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• Educational Screen 1926-1927 — page 157

  …The type of screen dramas so much in vogue today, the 'high life' stories, would seem to me a particularly bad influence in setting…

• Educational Screen 1951,1952,1953 — page 369

  …The "Gabby Hayes" pro- gram on Sundays over NBC dramatizes events of Amer- ican history that often correlate very well with classroom instruction in…

• Educational Screen 1938 — page 232

  …Paul Kelly) (Univ) Fairly engrossing crime melodrama free from mystery but with suspense and action well maintained, and likable stars. Wounded hero, a romantic…

• Educational Screen 1924-1925 — page 269

  …You can not expect them to become trood citizens if you feed them on vice and crime in their recreational hours. Vice and crime…

• Educational Screen 1937 — page 173

  …solves crime and shows up police. Lively action, humorous dialog, good roles by Overman and Karns as alcoholic pal, 5-4-37 (A) Hardly…

• Educational Screen 1940 — page 83

  …Postal inspectors fight against crime; featuring Russell Gleason and Shirley Deane. • JACK LONDON'S WOLF CALL An action film of the great Northland featuring…

• Educational Screen 1924-1925 — page 351

  …cent of the moving pictures are cheap melo- drama or have to do with crime; twenty-five per cent are comedy and are often…

• Educational Screen 1926-1927 — page 1075

  …Fair Good Perhaps More of a sex-drama than college story — with energetic woman-villain, a suicide, besides the drop kick that solves all…

• Educational Screen 1926-1927 — page 276

  …The type of screen dramas so much in vogue to-day, the "high life" stories, would seem to me a particularly bad influence in…

• Educational Screen 1940 — page 418

  …Overlong, more spectacle than drama, with in- cident, action and acting frequently lacking in convincingness. (A) & (Y) Good of kind (C) No So You…

• Educational Screen 1940 — page 142

  …O'- Brien) (Warner) Another prison drama with no new angles. Arrogant, tough, rebellious little gangster imprisoned for crime. Later per- mitted leave by warden…

• Educational Screen 1933 — page 111

  …Chenter Miirrid i ( Wai neri Ster(K»typed Kangster-melo- drama. but with main "biff ohot" a eirl. cleverly acted by star. Main theme…

• Educational Screen 1936 — page 212

  …Last year three French films stood out La Ma- ternelle, Maria Chapdelaine, and Crime et Chatiment —and a fourth, Lc Dernier Milliardaire, was included…

• Educational Screen 1938 — page 196

  …But pond- erous, laboriously exotic, dramatically loose and overdone. 5-24-38 (A) Spectacular (Y) Doubtful (C) No Beloved Brat (B. Granville, D. Costello…

• Educational Screen 1940 — page 94

  …Weidler, Guy Kibbee) (MGM) Appealing sentimental little drama with religious motif and much pathos and humor. V. Weidler as little orphan girl charm- ingly…

• Educational Screen 1935 — page 191

  …Govern- ment's work against crime cleverly capitalized in this growing series to concentrate attention on underworld doings. 7-16-35 (A) Good of…

• Educational Screen 1939 — page 265

  …finely 8ct*d drama of emo- tional conflict in violinint-hern whose temporary denertion of music for financial succeitfl in ftirht rinB faiU to…

• Educational Screen 1924-1925 — page 168

  …Serving doubtless to present the "human" side of Lincoln, the first reel is followed- by a dramatization of the visit to the White House…

• Educational Screen 1938 — page 218

  …Draggy action weakens suspense, but fascinat- ing settings, interesting central situation, logi- cal climax make engrossing whole. Outstanding role by Calleia as police officer…

• Educational Screen 1926-1927 — page 232

  …Her older brother in an attempt at vengeance shoots a youth who is suspected of the crime. Annie's gang accidentally stumbles upon the…

• Educational Screen 1938 — page 106

  Page 106 The Educational Screen THE FILM ESTIMATES Action for Slander (Clivc Brook, British cast) (UA) English club and army life ably por- trayed…

• Educational Screen 1936 — page 213

  …Y) Harmless thriller (C) Excit. Crime of Dr. Forbes (Gloria Stuart, Robert Kent) (20th Cent.) Starts as serious drama about mercy-killing. Sudden reversal…

• Educational Screen 1938 — page 256

  …Weaves mystery melo- drama around construction of floating airplane- landing platform in mid-ocean. Mixture of healthy romance, lively action, and long strug- gle…

• Educational Screen 1932 — page 23

  …Ingenious crime, rather in- terestingly solved by heroine Methods of creating and holding suspense to the end not dramatic- ally sound but quite effective…

• Educational Screen 1940 — page 280

  …Rob«rt Paige) ( Para I Morbid prison drama of innocent young couple, imprisuned for first husband's crime, exploited by political racketeer, and saved…

• Educational Screen 1939 — page 176

  …Remorse, struggle, forgive- ness make real drama. Charming child acting and dancing. 4-25-39 (A) (Y) Very good of kind (C) Bevond them…

• Educational Screen 1939 — page 266

  …Hard struggle until a supposed suicide, needing solution as murder, gives them plenty of action. Dramatic construction faulty, some ab- surdities, but nothing objectionable…

• Educational Screen 1937 — page 286

  …10-19-37 (A) Perhaps (Y) Exciting (C) No Counsel for Crime (Otto Kruger, D. Montgom- ery) (Colum) Forceful indictment of unscrupu- lous trial…

• Educational Screen 1937 — page 330

  …Fast, breezy action. but combination of musical comedy, mystery drama and burlesque, not very convincini?. Achie- ves some suspense, and occasional humor. 11-23…

• Educational Screen 1944-45 — page 620

  …Marines Capture Iwo Jima, incorporat- ing the complete story of each action with all their dramatic highlights in- tact. BRITISH INFORMATION SERVICES, 30 Rockefeller…

• Educational Screen 1954,1955,1956 — page 862

  …Dramatically illustrates the relation of modern street lighting to traffic safety and night crime reduc- tion. Paddle a Safe Canoe mp AETNA 13min sd…

• Educational Screen 1934 — page 188

  …SchiMkraut & for- eign cast) (U.A.) Unsuccessful attempt at heavy drama-—slow-moving, choppy, dull dia- log, ponderous action. Wea'thy countess se- duces…

• Educational Screen 1930-1931 — page 501

  …Painfully amateur- ish acting, banal dialog, labored effort to be funny, slow and clumsy action . falsity of character and situation—are some of the…

• Educational Screen 1957-1958 — page 1121

  …There are a few— a minimum— of sound effects used only to indicate scene and to record action which might otherwise be lost. On…

• Educational Screen 1935 — page 127

  …4-23-35 (A) Ridiculous (Y) Gruesome (C) By no means Car 99 ( Frod Mac Murray, Guy Standing, Ann Sheridan) (Para.) Crime melodrama with…

• Educational Screen 1939 — page 308

  …semi-historical melo- drama of peasant hero's revolt against brutal oppression by landowners in 18th century Slovakia. Grim action occasionally lightened by robust…

• Educational Screen 1933 — page 139

  …llirilling action and excitement, yet not enough to outweigh human interest. Avoids being propaganda for either side. Dialog and action undistinguished. A—Mediocre Y…

• Educational Screen 1930-1931 — page 247

  …Scarlet Pages (Elsie Ferguson) (First Nat'l) Intensely dramatic courtroom drama. Mary Bancroft (Miss Ferguson), a lawyer, success- fully defends a dancing girl accused…

• Educational Screen 1940 — page 230

  …Pointless sensationalism in line Tech- nicolor ! Extraordinary camera techniqueachieves startlingly real illusions in dramatically futile story 5-7-40 (A) Mediocre (Y) Hardly (C…

• Educational Screen 1932 — page 22

  …Great dramatic star is also cruel Lothario and blackmailer. Two murders and a surprising solu- tion make interesting complications. Good suspense. Probably unobjec- tionable…

• Educational Screen 1940 — page 327

  …Andrea Leeds^ (Fnx» Fanciful "drama." Hero ends "aff<*ir" with friend's wife, returns to his own. is sh-^t by "swf'otie," as…

• Educational Screen 1940 — page 44

  …Fast action, clever burlesque touches, fine cast, 12-19-39 (A) & (Y) Good of kind (C) Hardly Eternally Yours (L. Young. Niven) (UA) Suave…

• Educational Screen 1936 — page 122

  …Howard, Bette Davis) (Warner) Tens?, tragic character drama laid in desert fillinpr-station, little physical action, much mental. Beaten hero, ambitious heroine, outlaw killers…

• Educational Screen 1928-1929 — page 491

  …The love story involved brings on another attack of drama, and most of the action takes place in the con- demned men's row…

• Educational Screen 1939 — page 376

  …11-28-39 (A) Hardly (Y) & (C) No Calling All Marines (Donald Barry, Warren Hy- mer) (Repub) Mediocre drama of gangster who joins Marines…

• Educational Screen 1930-1931 — page 278

  …Last of the Lone Wolf (Bert Lytell) (Columbia) Romantic melo- drama of mythical kingdom, with Lytell escaping prison sentence by his skillful recovery of…

• Educational Screen 1935 — page 190

  …Dialog funny, stale, or stupid, action absurd, music passable to crude, and Raft simply silly. Attempt to cash in on radio craze. 8-27…

• Educational Screen 1935 — page 160

  …Hard to imagine finer dramatizing of great novel within two hours. 5-14-35 (A) NoUble (Y) Excellent (C) Mature Let 'Em Have It…

• Educational Screen 1938 — page 336

  …Complications end as expected. "Action" slight and character values suffer from narrow, gauge acting. Fine role by Davenport. 12-6-38 (A) (Y) Fairly…

• Educational Screen 1924-1925 — page 453

  …imitate, the desire to repeat the action seen, the thing that was done so vividly and dramatically by hero, or heroine or villain. And…