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The film

Jackson-Wrigley, M. (Maurice), 1886-1972; Briscoe, Walter A. (Walter Alwyn), 1878-1934 [Author of introduction, etc.]; Parker, Gilbert, 1862-1932 [Author of introduction, etc.]· 5 chapters· 19,222 words

I have read Mr. Jackson Wrigley’s little book and I think it an admirable statement of the uses of the Film in Popular Education. It is clearly and succinctly written and its arguments are undeniable. I have just come from California where I spent nearly a year in writing film...

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1. Part 1

I have read Mr. Jackson Wrigley’s little book and I think it an admirable statement of the uses of the Film in Popular Education. It is clearly and succinctly written and its ar...

2. Part 2

Take a film about the volcano, of which most children have heard but never seen. It would explain that a volcano throws up smoke, calcined dust, red-hot stones, and melted matte...

3. Part 3

There are a number of elements entering into the production, distribution, and the public exhibition of pictures. The raw stock of celluloid from which films are manufactured ha...

4. Part 4

Owing to the objectionable character of some of the imported films, the question of an independent censorship was discussed at the latter end of 1911, and in October, 1912, with...

5. Part 5

Another delightful oversight--a man who enters a strip of undergrowth wearing a tie, walks straight through and emerges with an up-to-date West End made-up bow, to the old miser...