Word: films
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots," a flickering forty-three years old photoplay, which was over almost before the audience was seated, was the first movie of the series of American Primitives presented by the film society at the Institute of Geographical Exploration yesterday. James B. Munn, professor of English, gave a short talk before the performance...
Other revivals in yesterday's installment included "A Trip to the Moon" produced in 1902, "The Great Train Robbery" of 1903, "Faust" of 1907, and Sarah Bernhardt in "Queen Elizabeth" released in 1911. This series gave some idea of the beginnings of the film industry, when the camera was held in one position, and the characters moved back and forth in front of it, never approaching or receding, thus giving the effect of the legitimate stage. "Queen Elizabeth" was the last and most highly developed of this type and since it was smoother and clearer the acting technique could...
Eight years earlier but more advanced as "The Development of Narrative," to be followed on February 9 by some made just before the war. The original negatives have been transferred to new film, but the audience is assured that gaps and poor focuses are included for purposes of historical accuracy...
Tired, but cheered by more than a dozen encores during the evening, Miss Henie was radiant as she joined her father and mother. She shook the flowered coronet from her golden hair, looking every bit as attractive as she does in her new film...
...Chase National pointed out that while 1936 earnings of $17,264,000 showed an increase over the $15,340,000 reported for 1935, a substantial part was derived from stock in the cinema industry. Mr. Aldrich was referring principally to those two heritages from the Wiggin regime, Fox Film and General Theatres Equipment. "Obviously," said conservative Banker Aldrich, "holdings of this kind can not be regarded as normal earning assets for a commercial bank and the income de rived from them, therefore, is in the na ture of special revenue rather than ordinary earnings...