Film Record: Hobo or the Peregrinations of a Pie, The

Identifier:

• 2004-0059 (Source: Library and Archives Canada)

Date produced: 1949

Filmmaker(s):

Charles Woodley

Country of Production:

Canada

Languages:

English

Duration:

00:05:10

Length:

69 ft

Format:

8mm

Colour:

B&W

Sound Notes:

Silent

Awards/Recognition:

Library and Archives Canada list of titled amateur films

Description:

"This is a film about a hobo who steals a pie from a windowsill." Library and Archives Canada.

Resources:

This film is a part of the Charles Devenish Woodley Collection held by Library and Archives Canada.

Subjects:

•           Thieves
•      Children

Genre:

• Comedy

Form:

• Short

Repository:

Charles Devenish Woodley Collection, Library and Archives Canada

Viewing Notes:

"It shows: woman putting a pie on a windowsill; a hobo comes along a steals the pie; two boys come along; two boys in garden; hobo starts to eat the pie; children chase him down the street; train slowing at a station; hobo hops onto a box car and climbs to the roof; the pie appears and he continues eating it and the children shake their fists at the hobo," via Library and Archives Canada.

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