Visual Education (Jan 1923-Dec 1924)

Any ust, 1924 PICTURED LIFE FOR HOME, SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY 271 >£ m ervice VISUAL EDUCATION does not guarantee the value or suitability of these films, which are carefully selected from available data. In general, films should be viewed by qualified judges before being shown to school children. The producer is indicated by the letter p following the sketch, the distributor by the letter d. For addresses consult list in this issue. ■Wrr^r^nrrT^^ AGRICULTURE WHEAT AND FLOUR. Story of wheat from the golden grain waving in the breeze to the flour for the kitchen cabinet. An instructive film dealing with the types of wheat; the preparation of the soil by tractor plow, harrow, and disc; seeding, a contrast between the hand sowing and the drill sower; growth, and particular wheat regions in the United States; harvesting the wheat fields by tractor binder which cuts, and binds into bundles; threshing into wheat kernels and straw stack; storage in grain elevators; loading grain vessels; making flour, from primitive grinding Indian fashion, early millstones, to the tremendous milling industry in Minneapolis where hundreds of millions of bushels are made into flour. (/> and d, Ford.) PEANUTS. The life history of the familiar peanut from the preparation of the soil to the shelling factory. Culture of America's pseudonut in Virginia and the Carolinas. Planting, the ripening under ground of the pod enclosing the edible seeds, the harvesting, picking, and delivery. Historic bits concerning the popularity of the peanut at the time of the Civil War. 1 reel. (/> and d, U. S. Dept. of Agri.) SIR LACTEUS, THE GOOD KNIGHT. A picture available only for showing to young children. The emphasis is placed upon the value of milk as food to the growing child, and the various food elements. A child's ■dream, in which Sir Disease seeks its prey in the little one who will not drink her milk. She is kidnapped. With the aid of Sir Lacteus and his men, Sirs Fat, Sugar, Lime, Protein, and Vitamine, the child is rescued. 2 reels. (/> and d, U. S. Dept. of Agri.) HAM AND EGGS FROM THE OCEAN. This is a story of the value of fish meal in feeding poultry and pigs, as developed in tests made by the U. S. Department of Agriculture at Beltsville, Maryland. Many views of the nation's capital are also shown. 2 reels. (p and d, Homestead.) BIOGRAPHY THE EX KAISER IN EXILE. Picture of the Kaiser and his life in Holland, endorsed by The American Legion. 2 reels. (d, Hodkinson.) A PRESIDENT'S ANSWER. The father heart of Lincoln is revealed as he constantly grants pardons in opposition to the views of War Secretary Stanton. In memory of a clergyman's goodness in coming a hundred miles to preach a sermon over his mother's grave, he saves the life of Preacher Elkin's son and pays a debt a thousand-fold. 2 reels. (d, Amer. Motion Pict. Corp.) DANIEL WEBSTER. (Urban Series of Statesman Biographies.) Biography of one of America's greatest orators. Gives life and spirit of the man who played such a vital part in the national legislature at a crucial moment in American history. 1 reel. (p and d, Vitagraph.) JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL. The life of this famous poet, essayist and man of affairs has been dramatized from two of his own works, "The Courtin' " taken from the famous series of humorous articles entitled "The Bigelow Papers," and the other, in direct contrast to the ridiculous, from the sublimely beautiful poem entitled "The Fountain." This is a film in The Great American Series, {p, Kineto. d, Hodkinson.) HEALTH AND HYGIENE THROUGH LIFE'S WINDOWS. This film shows the structure, operations and functions of the human eye. 1 reel. (<f, Amer. Motion Pict. Corp.) SWIMMING AT U. S. NAVAL ACADEMY. The strokes and methods used in aquatic arts as taught at Annapolis. 1 reel. (.d, General Vision Co.) INDUSTRY SUGAR INDUSTRY. The story of sugar from the cane, the beet, and the maple tree. Detailed picturization of sugar cane industry in Java. Long lanes of sugar cane, the trenches, the sprouting, the harvest, the milling. Crushing machines are at work. Sugar is shown being bleached for domestic use. Picture concludes with the weighing and sacking of the finished product. 1 reel. (d, Pilgrim Photoplay Exch.) LITERATURE-ADAPTATIONS LADY GODIVA. This is a picturization of the legend made familiar by the poem of Alfred Tennyson. 6 reels, (d, Pathe.) VANITY FAIR. Thackeray's 'novel with elaborate settings, with Mabel Ballin in the star role as the heroine, Becky Sharp. This is a picture appropriate only for adult audiences because of the delicate themes with which the subject deals. S reels. (rf, Goldwyn.) THE CRICKET OX THE HEARTH is a vivid and outstanding presentation of Charles Dickens' best known story about the tangled fortunes of the old toy-maker and his blind daughter, who lived in a dream world until ugly suspicion reared its head and the cricket on the hearth chirped no more. Running through the story is the romance of Edward, the toy-maker's son who, with only youth and poverty to offer against the wealth of* his rival. Old Gruff, appears at the church just as his beloved is about to become his rival's bride and weds her himself. An all star cast. 7 reels, (</, Amer. Motion Picture Corp.) IN SHAKESPEARE'S COUNTRY. The locale of the early life of Shakespeare, showing the place where he lived, worked, and played. A vivification of the biography of the author with views of Stratford-on-Avon and vicinity. 1 reel, (rf, Amer. Motion Pict. Corp.) THE GREAT MIRROR. Phantom pictures of nature reflected in the simple pool. Excellent means of cultivating in the child a love for the beauties of the out-of-doors. The scenics, which begin at sunrise, depicts the mirroring of mountain peaks, the fleetinj images of hurrying clouds, and the gradual rise of an obliterating fog. 1 reel. (d, Educational.) NATURE STUDY THE MOSQUITO. Affords an intimate acquaintance with the life history of the aggressive mosquito. Ponds and puddles where hundreds of eggs are laid at once; eggs hatching under water; the insect's breathing tube, abdomen and thorax under a microscope; "wrigglers" feeding, rising to the surface for air, moulting three times; "tumblers" resting on surface; the skin splitting, and the mosquito emerging and drying its wings; control of mosquito pest by use of oil. 1 reel, (p and d, Soc. for Vis. Educ.) BR'ER RABBIT AXD HIS PALS. How and where the bed-time story rabbit lives, and his pals. An elementary zoological study for younger children. Deals with the classification "rodent." Tells of the life, customs, and haunts of the rabbit, the squirrel, prairie do^s, woodchucks, mice, jerboas, and marmots. Besides showing these animals in their habitats, it explains through close-ups of the jaws the distinguishing characteristics of the classification. Gives a realistic account of hibernation. 1 reel, (d, Pathe.) RECREATIONAL CUPID BY PROXY. An intriguing story of small town life with a real message on the value of friendship and a preachment against snobbishness. Marie Osborne in the star role. 3 reels. (/> and d, Pathe.) MAKING A MAN. Jack Holt and Eva Novak are the stars. The story deals with a California millionaire who runs his home town very much after the manner of a feudal overlord. He is universally feared and detested. He proposes to the daughter of a neighbor, as the only one he ever felt was worthy of the honor of sharing his brilliant success. He is spurned. An uprising drives him away to New York. While there he is robbed, expelled from his hotel and left "broke". He sees life from a different angle, and the work of transformation is started which concludes in making him a man. A thoroughly entertaining and a clean story, appropriate for young and old. 6 reels. (/> and d, FamousPlayers.) RELIGION NAOMI AND RUTH. This is the first of the two episodes depicting the Book of Ruth. Naomi and her daughter-in-law are left alone in the country of Moab. Ruth clings to the older woman. Makes realistic the lovely lyrical "Entreat me not to leave thee." The harvest at Bethelehem. Ruth gleans in the barley fields belonging to Naomi's kinsman, lioaz allows her to glean among the sheaves. She gleans also at the wheat harvest, "and dwelt there with her mother-in-law." 1 reel, (rf. Pilgrim Photoplay Exch.) RUTH AND BOAZ. Second episode in the Biblical story of Ruth. Boaz treats Ruth kindly and goes before her kinsman to buy the inheritance that he may have full right to marry her. "So Boaz took Ruth and she was his w-ife " This picture treat the exquisite story with poetic touch, and will clarify Bible stories for small children, and increase interest in the subjects among older students. Settings are natural, as the scenes were taken in correct historical background. Properties are accurate in detail. 1 reel. (d, Pilgrim Photoplay Exch.) SCENIC PICTURES THE VALLEY OF TEN THOUSAND SMOKES. This film shows the Alaskan valley which in June 1911 suddenly burst forth in one of the most remarkable volcanic eruptions known to man, forming a vast area of steaming fissures. An awe-inspiring natural marvel. 2 reels, (d, Educ. Film Exch.) PICTURESQUE IRELAND. This is a picture of scenery and customs which shows the old Irish peasant home, the linen spinners, the handling of Irish cattle and numerous beauty spots of the country. 1 reel. (d, Kinema.) MOSQUES AND MINARETS. This is a brilliant kaleidoscope of the various Mohammedan temples with the mullahs in worship. (d, Pictorial Clubs, Inc.) DOWN IX DIXIE. This film presents a charming view of scenes from the "Sunny South" of America. From the opening scene where a train speeds through Cumberland Gap. much of beauty and interest is revealed. The old Mississippi steamboat transports its quota of cotton and cottonseed to the Xorthern states. The annual Fiddlers' Convention gives many an old "Cracker" the chance for huge enjoyment. One reel. (/>, Urban, d, Kineto.) SCIENCE THE BEXEFACTOR. This interesting film starts with Mr. Edison at five years of age at his birthplace. Milan, Ohio, and reviews many interesting episodes of his life, all extremely characteristic of the mind workings of the great scientist. At the age of six Edison sat on goose eggs thinking that he could hatch goslings as well as the mother goose. When a lad of ten years he gave his boy chum a Seidlitz powder thinking that by generatinT ras in the stomach the boy could fly. At fourteen he is seen in his cellar laboratorv, also as a publisher and newsdealer in his railroad laboratory. Next Edison is shown ^s telegraoh operator; then events leading to the formation of the first firm of electrical engineers are depicted. Finally the scientist is shown working out his greatest inventions, the incandescent lamp, the dynamo and the multiple sys^f-m. 3 reels. (p and d, General Electric Company.) THE ELECTRICAL GIANT. This filrr, tells a vivid story of twentieth century science and invention, concluding with a cartoon sketch explaining the meaning of a horse power and how it is arrived at. The manufacture of a 50,000 horsepower steam turbine generator. 1 reel. Film No. 23. (/> and d, Gen. Elec. Co.) RELATIVITY. An interesting attempt to make certain of the Einstein concepts understandable. The picture drives home the idea that all measurements of motion, space, size, speed, direction and time depend upon a cer