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Title: Cinema News and Property Gazette (1912)
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Cinema News
Subjects: Motion Pictures Film Industry Trade Magazine nyarc-museumofmodernart
Publisher: London
Contributing Library: The Museum of Modern Art Library, New York
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tointroduce such features as these into the regular services.In such cases why should not evensong be arranged foran earlier hour than at present, and a magic-lantern andcinematograph service come on later, the Vicar makinghis own programme of films and slides ? I do not my-self see any more objection to suitable cinematographscenes from our Lords Life and Passion than to theslides of the Ober-Ammergau Passion Play, which areso widely used. If the programme ended with lantern-slides of the Passion, and especially that one which neverfails to draw attention, our Lord lifted up for us uponthe Cross, what an opportunity there would be for theclegyman to call sinners to repentance, with an invitationto penitents to remain after the service for prayer andconsultation! In this way many a one would be wonfor Christ who in the ordinary way would never enter achurch. Twixt War and the Girl, THE Exclusive.—WALTURDAW. 54 FILMS.— Siitplanent to THE CINEMA. OcTOHKR, 1912. Pifture-Palace Stars
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Mr. MAURICE COSTELLO. Dimples of the Vitagraph Company. October, 1912. THE CINEMA. 55 A SPY FILM. THE VITAGRAPH COS. STIRRING STORY OF AN OFFICERS DEVOTION. OF spies and rumours of spies there is no end.At first it was the newspapers alone whichteemed with stories of inquisitive Englishmenprying into the secrets associated with theland of the Teuton, then the spy feverpermeated the atmosphere of the variety theatre, andwe had skits—amusing and otherwise, often moreotherwise than amusing—-on the boards. As was onlyto be expected, the picture theatres followed suit, buthappily with fare of entirely different kind. Thescenario writer for the film selected some historic event,and, weaving round it a story of the utmost intensity,introduced a spy with effectiveness. The Vitagraph company in their subject The FrenchSpy one of their three-reel life portrayals which is tobe released on October 3, have given us a recountal ofthe stirring devotion of an officer of the French forceand of his

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