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Still image from The Legend of Lost Cove.

Date produced: 1938

Filmmaker(s):

Arthur H. Smith

Country of Production:

United States

Languages:

English

Duration:

00:08:12

Format:

16mm

Colour:

Kodachrome

Sound Notes:

Silent

Awards/Recognition:

Center for Home Movies list of titled amateur films

Description:

"This picture, telling a dramatic story of a mysterious curse hovering over a stretch of lonely beach, was produced in Kodachrome and runs 400 feet." Movie Makers, Dec. 1939, 614.

Resources:

The film was "Movie of the Month" in Home Movies magazine for March of 1947. The film receives a feature with a write-up and still images in Home Movies (March 1947, 157, 186-188).

The film received an Honorable Mention in a Northern California Council of Amateur Movie Clubs contest in 1951 (Movie Makers, Nov. 1951, 376).

Arthur H. Smith discusses the Silver Screen Players and The Legend of Lost Cove in the article "They Kept at It" (Movie Makers, Dec. 1939, 614, 644-646).

Record of the film at the Home Movie Archives Database.

This film is a part of the Arthur H. Smith Collection held by Center for Home Movies.

Club Affiliation:

Silver Screen Players, The

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Repository:

Arthur H. Smith Collection, Center for Home Movies

Screenings:

  • Screened by the 8-16 Movie Club of Philadelphia in 1940: Philadelphia, PA
  • Screened by the Indianapolis Amateur Movie Club in 1948: Indianapolis, IN

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