Kino i Zhizn Cinema and Life #14 1930

Constructivist magazine Cinema and Life, issue number 14, 11th May, 1930. Monthly magazine on recent developments in cinema in the USSR and the world. An advertisement for Shorin’s sound recording camera on the front cover, the advertisement continues on the back cover showing the camera operating mid recording. Articles include a feature on the new release ‘El-Aimen’ directed by Shneiderov, ‘Seal the Proletariat’s Instruments of War in the Fight for Socialism’, and ‘Printing and the Cinema’. List of artwork inside: photomontage of ‘Underground Sun’ a new film released by Sovkino, artwork by F Berenshtam and S Meinkin; a photomontage ‘For the Preparation of the Dead’ another Sovkino release; photographs detailing recent Soviet projects entitled ‘USSR on the Movie Screen’. Very good condition, some stains on the front cover, small tear in top right corner of back cover. 23 pages.