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THE SILENTS OF GOD: SELECTED ISSUES AND DOCUMENTS IN SILENT AMERICAN FILM AND RELIGION 1908-1925 **

THE SILENTS OF GOD is a gold mine. It would get four stars except for the fact that digging out the nuggets of gold takes work. This is not all bad, however. The book is a compilation of articles, sermons and other discourse written between 1908 to 1925 (concurrent with the development of movies) by people in the film industry and people in the church. Written by Terry Lindvall, Distinguished Chair of Visual Communication and Professor Film at R… Continue reading →

Revisionist Hollywood History

…ver, would fail of its duty if it refrained from saying that the frightful profanity into which the accused suffered himself to fall is worthy of the severest censure and condemnation. All profanity is justly denounced by the Articles of War, and is alike offensive to every law of religion, good morals, and propriety.10 But even the profanity so harshly disciplined in those court-martials was much less uncouth than what has become common today. I… Continue reading →

SWEET INTOXICATION: THE EFFECTS OF MUSIC ON THE BRAIN AND THE SOUL

AD FONTES ACADEMY A PROJECT SUBMITTED TO MRS. FAULKNER IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE CLASS OF RHETORIC II BY FRANCESCA MERTAN CENTREVILLE, VA 7 APRIL 2011 Imagine Paris during the late 19th century. As night falls, French aristocrats parade the streets in ball gowns and costumes. They proceed to the Paris Opera House eagerly awaiting the excitement which will soon be presented to them…. Continue reading →

WHAT GOES UP

WHAT GOES UP is the story of Campbell, a journalist assigned to cover the New Hampshire hometown of Astronaut/Teacher Christa McAuliffe, the week of the ill fated Challenger shuttle launch in 1986. Campbell is reeling from the suicide of a woman he loved and about whom he wrote newspaper articles as she struggled with the loss of her young son to a random violent shooting. When Campbell arrives in the small town, he looks up an old college roomm… Continue reading →

FOLLOWING GANDALF

There have been innumerable books, websites, articles, and dissertations on J.R.R. Tolkien’s LORD OF THE RINGS – enough to fill a small library. Many have great merit, and I trust that the book we just wrote for Crossways, FRODO AND HARRY, will be among them. Matthew T. Dickerson’s book, FOLLOWING GANDALF, stands out among THE LORD OF THE RINGS library of books, websites, articles, and dissertations. It gives an easy to read, yet profound… Continue reading →

Redeeming Academia

…f Interdisciplinary Studies: An International Journal of Interdisciplinary and Interfaith Dialogue. JIS publishes academic papers that explore the human condition in light of Christian understanding. It has published several articles about our work and articles by us. It goes deeper to look into the global economy, Islam, the news media, tolerance in Croatia, and many subjects from an academic point of view. Their work is important and to be com… Continue reading →

“How To Succeed in Hollywood (Without Losing Your Soul)”

“How To Succeed in Hollywood (Without Losing Your Soul)” Interviews and Articles By and About Key Men and Women in the Entertainment Industry EDITOR’S NOTE: This insightful article is an excerpt from Dr. Ted Baehr’s book. To purchase the book, you can buy it from Amazon HERE. Humiliation Brings Exaltation – an interview with Randall Wallace This interview with Randall Wallace offers some other… Continue reading →

Another Sacrifice To Remember This Memorial Day

By Dr. Ted Baehr, Publisher of MOVIEGUIDE® Memorial Day is now marked by emails and articles (and even some pictures) that remind us that freedom is not free. Those of us with children in the military understand that. Since the beginning of our Republic, men and women have fought so that the rest of us could be free, first from the tyranny of England, then two world wars, and now in the Middle East. This is a battle against enemies who are at a… Continue reading →

Scotty Dugan 1959-2011

…ce that he’d always demanded of himself. Actress Jenn Gotzon, a client and friend, reminisced that: “Scotty had a passion that fired in his heart for story. That story was told through journalism in press releases, news articles and press photography. Scotty was the most uniquely creative person I’ve ever met with an entrepreneur mindset and creative vision backed by the most solid industry wisdom.” John David Ware, President of 168 Hour Fi… Continue reading →

UNIDENTIFIED

…four teenagers around a camp fire telling ghost stories in the same area spot the strange activity in the sky. Cut to the offices of “Both Sides” magazine. The staff is attempting to decide on their next series of articles. The UFO report from Texas comes over the news wire. The editor wants two reporters to check out the report. Keith (played by Jonathan Aube) and Brad (played by Josh Adamson) are assigned to investigate these strang… Continue reading →

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