognized the theater. The great Centennial exposition at Columbus, O., showing the fruits of years of labor by the missionaries in distant lands, was told in a pageant which was picturized for Kinograms. To those who are still interested in Samuel J. Doughboy, Kinograms diseloses another big victory for this warrior, who is decorated with a bride. Everybody who is interested in chickens will enjoy a scene showing 8,000 chickens, 16 hours out of their shells, at the world's biggest hatchery in Cleveland, Ohio. There is a queer place over in Hoboken, N. J., that takes care of orphan baggage — -the lost baggage department for the A. E. F. And last, but not least, all sorts of views of the R-34, the big blimp that crossed the pond in 106 hours. Ford Educational Weekly, No. 150, "From Mud to Mug," describes the evolution of pottery from the time the clay is mixed with water to the completed dish. The forming of the various shapes on the wheel, in plaster paris molds and by hand are shown ; as well as the big kilns in which the dishes are baked, and the decorating by decalcomania, rubber stamps and by hand. "Pure Havana," No. 154, is not a story of a cigar, as its name might intimate, but a pleasure jaunt around the city of Havana, the capital of Cuba. The film opens with a view of the Havana harbor and scenes taken around Morro Castle, and then the journey starts around the city, showing the beautiful buildings and statues, the enterprising business section, the tropical foliage, and the customs of the natives. The scenes for "At the Crossroads," No. 155, were filmed around the Fort Leavenworth penitentiary and give an interesting and detailed survey of the life of the inmates from the time they enter, are photographed, finger-prints made, through the trades taught them and their recreations. The film corrects a rather common erroneous idea of prison life as marked by the lock step, stripes and downcast eyes ; and in its place one is given an idea of only partially restricted freedom, and a system carefully planned to guide the men to clean lives and develop them into good citizens. The Curb Market— Oregon Scenery— The Brooklyn Bridge in the Building In Bray Pictograph, No. 6125, entitled "Frenzied Finance," are seen the trading methods of the New York Curb Market, where membership may be had for the experience, sometimes more costly to the beginner than buying a real membership on the near-by New York Stock Exchange at eighty-five thousand dollars. Thispicture of the Curb Market is probably the first one ever taken, because there is an unwritten law among the brokers that the market should not be photographed. There is an excellent shot of the Bishop of Wall Street, who offers much-needed prayers each day for the welfare of the traders. "Oregon's Earthly Paradise" is a scenic, taken along the line of Columbia Highway in Oregon, extending from Bonneville westward to Puget Sound. Glimpses of tunnels, fine roadbeds, perfect for motoring; snow-capped mountains, including the magnificent Mt. Hood, and waterfalls of exquisite beauty and delicacy follow one another in rapid succession in this story. A view of an unusual sunset breathing the atmosphere of peace and goodwill is a fitting climax. "How Brooklyn Bridge Was Built." Other bridges connecting Manhattan Island with Brooklyn may be longer and wider, but the Brooklyn bridge, the pioneer, is still a marvel of engineering invention and mechanical achievement. The animated technical drawing made under the process patented by the Bray Studios, Inc., shows clearly the construction of the bridge. Intimate detail is given of how the diving bell containing the men working under the water surface dug away down to the solid rock. Training Military Mounts — Nature Under GlassAncient Fashions in Review No. 6124 of the Paramount-Bray Pictograph, "Chilean Thrills and Drills," finds many thrills in Chilean army officers training their mounts. These horses are raised in the Argentine, are trained to jump barriers, hurdles and invisible wire fences and to slide down forty-foot embankments with only an occasional spill to horse and rider. The picture gives a glimpse into the army life of our neighbor in the South American Republic. The wonderful results of combining the fairylike winged seeds of the milkweed with seagrass and butterflies for my lady's afternoon tea tray are told in "Putting Nature Under Glass." Here Miss M. Francis has made things of artistic and intrinsic value from material to which ordinarily is given no second thought. The entire process of making butterfly trays and other dainty ornaments is shown. "The Biography of Madam Fashion." The height of the ridiculous was undoubtedly reached in the middle ages in ladies' headgear. Then birds' nests and full-rigged ships were worn as part of her coiffure. Some of the "dear things' " modern head ornaments may appear absurd, but this humorous cartoon by S. M. Glackens, giving the biography of Madame Fashion and the curious head dresses she has worn during several hundred years, will afford amusement to young and old. The Rev. Dr. Harry Y. Murkland, pastor of the Central Methodist Church of Newark, N. J., a downtown church, says he has changed entirely his views regarding motion pictures. He now is enthusiastic about using them for his evening audiences.