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...moving picture film of great events to educate the people of the future. Investigation showed that only the War Department is making even an unofficial effort to collect historic films. "Such a condition is intolerable," declared Senator Walsh (Mass.). "The history of the future will be written on the screen...
...tomb of Queen Isabella and her consort, King Ferdinand, was robbed of the cross on the top part of the famous iron screen that surrounds their last resting place in the Royal Chapel of the Cathedral of Granada. The Government issued warrants for the arrests of the robbers, who sold the cross as old iron to several dealers...
...away from the thought of violence it was almost difficult to read a novel between 1914 and 1918. By the time we were sick of war and its terrific drama, the motion picture came, also bringing the measure of stimulation. With all that can be said against the screen play, the fact remains that it has brought imaginative food to the millions and millions of those who never had it heretofore...
Slides were then thrown on the screen showing the exact location and the topography in the neighborhood of the peak. Taking his subject well in hand Mr. Mallory described in detail the expedition's first attempt to scale the mountain last May. After establishing five camps the party fell short of reaching their destination by 2,000 feet. They would have gone further but the third member of the party became ill and in order not to leave him to die, it was decided to turn back...
...only the edges of the new field have begun to be tapped. The "problem novel" has come, soon to depart without leaving many regrets. The cycle of screen literature has not yet revolved past the point at which action is the main requirement. But with action, Valentino and other critics have recognized the need of real literary value and true characterization...