Desert Symphony
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Rev. Dorland P. Dryer
Rev. Dorland P. Dryer
George Halligan
Una Mae Olson
Mary Dorothy Powers
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This documentary film depicts a "Scenic Psalm Worship Service" in which a regular church service is presented, from organ prelude to postlude. It includes the reading of the Beatitudes and the singing of the hymn "Love Divine," desert sequences and a Bible narration on the value of meditation. In a four-minute sermonette, a narrator suggests that people must return to the simple values of the quiet desert experience in order to survive.
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An Los Angeles Times advertisement of January 10, 1948 announced this film's world premiere at the Wilshire Methodist Church in Los Angeles on 11 Jan. According to a review in Hollywood Reporter, the film was being offered to Protestant churches of all denominations. A Daily Variety news item gives the film's running time as 36 minutes, whereas the Hollywood Reporter review lists a 44 minute running time.
