CONTENTS
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| Introduction: The Cinema-Educator | [ 9] | |
| I. | Historical | [ 21] |
| The genesis of the film.—Present and future. | ||
| II. | Educational | [26] |
| The cinematograph in the schools.—The filmas teacher.—Some educational films.—Historytaught by film.—The developmentof the British Colonies.—Political propaganda.—Thefilm in American schools.—Instructingthe deaf mute.—In mentalhospitals.—Medical students. | ||
| III. | Libraries and Literature | [50] |
| School, Library and cinema.—Film collections.—Preservationof the film.—Libraryof films in Berlin.—Advertising the publiclibrary.—“Publicity” films.—The book.—Filmas mental ally.—Filmed literature. | ||
| IV. | Social | [ 76] |
| The Cinema Commission.—Film censorship.—Juvenilecrime.—Morality tests.—The“White Scourge” problem.—Churchesand the cinema.—The film and the savage.—Co-operativecinemas. | ||
| V. | Commercial Advertising | [96] |
| Advertising by the film.—Sales by the film. | ||
| VI. | Production | [ 101] |
| The failure and success of the film.—Cinemaeccentricities: blunders and inaccuracies.—Naturalcolour films.—Talking films.—Paperfilms. | ||
| VII. | Conclusion | [ 121] |
THE FILM
I
HISTORICAL
The rise and development of the cinematograph during the last few years has been truly phenomenal.