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Show Plans Include Circuit to Rival Any Theatrical Chain in the Country No Individual to I Be Featured in Uplift Plays j i rooM ,in with the film The Rev. ChrlStlsn T'ener built a handful congregation at Peace Methodist Episcopal Church In New JT l Into B rhurchful one throuch motion pictures. Other examples bobbed up throuhr.ui the cnuntrv. Churchmen, notably the Rev. Raul Smith, realized that If the churches were to get what they wanted in the wjv of films thev would have to take a hand In the Industry. So a movement started, with Dr "mith at It- heid It brought reaUltS. To-day an Interdenominational Interdenom-inational corporation. the International Church Film Corporation 1. mVInu pictures pic-tures solely for cnurch use. The larjro denominations de-nominations of the Protestant Church are enoperatimr in the movement They are represent! d on an Interdenominational Board Of Review, that will keep the move-men! move-men! "within the church" for all time This hoard Will pass on every film that Is pm-duce.i pm-duce.i hy the corporation. It will pass on 'he scenarios before they are filmed and afterward, It will see that the Church's viewpoint i always maintained In the films Plan, a Wide Cir-uit. conipehenalve plan has been drawn up ami when it is Completely carried out the churches will have a motion picture circuit that will rival any theatrical chain In the count r 1-ive thousand churches will be repre.sen ted In th. circuit and will receive and show earh week- a completely now motion mo-tion picture programme. m The weekly film releases will Include Biblical film which can be shown at Sunday school and ot the evening church service and also a complete recreational programme F to he shown on a week day njcht or at children's matinee. Thla programme will embrace o modern drama, a comedy, a news B reel and an Industrial or educational film. One of the frU noil, left adopted by the H movement wo that no players are to b H starred or featured In the productions. Th ;H cast Is not even named In the films. Th ilH theory Is that many commercial companies HiLB are building their Alms around prominent lil names and nec'eetlnc the stories In whk h IH Ihey appear. The players who appear in IH the church fdms will be entirely obscured BlH by the mei motion pictures carry. jH The entiie purpose of the proKramme will f be uplift. The Biblical films will carry a c.r.ie message with a direct Gospel ap-plication ap-plication The dramaa and even the cornedlea m will as truly carry a similar menage be- fc cause they will be of the clean, wholesome v. character building type. And so It Is Vhat in n field that ten years W :,r-' condemned motion pictures almost unl-veraally unl-veraally they hove been seized upon now as a a might) weapon for ond. The Aim has had a, a hard time finding its place In the church. but now. with churchmen making their own P pictures the kind they want, the morion iJ 1 llcture industry, which now ranks fifth j commercially, la due to take on an added lm- portanre morally and splrltuaily. |