Take One (Jan 1979)

CELLULOID CLASSROOM Help for the Film Teacher Articles, model courses and jobs The following listing is designed to help film teachers in course preparation, research work, job hunting and grant getting. Any information of note may be sent directly to Stuart Samuels, at the Department of History, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa. New Publications American History/ American Film: Interpreting the Hollywood Image, ed. by historians John E. O’Connor and Martin A. Jackson is a collection of 15 essays by professional historians on individual films from Way Down East to Rocky. Write: Frederick Ungar Publishing Co., 250 Park Ave So., New York, N.Y. 10003. Corinth Films, has published an extremely valuable film rental catalog, complete with full bibliographical sources on the films they rent. For free copy write: Corinth Films, 410 East 62nd St., New York, N.Y. 10021. 20th Century-Fox provides study guides for teachers on their new releases. The series is called Talking Cinemately re Films. 37 have so far been printed. Write: 20th Century-Fox, Att: Hal Sherman, 1345 Avenue of the Americas, New York, N.Y. 10019. Film Fund, created to promote the production and distribution of “quality ‘films on social issues” is publishing a quarterly newsletter, News from the Film Fund. Write: The Film Fund, 80 East 11th St., New York, N.Y. 10003. The extremely rare but important trade journal, Motion Picture Herald (1915-50) is now available on microfilm from: Brookhaven Press, 901 26th St. N.W., Washington, D.C. 20037. The Public Committee for the Humanities in Pennsylvania, the state-based arm of the National Endowment for the Humanities, has published its first Public Papers in the Humanities on Ethnic Stuart Samuels is a lecturer in Film History at the University of Pennsylvania, and is a co-director of the Walnut Street Theater Film and Vide Center. : 44 TAKE ONE /JANUARY 1979 by Stuart Samuels Images in American Film and Television, edited by Randall M. Miller. Chapters on Blacks, Jews, Irish, Italians, Poles, Puerto Ricans and Asians. For information write: The Balch Institute, 18 South Seventh St., Philadelphia, Pa. 19106. The Film Business The economics of film is getting more serious treatment. The Movie Entertainment Industry: An Economic, Marketing and Financial Survey of the U.S. Movie Market, is primarily designed for exhibitors and distributors, but its 135 pages are packed with valuable data on movie houses, attendance, trends, investment statistics. Write: Morton Research Corporation, 1745 Merrick Ave., Merrick, New York, 11566. Julian Schlossberg, one of the most knowledgable men in the movie business, has put together two series on the Film Business. The Film Business is a special course on video tape, moderated by Schlossberg, with leading producers, exhibitors, distributors, agents, marketing men, and legal counsels in the industry—Joseph Levine, Preminger, Ralph Donnelly, Meyer Ackerman, Seth Willenson. Available from the National Center for Cinema Arts, 23 Washington Square North, New York, N.Y. 10011. The Business of Motion Pictures: An Insider's Look at the Industry, is an 8-part audio-cassette series moderated by Schlossberg, with Elia Kazan, Don Rugoff, Frank Perry, David Suskind. Available from Jeffrey Norton Publishers Inc., Audio Division, 145 East 49th St., New York, N.Y. 10017. Norton also makes available audio-tapes on Hollywood in the 30s, Women in Films, Bogart, and Black actors. Model Courses The American West: A Film Study, is a combined English and History course taught by J. Agonisto and Doug Brode at Onondaga Community College. Topics include: The Plains Indians’ West, The Mountain Man, Cattle Kings and Cowboys, Farmer vs. Cattleman, The Gunfighter. For complete syllabus with films and reading assignments, write: Doug Brode, English Dept., Onondaga Community College, Onondaga, New York. AFI-Education Newsletter has published a model syllabus on New Film Theory Pierre Leduc