Soviet Screen Sovetsky Ekran #16 1928

Original vintage Constructivist film magazine Soviet Screen Sovetsky Ekran #16 April 1928. It was a weekly magazine on recent developments in film in the USSR. The front cover features a still from the film Prisoners of the sea (Plenniki morya),a Soviet silent black-and-white film,filmed in 1928 by director Mikhail Verner; the back cover features stills from the 1928 film the Pencil (Karandash) produced by Mospoligraf and directed by Boris Tseytlin. The issue includes various advertisements; the articles about the creation of The Kulturfilm (literally "culture film"),Soviet films that were created to enlighten and educate the public,accompanied by a caricature by S. Saltzer; children's films and animation; the crisis of American industry,with a photograph of President Calvin Coolidge; the film Lace (Kruzheva),a 1928 Soviet silent film directed by Sergei Yutkevich; photographs of scenes from various films such as Spione,a 1928 German silent espionage thriller directed by Fritz Lang and Rasputin,the Holy Sinner (German: Rasputins Liebesabenteuer),a 1928 German silent film directed by Martin Berger; film Nochnaja smena,directed by Vladimir Shmidtgof. Published by publishing house Teakinopechat,15 pages. Fair condition,tears on the spine,browning,stain.