From The Collections: Ilustrated by Adele Garneret

Bible storybooks and readers for children are favorite finds from local thrift stores, especially ones that fund ministries for Christ.In my quest for creative Bible Storytelling media, I learn about a new author or artist every week. 

Title page for "New Testament Crosswords" (1973) by Marian Bennett, illustrated by Adele Garneret

 Today I picked up a copy of "New Testament Crosswords" (1973) by Marian Bennett*, and published by the Standard Publishing Company of Cincinnati, Ohio. The black and white illustrations were "by Adele Garneret". That was distinct name and her illustrations are terrific, so I became curious. 

Adele Garneret (1920-2023) was a very familiar and prolific artist to the Cincinnati arts community and she had only this year gone home to be with the Lord. Her name is reference in multiple art exhibits and events across 6 decades in the Cincinnati Enquirer. Mrs. Garneret was a former president of the Women’s Art Club of Cincinnati and founded an arts club called "The Brushettes".  From what I read she specialized in watercolors, which confirms she also illustrated the cover of this book. 

According to her obituary, she loved art and her church. With more research, I may write a "Phil 3:17 Portrait". Also in the meanwhile when I am look for Bible storytelling media, I will be on the lookout for the words "illustrated by Adele Garneret" 

* Marian Bennett is the author of several Christian books for children. More information is also wanted about her and her works. 

Updates to the Television Page - September 2, 2023

Dear Readers, 

It has been a while since I have regularly worked on this blog post. I am happy to see that the resource pages for radio and TV are still widely use. A strong goal is to continue to update them to help others find the best in Christian creative storytelling today, and to learn from the best series from the past. 

Today I have added the following series to the TELEVISON page:

Cowboy Dan's Frontier (2013 - 2021) TCT, SMILE

Owlegories (2014 - present)

Bibleman: The Animated Adventures

Links to the Gospel Bill YouTube Channel were added to:

The Gospel Bill Show 

Bill Gunther, US Marshall. 

Also, I have continued to find and collect many unique artifacts and broadcast from the best Christian storytellers, and God willing, I will have posts about them soon. 

Best,

James

70th Anniversary of Cathedral Film''s "I Beheld His Glory"

 

I Beheld His Glory is a TV Movie produced by Cathedral Films and was generally released over 70 years ago on April 5th, 1953 as a episode of Family Theatre. The 55 minute film reportedly cost $100,000 to produce. It fell into public domain status and continues to inspire viewers to this day. The film depicts the events of the resurrection as told by Cornelius a Roman Centurion, (actor George McCready) who will share the Gospel.

The episode was directed by John T. Coyle (1890 - 1970). Coyle also directed several other productions for Cathedral Films including the feature film Day of Triumph (1954), The Living Christ Series (or serial), and The Life of Paul Series (1949). 

Jesus is portrayed by Robert Wilson (1919-1996) [real name Robert Holton] as son of a Texas minister who portrayed Christ for the majority of his film career. 

Snippet of the Rev. James K. Friedrich, from Radio Annual 1953. CLICK HERE for full page from the Media History Digital Library.

Cathedral Films was the ministry of The Rev. James K. Friedrich a prolific Christian film and educational media producer. Friedrich was also the first Protestant minister to produce a feature length Christian Film The Great Commandment (1939). 

As a stand alone film, "I Beheld His Glory" was released to the educational and home film market that same year. Newspaper listings reveal that the film was popular at church screenings around Easter Sunday.

EXTRA LINKS:

Chronicling America "I Beheld His Glory" Search: 1953-1963. - A selection of newspapers from 1953-1963 that list this film as part of church screening schedules: 

Happy Easter and Resurrection Sunday 2023