Moving Picture Age (1920) . m the path of righteousness. The Great American Desert is the subject of an illustratedlecture given by Dr. Fav-Cooper Cole at the Vassas Brothers In-stitute, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Dr. Cole is of the Field Museum ofNatural History, Chicago. Tune, 1920 MOVING PICTURE AGE li The Book and Its Relation to the Educational Film Library Production of Moving Pictures Based on History, Science and the Classics in Literature Is Constantly Increasing and Is Creating Desire for the Reading of Good Books By John S. Thorp RECENT screen releases based upon standard fiction master-pi
Moving Picture Age (1920) . m the path of righteousness. The Great American Desert is the subject of an illustratedlecture given by Dr. Fav-Cooper Cole at the Vassas Brothers In-stitute, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Dr. Cole is of the Field Museum ofNatural History, Chicago. Tune, 1920 MOVING PICTURE AGE li The Book and Its Relation to the Educational Film Library Production of Moving Pictures Based on History, Science and the Classics in Literature Is Constantly Increasing and Is Creating Desire for the Reading of Good Books By John S. Thorp RECENT screen releases based upon standard fiction master-pieces recall a feeble effort made a few years ago tofilm educational books, which dissolved into thin air be-cause of a then apparent disinterest among producers forscreening material which lacked the essential photoplay punch orfell short in thrills of public clamor for a kick in each reel. Thesuccess achieved by these recent films in which familiar fictionrharacters are portrayed revives this question of whether the public. Children may grow tired of new games and toys, but not of theHour, which to them is alzvays a source of interest and delight will stand for real educational releases based upon history, artsDr sciences, dished up with a human interest and appeal that wouldnot lose sight of authenticity or educational possibilities. The con-census of opinion is that such films would be decidedly popularfor the reason that producers today are dealing with a very dif-ferent class of patrons. This demand for book adaptations is laid not alone to thedearth of original screen scripts, but also to an increased publictaste for seeing what it reads. This taste is bringing the screenand the public library into closer relation as influences for good andeventually shouldmean the obliterationof blood and thun-d e r plays, whichhave been foistedupon a long-enduringpublic since the be-ginning of the silentdrama. Such fiction char-acters as Long JohnSilver and Dr. Jekylland Mr. Hyde, whore
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