Barry Grant, editor of _Film Study in the Undergraduate Curriculum_ (New York: The Modern Language Association of America, 1983), says on page vii: "From the 1920s through the 1950s, the occasional college course in film was offered -- Dudley Andrew points out that the University of Iowa offered film courses during World War I -- but these scattered few were of necessity tentative in approach." There were many film societies in Canada and the US during the 1930s with connections to universities (adult education programs and audio-visual operations mainly). Screenings and seminars were held, and sometimes elaborate pamphlets with questions and background info on individual films were printed; but whether official courses or programs were offered is something that I have not been able to discover even at my own university (where the university President himself was keenly interested in developments in film and networked with other film enthusiasts). Gene Walz University of Manitoba ---- To sign off Screen-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF Screen-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]