Film Record: Bermuda, the Floating Gardens

Date produced: 1935

Filmmaker(s):

Konstantin Kostich

Languages:

English

Length:

400 ft

Format:

16mm

Colour:

Kodachrome

Sound Notes:

Silent

Awards/Recognition:

ACL Ten Best 1935, Honorable Mention
American Cinematographer Amateur Movie Makers Contest, 1935 - Honorable Mention

Description:

"Among the pictures awarded Honorable Mention is Bermuda, the Floating Gardens, a color travelog of that island, another of the competent publicity pictures made by Konstantin T. Kostich. ACL, which make the audience yearn to buy a steamship ticket and set sail. Mr. Kostich has mastered the art of this appeal, and Bermuda, the Floating Gardens is one of the best examples of his genius. Here are shown glimpses of the comfort of the ship, the colorful beauties of the island and some of the recreational facilities that are offered. There is splendid color photography throughout and numerous examples of cinematic decor which enliven the work but which do not detract from the film's primary purpose. Notable are such things as the shadow of the horse and carriage moving along the warm colored stone wall and a cleverly planned composition of a winding road banked with brilliant flowers. It would be dangerous to look at this picture around February." Movie Makers, Dec. 1935, 550-551.

Resources:

Discussed in "Practical Films" (Movie Makers, July 1935, 297).

Locations:

• Bermuda (Filming)

Subjects:

• Nature
•      Geography
•      Plants
•           Flowers
• North America
•      Bermuda

Genre:

• Travelogue

Form:

• Short

Screenings:

• Screened for 3,500 people at Carnegie Hall in 1934: New York City, N.Y.
• Screened daily at the International Educational Congress in 1935: Stockholm, Sweden
• Presented by Roy W. Winton at New York University in 1936: New York City, N.Y.

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