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Perceptible to the casual observer was the coldness, the claque-like, unenthusiastic applause which closed the initial performance of "Barberina", the first German film to be presented at Harvard. This was immediately due to technical defects in the sound reproduction, unnecessary flaws which marred a most charming cinema. Of course, the film was badly chosen; it should have had a simple plot about a man and a woman and love which came at last, after all gangsters had been removed by the heroic physical efforts of the man. When critics read a Freudian significance into the modern immediacy of "Maedchen...
...Barberina, Die Tanzerin von Sansouci," a German talking film, will be shown at the Germanic Museum Thursday, April 27, and Friday, April 28. The presentation, under the joint auspices of the Germanic Museum and the Department of Germanic Languages and Literature, will take place in Renaissance Hall. The equipment used will be furnished by the University Film Foundation...
...Harvard. Arthur Burkhard, assistant professor of German, and C. L. Kuhn, curator of the Germanic Museum, have carried on exhaustive inquiries with New York film distributors with a view to securing a class A German-made film. It was emphasized by the committee in charge that the reception accorded "Barberina" would decide the question of whether or not showings of German films would be continued. If the demand for tickets at this performance warrants the continuance of the films, the membership of the committee will be increased and added films selected for future presentations...
...French-American Seaport," which is an account of the Island of St. Pierre off Newfoundland; "Sailors' Snug Harbor," by Franklin H. North; "American Wild Animals in Art," by Julian Hawthorne; and a scholarly paper by Edward Eggleston on "Commerce in the Colonies." In fiction, Henry James' new story, "Lady Barberina," in this number, concerns itself with the complications of marriage settlements; Mr. Cable's "Dr. Sevier" is continued; and Robert Grant's story of "An Average Man" is concluded. The short story of the number is a sketch of character and incident, by H. C. Bunner, entitled "The Red Silk...
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