Moving Picture Age (1920) . s firstchoice of all their films, and often the new releases are shown inthe church before going to distributors. Other companies allowDr. McLaughlin to use reels which are not in demand on the dayhe needs them. All of them, realizing that he is not out to makemoney, make no charge for the use of the films. The result is that every Saturday this church, the secondlargest Protestant church in South America, is crowded with sev-eral hundred young folks and old who spend several hours lookingat good pictures. No admission is charged, but a free will of-fering is taken,
Moving Picture Age (1920) . s firstchoice of all their films, and often the new releases are shown inthe church before going to distributors. Other companies allowDr. McLaughlin to use reels which are not in demand on the dayhe needs them. All of them, realizing that he is not out to makemoney, make no charge for the use of the films. The result is that every Saturday this church, the secondlargest Protestant church in South America, is crowded with sev-eral hundred young folks and old who spend several hours lookingat good pictures. No admission is charged, but a free will of-fering is taken, the proceeds from which, after deducting expenses,are devoted to philanthropic objects, to help a native church, or anorphan asylum, or some deserving people. In the nearly threeyears in which the Saturday afternoon moviis have been run-ning, a wide variety of educational films have been shown. Alsosome comedy is made part of the program, or such pictures asAlice in Wonderland, Life of Columbus, Charlie Chaplin, American Church of Buenos Aires, Ar-gentina, where educational motion pic-tures are shown to increasing numbers. Church Federation Says Moving Pictures inChurches Will Combat Evil Movies in the churches upon Friday evening and Sundayafternoon and evening are urged as one of the most of combating evil influences of the day upon young peoplein the annual report upon the moral conditions of the city justmade public in the Church Federation of Indianapolis. Close supervision of the motion-picture shows, dance hallsand public parks is urged. Theater managers are called upon toco-operate with the Federation in its reform efforts. It is our judgment, the report states, that the churchesshould open their doors on Friday evenings and Sunday after-noons and evenings for some kind of social life and entertain-ment, moving-picture shows and community meetings, so thatthe young people of the residence section of Indianapolis mayfind their entertainment i
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