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Still from Bohemian Baloney in Movie Makers, Dec. 1944, 476.

Date produced: 1944

Filmmaker(s):

Werner Henze

Languages:

English

Length:

100 ft

Format:

8mm

Colour:

B&W

Sound Notes:

Silent

Awards/Recognition:

ACL Ten Best 1944 - Honorable Mention General Class
Home Movies' 1944 Annual Amateur Contest - Honorable Mention

Description:

"Werner Henze has shown in Bohemian Baloney that artists can make fun of themselves and their profession. An artist and his wife had planned to have a quiet evening at the movies when a telephone call warns of a visit by a wealthy prospective buyer of pictures and her meek husband. How the young couple suddenly transform their own characters and their tasteful and immaculate living room into a scene of "arty" surroundings is gaily depicted with just the right amount of farce. The compositions and lighting are excellent and there are gay, unexpected twists throughout, particularly when a self portrait of the artist comes to life." Movie Makers, Dec. 1944, 495.

Resources:

Discussed by Henze in "Filming a Farce" (Movie Makers, Nov. 1945, 426-427, 440-441). The article discusses the film's production and shows storyboard sketches.

The film was "Movie of the Month" in Home Movies for January of 1944. The film receives a feature with a write-up and still images in Home Movies (Jan. 1944, 15, 28-30).

The film won second award in an Amateur Motion Picture Club of St. Louis members' film contest in 1944 (Movie Makers, Oct. 1944, 398).

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Screenings:

  • Screened by the New York 8mm. Motion Picture Club in 1944: New York City, N.Y.
  • Screened by the Amateur Motion Picture Club of St. Louis in 1945: St. Louis, MO
  • Screened by the Stamford Cinema Club in 1946: Stamford, CT
  • Screened by the Rockford Movie Makers in 1946: Rockford, IL
  • Screened by the Winnipeg Cine Club in 1949: Winnipeg, MB

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