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BRITAIN'S CHILDREN CLUB EXPERIMENTS

tsin.

Some 15 private producing companies make the films com. missioned by Chlidren's En- tertainment Flims, which

han

an advisory council made up of representatives of such ory ganisations

the National Association of Girls' and Mixed Clube, tho Assoolation of Education Committees and the National Council

At nine o'clock every programme of specially made Saturday morning, before thems for every Cinema Club, it

mokes no profits and is "sub lights arc lowered, the idised by film interests in Bri- cinema manager known"af- fectionately by the children as Uncle," stands before a microphone, presiding over an excited young audience. Before the show begins there are the Club announcements.. to be made: the results of the week's football or cricket matches played with neigh- bouring Clubs, the times of next week's meetings of the swimming or netball teams or of the "brains trusts," the debutes, the amateur drama- tic or even the junior orches-data about tral societies. For the activi. have ties of Britain's Children's Cinema Clubs range far be- yond merely providing week- ly film shows.

Me.

dical Health, The council de. cidas what scripts should bo

Rccepted, and completed filme

ndult

must receive ite approval be. fore they are shown, Obviously extremely valuable children's reactions to different sorts of film stories accumulated during the past three yea

years.

The conception of what children ilke

been modified! has accordingly in the light of the experience. gained, and directors, who are in sympathy with the child's way of thinking, have been sought

and found.

for

There are nearly 400 of these Clubs which are run on a non- which making busis and prant

draw weekly audiences of 400,- Guo children, Children of school ዘፈኖ from seven to 15 years, wear Club hudges and pay six pence for admission to the eine

-- some towns, less sixpence.

Good Humour

than

There are often concerts on Saturday morsings. Children among the audience volunteer to

Such Alms BS "Bush Christ- nu adventure story about Australian children, and "Little Ballerina," about a little London girl's efforts to become a dan- help she receives

cer,

and

the

froin her comrades in raising

the money for her school fees, have been generally released in the ordinary cinema programmes and have excited wide interest

and admiration. Like the others made for the Clubs, these films

entire

Much Too Good For Him

Jane Wyman portrays the wife of a bandit in "Cheyenne" but is wise enough to fall for the other guy. She looks much too good for him.

SHADOWS BEFORE --

go on the stage and sing songs are characterised by an Through the microphone, Home- Jack of sentimentality. swift times in shrill, piping voices. If movement, well observed charac- they are

receive ters and authentic backgrounds "THE LONG NIGHT.". they ROOD, thunderous applause: If they are and plenty of credible incident. bad, they are bosed: but good grund, the proceedings are con ducted with the greatest good humour.

Mest of the alms are made to appeal to children between the ages of eight and 11 years. They, it has been discovered, are "reailsta." To be pleased and satisfied they must be convinced.

Stars: Henry Fonda, Barbara Bel Geddes, Vincent Price and Ann Dvorak.

Peter Godfrey, and is excellently handled, As" sule-line-Shirley femple neta in several scenes from "Romeo and Juliet." (War- ner Bros)

"CHEYENNE."

Stare: Dennis Morgart, Jane Wyman, Janie Paige and Bruce Bennett.

and

Story: A reputable citizen, Fonda shoots and kills a scoun And there is the community

drel for defaming and seeking to singing for which the Clubs

ruin his best girt, and then gives are becoming noted. With the

Jimself up to the police as the exception of the manager and To ensure complete authenticity picture ends. A drumatic story the cinema attendants, therefor scenes showing Britain's" of violence and murder, it is uiso Story: A sort of super-Wes- are no adults in the audience House of Commons, the assistantLa sensitive love story. Barbara tern covering the settling of the and feeling a lack of restraint Parliamentary Librarian, Mr. J.Bel Geddes gives a most impres» American North-West. It blends the children sing 'heartily. W. Kitta, went to Shepperton sive performance. (RKO-Radio) the elements of an exciting out- At nine-thirty the lights go Studios to help with "The Wing-

door drama, with romance down, and with a roar of anti-low Boy He found one young "THAT HAGEN GIRL."

comedy. Dennis Morgan plays elpation from the audience, the man in battledress particularly -Stars: Ronald Reagan and the role of a gentleman-gambler, Alm show begins.

interested in his remarks. It was Shirley Temple,

out Dur to capture a notorious There is always n coloured some time before Mr. Kitto fix. Story: The general theme is of bandit,

Jane Wymon, secret cartoon-n Donald Duck or ncovered that he was ANTHONY | two persons contending with wife of

bandit; at- Mickey House, a him about life ASQUITH still a keen student of small town gossip regarding the

tempts to reform her des- other

countries, or

he has made en parentage of the girl. "It is which politics, although

when she perado-husband, but directed by deals with some subject of gen-film direction his career.

a British director,Ends he has planned to run off eral interest such as the reason

with a dance-hull

entertainer, assists in his capture. Based on a story by Paul Wellmau, it is photographed against a' back- ground of magnificent country, (Warner Bros.)

In

why

it rains, or the care of pets. Then there is an episode of the serial, the formule of which has changed little since the early

days of fims-peril, excitement and hair-breadth escapes, And, to conclude ench programme, there film is the full length feature which has been made specially for the Children's Clubs.

Postwar Revival

pro~

Discontinued early in World War II, in 1943, the children's cinema movement in Britain was revived on new lines. While previously lito attempt had been made to give children selceted programmes, now Krammes are being construc- tively planned In en-operation with organisations which work for the welfare of young people. Children's Entertainment Films, an organisation set up in Britain Abe in 1944 with the avou ob.

With the avowed Ject of improving the standard

of film entertainment provided

for young audiences, chooses slorles and Ideas, and commis- sions their

Olms

by suitable produon as

companies. Eighteen films shorts, serials, cartoons and story films were

made

Take It Easy, Lass

Audrey Totter and Michael North at odds in a dramatio

in the first year, 45 111 scene from "The Unsuspected," crime thriller coming to Hong 1040, and 54 in 1947. Already Kang shortly.

over 30-films-have-been-schedul-=

ed for production this year.

This organisation is still in the

pioneering singe. Its ultimate ob- Ject

is to provide a complete

Current Shows

Moments With The Stars

Jo

has

Venus de Milo was coldblood- the author, Norman Collins, eud: KING'S. "Brute Force" with odly banished from the set at denly appear on the screen, It Welwyn Studios the other day, transpired that the famous naye. Burt Lancaster, Hume She was ordered, together with list had walked on to the set wille Cronyn, Charles Bickford, copies of other Greciah statues a street scene was being shot. Yvonne de Carlo and Ann to decorate a lavish ballroom "I saw other people moving about Blyth in a grim prison story. setting (St. Petersburg, 1800) In so I thougt it was alright QUEEN'S "Desire Me." Greer the Associated British-Anatole to do so too," he explained. The Garson In o melodramatic de Grunwald Alin, QUEEN OF "ather people" were extras play. tale of deceit and its final ro- SPADES, based on a well-known ing passers-by. tribution. Greer Garson story by Alexander Puskin. gives her usual outstanding She stood there for some days, SOMERSET MAUGHAM performance.

and Alming weht on around her. also become a film player by In LEE.—"Deep Valley," with Ida Dr. Baird, historical advisor on teation. He went to the studios Lupino, Dane Clark and the picture, noticed her, and to be shot reading a special intro- Wayne Morris. Another tale thought hard. Then he said, duction for "Quartetto", in which of

boldly: "I'm sorry, but Venus four of his short stories are in- MAJESHI Woke Up and must

cluded. The study in which... He Dream.”—With John Payne

Reason: Venus de Milo, al-is seen is an exact replica of the and June Hover..

though a "creation of ancient real one in which he works at his OATHAY-Slave Girl

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