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Date produced: 1936

Filmmaker(s):

Gwladys Wynne Sills

Languages:

English

Length:

400 ft

Format:

16mm

Colour:

B&W

Sound Notes:

Silent

Awards/Recognition:

ACL Ten Best 1936 - General Class
Seventh Annual Little Movie Party, 1936
Home Movies' 1942 Annual Amateur Contest - Honorable Mention

Description:

"Moroccan Cities, by Gwladys Sills, stands out among amateur travel studies for its very real achievement of that intangible something — glamor. The mystery of shrouded Arabs, the glare of white buildings in the sunlight and the fascinating pulsation of life in the native markets, all these have been captured with marked success in this one reel record. To accomplish this, Mrs. Sills has brought into play a fine feeling for human interest and a genuine flair for the dramatic in photographic, treatment. Her material has been critically edited and sensitively titled, with that selectivity which is an artistic necessity in all real creative work." Movie Makers, Dec. 1936, 542.

Resources:

"Gwladys Wynne Sills, ACL, the charming producer of Moroccan Cities, traveled a week in French Algeria to catch scenes of a community she wanted in the film, only to be turned back from the city's gates when she arrived." Movie Makers, Dec. 1936, 565.

Locations:

  • New York City, N.Y (Filming)
  • Morocco (Filming)

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Screenings:

  • Seventh Annual Little Movie Party, April 1936: New York, NY

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